Tag: trump

Trump Has a Habit of Asserting Broad, Unreviewable Authority

Posted on by Lone Candle

“Whether he is waging the drug war, imposing tariffs, deporting alleged gang members, or fighting crime, the president thinks he can do “anything I want to do.””

https://reason.com/2025/09/17/trump-has-a-habit-of-asserting-broad-unreviewable-authority/

Trump’s $15 Billion Lawsuit Against The New York Times Is His Craziest One Yet

Posted on by Lone Candle

“rather than straightforwardly listing the facts of the case, the complaint spends dozens of pages histrionically detailing how great Trump is and how terrible The New York Times is. It reads less like a formal legal document than one of Trump’s social media posts, calling the Times a “full-throated mouthpiece of the Democrat Party” engaging in “wrong and partisan criticism.”
“This lawsuit has no merit,” the Times said in a statement. “It lacks any legitimate legal claims and instead is an attempt to stifle and discourage independent reporting.”

In its very first statements of fact, the lawsuit brags that Trump “won the 2024 Presidential Election over Vice President Kamala Harris in historic fashion, emerging victorious in both the Electoral College and the popular vote, and securing a resounding mandate from the American people,” which it calls “the greatest personal and political achievement in American history.” It even includes a screenshot of the election results. (During his first term, Trump often passed out copies of the 2016 election map to visitors.)”

This guy obviously has serious personality issues; personality issues that don’t make a good president!

https://reason.com/2025/09/17/trumps-15-billion-lawsuit-against-the-new-york-times-is-his-craziest-one-yet/

What Does It Mean for Trump To Designate Antifa a ‘Terrorist Organization’?

Posted on by Lone Candle

“The RICO Act allows prosecutors to define more or less anything they want as a mafia organization, and the charges are nearly impossible to defend against, partly because the government can seize the defendant’s assets before trial, making it impossible to pay a defense lawyer.”

https://reason.com/2025/09/18/what-does-it-mean-for-trump-to-designate-antifa-a-terrorist-organization/

Jimmy Kimmel & the FCC: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

Posted on by Lone Candle

Using government power to force some critical voices off the air is how other democracies have turned to dictatorship.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohPToBog_-g

Senate Democrats raise concerns over Pentagon plan to use military lawyers as immigration judges

Posted on by Lone Candle

“Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth approved sending up to 600 military lawyers to the Justice Department to serve as temporary immigration judges. It is part of the steps the Trump administration has taken to use the military in broader ways than previously seen, particularly in its immigration crackdown, including sending the National Guard into American cities and deploying active duty troops to the U.S.-Mexico border.

“These military officers would serve under the command and control of the Attorney General and would execute administrative determinations at the direction of the Attorney General,” according to the letter signed by 12 Democrats on the Senate Armed Services Committee. It added that “these actions are inherently law enforcement actions that may not be performed by members of the armed forces.””

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/senate-democrats-raise-concerns-over-171333714.html

Trump’s border czar who promised to bring “hell” to Boston, caught taking $50K in cash from undercover FBI agents, media reports say

Posted on by Lone Candle

“Tom Homan, President Donald Trump’s border czar who promised to bring “hell” to Boston, was recorded accepting $50,000 in cash during a September 2024 meeting with undercover FBI agents posing as business executives seeking government contracts, according to multiple media outlets.

The cash was held in a bag from the food chain Cava, the New York Times reported, citing sources who were familiar with the case and spoke on the condition of anonymity. The Homan investigation arose from a long-running counterintelligence probe that was not targeting Homan.

According to MSNBC, which first reported the story, Homan told the undercover agents he could help them get government contracts.”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-border-czar-promised-bring-163906390.html

Maurene Comey, prosecutor who handled Jeffrey Epstein case, sues over firing

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““In truth, there is no legitimate explanation. Rather, Defendants fired Ms. Comey solely or substantially because her father is former FBI Director James B. Comey, or because of her perceived political affiliation and beliefs, or both,” according to the lawsuit.

Spokespeople for the Justice Department and the Manhattan U.S. attorney’s office declined to comment.

Comey’s termination came as the Trump administration sought to fend off outrage from the president’s MAGA base over its handling of files regarding Epstein, the late convicted sex offender, and Maxwell, his longtime associate who was convicted of sex trafficking. Comey’s challenge to her firing once again raises uncomfortable questions for the administration about why it eliminated one of the last remaining people at the Justice Department who had intimate knowledge about those cases.”

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/15/maurene-comey-firing-lawsuit-00564029