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    Nearly every day, we face another crisis that jeopardizes our constitutional system. Trump’s second term is only two months old, yet he has already provoked unnecessary disputes with our closest allies and trading partners. He has asserted territorial claims over parts or all of two sovereign nations. Domestically, Trump has dismantled government agencies tasked with fighting diseases and defunded nonprofits dedicated to peace and the arts. He has targeted our world-class research institutions and premier universities — and even attacked the National Weather Service. Trump’s cabinet picks are unqualified sycophants. His political appointees and White House staff seem to have been cast straight from the bar scene in  Star Wars  and the 1994 comedy  Dumb and Dumber. The Attorney General is an election denier. The FBI director is the author of a children’s book portraying Trump as a king. His selections for U.S. attorneys range from parking garage lawyers to Ja...

    Watch now   Meidas Pod on Trump's New Constitutional Crisis + Epstein Panic (Ad-Free) Watch the latest episode of the MeidasTouch Podcast ad-free right here on the Meidas+ Substack! Brett Meiselas, MeidasTouch Network, Ben Meiselas, and Jordy Meiselas Mar 18   The latest episode of  The MeidasTouch Podcast  is now available ad-free exclusively for Meidas+ Substack subscribers. To support ad-free episodes like this, please consider joining as a paid subscriber today! Meidas+ is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. On this episode of the MeidasTouch Podcast: Trump tries to distract from the Epstein Files with a new shiny object; The Trump administration’s invokes of the Alien Enemies Act to deport migrants without due process and sparks a new constitutional crisis; Trump’s approval rating among independents continues to plummet, as Democrats also find themse...

  Telling the federal judiciary to "f*ck off" Will Trump defy the Supreme Court? Robert Reich Mar 17 Friends, Sorry to intrude on your inboxes for a second time today, but it’s necessary. After a federal judge pressed the Trump administration to provide evidence by 5 pm today about whether the White House had violated the court’s order in deporting migrants with little to no due process, so-called border czar Tom Homan said that flights would continue regardless. “We’re not stopping,” he said. “I don’t care what the judges think.” In our system, judges don’t just “think.” They have the final say, unless their rulings are appealed to the Supreme Court, in which case the high court’s majority has the final final say. This afternoon, it became apparent that Trump’s Justice Department shares Homan’s odd view of our judicial system. DOJ lawyers   filed papers  telling the judge they would not appear in court, that the administration would not provide any further information ab...