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… And For His Next Offense

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… And For His Next Offense To maintain control of Congress Trump is trying to disenfranchise tens of millions of Americans Dan Rather and Team Steady Feb 16 Credit: Getty Images November 3 is 260 days away. Between now and then, no story is more consequential to the survival of our republic than Donald Trump’s efforts to subvert the midterm elections. These biennial contests have long been viewed as an interesting political exercise about the popularity of the president and his administration’s policies. If only things were still so innocent and uncomplicated. The current president is applying maximum pressure trying to ensure the election keeps Republicans in power, whatever the cost to our democracy. The latest misadventure by Trump and his minions was on Friday when Kristi Noem, the oft-criticized Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, made it clear she believes her agency should be involved in election integrity, claiming she has the authority to find “vulnerab...

Judge continues to block Trump’s firing of federal watchdog

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    Wednesday, February 26 Judge continues to block Trump’s firing of federal watchdog A Washington, D.C. federal judge  extended  the halt on President Donald Trump's attempted dismissal of watchdog agency head Hampton Dellinger. Dellinger’s agency has been working to reverse the unlawful dismissals of workers impacted by the mass firings of Trump and Elon Musk. Federal judge denies Trump’s request to unblock birthright citizenship order A federal judge in Massachusetts   rejected  Trump’s request to pause an injunction blocking his birthright citizenship executive order while the case is in the appeals process. Trump continues to defy court orders A federal judge  ruled   — for a second time — that Trump must comply with a court order blocking his administration from cutting off funding to the U.S. Agency for International Development. The Trump administration appealed the decision today. Just like Trump, constitutional sheriffs have expressed t...

TEXAS Over a million people removed from voter rolls

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  CBS 4 News Rio Grande Valley 42.9K subscribers Over a million people removed from voter rolls