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    Tuesday, March 4 Musk and Trump allies use impeachment threats to intimidate federal judges Billionaire Elon Musk in recent weeks has raged in a blizzard of social media posts at federal judges who have ruled against his efforts to disembowel the government and executive orders issued by President Donald Trump, calling for impeachment. Trump allies in Congress have followed his lead. Since the country’s founding, 15 federal judges have been impeached, and only eight have been convicted and removed. Notably, none of them were based on a disagreement with how a judge ruled. But experts warn Musk’s threats could still have an impact by intimidating judges.  Here’s   what you need to know. A MESSAGE FROM OUR SPONSOR The Trump administration is giving DOGE unrestricted access to Americans’ personal data, including our finances, health records, and social security data. This leaves every one of us vulnerable to data breaches, mass surveillance, politically motivated at...

This Weekend in Politics, Bulletin 82. Ron Filipkowski Mar 3 … The fallout continued from  Trump  and  Vance ’s pre-planned confrontation with  Zelensky   to justify cutting off aid and pulling the US out of NATO. …  Mike Johnson  called for Zelensky to resign: “He needs to come to his senses and come back to the table in gratitude or someone else needs to lead the country. President Trump wants peace. What Zelensky did in the WH was effectively signal to us that he’s not ready for that yet, and I think that’s a great disappointment.” …  Lindsey Graham  was in full panic mode as a prior Zelensky supporter who is fully owned by Trump: “That was a complete, utter disaster. I don’t know if we can ever do business with Zelensky again. He either needs to resign and send somebody over that we can do business with, or he needs to change.” … Sen.  James Lankford  (R-OK) says he disagrees with Johnson and Graham: “I’m not interested in calli...