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Judge Slaps Down Letitia James, Sides With Trump Administration– trendingpoliticsnews.com

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A federal judge has sided with the Trump administration, resolving a dispute with New York Attorney General Letitia James about the expansive scope of cost-cutters to examine U.S. Treasury payments that they claim are laden with wasteful spending.

James was among 18 Democratic attorneys general who filed suit to block an investigation by the U.S. Department of Government Efficiency into the Treasury payment system. The coterie was dealt a severe setback on Tuesday when U.S. District Judge Jeannette Vargas, for the Southern District of New York, lifted the last legal hurdle for the four DOGE employees tasked with carrying out the investigation.

An earlier order was also relaxed after the Trump administration showed evidence that it appropriately trained the four employees to safeguard sensitive taxpayer information during the probe. In April, Vargas granted access to one DOGE employee after they completed a similar training program.

Prior to those decisions, the judge, a Biden appointee, was mostly siding with the state prosecutors who argued that Treasury’s processes for granting access were poorly established, a likely violation of law.

Watch: Elon Musk realizes GOP actively “undermines the work that the DOGE team is doing” after he took on all the media attacks– www.louderwithcrowder.com

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The billionaires who control the left decided to make Elon Musk the boogeyman at the start of the Trump Administration. Anything that went wrong anywhere was the fault of Cousin Elon and DOGE. Low-information voters think Elon is stealing their health care, social security and personal information because that’s what Democrats lied about, knowing the media would swear by it. Nevertheless, he persisted because he felt the work DOGE was doing was important. His reward for taking on all the attacks and working twenty-hour days?

Republicans not doing anything to codify DOGE cuts into law, and then passing a big, beautiful bill that increased the deficit.

Welcome to the Tea Party circa 2010, Elon. We coined a phrase for this. “Failure Theater.”

I was, like, disappointed to see the massive spending bill, frankly, which increases the budget deficit, not just decreases it and undermines the work that the DOGE team is doing. I think a bill can be big or it can be beautiful, but I don’t know if it can be both. My personal opinion.

NPR Is Under Delusion It Has Constitutional Right To Your Money– thefederalist.com

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NPR filed a delusional lawsuit on Tuesday against the Trump administration, arguing that it has a constitutional right to your hard-earned money.

The suit, brought by NPR and three Colorado-based public radio stations, alleges that Trump’s executive order cutting federal funding to the left-wing NPR and PBS violates their right to free speech, as well as provisions of the Public Broadcasting Act.

“The [Executive] Order’s objectives could not be clearer: the Order aims to punish NPR for the content of news and other programming the President dislikes and chill the free exercise of First Amendment rights by NPR and individual public radios across the country,” the suit states.

But as Texas Rep. Brandon Gill countered in a post on X: “NPR has a right to free speech. It doesn’t have a right to our tax dollars.”

‘Disappointed’ in GOP’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’– www.breitbart.com

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On Tuesday, CBS released a preview of an interview that will air on “Sunday Morning” in which Tesla CEO Elon Musk said he was disappointed in Republican’s so-called “big beautiful bill,” heralded by President Donald Trump.

Musk said, “So, you know, I was like, disappointed to see the massive spending bill, frankly, which increases the budget deficit, not decrease it and undermines the work the DOGE team is doing.”

Correspondent David Pogue said, “I actually thought that when this big beautiful bill came along, I mean, like, everything he’s done on DOGE gets wiped out in the first year.”

Musk said, “I think a bill can be big or it can be beautiful. But I don’t know if it can be both. My personal opinion.”

White House plans — at last — to send some DOGE cuts to Hill– www.politico.com

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The White House plans to send a small package of spending cuts to Congress next week, senior GOP officials told several House Republicans Wednesday.

The planned transmission of the “rescissions” bill, confirmed by two Republicans granted anonymity to describe the plans, comes after a long internal battle over how to formalize the cuts that have been made by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency initiative.

The package set to land on Capitol Hill is expected to reflect only a fraction of the DOGE cuts, which have already fallen far short of Musk’s multi-trillion-dollar aspirations. The two Republicans said it will target NPR and PBS, as well as foreign aid agencies that have already been gutted by President Donald Trump’s administration.

Speaker Mike Johnson said on X Wednesday that the House “is eager and ready to act on DOGE’s findings so we can deliver even more cuts to big government that President Trump wants and the American people demand.” He said the House “will act quickly” on a package without saying when it might be submitted or what it might contain.

Only SCOTUS Can Rein In The Judicial Coup– thefederalist.com

pgnewser May 27, 2025 0

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The Supreme Court heard oral arguments on May 15 on what has become a debilitating, critical crisis: the issuance of nationwide injunctions en masse by federal district court judges.

Notably, the overwhelming majority of those judges are Democrat appointees who seek to prevent President Donald Trump from doing what he was elected to do: govern. According to a lawsuit tracker by the Associated Press, more than 200 lawsuits have been filed against Trump’s executive orders.

In three consolidated cases from Washington, Maryland, and Massachusetts, federal district court judges issued nationwide injunctions (sometimes called universal injunctions or, to quote Justice Neil Gorsuch, “cosmic injunctions”) against the implementation of a Trump executive order ending universal birthright citizenship. The plaintiffs in those cases claim the order violates the 14th Amendment.

Those injunctions reflect a broader pattern. In less than four months, roughly 40 nationwide injunctions have been entered against the Trump administration — almost double the number entered during all four years of the Biden administration. As Solicitor General John Sauer pointed out, 35 have come “from the same five judicial districts.”

NPR sues Trump over executive order slashing federal funding– www.cbsnews.com

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Washington — NPR on Tuesday sued President Trump and administration officials over an executive order signed earlier this month that seeks to cut federal funding to the news organization and PBS.

Filed in the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., the suit was brought by NPR and three Colorado-based public radio stations. It argues that Mr. Trump’s executive order violates the First Amendment and provisions of the Public Broadcasting Act, which was passed by Congress in 1967. The plaintiffs also assert that Mr. Trump did not have the authority to stop federal funding for NPR and PBS, and his order should be invalidated as unconstitutional.

The order, NPR and the three stations said in their complaint, is “textbook retaliation” and discriminates based on viewpoint, which is a violation of the First Amendment.

Supreme Court Stays Order Forcing Trump to Reinstate Fired Labor Regulators– legalinsurrection.com

pgnewser May 23, 2025 0

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The Supreme Court granted President Donald Trump a stay on an order forcing him to reinstate to reinstate Cathy Harris of the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) and Gwynne Wilcox of National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) as the two women fight for their jobs in the courts.

The vote went 6-3. SCOTUS wrote:

The stay reflects our judgment that the Government is likely to show that both the NLRB and MSPB exercise considerable executive power. But we do not ultimately decide in this posture whether the NLRB or MSPB falls within such a recognized exception; that question is better left for resolution after full briefing and argument. The stay also reflects our judgment that the Government faces greater risk of harm from an order allowing a removed officer to continue exercising the executive power than a wrongfully removed officer faces from being unable to perform her statutory duty.

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A stay is appropriate to avoid the disruptive effect of the repeated removal and reinstatement of officers during the pendency of this litigation.

Trump Tariffs Are Authorized By Emergency Powers Act– thefederalist.com

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Trump Tariffs Are Authorized By Emergency Powers Act– thefederalist.com
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You can buy a set of three pads of legal paper, “proudly made in the U.S.A.” by TOPS, for $16.64 (that is, $5.55 per pad). Or go to Simplified and get an imported two-pad set, currently marked down to $22 ($11 a pad).

Simplified is not confident customers are willing to pay much more for its products, so when President Donald Trump put tariffs on China, it went to court to object.

The case was filed in U.S. District Court in the Northern District of Florida, Pensacola Division, on April 3 by Emily Ley Paper, Inc., an upscale stationery website doing business under the name Simplified.

The Trump administration asked to move the case to the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT). The outcome of that request could make this case an easy win for Trump once the CIT reviews the transfer order.

Social Security Clean Up Continues, 12.3 Million Finally Marked as Deceased › American Greatness– amgreatness.com

pgnewser May 23, 2025 0

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After 11 weeks, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has hit a milestone in its major cleanup initiative to remove more than 12.3 million names of Social Security number holders whose dates of birth make them over 120 years old.

DOGE team members continue to deal with what they call “complex cases” that remain, including investigating instances where an individual has two or more different birth dates on file.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) touted the efforts of DOGE to root out fraud, calling the cleanup of Social Security rolls “remarkable.”

A circuit judge bites back at the Supreme Court– www.americanthinker.com

pgnewser May 23, 2025 0

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Judge James C. Ho of the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has given voice to what many of us have seen developing over the recent past with the present make-up of the Supreme Court — a not-so-subtle dislike of President Trump, to put it mildly, and an inexplicable tendency to bend over backwards to give members of designated terrorist groups such as Tren de Aragua the benefit of every conceivable doubt.

The case of AARP v. Trump dealt with one of the many attempts to secure via forum-shopping that which the far left could never achieve at the ballot box: the hindrance or outright frustration of President Trump’s promise to the American people that he would rid the country of the dangerous and cruelly malignant criminal gangs invited in by the treasonous Biden-Harris-Mayorkas “administration” of lawlessness.  Very briefly stated, AARP, one of the terrorists so favored by the left (not the organization that lobbies for old codgers like me), represented by the ACLU, went to a federal district court on April 17, demanding that the court issue a temporary restraining order (TRO) enjoining the president and his agencies from deporting them under the Alien Enemies Act, which the court denied.  Later that night, at 12:34 A.M., the terrorists went to the court, alleging that they had been told they would be removed “tonight or tomorrow,” and demanded an emergency TRO.

JD Vance Slams Activist Judges: ‘Courts Tell the American People They’re Not Allowed to Have What They Voted For’– slaynews.com

pgnewser May 22, 2025 0

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Vice President J.D. Vance blasted the courts over Democrat-aligned activist judges blocking President Donald Trump’s immigration policies.

Vance noted that the American people support the president’s policies, the Daily Wire reported.

The vice president expressed his outrage about the issue during an interview with Ross Douthat at the New York Times.

During the 2024 campaign, Trump made it clear that he would crack down on illegal immigration.

He has kept that promise from day one of his presidency, including invoking the Alien Enemies Act to deport dangerous illegal alien gang members.

However, the courts have attempted to thwart these policies at every turn.

BREAKING: Trump admin BLOCKED from closing Dept of Education by federal judge | The Post Millennial– thepostmillennial.com

pgnewser May 22, 2025 0

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Those employees who had already been fired as a result of the reduction-in-force order were required to be reinstated, Joun ruled.

A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from firing thousands of Department of Education workers and from carrying out an executive order President Donald Trump signed in March, directing the Secretary of Education to take all steps to bring the department to an end.

US District Judge Myong Joun blocked the Trump administration from carrying out a March 11 reduction in force, Trump’s March 20 executive order directing the Secretary of Education to take “all necessary steps to facilitate the closure of the Department of Education,” and Trump’s March 21 order directing the transfer of federal student loan management to the Small Business Administration.

Those employees who had already been fired as a result of the reduction-in-force order were required to be reinstated, Joun ruled.

Federal judge blocks Trump admin from removing criminal illegal immigrants to third party nation South Sudan | The Post Millennial– thepostmillennial.com

pgnewser May 22, 2025 0

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At least a dozen migrants were reportedly deported to South Sudan this week, including illegal immigrants from Myanmar, Vietnam, and Mexico.

A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to maintain custody of criminal illegal immigrants who were allegedly flown to South Sudan.

Judge Brian Murphy held an emergency hearing Tuesday and issued an order instructing the administration “to maintain custody and control of class members currently being removed to South Sudan or to any other third country, to ensure the practical feasibility of return if the Court finds that such removals were unlawful.”

At least a dozen migrants were reportedly deported to South Sudan this week, including illegal immigrants from Myanmar, Vietnam, and Mexico, despite a standing court order restricting removals to third countries. Attorneys representing the migrants told the court that immigration authorities have sent people from various countries to Africa, potentially violating a prior ruling that guarantees migrants a “meaningful opportunity” to argue that deportation to a country other than their homeland would endanger their safety.

Vance says Roberts ‘profoundly wrong’ on role of judiciary– www.washingtonexaminer.com

pgnewser May 22, 2025 0

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Vice President JD Vance called Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts’s comment that the role of the judiciary branch is to check both the executive and legislative branches of government “profoundly wrong.”

Speaking with New York Times columnist Ross Douthat, Vance was asked about court cases that have hampered the Trump administration’s deportation efforts.

“I saw an interview with Chief Justice Roberts recently where he said the role of the court is to check the excesses of the executive,” Vance said. “I thought that was a profoundly wrong sentiment.”

Chief Justice John Roberts said earlier this month that the high court’s role is to “check the excesses of Congress or the executive” as an independent and coequal branch of government.

Vance disagrees.

“That’s one-half of his job,” Vance said on Douthat’s podcast. “The other half of his job is to check the excesses of his own branch.”

Obama Judge Says to Hell with the Supreme Court, Orders Trump DOJ to Turn Over Docs Related to Decision to Revoke ‘Protected Status’ for Hundreds of Thousands of Migrants | The Gateway Pundit– www.thegatewaypundit.com

pgnewser May 22, 2025 0

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US District Court Judge Edward Chen, an Obama appointee, said to hell with the Supreme Court and still ordered the Trump DOJ to turn over documents related to its decision to revoke protected status for hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan migrants.

Judge Chen said the Supreme Court’s ruling today is not a factor and insisted on a deadline tonight for the Trump DOJ to turn over the documents.

Letitia James heckled to ‘apologize’ to Trump as she faces allegations of mortgage fraud | The Post Millennial– thepostmillennial.com

pgnewser May 9, 2025 0

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New York Attorney General Letitia James was heckled at a town hall event on Thursday evening by a Trump supporter who questioned whether James would apologize to President Donald Trump for “wasting millions of dollars” on a “witch trial.”

“My question is for Tish James. Will you apologize to President Trump for wasting millions of dollars, and the state of New York, for a witch trial?” asked the man, adding, “And how does it feel to know that you will be in prison for mortgage fraud?”

His question was met with boos from the crowd and James responded, “Thank you for coming,” as the man was escorted out of the event.

She added, “We want to thank him for coming, we respect all opinions. Everybody knows those allegations are baseless. They’re discredited.”