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Trump Comes for the Judges

2025/3/21
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Trump's administration is aggressively targeting the judiciary by calling for the impeachment of judges who rule against them. His supporters in Congress have introduced articles of impeachment against judges, while Trump's rhetoric escalates.
  • Trump's administration is targeting judges who oppose their decisions, notably Judge Boasberg, leading to calls for impeachment.
  • Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts made a rare statement opposing impeachment as a response to judicial disagreement.
  • The administration is attempting to undermine the legitimacy of the judicial system to facilitate defying court orders in the future.

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With a Republican Congress bending to Trump’s every whim, the judicial branch is the last check on his power—and now he, Elon, and the MAGA regime have decided to wage war against it. Meanwhile, Trump wants to ax the Department of Education and is going after colleges he doesn’t like. Jon and Dan break down Trump’s latest (probably illegal) moves, check in with the DOGE-bags, and dig into Trump’s broader effort to dismantle the federal government. Then they dive into a new 2024 post-mortem from Blue Rose Research, revealing who voted—and why.

 

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