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Sometimes the Project 2025/Heritage gang slip and say what they really think in public -

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

It happens to the best of them, sooner or later.

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Trump’s BLS nominee discussed controversial theory on gender IQ with interns
Trump’s nominee to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics, E.J. Antoni, discussed a controversial scientific theory on gender IQ differences with Heritage interns.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 3, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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The Leo-Trump-Project 2025 coup is proceeding as planned -

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/o...

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

just as in Germany in 1933.

Do any of their enablers in Congress, legislatures or judiciary object? They could pass bills to abolish Trump's emergency powers.

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Opinion | One Sentence in the Constitution Is Causing America Huge Problems
www.nytimes.com
August 22, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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"No Third Term" used to be a GOP slogan.
But if you're Emperor you can ignore the legislature and the courts and the Constitution, since it is just whatever you say it is.

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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Trump suggests ‘methods’ exist for bid for unconstitutional third term
President Donald Trump again raised the idea of running for a third term in office, an unconstitutional idea that would run afoul of the 22nd Amendment.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 30, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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Musk/Trump figure if they break enough laws fast enough, the courts will never catch up.

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

But voters might be catching on to the reality that lowering the cost of living for the 99% is only a pretend Musk/Trump priority.

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In Trump’s whirlwind first two months, speed and aggression are the point
President Donald Trump and his advisers learned from his first term to push outcomes that will keep the opposition off balance and be hard to reverse.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 28, 2025 at 3:22 AM
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More Musk/Trump attacks on Federal judiciary -

apnews.com/article/fact...

Hitler/Stalin would be so proud.

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FACT FOCUS: Posts falsely claim federal judiciary members are in secret club, undermining Trump
Following Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts' rejection of a call to impeach federal judges who rule against the Trump administration, social media users falsely claimed that Roberts and other h...
apnews.com
March 26, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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Constitutional crisis - a positive view -

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/23/o...

and a negative one -

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/22/o...

The whole Federalist-Trump-Heritage-Musk coup can be seen as an attempt to replace the Constitution with something closer to the Confederate Constitution.

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Opinion | It’s Trump vs. the Courts, and It Won’t End Well for Trump
The judiciary will never surrender to the president its constitutional role to interpret the Constitution.
www.nytimes.com
March 26, 2025 at 6:58 AM
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More evidence that Musk/Trump are counting on no more contested elections that could give Democrats control.

apnews.com/article/trum...

apnews.com/article/voti...

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Only pre-approved outcomes of pre-approved candidates from pre-approved parties.

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Republicans eye actions against the courts and judges as Trump rails against rulings
Angry over the crush of court rulings against the Trump administration, Republicans in Congress are trying to slap back at the federal judiciary.
apnews.com
March 26, 2025 at 3:33 AM
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In every other banana republic, the courts obey the strong man, not vice versa. Trump, Musk, and Johnson can't wait to perfect banana-republicness.

apnews.com/article/trum...

Evidently Marbury v Madison was mistaken.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marbury...

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Republicans eye actions against the courts and judges as Trump rails against rulings
Angry over the crush of court rulings against the Trump administration, Republicans in Congress are trying to slap back at the federal judiciary.
apnews.com
March 26, 2025 at 3:24 AM
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Any institution that doesn't 100% toe the Musker/Trumper line will get its Federal funding cut sooner or later. It will be easier to take a stand now than later.

apnews.com/article/trum...

So let's see some leadership from these leading institutions.

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Facing anti-DEI investigations, colleges cut ties with nonprofit targeted by conservatives
The U.S. Education Department says it is investigating dozens of universities for alleged racial discrimination, citing ties to a nonprofit organization that has helped Black and Latino students pursu...
apnews.com
March 21, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses ... shall not be violated

You might not know that the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 was a constitutional amendment that repealed the Fourth Amendment. Thanks to Trump's lawyers for enlightening us -

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/u...

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Administration Officials Believe Order Lets Immigration Agents Enter Homes Without Warrants
It remains unclear whether the Trump administration will apply the law in this way. But such an interpretation, experts say, would infringe on basic civil liberties.
www.nytimes.com
March 20, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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Trump will go down in history -

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/u...

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/w...

The sooner, the better!

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How Trump Is Trying to Consolidate Power Over Courts, Congress and More
President Trump’s expansive interpretation of presidential power has become the defining characteristic of his second term.
www.nytimes.com
March 20, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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Don't count on the courts to fix things.

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Their only power resides in the willingness of the legislative and executive to uphold and enforce court decisions. But the legislative has abdicated and executive is ignoring.

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Opinion | Don’t count on the courts to save democracy
Giving courts the last word is part of what got us into this mess. It won’t get us out.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 20, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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Reorienting the scales of Justice to put Musker/Trumper's thumbs fully on the scales.

www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Now their job is to protect Musker/Trumper and their loyal sycophants and relentlessly persecute anybody who crosses them.

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How the Justice Department is remaking itself in Trump’s image
Attorney General Pam Bondi has curtailed Justice Department anti-corruption efforts, ratcheted up immigration enforcement and redirected the civil rights division.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 20, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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Ever wonder what it's like to be attacked by Muskies?

www.columbian.com/news/2025/ma...

They don't know and they don't care! Just give them the confidential data and the source code. Then clear out your desk.

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Hiltzik: Inside rampage at agency
It started on Jan. 31, when someone named Mike Russo showed up at the Social Security Administration offices outside Baltimore and started introducing himself as a representative of DOGE, the federal
www.columbian.com
March 20, 2025 at 3:57 AM
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Anti-constitutional!

Constitutions are a promise to the future to preserve the good things from the past. But a narcissistic or solipsistic leader doesn't acknowledge or care about the past or future - what will the past or future ever do for HIM?

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/o...

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Opinion | Trump Has Gone From Unconstitutional to Anti-Constitutional
Where all this goes is still up to us.
www.nytimes.com
March 20, 2025 at 3:39 AM
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The president can ignore judges if he wants and if he can suppress impeachment. Musk's billions are very suppressive.

apnews.com/article/trum...

"John Marshall has made his decision, now let him enforce it"

Jackson and Georgia ignored Marshall.

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Legal showdown as Justice Department resists judge's demand for more details on deportation flights
The Justice Department is resisting a federal judge’s demand for more information about flights that took deportees to El Salvador.
apnews.com
March 20, 2025 at 3:09 AM
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Rest assured, Trump will find a way to save those parts of DOE that can be weaponized against his critics; the rest can be privatized if any oligarchs are interested, otherwise shut down and all records erased.

apnews.com/article/trum...

If anybody complains, he can blame it on Biden.

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Trump to order a plan to shut down the US Education Department
President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order calling for the shutdown of the U.S. Education Department.
apnews.com
March 20, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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Musk/Trump give no quarter to critics - if the primary don't get you, then the brown shirts will.

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/u...

Musk/Trump don't discourage violence against their enemies.

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/u...

You can read about the future-

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_H...

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Threats Rise Against Judges Overseeing Trump Policy Cases, Fueling Safety Concerns
Federal judges are worried that online threats against judges who oversee high-profile cases challenging Trump administration policies may lead to real-world violence.
www.nytimes.com
March 19, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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Working at cross purposes?

apnews.com/article/doge...

It's all part of the plan to encourage as many Federal employees as possible to quit - as a prelude to privatization of firefighting on public land, and then of public land itself.

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Trump backs higher pay for wildland firefighters while DOGE cuts wildfire support staff
Wildland firefighters will keep a four-year-old pay hike under a GOP-led spending bill signed by President Donald Trump.
apnews.com
March 19, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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Chief Justice Roberts finally speaks up -

apnews.com/article/dona...

He'll have to be impeached too!

By the way, Trump's "overwhelming" popular vote mandate was 49.8% to 48.3%. How many of the 340000 voters in his winning margin regret their choice?

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Roberts rejects Trump's call for impeaching judge who ruled against his deportation plans
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts rejected calls for impeaching federal judges shortly after President Donald Trump demanded the removal of a judge who ruled against his deportation plans.
apnews.com
March 18, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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"tech billionaires are now trying to buy the entire U.S. government"

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/o...

Absolute power corrupts absolutely. It's not just Musk.

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Opinion | It May Not Be Brainwashing, but It’s Not Democracy, Either
How the federal government became “an outdated software system that must be replaced.”
www.nytimes.com
March 18, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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Netanyahu doesn't need Trump's help to suppress Hamas. This is a trial run for suppressing dissent generally, especially at universities.

apnews.com/article/hama...

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The Justice Department and FBI announce a new task force to target Hamas over Oct. 7 attack
The Justice Department has announced the creation of a task force to investigate Hamas for its Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel as well as potential civil rights violations and acts of antisemitism by a...
apnews.com
March 18, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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"Not everybody is going to be content to be a doormat the way Congress is”

apnews.com/article/trum...

But Musk/Trump are not going to be content with judges that hold the Constitution higher than the Son of Heaven and the Shogun. They're just following the footsteps of other strong men.

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Trump administration ramps up rhetoric targeting the courts amid mounting legal setbacks
President Donald Trump’s supporters are echoing some of the rhetoric and actions that elsewhere have preceded attacks on the judiciary as the courts deliver a series of setbacks to his dramatic attemp...
apnews.com
March 17, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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Just as in Germany in 1933, there are plenty of politicians willing to relinquish their power to say no -

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/14/u...

Soon being in Congress will be purely an honorary role, like the Russian parliament. No need for them to figure out what to do - Musk will tell them.

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Under G.O.P., Congress Cedes Power to Trump, Eroding Its Influence
On spending, oversight and other issues, Republican lawmakers have willingly ceded power traditionally reserved for Congress to the Trump White House.
www.nytimes.com
March 15, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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"But it was all right, everything was all right, the struggle was finished. He had won the victory over himself. He loved Big Brother"

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/15/o...

That's how Satan conquers! America's Founders were greater than that, and gave us a republic - if we can keep it.

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Opinion | What Thom Tillis’s Surrender to Trump Says About the Trump G.O.P.
It is very hard to be principled, independent or any of those other bygone adjectives in today’s G.O.P.
www.nytimes.com
March 15, 2025 at 1:31 PM