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Extreme volume. Major political developments.
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🧱🏗️ They’re building the machine, but it’s not running smoothly.
Trump loyalists are seizing agencies, reviving Schedule F, and wiring up surveillance networks with Palantir and Musk’s operatives. They’ve got their TV cronies in Homeland Security and ICE playing database maker. But here’s the thing: the courts aren’t folding. Protesters are back in the streets. And every delay, every veto, every injunction is proof—resistance works.
They’re escalating because they’re not in full control. Not yet.
🔰 The people and the judiciary are the last firewalls. Don’t back off. Push harder.
📎 If you protest today, be prepared. Read the protest safety guide linked below and at the website and share it like your rights depend on it.
They do.
Trump appoints Fox News host Mark Levin and ex-NYPD detective Bo Dietl to Homeland Security Advisory Council.
April 18, 2025
Trump says egg prices are “too low” and brags they’re down 87% despite recent data showing only modest drops.
April 18, 2025
Musk operatives are tapping Labor Dept systems to gather data on migrant workers, visa applicants, and ex-prisoners.
April 18, 2025
Musk operatives and Palantir are building a surveillance system using SSA, tax, and voter records to track immigrants.
April 18, 2025
Trump wins delay in contempt case as appeals court blocks Boasberg over El Salvador deportations.
April 18, 2025
Trump’s DOJ sends threats to medical journals, demanding answers over ‘partisan’ science.
April 18, 2025
Immigrants forced to prove they’re alive at Social Security after Trump officials falsely marked them dead to revoke legal status.
April 18, 2025
Trump replaces COVID data website with page blaming Fauci and China, deletes info on vaccines and treatment.
April 18, 2025
Judge halts Trump’s CFPB firings, demands answers from White House officials for defying court rulings.
April 18, 2025
Judiciary warns Congress that stagnant court security funding is unsustainable amid rising threats and judge harassment.
April 18, 2025
Judge orders Trump administration to tell fired workers they were not let go for poor performance.
April 18, 2025
Trump administration formalizes plan to revive Schedule F and strip protections from 50,000 federal workers.
April 18, 2025
Trump replaces fourth IRS chief this year after Musk-backed pick sparks clash with Treasury secretary after two days.
April 18, 2025
Arizona Gov. Hobbs vetoes bill forcing local police to help Trump administration with immigration crackdowns.
April 18, 2025
Federal judge orders ICE to transfer detained Tufts student and fast-track hearing on due process violations.
April 18, 2025
Trump White House mocks Van Hollen for meeting deported man, posts Abrego Garcia is “never coming back.”
April 18, 2025