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What Happened Today – April 21

🔴 GovBrief Intensity Score 144
High intensity. Big news cycle.
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🚓🚨 Trump is done pretending that the courts matter.

People fumed about his refusal to follow orders from the Supreme Court and a federal judge last week. Today, he attacked the justices because they won’t rubber-stamp the parts of his deportation agenda that they say are illegal.

He claims that trials aren’t possible for migrants. Later in the day, the Justice Department gave Elon Musk’s DOGE the entire immigration database including police reports, case histories, and court records. And they still call it law enforcement.

Judges in Oregon and New York hit pause. The Wisconsin governor is demanding ICE comply with the law, but Washington is off the rails. This is not about border security. It’s about executive power rejecting oversight from the judicial branch that is its equal.

📢 Call Congress. Demand oversight. Stay after this every day.