🛑 We’re at the point of an authoritarian government when the president is openly calling for the prosecution of officials he thinks have wronged him.
This was in his DNA all along. He campaigned ten years ago with crowds chanting “Lock her up.” Now in his emboldened second term, he is the one demanding that people are locked up, sometimes without even a trial. Today he posted that “we can’t delay any longer” in prosecuting his enemies.
That should terrify every American. We must empower those who refuse to bend in our communities. That means joining Sunday’s training, giving your time and resources, and making sure the people resisting have backup.
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ABC will continue paying the crew of ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ after pulling the show over Kimmel’s refusal to apologize for political commentary.
Today’s GovBrief News
Trump threatened “bad things” against Afghanistan and did not rule out sending troops to retake Bagram air base a day after the Taliban rejected the idea.
The National Labor Relations Board sued New York State days after it enacted a law to bypass what Democrats call Trump’s gutting of the federal agency.
For the third straight day, Trump threatened broadcast licenses over dishonesty following ABC’s suspension of Jimmy Kimmel Live!
A U.S. Attorney requested a threat assessment of CA Gov Newsom’s office after it posted that a new ICE mask ban meant Secretary Noem would “have a bad day.”
Sinclair quietly reversed its plan to replace Jimmy Kimmel’s show, posting its Charlie Kirk tribute on YouTube instead of preempting the ABC broadcast.
The Trump administration used its “golden share” power for the first time to block a U.S. Steel plant closure three months after the company’s foreign takeover.
Trump publicly demanded Attorney General Pam Bondi prosecute his rivals one day after firing the federal prosecutor who declined to charge Letitia James.
A Charlie Kirk producer claimed a man was private security one day after police charged him with impersonating an officer at the site of the memorial service.
The Trump Justice Dept. closed a corruption case against border czar Tom Homan one year after FBI agents allegedly recorded him accepting $50,000 in cash.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy threatened federal delays on the Key Bridge rebuild, citing concerns over the project’s cost and Maryland’s DEI policies.
EPA political appointees halted Office of Water research for a new political review two months after dismantling the agency’s main research branch.
Trump nominated a former personal lawyer to run the Virginia prosecutor’s office one day after firing the U.S. Attorney who declined to charge Letitia James.
An ICE official defended the agency’s use of force and claimed activists were inciting non-compliance eight days after an officer killed an immigrant in Chicago.
Democratic leaders demanded a meeting with Trump 10 days before a government shutdown deadline, blaming him for a standoff over health care funding.
The White House detailed a TikTok deal giving Oracle control of U.S. data months after Trump used executive orders to bypass a congressionally mandated ban.
The Trump administration canceled the USDA’s annual hunger report two and a half months after signing legislation that cut food stamps for 3 million people.
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