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The supreme court is giving a lawless president the green light | Steven Greenhouse The Department of Education case is the latest example of an unexplained decision bowing to Trump

Very regrettably, the Supreme Court keeps ruling in favor of Donald Trump, the most authoritarian president in history & keeps issuing rulings that undermine our democracy.

The court forgets, We're supposed to have a government of laws, not of strongmen.
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An Accuser’s Story Suggests How Trump Might Appear in the Epstein Files

MORE ON EPSTEIN & TRUMP—Epstein aide went to FBI because she was upset that Epstein was pursuing girls & young women while building friendships with prominent people, including Trump & Bill Clinton

She said Trump once thought Epstein was giving her to Trump for sex
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The supreme court is cracking down on judges – and letting Trump run wild | Steven Greenhouse The justices’ decision limiting judicial injunctions gives a red light to the most effective check on the president’s power grab

Ever since Trump returned to power, he has conducted an unprecedented assault against the rule of law. Thankfully, federal district court judges have bravely stood up to him & his illegal actions

Sadly SCOTUS has been very pro-Trump & has tied these judges' hands
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Union leaders’ exit from DNC exposes ‘mind-boggling’ tensions inside Democratic party Lee Saunders and Randi Weingarten say party not standing up for working people amid ‘existential battle’ under Trump

As the Democratic party fights to rebuild from a devastating election defeat, the presidents of two of the nation’s largest labor unions—Randi Weingarten & Lee Saunders—have abruptly quit the DNC, exposing serious tensions over the party’s direction
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New York City comptroller Brad Lander arrested at immigration court hearing Mayoral candidate was detained by Ice as he escorted an immigrant out of court, says his wife

Disgraceful and inexcusable. Trump's authoritarian, ice-hearted thugs arrest New York City's highly respected comptroller, Brad Lander. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Trump keeps being overruled by judges. And his temper tantrums won’t stop that | Steven Greenhouse A word of advice to Trump: dozens of judges keep ruling against you because you’ve flouted the law more than any previous president

Trump is having TANTRUMS because so many judges have ruled against him

He should realize there's a simple way to get judges to stop overruling him: STOP taking all these ILLEGAL, VINDICTIVE actions & stop issuing all these destructive, lawless executive orders

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Opinion | Elon Musk’s Legacy Is Disease, Starvation and Death

"If there's justice in the world, @elonmusk will never be able to repair his reputation—at least not without devoting the bulk of his fortune to easing the misery he’s engendered." Experts estimate DOGE's cuts have resulted in >300,000 deaths & huge misery & hunger
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Will Donald Trump defy the US supreme court? | Steven Greenhouse With the court slated to issue a flood of rulings by early July, the justices have an important choice: to bend to Trump or to grow a real backbone

The Supreme Court has been far too pro-Trump. Will the want be remembered as cowardly enablers who helped the most authoritarian, lawless president consolidate power? Or do they want to be remembered for standing up to a bully to protect our laws & our democracy?
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Trump says Biden caused the economic downturn. That’s malarkey | Steven Greenhouse The US president is blaming ‘Biden’s economy’. In fact, there is one key cause of the poor showing – and it’s not his predecessor

Trump lied outrageously when he said Joe Biden caused the economic downturn in the first quarter

Economists say there was one overriding reason the economy tanked in the first quarter: uncertainty & alarm about Trump's tariffs. But Trump will never admit that www.theguardian.com/us-news/comm...

America’s Labor Unions Are Souring on Trump And they're already planting seeds to help ensure the Democrats win back control of the House of Representatives.

Candidate Trump wooed labor unions & union members, but Trump 2.0 has repeatedly attacked America's unions

Unions have grown increasingly angry & disgusted with Trump

"We've been facing a barrage of attacks from the Trump administration," said AFLCIO President Liz Shuler
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Trump says Biden caused the economic downturn. That’s malarkey | Steven Greenhouse The US president is blaming ‘Biden’s economy’. In fact, there is one key cause of the poor showing – and it’s not his predecessor

While Trump delusionally says “We’re celebrating the most successful first 100 days in history,” last week’s economic news refutes Trump's BS. The economy actually shrank in the 1st quarter. Trump dishonestly blames Biden although his tariffs caused the downturn
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Trump’s second term will be the worst presidential term ever | Steven Greenhouse Tragically, the president’s second term is already more lawless and more authoritarian than any in US history

In Donald Trump's first 100 days back in office, he has made a strong case that his 2nd term will be by far the worst presidential term in history

In 100 days, his new term has shown itself to be the most lawless & authoritarian in US history
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Constitutional Crises | Sherrilyn Ifill, Pamela Karlan, Laurence H. Tribe In the first of a series of virtual events on the most pressing issues emerging from the second Trump administration, Fintan O’Toole hosts Sherrilyn

Don't miss this terrific discussion of our nation's Trump-created, anti-democratic CONSTITUTIONAL CRISES--with the brilliant Laurence Tribe, Pamela Karlan, & Sherrilyn Ifill. Moderated by Fintan O'Toole. This discussion was sponsored by @nybooks
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Trump was playing chicken with tariffs. Then he chickened out | Steven Greenhouse In a second term of fiat, flubbing and flip–flopping, Trump pursued his desire to wield a club over everyone and everything

Trump's tariff war is the dumbest economic policy any president has ever adopted. His tariff stupidity singlehandedly caused vast & needless damage to stock markets, industries & diplomatic relations across the globe. Stock markets lost over $10 trillion in value
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Trump’s Social Security Promise Under Strain as DOGE Cuts Take Toll President Trump promised not to touch Social Security, but as Elon Musk’s team trims staff and plans cuts to phone services, the system is groaning under the pressure.

Trump and Elon Musk are seriously screwing up our Social Security system, and many seniors are angry as hell.

Six-and-a-hall-hour waits to have calls answered. Long lines outside Social Security offices. Musk's slashing the staff leads to serious staffing shortages.
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‘Trump and Musk are setting the example’: how companies are becoming emboldened to be more anti-union As the White House carries out an anti-worker agenda, labor leaders fear corporate America could also grow more hostile

Trump’s many anti-union actions are already spurring some employers to take a more hostile stance toward unions as labor leaders voice fears that Trump's & Musk's anti-worker moves will embolden more companies to fight harder against unions www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ could mean recession in the US and pain worldwide | Steven Greenhouse The US president’s tariffs are vengeful and impetuous – and will have immense costs with no clear goal

There is no method to Trump's tariff madness. His tariffs will hurt everyone--U.S. consumers, investors & industries. They'll hurt our allies & poor countries like
Bangladesh & their workers

All the tariffs do is satisfy Trump's ego & his misbegotten grievances
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Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ could mean recession in the US and pain worldwide | Steven Greenhouse The US president’s tariffs are vengeful and impetuous – and will have immense costs with no clear goal

Trump's "Liberation Day" tariffs result from a combination of impulsiveness, impetuousness & ignorance—although some economists say that idiocy & economic illiteracy also play a big part. The world's stock clearly markets agree, losing trillions in value this week www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Trump claimed he was pro-worker. His new order shows how absurd that was | Steven Greenhouse Last week, he moved to end collective bargaining rights for 1 million people. And would anyone who cared about workers hire this staff?

It's time to call out Trump's BS that he's pro-worker.

If any workers are still holding on to the notion that Trump is pro-worker, his move to terminate union bargaining rights for 1 million federal workers should disabuse them of that notion
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Why Trump’s 25% tariffs on autos could backfire | Steven Greenhouse Nearly half of the cars sold in the US are imported and Trump’s 25% tariff will add at least $6,000 to the sticker price of the average car, industry experts say

Like a car in desperate need of a tune-up, Trump's 25% auto tariffs are likely to backfire

They'll cause sticker prices to soar & they'll anger consumers & cause auto sales & auto production & jobs to fall, at least short term. And they will slow economic growth www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Trump’s tariff obsession is a lose-lose proposition | Steven Greenhouse The president thinks tariffs are ‘the greatest thing ever invented’ – but his trade war seems based on fiat and whim

Donald Trump won't admit it but his tariffs might take a serious toll on the American economy

Trump hopes his tariffs will create many factory jobs in the US, but by one measure his tariffs will cost an astronomical $40 million per each manufacturing job created
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Trump’s tariff obsession is a lose-lose proposition | Steven Greenhouse The president thinks tariffs are ‘the greatest thing ever invented’ – but his trade war seems based on fiat and whim

Trump's tariffs are a lose-lose proposition for the US

Trump is like Elmer Fudd with his shotgun, shooting every which way. Elmer Fudd's gun often blew up in his face by mistake. With his tariffs, Elmer Trump is on his way to shooting the U.S. economy by mistake www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

John Roberts made Trump’s authoritarianism possible. He could still save his own legacy | Steven Greenhouse The supreme court judge has emboldened and enabled Trump, but the president’s second term must surely have him worried

Chief Justice John Roberts views himself as a cautious, conservative institutionalist, but it increasingly looks as if history will view him very differently—as a deeply flawed chief justice who paved the way for the US to become an authoritarian state under Trump
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John Roberts made Trump’s authoritarianism possible. He could still save his own legacy | Steven Greenhouse The supreme court judge has emboldened and enabled Trump, but the president’s second term must surely have him worried

Because of John Roberts & the horrible Citizens United ruling he engineered, Elon Musk has been able to donate an obscene $13 million to the Wisconsin Supreme Court Race

John Roberts has done grievous harm to our democracy & has paved the way to authoritarianism
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Yes, I know all about his efforts to curb voting rights. I’ve written about that previous. But I didn’t have space to discuss that in this piece. I do mention his big goals, one of which is to help the GOP consolidate power—and of course his efforts to limit voting rights are part of that.

Trump says the economy ‘went to hell’ under Biden. The opposite is true By standard measures such as job and GDP growth and the stock market, the US economy was in excellent shape

Trump says he inherited an "economic catastrophe" from Biden. The opposite is true.

By standard economic measures, the U.S. economy was in excellent shape when Biden left office--with low unemployment, strong growth & a big drop in inflation
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This is not how anyone should treat workers -- or any human beings, for that matters. Trump, that suppose champion of workers, and his billionaire sidekick are really treating workers like dirt, like something to stomp on.

They seem to have a sadistic attitude toward workers
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Trump vowed to champion US workers - the reality has been a relentless assault President has begun slashing federal workforce while hobbling labor watchdogs NLRB and EEOC

Trump won over many American workers by vowing to fight for them. But ever since he returned to the White House, he has taken a large & rapid-fire number of anti-worker, anti-union actions.

"He says he’s a champion of workers. He’s just not”
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Trump vowed to champion US workers - the reality has been a relentless assault President has begun slashing federal workforce while hobbling labor watchdogs NLRB and EEOC

Exactly right. Look at what Trump has done- anti labor assaults that directly help the anti union actions of Space X and Amazon. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...