Melissa Bernstein

Opinion | Yes, Trump can accept an airplane from Qatar. Here’s why he shouldn’t. Just because Donald Trump can take Qatar’s largesse doesn’t mean he should.

I cannot stay silent on this, particularly given that my mother was murdered by Islamic terrorists. Our President should not be accepting a gift of a $400 million aircraft from a country which continues to harbor these terrorists. It is wrong on every level.

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Opinion | Is Trump really going to defy the judiciary? What happens then? No one really knows, because there isn’t much in the way of historical precedent.

Reality Check: In our system, judges get to decide what is or is not within the executive’s “legitimate” power.

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Vance Says ‘Judges Aren’t Allowed to Control’ Trump’s ‘Legitimate Power’ The declaration by the vice president came as court orders have temporarily blocked parts of the Trump administration’s agenda.

This scares the heck out of me -

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Still figuring out how to use this thing but happy there is an alternative to Musk and Zuckerberg!