Shocking revelations expose defiance of Congress. Heather Cox Richardson reports that the Trump administration is openly defying Congress by diverting critical aid from Ukraine and Europe to Latin America while using DHS funds for political ads. Alongside President Trump's concerning public statements and misrepresented deals, these actions highlight a profound disregard for constitutional norms and the separation of powers. Her incisive analysis reveals the dangerous implications for democracy and accountability. Readers can explore the full details in her latest letter. https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/october-1-2026
#USPolitics #Democracy #ConstitutionalCrisis
Heather Cox Richardson deserves praise for this essential reporting.
#constitutional-crisis — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #constitutional-crisis, aggregated by home.social.
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Please copy and paste into the forms on the websites of your members of Congress and share with friends. Encourage them to start their own lists.
Dear Senator / Representative --
The power of the purse resides with Congress, not the Executive Branch. Please make it clear that there can be no Executive Branch withholding of Congressionally-allocated funds and no "pocket recission" to cancel funds allocated by Congress.
On Friday, this Republican Administration announced that it is canceling nearly $1 billion in spending approved by Congress. Trump's Office of Management and Budget described the funding cut as focused on "the most harmful government spending." Most of the funding for immigrant services and diversity-focused initiatives. I do not agree that these programs are harmful.
Under federal law, Congress has 45 days to review the president's proposed spending cuts before they take effect. But Trump made that all but impossible by announcing them with just five days left in the federal fiscal year and the House out of session through the November election. The Government Accountability Office, which is an arm of Congress, says the maneuver known as a "pocket rescission" is illegal.
I would like to know how you will hold this Republican Administration accountable.
I am tired of their usurping of Congressional power. I want to know what you are going to do about this.
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Let's get these facts out there, get some pushback against billionaires dumping cash into elections.
>$49M in one week, in ads for GOP close races.
>$10M so far in the Texas Senate race for Paxton.
>$1.7M into GOP's Ohio Senate race, $1.5M into Michigan Senate.
#EndCitizensUnited #PresidentMusk #OurPutin #GOP #KKK #DHS #DEI #ICE #EveryoneHatesElon #fascist #USA #Senate #Congress #ConstitutionalCrisis #fair #elections #SuperPAC #BigMoney #lobbyists #vote #MailInBallot
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In the #TurdReich, the #ICEtapo believes theyre the law unto themselves.
"Court Rulings? We don't need no steenkin' COURT RULINGS!" #ConstitutionalCrisis #TheCrueltyIsThePoint
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The admin didn't hide it — they admitted in court they cut research grants based on which states voted Harris. Documented corruption is still corruption. By @bledewitz.bsky.social
#AmericanPolitics #ConstitutionalCrisis #RuleOfLaw #Science #Accountability
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John Curtis says he remembers Vietnam when thinking about Iran
When asked about what Congress should do with Iran, Sen. John Curtis immediately pivoted to talking about a…
#EuropeSays #Headlines #News #Europe #Europa #EU #Iran #Congress #constitutionalcrisis #declaredwar #JohnCurtis #SaltLakeCity
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https://www.europesays.com/iran/256926/ John Curtis says he remembers Vietnam when thinking about Iran #Congress #ConstitutionalCrisis #DeclaredWar #Iran #JohnCurtis #SaltLakeCity
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John Curtis says he remembers Vietnam when thinking about Iran
When asked about what Congress should do with Iran, Sen. John Curtis immediately pivoted to talking about a…
#NewsBeep #News #BreakingNews #breakingnews #Congress #constitutionalcrisis #declaredwar #Iran #JohnCurtis #SaltLakeCity
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https://www.europesays.com/people/150254/ Hungary MPs pass constitutional tweak to oust Orban-allied president #ConstitutionalCrisis #HungarianParliament #Hungary #PeterMagyar #PresidentDonaldTrump #TamásSulyok #ViktorOrbán
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https://www.europesays.com/people/148531/ Israeli court battle threatens to turn into constitutional crisis #’Haaretz’ #BenjaminNetanyahu #Channel12 #Channel13 #ConstitutionalCrisis #IsraelHighCourt #IsraelMedia #IsraeliGovernment
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Israeli court battle threatens to turn into constitutional crisis
A Trumpian clash between the Netanyahu government and Israel’s most senior court is rapidly building into a major…
#EuropeSays #Headlines #News #Europe #Europa #EU #Israel #BenjaminNetanyahu #Channel12 #Channel13 #constitutionalcrisis #Haaretz #IsraelHighCourt #israelmedia #Israeligovernment
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https://www.europesays.com/iran/201695/ Israeli court battle threatens to turn into constitutional crisis #BenjaminNetanyahu #Channel12 #Channel13 #ConstitutionalCrisis #Haaretz #Israel #IsraelHighCourt #IsraelMedia #IsraeliGovernment
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Fidesz Calls for Major Protest Against Hungary’s Authoritarian Shift
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Fidesz Calls for Major Protest Against Hungary’s Authoritarian Shift
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Venice Commission Delegation Meets with President of the Republic in Budapest
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@lawyeroyer.com #ToddBlanche #ConstitutionalCrisis
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PM Magyar Seeks Deal with President Sulyok on Resignation, Floats Direct Elections https://www.byteseu.com/2095517/ #AntiCorruption #ATV #ConstitutionalCrisis #deal #EuropeanCommission #Hungary #HungaryNews #IntegrityAuthority #MinorityRights #PeterMagyar #PresidentialElection #removal #resignation #RuleOfLaw #supermajority #TamasSulyok #TiszaParty #Ukraine #VeniceCommission
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PM Magyar Seeks Deal with President Sulyok on Resignation, Floats Direct Elections
Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar announced that he intends …
#Hungary #HU #Europe #Europa #EU #Anti-Corruption #ATV #constitutionalcrisis #deal #EuropeanCommission #hír #hungary #Hungarynews #IntegrityAuthority #Magyarország #Minorityrights #PeterMagyar #PresidentialElection #removal #resignation #RuleofLaw #supermajority #TamásSulyok #TiszaParty #Ukraine #venicecommission
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https://www.europesays.com/people/108265/ PM Magyar Seeks Deal with President Sulyok on Resignation, Floats Direct Elections #AntiCorruption #ATV #ConstitutionalCrisis #deal #EuropeanCommission #Hungary #HungaryNews #IntegrityAuthority #MinorityRights #PeterMagyar #PresidentialElection #removal #Resignation #RuleOfLaw #supermajority #TamásSulyok #TiszaParty #Ukraine #VeniceCommission
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https://www.europesays.com/3053338/ PM Magyar Seeks Deal with President Sulyok on Resignation, Floats Direct Elections #AntiCorruption #ATV #ConstitutionalCrisis #deal #EuropeanCommission #hír #hungary #HungaryNews #IntegrityAuthority #Magyarország #MinorityRights #PeterMagyar #PresidentialElection #removal #resignation #RuleOfLaw #supermajority #TamásSulyok #TiszaParty #Ukraine #VeniceCommission
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Hundreds Protest PM Magyar’s Plans to Remove Hungary’s President https://www.byteseu.com/2091112/ #AntiGovernmentProtest #ConstitutionalCrisis #EUMigrationPact #Hungary #HungaryNews #PeterMagyar #PresidentSulyok #removal #SympathyProtest #TiszaParty #ViktorOrban
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Hundreds Protest PM Magyar’s Plans to Remove Hungary’s President
Several hundred demonstrators gathered outside Sándor Palace in Budapest on Sunday, 7 June, for a sympathy protest in…
#Hungary #HU #Europe #Europa #EU #anti-governmentprotest #constitutionalcrisis #EUMigrationPact #hír #hungary #Hungarynews #Magyarország #PeterMagyar #PresidentSulyok #removal #sympathyprotest #TiszaParty #ViktorOrbán
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https://www.europesays.com/3049862/ Hundreds Protest PM Magyar’s Plans to Remove Hungary’s President #AntiGovernmentProtest #ConstitutionalCrisis #EUMigrationPact #hír #hungary #HungaryNews #Magyarország #PeterMagyar #PresidentSulyok #removal #SympathyProtest #TiszaParty #ViktorOrbán
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https://www.europesays.com/people/105156/ Hundreds Protest PM Magyar’s Plans to Remove Hungary’s President #AntiGovernmentProtest #ConstitutionalCrisis #EUMigrationPact #Hungary #HungaryNews #PeterMagyar #PresidentSulyok #removal #SympathyProtest #TiszaParty #ViktorOrbán
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https://www.europesays.com/people/?p=101703 Venice Commission to Investigate Magyar’s Controversial Attempt to Remove the President #Budapest #ConstitutionalCrisis #ConstitutionalLaw #CouncilOfEurope #HungarianPresidency #PeterMagyar #TamásSulyok #VeniceCommission
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https://www.europesays.com/people/?p=101361 Venice Commission to Investigate Magyar’s Controversial Attempt to Remove the President #Budapest #ConstitutionalCrisis #ConstitutionalLaw #CouncilOfEurope #HungarianPresidency #PeterMagyar #TamásSulyok #VeniceCommission
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Courts Curiously Quiet So Far As #DJT #ExecOrder Attempts To Bypass #Constitutional Authority To Put #ExecutiveBranch Thumb on #American #Elections
Millions Of #Ballots Could Be Tossed By #Drumpf's Personal #Postmaster This Year If Presidential Whims Proceed Unabated
https://www.dcreport.org/2026/06/02/using-post-office-to-limit-voting/ #ConstitutionalCrisis #Voting
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Hungary’s President Refuses to Step Down as PM Magyar’s Deadline Expires
Hungarian President Tamás Sulyok has refused to step down by the 31 May deadline set by Prime Minister…
#Hungary #HU #Europe #Europa #EU #constitutionalcrisis #Fidesz #hír #hungary #Hungarynews #impeachment #Magyarország #PeterMagyar #president #removal #resignation #RuleofLaw #TamásSulyok #TiszaParty #ViktorOrbán
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https://www.europesays.com/people/94506/ Hungary’s President Refuses to Step Down as PM Magyar’s Deadline Expires #ConstitutionalCrisis #Fidesz #Hungary #HungaryNews #Impeachment #PeterMagyar #President #removal #Resignation #RuleOfLaw #TamásSulyok #TiszaParty #ViktorOrbán
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Some of you never took a civics class in high school and it shows. 😐 Elections have consequences — but they can't erase the Constitution. #Impeachment #14thAmendment #22ndAmendment #CivicsMatter #ConstitutionalCrisis
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https://www.europesays.com/people/81646/ Keir Starmer on the Brink: How Britain’s Most Unpopular Prime Minister Put Labour and the UK in Crisis #AndyBurnham #AngelaRayner #BritishPolitics #ConstitutionalCrisis #KeirStarmer #LabourLeadership #LabourMeltdown #LabourParty #LeadershipContest #MakerfieldByElection #PollCollapse #PopulistSurge #ReformUK #StarmerCrisis #WesStreeting
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Tamil Nadu Power Play: Governor's Stance on Vijay's Government Formation Fuels Constitutional Debate
Tamil Nadu Governor Rajendra Arlekar demands proof of majority from C. Joseph Vijay's TVK party before inviting them to form government, causing a constitutional debate.
#TamilNaduPolitics, #VijayGovernment, #ConstitutionalCrisis, #GovernorArlekar, #TVK
https://newsletter.tf/tamil-nadu-governor-delays-vijay-govt-invite/
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Tamil Nadu's political situation is uncertain as the Governor demands proof of majority from C. Joseph Vijay's TVK party before inviting them to form the government.
#TamilNaduPolitics, #VijayGovernment, #ConstitutionalCrisis, #GovernorArlekar, #TVK
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Please copy and paste into the form on the website of your Senators and Representative and share with friends. https://www.congress.gov/contact-us
Dear Senator/Representative:
On March 31, President Trump signed yet another executive order attempting to exert control over elections, a power the Constitution has vested in the states, not the Executive Branch. His prior order has been blocked by the courts as unconstitutional.
This Presidential overreach is unconstitutional and every Congressional member should make that clear. I want you to speak out on the floor on this Constitutional overreach so that your comments appear in the Congressional Record.
This unconstitutional order would develop a federal list of eligible voters in each state and insert the US Postal Service into vote-by-mail programs, which President Trump contends – without evidence – are insecure.
The President is attempting an unconstitutional end run around Congress, which has refused to pass the Trump-endorsed SAVE America Act.
Make it clear you will not stand for it. Your citizens are watching and waiting.
#Resist #ResistOfTheDay #Vote #ConstitutionalCrisis #Constitution
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Bernie Sanders is suggesting the Epstein files be read during the filibuster on the SAVE Act this week. I LOVE THIS IDEA - #constitutionalCrisis
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Trump’s Iran Strike Bypasses Congress—A Constitutional Crisis Unfolds
Trump’s strike on Iran bypassed Congress, risked global oil shocks, and reignited impeachment calls over executive war powers.
#Congress #ConstitutionalCrisis #defenseSpending #democracy #ExecutiveOverreach #impeachment #Iran #MiddleEast #militaryIndustrialComplex #OilPrices #Trump #USForeignPolicy #WarPowers #WarPowersResolution https://wp.me/p1OjMZ-oLB -
Class Warfare’s Global Genocide: How Trump, Netanyahu, and Elites Drive Endless War
Wars in Gaza, Iran tensions, and sanctions on Cuba reveal a global system where elites preserve power at the expense of ordinary people. The public must confront the truth behind these conflicts.
#Congress #ConstitutionalCrisis #defenseSpending #democracy #ExecutiveOverreach #impeachment #Iran #MiddleEast #militaryIndustrialComplex #OilPrices #Trump #USForeignPolicy #WarPowers #WarPowersResolution https://wp.me/p1OjMZ-oLq -
"*Trump RAGES after Congress VOTES Trump['s Act] OUT!!*
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...very specific constitutional steps. We separate the legal reality from the dramatic framing and explain what this moment truly represents.
👉 Is this a historic turning point — or a political showdown with limited practical impact?"👈
--> #America seems to be safe from the #SaveAmericaAct. For now.
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#BreakingNews #USpol #Legal #Constitution #ConstitutionalCrisis #USPolitics #CapitolHill #PoliticalAnalysis
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#BreakingNews #USpol #Legal #Constitution #ConstitutionalCrisis #USPolitics #CapitolHill #PoliticalAnalysis
"*Trump RAGES after Congress VOTES Trump['s Act] OUT!!*
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8usCXuKur3w
Well-done analysis ->
via #SarahCollins #LateNightWithSarah
Shockwaves are rippling through #Washington after a dramatic vote in #Congress involving #DonaldTrump.
Some headlines claim Congress has “voted Trump out” — but what does that actually mean? Was this an #Impeachment...
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#constitutionalcrisis?
"In a fiery ruling that accused the government of widespread noncompliance with judicial orders, a federal judge ordered the Homeland Security Department to provide thousands of immigrants detained nationwide with notice that they can join a lawsuit against the government and get either a hearing or be immediately released."
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/19/us/politics/judge-immigrants-notice-lawsuits.html?unlocked_article_code=1.N1A.tWdO.ZMftNbeCHQnM&smid=url-share -
#ConstitutionalCrisis #SeparationofPowers #DOJ Drama Deepens As Deputy Director #ToddBlanche, in a terse childish #FridayNight statement on #SocialMedia at around 6:45 p.m EST immediately fires near unanimous judicially approved James W. Hundley, longtime litigator and #EDVA replacement for the illegally appointed and previously ousted #DJT sycophant Lindsay Halligan.
"EDVA judges do not pick our #USAttorney. #POTUS does. James Hundley, you're fired!"
The #Drumpf DOJ interprets #Federal #judicialbranch powers as subordinate to the President’s #Executive removal authority.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/20/politics/doj-us-attorney-virginia-fired
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Please copy and paste into the forms on the websites of your members of Congress and share with friends. https://www.congress.gov/contact-us
Dear Sen / Rep --
We have seen the testimony of Todd Lyons (the acting head of ICE), Rodney Scott (the head of CBP), and Citizenship and Immigration Services director Joseph Edlow.
They do not think their employees are doing anything wrong. I do, and I want to know what you are going to do now.
The stories continue of 70 people crammed in a tiny cell with limited food and water for weeks at a time. DHS officers are beating people, breaking bones, zip tying teenagers, denying access to lawyers, and ignoring court orders. No one holds DHS accountable for the violence and the violations of the Constitution.
We see refugees and documented asylum seekers held incommunicado for weeks despite being legally in this country. No one holds DHS accountable for this.
I see Republicans in Congress respond by seeking legislation to punish Americans exercising their First Amendment rights.
I want to know your plan. Do we let DHS continue to trample the Constitution? Do we green-light Republican plans to crack down on free speech?
The people are in the streets demanding change. I write to you constantly demanding change.
Defend the Constitution. This Republican Administration sees no need for DHS reform. We the people do.
Which side are you on?
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#MissKittyPolitics #ALBUS Article I, Sec 5 gives the House power to judge its members' qualifications. Albus plans to use this to delay seating Dems indefinitely. Fewer Dems = a GOP-controlled quorum for the Jan 6th session. This is the math of the coup. #ConstitutionalCrisis
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Children in DHS facilities are being abused and their rights violated -- Congress needs to move on this YESTERDAY.
video via The Weekend Primetime on #MSNOW
#FuckICE #DHS #CBP #Authoritarianism #Fascism #ConstitutionalCrisis
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🔴 LIVE STREAM: Minneapolis Killing: 1984 Police State Inflection Point? | LIVE STREAM 📅 2026-01-25 15:35 UTC (Starts in Started) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgH4oisDx3I #UpdateExtra #Minnesota #KristiNoem #USPolitics #ICE #ConstitutionalCrisis #livestream
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Finally Friday Reads: Jack is Back
“Jack Smith returns to Washington to testify publicly in front of Jim Jordan’s House Judiciary Committee.” John Buss, @repeat1968
Good Day, Sky Dancers!
Yesterday, the entire news cycle was dedicated to the testimony of former Special Counsel Jack Smith, who prosecuted the rotter in the White House for his election interference scheme. Many of the Republican members of the Judiciary Committee were far from up to the task of diminishing Smith’s appearance and the merits of the case. At one point, Democratic Ranking Member Jamie Raskin and Republican Darrel Issa got into a shouting match.
PBS had this headline yesterday, along with a tick-tock of the day’s events. It was a strange thing to see that Republicans were part of what was a look at Trump’s Election crimes, which appeared to be less daunting to them than dealing with the Epstein Files. Anyone paying attention surely took the event and the testimony as yet another way Trump defies our Constitutionally defined form of government.
Jack Smith is set to testify in a House Judiciary hearing Thursday. It’s an opportunity for the career prosecutor to offer his inside perspective on the investigations into Trump’s mishandling of classified documents and attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 election. The president was indicted in two federal cases, but both were scuttled once it was clear that Trump would return to the Oval Office, due to DOJ policy that prevents prosecution of a sitting president.
One of the things we learned is that the manner in which the case was dismissed lets a future Congress and DOJ go after him again. This was yesterday’s New York Times’ conclusion. “In Testimony, Jack Smith Defends Decision to Prosecute Trump. The former special prosecutor argued a case he was never allowed to in court: that President Trump “engaged in criminal activity” that undermined democracy.” The leded is shared by
By Glenn Thrush and Alan Feuer.But the hearing also provided Mr. Smith with what was likely to be his best opportunity to challenge, in an official forum, Mr. Trump’s justification for ordering the Justice Department to pursue his enemies: that he was persecuted for his politics, not prosecuted for his alleged misdeeds.
“Our investigation revealed that Donald Trump is the person who caused Jan. 6, that it was foreseeable to him and that he sought to exploit the violence,” Mr. Smith said, sitting alone at the witness table with a water bottle, legal pad and white ballpoint pen.
He appeared wan and tired, speaking so softly at times his voice did not register with voice transcription apps. Before sitting at the witness table, Mr. Smith greeted four law enforcement officers who were attacked by the pro-Trump mob at the Capitol — Michael Fanone, Daniel Hodges, Aquilino Gonell and Harry Dunn.
Republicans repeatedly accused Mr. Smith of participating in a Democratic conspiracy to destroy Mr. Trump by investigating his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, as well as his handling of classified documents after he left office.
Mr. Smith and his team interfered in the “democratic process by seeking to muzzle a candidate for a high office,” Representative Jim Jordan, Republican of Ohio and the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, said in his opening statement, quoting from an editorial in The Washington Post.
But Republican lawmakers offered no new evidence to support that claim, and spent much of their time rehashing political arguments and grilling Mr. Smith about his decision to seek a court order for metadata about phone calls Mr. Trump and his allies made to nine Republican lawmakers as they sought to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
This may seem like more rehashing of old news, but remember, Trump is angling to interfere with the 2026 midterms. It’s a good refresher as to the criminal lengths he will go to retain power. The news today still reflects the regime’s abuse of constitutional rights. ICE is still in the headlines. The abuse is on full display in Minneapolis. This analysis of the last Constitutional Crisis nightmare can be found on Joy Vance’s SubStack, Civil Discourse. “Breaking the Fourth Amendment.”
Last night, we learned from a report in the Associated Press that ICE, contrary to longstanding Fourth Amendment jurisprudence, is taking the position that it can enter people’s homes without a judicial warrant. Instead, they believe that an administrative warrant suffices. An administrative warrant is a form signed by an “authorized immigration official,” which means an executive branch employee who can be fired if they displease the president. It’s not difficult to see the problem here.
The Fourth Amendment provides that: “The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.” It’s the reason your home can’t be searched by the police without a search warrant that has been supported with probable cause to believe that evidence or fruits of a crime will be found there.
ICE seems to be arguing that if they think a non-citizen for whom there is a final order of deportation is in a house, they can blow right past the Fourth Amendment, take the doors off the house if they aren’t admitted voluntarily, and go right in. But the Fourth Amendment doesn’t change just because ICE says so.
The Supreme Court has made it clear that a search warrant must be signed by a “judicial officer” or a “magistrate.” Their signature on the warrant says that they have reviewed the evidence that the agents believe constitutes probable cause to justify a search, and they agree that it is sufficient to breach the wall otherwise established by the Fourth Amendment and allow law enforcement into a private home (or car, or private areas of a business, etc.). The idea is that a detached, neutral judge—not someone involved in investigating a case or “on the same side” as law enforcement—should evaluate the evidence before a search warrant or an arrest warrant is issued.
As the Supreme Court explained in Johnson v. U.S., in 1948: “The point of the Fourth Amendment, which often is not grasped by zealous officers, is not that it denies law enforcement the support of the usual inferences which reasonable men draw from evidence. Its protection consists in requiring that those inferences be drawn by a neutral and detached magistrate instead of being judged by the officer engaged in the often competitive enterprise of ferreting out crime.”
This report by The Washington Post shows how utterly evil, cruel, and lawless the agency has become. “ICE detains four children from Minnesota school district, including 5-year-old. Columbia Heights Public Schools district officials accused ICE officers of using the 5-year-old “as bait.” A 10-year-old and her mother were also detained.” Andrew Jeong provides the report.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Minnesota have detained at least four children from the same school district this month, including a 5-year-old boy, school officials in a Minneapolis suburb said Wednesday.
The events have inflamed tensions between residents and ICE officers, sparked by the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Renée Good by an ICE officer this month. The Trump administration has sought to justify the presence of ICE personnel by saying that the officers are detaining immigrants convicted of violent crimes.
“Why detain a 5-year-old?” Zena Stenvik, the superintendent of the Columbia Heights Public Schools district, located just north of Minneapolis, said at a news conference. “You cannot tell me that this child is going to be classified as a violent criminal.”
Five-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father, whom the Department of Homeland Security identified as Adrian Alexander Conejo Arias in an emailed statement, were detained in their driveway Tuesday afternoon, just as they were returning from the child’s school, according to a news release from Columbia Heights Public Schools.
The father fled on foot when ICE officers approached him, DHS said. “For the child’s safety, one of our ICE officers remained with the child while the other officers apprehended Conejo Arias,” it added.
After detaining the father, ICE officers then asked Liam to knock on the door to see if any other people were inside the home, “using a 5-year-old as bait,” according to the school district.
Another adult living in the home, who was outside at the time, “begged the agents” to leave the child with them, the school district said. ICE agents refused.
Liam’s middle-school-age brother returned home 20 minutes later to find that his younger brother and father had been taken away.
Liam and his father are now in San Antonio in the custody of Homeland Security authorities, the family’s lawyer, Marc Prokosch, said in an email. They are not U.S. citizens but “have been following the legal process perfectly, from presenting themselves at the border to applying for asylum and waiting for the process to go through,” he said.
The Substack Strength in Numbers of G. Elliott Morris has this true and frightening headline. “The consent of the governed has been withdrawn. One year into his second term, Trump has suffered the largest approval collapse of any modern president (except the one who resigned in disgrace). He is underwater on every major policy area.” He’s so underwater that the numbers are worse than during the worst of the COVID pandemic.
One year ago this week, Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th President of the United States. He entered office with a net approval rating of +5 in the FiftyPlusOne.news approval rating aggregate. Despite a tumultuous first term — which ended with the president posting his worst-ever numbers after the January 6 insurrection — voters, it seemed, were willing to give him another shot.
They are no longer willing to give him that chance. Trump sits at an -16 net job approval on average today, down from +5 on his first day in office. His 21-point drop is the worst first-year performance, in the eyes of public opinion, of any president’s first term going back to at least 1948. If you compare the last year to other second-term presidencies, Trump’s is still the worst first-year performance of any president in the modern polling, with one exception: Richard Nixon (who was consumed by Watergate and other national crises at this point in his term).
Either way, Trump is in historically bad company.
As The New York Times reported this week, Trump’s support among key groups he persuaded to vote for him in 2024 — notably, young, Black, and Latino voters — has now sunk below levels measured in the run-up to the 2020 election (which Trump lost to Joe Biden by 4.5 points in the national popular vote)
Let’s hope that turns into some momentum to get rid of Republicans in Congress. As noted before, the Trump Regime, plus many Republican Congress Critters, are truly afraid of what’s coming for them. Don Moynihan has this to say at his Substack. “Can We Still Govern? Past the breaking point. The violent occupation of an American city is more than a warning.”
We use words like “police state.” Then we see it happen. To watch is not the same as to experience it, of course. Of being afraid to leave your house. Or having a classmate, co-worker, or family member disappear. But the images make it more real. It removes any illusion that it could not happen here. It is happening here. We see it happening here, if we are willing to look.
In recent weeks, the paramilitary occupation of the Twin Cities has moved us past some invisible breaking points. About how we expect our government to treat us. And about what might be done about the government agencies that fail those expectations.
Lets step back: the primary purpose of this occupation is the selective use of government power to establish federal dominance over blue states or cities that President Trump dislikes. Thats it. Trump thinks Minnesota is the enemy, and so he unleashed an armed and masked paramilitary upon its people. There is no serious case that this is about the number of immigrants, or some level of violent crime not seen elsewhere. It is about the Department of Homeland Security, in the form of Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, and Customs and Border Patrol, developing their skills as the President’s stormtroopers. It is about making an example of a community.
To make matters worse, Congress did not defund ICE thanks to a handful of turncoat Democrats. This is from Newsweek. “Seven Democrats Just Voted to Approve ICE Funding: Full List.” This news is reported by Gabe Whisnant.
Seven House Democrats broke with much of their party to vote in favor of funding U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), helping advance a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) spending measure in committee despite strong opposition from progressives.
The votes came during a markup of the DHS appropriations bill, with Representative Thomas Massie of Kentucky casting the lone Republican vote against the funding, which passed 220-207 and will fund ICE as well as FEMA through September 30.
“Right now we are about to take a vote and that vote is on DHS and whether or not we will give more funding to ICE. Right now I am willing to shut it down. I am going to do what it takes instead of just kind of being a go-along to get-along lawmaker,” Representative Jasmine Crockett, a Texas Democrat, told Newsweek ahead of the vote.
The seven Democratic representatives who voted yes to approve ICE funding were:
- Tom Suozzi (New York)
- Henry Cuellar (Texas)
- Don Davis (North Carolina)
- Laura Gillen (New York)
- Jared Golden (Maine)
- Vicente Gonzalez (Texas)
- Marie Glusenkamp Perez (Washington)
We have met the enemy, and he is us.
What’s on your Reading, Action, and Blogging list today?
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A secret memo is dangerously undermining your constitutional rights! Heather Cox Richardson reports a secret ICE memo authorizes agents to invade homes without judicial warrants, directly subverting the Fourth Amendment. Understand this critical threat here: https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-21-2026 #CivilRights #FourthAmendment #ICE #ConstitutionalCrisis. Thank you, Heather Cox Richardson, for shedding light on this crucial issue.
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💼 Harvard Magazine bravely questions if the Constitution is "broken" while simultaneously peddling personalized Harvard-branded vacation rentals. 🤔 Because clearly, what America needs right now is a side of constitutional crisis with a dash of Ivy League real estate. 🏰💸
https://www.harvardmagazine.com/social-sciences/is-the-constitution-broken #HarvardMagazine #ConstitutionalCrisis #IvyLeague #RealEstate #VacationRentals #CriticalThinking #HackerNews #ngated -
🚨 Oh no, yet another leak that will shock exactly no one: ICE agents are being unmasked, and everyone is pretending to be surprised. Meanwhile, the usual suspects continue their circus of constitutional confusion 🤡. Who needs Netflix when you have this political reality show? 🍿
https://vechron.com/2026/01/whistleblower-drops-largest-ever-ice-leak-to-unmask-agents/ #ICEleaks #politicaltheater #constitutionalcrisis #newsanalysis #realitycheck #HackerNews #ngated -
Right out of the authoritarian state playbook.
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Minneapolis ICE shooting live updates: Trump threatens to invoke Insurrection Act
https://abcnews.go.com/US/live-updates/minneapolis-ice-shooting-live-updates/?id=129124338
via ABC News App#MadKingDonald #DementiaDon #DerangedDon #ConstitutionalCrisis #WeaponizingGovernment #SpitefulOldMan #WaronAmericans
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sen. slotkin targeted by trump administration investigation over democrats' video to troops with sen. kelly
sen. slotkin targeted by trump administration investigation over democrats' video to troops with sen. kelly https://www.cbsnews.com/detroit/news/elissa-slotkin-federal-investigation-trump-administration-video-illegal-orders/
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Breaking News
https://apnews.com/article/federal-reserve-trump-subpoena-bf4fc6c690fa248fbc531bc9bc7f1758?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2026-01-11-Breaking+News
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DOJ launches criminal investigation into Fed Chair Jerome Powell, he says
Powell released a video statement on Sunday.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/doj-launches-criminal-investigation-fed-chair-jerome-powell/story?id=129114228
via ABC News App
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Trump dials Collins with ‘profanity-laced rant’ over Venezuela war powers vote
Source: The Hill
Trump dials Collins with ‘profanity-laced rant’ over Venezuela war powers vote
Source: The Hill
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Marco Rubio Slides Private Note to Donald Trump During Televised Press Conference. Trump Looks Down and Reads It Aloud
Source: People
Marco Rubio Slides Private Note to Donald Trump During Televised Press Conference. Trump Looks Down and Reads It Aloud
Source: People
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colombian president gustavo petro tells cbs news he hopes dialogue with trump will \"stop a world war\"
colombian president gustavo petro tells cbs news he hopes dialogue with trump will \"stop a world war\" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-venezuela-colombia-president-petro-tells-cbs-dialogue-could-stop-world-war/#TrumpRegime #MadKingDonald #DementiaDon #DerangedDon #WeaponizingGovernment #ConstitutionalCrisis #SpitefulOldMan
