William Lindsey :toad:
Heather Cox Richardson encourages us to view the Trump regime's flashy public spectacle of arresting Judge Hannah Dugan this way:
"Today’s major stories must be seen in the context of President Donald Trump’s dramatic losses in court and his plummeting poll numbers. …
The attempt to attack the judges could well be a reaction to the major losses the administration took from the courts this week."
#Trump #ICE #immigrants #SupremeCourt #courts #HannahDugan
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William Lindsey :toad:
"Trump is rejecting the compromise at our heart of system, where three coequal branches of government share power in order to prevent the emergence of a tyrant. ...
The message is clear: If they can arrest judges, no one is safe."
~ Joyce Vance
#Trump #ICE #immigrants #courts #HannahDugan #fascism
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https://joycevance.substack.com/p/two-months-ago-i-wrote-about-this
William Lindsey :toad:
"I view this arrest not as a sign of Trumpian strength but one of weakness and desperation. You do not have to beat people into submission if they support you. And this arrest was a clear sign of puerile frustration at the ongoing and serious defiance of the Courts and his losing of his big argument with the American people."
~ Simon Rosenberg
#Trump #ICE #immigrants #courts #HannahDugan
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https://www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/a-brutal-nyt-poll-a-judge-is-arrested
William Lindsey :toad:
"Judge Dugan’s arrest by Trump’s FBI cannot be viewed in a vacuum. It’s part of Trump and the GOP’s efforts to re-envision the United States as an autocratic nation."
William Lindsey :toad:
"Donald Trump and his rogue regime have just taken their next step in embracing fascism with the arrest Friday of Wisconsin state Judge Hannah Dugan on BS charges. And that’s not just my view, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen wrote in response to Trump’s Attorney General Pam Bondi vowing more arrests of judges who defy Trump: 'This is what fascism looks like.'”
~ Dean Obeidallah
#Trump #ICE #immigrants #courts #HannahDugan #fascism
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https://deanobeidallah.substack.com/p/heres-the-first-us-citizen-who-is
William Lindsey :toad:
"His team has spent much of April highlighting the president’s immigration policies, rather than dwelling on the financial fallout since Trump announced sweeping tariffs on foreign imports three weeks ago and stock markets plunged.
But this time, the strategy doesn’t appear to be working."
William Lindsey :toad:
"This arrest of Judge Dugan is as appalling as it is useless. It is plainly an act of intimidation. It is, in itself, an obstruction of a legal proceeding."
~ Charles Pierce
William Lindsey :toad:
"The president has viewed immigration as his strongest political advantage, the chief reason he took back the White House and a go-to attack line in choppy news cycles."
~ Dan Diamond and Clara Ence Morse
#Trump #ICE #immigrants #courts #HannahDugan
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/04/25/trump-garcia-deportation/
William Lindsey :toad:
This is politics of distraction, politics of cynical theater to try to move our eyes from the conspicuous failure of the Trump administration, especially vis-a-vis the economy:
"The dramatic actions against ActBlue and immigrants are also signs of weakness as administration officials attempt to distract supporters not only from the disastrous tariffs, but also from the growing evidence that Trump is not functioning as a president should."
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