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Trump's Illicit Threat to Jail Obama Is Meant to Rally His Supporters Around Bogus Prosecutions of Political Opponents
Having claimed absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for himself, Donald Trump is now openly fantasizing about arresting and jailing former…
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Robert Tracinski
Trump Sues The Wall Street Journal for Daring to Report on His Lewd Birthday Card to Jeffrey Epstein
Facing a rebellion from his own supporters over the administration’s failure to release more information about Jeffrey Epstein, a financier who died in…
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Robert Tracinski
CBS Cancels Stephen Colbert Ahead of its Parent Company's Takeover by a Trump-Friendly Owner
Paramount, the parent company of CBS, CBS News, and its flagship investigative reporting show 60 Minutes, has made a series of capitulations to Donald…
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Robert Tracinski
Trump Digs Into Schiff's Financial Records and Threatens to Prosecute the Senator on Dubious Grounds as Payback for Impeachment
Donald Trump has promised retaliation against his political opponents, and one of his chief targets is Sen.
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Robert Tracinski
Secret Police and Secret Courts: The Trump Administration Withholds Names of Immigration Prosecutors, Taking a Great Leap Forward Toward a…
In a free society, the law is enforced out in the open, subject to public scrutiny.
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Robert Tracinski
The Administration's War on Civil Service Protections Is Continuing Unabated in a Bid to Stack Executive Agencies with Trump Puppets
One of the triumphs of late 19th-century politics was the reform of the civil service to eliminate the politicized “spoils system” and establish…
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Robert Tracinski
Whistleblower Details How Trump's DOJ Tried to Fraudulently Frame Kilmar Abrego Garcia as a Gang Member
Department of Justice whistleblower Erez Reuveni has already revealed how Trump official Emil Bove gave instructions to ignore the courts. New emails…
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Robert Tracinski
Trump Imposes Tariffs on Brazil to Prevent His Strongman Buddy Bolsonaro from Being Prosecuted for an Attempted Coup
Donald Trump’s arbitrary imposition of tariffs is not merely an abuse of his power over the economy.
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Robert Tracinski
Trump's Retribution Agenda Gets Underway With Criminal Referrals Against Officials Who Investigated Him
Donald Trump has been threatening to open investigations of his critics and political enemies, but Trump says a lot of things that no one ever follows…
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Robert Tracinski
Paramount Shamelessly Signs Up to Toe the Administration's Line, Capitulating to Trump's Corrupt Shakedown
Paramount, the parent company of CBS News, has capitulated in a bogus lawsuit filed by Donald Trump, agreeing to pay a $16 million bribe to his…
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Robert Tracinski
Trump Is Failing to Enforce Congress's Ban on TikTok, Claiming King-Like Powers to Suspend Laws He Does Not Like
Donald Trump’s refusal to enforce the TikTok ban turns out to be about an issue much bigger than what happens to TikTok.
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Robert Tracinski
Trump Signs Off on Military Troops Acting as the Judge, Jury, and Deportation Squad to Eject Immigrants
Donald Trump sent National Guard troops into Los Angeles to suppress “riots.” If such a threat ever existed, it died down weeks ago—but the troops are…
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Robert Tracinski
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