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Policy Illegality (Executive Watch)

‘Great Leader’ Announces Humiliating Peace Deal With Iran
Last week we crossed the 100-day mark of Donald Trump’s foolish and strategically incompetent war of choice with Iran.
 • Executive Watch
In a Cynical Move, Trump Invokes Forced Labor Concerns as a Pretext to Revive His Tariff Regime After Courts Have Repeatedly Struck It Down
Courts have struck down Donald Trump’s tariff regime on a number of occasions, including the Supreme Court itself, which ruled earlier this year that…
 • Executive Watch
Trump Threatens New Military Action, This Time Against Cuba
Despite his war of choice in Iran going none too well, Trump is shifting his sights to another military conquest, this time closer to home: Cuba.
 • Executive Watch
The Secretary of War Is Mocking the Need to Obtain Congressional Authorization to Continue to Warmonger in Iran
It has been 60 days since Donald Trump started a war in Iran without approval from Congress.
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The President Uses the Threat of War Crimes Against Iran as a Negotiating Tactic
Donald Trump has raised, then dropped, multiple different strategic objectives for his war against Iran.
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Trump Issues an Executive Order to Dictate the Rules for College Football and Enforce Them by Cutting Federal Funding
Donald Trump views executive orders, not as mere directives for the administration of the government, but as edicts expressing his demands for control…
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Trump Threatens to Withdraw from NATO, an Illegal Act Without Congressional Approval
Donald Trump likes to go around claiming the power to rule by his personal whim, asserting authority the president simply does not possess under the…
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Stephen Miller Ordered ICE to Provoke Violent Confrontations With Minneapolis Protesters that Led to the Execution of Two Americans
The killings of observers at immigration raids in Minneapolis early this year were no accident.
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Trump's Lackeys Shamelessly Approve Putting His Face on a Coin In Violation of America's Tradition Against King Worship
Ancient societies put the face of the king or the emperor on a coin, because that one man was the ultimate source of authority.
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Trump Keeps Illegally Appointing Unqualified US Attorneys Even as Courts Keep Swatting Them
The central goal of Donald Trump’s second term in office is to bypass the legislative branch entirely, figuring out how to govern without Congress.
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Trump's Killing Spree Off the Coast of South America Continues Apace
With everything else going on, and the U.S.
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ICE Isn't Targeting the Worst But Legal Immigrants Playing by the Rules, Including Musical Stars Who Visited the White House
The big lie of Donald Trump’s mass deportations is that they would only target criminals, the “worst of the worst.” Instead, Trump has overwhelming…
 • Executive Watch
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