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Power Consolidation (Executive Watch)

Trump's 100K Fee Hike for High-Tech H-1B Visas Is Illegal, Unconstitutional, and Corrupt
The Trump administration keeps producing layered cakes of executive abuse, with one form of abuse on top of another, all the way down.
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Robert Tracinski
The Trump Department of Defense Is Firing Non-Loyalists and Recruiting Loyalists to Create a MAGAfied Military
The United States military has traditionally been composed of citizen soldiers drawn from all groups and political affiliations.
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Robert Tracinski
There Is No Legal Category of a Domestic Terrorist Group But That Is Not Stopping Trump From Putting Imaginary Groups In It
In yet another bizarre display of presidential play-acting, Donald Trump announced that he is designating “Antifa,” which is not an organization, as a…
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Robert Tracinski
FCC Chief Carr Engages in State Cancellation by Getting Jimmy Kimmel Fired on the Threat of Revoking ABC's License
In a monologue, comedian and talk show host Jimmy Kimmel derided conservatives for exploiting the shooting of Charlie Kirk to “score political points…
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Robert Tracinski
Attorney General Pam Bondi Threatens to Go After Critics by Deploying Non-Existent 'Hate Speech' Laws
As part of the administration’s attempt to use the shooting of Charlie Kirk as a pretext to suppress dissent, Attorney General Pam Bondi threatened to…
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Robert Tracinski
Exploiting Charlie Kirk’s Killing, the Trump Administration Announces It Is Plotting a Broad Crackdown on Organizations Who Criticize the…
Exploiting the shooting of Charlie Kirk by a gunman whose motives are still unclear and incoherent, the Trump administration is now announcing that they…
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Robert Tracinski
Pete Hegseth Polices the U.S. Military to Ensure Political Loyalty to … Charlie Kirk!
The Trump administration is already policing the political ideas of foreigners applying for visas to the United States, blocking entry for those who…
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Robert Tracinski
Surprise! The 'Bias Monitor' Who Trump Imposed on CBS Turns Out to Be a Trump Crony
As part of his illegal shakedown of CBS News, in which he blackmailed Paramount by holding up a merger, Donald Trump forced CBS to appoint a “bias…
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Robert Tracinski
Trump's Executive Order to Change Voting Rules Is Unconstitutional and Meant to Discredit His Potential Midterm Loss
Donald Trump has pursued so many deeply unpopular policies that Republicans are almost certain to lose a large number of seats and control of Congress…
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Robert Tracinski
The Trump Administration Wants to Follow Communist China and Give Government Part Ownership of Defense Companies
The right wants us to believe that Trump is a champion of free markets.
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Robert Tracinski
Trump Is Planning an Illegal Military Occupation of Chicago, the Illinois Governor Pritzker Warns
After deploying the National Guard and the U.S.
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Robert Tracinski
Trump Borrows a Page From China's Communist Rulers and Misuses Congressional Appropriations to Give Uncle Sam a Stake in Intel at Below…
Earlier this month, Donald Trump demanded the resignation of Lip-Bu Tan, the Malaysian-American CEO of Intel, because of Tan’s personal investments in…
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Robert Tracinski
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