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TRACKING TRUMP: Civil Rights. "It CAN happen to you."

A U.S. lawyer, citizen, and his wife, also a lawyer, re-entering the U.S. from Canada, were detained by CPB Agents for six hours, handcuffed, had their cell phones seized, and were placed in separate locked cells, all the while given no reason for the Government's action except they were "doing their jobs." Trump has created a "wall," alright. No tourist wants to visit the U.S., and no U.S. citizen is safe to leave with the uncertainty that they will be let back into the Country. The CBP responded, "This can apply to any traveler." https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/18/us/us-citizen-detained-canada/index.html

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TRACKING TRUMP: Immigration. The Cruelty Is The Point.

The Department of Homeland Security sent a notice to Nicole Micheroni, an immigration lawyer and U.S. CITIZEN born in Newton, MA, directing her to leave the country in seven days in what is an "apparent" mistake. However, it shows the haphazard way the Trump Administration is sending out deportation notices to people, including the 900,000 people who were lawfully pursuing asylum requests...and SEVEN DAYS to leave? https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2025/04/13/boston-immigration-attorney-a-citizen-told-by-dhs-to-leave-the-country/

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Trump and The Insurrection Act and Martial Law--Just In Case

A report from DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, due to Trump on April 20, could include a recommendation to invoke the Insurrection Act of 1807 as part of Trump’s effort to "secure" the southern border, which could potentially lead to Martial Law. The Insurrection Act is not "Martial Law." It provides a statutory exception to the Posse Comitatus Act (1878) that prohibits the president's deployment of the U.S. military to enforce either civil law or criminal law within the United States. The term "Martial Law" has no established definition, but it is generally understood as a power that allows the military to take over the role of civilian government in an emergency. Under current law, the president has no authority to declare martial law. By the way, April 20th is Hitler's birthday. https://indivisible.org/resource/could-trump-invoke-insurrection-act-what-know-and-how-prepare

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TRACKING TRUMP. Immigration. The Cruelty Is The Point.

The 51-year-old woman in this video did everything the Court asked of her, and she had an employment authorization card. ICE agents twice tried to arrest her at her house, but didn't have a warrant. ICE also needs a warrant to break into a car, but that didn't stop them, as she and her daughter were on their way to work. ICE accuses her of having MS-13 gang affiliations. Additionally, the Supreme Court ordered that a Maryland man, whom the Trump Administration admits was accidentally deported to an infamous high-security prison in El Salvador, must be returned to the U.S. The Administration told the lower court they can't bring him back. Let's see if it defies the Supreme Court. https://www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/news/maryland-woman-arrest-ice-immigration-el-salvador-berrios/

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TRACKING TRUMP" Civil Rights. The Courts. Remember those two Amendments that apply to "all persons in the jurisdiction of the U.S.?": 5th Procedural due process; Procedural Due Process; the right to be heard in court, and 14th Substantive Due Process; The federal and State Governments cannot deprive anyone of "life, liberty, or property." A federal judge in TEXAS issued an order Wednesday temporarily blocking the Trump administration’s use of the Alien Enemies Act to deport people held in a south Texas immigration detention center without due process. A second federal judge in New York said in a hearing that he planned a similar order applying to migrants held in the Southern District of New York. The Supreme Court had flipped the burden of proof to whomever Trump plucks off the street to deport. That is, the person subject to deportation must bring a "show-cause" habeas corpus suit. However, SCOTUS ruled on procedural grounds, so let's hope SCOTUS confirms the lower court rulings. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/federal-judges-limit-trump-alien-enemies-act-deportations-rcna200418

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TRACKING TRUMP. Free Speech.

Thinking of traveling outside the Country? Think that your Permanent Status or citizenship will protect you if customs checks your phone for anti-Trump opinions? A French researcher was expelled when traveling to Houston for a conference because his phone contained personal opinions about Trump’s research policy. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/19/trump-musk-french-scientist-detained

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Michael Lewis's new book: Who Is Government? The Untold Story of Public Service.

Case studies of Government workers, those who solve the biggest problems of society that the private sector cannot or will not. It describes how the essential business of government makes our lives possible, and how much it matters. For those who think the federal Civil Service is bloated, it is the same size as it was 50 years ago, while our population has increased by a third.

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TRACKING TRUMP. Destroying Education.

“Those who control the present, control the past, and those who control the past control the future.”--George Orwell, 1984. Trump has removed a picture of Harriet Tubman from the National Park Service page on the Underground Railroad, as first reported by The Washington Post. It also changed the words “enslaved African Americans” to “enslaved workers” and removed a section that discussed Benjamin Franklin being a slave owner. Tubman was born into slavery and escaped in 1849. She had the courage to come back and help 70 other enslaved African Americans escape via the Underground Railroad. She also served as a scout and spy for the Union Army. But Trump is removing Tubman and bringing back Confederate statues. https://newrepublic.com/post/193689/trump-dei-harriet-tubman-underground-railroad

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Absurd, tragic, insanity, depravity, and no one, for the sake of a slice of the power and grift, will point out not only that the Emperor fails to have any clothes, but can't find his mind while raised upon a teetering pedestal. The analogous "Let them eat cake," will surely apply to some money substitute, Trump Bitcoin perhaps, to be doled out to workers by a watchful Authoritarian as one shift of Americans tightens the screws on i-Pads and the next shift loosens them. https://youtu.be/zBflZLStKQg?si=eQe3hKVFAh2MUZ5mv

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TRACKING TRUMP: Endangering Americans.

Well, it took "only" 607 cases (32% under five years of age), 103 hospitalizations, and three deaths; the latest an 8-year-old girl for RFK, Jr. to post on X-Twitter, "the most effective way to prevent measles is the MMR vaccine," after attending the little girl's funeral. But, of course, he then did the most Trumpian thing, talking on both sides of an issue and sowing confusion when hours later he praised the work of a doctor who has been known for discussing the dangers of vaccines and recommending "unconventional therapy." The reality is that Trump/Musk cut $11 billion for pandemic preparedness, overdose prevention, and community health programs, and from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration for addiction treatment and suicide prevention. Still, 81% of Republicans are more likely to trust Kennedy than the CDC. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/measles-outbreak-us-map/?fbclid=IwY2xjawJhAUZleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHmmes7Q_IT4eYiwc0BQlvH7BwEkXQLv6dhroPTXlX4BLdoC0ohfcvFx4JNMl_aem_1vjGbcer3T3CC6NUYbpKaw

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TRACKING TRUMP. The Environment.

Trump's "forest management."...cut all the trees down. Another dictatorial Trump "emergency order" targets large swaths of California, including northern woodlands and what appear to be the Angeles, San Bernardino, Los Padres, and Cleveland national forests. At the same time, Trump is withholding trillions in FEMA money from 21 Blue States in defiance of a March 6 court order. Even burnt trees help prevent erosion, with Needles in trees intercepting rainfall and offering protective cover to damaged soils. Unleashing the bulldozers and chainsaws on these beautiful public lands will result in clearcuts, polluted streams, extinct species, and more erosion. https://www.newsbreak.com/share/3949855107934-trump-s-usda-orders-san-bernardino-other-california-national-forests-open-to-major-logging?s=a3&share_destination_id=MjI5MDQ0MTY5LTE3NDM5MzAzMDQzMTc=&pd=0FV2qnxN&hl=en_US&send_time=1743930304&actBtn=bottomBar&_f=app_share&trans_data=%7B%22platform%22%3A1%2C%22cv%22%3A%2225.15.0%22%2C%22languages%22%3A%22en%22%7D&sep=ns_foryou_model_exp_25q1-v3%2Cns_local_strategy_25q1_exp-v7%2Cns_foryou_recall_exp_25q2-v7%2Cns_foryou_blend_exp_25q1-v8%2Cns_push_exp_rt_bucketv12-v1

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TRACKING TRUMP: Immigration. The Cruelty Is The Point.

The Cruelty Is The Point. A British tourist was locked up for 19 days – even though she had money to pay for a flight home, and was desperate to leave America because she was a graphic artist "working" cleaning homes while on a tourist visa. She was held for profit motive in a private prison and subjected to body cavity searches. "In Trump’s America, a tourist who makes a mistake can be locked up, seemingly indefinitely. Her advice to anyone planning to travel to the US is simply not to go. 'First, because of the danger of what could happen to you. And, secondly, do you really want to give your money to this country right now.'" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/05/i-was-a-british-tourist-trying-to-leave-america-then-i-was-detained-shackled-and-sent-to-an-immigration-detention-centre

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TRACKING TRUMP. The economy.

Rachael Maddow reported that Trump “came up with the idea” after the circulation of a “fake memo from a fake person with a fake email address,” she explained. Trump asked Kushner to find an economist who supported tariffs. Kushner liked the title, but did not read, Peter Navarro's book, "Death by China." Navarro cited an "economics expert," 'Ron Vara,'" which is an anagram for Navarro. Not only was Navarro "quoting himself," "Vara" circulated a memo that Trump could quote: "Ride the tariffs to victory." https://www.yahoo.com/news/rachel-maddow-explains-ridiculous-true-175426436.html

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Lakewood, CA 3,100 people at the Indivisible Protest against Doge Fascist poop and Trump robbing entitlements!

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TRACKING TRUMP. The Cruelty Is The Point.

Trump cancelled the dignified transfer of four American soldiers who died during a training exercise in Lithuania so he could play golf and grift with his Saudi Arabian buddies. https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-skip-lithuania-soldier-memorial-golf-dinner-florida-what-we-know-2055166

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TRACKING TRUMP: National Security.

Not one House Republican voted in tonight's "voter-rama" on a spending bill to condemn the use of open Apps like Signal for National security purposes. Speaker Mike Johnson read directly from a White House press statement during a news conference on Capitol Hill, saying about NSA Advisor Michael Waltz, who had set up the group chat and included Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, “He was born for the job." https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/25/us/politics/republicans-congress-signal-leak.html

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TRACKING TRUMP: Authoritarianism. Disney, Facebook, CNN, Columbia University, the law offices, and others that have submitted to Trump's intimidation and blackmail when they would have won in court should be remembered and boycotted. These organizations have millions to pay Trump’s extortion, but can't raise salaries for their workers. Bar associations strongly encourage pro bono work, but apparently, these capitulating law firms believe that the Sixth Amendment’s right to a jury trial applies only to the wealthy. I cancelled my subscription to the Washington Post and subscribed to the Atlantic Magazine months ago when Bezos stated that WAPO’s Opinion Page cannot differ from his beliefs. Meanwhile, here are Professor Timothy Snyder's (Yale Law, University of Toronto, and The Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna) 20 Lessons from the 20th Century on How to Survive in Trump’s America from his book, "On Tyranny."