“There seems to be a change in the air.

“Three days ago, on April 14, Michelle Goldberg of the New York Times wrote that the vibe is shifting against the right . . .”

#HeatherCoxRichardson

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/april-17-2025

#HeatherCoxRichardson heres the start of the mid terms target list;

. House Ways and Means committee chair Jason Smith (R-MO) led a delegation of Republican House members to tour CECOT. The delegation included representatives Ron Estes (KS), Kevin Hern (OK), Mike Kennedy (UT), Carol Miller (WV), Riley Moore (WV), and Claudia Tenney (NY). At least some of the representatives had photographs taken of them in CECOT, standing in front of the caged men.

Robert Hubbell’s Today’s Edition Newsletter on institutions finally finding their spines, and not a moment too soon — plus a roundup of other important news. My daily go-to along with #HeatherCoxRichardson, #SimonRosenberf @jesscraven101’s Chop Wood, Carry Water.

The center begins to hold.

#USpol #Harvard #California #Tariffs

https://open.substack.com/pub/roberthubbell/p/the-center-begins-to-hold

Dr. Richardson’ Letter this morning covers the full range of madness issuing from this administration. — It strikes me that this is a collection of liars and con artists that are feeling some heat, so they are striking out at any and all targets. —

On a positive, quoting Judge Boasberg:

“The Constitution does not tolerate willful disobedience of judicial orders—especially by officials of a coordinate branch who have sworn an oath to uphold it,” Boasberg wrote. Quoting Chief Justice John Marshall, who laid down the foundations of much of America law, Boasberg wrote: “To permit such officials to freely ‘annul the judgments of the courts of the United States’ would not just ‘destroy the rights acquired under those judgments’; it would make ‘a solemn mockery’ of ‘the constitution itself.’”

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/april-16-2025

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My take, put simplistically:

Good people help those in need.

Evil people seek to harm those in need.

#HeatherCoxRichardson #LettersFromAnAmerican

April 16, 2025

In El Salvador today, authorities denied Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) a meeting or a phone call with Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the man the Trump regime sent by “administrative error” to the terrorist prison CECOT.

https://voices.murica.website/heather-cox-richardson/april-16-2025/

Dr. Richardson’s Letter this morning gives a little hope, and shows the courage of some in Higher Ed. To quote the last two paragraphs

“As the administration slashes through the government with charges of “waste, fraud, and abuse,” Harvard’s president Alan Garber has made a stand on what he calls “the promise of higher education.”

“Freedom of thought and inquiry, along with the government’s longstanding commitment to respect and protect it, has enabled universities to contribute in vital ways to a free society and to healthier, more prosperous lives for people everywhere,” he wrote. “All of us share a stake in safeguarding that freedom. We proceed now, as always, with the conviction that the fearless and unfettered pursuit of truth liberates humanity—and with faith in the enduring promise that America’s colleges and universities hold for our country and our world.” “

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My take: We all need to stand and fight this onslaught of criminal abuse.

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/april-15-2025

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