U.S. District Judge Amir Ali in Washington granted Zaid’s request for a preliminary injunction, after he sued the #Trump admin in May over the revocation of his #security clearance. Zaid’s request called it an act of “improper political #retribution” that jeopardized his ability to continue representing clients in sensitive national security cases.

#law #judiciary #RevengePolitics

The decision marked yet another legal setback for the admin Tuesday, after #SCOTUS declined to allow #Trump to deploy #NationalGuard troops in the #Chicago area, capping a first year in office in which Trump’s efforts to impose a sweeping agenda & pursue #retribution against political adversaries have been repeatedly slowed by the #courts.

#law #judiciary #SeparationOfPowers #RevengePolitics

"Consider the press, which even while reporting the story, cannot state the obvious conclusion: that this man is morally and psychologically unfit for office. He would be unfit to manage a lemonade stand."

#Trump #MentalDecline #bullying #retribution #FederalAid #WhiteHouse #portraits #NCAR #Biden #Obama #media
/16

Elliot Kirschner offers the full text of the plaques Trump has placed under Obama and Biden's portraits, stating,

"As you read them, consider how much effort went into making and installing these travesties. Consider the enablers and grifters who surround the president and pretend this is normal or sane."

#Trump #MentalDecline #retribution #WhiteHouse #portraits #Biden #Obama
/15

https://elliotkirschner.substack.com/p/trumps-hall-of-shame

“'Sleepy Joe Biden was, by far, the worst President in American History. Taking office as a result of the most corrupt Election ever seen in the United States, Biden oversaw a series of unprecedented disasters that brought our Nation to the brink of destruction….'"

#Trump #MentalDecline #bullying #retribution #FederalAid #WhiteHouse #portraits #NCAR #Biden #Obama
/14

"A plaque under the photo of President Barack Obama says he 'was one of the most divisive political figures in American History,' who 'passed the highly ineffective "Unaffordable" Care Act.'

Under a photograph of an autopen, with which Trump replaced the portrait of Biden, the plaque begins:"

#Trump #MentalDecline #bullying #retribution #FederalAid #WhiteHouse #portraits #NCAR #Biden #Obama
/13

"Joey Garrison of USA Today reported yesterday that a senior White House official told him the Trump administration is dismantling the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colorado. ...

Today, news broke that Trump has added plaques to the hall of portraits of former presidents hanging in the White House."

#Trump #MentalDecline #bullying #retribution #FederalAid #WhiteHouse #portraits #NCAR #Biden #Obama
/12

Meanwhile, the man's insane rantings last night went on against this backdrop:

"Meryl Kornfield and Hannah Natanson of the Washington Post reported today on a court filing by lawyers for the government that claims it is legal for the administration to distribute federal money only to Republican-dominated states, withholding it from Democratic-dominated states."

~ Heather Cox Richardson

#Trump #MentalDecline #bullying #retribution #FederalAid
/11

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