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And killing off programs to combat opioid addiction at the same time. Trump really is completely zeroing out, completely eliminating Head Start everywhere in the country because, God forbid, American kids can go to preschool because that's a terrible thing. Complete termination of that 60-year-old program.
Trump really is killing off Meals on Wheels because, heaven forbid, old people and disabled people and people with mobility problems get meals delivered to them and somebody to check in on them. They're getting rid of the agency that runs that. Trump has already fired half the staff from that agency. And Trump has closed all 10 of the regional offices that oversee Meals on Wheels.
Trump really is killing off Meals on Wheels because, heaven forbid, old people and disabled people and people with mobility problems get meals delivered to them and somebody to check in on them. They're getting rid of the agency that runs that. Trump has already fired half the staff from that agency. And Trump has closed all 10 of the regional offices that oversee Meals on Wheels.
Because Donald Trump is against Meals on Wheels for some reason. This was two days ago in Morgantown, West Virginia. People out protesting against Trump firing nearly everyone. 85% of people at NIOSH, the occupational safety and health agency that oversees coal mines. People out in West Virginia protesting that two days ago.
Because Donald Trump is against Meals on Wheels for some reason. This was two days ago in Morgantown, West Virginia. People out protesting against Trump firing nearly everyone. 85% of people at NIOSH, the occupational safety and health agency that oversees coal mines. People out in West Virginia protesting that two days ago.
Trump has cut the Mine Health and Safety Administration and the agencies that serve coal miners. And West Virginia is up in arms about it. We knew it was going to be bad. And it is bad. But the American people, God bless them. God bless us. The American people is under no illusions about it.
Trump has cut the Mine Health and Safety Administration and the agencies that serve coal miners. And West Virginia is up in arms about it. We knew it was going to be bad. And it is bad. But the American people, God bless them. God bless us. The American people is under no illusions about it.
And the American people is very broadly and now very consistently and very, very affirmatively against what Trump is doing. Even the stuff that he thinks you'll like, that he says for political effect, the American public is resoundingly saying no to all of it. And they're saying no in the polls. And they are saying no in the streets.
And the American people is very broadly and now very consistently and very, very affirmatively against what Trump is doing. Even the stuff that he thinks you'll like, that he says for political effect, the American public is resoundingly saying no to all of it. And they're saying no in the polls. And they are saying no in the streets.
And that, in the end, with the courts, that's going to be the only thing that matters. He's not even 100 days in and we are in desperation mode from him already. Arresting a judge today. Are you kidding me? That is a sign of weakness, not strength. It is the public that is being strong here and he cannot handle it. Jamie Raskin joins us next.
And that, in the end, with the courts, that's going to be the only thing that matters. He's not even 100 days in and we are in desperation mode from him already. Arresting a judge today. Are you kidding me? That is a sign of weakness, not strength. It is the public that is being strong here and he cannot handle it. Jamie Raskin joins us next.
So the man was at the county courthouse in Charlottesville, Virginia this week. Charges against him had just been dismissed. A judge had just ruled there was no evidence the man had committed any crime. The man, he's a house painter. He was told that he was free to leave the courthouse. And then this.
So the man was at the county courthouse in Charlottesville, Virginia this week. Charges against him had just been dismissed. A judge had just ruled there was no evidence the man had committed any crime. The man, he's a house painter. He was told that he was free to leave the courthouse. And then this.
Show us a warrant for his arrest.
Show us a warrant for his arrest.
So, what is going on here is that Trump's immigration agents here are arresting this man at this courthouse in Virginia. This video was obtained by the venerable newspaper in Charlottesville, The Daily Progress. And again, there are no criminal charges pending against this man. The case against him had just been dismissed. He had shown up at the county courthouse as required.
So, what is going on here is that Trump's immigration agents here are arresting this man at this courthouse in Virginia. This video was obtained by the venerable newspaper in Charlottesville, The Daily Progress. And again, there are no criminal charges pending against this man. The case against him had just been dismissed. He had shown up at the county courthouse as required.
And Trump's immigration agents took that opportunity to grab him. The agents who arrested him were not wearing uniforms. One of them was wearing a mask. The lawyer who represented the man they arrested, the lawyer says the agents did not show any form of I.D. They did not present an arrest warrant.
And Trump's immigration agents took that opportunity to grab him. The agents who arrested him were not wearing uniforms. One of them was wearing a mask. The lawyer who represented the man they arrested, the lawyer says the agents did not show any form of I.D. They did not present an arrest warrant.
They did have handcuffs, though, and they handcuffed this guy and put him in the back of an unmarked van. To everybody who saw what was happening, it looked very much like a kidnapping. And that was actually one of two arrests made by plainclothes, masked immigration agents at that same county courthouse in Virginia this week.