Trump rebuked at every turn; Courts and Congress show new spine as Americans take to the streets
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What recent court rulings have impacted Trump's administration?
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Really happy to have you here. Now, I'm not going to start here tonight where you think I might be starting. But just hear me out. Stick with me. You will see where this is going in good time. All right. Today, amid just the blitz of headlines on what has been a gigantic news day following a gigantic news week, you might not have noticed the news today. You might not have seen the headline today that today a federal court blocked the Trump administration from cutting energy funding just for blue states. This is billions of dollars Congress appropriated for clean energy projects of various kinds all over the country, Trump administration decided—and they admitted this—they decided that just in blue states, just in states that didn't vote for Trump, they would cut all of that funding.
They'd leave the funding in place in states that voted for Trump. They would cut it in states that didn't vote for Trump. A federal court today ruled that that is illegal and stopped the Trump administration from doing that. That ruling today came after another federal court today stopped Trump from shutting down a big offshore wind farm in Rhode Island and Connecticut. Trump's shutdown of that project, according to the courts today, was also illegal, and so yet another federal court blocked Trump on that as well, so that work on the wind farm will be able to go ahead. Both of those rulings today follow last night yet another federal court blocking Trump, this time from cutting funding to the American Academy of Pediatrics.
This is a doctor's group, a pediatrician's group that criticized the flock-of-ducks-level insane quackery at Trump's Department of Health and Human Services under RFK Jr. Trump responded by saying, canceling federal grants for the American Academy of Pediatrics. A judge has now ruled that that was illegal retaliation, and so Trump is blocked from doing that. That funding has to be reinstated. That ruling comes after another federal judge just blocked Trump from cutting off federal election funds to states in retaliation for them not changing their election rules. in ways that Trump wants. The judge said, quote, And so Trump got blocked on that one, too. Shall I keep going? I could keep going. Another federal court just blocked Trump from freezing billions of dollars for childcare and social services for kids, again, in Democratic-run states as some kind of punishment against those states for electing Democrats, punishing them for that by cutting off the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families program.
Because, you know, what would Jesus do? Trump was also just blocked from doing that by yet another federal court. It's almost like he is losing all the time and everywhere now. There may still be people in America who are shocked that Trump keeps breaking the law over and over again, blatantly and insistently. The courts no longer appear to be shocked by that. And the courts now are just telling him no, very bluntly, every single day and often multiple times a day. And it's not even just the courts. As I know you are aware, last week in one 48-hour stretch, we had a Senate vote for a War Powers resolution to block Trump from any further military adventurism in Venezuela. Five Republican senators crossed over to side with Democrats to pass that War Powers resolution.
It was enough to advance that. It's going to get another vote in the Senate this week. That came right on the heels of 17 Republicans in the House. breaking ranks with Trump and siding with Democrats on the Affordable Care Act to try to at least temporarily undo the disastrous decision Trump and Republicans made in their so-called Big Beautiful Bill, the decision to send tens of thousands of American families' health insurance rates through the roof.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What recent court rulings have impacted Trump's administration?
0:00–5:53
2
How are Republicans in Congress responding to Trump's policies?
5:53–12:12
3
What are the consequences of ICE's actions in communities?
12:12–17:57
4
How are Minnesotans organizing against ICE protests?
17:57–22:28
5
What community actions are being taken to protect immigrants?
22:28–27:36
6
How are protests against ICE spreading across the country?
27:36–34:09
7
What role do local leaders and organizations play in activism?
34:09–39:00
8
How can Americans engage in activism against federal policies?
39:00–47:08
Speakers
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