“A lawyer for Donald Trump’s Justice Department recently argued in court that sometimes the president just says stuff — and it doesn’t matter if what Trump says is or isn’t accurate, because his comments aren’t necessarily reflective of the government’s position on a given matter,” Rolling Stone reports.
Supreme Court Justices Get Snippy as Key Decisions Loom
“As the Supreme Court bears down on the most contentious stretch of its annual session, the justices have been taking detours in opinions that reveal policy preferences and simmering grievances,” CNN reports.
Trump’s ‘Peacemaker’ Pledge Takes Big Hit
“On the campaign trail, President Donald Trump promised to end the world’s hottest conflicts and usher in global peace, but nearly five months in, with Israel attacking Iran and bloodshed in Gaza and Ukraine unabated, those hopes are in shambles,” Reuters reports.
Daily Beast: Trump humiliated as Israel strikes Iran right after last-ditch plea.
Trump Tells Farmers ‘Changes Are Coming’
“President Trump acknowledged on Thursday that his immigration policies are hurting the farming and hotel industries, making a rare concession that his crackdown is having ripple effects on the American work force,” the New York Times reports.
“Mr. Trump, who has made mass deportation a centerpiece of his presidency, said on social media that ‘changes are coming.’ And while there was no sign of any significant modification to his policies, Mr. Trump’s statements suggested the scale of his crackdown may be alienating industries he wants to keep in his corner.”
Washington Post: Despite Trump’s claim, no policy change underway for migrant farmworkers.
Bonus Quote of the Day
“I think it’s been excellent. We gave them a chance and they didn’t take it. They got hit hard, very hard. They got hit about as hard as you’re going to get hit. And there’s more to come. A lot more.”
— President Trump, discussing Israel’s strike on Iran with ABC News.
Trump Loses Ground on Immigration
G. Elliot Morris looks at the latest polling and finds Americans are split about the protesters against immigration raids but oppose President Trump’s response more.
And Trump’s approval ratings on immigration and deportations have now turned negative.
Trump to Attend National Security Meeting
“President Donald Trump will attend a National Security Council meeting on Friday morning, the White House said late on Thursday after Israeli strikes on Iran that have put the Middle East on edge,” Reuters reports.
Quote of the Day
“It’s horrible. It is shocking at every level. It’s not the America I know.”
— Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), speaking out against the handcuffing of Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA).
Rand Paul in Bitter Dispute with Stephen Miller
“A bitter feud is escalating between Republican Sen. Rand Paul and Donald Trump’s top border official, injecting uncertainty into Congress’s attempt to pass the administration’s signature policy bill this month,” CNN reports.
“Key Trump adviser Stephen Miller came to Capitol Hill to meet with Senate Republicans on Thursday to resolve a disagreement over money for the bill’s border security provisions.”
“Paul and Miller have been locked in a dispute for days over the border funding. The White House is seeking $150 billion in funds for border security and deportation. But Paul – who chairs the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee – has repeatedly lashed out against the price tag of Trump’s bill and wants to dramatically cut down that funding.”
Trump Claims 15,000 ‘Gold Card’ Visas Have Been Sold
President Trump claimed “more than 15,000 foreigners have signed up for the Trump ‘gold card’ that offers applicants residency and a path to U.S. citizenship,” USA Today reports.
GOP Lawmaker Says Padilla Is Part of the ‘Cartel Caucus’
Rep. Warren Davidson (R-OH) suggested Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) was supporting Mexican drug cartels at a press conference with Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.
Said Davidson: “I didn’t know the Senate had a Cartel Caucus to protect the interests of the cartels, but maybe so.”
Trump Urges Iran to Make a Deal
“President Trump said he encouraged Iran to make a nuclear deal and had warned the country’s leadership there could be lethal consequences for failing to negotiate,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
Said Trump: “Certain Iranian hardliner’s spoke bravely, but they didn’t know what was about to happen. They are all DEAD now, and it will only get worse!”
He added: “Iran must make a deal, before there is nothing left.”
Israel’s Bold, Risky Attack
Tom Nichols: “At the end of the classic 1972 film The Godfather, the new don of the family, Michael Corleone, attends a baptism while his men wipe out the heads of the other New York mafia families—all of them Michael’s enemies, and all intending one day to do him harm. Rather than wait for their eventual attacks, Michael dispatched them himself. ‘Today, I settled all family business,’ Michael says to his traitorous brother-in-law, before having him killed.”
“Tonight, the Israelis launched a broad, sweeping attack on Iran that seems like an attempt to settle, so to speak, all family business. The Israeli government has characterized this offensive as a ‘preemptive’ strike on Iran: ‘We are now in a strategic window of opportunity and close to a point of no return, and we had no choice but to take action,’ an Israeli military official told reporters. Israeli spokespeople suggest that these attacks, named Operation Rising Lion, could go on for weeks.”
“But calling this a ‘preemptive’ strike is questionable. The Israelis, from what we know so far, are engaged in a preventive war: They are removing the source of a threat by surprise, on their own timetable and on terms they find favorable. They may be justified in doing so, but such actions carry great moral and practical risks.”
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Hundreds of ‘No Kings’ Rallies Planned
“Boasting tanks, cannons, soldiers and fireworks, President Trump’s military parade Saturday is designed to be a spectacle. Opponents to Trump want their nationwide protests that day to be an even bigger one,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
“Progressive groups including the American Civil Liberties Union, American Federation of Teachers, Planned Parenthood and Sen. Bernie Sanders’s campaign office are planning peaceful protests in over 2,000 cities across the U.S.”
New York Times: Trump bristles at “No Kings” protests.
America’s Political System Is on Edge
Punchbowl News: “The national political scene is on the verge of boiling over.”
GOP Megabill Boosts Wealthy Households
“Republicans’ tax-and-spending megabill would give more money to middle-income and high-income households while taking benefits away from low-income people, according to a Congressional Budget Office analysis,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
Cuomo and Mamdani Tear Into Each Other
“Andrew Cuomo and Zohran Mamdani bitterly clashed over age and experience Thursday in the final debate before New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary, as Cuomo warned that the progressive state assemblyman is unprepared for the job and Mamdani hammered the former governor over scandals during his time in Albany,” CNN reports.
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