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Trump Sparks Christian Backlash

February 9, 2025 at 4:31 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

President Trump “signed an executive order to open a White House Faith Office to be led by Paula White, his longtime spiritual adviser,” the Daily Mail reports.

“But the move sparked fury from Christian leaders who believe that White, a megachurch pastor from Florida, preaches an interpretation of the gospel that critics argue exploits the most vulnerable.”

“White teaches followers that God will reward them if they donate to her church, going as far as to suggest precise sums over a thousand dollars to ensure their ‘salvation.’”

Senator Warns of Trump’s Assault on Democracy

February 9, 2025 at 4:19 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) warned of an “assault on the Constitution” under President Donald Trump, ABC News reports.

Said Murphy: “I think this is the most serious constitutional crisis the country has faced, certainly since Watergate. The president is attempting to seize control of power, and for corrupt purposes.”

Mike Johnson Says Democrats Are ‘Flailing’

February 9, 2025 at 3:41 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Speaker Mike Johnson said Democratic lawmakers’ lack of clear leadership and vision is hampering their ability to effectively counter Republican moves and measures,” Politico reports.

Said Johnson: “There’s plenty of time for all the negotiation and we’ll get to that and, you know, the Democrats, frankly, are flailing right now. They don’t have an identified party leader. They don’t have a real vision for the party, and the blitz of all the Trump executive actions have them just at a dizzying pace.”


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China Imposes Retaliatory Tariffs on U.S. Goods

February 9, 2025 at 3:40 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“China has imposed retaliatory tariffs on the US, its embassy in Washington said on Sunday — hitting about $14bn worth of goods and dashing hopes that a trade war between the world’s two largest economies could be avoided,” the Financial Times reports.

Extra Bonus Quote of the Day

February 9, 2025 at 3:30 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Is Time magazine still in business? I didn’t even know that.”

— President Trump, quoted by CNN after being asked about Elon Musk being on the cover of this week’s issue.

J.D. Vance Says Judges Can’t Overrule Trump

February 9, 2025 at 2:10 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Vice President J.D. Vance suggested Sunday courts “aren’t allowed” to overrule President Donald Trump and his executive orders, Forbes reports.

Said Vance, on X: “Judges aren’t allowed to control the executive’s legitimate power.”

Vance also shared a post from legal scholar Adrian Vermeule, who claimed: “Judicial interference with legitimate acts of state, especially the internal functioning of a co-equal branch, is a violation of the separation of powers.”

Trump’s Attack Against the Media Gains Momentum

February 9, 2025 at 1:36 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Media lawyers scoffed last year when President Trump sued two news organizations for producing journalism that, he claimed, violated laws meant to protect consumers from things like deceptive advertising,” the New York Times reports.

“They’re not laughing anymore.”

“First Amendment experts still believe that Mr. Trump’s cases, against CBS News and The Des Moines Register, lack legal merit. But they now also realize that the lawsuits are proving effective at harassing the press — and that more of them are probably on the way.”

Jim Rutenberg: “Trump’s blueprint for bending the media has Nixon written all over it.”

Bonus Quote of the Day

February 9, 2025 at 1:29 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“I wonder how he can devote the time to it. He’s so into it.”

— President Trump, talking to Fox News about Elon Musk’s “DOGE” effort.

Trump Is Making Himself Inescapable

February 9, 2025 at 11:28 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Brian Stelter: “Last year, President Joe Biden passed up a chance to be interviewed on the highly rated Super Bowl pregame show. This year, not only is President Donald Trump being interviewed, he is coming here for the big game in person.”

“By becoming the first sitting president to attend a Super Bowl, Trump is turning the NFL’s biggest spectacle of the year into another episode of ‘The Trump Show.’”

“The show has been on seemingly 24/7 since the inauguration last month. It takes many forms: news conferences, contentious announcements, AI-generated memes and all-caps Truth Social posts. All of it makes Trump the proverbial main character.”

Inside Trump’s Iran Fear

February 9, 2025 at 11:10 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

A new book says Iran’s threat “to assassinate Donald Trump during the 2024 campaign was far more serious than publicly known — and led to extraordinary precautions by his team that included using a decoy plane to avert a feared attempt on his life,” Axios reports.

“Law enforcement officials warned Trump last year that Tehran had placed operatives in the U.S. with access to surface-to-air missiles.”

“Trump’s team worried that the Iranians could try to down his easily recognizable personal jet — better known as ‘Trump Force One’ — as it was taking off or landing.”

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Trump Has Positive Approval In Early Weeks

February 9, 2025 at 11:01 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

With most describing him as “tough,” “energetic,” “focused” and “effective” — and as doing what he’d promised during his campaign, a new CBS News poll finds President Trump has started his term with an approval rate of 53% to 47%.

One takeaway: 59% of voters approve of mass deportation and 64% support sending troops to the U.S. Mexico border.

Quote of the Day

February 9, 2025 at 10:51 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“I don’t think there’s any plans to invade Canada.”

— National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, on Meet the Press.

Democratic Senator Floats Shutting Down Government

February 9, 2025 at 10:49 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Sen. Andy Kim (D-NJ) told NBC News that Democrats may shut down government to oppose Donald Trump “if we have to.”

Elon Musk Wants Federal Judge Impeached

February 9, 2025 at 10:47 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Elon Musk is calling for the impeachment of the federal judge who made a decision early Saturday morning that the Treasury Department should block access to anyone “other than civil servants with a need for access to perform their job duties” from its payment systems, The Hill reports.

Trump Cuts Spark Private Sector Layoffs

February 9, 2025 at 7:36 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Private-sector employers and nonprofits are starting to lay off workers as a result of the Trump administration’s sweeping cuts and funding freezes, unleashing a wave of job losses that economists say could pick up steam in the coming weeks, threatening the broader labor market,” the Washington Post reports.

Democrats Plot Strategy in Shutdown Fight

February 9, 2025 at 7:08 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Democrats have been powerless as they’ve watched President Donald Trump systematically move to dismantle federal agencies and push the bounds of his office with little concern about the fallout,” CNN reports.

“But they do have one looming piece of leverage: the March 14 deadline to avert a government shutdown.”

For members: Democrats Are About to Get Some Real Leverage

Early Traders Had Speedy Profit on Trump Coin 

February 9, 2025 at 7:06 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“The curious trade came a little past 9 p.m. on Jan. 17 — a $1,096,109 bet less than two minutes after the soon-to-be president of the United States posted on his social media account that his family had issued a cryptocurrency called $Trump,” the New York Times reports.

“In those first minutes, a crypto wallet with a unique identification code beginning 6QSc2Cx secured a giant load of these new tokens — 5,971,750 of them — at the opening sale price of just 18 cents each, starting a surge in the $Trump price that would soon reach $75 per token.”

“This early trader, whose identity is not known, walked away with a two-day profit of as much as $109 million.”

Courts May Be the Last Bulwark Against Trump

February 9, 2025 at 7:03 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“More than 40 lawsuits filed in recent days by state attorneys general, unions and nonprofits seek to erect a bulwark in the federal courts against President Trump’s blitzkrieg of executive actions that have upended much of the federal government and challenged the Constitution’s system of checks and balances,” the New York Times reports.

“Unlike the opening of Mr. Trump’s first term in 2017, little significant resistance to his second term has arisen in the streets, the halls of Congress or within his own Republican Party. For now at least, lawyers say, the judicial branch may be it.”

“The multipronged legal pushback has already yielded quick — if potentially fleeting — results.”

Politico: As Trump steamrolls Washington, courts flex their power to slow him down.

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