Dems Unleash BRUTAL CROSS-EXAM of GOP Witnesses

 

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Scott Bessent now asking for people to buy American debt now is the dollar crashing. Maybe Japan, Canada, and China are dumping bonds

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MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Democratic Congress Members expertly cross-examining Trump cabinet members like Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem during critical hearings that took place. DeleteMe: Today get 20% off your DeleteMe plan when you go to https://JoinDeleteMe.com/meidas and use promo code: MEIDAS at checkout! Visit https://meidasplus.com for more! MeidasTouch relies on SnapStream to record, watch, monitor, and clip the news. Get a FREE TRIAL of SnapStream by clicking here: https://go.snapstream.com/affiliate/m... Support the MeidasTouch Network:   / meidastouch   Add the MeidasTouch Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Buy MeidasTouch Merch: https://store.meidastouch.com Follow MeidasTouch on Twitter:   / meidastouch   Follow MeidasTouch on Facebook:   / meidastouch   Follow MeidasTouch on Instagram:   / meidastouch   Follow MeidasTouch on TikTok:   / meidastouch  

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Tammy Duckworth Does Not Hold Back On Doug Collins Over 'Incompetence' At VA

 

At today's Senate Veterans Affairs Committee hearing, Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) questioned VA Secretary Doug Collins.

Bernie Sanders Does Not Let Up On Doug Collins Over Attacks On Unions

 

At today's Senate Veterans Affairs Committee hearing, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) questioned VA Secretary Doug Collins.

'These Are Your Words': Richard Blumenthal Reads Quotes From VA Sec. About Firing Staff To His Face

 

During a Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee hearing on Tuesday, Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) spoke about VA Secretary Doug Collins discussing his plans to fire 15% of the department's workforce.

Trump term COLLAPSES as EMPTY PORTS seen across AMERICA

 

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Trump's Tariff policy backfires big time as American Ports are left empty. Dina Doll reports. Produced by Francis Maxwell.

MAGA Pope BRIBERY SCHEME Revealed…BACKFIRES

 

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MAGA melts down when their plot to buy the papacy backfires and the new pope sides with Jesus, not Trump. Gabe Sanchez reports on a new ‘What Was That?’ Uplift Desk: Elevate your workspace and energize your year with Uplift Desk. Go to https://upliftdesk.com/GABE for a special offer exclusive to our audience. Get the latest at https://whatwasthat.show! Listen to What Was That? with Gabe Sanchez: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Visit https://meidasplus.com for more! MeidasTouch relies on SnapStream to record, watch, monitor, and clip the news. Get a FREE TRIAL of SnapStream by clicking here: https://go.snapstream.com/affiliate/m... Support the MeidasTouch Network:   / meidastouch   Add the MeidasTouch Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Buy MeidasTouch Merch: https://store.meidastouch.com Follow MeidasTouch on Twitter:   / meidastouch   Follow MeidasTouch on Facebook:   / meidastouch   Follow MeidasTouch on Instagram:   / meidastouch   Follow MeidasTouch on TikTok:   / meidastouch  

🚨CONGRESS Takes URGENT ACTION Over Trump’s Qatar Jet Gift

 

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The United States Congress just took emergency action regarding Donald Trump‘s $400 million jet “gift “ from the Saudis!

 

Trump caught in major corruption scheme Even for Trump, the overt corruption is staggering. Brian Tyler Cohen May 11 Donald Trump is poised to accept a $400 million "gift" from Qatar in the form of a luxury Boeing 747-8 jumbo jet – a plane so opulent it's known as a "palace in the sky" - that will ultimately serve as Air Force One. Ownership will then be transferred to the Trump presidential library foundation before he leaves office. Simply put, a foreign government is giving the President of the United States a personal gift worth $400 million. This isn't a state gift that will remain government property; this is a gift that will ultimately become Trump's personal property. This is the definition of foreign influence buying. This Substack is reader-supported. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a paid subscriber. And the timing, I must say, is quite interesting, in that it was just days ago that Trump's press secretary Karoline Leavitt had a fainting spell in the press briefing room when a reporter dared suggest that Trump might be acting for his own benefit: "I think it's frankly ridiculous that anyone in this room would even suggest that President Trump is doing anything for his own benefit." Those were her exact words. Who would like to tell Leavitt that accepting a $400 million luxury jet from a foreign government that will eventually become your boss's personal property is the definition of acting for his own benefit? The Constitution's emoluments clause explicitly prohibits U.S. officials from accepting gifts "from any King, Prince, or foreign State." The framers included the provision because they understood the danger of foreign influence. They knew that gifts from foreign powers could compromise the independence of American officials and undermine the national interest. Yes, Trump's willingness to accept this "gift" shows a complete disregard for these fundamental principles, but it’s also unconstitutional. Cue: the Department of Justice. Attorney General Pam Bondi – herself a Trump loyalist who previously took campaign contributions from Trump while deciding whether to investigate Trump University (she decided not to pursue charges— shocker, I know) has conveniently decided this arrangement is "legally permissible." Her department is claiming that it's allowed because the gift is technically going to the Air Force first, and then later to Trump's library foundation – not directly to Trump himself. In other words, an attorney general whose aligned PAC accepted a $25,000 donation from Trump while deciding whether to prosecute Trump University for fraud as Florida AG, has decided to permit Trump to accept a $400 million gift from Qatar, a country she lobbied on behalf of to the tune of $115,000 per month. As they say: Drain The Swamp™. Or something. It goes without saying, but this brand of legal gymnastics would get laughed out of any first-year law school class. The emoluments clause exists precisely to prevent foreign governments from purchasing influence from American officials. The technical ownership structure doesn't change the fact that Qatar is giving a $400 million asset that will ultimately benefit Trump personally. Trump knows that. Bondi knows that. They will pretend otherwise because their priority isn’t defending the office, but rather maximizing the degree to which they can exploit it for personal gain. What’s worse is that this isn't happening in isolation. Trump's cryptocurrency scheme has been revealed to be overwhelmingly purchased by foreign buyers. According to financial analysis, foreign investors have poured hundreds of millions into Trump's digital coins – yet another avenue for foreign governments and interests to funnel money directly to Trump. The President of the United States is quite literally selling access and influence to the highest bidder. Qatar isn't giving a $400 million jet out of the goodness of their hearts – they expect something in return. That's how transactional relationships work, and nobody understands transactional relationships better than Donald Trump. What exactly is Qatar buying with this $400 million "gift"? Access? Influence? Favorable trade terms? Military protection? We don't know, and that's precisely the problem. When foreign governments can simply purchase the president's favor with luxury gifts, American interests take a backseat to the president's personal enrichment. This Substack is reader-supported. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a paid subscriber.

We won’t let MAGA, Musk and Mike Johnson destroy America

 

Every day MAGA, Elon Musk and Mike Johnson try to rip down the achievements of American democracy: Medicaid, Social Security, Head Start, vaccine science, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, NIH, Due Process, freedom of speech, ethics laws, judicial independence and the separation of church and state.

We’re building a nationwide movement and coordinated political strategy to stop the demolition of American democracy and government.

In Congress, I’m coordinating the House Democrats in filing amicus briefs and other legal actions to counter the lawlessness of Trump and his enablers. We have more than two hundred Democratic House Members involved, and the movement to stop Trump in court is winning every day. There are now more than 100 preliminary injunctions and temporary restraining orders entered against the Administration, and we are standing up every day against MAGA efforts to impeach the federal judges blocking their unlawful actions.

Meantime, we are working with civil society groups and Democrats across America to build a national popular movement that will defend strong democracy and freedom and lay the groundwork for sweeping electoral victory next year.

I’ve appeared at more than 50 Town Halls and Democratic Rallies—working not just in Maryland’s 8th, but in red, purple and blue districts all over America to build political muscle against Trump’s reign of terror and error.

I see new leadership emerging wherever I go, fervor to defend and expand democracy, passion to protect American freedom, and determination to prevent Trump and MAGA from destroying Medicaid, Social Security and everything that protects the well-being of the American majority.

We are in daily pitched battle in the political fight of our lives, but the people are showing up every day to defend our values and redeem the great promise of America.

Will you join us?

Politics is a team sport, and we need everyone on the field to defeat MAGA’s malignant narcissists and the Deranged Oligarchs Grabbing Everything, to win back the House in next year’s midterm elections and to run our acclaimed Democracy Summer program organizing young people across the country. If you’re with us, will you make a contribution today? >>

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House votes to strip judges' power to check Trump

 

The one branch of government that has stood in the way of Donald Trump's assault on the U.S. Constitution and rule of law is the federal courts.

Now Republicans are escalating their effort to sweep away even this one check on Trump's power.

Last month, Republicans passed the so-called No Rogue Rulings Act, which would strip federal district judges of the power to issue nationwide injunctions blocking Trump's illegal executive actions.¹ In addition, the House is getting ready to take up the JUDGES Act, a bill that would allow Trump to pack the court with right-wing extremists by adding 66 new judges to the federal bench.²

This is an all-out attack on the federal judiciary in an effort to make Donald Trump king — and Demand Progress is mobilizing grassroots opposition to make sure these bills never become law.

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As a candidate, Donald Trump said he would be a "dictator on day one" and called for the "termination of all rules, regulations, and articles, even those found in the Constitution."³

Too many mainstream media outlets didn't take those words seriously, and now we're learning that Trump meant every word.

He's shredding basic constitutional rights like freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and birthright citizenship. He's making a mockery of the rule of law by deporting permanent legal residents, student visa holders, and even U.S. citizens without due process. And he's illegally dismantling huge swaths of the federal government in open defiance of Congress's power of the purse.⁴

To date, the one meaningful check on Trump's power has been the federal courts. There were 46 challenges to Trump executive orders in the first 100 days, with many of them effectively delaying or even stopping elements of Trump's lawless agenda.⁵

But if the No Rogue Rulings Act and the JUDGES Act become law, the courts' power to stop Trump's authoritarian takeover will be severely weakened.

Demand Progress is sounding the alarm and flooding Capitol Hill with petition signatures to help stop the JUDGES Act and the No Rogue Rulings Act, and we're counting on your help to ensure that we have the resources we need to win.

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Sources:
1. NBC News, "House votes to rein in federal judges amid Trump's attacks on the courts," April 9, 2025.
2. Reuters, "Republican-led House panel advances bill to add more judges," March 5, 2025.
3. The Guardian, "Donald Trump sure makes a lot of ‘jokes’ about ruling as a dictator, doesn’t he?," July 31, 2024.
4. ACLU, "The First 100 Days," April 30, 2025.
5. Brennan Center for Justice, "Presidential Power in the First 100 Days," April 30, 2025. 

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