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Ignoring Rogue Judges Is a Constitutional Crisis

Brad Slager
Brad Slager  |  Feb 11, 2025
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BlueAnon – CNN

  • Another day, another threat to our Constitution, says CNN.

Kaitlan Collins comes out with the claim that Donald Trump has taken us to the brink of a constitutional crisis because he is defying a court order to reinstate government payouts and another order to give jobs back to government workers he released from their positions. Collins says that defying a court order threatens us as a democracy, but does she ask how a solitary judge can dictate how the president spends the money in an agency under the executive branch?

The question needs to be, why are activist judges expected to wield more authority that the head of the executive branch?

Low-Octane Gaslighting - VARIOUS OUTLETS

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  • Aren’t these the same voices who rail against misinformation?  

Yesterday we highlighted Glenn Kessler at the Washington Post who fact-checked the claim that FEMA was paying out money to house illegals, while going broke in helping citizens in disaster areas. Well, now that the executive in the agency who was exposed as continuing those payments last week in defiance of the administration order has been fired, it is great to see this compilation of media mouthpieces who insisted this payout was not taking place.

Artisanally-Crafted Narratives – THE DAILY BEAST

  • Well, there seems to be one industry with a booming economy.

We do not mean to laugh at those people enduring physical and/or emotional hardships. But at The Daily Beast, a report has us feeling slightly less than sympathetic to a crisis that is reported on in the outlet. It is more a sign of being overly invested mentally in political machinations.

The outlet reports that Donald Trump’s quick moving and endless stream of political activity over the past three weeks has led to a sharp increase in those in need of psychiatric care – and the majority of those patients are Democrats.

What is unspoken is how ahead of the election we were told Trump was too old to run the country and that was to be a problem if he were elected. Now, they need therapy because the codger is too damned effective.

Pre-Written Field Reports – CNN

  • Does no one at the network have the ability to step back and ask what is going on?!

Need proof that when it comes to Elon Musk the news outlets are in the knee-jerk criticism mode right now? In light of the recent exposure of one member of Musk’s DOGE team, the man decided to troll the press by altering his screen name on Xitter to Harry Bōlz. And right on cue, CNN saw fit to blast his new namesake on the air, in its rush to criticize him.

Dana Bash mentioned this new name live, all while referring to Musk as “The Disruptor In Chief” in a rational, non-partisan report.

First Amendment Strike Force – FOX NEWS

  • Is a fabricated name in need of censoring?

While also reporting on Musk’s activities and his new screen name, Fox took a prudish, and very inaccurate step. The network displayed his header page, but they went to the length of editing the appearance of the new account name.

The Newseum Gallery – THE AMERICAN PROSPECT

  • We have shifted form “Literally Hitler” to now say Trump “Is not Hitler enough”?!

The leftist press has become so unhinged we may need to hire more curators.