It’s Not Your Fault | Paula Poundstone

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/nMGX492FLqM

 

I Blame You

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/0mcdj8gqNJk

 

Yes, Karoline Leavitt really said this

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/n7Lar0an35c

Scientists On RFK's Misinformation: 'An Absolute Tragedy'

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/vXWH0RLzZPA

 

Trump issues BOMBSHELL illegal edict

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AY-L3JgXWs

Outrage after JD Vance claims judges are not allowed to check executive power | Trump administration | The Guardian

…In fact, article III of the US constitution confers a power known as judicial review, which gives federal judges the authority to rule on cases involving the president, as well as other branches of government. 

Vance's comments drew widespread criticism. 

Daniel Goldman, a Democratic representative from New York, responded on X: "It's called the 'rule of law'. Our constitution created three co-equal branches of government to provide checks and balances on each other ('separation of powers')….

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/10/jd-vance-judges-trump

Trump has no use for the Senate: Why not get rid of that too?

The framers of the Constitution included the requirement of Senate advice and consent because it protects our freedom by providing a check on presidential power. It serves as a vital speed bump if a president wants to seat unqualified or otherwise unsuitable people in powerful offices…

https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5027084-trump-senate-recess-appointments/

Laurence Tribe: It’s not over. The resistance is about to ignite

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z06TJAMY-bo

Israel braces for protests as far-right government targets courts - The Washington Post

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu returned to power in November elections after a year and a half on the sidelines, propelled by a bloc of once-fringe, far-right partners. In the two weeks since its inauguration, his government has embarked on a blitz of legislative initiatives, characterizing them as a "revision" to right the "imbalance among the three branches of government."

But critics say the measures amount to a "coup d'etat" that will destroy the nation's system of checks and balances to save Netanyahu from prosecution in three separate corruption cases and embolden his extremist religious partners to advance legislation supporting the expansion of Jewish settlement in the West Bank and the application of conservative Jewish law to public institutions...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/01/14/israel-protest-netanyahu-ben-gvir/

The Founders checked and balanced the president’s finances - The Washington Post

In a trio of cases being argued before the Supreme Court on Tuesday, President Trump claims he is immune from subpoenas by Congress and state prosecutors for his financial records. Constitutional history is not on his side. The Founders embraced checks and balances, and they constructed a legal system to limit presidential power, especially on issues relating to presidential finances. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/05/12/founders-checked-balanced-presidents-finances/

Political interference at the Justice Department puts our system of checks and balances in peril | TheHill

Fresh off his acquittal – when the United States Senate sent a clear message that President Trump is, in fact, above the law – the President is behaving exactly as we should expect. So you could almost hold the president blameless when he proceeds with reckless abandon. Already, he has fired appointees in retaliation for their testimony under oath during the impeachment proceedings. Then, he intervened in the sentencing of political ally and longtime advisor Roger Stone, who was convicted of federal obstruction, lying and witness tampering charges. Hours after President Trump Twitter-blasted federal prosecutors for recommending seven to nine years in prison, the U.S. Justice Department announced it would overrule the recommendation and seek a “far less” sentence. ....
https://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/politics/483958-political-interference-at-the-justice-department-puts-our-system

We Wouldn’t Have Let Obama Get Away With This - The Atlantic

I worked for Republicans on the House Oversight Committee back when the GOP cared about keeping the president in check...
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/04/trumps-defiance-congress-exposes-republican-hypocisy/588205/

Three very positive signs for democracy - The Washington Post: Opinion

Democracy isn't dead yet. ....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/opinions/wp/2018/11/14/three-very-positive-signs-for-democracy/

Voters really, really want a check on Trump. This new poll confirms it - The Washington Post: Opinion

Maybe this isn't as complicated as we thought. ....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2018/06/07/voters-really-really-want-a-check-on-trump-this-new-poll-confirms-it/

Meet the woman Trump has tapped to destroy everything good

Having clean air to breathe, clean water to drink, and safe food to eat isn't just a given in this nation—the richest, most powerful country on earth. Just ask the residents of Flint, Michigan, about that. All the good stuff needs to be protected by a vigilant cop who will stand up against the special interests that find it more compelling to make a buck than do the right thing. The days of that government cop standing up for the public interests are over, at least for the duration of the Trump regime. Ian Millhiser at Think Progress has the gory details about the choice popular vote loser Donald Trump has made for that cop, a choice that has yet to be confirmed by the Senate....
http://www.dailykos.com/stories/1654363