Report exposes a Trump scheme to override midterm vote with bogus crisis

Rachel Maddow talks with Senator Mark Warner, top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, about reporting in the Washington Post that people close to Donald Trump are being pitched an idea to use fake intelligence about foreign election interference to allow Trump to declare an emergency and take over the voting system ahead of this year's midterm elections.

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ak__tRF8PnM

Strong pause on “You don’t go around Congress.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/1IjNl51kjz8

 

Opinion | A tariffs court case could rein in Trump’s rampant presidency - The Washington Post

Next Thursday, a federal appeals court will hear oral arguments about this: May the president, by making a declaration (that he claims is exempt from judicial review) of a national "emergency" and "an unusual and extraordinary threat," impose tariffs (taxes paid by U.S. consumers) whenever he wants, at whatever level he wants, against whatever country he wants, on whatever products he wants, for as long as he wants?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/07/25/trump-tariffs-power-courts/

 

Republicans trying to change rules to avoid House vote on Trump tariffs | Trump tariffs | The Guardian

The sleight of hand was embedded in procedural rule legislation setting up debate on a separate issue: the budget resolution that is central to Trump's agenda. 

If adopted, the rule would in effect stall until October a Democratic effort to force a floor vote on a resolution disapproving of the national emergency that Trump declared last week to justify the tariffs. This mirrors a similar tactic used previously to shield Trump's earlier tariffs…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/09/trump-tariffs-house-republicans-rules 

 

House Republicans literally alter time to avoid responsibility for Trump’s economy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKDPrsMaZU8

 

House Republicans block Democrats from forcing vote on repealing Trump tariffs

"Every House Republican who votes for this measure is voting to give Trump expanded powers to raise taxes on American households through tariffs with full knowledge of how he is using those powers, and every Republican will own the economic consequences of that vote," Beyer and DelBene said in the statement. "It speaks volumes that Republicans are sneaking this provision into a procedural measure hidden from the American people."

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5189410-house-gop-democrats-repealing-trump-tariffs/

Trump Prepares To Declare “National Economic Emergency” To Enact His Tariffs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQEmygktFmg

 

House Democrats unveil reforms to ‘prevent future presidential abuses’ - The Washington Post

House Democrats unveiled a sweeping package of reforms Wednesday morning designed to strengthen Congress’s ability to check the executive branch and prevent abuses of power, especially by the president. The package, which its architects have informally referred to as “post-Trump reforms,” includes measures to restrain the president’s power to grant pardons and declare national emergencies, to prevent federal officials from enriching themselves, and to accelerate the process of enforcing congressional subpoenas in court. It also includes provisions to protect inspectors general and whistleblowers, increase penalties for officials who subvert congressional appropriations or engage in overt political activity, and safeguard against foreign election interference....

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/congress-post-trump-reforms/2020/09/23/38291e70-fd44-11ea-9ceb-061d646d9c67_story.html

Trump calls for National Day of Prayer, to monitor online service | TheHill

President Trump has declared Sunday a “National Day of Prayer” amid the worldwide outbreak of the novel coronavirus and said he will monitor a church service online. ....
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/487623-trump-calls-for-national-day-of-prayer-to-monitor-online-service

Donald Trump declares national emergency over coronavirus pandemic

Donald Trump declared a national emergency on Friday to combat the coronavirus pandemic, freeing up $50bn in federal funding and promising a screening website and drive-by tests. The president was seeking to restore confidence after angering and worrying many with confusing and dismissive public remarks about the outbreak, which in the US has spread to 46 states with at least 1,920 cases and 41 deaths.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/13/donald-trump-coronavirus-national-emergency

‘Say thank you, Mr. President!’ Trump bizarrely demands Border Patrol agents praise him in middle of speech – Raw Story

President Donald Trump on Friday demanded praise from a room full of Border Patrol agents after he boasted to them about getting his long-promised border wall built. During a speech in front of the National Border Patrol Council, Trump explained how he secured money for his wall by bypassing Congress and declaring a “national emergency” that let him pilfer funds from the military. ....
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/02/say-thank-you-mr-president-trump-bizarrely-demands-border-patrol-agents-praise-him-in-middle-of-speech/

Federal judge in Texas blocks Trump’s move to construct a border wall with military funds – Raw Story

On Tuesday, a federal judge in El Paso, Texas blocked President Donald Trump’s national emergency plan authorizing the military to divert funds from defense construction to build a wall at the Mexican border, ruling that the president does not have the legal authority to use the funds for that purpose....
https://www.rawstory.com/2019/12/federal-judge-in-texas-blocks-trumps-move-to-construct-a-border-wall-with-military-funds/

Federal judge declares Trump border proclamation unlawful - The Hill

A federal judge in Texas declared on Friday that President Trump's proclamation of a national emergency on the southern border is unlawful, blocking the plan to divert funding for a border wall...
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/465449-federal-judge-declares-trump-border-proclamation-unlawful

Albright, Kerry, Clapper among 62 former government officials in court filing against Trump national emergency declaration - CNN Politics

A who's-who of 62 former national security officials, including former secretaries of State Madeleine Albright and John Kerry, signed an amicus brief criticizing President Donald Trump's national emergency declaration in a lawsuit challenging the proclamation.....
https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/13/politics/national-security-officials-amicus-brief/index.html

Former Neo-Nazi: President Trump May Be Complicit in Growing Threat of White Supremacy

President Donald Trump is refusing to acknowledge the global rise of white nationalism in the wake of the hate-fueled New Zealand massacre that left 50 Muslim worshipers dead on Friday. Police have arrested and charged 28-year-old white supremacist Brenton Tarrant with the killings. Before the attacks, Tarrant published a manifesto in which he praised Trump as “a symbol of renewed white identity and common purpose” and described immigrants as “invaders.” On the same day, Trump claimed there was an “invasion” occurring on the southern border, signing his first presidential veto rejecting a resolution reversing his declaration of a national emergency on the U.S.-Mexico border. We speak with Christian Picciolini, the founder of Free Radicals Project, a nonprofit helping people disengage from hate and violent extremism. He was a leading neo-Nazi skinhead and far-right extremist in the 1980s and '90s. He is the author of “White American Youth: My Descent into America's Most Violent Hate Movement—and How I Got Out.” We also speak with Khaled Beydoun, a law professor at the University of Arkansas and author of “American Islamophobia: Understanding the Roots and Rise of Fear.”...
Interview:
https://youtu.be/tEnxeM5mp5s

Trump and Dems destroy GOP effort to escape national emergency bind - POLITICO

The president told Senate Republicans he would not agree to curtail his powers in order to stem defections on the disapproval vote. ....
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/03/13/democrats-national-emergency-vote-1219997

What Emergency? - POLITICO

We served at the highest levels of the U.S. national security community. We're here to tell you that the president's claim of an emergency along the border is bogus. ....
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/03/13/donald-trump-national-emergency-border-225781

Pelosi announces vote to override Trump's veto - Raw Story

Shortly after President Donald Trump vetoed a Senate bill overruling his national emergency, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) announced that Congress will vote to override the veto on March 26...
https://www.rawstory.com/2019/03/pelosi-announces-vote-override-trumps-veto/

Justin Amash is the loneliest Republican in Congress - CNN Politics

For most Republicans, life in the House minority is a big change. But for Rep. Justin Amash, in a sense, it's more of the same...
https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/10/politics/amash-trump-house-republicans-lonely/index.html

McConnell: Senate will pass resolution blocking Trump’s border emergency - POLITICO

The Senate majority leader had urged the president not to declare a national emergency after Congress rejected his demands to fund the wall...
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/03/04/senate-vote-national-emergency-trump-1201648?cid=apn