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Chuck Darwin

Amy Klobuchar calls on Supreme Court to hold Trump officials in contempt

Senator Klobuchar warns of US getting ‘closer to a constitutional crisis’
-- as Samuel Alito’s dissent signals deference to Trump

On Sunday Minnesota senator #Amy #Klobuchar warned that the US is “getting closer and closer to a constitutional crisis”, but the courts, growing Republican disquiet at Trump administration policies, and public protest were holding it off.

“I believe as long as these courts hold,
and the constituents hold,
and the congress starts standing up,
our democracy will hold,”

Klobuchar told CNN’s State of the Union, adding
💥“but Donald Trump is trying to pull us down into the sewer of a crisis.”

Klobuchar said the US supreme court should 👉hold Trump administration officials in contempt if they continue to ignore a court order to facilitate the return of Kilmar Ábrego García from El Salvador,
the Maryland resident the government admitted in court it had deported by mistake.

Klobuchar said the court could appoint a 👉special prosecutor, independent of Trump’s Department of Justice,
to uphold the rule of law and charge any officials who are responsible for Ábrego García’s deportation,
or have refused to facilitate his return.

The senator’s comments came hours after supreme court released justice #Samuel #Alito’s #dissenting #opinion on the court’s decision to block the Trump administration from deporting more Venezuelans held in north Texas’s Bluebonnet detention center .

In his dissent, Alito criticized the decision of the seven-member majority,
saying the court had acted “literally in the middle of the night” and without sufficient explanation.

The “unprecedented” relief was “hastily and prematurely granted”, Alito added.

Alito, whose dissent was joined by fellow conservative justice #Clarence #Thomas, said there was “dubious factual support” for granting the request in an emergency appeal from the American Civil Liberties Union
to block deportations of accused gang members that the administration contends are legal under the Alien Enemies Act of 1798.

The majority did not provide a detailed explanation for the order released early on Saturday,
only that the administration should not to remove Venezuelans held in the “until further order of this court”.

The court has said previously that deportations under the 1798 law can only proceed if those scheduled to be removed are offered a chance to argue their case in court and were given “a reasonable time” to contest their pending removals.

theguardian.com/us-news/2025/a

The Guardian · Amy Klobuchar calls on supreme court to hold Trump officials in contemptBy Edward Helmore
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Geriatric Gardener

“Red-Tory MP who smeared Corbyn as mate of Putin and Farage deletes libellous post”

by Skwawkbox @skwawkbox

@UKLabour

“[Plymouth Moor View MP] Fred Thomas meekly deletes post after warning from Corbyn and widespread mockery”

skwawkbox.org/2025/04/19/red-t

#Press #UK #Labour #Starmer #Thomas #Corbyn #Smears #RedTory #ToryContinuityParty #Hypocrisy #Lies #Israel #Gaza #Genocide #Zionism #Autocracy Labour #Austerity #WFA #FreeGearKier #BenefitsHarmer #KidStarver #RachelThieves #FreezeAndStarve

SKWAWKBOX · Red-Tory MP who smeared Corbyn as mate of Putin and Farage deletes libellous postFred Thomas meekly deletes post after warning from Corbyn and widespread mockery Plymouth Moor View’s right-wing Labour MP Fred Thomas has meekly deleted a mocked-up image in which he smeared…
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Chuck Darwin

Elon Musk’s allies are turning a once-obscure federal IT unit into the linchpin of their sweeping campaign to tear down the federal bureaucracy,
sparking fears of improper overreach and chaos among tech employees in the government.

During a tense meeting Monday, employees of the Technology Transformation Services (TTS) section of the General Services Administration questioned Musk ally and Tesla alum #Thomas #Shedd about the agency’s future,
-- after he and a cohort of unidentified 20-somethings spent the preceding days peppering staff with questions about their accomplishments and reviews of their work.

Shedd, who was named the director of the unit last month,
told the workers that the administration viewed them as “Swiss army knives”
who can roll out services across federal agencies.

“You guys have been doing this far longer than I’ve been even aware that your group exists,”
said Shedd, according to a recording of the meeting obtained by The Washington Post.

“The way the administration sees you is you’re kind of the gold standard of how to go in and get work done at these agencies,
how to understand the technical problems that they have.”

In the background of those reassurances, however, Musk’s deputies have been quietly assessing the competency and loyalties of the existing staff washingtonpost.com/business/20

The Washington Post · How Elon Musk’s deputies took over the government’s most basic functionsBy Cat Zakrzewski
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Chuck Darwin

Government Tech Workers Forced to Defend Projects to Random Elon Musk Bros

A recent high school graduate and former Neuralink intern have joined meetings to review lines of code and other work history of career public servants,
sparking chaos at a major government agency.

The recent installation of Elon Musk ally #Thomas #Shedd atop the federal IT structure has thrown an agency in charge of servicing much of the US government’s technical infrastructure into disarray
wired.com/story/elon-musk-gove

WIRED · Government Tech Workers Forced to Defend Projects to Random Elon Musk BrosBy Makena Kelly
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