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July 10, 2025
Trump's executive order restricting birthright citizenship blocked by federal judge
(MSNBC) While readers might’ve seen headlines about a related Supreme Court ruling last month, as my MSNBC colleague Jordan Rubin explained, the justices’ highly controversial opinion focused largely on the judiciary’s authority, not on the underlying constitutional issue and the legality of Trump’s order itself. Within hours of the Supreme Court’s ruling, which left open the possibility of using class action lawsuits to challenge the White House’s policy, the ACLU filed just such a case. On Thursday morning, it scored a key victory.
Go to discussion'It's miserable:' ICE 'morale in crapper' as agents forced to 'arrest gardeners'
(Raw Story) As Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents embark on countless deportation raids in an effort to meet the White House’s daily arrest quota of 3,000, many officers are becoming completely demoralized, several agents told Nick Miroff with The Atlantic. “Morale is in the crapper,” a former ICE agent told Miroff on the condition of anonymity out of fear of repercussions. “Even those that are gung ho about the mission aren’t happy with how they are asking to execute it – the quotas and the shift to the low-hanging fruit to make the numbers.”
Go to discussionKristi Noem Guts ICE Oversight as Detainee Deaths Surge
(New Republic) As Donald Trump has rapidly expanded immigration enforcement, he and his administration have also begun stripping government oversight—and people are already dying, according to a report published by CNN Tuesday. Court documents filed in April as part of a lawsuit against the Trump administration revealed that the Trump administration effectively shuttered three watchdog organizations at the Department of Homeland Security.
Go to discussionTrump official suggests Medicaid recipients, automation can replace immigrant workers. California farmers disagree
(LA Times) A top Trump administration official's claim that Medicaid recipients could replace farmworkers has met with pushback from California's agriculture industry, which faces the loss of its workforce amid the federal immigration crackdown. Helen McGrath, whose family farms citrus and avocados in Ventura County, said Rollins' comments were insulting. "I can confidently say that most farmers in the country either laughed out loud or were just deflated by those comments," she said.
Go to discussionTrump Failed To Deliver His 'No Tax' Promises And Is Now Just Lying That He Did
(Huff Post) Donald Trump failed to deliver on his promise to end taxes on Social Security benefits, overtime and tip income, and so now has turned to an alternative that has often worked for him in the past: lying about it. Ever since his massive tax and spending bill cleared the Senate last weekend, Trump has been claiming that it fulfills campaign pledges that helped him return to the presidency, even though the 330-page measure only provides temporary help that only partially accomplishes what he promised.
Go to discussion'Reeks of voter suppression': Internet slams DOJ demand for state voter list
(Raw Story) President Donald Trump's Department of Justice is demanding that Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon, a Democrat, turn over his state's voter rolls, according to a letter obtained by Democracy Docket. The letter cites the Help America Vote Act, a law that was passed in 2002 that creates minimum standards for election administration.
Go to discussionInternal DOJ messages bolster claim that Trump judicial nominee spoke of defying court orders
(Politico) A fired Justice Department attorney has provided Congress with a trove of emails and text messages to corroborate his claims that a controversial Trump judicial nominee — top DOJ official Emil Bove — crudely discussed defying court orders. The newly-released messages reinforce claims by whistleblower Erez Reuveni that Bove played a key role in a decision by Trump administration immigration officials to turn scores of Venezuelan immigrants over to El Salvador’s government despite a U.S. judge’s order not to do so.
Go to discussionTrump's America is a cold, hard place
(Salon) The floods serve as a symbolic reminder of the constant and complete failure of Trump’s government. Just this week we have had to deal with speculation on Pam Bondi being fired, revelations that Trump talked about bombing Moscow, the MAGA split caused by the latest Jeffrey Epstein controversy that Trump doesn’t want to talk about, tariff problems and the president’s “TACO” reputation — Wall Street’s indictment that “Trump Always Chickens Out” — and any of a number of other controversies brought about by a man who speaks out of both sides of his mouth and his posterior at the same time.
Go to discussionThis Texas county asked for disaster resilience help. The flood came first.
(Grist) Flooding is a fact of life in Texas Hill Country, a region home to a flood-prone corridor known as “Flash Flood Alley.” Judge Rob Kelly, the top elected official in Kerr County, said as much on Sunday. “We know we get rains. We know the river rises,” he said as a desperate search for survivors continued along the Guadalupe, a river that rose more than 30 feet in just five hours last week. “But nobody saw this coming.” County records show that some Kerr County officials did see it coming and raised concerns about the county’s outdated flood warning system nearly a decade ago.
Go to discussionMaga mom still has faith in Trump's mass deportation plan, husband blames Biden
(BBC) If Arpineh Masihi could vote, she would have cast her ballot for Donald Trump. She's a devout supporter of the US president – even now that she's locked up as an illegal immigrant. "He's doing the right thing because lots of these people don't deserve to be here," Arpineh told the BBC over the phone from the Adelanto immigrant detention centre in California's Mojave Desert. "I will support him until the day I die. He's making America great again."
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