KARE-TV: Judge terminates deportation case of U of M student

An immigration judge terminated the deportation case of the University of Minnesota student who was detained by immigration officials in March.

According to court documents obtained by KARE 11’s Lou Raguse, Judge Sarah Mazzie ruled that Dogukan Gunaydin, a 28-year-old citizen of Turkey, cannot be deported because the DWI case he pleaded guilty to was not grounds for his removal. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is appealing the decision.

Trump’s losers intend to appeal the decision.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/judge-rules-dwi-not-grounds-for-u-of-m-student-s-deportation/ar-AA1E4V9N

Western Journal: Disturbing Discovery: Biden-Era Dossier on Official Now Serving Trump

Some self-aggrandizing drivel from Marco Rubio, our pathetic excuse for a Secretary of State:

“Freedom of speech and expression have been a cornerstone of what it means to be an American citizen. For centuries, the United States served as a beacon of hope for millions of people around the world,” he said in a statement.

“Over the last decade though, individuals in America have been slandered, fired, charged, and even jailed for simply voicing their opinions,” Rubio said.

“That is not an America our Founding Fathers would recognize,” he added. “It is the responsibility of every government official to continuously work to preserve and protect the freedom for Americans to exercise their free speech.”

So how do you explain the arrests and deportations of college students who’ve dared to express their support for the Palestinian people, who are being relentlessly slaughtered and abused by the Israeli military?

The First Amendment is for EVERYONE, students, citizens, immigrants, legal or not, regardless of visa category or status.

You, Marco Rubio, and your ilk are a disgrace to the American Constitution and way of life.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/disturbing-discovery-biden-era-dossier-on-official-now-serving-trump/ar-AA1E0TU6

Telegraph: Trump orders reopening of notorious Alcatraz prison

The refurbished prison would house ‘America’s most ruthless and violent offenders’, US president says

Donald Trump has ordered the US Bureau of Prisons to reopen and expand Alcatraz, the notorious former prison off the coast of San Francisco.

In a message posted on Truth Social, his online platform, on Sunday night, the US president announced his plan to turn the small island into symbol of law and order, to deter “vicious” criminals whom he called the “dregs of society”.

“For too long, America has been plagued by vicious, violent, and repeat criminal offenders, the dregs of society, who will never contribute anything other than misery and suffering,” Mr Trump wrote.

“When we were a more serious nation, in times past, we did not hesitate to lock up the most dangerous criminals, and keep them far away from anyone they could harm. That’s the way it’s supposed to be.

“That is why, today, I am directing the Bureau of Prisons, together with the Department of Justice, FBI, and Homeland Security, to reopen a substantially enlarged and rebuilt ALCATRAZ, to house America’s most ruthless and violent offenders.”

He added: “The reopening of ALCATRAZ will serve as a symbol of Law, Order, and JUSTICE.”

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025/05/05/trump-orders-reopening-alcatraz-prison

More here:

https://www.the-sun.com/news/14165183/trump-reopening-alcatraz-prison-americas-dregs-society

Reuters: White House seeks to cut TSA funding and boost air, rail safety

The White House said on Friday it wants to cut funding for the Transportation Security Administration by $247 million, while boosting spending on rail and air safety.

In its proposal on Friday to cut TSA officer levels, the White House said, “TSA has consistently failed audits while implementing intrusive screening measures that violate Americans’ privacy and dignity.” It was not immediately clear how many positions the White House wants to cut.

And:

The proposal also calls for cutting funding by $308 million for Essential Air Service, which subsidizes commercial air service to rural airports and is popular with Republican lawmakers.

I’m no fan of TSA, but cutting a quarter billion dollars out of their budget hardly seems likely improve aviation security. Focus on their procedures and methods, not on their people.

Cutting Essential Air Service will be disastrous for many rural communities. It will also hit airlines hard while they’re also feeling the loss of international tourists thanks to the actions of King Donald & Co.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/white-house-seeks-to-cut-tsa-funding-and-boost-air-rail-safety/ar-AA1E4oWa

Latin Times: Judge temporarily blocks Trump administration from dismantling library services agency

A federal judge has temporarily halted the Trump administration’s attempt to shut down the Institute of Museum and Library Services, safeguarding funding for libraries and museums across the U.S. 

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/judge-temporarily-blocks-trump-administration-from-dismantling-library-services-agency/vi-AA1E5gKl

New Republic: Judges Who Rule Against Trump Become Target of New MAGA War

At least 11 federal judges and their families have been threatened and harassed since they ruled against President Trump on issues of deportations, federal funding, and his war on “wokeness.” 

The judges, under anonymity, told Reuters that they had received multiple intimidating calls and emails to their homes and offices. Some have been subject to the disturbing “pizza box” method, in which antagonists will anonymously send a pizza to the home of a judge or their relatives just to show that they know where they live. 

This is only compounded by the countless attacks and doxxing attempts that people like Laura Loomer and Elon Musk have made on X. When U.S. District Judge James Boasberg ruled against Trump’s illegal deportation of 137 men under the Alien Enemies Act in March, Loomer and Musk shared photos of his daughter, while their army of keyboard warriors called for the execution or arrest of Boasberg and the rest of his family. Loomer did the same to Judge John McConnell after he blocked Trump from freezing education grants, posting a picture of his daughter who had worked for the Education Department. Loomer’s post conveniently omitted that McConnell’s daughter left the department before Trump was even inaugurated.

Trump’s cry babies just can’t handle being told they’re wrong.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/judges-who-rule-against-trump-become-target-of-new-maga-war/ar-AA1E4mAa

Guardian: Mass resignations at labor department threaten workers in US and overseas, warn staff – as more cuts loom

Last month Jihun Han, chief of staff to the US secretary of labor, Lori Chavez-DeRemer, sent a staff-wide email warning they could face criminal charges for speaking to journalists about agency business.

“All of the core aspects of working life can no longer be assumed, because the Department of Labor was chronically underfunded for a long time, and eliminating half the staff, or whatever their goals are, will cause it to be absolutely dysfunctional,” the BLS employee said. “I think it’s catastrophic.”

Paranoid, anyone?

Ever heard of the First Amendment?

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/mass-resignations-at-labor-department-threaten-workers-in-us-and-overseas-warn-staff-as-more-cuts-loom/ar-AA1E6aS3

Associated Press: Justice Department will switch its focus on voting and prioritize Trump’s elections order, memo says

The new mission statement for the voting section makes a passing reference to the historic Voting Rights Act, but no mention of typical enforcement of the provision through protecting people’s right to cast ballots or ensuring that lines for legislative maps do not divide voters by race. Instead, it redefines the unit’s mission around conspiracy theories pushed by Republican President Donald Trump to explain away his loss to Democrat Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election.

Trump’s attorney general at the time, William Barr, said there was no evidence of widespread fraud in that election.

Repeated recounts and audits in the battleground states where Trump contested his loss, including some led by Republicans, affirmed Biden’s win and found the election was run properly. Trump and his supporters also lost dozens of court cases trying to overturn the election results.

But in Trump’s second term, the attorney general is Pam Bondi [Bimbo #3], who backed his effort to reverse his 2020 loss. The president picked Harmeet Dhillon, a Republican Party lawyer and long time ally who also has echoed some of Trump’s false claims about voting, to run the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, where the voting section is housed.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/justice-department-will-switch-its-focus-on-voting-and-prioritize-trump-s-elections-order-memo-says/ar-AA1E6fp4

Associated Press: Trump brands his opponents as ‘communists,’ a label loaded with the baggage of American history

For years, President Donald Trump blamed “communists” for his legal and political troubles. Now, the second Trump administration is deploying that same historically loaded label to cast his opponents — from judges to educators — as threats to American identity, culture and values.

If opposing King Donald makes me a communist, I’ll wear the label proudly!

In fact I have been a Republican for 50 of my 70 years. The current group of corrupt clowns who have taken over the Republican parts just aren’t my type of Republicans. I’ll cast my lot with any commie or lefty who can throw these bums out.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/trump-brands-his-opponents-as-communists-a-label-loaded-with-the-baggage-of-american-history/ar-AA1E6dVt

LGTBQ Nation: Donald Trump says America should “forget about” the separation of church and state

Donald Trump signed an executive order yesterday establishing a “religious liberty commission” at the Department of Justice (DOJ) to investigate and present strategies to eliminate “threats to domestic religious liberty.” During his comments on the order, Trump said that he doesn’t know if there’s a separation of church and state and that we should “forget about that for one time.”

F*ck*ng r*t*rd needs to crawl out from under his rock!

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/donald-trump-says-america-should-forget-about-the-separation-of-church-and-state/ar-AA1E3wpy