A green card holder who has lived in the United States for five decades is set to appear before an immigration judge in Seattle on Thursday in an effort to avoid deportation.

Lewelyn Dixon, known as “Auntie Lyn,” has spent the last three months in immigration detention after being stopped by federal agents after returning from a trip.

“She has been in distress trying to figure out what to say to the judge and how to explain why she deserves to stay in America, the only home she’s truly known since she was a child. The pressure is immense,” Her niece Melania Madriaga told Hawaii News Now.

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Dixon’s attorney, Benjamin Osorio, previously told Newsweek that the current issue stems from a single conviction dating back to 2001. According to Osorio, the conviction was for a nonviolent embezzlement offense, for which Dixon was sentenced to 30 days in a halfway house and fined $6,400. She was never required to serve time in jail or prison.

Green card holder in US for 50 years “in distress” as she faces deportation

Green card holder Lewelyn Dixon will appear before an immigration judge in Seattle on Thursday in an effort to avoid deportation.

https://www.newsweek.com/lewelyn-dixon-green-card-holder-immigration-hearing-2078436

As the DOGE boss departs, staff have been told to come up with their ideas to cut waste and boost efficiency.

The Pentagon has ended Elon Musk’s directive for federal workers to provide a list of five of their accomplishments every week as it distances itself from one of DOGE’s most contentious policies.

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Democrat Congressman Joe Courtney, a ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee, said it was about time the department scrapped the policy.

“Good riddance,” he told the Daily Beast.

“For months, dedicated Defense Department civilians received Elon Musk’s insulting ‘five things’ emails. Many of these people served in the military, are highly trained and experienced, and are doing this job because they actually care about the mission.

“And yet, they were being constantly pummeled with these communications from DOGE questioning their dedication and the value of their work.”

Pentagon Shuts Down Musk’s ‘What Did You Do Last Week’ Emails

As the DOGE boss departs, staff have been told to come up with their ideas to cut waste and boost efficiency.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/pentagon-shuts-down-musks-what-did-you-do-last-week-emails

The letter, previewed exclusively to Fox News, marks the latest escalation in a protracted legal fight between Republicans and the nation’s largest legal organization.

The Justice Department on Thursday formally notified the American Bar Association that it will no longer comply with its ratings process for judicial nominees, the result of what it argues is a biased system and one that “invariably and demonstrably” favors nominees put forth by Democratic administrations.

The letter, sent by U.S. Attorney General Pam [Bimbo #3] Bondi to ABA President William R. Bay, was previewed exclusively to Fox News. It marks the latest escalation in a protracted legal fight that Republicans have waged against the nation’s largest association of legal workers.

“For several decades, the American Bar Association has received special treatment and enjoyed special access to judicial nominees,” Bondi said in the letter. “In some administrations, the ABA received notice of nominees before a nomination was announced to the public. Some administrations would even decide whether to nominate an individual based on a rating assigned by the ABA.” 

The Justice Department said in the letter that it will no longer grant the ABA the “special treatment” and first access it has received, revoking decades of precedent where the ABA interviewed and vetted potential members of the incoming DOJ team.

We’ve seen what type of attorneys Trump will pick — such bright shining stars as Pam “Bimbo #3” Bondi and Alina “Bimbo #4” Habba — when the ABA is removed from the process. This will not turn out well.

Fortunately there’s only a 19 month window of opportunity for them to screw things up before the mid-term electees take office.

Justice Department tells American Bar Association it will no longer comply with ratings for judicial nominees

The Department of Justice will no longer comply with the American Bar Association’s ratings process for judicial nominees, citing the organization’s alleged liberal bias.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/justice-department-tells-american-bar-association-no-longer-comply-ratings-judicial-nominees

Previous backers of libertarian Liberty Justice Center include billionaires Robert Mercer and Richard Uihlein

Donald Trump’s tariff policy was derailed by a libertarian public interest law firm that has received money from some of his richest backers. The Liberty Justice Center filed a lawsuit against the US president’s “reciprocal” tariffs on behalf of five small businesses, which it said were harmed by the policy.

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For its lawsuit against Trump’s tariffs, the Liberty Justice Center gathered five small businesses, including a wine company and a fish gear and apparel retailer, and argued that Trump overreached his executive authority and needed Congress’s approval to pass such broad tariffs.

Trump tariffs derailed by law firm that received money from his richest backers

Previous backers of libertarian Liberty Justice Center include billionaires Robert Mercer and Richard Uihlein

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/29/trump-tariffs-liberty-justice-center

Elon Musk rushed to the Mideast to hold up a massive Trump-endorsed American AI operation in Abu Dhabi unless it included him, according to a new report

Retiring DOGE hatchet man Elon Musk rushed to the Middle East during Donald Trump’s visit there earlier this month to block a massive American AI partnership with the United Arab Emirates backed by the president – unless it included him, according to a new report. That apparently explains the tech billionaire’s sudden appearance at a Trump meeting with Saudi Arabia officials during the president’s three-country Middle East tour.

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Trump’s team scrambled to soothe an irritated Musk so the president could announce the deal while he was in the Middle East, the Journal reported.

It wasn’t immediately clear if some kind of accommodation was worked out for the tech boss who has donated hundreds of millions of dollars to the campaigns of Trump and other Republicans, or if he is now part of the deal. He could not immediately be reached for comment. His company has not been named as a participant in the business by any announcement of the deal.

Poor F’Elon!

Musk tried to block Trump-backed Mideast AI deal unless he was included: report

Elon Musk rushed to the Mideast to hold up a massive Trump-endorsed American AI operation in Abu Dhabi unless it included him, according to a new report

https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/musk-trump-middle-east-ai-deal-b2759700.html

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Deputy Director Dan Bongino claimed that a room containing evidence, much of it linked to former director James Comey, was discovered.

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“Does he still have loyalists in the building?” he asked. “Because when I hear the FBI director saying you guys are finding boxes that are hidden — how does that happen in the Bureau?”

“Well, we were there a couple of weeks, and luckily, there were a lot of people up there who grabbed us by the arm the minute we came in and said, ‘Thank you for being here — we need to talk,’” he said. “There are people there who are really horrified at what happened.”

The deputy director added, “And there was a room, and we found stuff. A lot of stuff.”

“A hidden room?” one of the hosts asked.

“I wouldn’t call it hidden — but hidden from us, at least, and not mentioned to us,” Bongino replied. “Then we found stuff in there, and a lot of it’s from the Comey era. We’re working our damnedest right now to declassify it.”

Sounds like some kind of Easter egg hunt? Entertainment to keep Trump’s unqualified appintees from doing any real damage?

“And just so you know—I get the public. I totally understand people saying, ‘Well, do it now.’ The process is, not all the information is ours to declassify — some is other intelligence agencies. We literally can’t do it,” he continued.

Not to worry, we all understand that not much of substance is there in the first place.

‘We Found Stuff’: Dan Bongino Claims Room Full Of Evidence Found From Comey-Era FBI

FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino claimed that a room containing evidence, much of it linked to former director James Comey, was discovered.

https://dailycaller.com/2025/05/29/dan-bongino-fbi-james-comey-room-evidence-lawrence-jones

Stone Cold Stonewalling

New details about the extent of the Trump administration’s stonewalling in the case of the mistakenly deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia were revealed in a court filing Thursday. After six weeks of what was originally supposed to be two weeks of expedited discovery, the government has provided virtually no meaningful discovery responses, Abrego Garcia’s lawyers report.

Normal discovery disputes would not usually be newsworthy, but this comes in the context of a contempt of court inquiry. The administration’s defiance on discovery and the associated gamesmanship cut against its already-dubious claims that it has complied with the order by U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis of Maryland to facilitate Abrego Garcia’s return – an order endorsed and echoed by the Supreme Court.

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After the Trump administration late Wednesday asked for an extension of the May 30 deadline by which all discovery is to be completed, Abrego Garcia’s lawyers filed a blistering response demonstrating how little discovery the government has produced so far. It was already clear from public filings that the government had offered witnesses for deposition who had little or no personal knowledge of the facts of the case, in contravention of the judge’s order. The precise details of that defiance are unclear because many filings remain under seal.

The new details show how desultory the government’s document production has been, too. As of two weeks ago, the government had only produced 34 actual documents. In the subsequent two weeks it was given in which to produce rolling discovery, it coughed up a total of one additional partial document, according to Abrego Garcia’s filing.

New Details Emerge On Trump Administration’s Defiance Of The Courts

A lot of things happened. Here are some of the things. This…

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo/new-details-emerge-on-trump-administrations-defiance-of-courts

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is taking aim at Minnesota and its Twin Cities, alleging the deliberate obstruction of the enforcement of federal immigration laws, and protecting “dangerous criminal aliens from facing consequences.”

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Minnesota is designated on the list as having “self-identification as a state sanctuary jurisdiction,” naming Minneapolis, St. Paul and 20 counties: Carver, Cottonwood, Goodhue, Hennepin, Le Sueur, Lincoln, Lyon, Martin, Nicollet, Nobles, Otter Tail, Pipestone, Ramsey, Scott, Steele, Todd, Watonwan and Wright counties.

It’s called the Tenth Amendment, not that the Constitution means much to Homeland Security. If the states, counties, and cities wish to help you, they can. If they don’t, they don’t have to.

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey nailed it:

In response to the executive order, Mayor Jacob Frey said he won’t comply, calling it illegal.

“I don’t want our police officers tracking down undocumented immigrants when we need to prevent homicides from taking place and car jackings,” Frey said. “[Trump] can’t require local law enforcement to do certain and specified federal work. That would be against the state law because federal immigration policy is not one of the enumerated policies under state law that police can conduct that business in.”

Minneapolis has an ordinance in place barring law enforcement and public officials from enforcing federal immigration laws.

DHS head Kristi Noem accuses Minnesota of harboring “criminal illegal aliens,” defying federal immigration laws

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is taking aim at Minnesota and its Twin Cities, alleging the deliberate obstruction of the enforcement of federal immigration laws, and protecting “dangerous criminal aliens from facing consequences.”

https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/dhs-kristi-noem-sanctuary-states-warning-minnesota-minneapolis

• Germany Warns Citizens After Border Detentions
• United Kingdom Issues Stern Entry Warnings
• Ireland Updates Guidance on Gender Requirements
• Netherlands and Belgium Join the Warning Wave
• Denmark and Finland Issue Gender-Specific Warnings
• Norway Overhauls Travel Advisory System
• France and Spain Join European Response

Thank you, King Donald. Under your divine leadership, we’ve gone from being the leader of the free world to a pariah.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/multiple-countries-issue-travel-warnings-for-usa-after-immigration-crackdowns-target-foreign-visitors/ss-AA1FM8eV

 Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said in a radio interview that President Donald Trump had previously told her he would not consider pardons for the men convicted of conspiring to kidnap her — a position he veered from this week, when he told reporters gathered in the White House that he would “take a look at it.“

Never believe or trust King Donald.

Michigan Gov. Whitmer says Trump vowed to ‘drop’ idea of pardoning kidnapping plotters

In a radio interview, Gov. Whitmer said Trump told her he would “drop” the idea of pardoning men convicted of conspiring to kidnap her in 2020.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/michigan-gov-whitmer-says-trump-vowed-to-drop-idea-of-pardoning-kidnapping-plotters/ar-AA1FKz7E