Fox News: Hegseth suggests judge report to military bases after ruling that Pentagon must allow transgender troops

Arrogant jerk! Hegseth should stick to drinking. It’s the only thing he does well.

“We should all agree, however, that every person who has answered the call to serve deserves our gratitude and respect.”

[U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes wrote,] “Indeed, the cruel irony is that thousands of transgender servicemembers have sacrificed – some risking their lives – to ensure for others the very equal protection rights the Military Ban seeks to deny them,” the judge added, noting that the defendants, on the other hand, “have not shown they will be burdened by continuing the status quo pending this litigation, and avoiding constitutional violations is always in the public interest.”

Hegseth suggests judge report to military bases after ruling that Pentagon must allow transgender troops

Robert Reich: Trump’s legal setbacks for the past week

Long read but a good wrap-up for the week:

Today I’m feeling nauseously optimistic. (Nauseous optimism is when your heart aches and you’re sick to your stomach but believe you’ll live to see the dawn.)

Although every other constraint on Trump is gone — congressional Republicans are in the MAGA cult, Democrats are zombies, big business doesn’t dare oppose Trump, and high-tech has gone over to the dark side — one constraint remains: the federal courts.

And the federal courts seem to be holding firm, at least so far.

Consider what the courts did this week:

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