Tides Turn Against Musk, Trump Makes Troubling Crackdowns
Donald loses support from key groups and judges rule against him, while Elon hits a new roadblock — but the rest of the government is in serious trouble
Though the last 24 hours have been as chaotic as ever, not all the news was bad.
Proud Boys lose name to Black church they vandalized back in 2020
Yesterday, a judge awarded the Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church in D.C. control over the Proud Boys' trademark after members of the neo-Nazi group vandalized the church during a pro-Trump rally.
This means the church now owns the rights to the Proud Boys' name and symbols — therefore, the neo-Nazis cannot use or sell ‘Proud Boys’ merch without the church's consent.
Not so proud anymore.
Biden judge strikes down Trump’s Executive Order
A second federal judge in Maryland blocked Trump’s order to end birthright citizenship in America, declaring citizenship a “precious right.”
In her ruling, she added that “no court” in America has ever agreed with Trump’s “interpretation” of the Constitution — which is true.
The 14th Amendment lives to see another day, thanks to a Biden-appointed Judge.
Arab Americans turn against Trump after Gaza remarks
A pro-Trump group called Arab Americans For Trump announced they will be changing their name to Arab Americans For Peace after Trump vowed to ‘take over’ Gaza and turn it into the ‘Riviera of the Middle East.’
Basically, they dropped the ‘For Trump’ from their title upon hearing Trump declare his plan to ethnically cleanse the entire region.
If only they had realized this before the election!
Trump’s DOJ restrict DOGE access to Treasury Payments
After union members sued, Trump’s DOJ surprisingly agreed to block DOGE staff from snooping around the Treasury’s payment system — the one that holds massive amounts of personal data and distributes trillions of dollars annually.
Last night, Trump’s team filed a motion barring access to all but two officials, who they say are strictly limited to “read-only” access.
I guess they saw the writing on the wall that Musk and his team would be in violation of privacy laws, so they forced DOGE to back down from their takeover of social security payments…for now.
Let’s be real
It’s hard to celebrate anything these days as it could all seemingly be reversed at a moment’s notice, but nevertheless, this is a temporary win for the American people.
However, not so much what’s happening in other parts of the government: