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 It feels a little like the tsunami has passed and we are moving into a new stage.

The LeBron James of Republican lawyers - Paul Clement joins Wisconsin Judge Dugans defense team

https://www.reuters.com/legal/wisconsin-judge-arrested-immigration-case-...

Mohsen Mahdawi, the Columbia student leader and pro-Palestine organizer who was detained by ICE has officially been released. “I am saying it clear and loud,” Mahdawi said, the Columbia student who was just released. “To President Trump and his cabinet: I am not afraid of you.”

https://www.npr.org/2025/04/30/nx-s1-5382306/mohsen-madawi-released-ice-...

Trump’s Already Lost:

But I see the signs all around. He’s doubling down on things people don’t like. He’s fomenting a growing political backlash. The more signs we see of the limits of Trump’s power, the more people show signs of bucking that power. All power is unitary. We see signs of it everywhere. You simply cannot impose an autocracy if a clear majority of the country opposes what you are trying to do at the outset, when you are trying to do it.

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/trumps-already-lost/sharetoken/b1f7...

Polls continue to slide he is now in the 30's for approval in more than one poll.

https://votehub.com/polls/

 

At some point, GOP lawmakers will have to decide whether to make a break from the president or go down with the ship come midterms by carrying on with their blind loyalty to an increasingly unpopular and frankly weird clown show of incompetency.

Hilarious that the president is telling Fox News they need to fire their pollster. 

It is way too early to start celebrating. We are in the midst of a long, dark winter.

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