ARE YOU PROUD OF THE WORK THE GOP MAJORITY IS DOING?

“A failure to adequately investigate, to carefully gather facts, and to thoughtfully consider the implications of your actions before wielding your immense power.” Words from a federal judge that encapsulate the Trump administration. Spoken in response to charges brought by the US against the Mayor of Newark. Masked ICE agents assaulted and arrested NYC comptroller and mayoral candidate Brad Lander, the city’s CFO. He was accompanying an immigrant to a scheduled court hearing to try to protect him from arrest in one of ICE’s sweeps of those showing up for their court hearings. Lander asked the agents to produce an arrest warrant for the man they were arresting, and was himself arrested. Homeland Security said it would charge him with impeding a federal officer and “assaulting law enforcement.” But a video of the incident shows that Lander “assaulted the officers in the sense that a bully might accuse you of having gotten in the way of his fist.” But the point of these arrests is not to see justice done. It’s more of the long-standing tactic of seeding the media with a false narrative of bad behavior by opponents, to convince voters that these opponents are dangerous to America. Y’all should look in the mirror. A new Fox News poll shows only 38% of registered voters like the BBB; 59% oppose it. 55% of registered voters are worried about the economy. 84% are worried about inflation. 57% think tariffs hurt the economy. 46% of respondents approve of Trump’s job performance; 54% disapprove. This week’s Economist/YouGov poll shows that 52% of Americans disapprove of how Trump is handling deportations; 42% approve. A CNN investigation published Monday showed that fewer than 10% of those taken into custody since October have been convicted of violent crimes. Trump’s job approval rating among 18-29 year olds has dropped 44 points since he took office. In LA a reporter asked JD Vance if Trump’s administration is “cracking down on Democrats.” Mis-naming his Senate colleague, who was recently manhandled by federal agents for asking a question of Kristi Noem, Alex Padilla became Jose Padilla. By using the name of a man convicted in 2007 of conspiring to commit murder and fraud, Vance continues the vilification of opponents. The VP’s press secretary said that he “must have mixed up two people who have broken the law.” To put it mildly…y’all have a credibility problem.