June 24, 2026

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Second ‘Big Law’ Firm Hoists the White Flag and Makes Peace With Trump – RedState– redstate.com
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The mega law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP has made peace with President Trump before it was targeted by an executive order.

“Over the past few days, we learned that the Trump Administration intended to issue an executive order directed at Skadden,” London wrote. “We believed it would focus on DEI initiatives and our pro bono activities.”

“With that in mind, we chose to engage proactively and constructively with the Administration to align on a productive path forward without the issuance of an executive order,” he wrote. “We entered into the agreement the President announced today because, when faced with the alternatives, it became clear that it was the best path to protect our clients, our people and our Firm.”

“Not everyone will agree with the decision we made today, and I have great respect for the different views that make us stronger as a Firm,” he wrote. “But I firmly believe that an agreement centered around our pro bono work and complying with the law was an acceptable outcome to ensure Skadden will continue to thrive long into the future. This agreement does not change who we are.”

 

In a post on Truth Social, President Trump revealed the terms of the agreement.

Today, President Donald J. Trump and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP announce the following agreement regarding a series of actions to be taken by Skadden:

1. Skadden will provide a total of at least $100 Million Dollars in pro bono Legal Services, during the Trump Administration and beyond, to causes that the President and Skadden both support, in relation to the following areas: Assisting Veterans and other Public Servants, including members of the Military, Law Enforcement, First Responders, and Federal, State, and Local Government Officials; ensuring fairness in our Justice System; and combatting Antisemitism. Skadden will change its pro bono policy so that all pro bono moving forward will be done in the Firm name. A pro bono Committee will be constituted to ensure that pro bono matters are consistent with the objectives of the program, and that pro bono activities represent the full political spectrum.

2. The Skadden Foundation will commit to the mission of providing pro bono Legal Services to a wide variety of deserving organizations and individuals. Skadden is committed to funding no fewer than five Skadden Fellows each year dedicated to the following projects: Assisting Veterans; ensuring fairness in our Justice System; combatting Antisemitism, and other similar types of projects. Law Graduates that receive Skadden Fellowships will represent a wide range of political views, including conservative ideals.

3. Skadden affirms its commitment to merit-based hiring, promotion, and retention. Accordingly, the Firm will not engage in illegal DEI discrimination and preferences. Skadden will engage independent outside counsel to advise the Firm to ensure employment practices are fully compliant with Law, including, but not limited to, anti-discrimination Laws.

4. Skadden will not deny representation to clients, such as members of politically disenfranchised groups, who have not historically received legal representation from major National Law Firms, including in pro bono matters, and in support of non-profits, because of the personal political views of individual lawyers.

Statement From the White House: “Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP approached President Trump and his Administration, and declared the Firm’s strong commitment to ending the Weaponization of the Justice System and the Legal Profession. The President will never stop fighting to deliver on his promises of eradicating partisan Lawfare in America, and restoring Liberty & Justice for ALL.”

Statement From Skadden Executive Partner, Jeremy London: “Skadden is pleased to have achieved a successful agreement with President Trump and his Administration. We engaged proactively with the President and his team in working together constructively to reach this agreement. The Firm looks forward to continuing our productive relationship with President Trump and his Admin. We firmly believe that this outcome is in the best interests of our clients, our people, and our Firm.”

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By Bill Collier, Publisher

Originally published March 14, 2025 for our Mid-Month Issue of Mindful Intelligence AdvisorSubscribe to get semi-monthly issues.

“… I look at the Democrats in front of me, and I realize there is absolutely nothing I can say to make them happy or to make them stand or smile or applaud. Nothing I can do. I could find a cure to the most devastating disease – a disease that would wipe out entire nations or announce the answers to the greatest economy in history or the stoppage of crime to the lowest levels ever recorded, and these people sitting right here will not clap, will not stand, and certainly will not cheer for these astronomical achievements. They won’t do it no matter what.”President Donald J Trump, from his 5th joint sessions address

INTRODUCTION

For our older readers, there will be a strong reaction to the phrase “New World Order” that, for many, signifies a blatant betrayal of American national sovereignty in favor of a corrupt ruling class in the political and corporate world. When the first Bush invoked those words, Republicans and Democrats both pursued what amounted to an anti-American agenda that weakened our economy, our well-being, and, of course, our country’s independence.

The many wars we fought proved to be outlandish failures, and the fears invoked to justify them often proved to be exaggerations or lies. The “War On Terror” justified the surveillance state and shocking violations of the Bill of Rights that still persist (including the further empowering of a FISA court that would be politically weaponized against our current President through the Orwellian-termed act, The Patriot Act).

In many ways, both the things Trump said in this speech and that the Democratic Party said in response with their desperate, uncivil and unprofessional behavior felt more like a raucous briefing from the frontline of a revolution against that very same world disorder of their “rules based international order” which is far worse than we could have imagined. It was as if Trump was on the front, proclaiming the demise of the enemy before him who were shooting back at him as he spoke. 

While Democrats fumed with their truthless little paddles and outbursts, Trump detailed blow after blow, thanks to DOGE and administrative efforts to root out fraud and abuse. We are finding that BILLIONS of taxpayer dollars went into the treasury and out in an intentionally underhanded way to funnel our money into the hands of NWO revolutionary organizations, almost all being identified as on the left. NWO moles within the government illegally facilitated this and covered it up for decades, while making themselves rich.

The left versus right divide has some relevance, but the deeper delineation could be seen as being more authoritarian versus less and being more for local and private autonomy from the state versus wanting a global hegemonic power that essentially dictates to every person how to live. It is simply authoritarianism versus freedomism and localist decentralization versus global hegemonic centralization.

A. THE TENOR

Many will detail the elements of the speech, blow by blow, but the tenor of the speech was simple: Trump and his team are going to dismantle the funding and organizational superstructure of the “New World Order,” and as for the “rules based international order,” it is toast. This also includes Trump’s team, who identified the illegal funneling of tax dollars to fund Democratic and establishment GOP candidates as well as their causes, which are not authorized by Congress and are therefore fraudulent and illegal.

B.  THE MIXED REGIME STRATEGY

The last almost 40 years at least have been a story of the NWO crowd trying to basically transform this country into a “mixed regime.”

A mixed regime is a hybrid of authoritarianism and democracy; basically, the people have limited choices as per the establishment’s rules (see Romania and how a candidate was disqualified from running). The Germans justify their own authoritarianism by pretending they are creating a firewall for democracy by excluding millions of voters from choosing a different path than the NWO crowd desires Germany to take.

To facilitate a mixed regime system in the U.S., the NWO crowd’s entertainment, news, education, and web industry all suppressed dissent from “the message,” which was set from the top and center by the likes of the Soros family and the top leaders of the Uniparty establishment.

Their brief was to press every person into service for their benefit and enrichment, suppress dissent or truth to keep everyone in line, and punish or cancel those who refused to bow. 

Their efforts against Trump and his supporters have been totalitarian in spirit and illegal in action. Their goal was to kill Trump, probably because he knows it. He also seems to have a good bead on who and what they really are: corrupt people led by doctrines of hell whose every belief is essentially an analog for demons. The lawfare and Judgefare waged through corrupt courts with corrupt lawyers (all deserving of serious prison time) have failed in their aim.

We, the Editor Paul Gordon Collier and myself, have a dear friend, Andy Badolato, who was, in our opinion, a victim of this lawfare: he lost everything and served prison time for something I personally believe was a setup, which is a very long story we might one day share here.

The point is that the NWO crowd went after thousands of people, including my friend Andy, for spurious reasons and under the flimsiest of technicalities, while they themselves were wantonly breaking laws in open defiance of the Bill of Rights. This has all been done ONLY to enrich themselves and grow their powers at the expense of your rights and well-being

All that failed; Trump is in charge, and he now has access to the proof of their decades-long criminal and treasonous conspiracies against these United States of America.

C. THE END OF “RULES-BASED?

The fear and rage, the nonsensical claims of being “literally Hitler,” are all predictable as Team Trump gores every sacred cow of the left, while, through DOGE, Team Trump is stripping the theft of hundreds of billions of dollars from the NWO, tax-payer-sponsored, crowd.

The NWO crowd shakes in fear as they speak of their “rules-based international order” as if it is sacred and holy. We Americans believe in “Rule of Law,” that is, in using the constitutional guidelines to bind government power, but “Rules-based” is really globalist limitations placed on other countries’ foreign policies to assure that the NWO, the “Global Order” stays firmly entrenched in power, to the detriment of the sovereignty of the nations captured by these perverse, anti-sovereign-state standards.

Trump is discarding it, even making fun of it, and this speech was no different. He destroyed their fake ethics and moral superiority complexes with brutal truth: every country who screws the USA over will be punished in some way and our only friends are those who show themselves friendly.

The EU and NATO countries have long enjoyed us paying to defend them with our own forces while both use NWO moles to funnel money to their organizations. They do this under the guise of being the moral betters of America. Trump’s speech was stark in how he discarded their pretend alliances and loyalty, as if NATO’s needs and wants come before America’s interests.

It is surprising that Trump didn’t invoke George Washington, who spoke against permanent entangling alliances. His concern seems to have been that Americans could be compelled to support things that go against our interests to please our allies.

But while Trump didn’t invoke Washington, his speech was certainly more akin to what Washington would have said than any President since, well, perhaps since Washington himself. 

The NWO crowd are all trembling in fear, but still are not vanquished and are still capable of inflicting harm on their enemies, especially as Trump, Musk, JD Vance, RFK Jr, Pam Bondi, and the rest of Trump’s growing army continues its own merciless onslaught.

The NWO crowd, including the leaders and the people who have bought into the fake public “religion” of the New World Order, are all enraged and on the war path.

D. THE FAILED CULTURE OF TOTALITARIANS ON DISPLAY

What we saw in Trump’s speech, in combination with the numerous low-class disruptions by the DNC, was the agony of totalitarians who failed in their ultimate goals and are now watching decades of subversive work to destroy our Constitution go down in flames.

This continues on as DOGE and the new leadership simply audit for fraud and abuse. The NWO crowd, including groups like their paid pro-abortion, wokist lunacy, climate change hoaxers, and pro Hamas terrorists (who remain protected by Soros DAs still refusing to prosecute them), are apoplectic.

For decades, they patiently labored and plotted, plotted and labored before they finally succeeded in subverting every institution, including government at all levels. More importantly, this also includes the means of cultural production, the press, the media, education, etc. Now, things are turning against them, and they’re turning against them, as Donald Trump would say, “Bigly!”

Trump’s tone and method were far from conventional, and he has consistently been an iconoclast to the “Federal culture” that permeates both those inside government and those whose work involves anything political.

Every group of people has some sort of cultural norms and standards, including the government and everyone engaging in politics. The Federal culture that once dominated everyone’s thinking and rules of conduct has been questioned and may be changing.

Those changes will optimally make it harder for NWO subversives to ever regain their shadow-state hijacking of Federal power and wealth, effectively turning this country into an NWO satellite of some international entity like the WEF or the UN.

E. THE DECORUM DILEMA THAT IS NOT A DILEMA AT ALL

Trump’s decorum was and will remain rather shocking at times. When I was the public face for a newspaper and ranted on social media, my partners asked if I was a professional newspaper publisher or an angry blogger. While at the time I was offended, it stuck with me, and I came to see that they were right and that decorum matters.

But Trump doesn’t have decorum like I think a President should. 

Why does Trump have a massive loyal following when he seems to lack the decorum one thinks is necessary to create such a loyal following? The answer is based on the truth that every task in every place and time must be suited in its design, functions, and ergonomics both to the task and to the person or people who will use it.

Trump fits millions of people who needed to have someone who was truly and demonstrably disloyal to the establishment, his lack of conventional decorum being a most visible sign. The work of dismantling as much of the NWO infrastructure as possible that has burrowed itself into the Federal government requires a tool, a President in this case, who has no love for the “New World Order” and its inhumane agendas. 

Thus, Trump fits the American voters who desire a forward advancement of freedom after decades of the NWO’s war on freedom from within our own government by corrupt people whose soul has been sold, figuratively speaking.

While Trump’s slogan is “Make America Great Again,” his agenda, if it succeeds, will advance freedom and economic opportunities for every person and people group and every household and neighborhood as has never been seen before. His slogan could have been, “Advance Freedom and Abundance for ALL Americans!”

F. RESTORING AMERICA’S SPIRIT

MAGA, in my mind, isn’t really about restoring America to the past. The idea is more about restoring the spirit of America that overcame prejudice and many flaws and sins, including the Trail of Tears. Through all these shortcomings and sins, we can see an arc of history bending not only toward justice, but toward a life of freedom and abundance being accessible to every American who works for it, AND with public help for those who cannot work or find work. 

MAGA doesn’t want America to go back and repeat the same sins and mistakes. What is driving many in this movement, even subconsciously, is the desire to restore America’s moral and legal justifications for its existence.

The idea is to lift again the fallen mantle of America’s God-given scroll of destiny and purpose, which is the arc of our history ever-bending towards this vision of freedom and abundance for all Americans. The closer we walk towards that future the further we walk from the patterns of our past (and even current) mistakes, sins, and bad ideas.

The spirit of what President Trump said (which also represents what I see as the spirit of MAGA), is to restore America’s true manifest destiny as a commonwealth of freedom. The spirit of America is to be the cradle of freedom civilizations that will purge the alien and seditious NWO conspirators from within that waged war on freedom and prosperity every day.

Blow after blow fell from Trump’s mouth as horrified NWO minions gasped from within but outwardly, dishonestly, they aped righteous anger over his preachments!

NO MORE illegal aliens.

NO MORE election fraud.

NO MORE grooming kids to make them mentally ill with evil doctrines.

NO MORE taxpayer dollars going to organizations who are dedicated to destroying our Constitutional Union of free and sovereign states and diverse national people groups.

NO MORE U.S. money to international organizations who are working to bring the NWO agenda to many lands as part of a global empire of tyranny. 

Over and over, Trump gored their ox and lifted the hope of millions of Americans who truly believe Trump is one of, if not the most, populist Presidents who is inspired and driven by his love for the people.

The fact he speaks their language and genuinely seems to try and deliver on his promises makes people feel he represents THEIR interests and not the interests of the globalist, NWO elites.

History will, in time, tell if indeed Trump lives up to this narrative, but for now it is a narrative many believe and which Trump seems to be basing his Presidency on, something that almost no President has ever done.

G. ONLY TRUMP WILL DO?

It has been said that the world rarely needs a General George S. Patton, but when the need is there, only a Patton will do. Trump’s outlandishness, bragging, and even rudeness seen in this speech certainly grates on people who wish for decorum, but this, along with his “exaggerations” (which his followers seem to receive as rhetorical flourish and “creative license,” not facts), is probably exactly what is needed at this time.

While Trump didn’t use the terms “New World Order,” “NWO Crowd,” or “NWO establishment,” and neither do the bad guys we call NWO minions or ruling class, he yet may lay waste to their kingdom.

His words are usually met with actions, unless they are part of negotiations meant to make his negotiating position stronger. Thus, when he says he will root out the illegal use of our country’s tax revenues for purposes not intended by Congress (in open defiance of America’s constitutionally-based Rule of Law), he means it.

So far, the NWO crowd can only shake and gyrate with nonsensical rhetoric in desperation to stop this assault on their source of power and wealth, embezzling tax revenues from the governments of the world.

H. THE NWO PRESS

The narrative used to be that uber-rich billionaires spent their money to help their preferred candidates and policies “win” by any means necessary, including mass information indoctrination and election fraud.

The fact the media are often running a deficit made people ask why they were still in business and who was funding them. The fact many corporations enact unpopular policies, lose customers, and stay in business had people asking who was bankrolling them.

The idea here was that every major corporation, as well as every educational, news, information, and entertainment institution, and the courts, as well as the  bureaucracy, could enact policies and produce content meant to deceive and control the masses, turning them into NWO minions or mindless atomized drones.

These institutions would at times lose popularity and support, but we all assumed these billionaires at the top of the NWO cabal sustained the private institutions while our tax dollars went to the government. It turns out these institutions are all funded by tax dollars.

These “billionaire moles” eventually became the super majority within the bureaucracy. They worked as liaisons with private entities (corporations) to enable the government to use private entities to do things to you that otherwise would be illegal for government to do, like restricting your free expression. They bribed them with your money to attack your rights.

At this point, though, the line between the state and the state-favored corporation may be gone altogether, though it appears Trump to ends at least one corpostate. Let us hope he isn’t replacing it with another one.

The New York Times remains afloat after decades of fake journalism meant to mask their rancid NWO political agenda and their hatred of liberty, and even decency. That paper should have failed. But Federal money saved it from financial disaster. The NWO Press are all facing major financial woes because Soros types didn’t use their own money to fund them; they stole it from the taxpayers, funneled through layers of NGOs and other entities until Soros himself wrote the check and made himself a kingmaker in the NWO establishment

Trump has eviscerated the NWO FakePress in many ways, and they continue their libelous attacks on him and his team, but when Trump spoke about the abuse of tax dollars from within the government by moles working with these billionaires, he was sounding the death knell on their subversive insurrection from within our government by traitors.

The NWO crowd didn’t show any respect for the young man who was made an honorary Secret Service agent or the families who lost loved ones to illegal alien killers. While many think this was heartless of them, it is probably their frozen state of fear and rage.

When you are in such a state, it’s hard to engage in rationality, let alone behave in a civil manner with those you perceive and maybe know are dismantling a major aspect of your power and a major source of your wealth. 

SUMMARY

The speech was a tour de force of the Trump team’s war on the NWO itself, which is both a domestic and international battle. Our founder, Don McAlvany, knew (and still knows) about the NWO. Indeed, at one time, we were both swimming in the same water (as it were) as I was working with some of the same people and organizations that he was.

It is incredible for older people who have lived for so long under this self-hating regime (which may have started with the first Bush) to see a time when the “NWO” was so challenged at the heart of its power.

The charge is being led by an imperfect man with many flaws and lack of decorum, a man who goes so hard against what we always called the New World Order, using Bush’s own confession that such a thing existed. Not only is he challenging the NWO,  he’s WINNING significant victories.

We have never seen the NWO crowd on their back foot, in defense, and even disarray, as now they seem to be. This speech will be remembered as being symbolic of real achievements, as well as being the clarion call to unite against our common foe, the NWO.

Whatever they call themselves or others call them, veterans of this war on freedom often call them the New World Order. What Klaus Schwab and the World Economic Forum are pushing is still the same NWO agenda first publicized by George Bush the First

What began in 1989 when the first Bush spoke of a kinder, gentler nation and a New World Order (all nice-sounding words that were a cover for their war AGAINST freedom) has met an existential threat in the person of Donald Trump.

Trump’s speech was salt on the wounds of the NWO crowd because, unlike most such speeches, this one was more about what the President was doing now or has already achieved than just promises and rhetoric meant to entertain.

FURTHER RESOURCES:

The Art of the Deal – Tony Schwartz, Donald Trump

Rise of the New World Order: The Culling of Man – Micha-el Thomas Hays

The Emergence and Role of Nongovernmental Organizations – Lowell J. Gretebeck

The Rise of NGO Activism – Julien Daubanes and Jean-Charles Rochet

Texas Bill Proposes Gun Safety and Hunter Education as Physical Education Elective– www.usacarry.com
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AUSTIN, TX — A newly proposed bill in the Texas Legislature could allow public high school students to take a gun safety and hunter education course as part of their physical education curriculum. House Bill 1085, authored by Representatives Pat Curry and Helen Kerwin, aims to introduce a “lifetime recreation and outdoor pursuits” course that includes a hunter education component, providing students with valuable outdoor skills and firearm safety education.

The bill was filed on November 12, 2024, and was recently considered in a public hearing before the House Public Education Committee on March 18, 2025. It remains pending in committee as lawmakers deliberate on its potential impact and implementation.

Trump To Formally Sign Executive Order That Would Close The Department Of Education– trendingpoliticsnews.com
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President Donald Trump is officially moving forward with his plan to dismantle the Department of Education, a move he campaigned on and has taken steps towards implementing since he was inaugurated on January 20.

Trump has long pointed to declining nationwide standardized test scores and overall poor performance of the U.S. public education system despite the fact that the nation leads the world in education funding. The president, along with proponents of abolishing the department, have long called for education to be returned to state control.

“NAEP (National Assessment of Educational Progress) scores reveal a national crisis — our children are falling behind,” Harrison Fields, the White House principal deputy press secretary, told Fox News. “Over the past four years, Democrats have allowed millions of illegal minors into the country, straining school resources and diverting focus from American students.”

“Coupled with the rise of anti-American CRT and DEI indoctrination, this is harming our most vulnerable,” he added. “President Trump’s executive order to expand educational opportunities will empower pare

US Navy, Coast Guard end abortion funding after Trump executive order– www.lifesitenews.com
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In 2022, the Pentagon said it would pay for service members’ abortion-related travel. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin stated that the overturning of Roe v. Wade, along with pro-life laws in some states, would affect “readiness, recruiting, and retention implications” for the U.S. military. Therefore, service members and their defendants would be reimbursed for expenses incurred when seeking induced abortions to intentionally end the lives of their preborn children.

After President Donald Trump was inaugurated for the second time in January, he issued an executive order reinforcing the Hyde Amendment, which prevents federal dollars from funding most abortions. As a result, the DOD released a memo confirming it would no longer fund abortion-related travel.

Earlier in March, the Navy announced it would halt abortion-related leave and funding for abortion travel, following the DOD directive. Now, in a memo, the Coast Guard has also confirmed that abortion travel expenses will not be reimbursed, and Coast Guardsmen will not be granted administrative leave for abortion.

Half Of US Churches Experiencing Post-Pandemic Attendance Growth – Religion Unplugged
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Half of U.S. Protestant pastors say their churches are growing but some warning signs remain about their congregational future.

U.S. Protestant churches are almost evenly split between those that have grown within the past two years and those that are plateaued or declining, according to an Exponential study by Lifeway Research.

Around half of the congregations (52%) increased their worship service attendance by at least 4% in the past two years. The other 48% of churches have either remained within plus or minus 4% since 2022 (33%) or declined by at least 4% (15%).

“Clearly, the last two years of attendance growth was aided by people returning to regular attendance after being away since the start of the pandemic,” said Scott McConnell, executive director of Lifeway Research. “Most pastors wish they had returned earlier, but their attendance is a source of optimism, though future growth will need to come from brand new contacts.”

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President Donald J Trump has just cancelled President Joe Biden’s son’s secret service detail, along with his daughter, Ashley Biden’s secret service detail.

Trump declared, “Hunter Biden has had Secret Service protection for an extended period of time, all paid for by the United States Taxpayer. There are as many as 18 people on this Detail, which is ridiculous! He is currently vacationing in, of all places, South Africa, where the Human Rights of people has been strenuously questioned. Because of this, South Africa has been taken off our list of Countries receiving Economic and Financial Assistance. Please be advised that, effective immediately, Hunter Biden will no longer receive Secret Service protection. Likewise, Ashley Biden who has 13 agents will be taken off the list.”

BREAKING: Trump ends Secret Service protections for Ashley, Hunter Biden | The Post Millennial– thepostmillennial.com
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“Please be advised that, effective immediately, Hunter Biden will no longer receive Secret Service protection. Likewise, Ashley Biden who has 13 agents will be taken off the list.”

On Monday, President Donald Trump said that he would be revoking the Secret Service protection for Hunter and Ashley Biden, the children of former President Joe Biden, “effective immediately.” This comes after independent reporter Laura Loomer revealed that Hunter Biden had traveled to South Africa with a Secret Service detail in tow.

 

Appeals Court Lifts Block on Implementation of Trump’s Executive Orders Targeting DEI – Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
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The appeals court decision lifts a nationwide injunction issued by U.S. District Judge Adam Abelson in Baltimore on Feb 21 which blocked the implementation of Trump’s executive orders targeting DEI programs across the federal government. According to the AP, Abelson found that the executive orders issued by Trump likely violated free-speech rights and are unconstitutionally vague because they lack a specific definition of what DEI is.

Among the plaintiffs in the lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Trump’s executive orders seeking to dismantle DEI programs are the city of Baltimore, the National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education and the American Association of University Professors.

Judge Orders Fani Willis to Pay $54K for Intentionally Violating Open Record Laws– legalinsurrection.com
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Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis must pay $54,000 for violating Georgia’s Open Records Act.

The $54,000 is for attorney’s fees.

Willis must turn over all documents requested by Ashleigh Merchant, the attorney representing former Trump campaign staffer Michael Roman.

Willis led the charge against President Donald Trump and his team for supposedly trying to rig the 2020 election in her county.

Fulton County Superior Court Judge Rachel Krause ruled that Willis intentionally failed to comply with the record laws. From The Associated Press:

Fulton County Superior Court Judge Rachel Krause found that the failures to comply with the records law “were intentional, not done in good faith, and were substantially groundless and vexatious.” Because Willis and her office “lacked substantial justification” for not complying, Merchant is entitled to attorneys’ fees and litigation expenses totaling just over $54,000, Krause found.

Krause ordered Willis to search for and turn over all records responsive to Merchant’s requests. The documents and payment are to be delivered within 30 days of Friday’s order.

Voting rights groups, DOJ drop lawsuit against Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen over voter roll purge – WIAT – CBS42.com
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 Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen publicly thanked the Trump administration after the U.S. Department of Justice and several voting rights groups decided to drop a lawsuit against him over plans to purge voter rolls leading up to the general election.

On Friday, the DOJ announced that it had filed to dismiss the complaint against Allen, who had sought to remove undocumented people from the voting rolls. The lawsuit was first filed in September and involved the DOJ and the Alabama Coalition for Immigrant Justice, the League of Women Voters of Alabama and the state’s NAACP chapter. This was done after Allen claimed to have found 3,000 registered voters in the state that were not American citizens.

“States are required to maintain accurate voting rolls and remove ineligible voters,” DOJ Civil Rights Division Deputy Assistant Attorney General Mac Warner said in a statement. “This Administration supports the efforts of states like Alabama that engage in voting security measures that ensure only citizens are voting in our elections. We are dismissing this case from the prior Administration to permit Alabama the time and space to develop a legal, efficient, and effective process to remove noncitizens from their voting roll and secure the vote for their citizens in upcoming elections.”

Trump Orders Media Outlet That Has ‘Pushed Divisive Propaganda for Years’ to Be ‘Eliminated to the Maximum Extent’– www.westernjournal.com
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The Trump administration announced on Friday that the United States Agency for Global Media, the parent entity of Voice of America and Radio Free Europe, would be discontinued.

An executive order from the White House listed the U.S. Agency for Global Media as one of seven government agencies “that the President has determined are unnecessary.”

The non-statutory components of the U.S. Agency for Global media will therefore be “eliminated to the maximum extent consistent with applicable law.”

The entities will also “reduce the performance of their statutory functions and associated personnel to the minimum presence and function required by law.”

A senior White House official told Fox News that “Voice of America has been out of step with America for years.”

Gene Therapy Offers Breakthrough Cure for Sickle Cell in U.S. – TV360
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In a significant medical breakthrough, A 21-year-old man from Laurelton, Long Island, Sebastien Beauzile, has become the first person in New York State to be cured of sickle cell anemia through groundbreaking Lyfgenia gene therapy.

Administered at Cohen Children’s Medical Center, this innovative treatment offers new hope for those suffering from the debilitating disease.

Beauzile’s battle with sickle cell anemia began at just four months old, marked by frequent hospitalizations due to extreme pain crises.

Describing the agony as unbearable, he faced a lifetime of challenges with little respite. But in 2024, everything changed when he underwent Lyfgenia gene therapy, a revolutionary treatment developed by Bluebird Bio and FDA-approved in December 2023.

Lyfgenia works by using the patient’s own stem cells, modifying them genetically to produce functional hemoglobin, and reintroducing them into the bloodstream.

The Reason Why WH Ignored Judge’s Order Requiring Planeload of Gangbangers to Turn Around – RedState– redstate.com
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As we’ve been reporting, President Trump invoked the 1798 Alien Enemies Act against members of the violent Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang and promptly put over 200 of them on a plane to be taken to El Salvador. While the flight was still in the air, Chief U.S. District Judge James Boasberg ordered a temporary restraining order preventing the deportation of any Venezuelans—and he also demanded that the plane turn around and return the gangsters to the U.S. (Attorney General Pam Bondi has already appealed the ruling.)

The Trump administration ignored the order, however, and the gangbangers were unloaded Sunday in El Salvador, where President Nayib Bukele has agreed to incarcerate them for a fee.

Today, the first 238 members of the Venezuelan criminal organization, Tren de Aragua, arrived in our country. They were immediately transferred to CECOT, the Terrorism Confinement Center, for a period of one year (renewable).

Trump Has Reversed About 100 Biden Executive Orders– lidblog.com
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President Donald Trump has just signed another 18 executive orders reversing Biden’s disastrous orders. And so far, that makes about 100 orders signed to eliminate Biden destructive efforts.

The White House said the most recent signings reverse “damaging policies” and brings back “effective government.”

With the new batch of his executive actions, Trump rolled back one that “elevated radical gender ideology in U.S. diplomacy and foreign aid,” the White House added, according to The Hill.

Trump also put an end to Biden’s use of the Department of Energy to expand the U.S. clean energy industry with the reshaping of the Defense Production Act launched in 1950. Biden had abused this rule to push for “mandates” for electric heat pumps and solar panels.

Trump declares pardons issued by Biden ‘void’ and issues new threat to Jan 6 investigators: Live– www.independent.co.uk
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Elsewhere on the president’s social media platform, he has been expressing sympathy over those impacted by terrible storms over the weekend and blaming Democrats for allowing “monsters” from Central America to enter the U.S. and engage in violent crime.

Harvard Will Make Tuition Free for More Students– www.nytimes.com
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But he referred to the value of bringing a cross-section of people together.

“Putting Harvard within financial reach for more individuals widens the array of backgrounds, experiences and perspectives that all of our students encounter, fostering their intellectual and personal growth,” Dr. Garber said in the announcement. “By bringing people of outstanding promise together to learn with and from one another, we truly realize the tremendous potential of the university.”

The annual cost of attending Harvard, including tuition and housing, was almost $83,000 this school year. In addition to offering free tuition to students with family incomes up to $200,000, Harvard said that students from families that make under $100,000 will pay for practically nothing.

For those students, Harvard will cover tuition, fees, food, housing, travel costs between campus and home, event fees and activities, and health insurance, if needed. The university will also pay for “winter gear” to help students brace against harsh winters on Harvard’s Cambridge, Mass., campus, along with a $2,000 “start-up” grant.

Missouri Orders Planned Parenthood To “Cease and Desist” Chemical Abortions– www.lifenews.com
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Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey issued a cease-and-desist order last week to Planned Parenthood formally prohibiting the abortion giant from performing chemical abortions in the state. The order advises the company to implement a “valid” health and safety plan to protect women and treat complications from abortion-inducing drugs, as required by state law. AG Bailey cited Planned Parenthood’s “uncontroverted track record” of disregarding Missouri health and safety laws as the reason for the temporary restraining order, which makes it a felony for the organization to dispense the high-risk drugs.

In November 2024, Missouri made abortion a constitutional “right” in the state, which nullified the state’s near-total abortion. Since then, Planned Parenthood has resumed surgical abortions at several Missouri facilities. In response to the order, Planned Parenthood officials have indicated that its Missouri facilities are not currently offering chemical abortions and won’t do so until the complication plans are approved.

However, AG Bailey stated in a press release that the order is due to Planned Parenthood’s “documented history” of “repeated and knowing” violations of state law. He noted the organization has “admitted under oath” to knowingly “refusing to file required complication reports” and that investigations had discovered other violations, such as failing to comply with informed consent laws and to sterilize surgical instruments.