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I'm joined by New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy. Governor, the interim United States Attorney in New Jersey, Alina Habba, went on Fox and she called you out by name yesterday. You may have seen that. I want to show you the clip and then get your response to it. Let's play the clip.
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We know that the governor has on his website currently do's and don'ts for his local state of law enforcement. Those do's and don'ts instruct them not to cooperate with illegal immigrants who have administrative warrants that have been issued by the court after due process saying that they are no longer welcome here.
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They have gone through the court system. They are to be deported. It is instructing them to go against our federal rules, our executive orders. And I am unfortunately going to announce on your show tonight, Sean, and I want it to be a warning for everybody,

Gov. Murphy Fires Back After Trump Prosecutor Threatens Him on Fox

In our wide-ranging interview, the New Jersey governor dismantles Trump’s chaos and lays out what’s really happening on the ground.

By Ben Meiselas

When a rogue MAGA-appointed interim U.S. Attorney uses Fox News to launch a political stunt and announce an “investigation” into a sitting governor, you know we’ve entered banana republic territory. So I brought on Governor Phil Murphy of New Jersey for an exclusive MeidasTouch interview to respond—and his takedown didn’t disappoint.

In case you missed it, Alina Habba—yes, Trump’s former personal lawyer turned federal prosecutor (because that’s normal now)—went on Hannity and said she was launching a criminal investigation into Governor Murphy for following state law enforcement guidelines that prioritize actual crime-fighting over xenophobic theatrics. Murphy brushed of Habba’s threats: “Ben, for whatever reason, I missed my normal Sean Hannity show last night, so forgive me.” Murphy corrected the record on Habba’s lies: “We go after criminals. Period. Regardless of immigration status.”

Let that sink in. The state with the lowest gun violence rate in the country is being attacked for how it enforces the law. It’s not about crime. It’s not about justice. It’s cosplay authoritarianism from the Trump regime, broadcast live on Fox News.

But this interview wasn’t just about defending against nonsense. We covered the total economic chaos coming from Trump’s pretend presidency—from whiplash-inducing tariff changes to an imploding bond market. Governor Murphy, a former ambassador and business leader, didn’t mince words: “This is the Flintstones executing policy… it’s not efficiency—it’s cruelty.”

Murphy exposed the dangers of Trump’s erratic economic experiments and the long-term damage to America’s global credibility. As former U.S. Ambassador to Germany, he described the heartbreak of seeing our closest allies lose faith in us.

We also got into the numbers. Trump shrunk his margin in New Jersey in 2024—and yes, that raised eyebrows. But as Murphy told me, it was more about Trump personally than any broader GOP shift. Even where Trump narrowly won counties, Democrats still swept down-ballot races.

And now, the tide may be turning again. “The ground is shifting,” Murphy said, pointing to massive protest turnouts and grassroots energy reminiscent of the 2018 blue wave. “You’re seeing more and more reasonable Americans saying, ‘I didn’t sign up for this chaos.’”

This conversation with Governor Murphy was a masterclass in what competent, honest leadership looks like, especially in contrast to the criminal clown show trying to destroy our democracy. And it’s thanks to you that MeidasTouch is now the first destination the biggest politicians go to when big news breaks. Because together, this community is shaping the conversation.

Let’s keep exposing the truth. Let’s keep building this movement.

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Valerie McKnight's avatar

Take criminals out of the country? Start with Trump.

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Ashley's avatar

Agreed

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Bruce J.'s avatar

You hit the proverbial nail on the proverbial head ‼️‼️

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Dianne Pymble-Ward's avatar

How about sending Trump, Vance and Muskrat along with the rest of the Republican enablers to a cosy gaol in

El Salvador?

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Margaret's avatar

Please!

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Cheri Johnson's avatar

YES!

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Doc Blase''s avatar

The entire mal-administration and their sycophantic enablers in Congress and The Extreme Court.

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Dianne Pymble-Ward's avatar

Yes!

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BJ Erngren's avatar

No brainer……Thank You.

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Dianne Pymble-Ward's avatar

Thanks. Best wishes from Australia. We stand with you.

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Monica Mason's avatar

Get criminal trump out ASAP !!!!!!!

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Dianne Pymble-Ward's avatar

I hope you do! I saw today in the news in Aus, that Tesla sales have taken a dive. Muskrat will not be happy. 😃

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4dEdited

I thought Republicans were all about States’ Rights?😂

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Christine's avatar

Unless the governor is liberal!

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Mary VW's avatar

Yep

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Sandra Greer's avatar

Yeah, sure, that is why the ShitGibbon is forbidding New York City's congestion pricing, which was ALREADY approved before these dumbells took over.

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C.D.'s avatar

Actually, the congestion pricing HAS been in effect. I read it's staying until at least autumn.

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C.D.'s avatar

Actually, the congestion pricing HAS been in effect. I read it's staying until at least autumn.

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Dean Jerome McIntyre's avatar

Not anymore

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Jade D's avatar

A lot never were actually. Just when it fit the narrative and agenda

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Scott Farmer's avatar

As long as it is an approved right by the Party Head!

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Shame On ‘em's avatar

More like, they’re all about keeping up tRumps bull 💩. They’re all going straight to hell. No holding room. To hell.

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Bruce J.'s avatar

Lmao‼️‼️

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Donna Ciaccio Giliberto's avatar

Nice job Gov Murphy! You give us hope.

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michael's avatar

A Reckoning for Power Without Principle: The Law Will Prevail

Alina Habba has distinguished herself not through legal acumen or professional ethics, but through a pattern of conduct that borders on the thuggish. Her record is not defined by excellence, but by a string of judicial reprimands: contempt citations, massive fines, and legal sanctions that would disqualify most attorneys from serious practice. Her public role is not that of a legal advocate, but of an enabler—one who defends not justice, but the most malignant and authoritarian impulses of Donald Trump. To call her a sycophant is charitable; her loyalty lies not with the Constitution, but with the pursuit of raw, unprincipled power.

Recently, she turned her attacks toward the Governor of New Jersey, issuing baseless legal threats over alleged "harboring" of criminals—accusations that collapse under the lightest scrutiny. The truth is clear, though deeply inconvenient to her narrative: authorities cannot arrest individuals who cannot be found, and those they do encounter are overwhelmingly not criminals, but vulnerable people—displaced young men, working-age migrants, mothers, elderly women, and children. People fleeing hardship. People seeking work in construction, agriculture, sanitation—jobs that are foundational to this country’s economy and dignity.

The claim that these people are dangerous is a deliberate fabrication. The reason Trump-era officials never produced flight manifests or legal documentation is simple: there was nothing to show. They could not identify the supposed criminals because they were never there. The entire narrative was a hollow political construction designed to manufacture fear and justify cruelty. Deporting undocumented individuals—many of whom contribute heavily in taxes, rent, labor, and community—is not just legally dubious when done without due process, it is morally obscene. And sending them to unstable, gang-ridden countries under the guise of “enforcement” is an act of deliberate human endangerment.

However, let us be absolutely clear: they are not the law. We are.

If the President of the United States is held in contempt of court, he must be arrested—by federal marshals if necessary—and imprisoned as any other citizen would be. If officials like Pam Bondi, or anyone else in the Department of Justice, refuse to carry out lawful orders, they too will be held in contempt and prosecuted accordingly. Should they resist, the people will continue down the line—one official at a time—until we find someone, anyone, willing to uphold the law. If it comes to the janitor at DOJ, then so be it. Those who obstruct justice along the way will be legally removed, indicted, and, if convicted, imprisoned.

This is not tyranny. This is the democratic will of a people reclaiming their institutions.

The law must bind the powerful just as it binds the powerless. There is no exception for officeholders, no loophole for loyalty, no protection granted by status or title. If public servants break the law or refuse to uphold it, they will be replaced. Not out of vengeance, but out of duty.

The true danger to this republic does not come from exhausted mothers, day laborers, or young migrants seeking a better life. It comes from those who wear suits, hold microphones, and speak the language of justice while dismantling its very foundations. It comes from those who lie about crime, who mask political persecution as law enforcement, and who manipulate institutions to serve authoritarian ends.

In the end, the question is not whether we will tolerate “thugs.” It is whether we have the courage to recognize them when they wear badges, robes, or political titles—and whether we are willing to stop them.

Let it be known: we are.

And we will

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Politics And Aphrodisiacs's avatar

Habba could find herself in a little hot water herself for playing ICE cop and riding along on raids with them. Just like Kristy she loves the limelight and playing dress up. She was in a Kristy type outfit on her let’s pretend I’m a real ICE agent ride along.

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Terri Mac's avatar

Funny thing is those immigrants being hunted down, deported and imprisioned, voted for this banana republic; Ironically, most of them coming from countries like what is becoming the U.S. The ones who voted for this regime, need to go back and appreciate what they had here.

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Therese P Smith's avatar

If they are illegals being deported they did not vote for this, because they did not vote.

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Terri Mac's avatar

The ones who have become citizens can vote and are crying about their loved ones being deported. Also, This regime will do whatever they want, deporting legal immigrants, non criminals, who have become citizens.

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Untrickled by Michelle Teheux's avatar

Yes. Thank you for pointing out this obvious (to all non-MAGA people) fact.

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Therese P Smith's avatar

Did you read your comment? Was unclear and implied they did vote.

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Untrickled by Michelle Teheux's avatar

That's the point. The Terri Mac comment says they voted. They obviously did not.

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Politics And Aphrodisiacs's avatar

Our country has had an immigration problem for decades and lawmakers have never been willing to do anything constructive to solve it. Republicans enjoy it as a propaganda tool and democrats are too often viewed as in favor of an open border. Work visas make sense as does supporting these mostly Latin American countries that are over run with gangs and poverty. People leave these countries because there is no realistic way to live in their home countries in any safety. The immigrant, who often has to make a difficult and dangerous journey to reach the US are pawns in our unwillingness to do anything constructive about illegal immigration. They are really the victims in all of this.

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Terri Mac's avatar

The government, both oarties, have failed to solve the illegal immigration flow because it was good for business, especially big business. Even djt hired illegal immigrants, I am sure, because it is easy to exploit cheap labor. Also, local govts seemed to look the other way as illegal immigrants generate sales tax revenue and when they become legal, contribute to social security. So, in other words, they didn't want to stop the flow. Now repubs use it to score political points. We are so screwed.

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Politics And Aphrodisiacs's avatar

The fact is the American economy can’t function without immigrant labor. For all the screaming the republicans do about immigrants taking jobs from Americans the fact remains most Americans won’t do those jobs. It’s a propaganda tool to demonize immigrants. It is true that businesses know we need these immigrants and it’s time the country as a whole stopped pretending that we can function without the labor immigrants provide. It’s also time to stop the lie that immigrants don’t benefit our society. They pay taxes even though they can’t collect social security. They buy goods and because they aren’t as lazy as too many Americans have gotten they also make their way in our land of plenty and can and do become successful. The taco trucks of today becomes the successful restaurant of tomorrow.

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Dorothy's avatar

This is all true. Americans will not work in the fields, do landscaping, brick laying, roofing, or work as domestics. Also, they pay cash for everything, which keeps the economy moving.

We have needed reformed immigration laws for 30 years at least, with a fast track to citizenship, as well as more guest workers so that our farmers can survive and feed us all. Clearly, "doing it the right way" has not been working!

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The Trump Cult Crisis: A Psychiatric, Social, and Strategic Response

Trumpism is not a political movement. It is a mass psychosis—an organized cult phenomenon that has infected the minds of tens of millions of Americans. It bypasses reason, ignores fact, and elevates a single authoritarian figure to unquestionable status. No matter how outrageous, illegal, immoral, or absurd Donald Trump's behavior becomes, his loyal followers excuse it, explain it away, or attack anyone who questions it. This is not democracy. It is delusion—and it is dangerous.

Understanding Trumpism Through Psychiatry: A Cult, Not a Campaign

Leading psychiatrists, psychologists, and cult recovery experts have identified that Trumpism closely mirrors the behavior of religious or political cults. It follows a familiar structure:

A charismatic leader who claims exclusive insight or truth.

Followers who accept lies as truth and reject any contradictory evidence.

A manipulative media ecosystem (Fox News, OAN, Newsmax) that isolates members and reinforces doctrine 24/7.

Demonization of outsiders, opposition, or the "deep state."

Psychiatric Strategies for Deprogramming Cult Members

Psychiatry doesn't recommend shouting facts or engaging in confrontation. That only strengthens resistance. The following methods are evidence-based and endorsed by cult recovery experts:

Establish non-confrontational, empathic communication. Avoid direct attacks. Instead, show care and curiosity.

Ask open-ended questions that encourage critical thinking: “What makes you trust this person so completely?” or “Have you considered where that information came from?”

Build self-esteem and autonomy through supportive relationships. Cult followers often have emotional vulnerabilities exploited by the leader.

These approaches are based on work by renowned experts like Steven Hassan, Dr. Michael Langone, and Dr. Gillie Jenkinson.

📚 Top Books and Resources to Help Recover from Cult Influence

Here are 20 of the most respected resources on cult dynamics, mind control, and recovery:

Books by Experts

Combating Cult Mind Control – Steven Hassan

The Cult of Trump – Steven Hassan

Recovery from Cults – Michael Langone

Cult Recovery: A Clinician’s Guide – Lorna Goldberg et al.

Leaving the Fold – Marlene Winell

Walking Free from the Trauma of Coercive, Cultic and Spiritual Abuse – Gillie Jenkinson

Take Back Your Life – Janja Lalich

Terror, Love and Brainwashing – Alexandra Stein

Cults in Our Midst – Margaret Thaler Singer

The End of the World As We Know It – Robert Jay Lifton

Websites & Networks

https://icsahome.com

https://freedomofmind.com

https://thetherapistsbookshelf.com

https://www.psychologytoday.com

https://cultnews101.com

Medium.com Cult Recovery Tag

https://hds.harvard.edu

Goodreads Lists: Cult Psychology

https://www.routledge.com

https://www.amazon.com

📺 How to Dismantle Propaganda Networks Like Fox News

Fox News is not a news outlet. It is a 24/7 propaganda machine. It functions as the central voice of the Trump cult, delivering conspiracy, fear, and rage straight into American homes.

Steps to Boycott and Defund Fox News:

Identify their key advertisers and publicly call them out. Major advertisers include:

GlaxoSmithKline

Liberty Mutual

General Motors

Procter & Gamble

Intuit

Kraft Heinz

Progressive Insurance

Toyota

Charles Schwab

Nestlé

Use platforms to track and boycott these brands:

https://www.trueusa.org

https://progressiveshopper.com

https://actionnetwork.org

Write to companies. Demand they stop funding hate.

💰 Economic Boycotts Against Trump Properties and Affiliates

Going after the money works. Trump’s empire thrives on brand loyalty and passive consumerism. Cutting this off damages his power.

What You Can Do:

Avoid all Trump properties, such as:

Trump International Hotel & Tower

Trump National Golf Clubs

Trump-branded products

Use boycott apps and guides:

https://www.grabyourwallet.org

Boycott Trump App (TeenVogue)

Support ethical alternatives and businesses that support democracy, diversity, and human rights.

🧠 The Deeper Problem: Propaganda, Brainwashing, and the Brain

Decades of research show that the human brain—especially the amygdala—is highly susceptible to fear-based messaging. Fox News and similar outlets exploit this by constantly activating the fear and anger centers of the brain. Over time, this weakens reasoning, erodes empathy, and entrenches authoritarian thinking.

This is not about intelligence. It is about exposure, repetition, isolation, and identity. Trump followers have been systematically trained to:

Trust no one but their leader

Reject all outside information as “fake”

Respond to emotional manipulation, not logic

🤝 Final Thoughts: We Can Win This

This is a crisis of the mind, of democracy, and of truth itself. The solutions are not easy—but they are possible:

Help people leave the cult through empathy and education.

Disempower propaganda machines by cutting off their funding.

Reclaim the public square through truth, transparency, and resilience.

Let’s take back our country—not just from a man, but from a mass delusion.

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To: President Nayib Bukele

Republic of El Salvador

c/o Embassy of El Salvador in Washington, D.C.

Subject: Immediate Return of U.S. Citizens and Unlawfully Deported Individuals to the United States

Dear President Bukele,

This letter is to express, in the clearest possible terms, the grave and unlawful nature of your government’s cooperation with the administration of Donald J. Trump regarding the extrajudicial detention and imprisonment of individuals—particularly U.S. residents and citizens—within the CECOT facility in El Salvador.

We demand the immediate and unconditional return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia and any other individuals deported outside lawful judicial process from the United States to El Salvador. These removals have occurred in direct violation of standing U.S. court orders and established principles of international law.

The rule of law is not optional. You are not simply acting as a sovereign government—you are now actively collaborating in what amounts to a foreign detention scheme designed to evade the United States Constitution and shield an authoritarian leader from domestic judicial oversight.

We are currently pursuing every legal avenue to impeach Donald Trump, and let this serve as your notice that your government will be held accountable—diplomatically, politically, and legally—for your role in this ongoing human rights violation. Any harm that comes to individuals detained under these unlawful agreements will be viewed as the responsibility of your administration.

This is not a request. This is a formal warning: If El Salvador continues to act as a holding ground for political targets and unlawful removals from the United States, you will face significant international consequences, including possible sanctions, asset freezes, legal prosecution under international law, and total diplomatic isolation.

You must act now to return these individuals and terminate all cooperation with the illegal elements of the Trump administration. Failure to do so will escalate this matter on all available fronts.

We are watching. And we will act.

Sincerely,

[Your Name]

[Your City, State, USA]

[Date]

Para: Presidente Nayib Bukele

República de El Salvador

A través de la Embajada de El Salvador en Washington, D.C.

Asunto: Retorno inmediato de ciudadanos estadounidenses y personas deportadas ilegalmente

Estimado Presidente Bukele,

Por medio de la presente, deseo expresarle en los términos más claros la gravedad y la ilegalidad de la cooperación de su gobierno con la administración de Donald J. Trump en relación con la detención extrajudicial de personas—en particular residentes y ciudadanos estadounidenses—en las instalaciones del CECOT en El Salvador.

Exigimos el retorno inmediato e incondicional de Kilmar Abrego Garcia y de todas las personas deportadas sin el debido proceso judicial de los Estados Unidos a El Salvador. Estas deportaciones han ocurrido en violación directa de órdenes judiciales federales vigentes y principios fundamentales del derecho internacional.

El estado de derecho no es negociable. Usted no está actuando simplemente como un gobierno soberano—usted ahora está colaborando activamente en un esquema de detención extraterritorial diseñado para evadir la Constitución de los Estados Unidos y proteger a un líder autoritario del control judicial interno.

Actualmente estamos utilizando todos los mecanismos legales disponibles para procesar e inhabilitar políticamente a Donald Trump, y esta carta sirve como advertencia formal: Su gobierno será considerado responsable—diplomática, política y jurídicamente—por su rol en esta violación en curso de los derechos humanos. Cualquier daño que sufran las personas detenidas será atribuido directamente a su administración.

No es una solicitud. Es una advertencia. Si El Salvador continúa funcionando como centro de detención para objetivos políticos y deportaciones ilegales de los Estados Unidos, su país enfrentará consecuencias internacionales graves, incluyendo sanciones, congelamiento de activos, procesos legales bajo derecho internacional, y aislamiento diplomático total.

Debe actuar de inmediato para retornar a estas personas y cancelar toda cooperación con los elementos ilegales de la administración Trump. De no hacerlo, esta situación se escalará por todos los medios disponibles.

Estamos observando. Y actuaremos.

Atentamente,

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Cheryl's avatar

Excellent reporting. Thank you 👌👌

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Susan Klemetsen's avatar

I don't believe anything Alina Habbas says.

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James M. Coyle's avatar

Or anyone else in the Trump regime. They take their dishonesty seriously there. It's a performance marker, along with sycophancy.

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Bruce J.'s avatar

Bingo‼️‼️

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Kathy H's avatar

I love that, 'they take their dishonesty seriously there'. So true! It's the ONLY thing they take seriously, the grift, 'art of the deal'. It's sickening. MAKE LYING WRONG AGAIN. Medias Mighty! 💪

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Paul Schwartz's avatar

ANOTHER OF THE CAVALCADE OF EVANGELICAL HYPOCRITES

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Schmendryck's avatar

Hablablabla doesn't even KNOW what she says.

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Bruce J.'s avatar

Love it‼️‼️

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Marlene Lerner-Bigley (CA)'s avatar

I like your name and the name you have called lil’ Alina!😛

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DeVries's avatar

Succinct and on target : nicely done.

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Marlene Lerner-Bigley (CA)'s avatar

She is just another Barbie with big boobs and puffed up lips. She happens to have a law degree, gawwwd knows how!

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Linda's avatar

Trump doesn’t care because they are in the same category as he is…Losers

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Linda M. Walker's avatar

She's such a pawn & a kiss-up.

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judith bray's avatar

Man, these repub "conservatives" have changed their mantra from saving the government money to spending as much as they can. All they do anymore is call for needless investigations. What a waste of time and money. Conservative, my ass.

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Gray Zebra's avatar

More unnecessary costs: paying DOGE, flying kidnapped tattooed people in a military plane to El Salvador and paying a for profit prison to abuse them and paying $M so fat ass can fly to his own golf course in NJ or FL to play golf for the weekend and charging outrageous prices for SS to stay and protect him. Term 45 he charged too much for SS to rent golf-carts. They should at least be free. His mighty lard-ass takes every opportunity to fill his pockets with $$$$.

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judith bray's avatar

True. We could go on but the ones of us that have a brain already know that. He's just grossly despicable.

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michael's avatar

A Reckoning for Power Without Principle: The Law Will Prevail

Alina Habba has distinguished herself not through legal acumen or professional ethics, but through a pattern of conduct that borders on the thuggish. Her record is not defined by excellence, but by a string of judicial reprimands: contempt citations, massive fines, and legal sanctions that would disqualify most attorneys from serious practice. Her public role is not that of a legal advocate, but of an enabler—one who defends not justice, but the most malignant and authoritarian impulses of Donald Trump. To call her a sycophant is charitable; her loyalty lies not with the Constitution, but with the pursuit of raw, unprincipled power.

Recently, she turned her attacks toward the Governor of New Jersey, issuing baseless legal threats over alleged "harboring" of criminals—accusations that collapse under the lightest scrutiny. The truth is clear, though deeply inconvenient to her narrative: authorities cannot arrest individuals who cannot be found, and those they do encounter are overwhelmingly not criminals, but vulnerable people—displaced young men, working-age migrants, mothers, elderly women, and children. People fleeing hardship. People seeking work in construction, agriculture, sanitation—jobs that are foundational to this country’s economy and dignity.

The claim that these people are dangerous is a deliberate fabrication. The reason Trump-era officials never produced flight manifests or legal documentation is simple: there was nothing to show. They could not identify the supposed criminals because they were never there. The entire narrative was a hollow political construction designed to manufacture fear and justify cruelty. Deporting undocumented individuals—many of whom contribute heavily in taxes, rent, labor, and community—is not just legally dubious when done without due process, it is morally obscene. And sending them to unstable, gang-ridden countries under the guise of “enforcement” is an act of deliberate human endangerment.

However, let us be absolutely clear: they are not the law. We are.

If the President of the United States is held in contempt of court, he must be arrested—by federal marshals if necessary—and imprisoned as any other citizen would be. If officials like Pam Bondi, or anyone else in the Department of Justice, refuse to carry out lawful orders, they too will be held in contempt and prosecuted accordingly. Should they resist, the people will continue down the line—one official at a time—until we find someone, anyone, willing to uphold the law. If it comes to the janitor at DOJ, then so be it. Those who obstruct justice along the way will be legally removed, indicted, and, if convicted, imprisoned.

This is not tyranny. This is the democratic will of a people reclaiming their institutions.

The law must bind the powerful just as it binds the powerless. There is no exception for officeholders, no loophole for loyalty, no protection granted by status or title. If public servants break the law or refuse to uphold it, they will be replaced. Not out of vengeance, but out of duty.

The true danger to this republic does not come from exhausted mothers, day laborers, or young migrants seeking a better life. It comes from those who wear suits, hold microphones, and speak the language of justice while dismantling its very foundations. It comes from those who lie about crime, who mask political persecution as law enforcement, and who manipulate institutions to serve authoritarian ends.

In the end, the question is not whether we will tolerate “thugs.” It is whether we have the courage to recognize them when they wear badges, robes, or political titles—and whether we are willing to stop them.

Let it be known: we are.

And we will

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Linda M. Walker's avatar

Yes, he's worse than Fred Sr.

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James M. Coyle's avatar

They haven't been conservative for years. That's just a label to befuddle the masses and the mass media. They are radicals, bent on destroying the Federal government, and on any group or even individual that opposes this destruction.

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Kathy Bazzi's avatar

Did you hear about Trump wanting to pay every Greenland citizen 10k to get their support for the US takeover? Yeah or tax dollars at work right there! And we can get a dime from the government to help with the price of eggs…

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Linda's avatar

He uses our money quite easily…He will bankrupt us as well as take away our benefits…

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A Reckoning for Power Without Principle: The Law Will Prevail

Alina Habba has distinguished herself not through legal acumen or professional ethics, but through a pattern of conduct that borders on the thuggish. Her record is not defined by excellence, but by a string of judicial reprimands: contempt citations, massive fines, and legal sanctions that would disqualify most attorneys from serious practice. Her public role is not that of a legal advocate, but of an enabler—one who defends not justice, but the most malignant and authoritarian impulses of Donald Trump. To call her a sycophant is charitable; her loyalty lies not with the Constitution, but with the pursuit of raw, unprincipled power.

Recently, she turned her attacks toward the Governor of New Jersey, issuing baseless legal threats over alleged "harboring" of criminals—accusations that collapse under the lightest scrutiny. The truth is clear, though deeply inconvenient to her narrative: authorities cannot arrest individuals who cannot be found, and those they do encounter are overwhelmingly not criminals, but vulnerable people—displaced young men, working-age migrants, mothers, elderly women, and children. People fleeing hardship. People seeking work in construction, agriculture, sanitation—jobs that are foundational to this country’s economy and dignity.

The claim that these people are dangerous is a deliberate fabrication. The reason Trump-era officials never produced flight manifests or legal documentation is simple: there was nothing to show. They could not identify the supposed criminals because they were never there. The entire narrative was a hollow political construction designed to manufacture fear and justify cruelty. Deporting undocumented individuals—many of whom contribute heavily in taxes, rent, labor, and community—is not just legally dubious when done without due process, it is morally obscene. And sending them to unstable, gang-ridden countries under the guise of “enforcement” is an act of deliberate human endangerment.

However, let us be absolutely clear: they are not the law. We are.

If the President of the United States is held in contempt of court, he must be arrested—by federal marshals if necessary—and imprisoned as any other citizen would be. If officials like Pam Bondi, or anyone else in the Department of Justice, refuse to carry out lawful orders, they too will be held in contempt and prosecuted accordingly. Should they resist, the people will continue down the line—one official at a time—until we find someone, anyone, willing to uphold the law. If it comes to the janitor at DOJ, then so be it. Those who obstruct justice along the way will be legally removed, indicted, and, if convicted, imprisoned.

This is not tyranny. This is the democratic will of a people reclaiming their institutions.

The law must bind the powerful just as it binds the powerless. There is no exception for officeholders, no loophole for loyalty, no protection granted by status or title. If public servants break the law or refuse to uphold it, they will be replaced. Not out of vengeance, but out of duty.

The true danger to this republic does not come from exhausted mothers, day laborers, or young migrants seeking a better life. It comes from those who wear suits, hold microphones, and speak the language of justice while dismantling its very foundations. It comes from those who lie about crime, who mask political persecution as law enforcement, and who manipulate institutions to serve authoritarian ends.

In the end, the question is not whether we will tolerate “thugs.” It is whether we have the courage to recognize them when they wear badges, robes, or political titles—and whether we are willing to stop them.

Let it be known: we are.

And we will

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Words well spoken.

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To: President Nayib Bukele

Republic of El Salvador

c/o Embassy of El Salvador in Washington, D.C.

Subject: Immediate Return of U.S. Citizens and Unlawfully Deported Individuals to the United States

Dear President Bukele,

This letter is to express, in the clearest possible terms, the grave and unlawful nature of your government’s cooperation with the administration of Donald J. Trump regarding the extrajudicial detention and imprisonment of individuals—particularly U.S. residents and citizens—within the CECOT facility in El Salvador.

We demand the immediate and unconditional return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia and any other individuals deported outside lawful judicial process from the United States to El Salvador. These removals have occurred in direct violation of standing U.S. court orders and established principles of international law.

The rule of law is not optional. You are not simply acting as a sovereign government—you are now actively collaborating in what amounts to a foreign detention scheme designed to evade the United States Constitution and shield an authoritarian leader from domestic judicial oversight.

We are currently pursuing every legal avenue to impeach Donald Trump, and let this serve as your notice that your government will be held accountable—diplomatically, politically, and legally—for your role in this ongoing human rights violation. Any harm that comes to individuals detained under these unlawful agreements will be viewed as the responsibility of your administration.

This is not a request. This is a formal warning: If El Salvador continues to act as a holding ground for political targets and unlawful removals from the United States, you will face significant international consequences, including possible sanctions, asset freezes, legal prosecution under international law, and total diplomatic isolation.

You must act now to return these individuals and terminate all cooperation with the illegal elements of the Trump administration. Failure to do so will escalate this matter on all available fronts.

We are watching. And we will act.

Sincerely,

[Your Name]

[Your City, State, USA]

[Date]

Para: Presidente Nayib Bukele

República de El Salvador

A través de la Embajada de El Salvador en Washington, D.C.

Asunto: Retorno inmediato de ciudadanos estadounidenses y personas deportadas ilegalmente

Estimado Presidente Bukele,

Por medio de la presente, deseo expresarle en los términos más claros la gravedad y la ilegalidad de la cooperación de su gobierno con la administración de Donald J. Trump en relación con la detención extrajudicial de personas—en particular residentes y ciudadanos estadounidenses—en las instalaciones del CECOT en El Salvador.

Exigimos el retorno inmediato e incondicional de Kilmar Abrego Garcia y de todas las personas deportadas sin el debido proceso judicial de los Estados Unidos a El Salvador. Estas deportaciones han ocurrido en violación directa de órdenes judiciales federales vigentes y principios fundamentales del derecho internacional.

El estado de derecho no es negociable. Usted no está actuando simplemente como un gobierno soberano—usted ahora está colaborando activamente en un esquema de detención extraterritorial diseñado para evadir la Constitución de los Estados Unidos y proteger a un líder autoritario del control judicial interno.

Actualmente estamos utilizando todos los mecanismos legales disponibles para procesar e inhabilitar políticamente a Donald Trump, y esta carta sirve como advertencia formal: Su gobierno será considerado responsable—diplomática, política y jurídicamente—por su rol en esta violación en curso de los derechos humanos. Cualquier daño que sufran las personas detenidas será atribuido directamente a su administración.

No es una solicitud. Es una advertencia. Si El Salvador continúa funcionando como centro de detención para objetivos políticos y deportaciones ilegales de los Estados Unidos, su país enfrentará consecuencias internacionales graves, incluyendo sanciones, congelamiento de activos, procesos legales bajo derecho internacional, y aislamiento diplomático total.

Debe actuar de inmediato para retornar a estas personas y cancelar toda cooperación con los elementos ilegales de la administración Trump. De no hacerlo, esta situación se escalará por todos los medios disponibles.

Estamos observando. Y actuaremos.

Atentamente,

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The Trump Cult Crisis: A Psychiatric, Social, and Strategic Response

Trumpism is not a political movement. It is a mass psychosis—an organized cult phenomenon that has infected the minds of tens of millions of Americans. It bypasses reason, ignores fact, and elevates a single authoritarian figure to unquestionable status. No matter how outrageous, illegal, immoral, or absurd Donald Trump's behavior becomes, his loyal followers excuse it, explain it away, or attack anyone who questions it. This is not democracy. It is delusion—and it is dangerous.

Understanding Trumpism Through Psychiatry: A Cult, Not a Campaign

Leading psychiatrists, psychologists, and cult recovery experts have identified that Trumpism closely mirrors the behavior of religious or political cults. It follows a familiar structure:

A charismatic leader who claims exclusive insight or truth.

Followers who accept lies as truth and reject any contradictory evidence.

A manipulative media ecosystem (Fox News, OAN, Newsmax) that isolates members and reinforces doctrine 24/7.

Demonization of outsiders, opposition, or the "deep state."

Psychiatric Strategies for Deprogramming Cult Members

Psychiatry doesn't recommend shouting facts or engaging in confrontation. That only strengthens resistance. The following methods are evidence-based and endorsed by cult recovery experts:

Establish non-confrontational, empathic communication. Avoid direct attacks. Instead, show care and curiosity.

Ask open-ended questions that encourage critical thinking: “What makes you trust this person so completely?” or “Have you considered where that information came from?”

Build self-esteem and autonomy through supportive relationships. Cult followers often have emotional vulnerabilities exploited by the leader.

These approaches are based on work by renowned experts like Steven Hassan, Dr. Michael Langone, and Dr. Gillie Jenkinson.

📚 Top Books and Resources to Help Recover from Cult Influence

Here are 20 of the most respected resources on cult dynamics, mind control, and recovery:

Books by Experts

Combating Cult Mind Control – Steven Hassan

The Cult of Trump – Steven Hassan

Recovery from Cults – Michael Langone

Cult Recovery: A Clinician’s Guide – Lorna Goldberg et al.

Leaving the Fold – Marlene Winell

Walking Free from the Trauma of Coercive, Cultic and Spiritual Abuse – Gillie Jenkinson

Take Back Your Life – Janja Lalich

Terror, Love and Brainwashing – Alexandra Stein

Cults in Our Midst – Margaret Thaler Singer

The End of the World As We Know It – Robert Jay Lifton

Websites & Networks

https://icsahome.com

https://freedomofmind.com

https://thetherapistsbookshelf.com

https://www.psychologytoday.com

https://cultnews101.com

Medium.com Cult Recovery Tag

https://hds.harvard.edu

Goodreads Lists: Cult Psychology

https://www.routledge.com

https://www.amazon.com

📺 How to Dismantle Propaganda Networks Like Fox News

Fox News is not a news outlet. It is a 24/7 propaganda machine. It functions as the central voice of the Trump cult, delivering conspiracy, fear, and rage straight into American homes.

Steps to Boycott and Defund Fox News:

Identify their key advertisers and publicly call them out. Major advertisers include:

GlaxoSmithKline

Liberty Mutual

General Motors

Procter & Gamble

Intuit

Kraft Heinz

Progressive Insurance

Toyota

Charles Schwab

Nestlé

Use platforms to track and boycott these brands:

https://www.trueusa.org

https://progressiveshopper.com

https://actionnetwork.org

Write to companies. Demand they stop funding hate.

💰 Economic Boycotts Against Trump Properties and Affiliates

Going after the money works. Trump’s empire thrives on brand loyalty and passive consumerism. Cutting this off damages his power.

What You Can Do:

Avoid all Trump properties, such as:

Trump International Hotel & Tower

Trump National Golf Clubs

Trump-branded products

Use boycott apps and guides:

https://www.grabyourwallet.org

Boycott Trump App (TeenVogue)

Support ethical alternatives and businesses that support democracy, diversity, and human rights.

🧠 The Deeper Problem: Propaganda, Brainwashing, and the Brain

Decades of research show that the human brain—especially the amygdala—is highly susceptible to fear-based messaging. Fox News and similar outlets exploit this by constantly activating the fear and anger centers of the brain. Over time, this weakens reasoning, erodes empathy, and entrenches authoritarian thinking.

This is not about intelligence. It is about exposure, repetition, isolation, and identity. Trump followers have been systematically trained to:

Trust no one but their leader

Reject all outside information as “fake”

Respond to emotional manipulation, not logic

🤝 Final Thoughts: We Can Win This

This is a crisis of the mind, of democracy, and of truth itself. The solutions are not easy—but they are possible:

Help people leave the cult through empathy and education.

Disempower propaganda machines by cutting off their funding.

Reclaim the public square through truth, transparency, and resilience.

Let’s take back our country—not just from a man, but from a mass delusion.

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Linda M. Walker's avatar

She wants to be a Kristi Noem ,ALOT of photo ops

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michael's avatar

The Trump Cult Crisis: A Psychiatric, Social, and Strategic Response

Trumpism is not a political movement. It is a mass psychosis—an organized cult phenomenon that has infected the minds of tens of millions of Americans. It bypasses reason, ignores fact, and elevates a single authoritarian figure to unquestionable status. No matter how outrageous, illegal, immoral, or absurd Donald Trump's behavior becomes, his loyal followers excuse it, explain it away, or attack anyone who questions it. This is not democracy. It is delusion—and it is dangerous.

Understanding Trumpism Through Psychiatry: A Cult, Not a Campaign

Leading psychiatrists, psychologists, and cult recovery experts have identified that Trumpism closely mirrors the behavior of religious or political cults. It follows a familiar structure:

A charismatic leader who claims exclusive insight or truth.

Followers who accept lies as truth and reject any contradictory evidence.

A manipulative media ecosystem (Fox News, OAN, Newsmax) that isolates members and reinforces doctrine 24/7.

Demonization of outsiders, opposition, or the "deep state."

Psychiatric Strategies for Deprogramming Cult Members

Psychiatry doesn't recommend shouting facts or engaging in confrontation. That only strengthens resistance. The following methods are evidence-based and endorsed by cult recovery experts:

Establish non-confrontational, empathic communication. Avoid direct attacks. Instead, show care and curiosity.

Ask open-ended questions that encourage critical thinking: “What makes you trust this person so completely?” or “Have you considered where that information came from?”

Build self-esteem and autonomy through supportive relationships. Cult followers often have emotional vulnerabilities exploited by the leader.

These approaches are based on work by renowned experts like Steven Hassan, Dr. Michael Langone, and Dr. Gillie Jenkinson.

📚 Top Books and Resources to Help Recover from Cult Influence

Here are 20 of the most respected resources on cult dynamics, mind control, and recovery:

Books by Experts

Combating Cult Mind Control – Steven Hassan

The Cult of Trump – Steven Hassan

Recovery from Cults – Michael Langone

Cult Recovery: A Clinician’s Guide – Lorna Goldberg et al.

Leaving the Fold – Marlene Winell

Walking Free from the Trauma of Coercive, Cultic and Spiritual Abuse – Gillie Jenkinson

Take Back Your Life – Janja Lalich

Terror, Love and Brainwashing – Alexandra Stein

Cults in Our Midst – Margaret Thaler Singer

The End of the World As We Know It – Robert Jay Lifton

Websites & Networks

https://icsahome.com

https://freedomofmind.com

https://thetherapistsbookshelf.com

https://www.psychologytoday.com

https://cultnews101.com

Medium.com Cult Recovery Tag

https://hds.harvard.edu

Goodreads Lists: Cult Psychology

https://www.routledge.com

https://www.amazon.com

📺 How to Dismantle Propaganda Networks Like Fox News

Fox News is not a news outlet. It is a 24/7 propaganda machine. It functions as the central voice of the Trump cult, delivering conspiracy, fear, and rage straight into American homes.

Steps to Boycott and Defund Fox News:

Identify their key advertisers and publicly call them out. Major advertisers include:

GlaxoSmithKline

Liberty Mutual

General Motors

Procter & Gamble

Intuit

Kraft Heinz

Progressive Insurance

Toyota

Charles Schwab

Nestlé

Use platforms to track and boycott these brands:

https://www.trueusa.org

https://progressiveshopper.com

https://actionnetwork.org

Write to companies. Demand they stop funding hate.

💰 Economic Boycotts Against Trump Properties and Affiliates

Going after the money works. Trump’s empire thrives on brand loyalty and passive consumerism. Cutting this off damages his power.

What You Can Do:

Avoid all Trump properties, such as:

Trump International Hotel & Tower

Trump National Golf Clubs

Trump-branded products

Use boycott apps and guides:

https://www.grabyourwallet.org

Boycott Trump App (TeenVogue)

Support ethical alternatives and businesses that support democracy, diversity, and human rights.

🧠 The Deeper Problem: Propaganda, Brainwashing, and the Brain

Decades of research show that the human brain—especially the amygdala—is highly susceptible to fear-based messaging. Fox News and similar outlets exploit this by constantly activating the fear and anger centers of the brain. Over time, this weakens reasoning, erodes empathy, and entrenches authoritarian thinking.

This is not about intelligence. It is about exposure, repetition, isolation, and identity. Trump followers have been systematically trained to:

Trust no one but their leader

Reject all outside information as “fake”

Respond to emotional manipulation, not logic

🤝 Final Thoughts: We Can Win This

This is a crisis of the mind, of democracy, and of truth itself. The solutions are not easy—but they are possible:

Help people leave the cult through empathy and education.

Disempower propaganda machines by cutting off their funding.

Reclaim the public square through truth, transparency, and resilience.

Let’s take back our country—not just from a man, but from a mass delusion.

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To: President Nayib Bukele

Republic of El Salvador

c/o Embassy of El Salvador in Washington, D.C.

Subject: Immediate Return of U.S. Citizens and Unlawfully Deported Individuals to the United States

Dear President Bukele,

This letter is to express, in the clearest possible terms, the grave and unlawful nature of your government’s cooperation with the administration of Donald J. Trump regarding the extrajudicial detention and imprisonment of individuals—particularly U.S. residents and citizens—within the CECOT facility in El Salvador.

We demand the immediate and unconditional return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia and any other individuals deported outside lawful judicial process from the United States to El Salvador. These removals have occurred in direct violation of standing U.S. court orders and established principles of international law.

The rule of law is not optional. You are not simply acting as a sovereign government—you are now actively collaborating in what amounts to a foreign detention scheme designed to evade the United States Constitution and shield an authoritarian leader from domestic judicial oversight.

We are currently pursuing every legal avenue to impeach Donald Trump, and let this serve as your notice that your government will be held accountable—diplomatically, politically, and legally—for your role in this ongoing human rights violation. Any harm that comes to individuals detained under these unlawful agreements will be viewed as the responsibility of your administration.

This is not a request. This is a formal warning: If El Salvador continues to act as a holding ground for political targets and unlawful removals from the United States, you will face significant international consequences, including possible sanctions, asset freezes, legal prosecution under international law, and total diplomatic isolation.

You must act now to return these individuals and terminate all cooperation with the illegal elements of the Trump administration. Failure to do so will escalate this matter on all available fronts.

We are watching. And we will act.

Sincerely,

[Your Name]

[Your City, State, USA]

[Date]

Para: Presidente Nayib Bukele

República de El Salvador

A través de la Embajada de El Salvador en Washington, D.C.

Asunto: Retorno inmediato de ciudadanos estadounidenses y personas deportadas ilegalmente

Estimado Presidente Bukele,

Por medio de la presente, deseo expresarle en los términos más claros la gravedad y la ilegalidad de la cooperación de su gobierno con la administración de Donald J. Trump en relación con la detención extrajudicial de personas—en particular residentes y ciudadanos estadounidenses—en las instalaciones del CECOT en El Salvador.

Exigimos el retorno inmediato e incondicional de Kilmar Abrego Garcia y de todas las personas deportadas sin el debido proceso judicial de los Estados Unidos a El Salvador. Estas deportaciones han ocurrido en violación directa de órdenes judiciales federales vigentes y principios fundamentales del derecho internacional.

El estado de derecho no es negociable. Usted no está actuando simplemente como un gobierno soberano—usted ahora está colaborando activamente en un esquema de detención extraterritorial diseñado para evadir la Constitución de los Estados Unidos y proteger a un líder autoritario del control judicial interno.

Actualmente estamos utilizando todos los mecanismos legales disponibles para procesar e inhabilitar políticamente a Donald Trump, y esta carta sirve como advertencia formal: Su gobierno será considerado responsable—diplomática, política y jurídicamente—por su rol en esta violación en curso de los derechos humanos. Cualquier daño que sufran las personas detenidas será atribuido directamente a su administración.

No es una solicitud. Es una advertencia. Si El Salvador continúa funcionando como centro de detención para objetivos políticos y deportaciones ilegales de los Estados Unidos, su país enfrentará consecuencias internacionales graves, incluyendo sanciones, congelamiento de activos, procesos legales bajo derecho internacional, y aislamiento diplomático total.

Debe actuar de inmediato para retornar a estas personas y cancelar toda cooperación con los elementos ilegales de la administración Trump. De no hacerlo, esta situación se escalará por todos los medios disponibles.

Estamos observando. Y actuaremos.

Atentamente,

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💣 THIS IS A GLOBAL OUTRAGE—HERE’S HOW TO FIGHT BACK

🧠 1. Follow the Money and Cut It Off

Avelo is privately held, not publicly traded, so we must go after:

Investors: Research Andrew Levy’s previous connections (United Airlines, Allegiant Air). Contact investor groups and financial institutions that underwrite budget carriers.

Leasing Companies: Many airlines don’t own their planes—find out who leases to Avelo and flood them with pressure.

Credit Card Processors: Push Visa, Mastercard, Amex, and PayPal to cut off payment channels.

Banking Services: Demand that banks used by Avelo (starting with Houston-based institutions) drop them as a client.

🔥 2. Publicly Expose the CEO and His Enablers

CEO: Andrew Levy 📍 Office: 12 Greenway Plaza, Suite 400, Houston, TX 77046 📞 (346) 616-9500 📧 support@aveloair.com | media@aveloair.com

Use email and phone scripts like:

“You are enabling human rights abuse and profiting off trauma. We will make sure the public, financial institutions, and international human rights organizations know who you are.”

🧨 3. Target Local Politicians in Texas and Arizona

Avelo is based in Houston, but deportation flights will operate from Mesa Gateway Airport in Arizona.

📍 Texas (Houston HQ)

Sen. John Cornyn: (202) 224-2934 | Contact Form

Sen. Ted Cruz: (202) 224-5922 | Contact Form

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Houston): (202) 225-3816

📍 Arizona (Flight Ops)

Sen. Mark Kelly: (202) 224-2235 | Contact Form

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema: (202) 224-4521

Mesa City Council: https://www.mesaaz.gov

Tell them:

“Your airport is complicit in human trafficking under a for-profit deportation regime. If you don’t act, we will make it global news.”

📢 4. Organize & Protest

Protest at Houston Hobby Airport and Mesa Gateway Airport

Reach out to groups like:

United We Dream

Movimiento Cosecha

RAICES

Detention Watch Network

💥 5. Hit Them Where It Hurts

Boycott Avelo Airlines and encourage everyone to avoid them.

Post on Yelp, Google, TripAdvisor, and social media.

Start hashtags: #ShutDownAvelo #DeportationProfiteers #NoICEFlights

📡 6. File Formal Complaints

DOT Civil Rights Division: https://www.transportation.gov/civil-rights

SEC (for investor fraud if applicable): https://www.sec.gov/complaint

FAA Aviation Complaints: https://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/apl/

📄 7. Demand Transparency

File FOIA requests to ICE regarding the contract: https://www.dhs.gov/freedom-information-act-foia

Contact journalists (The Guardian, ProPublica, AP, Axios) and tip them off for ongoing investigations.

⚠️ 8. Scare Off Business Partners

Call and write airport managers at:

Houston Hobby Airport: (713) 640-3000

Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport: (480) 988-7600

Inform them that hosting ICE flights makes them complicit in violations of human rights.

🌐 9. International Condemnation

File reports with:

Amnesty International

Human Rights Watch

Inter-American Commission on Human Rights

⚔️ 10. Use Your Voice—Everywhere

Share this online. Tag influencers, celebrities, and politicians.

Use graphics, images of detainee abuse, ICE planes, and public shaming of Avelo’s CEO.

Make this story viral.

💣 FINAL MESSAGE TO THE WORLD:

“Avelo Airlines is a profit-driven cog in a violent machine, carrying out deportations on behalf of a criminal administration. If you fly with them, invest in them, or work for them—you are complicit. The world is watching.”

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Linda's avatar

Do you notice that Trump is flying Air Force One a lot….

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judith bray's avatar

Yep, he likes to travel in style and flaunt it too.

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Tammy J Christ's avatar

It's always been like that. If you dig deep over the past 55 years. 🫤😠

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Kelly Eggers's avatar

Stand tall Governor! We are with you sir♥️🇺🇸

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Rosemarie Furtado's avatar

Every single state should follow their lead!

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Peggy Lou Samas's avatar

I hate that ugly bitch!

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Candice's avatar

I came here to say the same but you beat me to it lol I can’t stand her . She’s in love that Tate brother ! Once I seen the clip of her flirting with the Tate brother (such a disgrace as a man) she disgusted me! No one should ever vote republican again ! They allowed themselves to get manipulated. And we might lose our country for it .

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janet calcutt's avatar

I believe, there is a hidden, very dirty, dark secret, to all of this. She is a rotten, corrupt lawyer that doesn't know her way around a Federal Court system. She lost every case of Trumps. How and why, did she get this job?

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Caroline Catalady's avatar

her boobs?

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Tully's avatar

I see these MAGA women and wonder how much time and money they waste with the boob/facelift/body-restructuring they do just so they can preen to Trump for a job and TV time. It's all about sex-rated body image. Fox News women have done it for years. Noem looks creepy with all her re-makes and hair down to her butt as if she's 17. Even the men look fake (Hegseth). Yes, I'm body shaming but they deserve it!! They don't inspire confidence or a sense of ability. I get the feeling they all participate in a sex orgy at the end of the day....now that's creepy.....okay, I'm leaving the building!!!

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WJB Motown's avatar

The MAGA Barbie doll collection caters to male Foxhole viewers who never listen to what they say.......they just jerk themselves off. Karoline Barbie...Alaina Barbie......all have the gold cross....a standard required by the fake christian women who would never donate a single penny to help the poor or homeless........Maga dudes seem to be the ones busted for child porn and picking up underage giris.....do these Maga Barbies have a secret wish to be high priced call girls or street corner hookers???........

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DeVries's avatar

Chuckles quietly

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Bruce J.'s avatar

Exactly ‼️‼️

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Linda's avatar

Because Trump wants loyalty he doesn’t care if you’re as dumb as a rock….

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Susan Klemetsen's avatar

100% percent.

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Schmendryck's avatar

Sure, but how did you REALLY feel? 🤣

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A Reckoning for Power Without Principle: The Law Will Prevail

Alina Habba has distinguished herself not through legal acumen or professional ethics, but through a pattern of conduct that borders on the thuggish. Her record is not defined by excellence, but by a string of judicial reprimands: contempt citations, massive fines, and legal sanctions that would disqualify most attorneys from serious practice. Her public role is not that of a legal advocate, but of an enabler—one who defends not justice, but the most malignant and authoritarian impulses of Donald Trump. To call her a sycophant is charitable; her loyalty lies not with the Constitution, but with the pursuit of raw, unprincipled power.

Recently, she turned her attacks toward the Governor of New Jersey, issuing baseless legal threats over alleged "harboring" of criminals—accusations that collapse under the lightest scrutiny. The truth is clear, though deeply inconvenient to her narrative: authorities cannot arrest individuals who cannot be found, and those they do encounter are overwhelmingly not criminals, but vulnerable people—displaced young men, working-age migrants, mothers, elderly women, and children. People fleeing hardship. People seeking work in construction, agriculture, sanitation—jobs that are foundational to this country’s economy and dignity.

The claim that these people are dangerous is a deliberate fabrication. The reason Trump-era officials never produced flight manifests or legal documentation is simple: there was nothing to show. They could not identify the supposed criminals because they were never there. The entire narrative was a hollow political construction designed to manufacture fear and justify cruelty. Deporting undocumented individuals—many of whom contribute heavily in taxes, rent, labor, and community—is not just legally dubious when done without due process, it is morally obscene. And sending them to unstable, gang-ridden countries under the guise of “enforcement” is an act of deliberate human endangerment.

However, let us be absolutely clear: they are not the law. We are.

If the President of the United States is held in contempt of court, he must be arrested—by federal marshals if necessary—and imprisoned as any other citizen would be. If officials like Pam Bondi, or anyone else in the Department of Justice, refuse to carry out lawful orders, they too will be held in contempt and prosecuted accordingly. Should they resist, the people will continue down the line—one official at a time—until we find someone, anyone, willing to uphold the law. If it comes to the janitor at DOJ, then so be it. Those who obstruct justice along the way will be legally removed, indicted, and, if convicted, imprisoned.

This is not tyranny. This is the democratic will of a people reclaiming their institutions.

The law must bind the powerful just as it binds the powerless. There is no exception for officeholders, no loophole for loyalty, no protection granted by status or title. If public servants break the law or refuse to uphold it, they will be replaced. Not out of vengeance, but out of duty.

The true danger to this republic does not come from exhausted mothers, day laborers, or young migrants seeking a better life. It comes from those who wear suits, hold microphones, and speak the language of justice while dismantling its very foundations. It comes from those who lie about crime, who mask political persecution as law enforcement, and who manipulate institutions to serve authoritarian ends.

In the end, the question is not whether we will tolerate “thugs.” It is whether we have the courage to recognize them when they wear badges, robes, or political titles—and whether we are willing to stop them.

Let it be known: we are.

And we will

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Linda M. Walker's avatar

Remember her mugshot!

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Victoria Johnson's avatar

Proud of our Governor Murphy. He’s been awesome. Thanks Meidas.

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David Fuller's avatar

All criminals? Is Trump being deported?

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Paul Schwartz's avatar

Ah Yes, another Evangelical Hypocrite showing her cross, like Bullshit Barbie

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Tully's avatar

They never show themselves actually going to church or doing anything to help any human being whom needs an act of kindness and food.

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Schmendryck's avatar

You mean KKKaroline?

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Carolea Hassard's avatar

"This is a warning?" You don't speak to that way to the US people. Nobody does. We pay you, woman, to do a job for us. You will show respect. And get off your lazy ass and do your own deporting.

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Godfrey Brown's avatar

The Trump administration does not cooperate with the courts, but the administration expects everyone else too. The administration should set the example. This administration is lawless.

Trump is still complaining about the 2020 election he lost.

Trump ruins every thing he touches. He is not a king.

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David A Pitock's avatar

Magas are not conservatives, they are un-American, a real conservative would never allow felonious 47s behavior they would be looking for real waste like this so called doge that is wasting billions and hurting our veterans and pissing Americans off.

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JRK's avatar

Shouldn’t trump be deported then!

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James Richardson's avatar

Crybabies. California does this and they aren’t threatening California because they know better.

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Tully's avatar

Bababababy wants to show New Jersey citizens how tuff she can be! How could she have lived there and not known how very tough they will be against her.

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David A Pitock's avatar

Tech guys more like tech morons, space nazi is not a tech genius he is a tech buyer, not an innovator.

Felonious 47s insider trading, Hegseth betrayal of our military , Bondi running around collecting immigrants instead of doing her actual job. That is just the tip of the iceberg. Everything an authoritarian regime does.

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Tully's avatar

Space Nazi actually steals from other innovators that don't have the investment monies to start their own companies. He sells himself as a genius but he barely made it through college. Musk claims he went to Stanford to "pursue" a PhD but left to use his money for an internet start-up. He "left" Stanford because he was never accepted into any of their PhD programs. He's great with using words to fluff his image.

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David A Pitock's avatar

I didn't know that about Stanford, clearly thay have standards that space nazi couldn't live up to. Maybe he went to tRump U.

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memory campbell's avatar

I have been saying the same thing for two weeks and Friday when the judge ask Trumps team where is Kilmar Garcia? They said they did not know. So Pam Bondi isn’t doing her job because she cant !!

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Kathy Bazzi's avatar

I just read that they will let him out but will deport him. Deport him to where?

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The Nasty Canadian's avatar

Literally. He sought asylum from El Salvador…in the US…this government bewilders me in the worst way.

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Linda M. Walker's avatar

I think his native country.

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The Nasty Canadian's avatar

El Salvadore?? The place he sought asylum from?

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KarmaWriter ∞^∞'s avatar

Some days, democracy feels like a frayed rope bridge—loud on one end, steady on the other. Watching Governor Murphy hold the line while the storm rages is a small reminder: clarity still exists in the noise. Not always polished, not always easy—but still tethered to a deeper care for people, for truth.

What we normalize in public language shapes how kids speak to each other on the playground, how neighbors treat one another at the grocery store. So when leaders model decency under pressure, it ripples. Quietly, powerfully.

For anyone feeling worn by all the shouting: there are still grown-ups in the room. And that matters.

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DeVries's avatar

Well said, my fellow sojourner. I’m calmer and heartened by your comment.

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Bombay Troubadour's avatar

Chief Justice John Roberts has created a monster, and it’s about to eat him.

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debzysk's avatar

Our governor, along with New Jersey, often get a hard time but i love them both

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Melissa's avatar

I'm sure there are some NJ state laws that the so called US attorney has violated. Maybe the Governor should have his state attorneys look into her.

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Sara Smith's avatar

2nd repost! YES!!

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Jeffrey Wood's avatar

Nothing but a smokescreen to cover up the lawlessness of the Trump regime.

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Julyluv31's avatar

Hey Ben and you know it, Happy Saturday to your family and you, I hope y’all had a Great Day and are having a Great Day!! My Word this has been a long ass week, every week since that Freak started his shit again has been a long ass week!! Anyway FDT!! That’s All!!

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Martha Kenne's avatar

Alina Habba....meh!

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DeVries's avatar

Perfect; no wasted words; minimum effort to discard a pest.

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Martha Kenne's avatar

🤣

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Patricia Ebert's avatar

A weekend treat- thanks to Ben & Gov Murphy for not taking your eye off the Trump crazy ball.

Alina Habba…she needs to share a central casting closet with Kristi Noem, another wacko in Trump’s orbit (didn’t forget you, Laura Loomer😆) Doubt any of these women know they are a joke 🤡

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Valerie Kabay's avatar

You forgot m t g

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Patricia Ebert's avatar

Well MTG certainly supports this crazy ball regime in her own ‘special’ ways, but as an elected representative, she has constituents that actually voted for her ( as amazing as that seems).

These other chicks were selected by Trump and welcomed into his inner circle because of their subservience to him. His cheer-child Karoline Leavitt could fit, but she seems too intent on honoring her prize-winning lying to need a wardrobe.

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David Glaser's avatar

It’s times like these during this regime that I find myself walking and chatting with myself out loud. Having a normal conversation with all of my friends on the “inside.” It’s only me of course. No, I’m not schizophrenic by any means. My conversations go into the ongoing thought experiment I have running since Donald was inaugurated. It’s this: How many actual crimes against the Constitution and the American people has Donald committed since inauguration? In addition, how many people in his regime have committed crimes against the American people and our Constitution? My analysis is simple. It’s a lot! A lot of people and a lot of crimes. Secondly, I ask myself is anyone actually documenting all of the people committing these crimes along with Donald? It’s gotta be a painstaking process. Everyday laws are being broken both criminally and civilly. Therefore, I ask myself will Donald ever be brought to justice given this and will any of his regime members be brought to justice? Could that happen? I lay out lots of reasoning as to why I think so but that is way too long to write here. In the end I believe it will depend on our next President (assuming an election in 28 happens) and what type of Congress we elect. Lots to think about I guess. Just some thoughts on a rainy Saturday after more anti-American actions by our supposed President. That’s why I want to keep protesting and doing whatever I can bring this saboteur down.

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Tully's avatar

I think it's going to all fall apart as some point with the American people saying enough. Whether we surround the White House and Supreme Court for a massive stand-off or whether we just laugh them all into a corner, Americans are resilient and when enough have had enough, we will stand our ground. I'll do it in the name of all my relatives who fought and died in every war since the Revolution.

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David Glaser's avatar

I wear my uncle’s dog tags from WWII. He served in the Pacific theatre. I do this for him. He survived the war thankfully. To him and your relatives who put their lives on the line, we will win.

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Trisha's avatar

All these investigations this administration does and all the ones they create so we can protect our rights and constitution cost do much money and people power that should be spent on other issues. Such a waste!!!!!!!

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Anna Bolique's avatar

Alina Habba, who was sanctioned for misconduct in one courtroom and is being investigated for by the NJ Bar Association for gross misconduct in a separate case, had to be instructed by a judge on basic courtroom procedures when it came to introducing evidence, and has virtually no other courtroom experience -- THAT Alina Habba????

🤦🏻‍♀️ Trump might as well have appointed a truckload of trained howler monkeys.

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M. Apodaca's avatar

Not nice to howler monkeys. What did they ever do to you? When in Costa Rica, you can wake up to them. They’re awesome!

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Anna Bolique's avatar

I agree they're awesome, but the ones at the LA Zoo were so loud they made my three-year-old son cry hysterically. That was enough for me.

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M. Apodaca's avatar

Tell him not to go to Costa Rica!

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Annie Moore's avatar

Thank you for this one Ben. Gov Murphy does not get enough credit. He has done a difficult job & done it well. I don’t agree with everything but he is trying to save us. I hope we have another wonderful Gov in NJ when he is gone that can fight the fight against the crazies in our WH.

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Lynn Arthur's avatar

Bravo Governor Murphy!! Failed Trump Attorney Habba was awarded a few Brownie points from her Cheeto King—and now that b*tch thinks she’s the Queen of New Jersey.

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Melissa Batson's avatar

The Third circuit court of appeals has already held thatbstates are entitled to enforce laws as they see fit. It specifically held that sanctuary states cannot be required to enforce federal immigration law.

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JOHN SMITH's avatar

Trump and his minions have taken steps to make us obey. Is it 2025 or is it a Hand Maiden Hell ? That we are seeing that he is unleashing on those who seem to offend his conformity plans, We all know he is looking start a fight that he can use to call for marshal law. Thereby ensuring has total control to the end, As he tells his followers this and there nothing we can do stop him. We can stop buying from those companies and businesses who are now and before supporting him. Its the one thing we can do is ask when the prices go up on most everything. Gold is at record high, it will not do you any good as our country falls into a place we no longer want to live.

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Leighla's avatar

So now they believe in federal laws? I thought rules and laws didn’t apply anymore under this administration? Let’s start 1st with the cabinet, shall we?

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Alie Mel's avatar

Thanks Mayor Ben

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Maj. Maureen Nolen (Ret)'s avatar

Why do all his bimbos look like they were pressed out of a mold, both imagery and verbally. Reminds me of all the perceived "Gun Show eye candy"!

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Rose Marcario's avatar

Thank you for your sane explanation Governor. Why don't they return the poor man they disappeared to an El Salvadorian prison, too busy tanking the economy, and ignoring court orders.

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SLMontgo's avatar

We all know what this is. It's Habba/Trump rooster-crowing that they believe they own the NJ governor. FAFO

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Rhoda's avatar

Why doesn’t this governor call Habba out for threatening him?!! He lets her threaten him!!!

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Pamela Wilder's avatar

Now that the supreme court said to bring back Mr. Garcia from El Salvador, do you think other families will get attorneys to bring back their men? Have you heard any mention of that? I'm afraid the makeup artist couldn't survive that ordeal. The Soccer Coach probably will; I wonder if his family has an attorney. I hope the other guy's families have an attorney. I NEVER thought I would be living in a country that would do such a despicable thing!!!!!

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Gray Zebra's avatar

Gov Murphy has a new fan! So impressive! Competent and confident!

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Dennis McAtee's avatar

Democrats need to start calling on all of the 'Non Voters in 2024" to get out and vote to save Democracy!

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No Voter Is Safe From Disenfranchisement

Now that DOGE has access to information about all citizens and is currently using the database to seek out immigrants for deportation, the next step for the Nazis is to use the once secure government database to seek out citizens that they can disenfranchise at the voting booth This is why Der Fuhrer in 2024 said “if you vote for me this one time my beautiful Christians, you won’t have to vote again” Peter Thiel, JD Vance’s sugardaddy, created the Palantir software that is used for Investigative Case Management(ICM) and now being used against American citizen electorate So the Nazis now have an inside track as to how to use the government’s database for nefarious purposes such as voter disenfranchisement

The “rigged election” that the Orange Cheeto has been claiming for 4y is now coming to fruition but it’s not the Democrats rigging the election It’s the Nazi regime now in power and the Congressional Nazis who are rigging the elections for real and are okay with that because it solidifies their positions in Congress and the Executive branches

Wake Up America Talk to your friends relatives neighbors and let them know what’s going on and then Protest Donate Protest because the Nazi government takeover is almost complete

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Laurenz Schmidt's avatar

I noticed that the appointed Barbies Alina Habba, Pam Bondi, Caroline Leavitt and Tulsi Gabbard are often wearing a necklace with a little cross on it. I think Jesus would have refused to rise from the tomb if he would have known what would be said and done in his name.

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Lorri's avatar

I noticed that habba dabba do said "criminals who have gone through due process and found guilty". That is NOT what they have been doing..

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Arthur Murray Doan's avatar

You are very good. América under Trumpin is slipping into Dangerous Dark Water. Those under Trump are in a coma from Truth and Reality. I talked to my Son I looked in his eyes as I talk to him about Trump. His eyes change they get glassy then Distant ?

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Judy Cross's avatar

Why doesn't the government do real work. The work that they were elected to do. Represent the people. I understand now why people say "Down with government. " I say down with the government we have now.

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karenwestcoast's avatar

Love his response. He goes after criminals. Crime policy is not be a culture war. Time to stop profiling people. It’s gone on way way too long.

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Debra Moore's avatar

But yet we have a felon for president.

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RuthZ's avatar

This former Jersey girl has followed politics in NJ since I left NJ in 1975 and started moving around the U.S. Living in my 6th state now (after moving to Mass., Calif., GA, NM, and now Ore.). It was great to read the email about Gov. Murphy & the low gun violence rate too. You can take the girl out of NJ but in my heart, even with the near absence of my former Jersey girl accent, you can't take NJ out of the girl. First gen. American, proud alumna of Rutgers U., former Essex Cty. employee, Jersey Shore habitué for many summers. Huge extended family there too. GO NEW JERSEY -- stand strong against wannabe-king Donald and his tribe of unethical and criminal boot lickers. DON'T GIVE IN!! Fight the oligarchy!!

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Harvey'sdad's avatar

I love this substack. Please continue to keep the world informed about the government's steady efforts to destroy the US credibility in the world.

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Alison's avatar

Deport if necessary, but to their birth country, not a concentration camp. That's no different to Hitler. You have messed up already, these are people's lives that you are dealing with, getting it wrong is not an option. Chances are these people may be used for organ trafficking. Look at the death statistics. You do not get torture, death, rape etc. for traffic violations. It's barbaric.

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Janet Miller's avatar

Considering that lawyers etc should have some intelligence, why do they all act so dumb?

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Pat Robinson's avatar

If you haven't had time to watch this interview, I encourage you to watch it soon, especially if you are feeling overwhelmed or you feel yourself starting to fall for the corporate media nonsense that the Dems not only have lost their way but never had a way. This interview, as all of the with Democratic Governors do show just how much talent can courage there is in the Democratic party. Because these governors both know who they are and why they became public servants and they know what is good for their citizens and they have enough self esteem and integrity that they do not need pats on the head from trump and they also know the law, they will not back down. They will do all they can to protect their citizens. I wonder if we could sort of gerrymander the whole country and let the blue states become one nation and the red ones become another nation (that would need a whole lot of foreign aid from somewhere) and make the purple states decide (they only get one time, they'd better make a good choice...no flip flopping). I'd have to move since I'm in a 99% red state, but I'd do it!!!!

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Renee Jones's avatar

Another 50501 protest 4/19!!!

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Dee Joy's avatar

Why are we using trump regime terms? Fighting gangs and illegal immigration - it's a lie. Fighting govt inefficiency - another lie. ALL regime terms are lies and covers for the crimes they're actually committing - fleecing, ripping off, stealing from the American people.

Kidnapped Immigrants that they're holding hostage is only to deter anyone from challenging them. They're not illegal, they're innocent asylum seekers, some are actual American citizens.

Let's be clear everything the regime does is a lie, every term they use are ALL lies. The regime are all liars, cheaters, thieves and criminals. Let's start using the truth and factual terms to label them and their outrageous actions and crimes.

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Roxanne Morse, Ph.D.'s avatar

Trump is a psychopath. Look it up DSM 5. Roxanne Morse, Ph.D.

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DJT Luvsputin's avatar

I hope the NJ Dems are fighting back to the RepublicSCAM recruiting going on there!!!

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NJDemocrat's avatar

So proud of Governor Murphy! A true American patriot who cares about his state. A gentleman who treats his constituents as friends and neighbors. New Jersey proud!

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Kim Kienzle's avatar

I live in NJ and love Governor Murphy; he’s done a fantastic job. If trump wants to deport criminals he should start with musk.

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Angelique Maria Simons's avatar

This is great Meidas UP Together! One Nation !

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JavaJunkyMonkey's avatar

That's all these assholes can do - threaten. I'm so so so sick of their shit. It's time they take a long vacation at the Venezuela prison camp.

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Greg's avatar

Excellent interview, Ben! NJ is my former home and I really like Gov. Murphy. Very fair and always, first and foremost, for the people of NJ.

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Bob's avatar

Need to remove the biggest criminal and laziest president ever in America from the white house before permanently destroys the nations world image.

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Patricia Brady-Danzig's avatar

We New Jerseyans support Governor Murphy 100%!!!

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Larry's avatar

Does anyone listen when they talk? They are shooting from the hip and make it up as they spew garbage. When it comes to Ali Babba false facts Habba, as a lawyer she should know that an Executive Oder is not the same as Federal Law. Her and the rest of the "red"ubli"con(SS) do not have to "drill baby drill". They could light up an entire city with the gaslighting from one North Korean Propaganda false fact standing in front of camera lying session.

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Jorge Sylvester's avatar

She is such a CON, and a BIG Lying JOKER!!!!!!!

FUNNY THAT WE HAVE THE BIGGEST CON, CONVICTED FELON RUNNING THE ENTIRE COUNTRY!!!! WHAT A JOKE!!!!

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Schmendryck's avatar

Murphy tried to placate trump, look what good it did.

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Caroline Catalady's avatar

Both sobering and encouraging. Thank you for the updates and analysis.

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Roberto's avatar

Really Ali Baba??? Youre going over your boss???😂😂😂😂

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Cheri's avatar

Everything she says needs to be applied to the entire administration and all cabinet officials who are also committing crimes and breaking laws. Equal protection under the law. Laws apply equally to everyone, not just the people. We the people should go after all those lawbreakers.

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Nancy Natale's avatar

Alina Habba is a lousy lawyer as we saw in trump’s trial. She has a big mouth and thinks yelling louder and continuously will make up for how dumb she is. Go away, Alina! We’re not buying your load of crap!

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Robin's avatar

The Governor should not be spending his time defending his crime fighting. It’s specifically about her flipping the coin and purposefully going after him bc he’s a Democrat. It’s a facism.

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Carolynne's avatar

From what I've seen, she always flirts to manipulate men because she sure can't accomplish that with her intelligence. She's clearly IN discriminant in that regard. Also, not that it matters to her, but she is married: How many times has Alina Habba been married?

Alina Habba was married to Matthew Eyet from 2011 to 2019 and shortly after her divorce, she married Gregg Reuben in 2020. Alina's ex-husband Matthew Eyet is also a lawyer and unlike her, he maintained a very private and low-key life while running his company named Eyet Law LLC.Dec 12, 2024

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janet calcutt's avatar

Hi Ben, that was an awesome video 👋🏻🍁🇨🇦☮️❤️💪🇨🇦🇺🇦🇺🇸🌎🙏🏻. 🖕🍊🤡🙄🖕

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Elizabeth Child's avatar

Can you make T-shirts that say “Meidas Mighty”? I just love being one of the MM’s!

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David Eccles's avatar

What? No interview about the democratic prosecutors doing the same thing (declaring him guilty before an indictment, or even a grand jury) to Mangione, compromising any chance for due process and a fair trial? Or, perhaps we should be discussing most Democrats going along with a trillion dollar military budget (they won’t fight is at all, and are all compromised by AIPAC) .Or, how about their majority vote to pass the latest Continuing Resolution (CR), which instantly turned DOGE from a rogue, treasonous operation, into an officially funded, legal government agency????? Don’t look here, look over there…..

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Deb Gwynn's avatar

Not political????? Ha!!!

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Linda's avatar

So tired of Trump’s cabinet following his lead of threats towards other Government officials while he continues to undermine the Constitution….The criminal in chief and his minions must be stopped….Continued protests are only answer besides voting in upcoming elections against this regime…

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4dEdited

What is she speaking of? In the eyes of the world every action and directive coming from Trump and his Regime are blatantly illegal. All of us, and that counts people across the globe cannot wait until fate and justice turn against Trump and his Regime and the sycophants that support this crooked administration. Everything needs to be cleaned and removed from where they sit whether it is in the White House or in Congress. And WE THE PEOPLE will get it done post haste.

REMEMBER: All of us are called to protest on 4/19. We need 3.5% of the overall population to get this gang of crooks out of our lives. Educated yourself on the "3.5% Solution" and then recruit by educating others. It gives a goal and a purpose as well as a sense of urgency to those you recruit once informed there is a pathway that only WE THE PEOPLE can enact, which is to represent 3.5% of the total population at every single protest from here until this job is done!

Personally, my goal is to get it done by Christmas. So, sign up and show up and recruit two people asking them in turn to educate and recruit two more and those they recruit to recruit two more, and each of them to recruit two more. Spread the word about the "3.5% Solution" for it is to those who first hear of it a source of hope empowerment and motivation. It is also our power alone, one that no other agency can muster, and it is to Trump's Regime's their kryptonite.

Let's bring them to their knees by our sheer numbers. 3.5% of a total population in protest against autocracy brings forward the right amount of pressure to break pipes. Let's get this done!

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Andi M.'s avatar

Whats fact!?

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Cardinal Air 24's avatar

Does it REALLY make sense that someone would vote for Democrats down the ballot and then vote for dump? Really? Really? No, this was fixed by Muskrat’s goons. All this is bullshit. We need to investigate this because until we figure it out, we will lose. We are losing because they are cheating. Period.

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Katherine Patry's avatar

Throw a $30,000 hand bag at Habba and maybe she will go away.

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Jaye's avatar

She is an embarassment to New Jersey. Please just move to Florida Alina.

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Erik S's avatar

We all need to stand together!! Get out there to your state/county’s marches and protests! We need EVERYONE to stand up and be heard!! April 19! Get up and get out there! All of US!

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Tom Distad's avatar

It seems the DOJ has made a change from what used to happen in the Biden admin;

they used to investigate after charges were made; now they investigate to see if they can find charges to make!

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Joanne C Collin's avatar

Boy is she Nuts!!! They are going to laugh in her face!! There are still certain laws she is overlooking !!, as this governor is ostating!!

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Dee Joy's avatar

If Alina hubba bubba wants to be taken seriously, she should get some training in public speaking.

She does nothing but stammer and stutter. She can't string a sentence together. She's one of those AI Stepford wives musk forgot to program properly. Ridiculous woman.

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Steve Ford's avatar

Talk about a DEI hire, look at Alina Habadoo.

She's dumb as a rock.

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Jon's avatar

Sleazy Alina would never cheat on Donald. The reason she and Krispy run around the country playing dress up Law Enforcment, is because neither one is a serious person and would never exist inside of Donald's circle if there wasn't something in it for him......Alina.

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Donna R.'s avatar

I'm not in a good mood today. F them all.

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Jon's avatar

Democrats and Republicans need to ask Trump two simple questions:

Are you really this Stupid?

Can't you be criminal without destroying the economy.

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RoseAnn C Spalt's avatar

There needs to be a criminal investigation into trump's actions that go against the Constitution!

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michael's avatar

A Reckoning for Power Without Principle: The Law Will Prevail

Alina Habba has distinguished herself not through legal acumen or professional ethics, but through a pattern of conduct that borders on the thuggish. Her record is not defined by excellence, but by a string of judicial reprimands: contempt citations, massive fines, and legal sanctions that would disqualify most attorneys from serious practice. Her public role is not that of a legal advocate, but of an enabler—one who defends not justice, but the most malignant and authoritarian impulses of Donald Trump. To call her a sycophant is charitable; her loyalty lies not with the Constitution, but with the pursuit of raw, unprincipled power.

Recently, she turned her attacks toward the Governor of New Jersey, issuing baseless legal threats over alleged "harboring" of criminals—accusations that collapse under the lightest scrutiny. The truth is clear, though deeply inconvenient to her narrative: authorities cannot arrest individuals who cannot be found, and those they do encounter are overwhelmingly not criminals, but vulnerable people—displaced young men, working-age migrants, mothers, elderly women, and children. People fleeing hardship. People seeking work in construction, agriculture, sanitation—jobs that are foundational to this country’s economy and dignity.

The claim that these people are dangerous is a deliberate fabrication. The reason Trump-era officials never produced flight manifests or legal documentation is simple: there was nothing to show. They could not identify the supposed criminals because they were never there. The entire narrative was a hollow political construction designed to manufacture fear and justify cruelty. Deporting undocumented individuals—many of whom contribute heavily in taxes, rent, labor, and community—is not just legally dubious when done without due process, it is morally obscene. And sending them to unstable, gang-ridden countries under the guise of “enforcement” is an act of deliberate human endangerment.

However, let us be absolutely clear: they are not the law. We are.

If the President of the United States is held in contempt of court, he must be arrested—by federal marshals if necessary—and imprisoned as any other citizen would be. If officials like Pam Bondi, or anyone else in the Department of Justice, refuse to carry out lawful orders, they too will be held in contempt and prosecuted accordingly. Should they resist, the people will continue down the line—one official at a time—until we find someone, anyone, willing to uphold the law. If it comes to the janitor at DOJ, then so be it. Those who obstruct justice along the way will be legally removed, indicted, and, if convicted, imprisoned.

This is not tyranny. This is the democratic will of a people reclaiming their institutions.

The law must bind the powerful just as it binds the powerless. There is no exception for officeholders, no loophole for loyalty, no protection granted by status or title. If public servants break the law or refuse to uphold it, they will be replaced. Not out of vengeance, but out of duty.

The true danger to this republic does not come from exhausted mothers, day laborers, or young migrants seeking a better life. It comes from those who wear suits, hold microphones, and speak the language of justice while dismantling its very foundations. It comes from those who lie about crime, who mask political persecution as law enforcement, and who manipulate institutions to serve authoritarian ends.

In the end, the question is not whether we will tolerate “thugs.” It is whether we have the courage to recognize them when they wear badges, robes, or political titles—and whether we are willing to stop them.

Let it be known: we are.

And we will.

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Lori Sandler's avatar

We’ve entered Banana Republic territory now. Aren’t we a proud country?? (Good Lord…)

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JoAnn Braithwaite's avatar

She needs to shut her mouth & she can take her BS & shove it up her ass😡

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Judi Shaughnessy's avatar

These Trump losers are reaching for straws, they are incompetent low level people that talk tough and have no weight. They need to be locked up, they're all fools in this Trump circus of clowns. The only true criminals are all in the WH and in Trump's administration

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Susan Raquel's avatar

and Now the Trump clowns are starting to kick each other in the a$$.

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Paddy Friedrichsen's avatar

She is trying to look and act tough like Noem! Making shit up. It’s not working.

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Bruce J.'s avatar

Who the hell is Alina Hobbit⁉️⁉️

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David Feller's avatar

FUCK RUMP

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George Marron's avatar

SORRY I WAS TALKING ABOUT ADAM MOCKLER PODCAST. HEY ADAM U R DOING A GREAT JOB REPORTING THE TRUTH. GO HEAD ON DO MORE GO MEIDAS MIGHTY GO DONT STOP NOW. !

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Donna Hill's avatar

Weeks ago I responded to your request for a $99 fee for one year to support Meida touch the best of my knowledge it was processed now when I go on various might as podcasts mostly I see that I am listed as a free subscriber so now I’m a little confused did you get my money? Am I a free subscriber? Please reply a text message will be adequate to 857-523-8849. Thank you.

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Jeannie Whalen's avatar

What a shit hag.

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Laura Harty's avatar

What a clown show. No due process. She’s lying

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Oliver J Morgan's avatar

Its almost like the govt is run by a crazy person and his henchmen & women.

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Michelle Armendo's avatar

Again with the threats against a US official (Governor) by the Trump Regime. If that were anyone else making these threats or even stating something close to a threat against this Dictator, we would be in jail by now, possibly even sent to El Salvador without due process!

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Scott Ball's avatar

She's got to be the dumbest lawyer there ever was maybe ever will be

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Mike's avatar

trump skank. the end! Liar, and suckass for trump mob crimes!

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Monya Duvall's avatar

And there she is wearing her cross and acting the least bit Christian that she possibly can.

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EUWDTB's avatar

Trump is deporting people with NO criminal record. Why isn't HE prioritizing criminals??!!

I'm quite sure the crime rate under Trump II will go up AGAIN (it went up by 30% during his first term, and dropped to a 50-YEAR LOW under Biden/Harris).

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Laurie Ross's avatar

We need to be getting more reporting on SCOTUS…after all Justice Robert’s started this sh•t with giving a demented narcissist immunity!!! Robert’s: you broke this country, now FIX IT!!!

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Valerie Kabay's avatar

Ben state, please. I don't think they have to help them do anything they want to get them out of there. They can get them out of there on their own. But the state police don't have to help them do it, since they're gone by state law

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Toni Murphy's avatar

Trump and his little cronies need to be put in jail over high school.They are criminals

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Joanne C Collin's avatar

She is the in-term lawyer for America!!😂😂😂😂😂😂🥲😂OF ALL THE BIG MISTAKES SHE HAS MADE, SHE HAS NO CLUE ABOUT LAW, NEVER MIND FEDERAL LAW!! What a BIG MISTAKE AGAIN TRUMP HAS DONE!!

DUMBER & DUMBER!!

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Blanca C.'s avatar

Start cleaning the white house and take all criminals including her???

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Rejeanor Scott's avatar

Ben I think Youtube is blocking MT

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Nancy Williams's avatar

What THE HELL IS HAPPENING TO THIS WORLD..

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RiverCoastJane's avatar

For the record, I almost went to jail in NJ over a “noise complaint” because my neighbor’s wanted to steal my rescue cat, so gonna call bullsh*t on the no tickets for certain things.

Also, my sexual assaulter, neighbor’s that gave me natural gas poisoning (they tried to steal my cat), neighborhood violence, & person that held a gun to my face - to my knowledge, none were ever prosecuted by the state of NJ. Weird right? It’s almost like a dirty politician had something to do with it all.

But you go Murph! Sanctuary states rock!

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steve lange's avatar

Ok, then wtf is her issue?

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Jacqueline Guy's avatar

Your "courts" a CORRUPT! NAZI

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Cass Carrier's avatar

Gov, don't give into any trump talking points!

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George Marron's avatar

HEY THIS IS A REPLY TO HIS PODCAST ON THE STUPID REPLY FROM BILL MAHER WHEN HE SAID HATING EACH OTHER EVERY MINUTE. LOOK U TRATIOR. U R A WHITE PUNK ASS MAN WHAT U KNOW ABOUT HATE. LOOK AT WHAT U WHITE PEOPLE HAVE DONE THREW OUT HISTORY ENOUGH SAID. AND ASS FAR AS KID PEBBLE HE SUCK LIKE U DO. AND I HOPE VEWIERS STOP WATCHING YOUR SORRY ASS SHOW. U PUNK ASS BITCH .

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Paul Schwartz's avatar

But you see they all go on FOX, in front of their dumb audience that hears we are going to fight crime (like noone else does) and are "cult-ic-ized"

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Paul Schwartz's avatar

BOY AND YOU THOUGHT CHRIS CHRISTIE WAS VILE..............................................

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Steven Nightshade's avatar

Why are you down playing her threats?

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EM's avatar

Interesting how these Trump women feature gold crosses and hair extensions.

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techwriter35's avatar

I stand with you. Let’s stand for all the people Trump is going after. When Trump and his cronies post a target of someone let’s reply back to the post by saying I stand with you. Let’s call the news outlets and our representatives declare our stand.

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Carole Sykes's avatar

This whole tariff thing is a MASSIVE grift.

OBJECTIVE: to pull off the most massive transfer of wealth from retirement accts & financial institutions that has EVER been done.

Purposefully collapsing targeted stock market sectors, causing investors to SELL, crashing the stock price - all so Trump, his family, his buddies, his oligarchs, & probably certain foreign people can BUY on the cheap causing the prices to soar. Money will be TRANSFERED from private & public accts INTO Trumps pocket.

This is a NATIONAL RIP-OFF. As much as the deportations are abominable, they are a distraction so Trump can bankrupt the country.

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Dorothy's avatar

That puppy killer should be disapeared. Anyone who hurts an animal is capable of hurting a human being. As for threatening NJ, woe to anyone who does so! NJ has dealt with Mafiosos for YEARS. That puppy killer is full of big mouth. I'd love to see her take her load of big mouth to Jersey. She wouldn't survive, puppy killing coward that she is!

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Wanda Ronk-Ford's avatar

Pam Bondi needs to climb back under Trumps desk . Get criminals out ? I totally agree .. start with this corrupt regime dismantling our democracy

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Pam Wills's avatar

She is going to come after them hard? Real tough chick 💪who couldn't even make a living working collections for a carwash...BTW, nice purse, honey. 👜

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Jennifer Scott's avatar

Great interview Ben - thanks 💙💙💙

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Rachael Baker's avatar

Did Alina Habba and Pam Bondi actually pass a Bar exam?

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Alex Chatwin's avatar

Can you please do a piece on how to get Trump out of the White House please? When Bill Clinton lied over whether he had sexual relationships with Monica Lew, he was impeached. Trump has done so much more than this so it should be fairly easy to impeach and remove him from the White House. Please explain to us in detail what would be necessary to happen to remove him from office please? I dont understand.

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Edith Taylor's avatar

Fox Is not News it’s trump propaganda! This regime has to go!!

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John Mahoney's avatar

I do wish our justice system would deal with Trump. Just once hold this man accountable for the damage he commits.

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Jodi Soares's avatar

Keep up the good work Murphy!!!

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MaryKay Dempewolff's avatar

Trump should be the first to go

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Melody Smith's avatar

Jeez, does every single one of trumps female cabinet get lip fillers and Botox?

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Tyronda's avatar

Violent criminals live in, and work for the white house

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Linda Rey's avatar

THIS FAKE47 REGIME IS A JOKE.

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Carol Lunsford's avatar

I understand everybody wanting to get the most numbers and I know you want out to fox because you say that every time multiple times on every podcast you do on how good you are well I have tried to unsubscribe from this feed multiple times. How is it that I cannot Unsubscribe from Midas touch plus are you really gonna piss the American people off to come after you are you gonna let us just get what we can from you and what we can mentally take instead of listen to a bunch of crybabies all day long with everything you say please let us unsubscribe without any hassle

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Nancy Elaine Fauser's avatar

"Interim" = I wasn't first choice but nobody else wanted to deal with Chump's crap.

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Christine Quirk's avatar

Governor Murphy, Thank

You for your commitment to New Jersey to protect our communities. Thank you Ben for having him on this cast. IMO , there are ways to achieve goals to rid crime in and of our states. There is the right way , the wrong way , and the new cruel and inhumane way. I appreciate my Governor trying to do it the right way .

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Debbie E's avatar

If we really want to remove the criminal element in this country, we should start with trump

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Peter's avatar

She needs to be fired from our government she's a danger to our country

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Peter's avatar

Alina is a sharp as a rock she doesn't have what it takes to do what she's doing. If she can aim a machine gun to an agent's head she's not very bright

She thinks she's a mafia boss a gangster

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Marlene's avatar

Habba Babba can’t stand this woman

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Marlene's avatar

This would have to be the worse White House administration ever

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Wild Lion*esses Pride from Jay's avatar

What is happening right now in the United States is not a warning sign. It’s not “like” fascism. It is fascism—executed through law, media, and intimidation, and broadcast in real time for the world to witness. As a German, I cannot ignore the parallels. This is the playbook of the Third Reich, just digitized and televised.

A former personal lawyer of a criminally indicted ex-president now holds the power of a federal prosecutor, weaponizing that office to threaten a sitting governor—not based on evidence, but on political allegiance. This isn’t law enforcement. It’s a show trial without the trial. It’s the Gleichschaltung of the justice system—the systematic reshaping of institutions to serve one ideology.

And it’s happening with the same techniques we were taught to watch for after the fall of Nazi Germany:

Targeted legal harassment,

State media narratives,

Normalization of absurdities through repetition,

And the criminalization of opposition under the guise of national security.

Governor Murphy calling it “Flintstones executing policy” might sound lighthearted, but what we’re seeing is not primitive—it’s precise. It’s cruelty as strategy. And just like in 1930s Germany, many are laughing, minimizing, or dissociating until it’s too late.

The United States insisted on constitutional, judicial, and electoral safeguards in post-war Germany for this exact reason—because it had seen how fast a republic can fall into authoritarianism when propaganda, party loyalty, and state institutions fuse into one.

That same fusion is now happening in the U.S., step by step, law by law, anchor by anchor.

The question is no longer: "Can this happen here?"

It already is.

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Christine B.'s avatar

Good luck New Jersey with the Feds!

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Charley A's avatar

Civil not criminal this is bullshit

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Debra Bailey's avatar

The Republicans plans are idiotic. Why should people be roped into supporting stupid and idiotic programs? I got your investigation. Habas: When this mess is finished you will be in jail, your life and your career will be ruined beyond recuperation

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ABetterWorld 🌎JenStonebrook's avatar

Our governors ( not red states) are holding the line! Keep going!

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ABetterWorld 🌎JenStonebrook's avatar

Are these women droids? Gaslighting when they don’t follow judges edicts !!

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Melissa's avatar

Have you OPENED an INVESTIGATION into the tRump Regime who are so INCOMPETENT that they MISTAKENLY SENT SEVERAL PERSONS THEY HAD ILLEGALLY DETAINED WITH BASICALLY NO PROOF that WERE HERE LEGALLY SEEKING ASYLUM & SENT THEM STRAIGHT TO HELL?? THEY HAVEN'T RETURNED ANY OF THEM NOR HAVE THEY FURNISHED PROOF OF THEM BEING CRIMINALS OR GANG MEMBERS!! THIS IS AMERICA OR IT WAS BEFORE OUR LAST ELECTION ANYWAY…

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Kent Dills's avatar

So much hate against immigrants. So hypocritical. Her parents immigrated from Iraq!

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Kent Dills's avatar

Alina Habba is a member of the New Jersey Bar Association. Residents of New Jersey should file complaints against her with the State Bar for frivolously conducting investigations for political purposes without a shred of illegal criminal or civil conduct. I'm pretty sure this would be considered unethical at least and if not criminal. Certainly immoral.

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Kathy H's avatar

What a contrast listening to a well-reasoning, seasoned professional & the middle school cos players. Sure, he's a politician, but seems like a nice guy to have a beer with, lol!

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Elizabeth Fowler's avatar

Trump has already spent more money on vacations than Biden did during his entire administration. Lower costs???

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Elizabeth Fowler's avatar

Trump may be deporting US citizens. Dont know, they never went in front of a judge.

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Elizabeth Fowler's avatar

Did Doge fire the federal workers that enact tarriffs?

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Pete Menlo's avatar

Just for your information Haba, a day will come, hopefully sooner than later, when there will be an investigation opened on you and your fellow fascists. You will pay dearly for the crap you are doing now.

Future generations will trek to your gravestone to piss on it, your grandchildren, if you ever have any, will erase you from family histories, in shame.

Just letting you know what's going to happen, sure as night follows day.

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SueLyons's avatar

Well done Ben.

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Sarah Larkin's avatar

Alina Habba is a huge LOSER, and this game she’s playing will just add to her lengthy list of losses. The New Jersey governor knows this. Great interview!

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Doc Blase''s avatar

Also sprach the parking-garage attorney.

Why do all the women spokesmodels working for Trumpty-Dumpty have voices that sound like chainsaws cutting through galvanized tin?

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