Good morning! It’s Tuesday, April 15, 2025. In today’s newsletter:
Trump’s next target 🎯
The most important news right now — and why it’s important 🧐
The college that’s actually fighting back ✊
Stories the algorithm may have kept out of your feed 👀
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UNDER SIEGE
Trump’s next target
In what’s being called one of the most shameful press conferences in the history of the Oval Office (yet), Donald Trump yesterday flatly admitted who he plans to target next: natural born, American citizens.
At the same event, Trump also confirmed that he was outright defying an order from the Supreme Court to return a man he admits was mistakenly deported to an El Salvador prison.
WHAT HAPPENED: Trump made the shocking comments during a joint appearance with Salvadoran dictator Nayib Bukele, who has opened his country’s notorious mega prison to people Trump wants to disappear. American taxpayers pay for this “deal,” by the way.
When asked if he would return Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, who was in the U.S. legally and deported in an “administrative error,” Bukele responded: “Of course I’m not going to do it.”
Last week, the Supreme Court ordered the administration to “facilitate” Kilmar’s return to the U.S., but Trump and his cronies have been defying that order.
THERE’S MORE: If that weren’t enough, Trump also openly mused about deporting natural born citizens to El Salvador’s hell-hole prison.
He said: “We have homegrown criminals that push people into subways, that hit elderly ladies on the back of the head with a baseball bat when they’re not looking, that are absolute monsters. I’d like to include them.”
Prior to the event beginning, Trump told Bukele outright, “Home-growns are next. The home-growns. You gotta build about five more places. It's not big enough."
This builds on what White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said last week, that Trump was interested in deporting U.S. citizens if there was a legal way to do it…—as if laws will stop Donald Trump.
BIG PICTURE: This should send a chill down the spine of real Americans.
When a president floats the idea of deporting U.S. citizens to foreign prisons without due process, while openly defying a co-equal branch of government that should be able to stop him, we no longer have a democracy—we’re in a dictatorship.
If Trump can erase someone’s rights with a lie and a plane ticket, no American is safe.
WHAT HAPPENS NEXT: All eyes now turn to the Supreme Court. What will Chief Justice John Roberts do in the face of this ultimate defiance?
📢 Help us fight Trump
Trump just threatened to deport American citizens—in open defiance of the Constitution. That should’ve led every newscast in the country.
Instead? CNN’s talking tariffs. Fox News is attacking trans kids. MSNBC tweeted it’s “legally questionable.” That’s all they’ve got?
We led with it. Because we don’t answer to billionaires—we answer to you.
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📰 Most important stories right now
There’s a lot of BS out there. Here’s what’s actually important—and why.
Republicans fear Trump’s trade war could lead to political wipeout
Why it matters: They are right to be worried. It’s the economy, stupid. Full story from The Hill.
Young voters' indignation at older leaders spurs Democratic primary challenges
Why it matters: The tide is turning. Establishment Democrats had better start fighting back against Trump, or these new upstarts will wipe them out. Full story from NBC News.
Student leader was called in for citizenship interview—then arrested by ICE
Why it matters: These people really have no decency. The student—a green card holder—had long been a target of Zionist activists. Full story from The Intercept.
JUST SAY NO
One college fights back
This wasn’t on our 2025 bingo card: Harvard University is standing up to Trump—the first elite university to do so.
On Monday, Harvard rejected Trump’s demands to gut diversity programs and limit free speech—defying threats to strip the school of nearly $9 billion in federal funding.
Harvard’s president says the university “will not surrender its independence or its constitutional rights.”
WHY IT MATTERS: Trump’s crusade to control higher education just hit a wall—and Harvard’s resistance may give other schools the courage to fight back.
THE DETAILS: The Trump administration had issued a sweeping set of demands to Harvard, including:
Eliminating all diversity, equity, and inclusion programs.
Turning over student and faculty data, including foreign students accused of misconduct.
Forcing “viewpoint diversity” in every academic department—a thinly veiled push to privilege conservative voices.
Sharing hiring and admissions data by race and academic metrics.
Harvard flat-out refused, calling the demands unlawful and unconstitutional. In a statement, President Alan Garber declared: “Neither Harvard nor any other private university can allow itself to be taken over by the federal government.”
THE BACKGROUND: Since returning to power in January, Trump has waged a campaign to remake academia in his image—weaponizing accusations of antisemitism to target top universities.
Another Ivy, Columbia University, quickly caved when Trump threatened to yank hundreds of millions of dollars to that school.
Harvard faced criticism for hesitating to push back, but the tide turned after more than 800 faculty members demanded action last month.
Experts say Harvard’s stand could serve as a “road map” for other schools.
WHAT'S NEXT: In response, late last night the Trump administration announced it was freezing $2.2 billion in grants to the school.
Expect the rest of this saga to play out in court, as hopefully more schools will follow Harvard’s lead.
But at least somebody is fighting back.
🗳️ Question of the day
Last week we asked: What word would you use to describe your political views? We have quite a diverse audience!
READERS WRITE: Emanuele said, “If a living wage, healthcare, justice, clean air & water, affordable housing, free speech, & more are progressive, then I'm progressive!!!”
More than one person said they were a moderate like Fit2Walk: “I considered myself a moderate Republican for many years, respecting politicians like John McCain who could and would reach across the aisle, but with the rise of Trump and the MAGA movement, I've moved to the left and no longer support the Republicans.”
Brenda said she’s a socialist: “We are all here on this planet together. We all do better when we ALL do better 🤗”
We’re glad you’re all here to save our Democracy from fascism!
TODAY’S QUESTION: Who do you think will be the Republican nominee in 2028?
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👀 Under the Radar
Here are some stories the algorithm may have kept out of your feed.
Video surfaced of Trump bragging about enriching his billionaire pals—drawing outrage
Oh look, here’s another court order Trump is defying
Jon Stewart says Trump is missing one key trait to be a “top-tier authoritarian”
Bernie Sanders thrilled the crowd with a surprise appearance at huge music festival
Guess what Republicans won’t be doing over this congressional recess
A surprising country just passed a constitutional amendment to ban all public LGBTQ+ events
Trump attacked a star CNN reporter for daring to ask a question about the Supreme Court
Facebook owner Meta is on trial for antitrust violations—and the consequences could be huge
Watch: Idiot JD Vance breaks a college football trophy at White House ceremony
TV star tied with Democratic frontrunners in shocking new poll
Photos show the terrifying aftermath of an anti-government attack on the Pennsylvania Governor’s mansion
Hakeem Jeffries shreds Pete Hegseth with blistering DEI burn
Naomi Klein is out with a featured, long-read in the Guardian: The rise of end times fascism—and what we can do about it
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