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Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor Lets Her Partisan Mask Slip in Comments: ‘We Can’t Lose the Battles We Are Facing’

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Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor was recently speaking at an event for the American Bar Association, when she took a not-so-thinly veiled shot at President Trump saying, “But right now, we can’t lose the battles we are facing.”

We? Who is “we” Justice Sotomayor?

Everyone knows that Justice Sotomayor is one of the liberal justices on the nation’s highest court, but Supreme Court justices traditionally have tried to at least appear as if they’re above partisan politics.

This comes just as Chief Justice Roberts made some questionable comments of his own.

ABC News reports:

Justice Sonia Sotomayor says lawyers should stand up and fight amid turmoil in nation’s legal system

Justice Sonia Sotomayor said Thursday that lawyers should stand up and fight in battles faced by the nation’s legal system, comments that come amid attacks on federal judges and President Donald Trump’s targeting of elite law firms in executive orders.

“Our job is to stand up for people who can’t do it themselves. And our job is to be the champion of lost causes,” she said. “But right now, we can’t lose the battles we are facing. And we need trained and passionate and committed lawyers to fight this fight.”

Sotomayor didn’t mention the president as she spoke at an event in the nation’s capital hosted by a section of the American Bar Association, which has also been targeted by Trump.

The liberal justice’s remarks come a day after conservative Chief Justice John Roberts defended judicial independence as necessary to “check the excesses of the Congress or the executive” at an appearance in Buffalo, New York.

George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley commented on this:

The “we” left many surprised and concerned that the jurist was rallying the left as a type of constituency. She declared “We need trained and passionate and committed lawyers to fight this fight. For me, being here with you is an act of solidarity.”

Clearly, such comments are subject to different interpretations. Newspapers like the New York Times made the obvious connection, stating that it was made “against the backdrop of immense stress on lawyers and the legal system from the Trump administration.”

The message was not lost on activists who heralded “Justice Sotomayor’s support for the aggressive pro-democracy movement is so important at this critical time.” Court-sanctioned lawyer and Democratic activist Marc Elias added, “She understands that while we must bring difficult cases and be willing to lose, we must always fight to win. And by lending her voice in ‘solidarity,’ she affirmed that it is ‘our time to stand up and be heard.’”

Won’t it be ironic if Trump gets to pick her successor in his second term?

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Victor Reacts: No Serious Nation Would Allow Its Capital to Be Plagued by Crime and Homelessness (VIDEO)

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Wanting to stop crime is racist? Wanting our nation’s capital to be a place where citizens can go and petition their government or speak to their elected officials without being robbed is racist?

Well, according to Democrat Representative Jim Clyburn those goals are equal to Jim Crow 2.0.

The Gateway Pundit reported,

South Carolina Rep. Jim Clyburn has insisted that President Trump’s cleanup of Washington D.C. amounts to Jim Crow 2.0.

Trump deployed the National Guard to the streets of Washington D.C. in order to crack down on soaring crime and homelessness.

In an interview with MSNBC’s Alicia Menendez, Clyburn explained why this move represents a return to racial segregation of the past.

He explained: “You may recall, at the Democratic Convention, I spoke one evening and I said that Project 2025 is Jim Crow 2.0.”

The chair of the Washington police union, Greg Pemberton, has praised the intervention as a “a critical stopgap.”

“We stand with the President in recognizing that Washington, DC, cannot continue on this trajectory,” he said in a statement.

”Crime is out of control, and our officers are stretched beyond their limits.”

No serious nation would allow their capital to be plagued by homelessness and crime.

The President’s actions would not have been necessary if not for the failures of Democrat leadership in D.C.

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DECLASSIFIED: Democrat Whistleblower Warned FBI That Adam Schiff Authorized Leaking Classified Information to Destroy Trump During Russia Hoax – Swalwell Also Played a Role in the Leaks

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An unidentified Democrat whistleblower told the FBI that then-Democrat Rep. Adam Schiff approved leaking classified information to smear Trump, according to newly declassified FBI 302 interview reports obtained by Just The News.

Beginning in 2017, the intel officer who worked on the House Intelligence Committee repeatedly told the FBI that Schiff authorized leaking classified information to destroy Trump during the Russiagate hoax.

The whistleblower said Democrat Rep. Eric Swalwell was likely the source of the classified leaks.

At the time of the leaks, Adam Schiff served as the ranking member (and later the chairman) of the House Intelligence Committee. Schiff is now a US Senator for California.

The Gateway Pundit repeatedly reported on Schiff’s leaks to the media during the Trump-Russia witch hunt.

According to the newly declassified FBI report, DOJ officials did not show any interest in probing Schiff over his illegal leaks.

The whistleblower told the FBI as recent as 2023 that he personally witnessed Adam Schiff approve the leaking of classified information.

“When working in this capacity, [redacted staffer’s name] was called to an all-staff meeting by SCHIFF,” the interview report said, according to Just The News. “In this meeting, SCHIFF stated the group would leak classified information which was derogatory to President of the United States DONALD J. TRUMP. SCHIFF stated the information would be used to indict President TRUMP.”

The whistleblower also told federal agents that Schiff was promised the posiition as CIA Director if Hillary Clinton won the 2016 election.

The Democrat whistleblower was abruptly fired for reporting Schiff’s leaks to the FBI.

Just The News reported:

A career intelligence officer who worked for Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee for more than a decade repeatedly warned the FBI beginning in 2017 that then-Rep. Adam Schiff had approved leaking classified information to smear then-President Donald Trump over the now-debunked Russiagate scandal, according to bombshell FBI memos that Director Kash Patel has turned over to Congress.

The FBI 302 interview reports obtained by Just the News state the intelligence staffer — a Democrat by party affiliation who described himself as a friend to both Schiff, now a California senator, and former Republican House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes — considered the classified leaking to be “unethical,” “illegal,” and “treasonous,” but was told not to worry about it because Schiff believed he would be spared prosecution under the Constitution’s speech and debate clause.

No publicly-disclosed opinion from the Attorney General or the Solicitor General can be found making that determination as a matter of law.

But officials told Just the News that DOJ officials showed little interest in pursuing Schiff when the allegations were brought to them years ago, citing the very same excuse the lawmaker had offered.

Read the full report by Just The News here.

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WashPost Editorial Board Complains Illegal DACAs Might Have to Pay Higher College Tuition, yet their Readers Disagree

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The U.S. Department of Education has opened investigations into five universities for offering scholarships that exclude U.S. citizens and legal residents in favor of undocumented students, including recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.

The Washington Post’s editorial board complained about this today, saying that ‘helping undocumented students’ to ‘afford’ higher education ‘isn’t discrimination.’

The Trump Administration is arguing in court that prioritizing illegal aliens over American citizens is discriminatory against American students based on the protected class of ‘national origin.’

The Post utilizes several often-used left-wing memes related to immigrants, namely that these workers will ‘do the jobs Americans won’t do’ when it said: “The American Immigration Council reports that many of them go on to fill essential roles in health care, education and tech — sectors facing urgent workforce shortages.” The Post also uses the ‘diversity is our strength’ meme, when it says, “These immigrants make universities — and the country — richer, stronger and more intellectually vibrant.” The Post also uses the left-wing meme of ‘cost the U.S. government far less than they contribute, financially and otherwise,’ which has been repeatedly disproven.

The median federal student-loan balance held by U.S. citizen borrowers who attended government colleges is roughly $30,000 presently. The average cost of college tuition & fees at public 4-year institutions has risen 141.0% over the last 20 years.

Even in the comments attached to the Washington Post article, their own left-wing readers are not happy with their editorial stance. The Post’s own “AI-generated summary” of the comments characterizes that they “predominantly express strong opposition to universities providing scholarships to undocumented students” and summarize the comments as saying it’s unfair to prioritize non-citizen illegals over American citizens.

Even though the readership demographics of the Washington Post skew heavily left, with 59% identifying as liberal/progressive and only 11% as conservatives, their own readers were upset and angry with the paper’s position supporting illegal aliens over American kids:

State schools are typically heavily subsidized by state governments with tax dollars to provide lower-cost options for residents. The policy goal is to provide high-quality education to citizens who cannot afford it, but left-wing activists in college administrations and in the federal government, have been steering resources to illegal immigrants and their children instead.

The media typically refers to these children of illegals as “Dreamers,” a nickname that comes from the proposed DREAM Act (Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors), a never-passed bill that aimed to give certain undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children a path to legal status.

The universities under investigation are:

  • University of Michigan
  • University of Louisville
  • University of Nebraska Omaha
  • University of Miami
  • Western Michigan University

The investigations follow complaints from the Legal Insurrection Foundation, which argues that such scholarships violate Title VI of the Civil Rights Act by discriminating on the basis of national origin.

At the University of Michigan, the “Dreamer Scholarship” awarded $100,000 in 2023–2024 to undocumented students. The school distributed $855 million in total financial aid during the same year.

Undocumented students are ineligible for federal financial aid and typically rely on state support, institutional aid, and private scholarships. Several states, including Texas and Florida, have recently repealed laws granting in-state tuition to undocumented students.

There are an estimated 528,000 DACA recipients under age 18 at present according to federal data. Estimates of the total number of illegal immigrants in America range from 17 million to 29.5 million, with 7 million entering the country since Joe Biden’s Presidency started.

The Washington Post’s editorial board criticized the investigations, describing them as “absurd” and “cruel,” and argued that undocumented students contribute to the economy and fill roles in sectors facing worker shortages.

By taking heavily subsidized in-state tuition spots, accessing need-based and “Dream” grants, and enrolling without generating the federal reimbursements on which colleges depend, illegals simultaneously crowd out citizen students, shift fixed overhead onto the remaining reimbursable pool, and trigger new capital projects that are financed through higher tuition and fees, so every American on campus ends up paying a hidden surcharge that often runs into thousands of dollars annually.

Part of the media’s messaging on illegal immigration is to constantly claim, without evidence, that illegals are always cost-neutral or ‘pay their share of taxes.’ Yet studies show that illegal aliens are major ‘fiscal drains’ on the country’s public revenues. Estimates are that every illegal costs the country $10,400 per year, significantly depleting funds for K-12 education, hospitals, Medicaid, among other public assistance programs.

The Education Department has not announced when the investigations will conclude.

The Washington Post has an estimated daily circulation of 110,000, and 135,000 for its Sunday edition, and an estimated 2 million total subscribers both digital and online. It is owned by Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos, who operates an Amazon PAC that gives equally to both parties. Amazon employees have historically given 85% of their campaign donations to Democrats. The Post endorsed Hillary Clinton in 2016, Joe Biden in 2020, and Kamala Harris in 2024, through a signed piece and not through the editorial board.

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