The failing attack against judges that Trump doesn’t want you to know about
ALSO INSIDE: Arizona congressman played Trump, while Texas Rep plays ‘Trump or Trans?’
Hi all 👋 Cam here, COURIER’s National correspondent.
I write this newsletter every day to help you see and understand what’s happening – including the things that don’t make the traditional media’s headlines – and how you can use your power to take action. Here’s what you can expect in each of the sections of today’s newsletter:
(In)sane Washing: How people are attempting to normalize absurd abuses of power and blatant corruption – which the mainstream media has completely become a victim of.
Do Something (Literally Anything): What courts, elected officials, and everyday people are doing to effectively take a stand
The Examination: Things that members of Congress don’t want you to know about
From the Front(lines): A spotlight on how Trump’s policies are impacting people in your communities, from slashed government services to empty shelves to abducting your friends and neighbors off the street.
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What Happened
President Donald Trump’s Middle East tour continued Wednesday, where he played the role of jet salesman in Qatar. Trump announced that the country gifting him a jet had committed to purchase 160 jets from Boeing – and touted the agreement as if the $200 billion was going straight into the US Treasury.
But the president didn’t have anything to do with the deal, he was just… there. Boeing’s CEO was already in Doha to meet with Qatar Airways’ CEO to negotiate. Trump was later invited to sign a ceremonial agreement at a “signing ceremony” (that, in all likelihood, was put on for his benefit).
Meanwhile, as Trump has posted nonstop about his “big win,” there has been silence from his administration as they quietly continue their attack on the judiciary. The Justice Department convinced a federal grand jury to indict Milwaukee County Judge Hannah Dugan on charges of obstruction and concealing an individual to prevent arrest.
The indictment comes as no surprise: grand juries side with prosecutors 99.9% of the time. But despite their continued efforts to attack and silence judges who get in their way, the Trump administration has been silent on the indictment, even though they made a spectacle out of Dugan’s initial arrest.
That’s because, in all likelihood, the government’s case is destined to fail. A similar action was taken by Trump during his first term against a judge in Massachusetts who protected a defendant from ICE agents. Those charges were dismissed, and since Dugan’s case is a rerun of Trump’s failed attack against the judiciary in 2019, the administration would rather the public remember her perp walk, not her vindication.
MAGA’s Attempts to Sanewash
Trump signs agreements with Qatar on defense and Boeing purchases
Qatar Airways to buy 160 jets from Boeing, per deal with Trump
The Far-Right Spin
During a recent DOGE subcommittee meeting, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene announced the committee would focus on a group of people she somehow sees as a major threat to government efficiency: transgender athletes.
After playing a poorly edited propaganda video—paid for by taxpayer dollars—and shutting down attempts by Democratic committee members to end the meeting on the grounds that the subject matter wasn’t related to the committee’s purpose, Greene’s attempts to turn the meeting into an anti-trans support group were thwarted by Rep. Jasmine Crockett.
“[Republicans] are here today trying to convince the American people that discriminating against trans people is somehow the only way to protect women,” said Crockett. “This hearing has nothing to do with improving government efficiency. It’s another attempt by Republicans to distract from their demonic and disastrous policies that are making it more difficult for Americans to make ends meet.”
Crockett then invited Fatima Goss Graves, President and CEO of the National Women’s Law Center, to play a game during the hearing called “Trans or Trump?”
You can play along! Below are some of the questions read by Crockett. Read each of the following and see if you can determine which one describes President Donald Trump, and which could be attributed to literally any transgender person.
Trump or Trans?
Which of the two:
Gutted medical research?
Kidnapped US citizens and sent them to foreign countries?
Is steering the economy towards a recession?
Declared a tariff war against the entire world?
Directly violates the US Constitution (and is on the fence about whether or not they should uphold it)?
Proposed to take away Social Security and public healthcare programs?
Has mass fired nearly 300,000 government employees?
When you break it down, it doesn’t seem like transgender Americans are the ones doing the damage.
US Rep. Abraham Hamadeh, Arizona’s 8th District
Since taking office in 2025, Rep. Abraham Hamadeh has:
Sponsored 8 bills, none of which have been voted on
Spent his teenage years on Ron Paul message boards, where his 4,000+ posts are littered with sexism, antisemitism, and confessions of voter fraud
Allegedly altered his mom’s ballot to vote for Barack Obama in 2008
Ran on election denialism because “the crazies love to see me fighting”
Fun Facts
Shortly after winning his election, an elderly Democratic constituent went to Hamadeh’s office to talk with him. Instead of meeting with her, his office had her car towed. They then lied about it, but records from the tow yard have Hamadeh’s office as the point of contact for the tow. Not the most neighborly move, but odds are Hamadeh and the people he represents live anywhere near each other, since he doesn’t live in the district.
When first running for office in 2022, Hamadeh was an unknown longshot. It wasn’t until he tricked Trump into endorsing him—thanks to his announcement that he raised a massive $1 million in campaign contribution—that he became a frontrunner. The war chest turned out to be smoke and mirrors: Hamadeh’s brother loaned the campaign $1 million shortly before the campaign finance reporting period ended, and the money was returned shortly after.
After losing his bid to be Arizona Attorney General, Hamadeh spent the next several years—including during his congressional run—suing the state to swear him in. He claimed in court that he was “personally entitled” to be the state’s chief legal officer.
In the early 2000s, when he wasn’t on the Ron Paul Forums advocating for ethnic cleansing—he believed it was “good we’re targetting [sic] Arabs now, next we target Jews” — he was writing Sarah Palin fan mail.
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Abduction Log: Becky Burke, artist from the United Kingdom
Becky Burke, a 28-year-old cartoonist from Wales, had been backpacking across the US and was staying with friends in Portland. She wanted to take a few days to head up to Canada –but when she got to the border, she was taken by government agents and held in jail for nearly three weeks.
Becky was handcuffed and her legs and waist were put in chains, treatment usually reserved for the most violent criminals –and even then, only after they’ve been granted their due process and found to be guilty in a court of law. She has no criminal record, wasn’t charged with any crimes, and never saw a judge. When she begged guards to go home, she says she was met with radio silence.
While in US captivity, she was only given on set of prison clothes to wear for the 19 days she was in jail, forced to stay in a cold room where flurescent lights were on 24 hours a day androutinely woken up by prision guards. She was denied simple things like a pillow and blanket.
Watch Becky’s full story on TikTok or Instagram.
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