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Mike McCabe's avatar

Thank you for the clarification. Sadly, you are the first to report this information which seems to be beyond the understanding of the rest of the media not to mention the President and his Administration of dopes.

Eddie's avatar

They understand exactly and then report inadequately.

Linda Slater's avatar

Those dopes know it. They are just allowing the Orange Spoiled Brat to “win” over SCOTUS and any laws that get in his way.

Why did we get a 25th Amendment? This moment is exactly what it was enacted for!

Joseph Mangano's avatar

Good to know our major media outlets are doing their due diligence on these tariffs. 🫠

Chris S's avatar

So, has there been a major presser from the Democratic Party pushing back, correcting Trump and all these lazy media to give them quotes they'll use as is?

Michela A. C.'s avatar

Exactly! The democratic party like to cherry pick their causes while people like Judd and other real people fight the real battles.

Robert's avatar

Great follow up… Now…what will news outlets say after Judd does their work for them!

Will they follow or play blind?

Another court case for sure.

More wasted money on lies by a two year old child!

celeste k.'s avatar

Not a two year old, a traitor and criminal who behaves worse than a two year old, although I must say, I've never known a two year old that behaves worse than him.

David's avatar

They will call it 'Fake News' What would we do w/o Judd?

Katy Bolger's avatar

The Big Fat Gaslight of the Nation. When Bush and Cheney did this, with the pliable Defense Secretary Colin Powell holding up aluminum pipe as evidence that we must expend billions of dollars and thousands of American lives, we went along BECAUSE the news agencies would vet this information and deliver the truth. When John Burns at the New York Times, who later apologized, wrote a news article with his opinion stuffed into it: even if Hussein hadn't done this, he had done enough for us to bomb the shit out of his country. Even though No Iraqis, or Iraqi money went into 9/11, we the people said: Okay, looks like we go to war with Iraq. That was our response to an illegal criminal act by a gang of bad men financed by a Saudi rich guy because our trusted sources said so. When did they become lemmings? Why do we have to go to the cliff's edge with them? Apparently we don't. Thank you, Judd Legum, you deserve a Pulitzer, or Peabody, or whatever journalism prize for reporting just this story alone.

MBHayes's avatar

Let's share Judd's reporting far and wide so his kind of reporting dominates. We the people have to crush the "mainstream" media by telling our friends and neighbors true journalists exists. Thanks again Judd.

Katy Bolger's avatar

MB: Not sure crushing the MSM is the way to go. We need them. We need them to do their job. When I hear a news person on TV talk about something they reported on ten, 15, 20 years ago in order to give context to something that is happening now, I feel like yeah, experience is everything. Journalists need to cut their teeth and learn as they go and NOT copy other stories as a shortcut to their story. Except for the NY Times I would not trust any news outlet to have done 100 per cent vetting on a story. The NY Times I trust because they are diligent and their reporters have miles on their shoes. I don't want to disparage other big city newspapers, it's just that I don't read them, except the Boston Globe. Remember that most of these independent journalists, with the exception of Judd, are all mixing fact with opinion and bias. That feeds our bias and makes us feel good about ourselves and our beliefs. That's okay, but it is not investigative journalism.

Suki Herr's avatar

When billionaires own news&media outlets the news is twisted to their benefit.

I’m certainly not an economist, but it seems that Trump&cronies benefit from stock market fluctuations&moving money??

A Sarcastic Prophet's avatar

Confusion. Carelessness. Contempt for the law. And a fourth estate that doesn’t report the truth. But nothing to see here…

David Dimston's avatar

Interesting observation, I must admit that I too, did not catch the difference. As a result I will remove my Coastal Elite diploma from the wall over my bed for two weeks as an act of penance (I don’t observe Lent). So in addition to being pedos and incompetent this administration is little more than a band of muggers. But wait, the market is over 50,000 so we can forget about all this, on wait, no its not.

Jan F's avatar

Just called Senators Warnock and Warner offices to ask them to make the news aware of the facts you have mentioned. I realize ranking Democratic members don’t have the majority to change things as we would like. But they do have the power to make the facts clear to the American people and the media. Wish the A**hole president paid that much in taxes personally!

Jen Baron's avatar

THIS is why Independent Media is so important! If MSM reported FACTS, Dick A’la Orange would not be in the WH.

Dennis D.'s avatar

Will we now have another year in which the conservative Court majority refuses to stay the new illegal tariffs? And while Trump refuses to refund the tariffs already legally collected? You see the problem. Trump's version of Dodgeball -- "Delay, Defer, Duck, Dodge, and Defy" works every time when he has legislative and judicial majorities behind him.

Marliss Desens's avatar

Given how the last tariff case turned out, and he difficulty of refunds, perhaps the Supreme Court will think twice about staying the illegal tariffs.

Carl Zangardi's avatar

Please contact these outlets

This is sloppy journalism that needs to be corrected

Jim from New Jersey's avatar

Once again Judd gets it right! Lets all look for the media corrections!

Marliss Desens's avatar

Paul Krugman explained the various laws that Trump is trying to use for his new tariffs (taxes). G. Elliott Morris in his Substack, Strength in Numbers, gave the data on just how unpopular Trump's tariffs are with the American people. Now Judd has explained the illegality. It's time to sue the administration yet again.

Paula Wolk's avatar

Again, very helpful. How do we pressure the major media outlets to do better?

Beth Sandman's avatar

Neal Kayak spoke of Sauer’s testimony after winning the case. Nobody else even expounded upon it.