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3 weeks ago | 
wakeuptopolitics.com | Gabe Fleisher
One week ago today, Donald Trump and Elon Musk appeared together in the Oval Office as Musk prepared to leave the government. They laughed. They smiled. Trump handed Musk a ceremonial key to the White House. “Elon’s service to America has been without comparison in modern history,” Trump said. “I expect to remain a friend and an adviser and certainly if there’s anything the president wants me to do, I’m at the president’s service,” Musk responded. That was last week.
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3 weeks ago | 
wakeuptopolitics.com | Gabe Fleisher
Today is Day 136 of Donald Trump’s second term, and if you thought the constant churn of executive actions was slowing down: think agin. Here’s a breakdown of major actions from the administration in the last 24 hours:Travel ban.
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3 weeks ago | 
thepreamble.com | Gabe Fleisher
Together with:Republicans are advancing some of the biggest cuts to Medicaid in the program’s history with the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the landmark package implementing President Trump’s legislative agenda. But to hear House Speaker Mike Johnson tell it, the measure makes only a few cosmetic changes. “No one has talked about cutting one benefit in Medicaid to anyone who’s duly owed,” Johnson has told reporters.
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3 weeks ago | 
wakeuptopolitics.com | Gabe Fleisher
One of the most dramatic bureaucratic clashes of the second Trump term took place outside the headquarters of an obscure think tank called the U.S. Institute of Peace. The organization, tasked with promoting conflict resolution across the globe, was founded by law in 1984 and receives its funding from Congress, but otherwise operates mostly as an independent nonprofit.
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3 weeks ago | 
wakeuptopolitics.com | Gabe Fleisher
“So many false statements are being made about ‘THE ONE, BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL,’” President Trump wrote on Truth Social yesterday, referring to the House-passed package containing many of his top legislative priorities. And he’s right! There’s a lot of misinformation floating around about the bill.
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3 weeks ago | 
wakeuptopolitics.com | Gabe Fleisher
I. False TruthsPresident Trump had this to say on Truth Social on Thursday: The U.S. Court of International Trade incredibly ruled against the United States of America on desperately needed Tariffs but, fortunately, the full 11 Judge Panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Court has just stayed the order by the Manhattan-based Court of International Trade. Where do these initial three Judges come from?
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3 weeks ago | 
aei.org | Kevin R. Kosar |Gabe Fleisher
The topic of this episode is, “Is Congress getting anything done?”The 119th Congress convened in early January. Months have gone by, and there are lots of things happening in Washington, DC. But is it all being done by President Donald J. Trump? Is Congress itself doing anything? Gabe Fleisher is here to help us answer that latter question. He is the creator and editor of the must-read publication, Wake Up to Politics.
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4 weeks ago | 
wakeuptopolitics.com | Gabe Fleisher
In yesterday’s newsletter, I wrote about how a small family-owned company was able to sue the president of the United States and secure a court order blocking his signature policy initiative. (Update: An appeals court temporarily paused that order, allowing the tariffs to remain in effect for now.)This morning, I want to start off with a recent town hall that was hosted by Rep. Mike Flood, a Republican from Nebraska.
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4 weeks ago | 
wakeuptopolitics.com | Gabe Fleisher
Hey everyone,This morning’s newsletter was all about the legal setbacks Donald Trump is being dealt, and how his theory of his second term — that he would be able to achieve far-reaching policy outcomes by acting unilaterally — has been largely foiled by federal judges. One of my key examples was last night’s ruling from the U.S. Court of International Trade striking down most of Trump’s sweeping tariffs.
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4 weeks ago | 
wakeuptopolitics.com | Gabe Fleisher
Here is a partial list of the most aggressive actions Donald Trump has tried to take since being re-elected president:Dismantling an entire Cabinet departmentRedefining the meaning of U.S. citizenshipChanging the requirements to vote in federal electionsUpending America’s trade relationshipsThose are big, huge projects. Each of them generated massive news coverage, and with good reason. If successful, they would represent an enormous flex of presidential power towards Trump’s desired policy ends.
