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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Mon Mar 2, 2026, 01:38 PM 6 hrs ago

'Very Ugly': Federal Judge Who Defied Trump Tells 60 Minutes He's Never Encountered Vitriol Like MAGA Fury

Federal Judge John Coughenour — who ruled against President Donald Trump’s attempt to end birthright citizenship — told 60 Minutes Sunday that he has never encountered vitriol and threats to his life as he has from MAGA adherents.

In his introduction, CBS News’s Bill Whitaker said he spoke with 26 federal judges for his story — “nine Democratic appointees, 17 Republican, both sitting and retired.”

Coughenour, a Reagan appointee, was one of the few who talked on the record.

After Coughenour ruled Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship to be “blatantly unconstitutional,” the judge said the threats started pouring in.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/very-ugly-federal-judge-defied-011343396.html

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'Very Ugly': Federal Judge Who Defied Trump Tells 60 Minutes He's Never Encountered Vitriol Like MAGA Fury (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 6 hrs ago OP
Excellent letter regarding, Executive Order chouchou 6 hrs ago #1

chouchou

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1. Excellent letter regarding, Executive Order
Mon Mar 2, 2026, 01:50 PM
6 hrs ago

"The one simple basic premise that a MAGA cannot wrap their heads around is that an Executive Order cannot create or change law. It's that simple. If you think Trump can end birthright citizenship with an Executive Order, then by that same logic any president could end the right to bear arms with an Executive Order".

Critical thinking skills are not required to be a MAGA, and it shows like a star going nova...

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