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Dear Secretary Rubio, Hi, Tufts professor here. As someone who was on campus during the time in question, your claims about what Rumeysa Ozturk did bear zero resemblance to reality. So did you revoke her visa just because she co-authored an op-ed that never once mentioned Hamas?

"These are among the most aggressive assertions of presidential power we have ever seen in peacetime." Trump has faced little pushback from Republicans in Congress as DOGE dismantles independent agencies, discusses the Miller Center's Russell Riley. zurl.co/1Cx3x

"Executive orders are supposed to be used to help presidents carry out their [duty] to faithfully execute the law." Americans should be worried when the president "isn’t bothered by ordering things that are not within their power," argues Andrew Rudalevige. zurl.co/XOUww

"There is a important role for public opinion in checking executive action." Andrew Rudalevige WATCH: youtube.com/watch?v=F3ifBt…

A soon-to-be-released podcast by two Bowdoin students aims to illuminate how elections work in Maine by talking to political insiders (including US Senator Angus King and former US Secretary of Defense Bill Cohen). bit.ly/3GAOaKN

One of the great men of the 20th century. An inspiration for many today. He was one of the most lauded and privileged scientists in the Soviet Union. And he threw it all away, to stand for truth and right. A real man.

Speaker of the House: Using active duty Marines on the streets of an American city is just “peace through strength.” ‼️ So we can’t count on the Speaker to defend the rule of law, or to defend the military against misuse.

Trump in 2020: We have to go by the laws. We can't move in the National Guard. I can call insurrection but there's no reason to ever do that, even in a Portland case. We can't call in the National Guard unless we're requested by a governor.

"Nobody’s going to spit on our police officers," says Trump, who four months ago pardoned people who beat police officers with pipes, flagpoles, baseball bats and 2-by-4s at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

As the videotapes clearly show, Noem is lying. Padilla is clearly identifying himself as a senator before he he is thrown to the ground and handcuffed. mediaite.com/media/news/pol…

President Trump, let me explain: We hate brutal and dictatorial regimes. We like liberal democracies. Thank you for your attention to this matter!

So what is the "legal rationale" for the refusal to enforce the TikTok ban?

I’m worried that given everything on Rubio’s plate these days he’s shirking his responsibilities as Chief Archivist.

So much for that Nobel Peace Prize... Some thoughts on the war powers, via Good Authority. goodauthority.org/news/trump-ira…

Latest must-read from Andrew Rudalevige

Read it: mediamatters.org/fox-news/how-f…

you’ll never guess what he did next

This is a national disgrace.

Paramount will send $16 million to the Trump library to settle a flatly ludicrous claim of biased reporting by "60 Minutes." 1) Will this encourage politicians and others to file bogus lawsuits s a way. of intimidating news organizations. and their corporate boards? (1/2)

Alternatively, Sen. Susan Collins should be thanked for voting against a bad bill. I have arguments with parts of her voting record for sure but credit where it’s due.