D21 NEWS

New Fred Wertheimer Piece in the Hill: A Constitutional Convention would be a constitutional crisis — states must say no
“Earlier this year, the Montana legislature almost took the whole country another step toward a constitutional crisis. A resolution that passed through a Senate committee before stalling on the floor calls for a national convention to rewrite the U.S. Constitution using Article V — a mechanism that has never once been invoked in the 237-year history of our republic.”

500+ Organizations, Including D21, Condemn Political Violence And Stand Together Against Trump’s Threats To Nonprofit Groups
“The following open letter, signed by more than 500 organizations, including Democracy 21, was released this week: We the undersigned unequivocally condemn the murder of Charlie Kirk and all forms of political violence. There is simply no place for such actions in the United States.”

TRUMPWATCH 2.0

Justice Dept. Official Pushes Prosecutors to Investigate George Soros’s Foundation
“A senior Justice Department official has instructed more than a half dozen U.S. attorneys’ offices to draft plans to investigate a group funded by George Soros, the billionaire Democratic donor who President Trump has demanded be thrown in jail.” – The New York Times

Hegseth orders rare, urgent meeting of hundreds of generals, admirals
“Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered hundreds of the U.S. military’s generals and admirals to gather on short notice — and without a stated reason — at a Marine Corps base in Virginia next week, sowing confusion and alarm after the Trump administration’s firing of numerous senior leaders this year.” – Washington Post

The Doctors Building a Public-Health Universe Outside the Government
“Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s handpicked panel of vaccine advisers had decided at its meeting late last week to restrict use of one shot and was about to vote on another when Dr. Daniel Crawford spoke up. ” – Wall Street Journal

‘Violence against the truth’: Obama denounces Trump’s Tylenol claims
” Barack Obama has accused President Donald Trump of ‘violence against the truth’ for linking autism to the use of Tylenol by pregnant women. The former president made a direct attack on his successor that was as rare for its forcefulness as for its setting — an arena stage on foreign soil in London on Wednesday — as he warned that the Trump administration’s claims undermine public health.” – Politico

Trump’s escalating attacks on vaccines shock public health leaders
“Public health experts were already on edge when President Donald Trump strode to a White House lectern Monday, promising to reveal new answers about autism. – Washington Post

The Trump administration is pushing courts to make more ‘new law’
“Federal courts tend to avoid tackling unprecedented questions that strike at the heart of the separation of powers — the large and small mysteries left by the framers (and amenders) of the Constitution.” – Politico

Donald Trump Is Making All Of The Warnings About The Supreme Court’s Immunity Decision Come True
“In a social media post that read like a ransom note, President Donald Trump made all of the warnings about the Supreme Court’s decision in the 2024 presidential immunity case come true.” – HuffPost

Joe Rogan shares where he stands on Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension
“Joe Rogan is warning Jimmy Kimmel’s critics against celebrating his suspension.The influential host of the “Joe Rogan Experience” podcast has weighed in on ABC’s decision to temporarily pull Kimmel off the air after facing pressure from the Federal Communications Commission over comments the comedian made about the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.” – USA Today

The Story of DOGE, as Told by Federal Workers
“In August, months after Elon Musk left the federal government, the director of the Office of Personnel Management offered the first hard estimate of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency’s impact on the civil service. The government would likely end 2025 with about 300,000 fewer employees than it had at the start of the year, he told reporters. Most resignations were attributable to the incentives DOGE had offered the federal workforce to resign their positions. The total figure amounted to one in eight workers.” – Wired