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Trump’s Illegal Demolition of Federal Government Provokes Constitutional Crisis, Calls for Impeachment

Interview with John Bonifaz, a constitutional attorney and the Co-Founder and President of the group Free Speech For People, and a co-author of the 2018 book, "The Constitution Demands It: The Case for the Impeachment of Donald Trump," conducted by Scott Harris"

Democrats’ Muddled, Painful Response to Trump-Musk Coup

Interview with Kenny Stancil, a senior researcher at the Revolving Door Project with broad interests in the political economy of inequality, conducted by Scott Harris

Trump Russia Ukraine War Peace Overture Creates Rift with US European Allies

Interview with Mel Goodman a senior fellow at the Center for International Policy, a professor of government at Johns Hopkins University, a former CIA analyst and author of books including, “American Carnage: The Wars of Donald Trump, conducted by Scott Harris

OMB Director Russell Vought, Architect of Trump-Musk Demolition of Federal Government

Interview with Branko Macetic, a Jacobin magazine staff writer and author of "Yesterdays Man: The Case Against Joe Biden," conducted by Scott Harris"

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Trump’s Illegal Demolition of Federal Government Provokes Constitutional Crisis, Calls for Impeachment

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COUNTERPOINT RADIO, hosted by Scott Harris, is heard every Monday night on WPKN 89.5 FM, Bridgeport, CT between 8:00 – 9:30 pm ET. Webstreaming and audio archive at http://wpkn.org

1) John Bonifaz, a constitutional attorney and the Co-Founder and President of the group Free Speech For People, and a co-author of the 2018 book, "The Constitution Demands It: The Case for the Impeachment of Donald Trump" assesses our national crisis as the Trump/Musk coup continues, and the constitutional crisis this administration has provoked as the Trump regime ignores judge-issued injunctions ordering them to halt their illegal actions.

2) Kenny Stancil, a senior researcher at the Revolving Door Project with broad interests in the political economy of inequality, talks about his recent article, "Where Is the Democratic Opposition?" and an update on efforts being made to organize an effective and aggressive national Trump opposition movement both inside the Democratic Party and across civil society.

3) Mel Goodman a senior fellow at the Center for International Policy, a professor of government at Johns Hopkins University, a former CIA analyst and author of books including, “American Carnage: The Wars of Donald Trump.” Goodman will examine Trump's latest initiative to end the Ukraine war, his reported conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin -- and how these announced negotiations could impact the people of Ukraine, Russia and Europe.

4) Branko Macetic, a Jacobin magazine staff writer and author of "Yesterdays Man: The Case Against Joe Biden," discusses his soon to be published in-depth profile of Russell Vought, the longtime radical anti-government ideologue who, as Trump’s recently confirmed director of the Office of Management and Budget, is now poised to see through the cause of his life: dismantling the federal government and handing unlimited power over American life back to big business."

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It’s Not Normal for the Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights to issue a sweeping and unprecedented letter issued over the weekend, declaring race-based scholarships, cultural centers and graduation ceremonies, as well as race-conscious student programming, resources and financial aid illegal and threatened to investigate and rescind federal funding for any institution that does not comply within 14 days.
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/diversity/race-ethnicity/2025/02/15/trump-admin-threatens-rescind-federal-funds-over-dei. #education #DEI #civilrights
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It’s Not Normal for the U.S. Department of Justice Department to dismiss charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams, for absolutely no other purpose than to blackmail the unpopular mayor of America’s largest city to do the bidding of Donald Trump, and expedite the rounding up of perhaps tens of thousands of NYC’s undocumented immigrants.

It was made clear that if Adams refused to cooperate with ICE to assist with mass deportations, the charges would be reinstated. Because this move blatantly undermined the rule of law seven federal attorneys, including Danielle Sassoon, the Trump appointed conservative interim head of the Southern District of New York, resigned in protest.

Some 23 lawyers in the Justice Department’s public integrity division were all threatened with termination unless one of them signed the order to dismiss charges against Mayor Adams. One veteran prosecutor agreed to sign the dismissal of charges in order to protect his co-workers from all being fired, or being forced to resign.

In the end this corrupt deal makes Mayor Adams Trump's puppet. He'll do anything and everything Trump wants in order to avoid having the corruption charges refiled against him.

New York’s Gov. Kathy Hochul has the power to fire Adams, who's integrity is undeniably compromised, threatening to use his power as mayor to undermine democracy.

In her first week on the job it’s evident that Trump’s Attorney General Pam Bondi lied in her Senate confirmation hearing when she pledged over and over again that she wouldn’t politically weaponize the DOJ on behalf of her boss Donald Trump. She’s doing exactly that, with far worse sure to come over the next 4 years.

The report above is from our Between The Lines new Substack page with a column we call, "It's Not Normal," that's tracking the lawless authoritarian conduct ot Trump, Musk and the GOP which has provoked our current constitutional crisis, and possibly signals the end of America's deeply flawed democracy.

Visit and subscribe here - https://betweenthelinesradionews.substack.com/p/hey-amerikkka-its-not-normal