A progressive daily ledger of Trump-world self-owns, legal pain, policy blowback, and bad-faith chaos.
3 verified reports published on February 13, 2025.
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If this is what “efficient” government looks like, the bill is coming due in court, in the field, and in the lives of people stuck under the wheel. The Trump crew keeps calling it strength. The record on February 12 looked a lot more like chaos with a press office.
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Civil-rights lawyers filed suit Feb. 12 challenging the Trump administration’s transfer of migrants to Guantánamo Bay and alleging the detainees lacked regular access to counsel and relatives. The filing says the government’s setup at the base is blocking normal legal and family contact.
A Rhode Island federal judge on February 10, 2025, said the Trump administration had not fully complied with an earlier restraining order blocking a broad federal spending pause and ordered the government to restore frozen funding. The ruling kept the fight alive over grants and loans already approved by Congress.
AP reported that the foreign-aid pause was beginning to disrupt anti-trafficking work in Cambodia, including shelter support and rescue efforts for scam-compound victims.