Flotsam and Jetsam - In Turnabout DOJ Arrests Judge for Obstruction

And, boy, are Democrats pissed. FBI Director Kash Patel@FBIDirectorKash, "Just NOW, the FBI arrested Judge Hannah Dugan out of Milwaukee, Wisconsin on charges of obstruction — after evidence of Judge Dugan obstructing an immigration arrest operation last week. We believe Judge Dugan intentionally misdirected federal agents away from the subject to be arrested in her courthouse, Eduardo Flores Ruiz, allowing the subject — an illegal alien — to evade arrest. Thankfully, our agents chased down the perp on foot and he’s been in custody since, but the Judge’s obstruction created increased danger to the public. We will have more to share soon. Excellent work @FBIMilwaukee." Tina Smith @SenTinaSmith, "Understand what this is: If Kash Patel and Donald Trump don’t like a judge, they think they can arrest them. This is stunning — we must stand up to this blatant power grab. Republicans: How is this not a red line for you?" John Sexton at Hat Hair, Another Judge Arrested, This Time for Obstructing an ICE Arrest and 'She Broke the Law' is Trending on X (as the Left Freaks Out). Sundance at CTH hosts #78 – Attorney General Pam Bondi Outlines FBI Arrest of Wisconsin Judge for Interfering in Immigration Arrest and offers you a chance to Read the Criminal Complaint Against Judge Hannah C Dugan – Obstruction of ICE Arrest for Criminal Illegal Alien. Twitchy, Run, JUDGE, Run! What Judge Hannah Dugan Did When Reporters Tried Questioning Her Speaks VOLUMES (Watch). Ace is unusually restrained, FBI Director Kash Patel Announces Arrest of Milwaukee Judge for Obstructing an ICE Raid, "MXMNews:" Nick Arama at RedState, Patel Levels Dems Over Judge's Arrest With One Photo; Even CNN Admits They Have a Problem.

CNN's Elie Honig on the charges against the Wisconsin judge for helping an illegal immigrant evade arrest: "Let's strip the politics out of it — this is a crime. If they can prove what happened here, it is a crime ... That is textbook obstruction." pic.twitter.com/6XiuLpE8T4

— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) April 25, 2025

This, of course, comes after the revelation that a NM judge and his family were co-habiting with a Tren de Aragua terrorist. Hat Hair's Beege Welborn When Tren de Aragua Comes to Stay? FBI Hauls NM Judge and Wife Away. ET, Former New Mexico Judge, Wife Arrested Over Alleged Evidence Tampering, "Judge Joel Cano and his wife face charges of evidence tampering, booking reports show." At Blaze, Pam Bondi reveals 'gruesome' evidence of illegal aliens' affiliation with Tren de Aragua after arrest of New Mexico ex-judge. From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 04.25.25 Louder With Crowder, Another AWFL judge has ruled against election integrity, Scott Jennings goes scorched Earth on Democrats’ latest judicial warfare, American Greatness: Dem Lawmakers Planning Trip to El Salvador in Effort to Bring Back Illegal Alien Gang Member, Deported MS-13 Gang Member Kilmar Abrego Garcia Was Detained For Human Trafficking in 2022, American Thinker: Is Jamie Raskin Having a Psychotic Break?, The Geller Report: Obama Judge in California Blocks Administration Effort to Cut Funding to Sanctuary Cities, FBI ARRESTS Democrat Milwaukee Judge For Helping Illegal Defendant Avoid Arrest, DOJ Strips UNRWA of Immunity, Victory Girls: Two Judges Now Under Arrest For Aiding Illegals, The Federalist: Here’s The Federalist’s Guide To This Year’s Biggest Supreme Court Cases, Three Rogue Judges Block Trump Efforts To Eradicate Discriminatory DEI From Schools, Judge Strikes Down Illinois Law Requiring Pro-Life Doctors To Promote Abortion, and SCOTUS’s Refusal To End Leftists’ Judicial Coup Is Damaging Its Credibility More Than The Media Ever Could.

Larry Bell at NewsMax opines Injunctions Put Voters, Trump's Agendas Last. Mike Fragoso at CJ, explains How Activist Judges Could Hasten the Filibuster’s Demise. Hat Hair's Dave Strom adds My $.02 on the Judicial Insurrection and Really?! Pentagon Forced to Provide Trans 'Medical Care' Again. Da Caller, Clinton-Appointed Judge Agrees Trump’s Order Requiring Citizenship To Vote Hurts Democrats Jonathan Turley takes issue with NPR: Abrego Garcia was “Living Quietly” in Maryland Before he was Deported. "One can reasonably object that there was no final adjudication of these claims from spousal abuse to human trafficking to gang membership. However, it strains credulity to claim that Abrego Garcia was living a “quiet” life in Maryland. The complaint of his wife that he was a wife-beater alone would seem to contradict NPR’s claim. The claim has that certain “fiery but mostly peaceful” quality to it . . . except NPR just decided to leave out the “fiery” and the “mostly” parts." RedStates's Becky Noble frowns on Democrats' New Scheme to Bully El Salvador Into Sending MS-13 Gangbanger Garcia Back to U.S. At WaEx, Karoline Leavitt slams ‘full-blown crazy’ Democrats supporting illegal immigrants. 

Hat Hair cites Amxious, Slick: Military Deportations Not Covered by Order Halting DHS Removals, Admin Claims. Pop Times reports the FBI says Venezuela Likely Uses Tren de Aragua as a Proxy to Undermine the U.S. lending credit to using the enemy aliens act. Dave Strom claims this is the Most Bizarre Illegal Immigrant Story Yet. Deported after spending most of his life in jail for kidnapping. At Da Caller, Trump Admin Busts Fraud Ring Enticing Americans Into Bogus Marriages With Illegal Migrants.

Matt Vespa at TownHall, warns DOJ's Latest Policy Reversal Is Going to Freak Out Reporters. At NYPo, Justice Department will crack down on leaks by again going after reporters’ records. "The Justice Department is cracking down on leaks of information to the news media, with Attorney General Pam Bondi saying prosecutors will once again have authority to use subpoenas, court orders and search warrants to hunt for government officials who make “unauthorized disclosures” to journalists." Da Fetched, Trump Ally Mike Davis Promises “Arrests Are Coming” After Secret DOJ Meetings.

Jerry Dunleavy at JTN reports McCabe memos show how disgraced FBI leader kept Trump-Russia collusion hoax alive in 2017, "Newly-declassified Crossfire Hurricane records reveal the key role that Andrew McCabe played in perpetuating the Russiagate hoax. There are still people who believe it."

Jeff Charles at TownHall want you to Guess Which High-Powered Attorney Letitia James Hired Amid Fraud Allegations. Same guy who defended Hunter Biden, Abbe Lowell.

Sundance has Meeting with Norwegian PM Jonas Store in White House, President Trump Delivers Remarks on Ukraine/Russia Conflict, Good Stuff – British Officials Worry President Trump Tariffs are Being Leveraged to Support Free Speech and Watch Longshoremen Union – A Predictable Democrat Strategy to Weaponize Absent China Goods in Coming Months. Responsible Statecraft asserts Ukraine and Europe can't afford to refuse Trump's peace plan. "It's actually common sense, including putting Crimea on the table." I say give Crimea back to the Tatars. The Brussels Signal says Calm down: the ‘geopolitical crisis’ narrative is overblown. 

Matt Margolis notes Military Recruitment Numbers Are Breaking Records Under Trump and Hegseth and Military Recruitment Numbers Are Breaking Records Under Trump and Hegseth. Beege Welborn is Rice-ing to the Occasion: Hegseth Tosses Everyone Off DoD Advisory Committees including Susan Rice. "While press releases call it a 'tit-for-tat,' they also acknowledge that lumpy Lloyd Austin removed every Trump appointee and then some serving on a committee from their chairs." Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh "SUSAN RICE FUMES AFTER OUSTER FROM THE DEPT. OF DEFENSE: "If you're a white male, Christian, cis-gender, macho, MAGA man, you can be dumb as a rock and be deemed qualified to serve as secretary of defense." She is FURIOUS with @PeteHegseth." Twitchy, Pete Hegseth Shows Susan Rice and OTHER Deep State Swamp Creatures the DOOR and It's Simply GLORIOUS. Victory Girls write up the story of a Make-up Mirror For Talk Show Host Diva Pete Hegseth, "The former Fox News host turned head of the Department of Defense raged over a CBS News report that he installed a makeup studio just outside of the Pentagon’s press briefing room. The outlet shared that Hegseth had spent “several thousand dollars” to add a new chair and mirror with makeup lighting in the green room. “Totally fake story,” Hegseth wrote on X. “No ‘orders’ and no ‘makeup’ — but whatever.”"

OTP calls it an Epic Troll: Trump Selling ‘Trump 2028’ Hats. Hat Hair cites the WaPoo, Not the Dunk They Think It Is: Three Presidents Dis Trump In Two Weeks. Beege Welborn adds "I'm not quite sure what point the WaPo thinks they're making, considering who the 'former presidents' are - known for being such class acts in their own right - and their political party affiliation. It's so sad they're so desperate."

AMAC explains how Joe Biden Was the Real “Authoritarian” or rather Joe Biden's puppeteers. At OTP Manchin Chastises Dems: ‘Why Would You Not Work With’ Trump? Matt Margolis sees Trump Ruthlessly Destroys Jasmine Crockett's Phony Facade.

Da Fetched reports Bondi Slashes Millions in DOJ ‘Woke’ Grants: No More Slush Funds. At Da Caller, Biden Sec Behind $7.5 Billion EV Charging Station Flop Suddenly Has Thoughts On Gov’t Efficiency, Pete Buttigieg.

Ben Weingarten at Da Fed says Trump’s Next Target In Dismantling The Censorship Complex Is CISA. "The legislative branch must codify the administration’s policies to ensure a speech policing apparatus does not return under a future president." Matt Vespa wants you to Watch 'America’s Most Controversial White House Correspondent' Wreck a CNN Reporter to His Face:

CNN: “Are you a real journalist?”

Natalie: “The rest of the media covered for a president that was essentially dead. You failed. That’s why new media is here.” pic.twitter.com/ok5YtruWRt

— Natalie Winters (@nataliegwinters) April 23, 2025

​From the Pop Times, FBI Raids Michigan Homes Amid Anti-Israel Campus Protests. Capt. Ed at Hat Hair hears Trump Launches 'Secret Weapon' Against Academia -- And More. "President Trump signed an executive order Wednesday to shake up the arcane but pivotal world of college accreditation, a move Trump has called his “secret weapon” in his bid to remake higher education. The order aims to use the accrediting system to combat what Trump views as discriminatory practices and “ideological overreach” on college campuses, the White House said. The order intends to put a greater focus on intellectual diversity among faculty and student success. It also would make it easier for schools to switch accreditors and for new accreditors to gain federal approval." ET, Trump Signs Orders Ending DEI in University Accreditation, Requiring Foreign Gift Disclosure. "The list includes foreign donation disclosure requirements at universities and an end to ’restorative justice' practices in public schools." John Sailer @JohnDSailer "This is fascinating. More than 100 Yale professors have called for an audit of the university's sprawling bureaucracy. The audit, they say, would "preempt potential federal intervention" and send the message: "Yale prioritizes intellectual vitality over bureaucratic inertia."" Dave Strom says The Ivy League Is Being Hoisted on It's Own Petard. At LifeZette, Fox News Host Snaps Back at Smug Teacher’s Union Head in Heated Exchange. "“Martha, Martha, sweetheart—” Weingarten began, before MacCallum immediately cut in. “Don’t call me sweetheart!” MacCallum responded firmly."

At Breitbart, London Marathon to Allow Transgender Runners to Compete as Women Despite Supreme Court Ruling. "The organisation noted, however, that transgender runners would not be eligible for female races in the elite, championship, or “good for age” categories, as is prohibited by guidelines from World Athletics, the BBC reported. Last week, a Supreme Court ruling found that the sexes are defined by their biologies under the Equality Act, likely meaning that supposedly transgender individuals would be barred from being able to launch lawsuits claiming inequality if they are barred from single-sex spaces, likely including areas such as female-only toilets, changing rooms, and sports." The Center Square ME, Maine Department of Education rejects Trump's Title VI certification. No mo money for you!

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