Trump DOJ hammers judge’s ‘digressive micromanagement,’ seeks more time to answer 5 questions
The Justice Department accused a federal judge of “digressive micromanagement” Wednesday in relation to a case involving deportation flights that sent Venezuelan nationals to El Salvador over the weekend. U.S. District Judge James Boasberg ordered the Justice Department to submit answers to five questions after it insisted Tuesday that the flights did not violate a court order. Boasberg granted an emergency order Saturday to temporarily block the flights from taking place for 14 days while his court considered the legality of using the 1798 wartime-era Alien Enemies Act to immediately deport Venezuelan nationals and alleged members of the violent gang Tren de Aragua. “The Court has now spent more time trying to ferret out information about the Government’s flight schedules and relations with foreign countries than it did in investigating the facts before certifying the class action in this case,” read a filing Wednesday that was co-signed by Attorney General Pamela Bondi, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche and others. “That observation reflects how upside-down this case has become, as digressive micromanagement has outweighed consideration of the case’s legal issues.” “The distraction of the specific facts surrounding the movements of an airplane has derailed this case long enough and should end until the Circuit Court has had a chance to weigh in. The Government respects this Court and has complied with its request to present the Government’s position on the legality of the Court’s [Temporary Restraining Order] and the Government’s compliance with that TRO,” they wrote. Boasberg on Tuesday ordered the Justice Department to answer five questions, submitting declarations to him under seal by noon on Wednesday: “1) What time did the plane take off from U.S. soil and from where? 2) What time did it leave U.S. airspace? 3) What time did it land in which foreign country (including if it made more than one stop)? 4) What time were individuals subject solely to the Proclamation transferred out of U.S. custody? and 5) How many people were aboard solely on the basis of the Proclamation?” However, the Justice Department said in their filing today that “Defendants are currently evaluating whether to invoke the state secrets privilege as to portions of the information sought by this Court’s order.” “Whether and how to invoke that privilege involves both weighty considerations and specific procedures that are not amenable to the 21-hour turnaround period currently provided by this Court’s order,” it continued. It also said “disclosure of the information sought could implicate the affairs of United States allies and their cooperation with the United States Government in fighting terrorist organizations” and “such disclosure would unquestionably create serious repercussions for the Executive Branch’s ability to conduct foreign affairs.” “What began as a dispute between litigants over the President’s authority to protect the national security and manage the foreign relations of the United States pursuant to both a longstanding Congressional authorization and the President’s core constitutional authorities has devolved into a picayune dispute over the micromanagement of immaterial factfinding,” it declared. In granting the emergency order Saturday, Boasberg sided with the plaintiffs – Democracy Forward and the ACLU – who had argued that the deportations would likely pose imminent and “irreparable” harm to the migrants under the time proposed. Boasberg also ordered the Trump administration on Saturday to immediately halt any planned deportations and to notify their clients that “any plane containing these folks that is going to take off or is in the air needs to be returned to the United States,” he said. However, the decision apparently came too late to stop two planes filled with more than 200 migrants who were deported to El Salvador. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told Fox News in an interview that a plane carrying hundreds of migrants, including more than 130 persons removed under the Alien Enemies Act, had already “left U.S. airspace” by the time the order was handed down. Fox News’ Breanne Deppisch and David Spunt contributed to this report.
House panel asks Trump’s small business chief to provide info on alleged Biden-era electioneering project
EXCLUSIVE: The House Small Business Committee will ask Small Business Administrator Kelly Loeffler for Biden-era data it says the previous administration consistently “stonewalled” throughout a probe into alleged swing-state electioneering. Chairman Roger Williams, R-Texas, and the panel have been pressing the SBA since they first uncovered cooperation between the agency and the state of Michigan under former President Joe Biden’s Executive Order 14019: Promoting Access to Voting. The committee prefaced its letter by saying Williams is pleased to hear Loeffler committed to rescinding the formal Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) forged with the Great Lakes State – but went on to ask for detailed documentation of the SBA’s work before she was confirmed. The committee alleged the former SBA leadership used the MOU to involve themselves in partisan voter registration efforts in target precincts like Saginaw and Detroit, rather than simply aiding voters across the board. LAWMAKERS SLAM SBA ‘STONEWALLING’ OVER MICHIGAN VOTER MEMO AS ELECTIONEERING CLAIMS SURFACE In the heat of the conflict between the Biden SBA and the Small Business Committee, Williams filed what he told Fox News Digital was a “rare” subpoena for information from the SBA. The government watchdog Oversight Project, of the conservative-leaning Heritage Foundation, also launched a separate lawsuit last year in regard to the alleged electioneering behavior. A year-end report first obtained by Fox News Digital, found Biden’s executive order to be an “improper use of executive authority” and that SBA actions in accordance with it thereby “pose unnecessary risks to the integrity of U.S. elections.” “Either intentionally or negligently, the SBA has failed to refute concerns of this MOU’s partisan nature,” the report added. In that effect, Williams is now asking Loeffler for the travel schedules of Biden-era officials, communications including interoffice instant-messenger among SBA personnel in regard to Biden’s order, and all communications with the state of Michigan. The panel is also asking for an explicitly unredacted copy of implementation plans in regard to the MOU, as well as any evidence “sufficient to show whether the SBA engaged in any activity relating to voter access or voter registration before the MOU’s March 19, 2024 announcement.” HOUSE COMMITTEE DEMANDS BIDEN AGENCY REVEAL STAFF TRAVEL HISTORIES AMID ELECTIONEERING CLAIMS The committee also continues to seek travel schedules and related documents for a dozen SBA staff members, including Isabel Casillas Guzman, Dilawar Syed, Arthur Plews and Jennifer Kim. Representatives for the Biden-era SBA repeatedly denied any “stonewalling.” In a statement on its work with SBA, Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson said she was proud to work with the agency “for this first-in-the-nation effort connecting Michigan’s small business community with the tools and information they need to play an even greater active role in our democracy.” “For nearly two years, the SBA has cooperated with the committee’s inquiry, testifying at multiple hearings, providing the committee staff with briefings, making agency officials available for transcribed interviews, and producing thousands of pages of documents responsive to their inquiry,” a spokesperson said, calling the allegations “baseless.” CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP Fox News Digital reached out to committee ranking member Rep. Nydia Velazquez, D-N.Y., for comment on Wednesday’s letter as well. Previously, Velazquez said that until the current controversy, the committee had long “prided itself in bipartisan cooperation to help American entrepreneurs.” “Unfortunately, with [these] subpoenas, Republicans have rejected these principles to pursue a partisan inquiry,” Velazquez said at the time. In December, House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., praised the work of the committee and its interim report, saying it rightly exposed “not only the improper use of executive authority but also significant concerns about actions taken by an agency that may jeopardize the integrity of U.S. elections.”
House Dems undercut Jeffries on Schumer’s leadership as Left’s messaging woes persist
Congressional Democratic unity still appears to be in tatters after a public fracture between Capitol Hill’s top two left-wing leaders over government funding. At least two House Democrats took shots at Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., at their respective events on Tuesday after Schumer and nine other Senate Democrats voted with Republicans to avert a partial government shutdown last week. “I thought it was critical to make sure that we blocked that bill. I was deeply disappointed that Senator Schumer voted with the Republicans,” Rep. Glenn Ivey, D-Md., told residents of his deep-blue district. “You know you’re on bad ground when you get a personal tweet from Donald Trump thanking you for your vote.” He said House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, who got all but one Democrat to oppose the bill in the lower chamber, “met the moment,” while Schumer “did not.” ‘BIG WIN’: TRUMP TOUTS FEDERAL FUNDING BILL PASSAGE IN THE HOUSE “I think he’s had a great, long-standing career. He’s done a lot of great things, but I’m afraid that it may be time for the Senate Democrats to pick new leadership as we move forward,” Ivey said to applause. However, despite his praise for Jeffries, Ivey’s public message appeared in stark contrast to the Democratic leader’s overtures to his counterpart earlier on Tuesday. “Yes, I do,” Jeffries briefly answered when asked whether he still had confidence in Schumer as the Senate Democratic leader. Jeffries told reporters at a press conference in Brooklyn, New York, that “we are all aligned on the fights that are in front of us” and that he and Schumer had a “good conversation about the path forward, particularly as it relates to making sure we all speak with one voice.” While still reserved in his praise, it is a much different tone than what Jeffries took last week, after he was reportedly blindsided by Schumer breaking the dam of Democratic opposition to say he would vote for the Republicans’ federal funding bill. Democrats had accused Republicans of walking away from bipartisan government funding talks at the expense of critical government programs, while Republicans said Democrats were making unrealistic demands about constraining President Donald Trump’s power. After that vote, Jeffries twice refused to back Schumer when pressed by reporters. “Next question,” he said to a pair of questions about his support for his fellow Brooklyn Democrat. However, his message of unity on Tuesday was similarly undercut by former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., who answered affirmatively when asked if she supported Schumer as Senate Democratic leader, but she criticized the way he handled the funding matter. DEMS CRY FOUL AFTER SCHUMER’S ANNOUNCEMENT ON IMPENDING VOTE TO AVERT GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN “I myself don’t give away anything for nothing. I think that’s what happened the other day,” Pelosi said at an event in San Francisco. “We could have, in my view, perhaps gotten them to agree to a third way, which was a bipartisan [funding bill] for two to four weeks, in which we could have had bipartisan legislation to go forward.” She said of Republicans, “They may not have agreed to it, but at least the public would have seen their not agreeing to it, and then they would have been shutting government, because we don’t want government to shut down.” Meanwhile, other sources told Fox News Digital that frustrations lingered among Democrats over Schumer’s decision. “Hardly ever, if ever, have there been votes that are significant where House Dems and Senate Dems split. So this is a big problem,” one Democratic source told Fox News Digital. “We should be doing everything possible to take back the House. And that means if the House makes a call, like Hakeem did…that’s because they have a political assessment that it’s in their best interest electorally. A senior House Democratic aide said Schumer’s move was bad, but the party needed to coalesce to oppose Trump. Outside the D.C. Beltway, criticism of Schumer has gained traction among Democrats, despite Jeffries publicly mending fences. Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, both floated as early possible 2028 contenders, signaled they were frustrated by Schumer’s move. Fox News Digital reached out to Schumer’s office for comment. The longtime Senate Democrat said he is “the best leader” for his caucus during an interview on “CBS Mornings” this week.
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EXCLUSIVE: Red state suing school district for illegally teaching critical race theory
EXCLUSIVE – The State of Texas, led by Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton, a vocal Trump ally, is suing a school district just northwest of Dallas for allegedly illegally continuing to teach critical race theory (CRT) in its classrooms. CRT is a concept that teaches that racial bias is inherent in parts of society and that discrimination is systematically embedded in certain aspects of law and policy. Paxton’s office said that the suit was launched in response to a video showing Coppell Independent School District (ISD) Director of Curriculum Evan Whitfield discussing how the district had “gotten around” prohibitions on the use of CRT in state policies and curricula. According to the suit, which was filed today in the District Court of Dallas County, Whitfield further stated that “despite what our state standards say,” Coppell ISD does “what’s right.” GOV. GLENN YOUNGKIN: THIS IS ABOUT ENDING ILLEGAL DISCRIMINATION Teaching CRT violates a Texas law that prohibits educators from kindergarten through 12th grade from teaching that “one race or sex is inherently superior to another race or sex” or that “an individual, by virtue of the individual’s race or sex, is inherently racist, sexist, or oppressive.” The same law also stipulates that no educator in the state can require an understanding of the “1619 Project,” a historical study founded by New York Times writer Nikole Hannah-Jones that attempts to reframe American history as being founded and rooted in slavery. The project has been marred with credible accusations of historical distortions and inaccuracies. Texas law stipulates that an educator cannot teach that any person, because of their race or sex, bears responsibility, blame or guilt for actions committed in the past. The law also prohibits teachers from imposing the idea that meritocracy or traits such as a hard work ethic are racist or sexist or that the advent of slavery in America constituted the true founding of the United States, concepts commonly associated with the 1619 Project. SEN. JIM BANKS CALLS TO ‘ELIMINATE AND ABOLISH’ EDUCATION DEPT: ‘LONG TIME COMING’ According to the suit, Whitfield “unequivocally stated that the policy of Coppell Independent School District is to teach curricula in violation of state law and direction, using funds and other resources of the district to develop and distribute for teaching CRT curricula.” The suit further alleges that Whitfield responded to a question about whether the district would be in trouble for violating the law by saying, “We’ve gotten around it by saying we’re not teaching it.” The lawsuit alleges that “when asked if the teacher can just close the door and teach ‘what’s right,’ Whitfield responded, ‘Shh, that’s what we do.’” Paxton is seeking to have the court issue a permanent injunction keeping Coppell ISD officials from teaching CRT and using tax-dollar funds to distribute CRT materials. Instead, Paxton says Coppell ISD must implement a “color blind” curriculum in line with Texas law. TEXAS PRIVATE SCHOOL INTEGRATES AI, REPORTS STUDENTS LEARNING ‘FASTER’ This is not the first time Coppell ISD has been sued for illegally teaching CRT. The Texas Scorecard, a Texas-based conservative outlet, reported in 2023 that a North Texas family sued Coppell ISD after their 10th-grade son, who was a student at New Tech High School in Coppell ISD, was given a CRT-based assignment by his chemistry teacher. According to the Texas Scorecard, the teacher stipulated that students “research and write about diverse atomic theory scientists” and they could not choose an “old, dead, white guy.” Commenting on his lawsuit, Paxton said that “Texas children deserve to receive the best education in the world, not have woke ideology forced upon them.” “Liberal administrators who want to ignore state law and unlawfully push divisive and racist CRT curriculum in classrooms will be held responsible for their actions,” said Paxton. “My lawsuit aims to put an immediate end to this illegal and hateful curriculum and immediately stop the blatant refusal to follow state law by certain officials at Coppell ISD.”
UP Police unveils murder that may give you goosebumps! Wife, paramour kill Merchant Navy officer, chop his body into 15 pieces
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Lawmakers cheer Trump’s JFK files release: ‘Restoration of the people’s trust’
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are praising the Trump administration’s release of government documents on John F. Kennedy’s assassination. The National Archives released a tranche of some 80,000 pages late on Tuesday night, part of a long-standing promise by President Donald Trump to declassify information on the historic event. And though there did not appear to be revelatory information in the initial release, Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., a progressive Democrat who co-sponsored legislation to publicize the Kennedy files, was among those who praised the move. “It’s too soon to know whether there’s much in the documents released today, but it is a good sign that some progress toward the goal of full disclosure is under way,” Cohen said Tuesday night. “The assassinations of the 1960s need to be understood in their full historical context and the documents being released may help us get there.” FBI UNCOVERS THOUSANDS OF UNDISCLOSED RECORDS CONNECTED TO JFK’S ASSASSINATION Republicans were more enthusiastic in their praise, however, including House GOP Oversight Chairman James Comer, R-Ky. He also offered praise for Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., whom he tapped to lead a task force aimed at getting other critical government records declassified. “President Trump has the most transparent administration in history. President Trump is more accessible to the American people than his predecessor and his administration is releasing critical information to the American people,” Comer said. Luna said, “By investigating the newly released JFK files, consulting experts, and tracking down surviving staff of various investigative committees, my task force will get to the bottom of this mystery and share our findings with the American people.” TRUMP ANNOUNCES HE WILL RELEASE 80,000 JFK ASSASSINATION FILES ON TUESDAY, GOING TO BE ‘VERY INTERESTING’ “I am happy that after decades of questions from the public and government cover-ups that the American people finally may have answers to the JFK assassination,” said Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn. “President Trump is once again showing his commitment to having the most transparent administration this country has ever seen.” Rep. David Schweikert, R-Ariz., who introduced the initial legislation to declassify unredacted records from the Kennedy assassination, said, “It’s been 61 years since the tragic murder of President John F. Kennedy. A truly functioning republic ensures Americans have access to information, and this moment symbolizes the long-awaited restoration of the people’s trust in the federal government.” While a large share of the documents released are not new, nor do they appear to contain explosive new information, a significant number are presented without redactions for the first time – a long-awaited first step for history buffs and others who were invested in one of the defining tragedies of the 20th century. Trump signed an executive order directing the release of thousands of files related to Kennedy’s assassination, as well as the assassinations of his brother, Robert F. Kennedy, and Martin Luther King Jr., soon after returning to the White House for his second term. “That’s a big one. Lot of people are waiting for this a long, for years, for decades,” the president said when he signed the order. He asked that the pen he used be given to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
DeSantis proposes solution as Trump’s agenda is stymied by judges
As aspects of President Donald Trump’s agenda are stymied by judges amid legal challenges, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has suggested that Congress could strip federal courts of jurisdiction. “Congress has the authority to strip jurisdiction of the federal courts to decide these cases in the first place. The sabotaging of President Trump’s agenda by ‘resistance’ judges was predictable — why no jurisdiction-stripping bills tee’d up at the onset of this Congress?” DeSantis wrote in a Wednesday post on X. When someone responded by asking how Republicans could accomplish this without 60 votes in the Senate, DeSantis replied, “Attach it to a ‘must pass’ bill…” JUDGE ORDERS REINSTATEMENT OF USAID FUNCTIONS, SAYS DOGE EFFORT TO SHUTTER AGENCY LIKELY UNCONSTITUTIONAL DeSantis, who sought the 2024 Republican presidential nod but ultimately dropped out and backed Trump after the GOP Iowa presidential caucus, floated the idea of stripping federal courts of jurisdiction when replying to a tweet from U.S. Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas. “Lots of noise about impeachment. We must study every ruling & act accordingly w/ everything on the table (noting: 14 Dem votes required in Senate). But, more fertile ground… 1) House can pass a resolution stating there is/was an invasion, 2) we can defund radical courts,” Roy had posted. EL SALVADOR’S BUKELE WEIGHS IN AFTER TRUMP’S CALL TO IMPEACH JUDGE: ‘THE U.S. IS FACING A JUDICIAL COUP’ In a Truth Social post on Tuesday, Trump called for the impeachment of a judge, apparently referring to Judge James E. Boasberg of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. “This Radical Left Lunatic of a Judge, a troublemaker and agitator who was sadly appointed by Barack Hussein Obama, was not elected President,” Trump declared in the post. “This judge, like many of the Crooked Judges’ I am forced to appear before, should be IMPEACHED!!! WE DON’T WANT VICIOUS, VIOLENT, AND DEMENTED CRIMINALS, MANY OF THEM DERANGED MURDERERS, IN OUR COUNTRY.” Rep. Brandon Gill, R-Texas, announced that he had introduced articles of impeachment against Boasberg. FEDERAL JUDGE BLOCKS TRUMP’S TRANSGENDER MILITARY EXECUTIVE ORDER U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts said in a statement on Tuesday, “For more than two centuries, it has been established that impeachment is not an appropriate response to disagreement concerning a judicial decision. The normal appellate review process exists for that purpose.” Fox News’ Shannon Bream and Bill Mears contributed to this report
Trump admin demands NYC ‘restore order’ amid rampant crime or face billions in funding cuts
President Donald Trump’s administration is demanding that New York City’s transit authority reduce crime across the city or face big cuts to federal funding. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy issued the ultimatum to the Metro Transportation Authority (MTA) in a letter on Tuesday, saying the new administration is here to “restore order.” The federal government currently supplies the MTA with billions of dollars in funding. “The trend of violent crime, homelessness, and other threats to public safety on one of our nation’s most prominent metro systems is unacceptable. After years of soft-on-crime policies, our Department is stepping in to restore order,” Duffy wrote. “Commuters are sick and tired of feeling like they have to jeopardize their safety to get to work, go to school, or to travel around the city. We will continue to fight to ensure their federal tax dollars are going towards a crime-free commute,” he added. GUARDIAN ANGELS RESUME NEW YORK CITY PATROLS AFTER SUBWAY BURNING DEATH: ‘NEVER SEEN IT THIS BAD’ Duffy’s letter requests the MTA’s data on fare evasion, worker assaults, customer assaults and police patrols. It also requests an accounting of how the MTA has used federal funding to address safety and security in the city’s transportation system. “I appreciate your prompt attention to this matter to avoid further consequences, up to and including redirecting or withholding funding,” Duffy wrote. HOCHUL’S CHRISTMASTIME BOAST OF SAFER SUBWAY CAME AMID STRING OF ALARMING VIOLENT ATTACKS MTA Chief of Policy and External Relations John McCarthy argued crime is “moving in the right direction” in a statement responding to Duffy’s letter on Tuesday. “Crime is down 40% compared to the same period in 2020 right before the pandemic, and so far in 2025 there are fewer daily major crimes in transit than any non-pandemic year ever,” McCarthy said, adding that fare evasion is down 25% since COVID. McCarthy’s statement echoes claims that MTA head Janno Lieber made in January, when he suggested that recent high-profile subway attacks have “gotten in people’s heads” to make them feel that the subway system is unsafe. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP Lieber made the comments during an appearance on the Bloomberg News’ podcast “Bloomberg Talks,” arguing that “the overall stats are positive” on crime. “Last year, we were actually 12.5% less crime than 2019, the last year before COVID. But there’s no question that some of these high-profile incidents, you know, terrible attacks, have gotten in people’s heads and made the whole system feel less safe,” Lieber said.
Progressive leader says Schumer faces ‘uphill’ climb to win back Democrats’ trust
The co-founder of a leading progressive group says Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer faces a difficult challenge in winning back the trust of Democrats following his controversial support last week of a Republican-crafted federal government funding bill that averted a government shutdown. The move by Schumer, the longtime lawmaker from New York and top Democrat in the Senate, infuriated many, not only on the left but across the party, who want Democrat leaders to take a tougher stand in resisting President Donald Trump’s agenda. “Can he win back the trust of those who don’t have faith in Democratic leadership?” asked Adam Green, co-founder of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee (PCCC), a major grassroots organization that promotes economic populism and democracy through electoral and issue advocacy efforts. FACING PRESSURE FROM HIS OWN PARTY, SCHUMER DEFENDS HIMSELF Green, in a Fox News Digital interview, answered his own question, saying, “The answer is yes, but it’s uphill.” Schumer initially signaled last week that Senate Democrats would fight back against the GOP’s partisan funding bill. But one day later, he said he would reluctantly support the measure and help deliver to the GOP the Democrat votes needed to boost the bill to passage through the Senate. DEMOCRATS LASH OUT AT SCHUMER FOR ‘BETRAYAL’ OF SIDING WITH TRUMP In an interview Tuesday on ABC News’ “The View,” Schumer said he “knew it was a difficult choice” but added that “I felt I had to do it.” And he argued that a partial government shutdown would have allowed Trump to inflict “devastation like we’ve never seen.” Despite the intense backlash from his own party, Schumer said hours earlier in a “CBS Mornings” interview that he’s still the “best leader for the Senate.” “We have a lot of good people,” Schumer said. “But I am the best at winning Senate seats.” But Green said many in the PCCC membership, which the group says stands at roughly 1 million people, don’t agree. The PCCC is asking in a questionnaire to its membership, “Do you have confidence in Chuck Schumer as Senate Democratic Leader? According to PCCC, with nearly 22,000 responses by Tuesday afternoon, 84% said “no.” DEMOCRATIC PARTY’S FAVORABLE RATINGS DROP TO RECORD LOW Green, pointing to national polls from NBC News and CNN that were released this past weekend, which indicated Democratic Party favorability sinking to record lows, highlighted “that there’s not a lot of faith in those who call themselves Democratic leaders right now. And therefore, we need a lot more of going on offense.” Indivisible, another major pro-Democrat organizing group that has long been a leader in the Trump resistance, on Saturday called for Schumer to step down as leader. While the PCCC hasn’t gone that far, Green charged that “those who call themselves Democratic leaders are not in a position to come out from behind a curtain and vouch for a strategy, especially when that strategy is caving. They just don’t have the credibility.” Green argued that “I think that was one of the things that Chuck Schumer got really wrong and that he probably would admit that he got wrong, which is a lot of senators and a lot of groups that he considers allies were taken by surprise and felt a certain whiplash.” PCCC was one of the groups that organized protests at three stops this week on Schumer’s planned book tour. The events were abruptly postponed on Monday morning due to “security concerns.” Asked about his group’s effort, Green said “this is a time to channel public anger, not hide from it.”