The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday said President Trump’s birthright citizenship executive order is unconstitutional.

In a 2-1 ruling, the appeals court upheld a nationwide injunction against Trump’s order.

The three-judge panel included: Majority: Judge Gould (Clinton), Judge Hawkins (Clinton) – Dissent: Judge Bumatay (Trump).

“The district court correctly concluded that the Executive Order’s proposed interpretation, denying citizenship to many persons born in the United States, is unconstitutional. We fully agree,” the majority wrote.

The appeals court decision comes after the Supreme Court limited lower courts’ ability to issue nationwide injunctions.

CNN reported:

A federal appeals court on Wednesday issued another major blow to President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship, ruling that it’s unconstitutional and upholding a nationwide block against the controversial policy.

The 2-1 ruling from the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals is significant because the Supreme Court late last month ordered lower courts to take a second look at a set of nationwide injunctions issued earlier this year that halted Trump’s implementation of his Day One order to ensure they weren’t broader than necessary.

The San Francisco-based appeals court decided that one such injunction issued by a federal judge in Seattle in a case brought by a group of Democratic-led states did not represent a judicial overreach that needed to be reined in.

Four federal judges have blocked President Trump’s birthright citizenship executive order.

According to President Trump’s order, the 14th Amendment is being misinterpreted by the left to give citizenship to ‘anchor babies.’

“It is the policy of the United States that no department or agency of the United States government shall issue documents recognizing United States citizenship, or accept documents issued by State, local, or other governments or authorities purporting to recognize United States citizenship, to persons: (1) when that person’s mother was unlawfully present in the United States and the person’s father was not a United States citizen or lawful permanent resident at the time of said person’s birth, or (2) when that person’s mother’s presence in the United States was lawful but temporary, and the person’s father was not a United States citizen or lawful permanent resident at the time of said person’s birth,” Trump’s order stated.

Trump’s order argued the 14th Amendment has always excluded babies born to people in the US illegally.

“[The] Fourteenth Amendment has never been interpreted to extend citizenship universally to everyone born within the United States. The Fourteenth Amendment has always excluded from birthright citizenship persons who were born in the United States but not “subject to the jurisdiction thereof.” Consistent with this understanding, the Congress has further specified through legislation that “a person born in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof” is a national and citizen of the United States at birth, 8 U.S.C. 1401, generally mirroring the Fourteenth Amendment’s text,” the order stated.

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Satan is not welcome in Russia anymore.

The vilification of Russia and the demonization of President Vladimir Putin is a full-time job by the Western media, neocons, and Globalists of all stripes.

But despite any geopolitical considerations, Putin’s work to protect religious and family values is impossible to deny.

Moscow has outlawed LGBT propaganda and practices in the country, as well as ‘gender reassignment’ surgeries and therapies – but Putin made sure to clarify that homosexual relations between consenting adults are not forbidden.

And then, of course, we have the central combat against the forces of darkness, as we reported here in TGP in BAN THE DEVIL: Russia Designates the US-Based Satanic Temple as an Undesirable Organization, Blasphemous of Traditional Religion.

But what was at first a restriction to a certain entity has now been broadened to cover the whole ‘movement’.

Sputnik reported:

“The Russian Supreme Court, following a joint lawsuit from the Prosecutor General’s Office and Ministry of Justice, has banned the ‘International Satanism Movement’ for promoting extremism.

The movement is linked to typical Satanist crimes like ritual killings, cannibalism, rape, and grave desecration.”

To top it all, after the war started in February 2022, the Russian Satanists openly backed the Ukrainian army.

The ban is seen as ‘part of a move to combat ideologies against traditional spiritual and moral values’.

Read more:

The Satanic Temple Opens Its Second ‘Satanic Abortion Clinic’, Abusing Religious Freedoms To Kill Babies

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The Donald J. Trump administration has brought the fight against the elite universities in the US that espoused DEI practices and were soft on combating antisemitism.

Trump cut $400 million in federal funding to Columbia University, accusing it of ignoring antisemitism during pro-Palestinian protests sparked by the Israel-Hamas conflict.

In his usual style, the president issued Columbia an ultimatum, demanding nine significant policy changes, including banning face masks during protests and disciplining students involved in demonstrations.

Under severe financial pressure, Columbia agreed to most of the administration’s demands by March 21, 2025, to negotiate the restoration of federal funding.

But today (23), Columbia University announced that it has reached a deal with the Trump administration to pay more than $220 million to the federal government.

They aim to restore federal research money that was canceled.

Associated Press reported:

“Under the agreement, the Ivy League school will pay the $200 million settlement over three years to the federal government, the university said. It will also pay $21 million to settle investigations brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

‘This agreement marks an important step forward after a period of sustained federal scrutiny and institutional uncertainty’, acting University President Claire Shipman said.”

Today’s agreement codifies the reforms made in response to the government’s demands.

Reuters reported:

“’Under today’s agreement, a vast majority of the federal grants which were terminated or paused in March 2025—will be reinstated and Columbia’s access to billions of dollars in current and future grants will be restored’, Columbia said in a statement.

[…] The announcement came one day after the university disciplined dozens of students over pro-Palestinian protests on campus.

In March, the Trump administration canceled grants and contracts worth about $400 million for the Ivy League school because of what it described as antisemitic harassment on and near the school’s New York City campus.”

Read more:

Columbia’s Progressive March

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Another day, another leak.

CNN and The Washington Post on Wednesday reported that sources say the Pentagon Inspector General has ‘evidence’ that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s Signal chat included classified information from Central Command.

The Pentagon Inspector General expanded his investigation into Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s use of the double-encrypted app Signal in May.

Steven Stebbins took over as Acting Inspector General after President Trump fired the previous IG and 17 other inspectors general.

Stebbins was first appointed to his position in 2015.

Pete Hegseth has been under heavy attack since before his confirmation hearing and the leaks keep coming.

The Pentagon Inspector General expanded his probe following The Wall Street Journal’s reporting on Hegseth’s wife and brother participating in Signal chat groups.

Pete Hegseth was blamed for not noticing Jeffrey Goldberg was added to the Signal chat group with other high-level Trump Administration officials.

Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell responded to the latest leak in a statement to CNN: “This Signal narrative is so old and worn out, it’s starting to resemble Joe Biden’s mental state. The Department stands behind its previous statements: no classified information was shared via Signal. As we’ve said repeatedly, nobody was texting war plans and the success of the Department’s recent operations–from Operation Rough Rider to Operation Midnight Hammer–are proof that our operational security and discipline are top notch.”

CNN reported:

The Pentagon’s inspector general has received evidence that the military plans shared from Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s Signal account to a group chat earlier this year were taken from a US Central Command document that was marked classified at the time, according to two people familiar with the ongoing review.

The Pentagon watchdog, which launched a review in April of Hegseth’s use of the commercial messaging app to share information related to US military operations in Yemen, obtained the document in the early days of its investigation, the sources said. The document was marked Secret/NOFORN, meaning no foreign nationals should see it.

The IG’s possession of the document with its original classification markings appears to further undercut Hegseth’s claims that nothing classified was shared in the Signal chat, which included several other Cabinet members and Vice President JD Vance. Similar details were shared from Hegseth’s phone in a second Signal chat that included his wife, brother and personal lawyer, CNN has reported.

New: The Pentagon’s inspector general has received evidence that the military plans shared from Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s Signal account were taken from a US Central Command document that was marked classified at the time, sources tell me and @ZcohenCNN

The Pentagon…

— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) July 23, 2025

The latest leak comes after it was reported there is a plot by a group of military officers and civilian Pentagon staff to force Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth out of office through a public pressure campaign.

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The wheels of justice for Tina Peters are turning slowly in court. 

Guest post by Martel Maxim. 

On  July 22nd, a Habeas Corpus hearing was held in the Denver Federal Courthouse.   US District Court Chief Magistrate Judge Scott T. Varholak presided to determine if Judge Matthew Barrett committed reversible error by sentencing Tina Peters to prison because he, in essence, deemed her speech to be a danger to society.

Here’s exactly what Judge Barrett said during Tina’s sentencing:   

“You are no hero. You abused your position – and you’re a charlatan who used, and is still using your prior position to peddle a snake oil that’s been proven to be junk time and time again. Your lies are well-documented and these convictions are serious. I’m convinced you’d do it all over again if you could.  You’re as defiant as a defendant as this court has ever seen.”

In other words, at the root of Tina’s sentencing was the Deep State’s fear that her right to free speech would continue to jeopardize their overwhelming lie emphasizing our elections are safe, transparent and fully trustworthy.  FOR THESE AND OTHER AGREGIOUS VIOLATIONS OF LAW, AT A MINIMUM, TINA PETERS SHOULD BE OUT ON BOND PENDING HER APPEAL.

Sadly, Tina wasn’t even allowed to participate in this hearing of hers electronically, from where she continues to languish at the LaVista Prison in Pueblo, Colorado, while the legal team who put her in prison walk free. 

One shocking participant at Tuesday’s event was among the dirtiest of them all, Robert Shapiro. This Colorado AG Assistant who argued for the charges against Tina in her trial, had the audacity to show up outside the courtroom amongst the 60+ supporters of Tina, prior to the courtroom doors opening.  Most supporters probably didn’t even recognize who he was, even though his DNA is all over everything that resulted in Tina’s conviction.

The collusion between Shapiro and Mesa County Dan Rubinstein didn’t provide Tina an avenue for defending herself, as they crafted despicable charges that prevented her from presenting exculpatory evidence and key witnesses in her case.  The persecution and subsequent prosecution of Tina Peters continues to be among the most corrupt (and on par with the lawfare directed against President Trump) series of events in American history, making the legacy crimes of the mafia look like kindergarten.

The damage done by these two prosecutors who weaved the false charges to bring Tina down, seriously challenges the well known criminality of mafia kingpins like Al Capone and John Gotti.  Actually, Shapiro and Rubinstein’s damage is orders of magnitude worse due to their treasonous nature, which practically destroyed our country via the stolen elections they attempted to cover-up.

Ultimately, there is additional evidence that this entire case started in DC in Biden’s Justice Department.  Merrick Garland and Christopher Wray even participated in a conference call with Mesa County where Tina’s actions were discussed.  This and other actions from the federal government indicate that this was a federal issue from the start.

EXCLUSIVE: Federal Actions Arguably Allow President Trump Ability to Step In and Pardon Tina Peters

The objective of all these people and entities in this case was to make an example out of Tina so no other Election Clerks would even think of questioning the 2024 Election.  Thankfully, that plan backfired due to the “too big to rig” election results in 2024.  However with their cover-up PSYOP in place, the Deep State figured they could resume their election manipulation and theft under the cover of darkness.  They were wrong, as the findings of Tina Peters blew their cover wide open.  (Visit https://tinapeters.us/ and be sure to watch the documentary “Selection Code” linked from the menu at the top of the Homepage to understand the truth behind the scenes.)

Tina’s Habeas claim involves whether her Constitutional Right of Free Speech was severely violated is a Federal issue.  The complication arose during the proceeding.  In addition, is the question whether the case was heard and dispositioned sufficiently at the Colorado State Court level.  Since Tina is alleging that Colorado violated her Constitutional rights to begin with, this Constitutional violation should supersede any further involvement with the Colorado Court, and enable it to be immediately heard in the Federal Court.

That was the intent of the July 22nd hearing, led by Tina’s Attorney Peter Ticktin.  Here’s a glimpse of Attorney Ticktin being interviewed by CBS upon conclusion of the proceedings:

While the Judge could have simply thrown out the case with the same malice and forethought demonstrated at all phases of Tina’s persecution and prosecution thus far, he instead fairly asked that Tina’s team refile their paperwork (by July 25th) to only address this First Amendment Habeas issue.

The original submission included 4 other areas of concern that at this juncture only serve to unnecessarily distract from the glaring issue of Habeas.  If this Habeas is resolved, it will be the rising tide to lift all the other areas of concern.  Given the associated filings that need to occur now, we’re looking at around 5 weeks to bring this situation to its next phase for a follow-on hearing.  Unless a miracle occurs, Tina must continue to suffer through at least 5 more unjust weeks of prison time, so the real criminals won’t have to.  Sadly we’re soon approaching the one year mark that Tina has been incarcerated.

This lawfare was specifically designed to keep Tina’s sentencing out of Federal jurisdiction, thus preventing President Trump from directly Pardoning her.

Election tampering is a treasonous offence because it only exists to cheat those selected into power, in order to subvert the will of “We The People”.  We are once again reminded of the ramifications the rising tide of justice will soon bring when it reaches the shores of Shapiro, Rubinstein, Judge Barrett and many many others, as described in this article, and also in this Truth from President Trump:

The people who didn’t heed the below warning will now wish they did:

CEASE & DESIST: I, together with many Attorneys and Legal Scholars, am watching the Sanctity of the 2024 Presidential Election very closely because I know, better than most, the rampant Cheating and Skullduggery that has taken place by the Democrats in the 2020 Presidential…

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 25, 2024

Accountability is now on the horizon as the revelations about the Obama Administration continue to stream out.  That accountability will soon reach the front door of those who maliciously put Tina Peters in Prison. 

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