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Thomas G. Moukawsher

Thomas G. Moukawsher

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The Law is King—Tariff Ruling May Signal the End of Lawlessness | Opinion

24.02.2026 20

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Thomas G. Moukawsher

Don’t Get Distracted—Trump is Still After Your Money | Opinion

12.02.2026 20

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Thomas G. Moukawsher

The New American ICE Age | Opinion

21.01.2026 10

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Thomas G. Moukawsher

With Trump We Have More to Fear Than Fear Itself | Opinion

23.12.2025 50

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Thomas G. Moukawsher

Göring, Victoria and Trump | Opinion

11.12.2025 20

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Thomas G. Moukawsher

Four Ways to Fight Trump’s Golden Age of Corruption | Opinion

25.11.2025 20

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Thomas G. Moukawsher

Donald Trump and the Six Rules Every Dictator Lives By | Opinion

12.11.2025 10

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Thomas G. Moukawsher

Is Trump Pocketing $230M of Taxpayer Money OK with You? | Opinion

28.10.2025 10

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Thomas G. Moukawsher

More Days Go By, More Bribes for Trump | Opinion

14.10.2025 10

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Thomas G. Moukawsher

Trump Just Thanked Qatar for His $400M Airplane | Opinion

17.09.2025 10

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Thomas G. Moukawsher

Trump's Fed Firing Must Fail, For All Our Sakes | Opinion

The Supreme Court should defend the law rather than torture it.

03.09.2025 10

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Thomas G. Moukawsher

Bill Maher Is Right. There Is a Slow-Moving Coup | Opinion

If you're concerned about crime in the cities, demand police, but condemn sending the military. If you don't, sooner or later—maybe next...

26.08.2025 10

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Thomas G. Moukawsher

Court Ruling Kills Congressional Purse Power | Opinion

Make it clear now that there are limits to presidential power.

19.08.2025 10

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Thomas G. Moukawsher

Ghislaine Maxwell Holds Key to Trump's Murdoch Lawsuit—and Her Jail Cell

Ghislaine Maxwell can put money in Donald Trump's pocket. Here's how she'll do it.

11.08.2025 10

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Thomas G. Moukawsher

Why Reject Trump? It's the Corruption, Stupid | Opinion

It's not the disappointing job numbers that should upset us. It's not inflation or the tariffs. It's the corruption.

05.08.2025 10

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Thomas G. Moukawsher

Trump Rightly Identified Homelessness as a Problem | Opinion

Is President Donald Trump seeking to use the law to create an Alligator Alcatraz for America's homeless?

29.07.2025 10

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Thomas G. Moukawsher

And Now It's The Wall Street Journal's Turn To Tango With Trump | Opinion

The Wall Street Journal had the effrontery to publish a piece painful to President Donald Trump—painful because the truth hurts.

23.07.2025 10

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Thomas G. Moukawsher

It's Time for Pam Bondi To Go | Opinion

It's time for Attorney General Pam Bondi to get out before she is shoved out. American law enforcement needs more bang and less bunk.

15.07.2025 10

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Thomas G. Moukawsher

What To Do About the $16M CBS Is Paying Donald Trump | Opinion

The truth about these shabby dealings should have consequences.

08.07.2025 10

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Thomas G. Moukawsher

Charges Against Abrego Garcia Collapsed. Next Should Come Consequences

It turns out that the only support for the government claim that Abrego Garcia was a key figure in a gang-related adult and child smuggling ring comes...

01.07.2025 10

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One-Man Declarations of War Threaten the Nation and the World | Opinion

If President Donald Trump can use our armed forces without the consent of Congress for anything he wants, look out! Autocracy is here, and, if Trump...

24.06.2025 10

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Thomas G. Moukawsher

Supreme Court Revives Police Responsibility for Wrong House Raids | Opinion

President Donald Trump is a consequence of the perceived lawlessness of the left—lawlessness against the police—lawlessness regarding immigration.

18.06.2025 10

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Thomas G. Moukawsher

Why Was Kilmar Abrego Garcia Returned to the US? | Opinion

There's hope that the Justice Department's decision to obey the Supreme Court and return Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the United States represents a trend.

11.06.2025 10

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Thomas G. Moukawsher

Trump's Right. There Is a Judicial Coup—But It's a Counter-Coup | Opinion

The courts are the counter-coup—seeking to restore the established constitutional order.

04.06.2025 10

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Thomas G. Moukawsher

Suspending Habeas Corpus Is a Hand Grenade on America's Heart | Opinion

It doesn't matter that President Donald Trump may purport to suspend habeas corpus only for illegal aliens. If he does, who gets to decide who is an...

21.05.2025 10

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Sky-High Corruption From Our Government of Gangsters | Opinion

Corruption in the Trump administration is so pervasive that its hard to keep track of whether President Donald Trump's dash for dictatorship or his...

13.05.2025 10

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If Trump Gets His Way, Could You 'Fall' Out a Window? | Opinion

It's a big, beautiful constitution. Absolutely, it is. It guarantees democracy. It says its "supreme value" is individual rights and freedoms.

06.05.2025 10

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It Looks Like CBS and Donald Trump Are Negotiating a Bribe | Opinion

As you read this, in some crowded conference room, a mediator is negotiating a bribe to be paid by CBS to Donald Trump, president of the United...

30.04.2025 10

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A Plan for Keeping Donald Trump Out of Court | Opinion

Why should the federal courts help President Donald Trump with cases he brings when he is already in contempt of more than one court?

23.04.2025 10

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To Get Deportee Back, the Supreme Court Must Make Trump Feel Pain | Opinion

Trump has made it appear that retrieving a man being held at his own personal request is so diplomatically complex that it would have stumped both...

15.04.2025 10

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Americans Need to Come to Their Senses: All Five of Them | Opinion

The far left and the far right can seem senseless sometimes. That doesn't mean they're stupid.

10.04.2025 10

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Thomas G. Moukawsher

Playing Trump's Game Won't Help Law Firms or Justice | Opinion

The presidential protection racket continues and intensifies. This time it's an assault on the lawyers.

01.04.2025 10

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Thomas G. Moukawsher

Congress Is in Cardiac Arrest. The High Court Holds the Paddles | Opinio

Members of Congress have long suffered from the view that the give and take in the legislative branch was just a great big bucket of sleaze.

28.03.2025 10

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Trump Is Trampling the Constitution With Bogus Emergencies | Opinion

Americans should beware of emergencies—real and imagined. All the famous dictators accumulated their power during so-called "emergencies."

20.03.2025 10

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Thomas G. Moukawsher

Donald Trump Is No Andrew Jackson—Or Even Richard Nixon | Opinion

Do past mistakes justify new ones? Some supporters of President Donald Trump's Administration are pointing to historical illegalities to justify the...

11.03.2025 10

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Thomas G. Moukawsher

The Supreme Court's Rejection of Trump End Run Is Great News | Opinion

The Supreme Court decision allowing normal legal process to proceed in the Trump administration's foreign aid case is an important reminder that we...

06.03.2025 10

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Elon Musk's Real Motive for Dismantling the Government | Opinion

What do you do when you—the richest man in the world—have around $400 billion to play with and you're being hassled with health, safety, and...

03.03.2025 20

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Trump's Corruption Claims Are a Smokescreen for His Own Ill Deeds | Opinion

At an Oval Office press conference with senior advisors Elon Musk and his 4-year-old Lil' X, Trump vowed to pursue federal employees which he declared...

19.02.2025 10

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What Judges Can Do if Trump Ignores Court Orders | Opinion

President Donald Trump should have every chance within the law to carry out his policies.

11.02.2025 10

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Thomas G. Moukawsher

The Don(ald) Turns the Presidency Into a Protection Racket | Opinion

Today, bricks are flying through the windows of innocent shopkeepers in Canada—thrown by none other than the president of the United States.

05.02.2025 10

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Thomas G. Moukawsher

Inspectors General Firings Are a Presidential Power Grab | Opinion

When President Donald Trump fired at least 12 inspectors general without notifying Congress as required by law, it was only partly about the...

29.01.2025 10

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Thomas G. Moukawsher

President Trump's Pardons Create His Own Private Army | Opinion

The United States Capitol was attacked by an angry mob. Remember what you thought at the time. It was a violent attack. It was directed by Donald...

22.01.2025 10

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Thomas G. Moukawsher

Justice John Roberts Isn't the Partisan Hack You May Think He Is | Opinion

President-elect Donald Trump's recent defeat at the Supreme Court tells us important things about the high court.

15.01.2025 10

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