Refried Beans | The Lawfare Frontlines (feat. Mark Zaid) | 5/13/2026
Tuesday, May 13th, 2025
The US accepts the first planeload of white Afrikaners while still somehow unable to get the people back from El Salvador; the ICE detention facility in Newark has been served with violations by the city after the mayor’s arrest; Andrew Cuomo loses $622,000 over concerns of improper super PAC coordination; Republicans in the Senate push back against Trump’s takeover of the Library of Congress; the fight to save Medicaid heats up after House Republicans release their bill that cuts taxes for the rich; the Trump administration halts research to help babies with heart…
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