The Iran Attack Is Trending, But These Four Stories About Powerful Women Pushing Back Ruined Trump’s Weekend
New Jersey takes on ICE, America demands massive tariff refund, and USA women’s hockey team MVP says she's too busy for Trump
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STRONGER THAN TRUMP
Aliya Rahman rose silently from her seat during the part of Trump’s State of the Union where he called Somali immigrants “pirates” who had “ransacked Minnesota.” No sign, no shouting, just standing in defiance.
When Capitol Police ordered her to sit, she refused—pointing out others around her were standing too. As officers began to pull her toward the exit, the crowd rose to clap for Trump, proving her point. They grabbed her by the shoulders and dragged her out, as attendees called on them to let her walk with her crutches. They refused. She was taken to the hospital, then booked, and held until just before 4am.
What the officers didn’t know—or didn’t care about—was that Trump’s agents in Minneapolis had already torn Rahman’s rotator cuff tendon and cartilage in both shoulders when they pulled her from her car en route to a doctor’s appointment. Capitol Police grabbed her where she was injured.
Rahman was there as a guest of Rep. Ilhan Omar. “There are only two things you can do at the State of the Union, and they are sit down and stand up,” she said. “I stood up at the moment that I heard this man say some of the most racist things I have heard come out of any leader’s mouth about the people of my city.”
They hurt her in Minneapolis. They arrested her in DC. She’s still standing—and we’re standing with her. Not all heroes wear capes. Some have crutches.
WE WANT OUR MONEY BACK
Trump’s illegal tariffs continue to backfire, with more than 1,000 companies suing in federal court. The regime collected an estimated $175 billion from the illegal tariffs, and now every one of these plaintiffs is demanding their money back.
Victor Schwartz spent years building his New York wine import company VOS Selections, until Trump’s tariffs threatened to put him out of business. He sued. On Feb 20, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in his favor, striking down the tariffs. As Chief Justice John Roberts wrote, the Framers “did not vest any part of the taxing power in the Executive Branch.”
NY Gov. Kathy Hochul held a press conference at Schwartz’s Midtown offices afterward, declaring: “New Yorkers have paid more than they should have under an illegal scheme that the Supreme Court has now struck down.”
Hochul also sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent this week, demanding $13.5 billion back for the state—which is over $1,750 per household. Other governors have joined the fight with similar demands, and now 26 Senate Democrats introduced the Tariff Refund Act—which would force the regime to issue full refunds with interest.
TOO BUSY FOR TRUMP
After Team USA’s men’s hockey team won gold in Milan, Trump “joked” over the phone he’d “probably be impeached” if he didn’t invite the women’s team to the State of the Union. The women’s hockey team had claimed their own gold only three days earlier on that same ice, also in overtime, by the same score. The men laughed—the women declined.
Captain of the women’s team Hilary Knight said: “I thought it was sort of a distasteful joke, and unfortunately that is overshadowing a lot of the success of just women at the Olympics.” When asked if she would go to the State of the Union or visit the White House, Olympic MVP Caroline Harvey said she was too busy with school.
To honor the team properly, musician Flavor Flav is inviting the team—along with all female US Olympic and Paralympic medalists—to a “She Got Game Weekend” in Las Vegas over the summer. Forward Alex Carpenter said: “I think we’re fully gonna take advantage of that and go have some fun and celebrate like we deserve to.”
GO, NEW JERSEY, GO
On February 11, New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill signed Executive Order No.12, which states that no federal immigration agent may use NJ state property as a staging area without a judicial warrant.
When signing the order, Sherrill said: “Given ICE’s willingness to flout the Constitution and violently endanger communities—detaining children, arresting citizens, and even killing innocent civilians—I will stand up for New Jerseyans’ right to be safe.”
Sherrill also launched a portal for people to upload any videos of ICE encounters, and released the “Know Your Rights” website, available in 22 languages.
This week, Pam Bondi’s DOJ sued her for it, filing a sloppy complaint that misspelled Sherrill’s name five times. The Governor fired back: “Instead of attacking states like New Jersey … the federal government should be training their ICE agents.”
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Onward!
Scott
I have two questions for you today:
Do you think every American should get a refund check for Trump’s illegal tariffs?
What do you think about Aliya Rahman’s story?
Powerful things happen when strong women resist.
Trump’s war won’t take our eyes off the prize. The irony of the reasoning for his regime change says it all.
Clear eyes. Full heart. Can’t lose.