Patricia Lopez

Homan Should Give This Mass Deportation Campaign a Hard Reset The siege of Minneapolis is not ending, but it may at least be easing. President Donald Trump has removed US Border Patrol Commander-at-Large Greg Bovino, promised a still-unspecified drawdown of the ...

Tom Homan knows how to deport criminals quietly. But he'll have a hard time overcoming the damage this administration has already done, writes @plopezmn.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

Trump Lays Out a Vision of Power Restrained Only by ‘My Own Morality’

This may be the most depressing and frightening interview I've ever read. Trump basically is declaring that he is a law unto himself. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/u...

How the White House Lost the Public on Immigration President Donald Trump spent much of 2025 squandering the public’s support on what was once his best issue: immigration. Yes, he quickly delivered on his campaign promise to secure the southern border...

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The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.

Paul Ingrassia, a lawyer who previously represented Andrew and Tristan Tate before joining the White House, stepped in on their behalf during a federal investigation, saying the seizure of the Tates’ devices was not a good use of time or resources.

Those $2,000 Tariff Checks Are a Shell Game President Donald Trump has been touting tariff rebate checks for middle-class Americans, a move he hopes will convince voters that he cares about affordability. The $2,000 payments would go to “all bu...

Trump has promised $2,000 checks to every American "except for the rich" as a kind of tariff rebate. But, writes @plopezmn.bsky.social, you'll never see a dime of it www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

‘Meatpacking Cartels’ Are a Useful Villain for Beef Prices President Trump has called on the Justice Department to investigate the so-called Big Four meatpacking conglomerates that have a hammerlock on beef processing, distribution and pricing in the US.

Trump has attacked "meatpacking cartels" for high beef prices and vowed to have his DOJ investigate. Don't hold your breath, writes @plopezmn.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

Argentine Beef Imports Would Betray US Ranchers American cattle ranchers might be forgiven for wondering whether President Donald Trump’s new slogan is “Argentina First.”

Most US ranchers backed Trump. Now, he's promising to help farmers in Argentina at their expense. It's a betrayal, writes @plopezmn.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

President-elect Musk ordered Congress to handle government funding negotiations differently. Trump, after a late start, wound up agreeing with him.