Mon. Apr 21st, 2025

Friends,

Written by Robert Reich
The week’s Joseph Welch Award for courage in the face of American tyranny goes to two senators whose actions epitomize Joseph Welch when he stood up to Senator Joe McCarthy in 1954.

The first is Maryland Senator Chris Van Hollen, who traveled to El Salvador to seek answers about the detention and safety of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland resident whom the Trump regime abducted and sent to El Salvador’s notorious CECOT prison, admittedly in “error” due to a 2019 court order prohibiting his deportation — yet refuses to do anything about. The Trump regime alleged Garcia was affiliated with the MS-13 gang — an accusation his attorneys and his family firmly deny. It is still just an allegation; there has been no arrest, no evidence, and no legal findings.

Yesterday, Van Hollen accused the Trump administration of “outright defying” the Supreme Court’s order to facilitate the return of Garcia.“They are flouting the courts as we speak,” he charged. “Facilitating his return means something more than doing nothing, and they are doing nothing.”

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By Ken Carman

Retired entertainer, provider of educational services, columnist, homebrewer, collie lover, writer of songs, poetry and prose... humorist, mediocre motorcyclist, very bad carpenter, horrid handyman and quirky eccentric deluxe.

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