Moderate PA Governor Hosts Completely Normal Pride Reception, Heroically Vows to Shield “Our Trans Children” From the Ongoing Threat of Their Own Bodies

Cross-dresser waves at camera: is it a Nazi salute or is he a Democrat?

“Pride is the mask of one’s own faults.”

— Yiddish proverb

In a display of measured centrism that has made him the Democratic Party’s most trusted voice of reason, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro welcomed [Rear] Admiral Rachel Levine back to the Governor’s mansion and pledged to protect “our trans children” from the “hate” of anyone still insisting that sex is real. The June 2026 event featured transgender flags, a performance by the Harrisburg Gay Men’s Chorus, and a speech in which Shapiro positioned himself as the last adult in the room for refusing to let biology, medical evidence, or basic observation interfere with a child’s self-diagnosis, or that of his/her parent, most often the mother, who supports the latest thing.

Shapiro, long celebrated for his willingness to meet radical gender activists exactly where they are, has consistently argued that gender-confused minors require access to puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and surgeries.

“I’m guilty of letting emotion get in when I see politicians trying to score cheap political points off the well-being of trans kids in this commonwealth,” stated Shapiro. “I need you to know that I take very seriously the defense of all God’s children — our trans children, our gay children, our LGBTQ+ children. Every one of you is loved and welcome here, and I will do everything in my power to protect you.”

So if children want have their bits cut off, Shapiro supports it because he cares about them.

Dr. Kurt Miceli of Do No Harm offered a dissenting medical view that was not invited to the stage for some strange reason.

“The scientific consensus shows that sex-rejecting interventions on minors can lead to serious, often irreversible, harm,” Miceli said. “The tragic irony is that lawmakers who refuse to acknowledge the flawed case for so-called gender affirming care will push policies that end up hurting the vulnerable kids they say they want to protect. If the goal is to help gender confused kids, then politicians should support policies backed by evidence-based medicine, not radical gender ideologues.”

Shapiro has told supporters he will codify additional LGBTQ+ rights if Democrats secure the state trifecta. When asked which rights currently lack sufficient codification, his office did not respond. He previously joined other Democratic governors in suing the Trump administration for restricting pediatric sex-rejecting procedures and has described legislation keeping males out of female sports as the work of “extremists.”

“The adults are important, kids are extra important, and I need you to know that here in Pennsylvania, you will be protected,” Shapiro stated at the LGBTQ+ reception. “This is a moment in time where we got to stand up and make sure our kids are looked after, our kids are protected, and we’re going to do that.”

The room erupted when Shapiro welcomed gender confused Admiral Levine, the Biden administration’s former Assistant Secretary for Health and one of the nation’s most influential advocates for medical procedures to remove male and female genitalia and cosmetically attempt to make the scarred areas look like the oppose sex, like he did to himself. [And let's not forget the lifelong drug treatments to enrich the attending physicians.]


Levine oxymoronically had served as Pennsylvania’s Secretary of Health. Shapiro’s office did not respond when asked whether Levine would be considered for a role in a second Shapiro administration.

Cabinet officials in attendance included Human Services Secretary Dr. Valerie Arkoosh and Education Secretary Dr. Carrie Rowe.

“A number of wonderful leaders and allies in my cabinet who are here. I saw Secretary Arkoosh, our great leader in the Department of Human Services with us,” Shapiro said. “Secretary Rowe who is out, and leads our education department. She does an amazing job.”



                                        Governor 'Pride' Shapiro

Secretary of Health Dr. Debra Bogen was also in attendance. The Pennsylvania Department of Health wanted to remove “mothers” and “pregnant woman” from the state health code and the terms “pregnant woman” and “mother of a newborn” were replaced with “pregnant or postpartum individual” throughout a 502-page regulatory proposal made public in August 2026. The regulatory proposal was withdrawn on September 25 after significant a public who was disgusted with the terms.

Ashleigh Strange, executive director for the Governor’s Advisory Commission on LGBTQ Affairs and whose surname aptly describes her, also spoke at the pride reception.

Shapiro created the Governor’s Advisory Commission on LGBTQ Affairs in June 2023 that engages in LGBTQ activism throughout Pennsylvania and provides the administration with legislative and policy recommendations.

Posts from the PA LGBTQ Commission Instagram account show Strange holding a 200-foot pride flag on the front steps of the Harrisburg Capitol building, announcing listening sessions with “PA LGBTQ+ Youth,” and celebrating the International Trans Prisoner Day of Action and Solidarity.

“This International Trans Prisoner Day of Action and Solidarity, the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (DOC) reaffirms their commitment to the safe housing of all residents in correctional facilities,” states an Instagram post. “Transgender inmates are often at a higher risk of mistreatment and the PA DOC firmly stands by the PREA standards that protect PA inmates.”

Shapiro called Strange and the LGBTQ+ commission his “ambassadors” to the community.

“Ash and the members of the commission, well, they are all my ambassadors out in the community,” Shapiro stated at the pride event. “I want to thank Ash and every member of this commission for representing me, representing our administration, and representing this Commonwealth so well. We are grateful to you, and we are thankful to you.”

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Report: Marriage License Application Reveals Ilhan Omar Appeared Confused About Her Name

MINNEAPOLIS — A 2009 Hennepin County marriage license application shows Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) initially listing her surname as Omar, then crossing it out in favor of Elmi, then restoring Omar, the New York Post reported Friday. The form was filed in connection with her marriage to Ahmed Elmi, the man she has repeatedly insisted is not her brother.

The document will no doubt come into play in a Department of Justice investigation into whether the outspoken Somali-born Minnesota congresswoman committed fraud gaining her U.S. citizenship in 2000 by allegedly failing to use her accurate legal name and birthdate. The DOJ’s recent court filing refers to her as “Congresswoman Ilhan Nur Said Elmi, a/k/a Ilhan Abdullahi Omar.”

A source familiar with the investigation had told the news outlet that Omar is a fictitious name and that she was born with the last name of Elmi, the same as her alleged brother she purportedly married. The application, dated February 12, 2009, also required the couple to indicate whether they were related by blood or adoption; they checked the “no” box. The Post noted that “It’s unclear who filled out the application, but it appears to have been written with just one person’s handwriting.” Unlike the Justice Department’s formulation, the crossed-out revision on the form read “Ilhan Omar Elmi.”

Elmi has described himself as gay. Omar’s office did not respond to the Post for comment on the marriage license application.

Omar has denied the allegations of fraud and called the investigation and questions about her marriage a racist conspiracy theory and a politically motivated smear by Republicans and President Donald Trump. When MS NOW anchor Chris Hayes recently asked her if she was related to Elmi, she answered, “Not to my knowledge,” an odd, and yes, idiotic response that also made headlines.

According to the Post, “An image of the marriage application has circulated online for years and appears to have been first published in August 2016 by the Minnesota outlet Alpha News. It has until now largely gone untouched by major news outlets.”

Scott W. Johnson, a retired Minneapolis attorney who has been investigating the “curious case” of Omar and allegations of fraud for nearly a decade, told the Post “the whole thing is a red flag.”

In a related development, local election officials confirmed that Minnesota’s automatic voter registration system continues to accept whichever name an applicant prefers on any given form, provided the applicant later denounces any resulting questions as racist.

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Democrats Allegedly Find New Way to Win Alaska: Clone a Republican and Hope Voters Can't Tell the Difference

 Trump Administration Fires Back After Judge Rejects Challenge to Dirty Democrat Scheme in Key Alaska Senate Race

Democrats apparently decided that one Dan Sullivan on the ballot wasn't enough. So, according to allegations now at the center of a legal fight, they helped recruit another one, hoping Alaska voters would have trouble telling the difference. Now the Trump administration is fighting to make sure the resulting election isn't certified without examining what happened.

A federal judge appointed by former President Barack Obama dismissed a lawsuit Sunday seeking to delay certification of Alaska's Senate election if a Democrat-backed candidate with the same name as incumbent Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan siphons away votes from the real deal.

Judge Sharon Gleason rejected a Justice Department lawsuit arguing that the state should not certify the results if voters intending to support the incumbent instead mistakenly cast ballots for Daniel J. Sullivan, the independent candidate Republicans have dubbed “Decoy Dan.”

Gleason's objection was that the Justice Department hadn't provided a specific plan for identifying which voters might have confused the two candidates. Apparently, the prospect of someone deliberately creating voter confusion was less concerning than the prospect of having to investigate it.

“The United States provides no workable plan as to how it proposes to segregate ballots cast for Daniel J. Sullivan on Election Day and then conduct a court-ordered unspecified ‘investigation’ of those ballots in a manner that would preserve voter secrecy,” she wrote.

“Clearly, if this Court were to order that certain ballots will be segregated and subject to a future and as yet unspecified investigation by law enforcement, it would likely result in voter ‘confusion and consequent incentive to remain away from the polls.’ Such late-breaking changes to the election rules are strongly disfavored,” she added.

The case took an interesting turn last week when The New York Times reported that Democrat operatives, including staffers working for Democrat candidate Mary Peltola, were involved in an effort to recruit the second Sullivan. The apparent objective was to siphon votes away from the incumbent Republican in Alaska's notoriously convoluted ranked-choice voting system.

One might think that deliberately recruiting a candidate with the same name as an incumbent senator to confuse voters would merit some attention from election officials. Instead, the Justice Department now finds itself having to fight for the right to investigate the alleged scheme.

The Trump administration isn't accepting the ruling quietly. The Justice Department has already filed an appeal and says it intends to keep fighting.

“Alaskan voters deserve a fair election, not to be misled in an attempt to rig outcomes,” said Justice Department spokeswoman Kiersten Pels.

The department's original lawsuit argued that allowing the election to proceed without addressing the alleged scheme would undermine the integrity of the vote.

“Should Alaska certify any electoral results tainted by the inclusion on the ballot of Daniel J. Sullivan — whose candidacy, Defendant Beecher found, is ‘for the purpose of confusing or misleading voters and compromising the fairness of the ballot’ — the State and its officers will fail in its obligation to protect the integrity of its election,” the suit said. “The United States accordingly brings this lawsuit to protect the integrity of the 2026 Senate election in Alaska.”

Peltola, meanwhile, has denied knowing anything about the effort to recruit the second Sullivan. Her explanation came last week:

“I just want to clear the air,” she said last week. “I knew nothing about any other candidate on the ballot except for me and the incumbent. That is all I have ever known about. I am not interested in tricking voters.”

Well, that settles that. The alleged recruitment effort, the candidate with the suspiciously familiar name, and the New York Times report can all apparently be filed under things nobody on the Democrat side knew anything about.

The Justice Department will now have to make its case on appeal. Alaska voters, meanwhile, are left with an unusual question: If a candidate is recruited specifically because his name might confuse voters, who exactly is supposed to take responsibility when the confusion works?

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Dem Senator suffers a stroke: hospitalized Saturday

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) has been hospitalized after suffering a stroke, according to a statement released Sunday by his chief of staff, Allison Herwitt. Doctors are encouraged by his progress and expect him to make a full recovery.

Murphy, 53, reportedly began experiencing numbness in his arm Saturday afternoon while attending his son's hockey game. He was initially taken to a local hospital, where doctors determined he had suffered a stroke, before being transferred to Johns Hopkins for further monitoring.

"He was taken to a local hospital, where it was discovered he had experienced a stroke. He was transferred to Johns Hopkins for further monitoring and is responding well to treatment," Herwitt said in a statement.

"The doctors are encouraged by his progress, he is awake and alert, and we are optimistic he will make a full recovery."

Murphy was first elected to the Senate in 2012 and took office in January 2013. He has since emerged as one of the more prominent voices in the Democratic Party and has been mentioned as a possible contender for the party's 2028 presidential nomination.

Although Murphy is not seeking reelection this year, he has been actively campaigning for Democratic candidates, spending the past several weeks trying to help his party reclaim control of the Senate. He had been scheduled to campaign for Democrats in New Hampshire on Sunday.

The sudden medical emergency is an unwelcome interruption to those political ambitions, although the news from his doctors appears encouraging.


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Foreign Activists Who Flew to Israel on Tourist Visas Shocked to Learn Farm Is Not Designated Protest Zone

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Fourteen foreign nationals were detained over the weekend after they decided an Israeli farm in Samaria would make an excellent backdrop for a confrontation with authorities. Israeli officials are now weighing whether these visitors should be required to finish their vacation elsewhere.

According to the Israel Police’s Judea and Samaria District, the group of deadbeat miscreants was stopped by IDF troops near the Palestinian village of Luban ash-Sharqiya after reports of a disturbance close to the farm. The riffraff were transferred to the Modiin Illit police station, where they were questioned on suspicion of disobeying a lawful order and entering an area designated as a closed military zone. 

Investigators gathered evidence and handed it to the Population and Immigration Authority, which will hold hearings before deciding on expulsion. Their nationalities remain undisclosed, and no final deportation orders had been issued as of Sunday morning, but we can always hope. 

Initial accounts mentioned 15 people, but later reports identified 14 cases referred to immigration authorities.

Police framed the incident as part of a broader effort to stop foreign nationals from staging activities that could spark confrontations between Israelis and Palestinians in Judea and Samaria. The coordination between police, military, and immigration officials is meant to reduce disturbances, incitement, and potentially violent incidents while also limiting events that might damage Israel’s international reputation.

The arrests come after a similar operation in the Hebron area last month. 

On October 24, the Population and Immigration Authority announced that 11 foreign nationals had been deported after violating a closed military zone order, refusing to identify themselves, and interfering with IDF soldiers. Those 11, who entered Israel on tourist visas, came from the United States, Hungary, Italy, Austria, Britain, Germany, and Ireland. 

Officials said the group had violated the conditions of their visas by participating in activities unrelated to tourism and were removed after hearings. The authority pledged to continue taking action against individuals who misuse tourist visas for purposes other than tourism.

The 14 foreign nationals now face administrative hearings before the Population and Immigration Authority, which will rule on whether the activists should be expelled from the country.

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Trump Says U.S. Could Take Out Remaining Iranian Nuclear Sites in Just 10 Minutes

President Donald Trump isn't exactly leaving Tehran guessing about America's military capabilities. Following a phone conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Trump made clear that the United States could eliminate what remains of Iran's nuclear program in a remarkably short amount of time. Apparently, the Pentagon has been keeping a few options on the shelf.

"There are 'one or two sites' left that need to be dealt with, including Pickaxe Mountain. We can do it in ten minutes. We have a plan for it, and we can execute it very quickly," the president said Sunday.

Trump also addressed the possibility of reaching another agreement with the Iranian regime, although his assessment of Tehran's negotiating habits wasn't exactly flattering.

"They want to reach an agreement, and we will see what happens. Things are moving along fine, but they are not really reliable. They reach an agreement and then back out. They want to reach an agreement, and we will see if they actually sign it."

Hours before those remarks, Trump spoke by phone with Netanyahu as the United States prepares to potentially resume strikes on Iran, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.

The conversation followed discussions between Trump and senior military officials about options for resuming military operations. Those discussions included a meeting with CENTCOM commander Admiral Brad Cooper, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dan Caine.

U.S. and Israel Prepare for Possible Strikes, But Timing Remains Uncertain

The Pentagon has reportedly spent recent weeks reinforcing air defenses, ammunition supplies, and other military equipment throughout the Middle East. At the same time, American forces have been repositioned away from bases considered vulnerable to an Iranian retaliatory attack.

The political calendar adds another complication. Trump is entering the final stretch of the campaign ahead of Tuesday's November 3 congressional midterm elections.

The war with Iran and rising fuel prices have become political liabilities for Republicans, and the president is working to strengthen his party's position before voters head to the polls.

Consequently, Washington has reportedly been pushing back the timetable for renewed military action. Tehran, meanwhile, appears quite content to drag out negotiations while the American political calendar works in its favor.

Defense officials reportedly believe the White House is unlikely to authorize an operation against the Islamic regime before Election Day unless intelligence reveals preparations for a surprise Iranian attack.

Israel's defense establishment has likewise remained deliberately vague about preparations for a possible escalation. Washington has continued offering Tehran another opportunity to return to negotiations, even as American and Israeli forces prepare for the alternative.

There are good reasons to doubt that diplomacy will produce much. Iranian officials are confronting an economic crisis that continues to worsen, but defense officials assess that the regime is unlikely to accept an agreement requiring it to completely abandon its nuclear program. Tehran is even less likely to agree to halt production of ballistic missiles, which now pose a threat to Europe as well.
American Military Reinforcements Arrive in Israel

Last week, ten U.S. Air Force transport aircraft arrived at Israeli Air Force bases in southern Israel as part of a larger military air convoy moving equipment throughout the Middle East, according to KAN News.

The aircraft originated at Fort Bliss in Texas and were reportedly carrying air defense systems intended to protect American and allied assets amid warnings of a possible "short, focused war with Iran."

Other aircraft in the convoy landed in Jordan, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia. The arrivals followed an earlier report that Washington had transferred another Patriot missile defense system to the region in anticipation of a possible escalation.

An Israeli source told KAN that American and Israeli officials are coordinating closely on Iran. Reports also indicate that another U.S. aircraft carrier could join American forces in the region, accompanied by an additional Marine unit.

The military preparations aren't entirely one-sided. Two weeks ago, dozens of Israeli Air Force fighter jets flew "as far as the Iranian border" before turning around and returning to Israel during a practice sortie, according to an Axios report citing American and Israeli officials.
Tehran Says It's Ready for Negotiations. And War.

While Tehran continues to send diplomatic signals, it has also been busy issuing threats.

According to an announcement published in Tehran, Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei ordered military commanders to prepare for an immediate and powerful response, without geographical limits, should the United States or Israel launch another attack.

Iranian Chief of Staff General Ali Abdollahi warned that his country has expanded its list of potential targets and that another American strike would trigger a broad response. He also insisted that Iran would determine when any new war ends.

That is quite a negotiating position for a government whose economy is in serious trouble and whose nuclear facilities have already been targeted.

The Trump administration, for its part, continues to maintain that diplomacy remains preferable to military action. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Sunday that if Trump had wanted to launch another military operation, he could have done so weeks or months ago. He also emphasized that the United States has all the capabilities necessary to carry out a successful strike.

For now, diplomacy and military preparations are proceeding simultaneously. Trump's conversation with Netanyahu underscores the close coordination between Washington and Jerusalem, while the military buildup makes clear that the diplomatic option isn't the only one on the table.

The big question is whether Tehran is finally prepared to make a deal or whether it is simply buying time until after the American elections.

Trump has already made one thing clear: If the negotiations go nowhere, the United States knows exactly what it intends to do, and apparently doesn't expect the operation to take very long.

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DHS Chief Calls Omar Probe a ‘Large Case’ Involving Multiple People, Not a One-Woman Vendetta

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Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin spent part of his day explaining, again, that federal investigators are not staging a personal drama against Rep. Ilhan Nur Said Elmi [aka Ilhan Omar]. The matter, he said, is bigger than one member of Congress and has already been handed to the Justice Department.

“This is a large case that we have presented to the DOJ,” Mullin told Fox News. “We’re enforcing our nation’s laws, and we’re going to do that. We’re not weaponizing. We’re not using political theater on this.”

He added that the same rules apply to everyone else: “And if Congress doesn’t like those laws, they can change it, and we’ll also enforce those laws. But if somebody committed a crime, we don’t look at that any different. I don’t care where you’re seated. I don’t care how you’re registered to vote. I don’t care what your job title is. We use it equally.”

The renewed interest centers on Omar’s 2009 marriage to Ahmed Nur Said Elmi. The New York Times reported that authorities examined the marriage in 2016 under the Obama administration. Prosecutors at the time declined a felony marriage-fraud charge because the five-year statute of limitations had run. Omar, listed by the Department of Justice under the name “Ilhan Nur Said Elmi,” married Elmi that year; the couple divorced in December 2017. She has denied claims that Elmi, described in reporting as gay, is her brother.

Mullin stressed that the file is not limited to the congresswoman. “This isn’t just a case that’s targeting one individual. This is a large case that we have presented to the DOJ, and the DOJ is leading the investigations,” he said.

Federal law bars marriages entered solely for immigration benefits. Every state bars marriage between siblings. According to The Daily Wire, Elmi received a provisional two-year green card after the 2009 wedding, then tried to convert it to permanent status. He stopped the process once officials asked for more evidence about the marriage and later left for the United Kingdom.

More than 100 House Democrats responded by signing a letter that treats the inquiry as an election-year weapon aimed at Omar for her opposition to President Trump. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries signed. Roughly 40 Democrats did not, among them Reps. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, Nancy Pelosi, Tom Suozzi, Laura Gillen, and Josh Gottheimer.

Mullin answered the letter by recalling the previous administration’s handling of Trump. “We’re not the Democrat Party that came after their political enemies like President Trump, and they know they weaponized our DOJ and FBI. And it’s shameful, absolutely shameful, that they did that,” he said.

Whether investigators can prove the underlying facts is still open. Democrats have already announced what they believe the motives must be. That conclusion does not establish what occurred in 2009.

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Obama-Appointed Judge Who Trump Called a "Radical Left Lunatic" Now Overseeing Ilhan Omar Warrant Fight and Other High-Profile Cases

If one federal judge has turned up with striking regularity in the Trump administration’s legal disputes, it is Obama appointee James Boasberg. The jurist President Trump has called a "Radical left lunatic" is now handling yet another high-stakes matter, this time the fight over the search warrant executed at the Washington, D.C., home of Rep. Ilhan Nur Said Elmi (also known as Ilhan Omar).

Former DOJ prosecutor Jim Trusty joined 'America's Newsroom' to examine the federal raid on Elmi’s residence by Homeland Security Investigations and the immigration charges that may follow. The proceedings around the congresswoman have also spotlighted a broader puzzle: how judges are actually assigned to politically sensitive cases, and why Boasberg keeps landing in the middle of them.

The latest dispute arose when media outlets challenged the Justice Department in an effort to unseal the warrant tied to two federal investigations of the Minnesota Democrat. The matter went to Boasberg, chief judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

"Judge James Boasberg is now involved with the Ilhan Omar case," Steve Ferguson, a self-described business owner with more than 250,000 followers on X, wrote. "Is everything rigged?"

The pattern invites the question.

It is a fair one to raise, given Boasberg’s expanding docket of prominent clashes with the administration. The formal answer points to an assignment system that includes notable exceptions.

Under the rules of the federal court in Washington, D.C., cases are generally assigned randomly through an electronic system managed by the clerk’s office under the Calendar and Case Management Committee. That committee consists of three to five judges appointed by the chief justice.

Not every case follows the same route. Criminal grand jury matters, for example, are assigned to and overseen by the chief judge, a post Boasberg currently holds. That makes his role in the dispute over unsealing Omar’s search warrant "not a surprise" to Eric Wessan, Iowa’s solicitor general.

Wessan nonetheless sees reason to ask whether the system is functioning as described.

"But there are a lot of cases that seem to be going to judges maybe based on those cases having similarities which is not what the local rules say," Wessan told Fox News Digital.

When cases must be reassigned, the Calendar and Case Management Committee determines the process. Procedures exist, yet critics observe that the public has little visibility into how decisions are reached.

Wessan suggested that concerns about assignments are legitimate, particularly in light of the number of prominent cases challenging the Trump administration that have reached Boasberg’s docket.

"If one is just following anecdotally, there does seem to be a lot of high-profile cases in front of judges that seem to be expressing unusual amounts of frustration or disagreement with the administration," Wessan said, urging greater transparency in how case assignments are made.

Omar’s search warrant is not the only Trump administration matter before Boasberg.

The judge is also overseeing California’s lawsuit against the administration concerning voter registration rolls. On Friday he ordered the administration to provide the state with the names and supporting information for roughly 20,000 individuals the Justice Department claims are noncitizens listed on California’s voter rolls by the end of the day.

Boasberg drew national attention in March 2025 when he ordered the Trump administration to turn around deportation flights carrying alleged Venezuelan gang members to El Salvador. The administration contested the order, arguing that the Alien Enemies Act supplied legal authority for the removals.

The dispute reached the Supreme Court, which vacated Boasberg’s temporary restraining order blocking the flights after finding that the case had been brought in the wrong jurisdiction.

That same month Boasberg took up another administration controversy involving Signal messages. Senior officials had discussed plans for a military strike in Yemen in a group chat that accidentally included Atlantic editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg. Boasberg then ordered the administration to preserve the messages.

The accumulation of these matters drew the attention of congressional Republicans. In May 2025, Reps. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, Darrell Issa, R-Calif., and Chip Roy, R-Texas, sent a letter to the court clerk seeking greater clarity about the judicial assignment process.

The lawmakers questioned whether assignments were genuinely random, as the court’s rules indicate.

"The Committee cannot independently verify the randomness of case assignments because the composition of assignment decks is kept secrets," the lawmakers wrote.

"We must understand the nature of the case assignment process in the District Court, which is considering a number of cases challenging the Trump Administration’s policy decisions, to consider and develop appropriate legislation," the lawmakers wrote.

Meanwhile, Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., concluded that inquiries alone were insufficient. In July he introduced legislation requiring federal district courts to assign cases randomly, without exceptions. He named it the Boasberg Act.

The bill remains stalled in committee, perhaps pending an explanation from a judge as to why the change is unnecessary.

"Judge Boasberg is the poster child for a rogue judge and exposed serious loopholes in our judicial system. Randomly assigning cases among judges ensures the American people can have confidence in the impartiality of our courts," Schmitt said in a statement.

Under the D.C. court’s rules, the chief justice does not have authority to reassign cases. That responsibility belongs to the Calendar and Case Management Committee. Although the court must notify the judges and attorneys involved when a reassignment occurs, it is not required to explain the reason publicly.

Wessan identifies that lack of transparency as the central problem.

"The rules shouldn’t say one thing if it’s not true. But if it is true, they could just say so. I think the issue is with the exceptions—what happens in those exceptional cases and how often do they occur?" Wessan said.

He added that the volume of controversial episodes in the district court makes greater disclosure particularly important.

"Given the frequency of the concerning episodes in the district court, erring on the side of transparency is probably prudent to the extent that there are exceptions to the normal random-assignment system," Wessan said.

Americans are entitled to expect that federal judges apply the law impartially, regardless of which party holds the presidency. Random assignment is supposed to support that result. When exceptions exist, the public deserves to know how they operate and how frequently they are used.

Confidence in the courts should not rest on whether a case happens to reach a judge who already appears engaged in an extended disagreement with the administration whose policies are under challenge.

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