Trump Watch: Government as a weapon

This week, Trump pulled FBI agents off terrorism cases to focus on immigration crackdowns, threatened to jail Illinois’ governor, floated blocking back pay for federal workers during his shutdown , and tried to ignore court rulings preventing him from military invasions into Portland.

Here is your Trump Watch roundup:

Trump has FBI harassing immigrants instead of fighting terrorism

His racist obsession against immigrants continues.

Trump's demands get more unhinged amid his war on Democrats

Wait there’s a word for this … oh right, fascism!

Trump might sell major weapons to Ukraine—but has questions first

Every day is TACO Tuesday with Trump.

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Here’s how Trump could screw federal workers even more

Trump obviously doesn’t want to be the one who pays for it.

Trump tries his best to invade Portland, law be damned

Illegal, unconstitutional, and republic-destroying.

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Republicans should love Obamacare. Their voters rely on it.

First rule of being a politician—don’t abandon your constituents?

Americans don't buy RFK Jr.'s medical quackery

Unlike that whack job, poll numbers don’t lie.

When it rains, it pours: Trump team's latest push to punish whistleblowers

Exposing corruption now comes with a price.

This week's ridiculous Trump quote:

“We took the freedom of speech away, because that's been through the courts.”

Trump's time in the White House runs out in: