Supreme Court Allows Alien Enemies Act, EU Pitches Zero Tariffs, RFK jr. Wants Fluoride Gone

 • Supreme Court lifts blocks on Trump administration's use of 1798 Alien Enemies Act in a narrow 5-4 decision
• Attorney General Pam Bondi plans to "scour the country" for members of Tren de Aragua gang for deportation
• European Union extends offer to eliminate industrial tariffs which Trump dismisses, citing $350 billion trade deficit
• Trump characterizes EU as "formed to really do damage to the United States in trade"
• RFK Jr announces plans to tell CDC to stop recommending fluoride in drinking water
• Utah becomes first state to ban fluoride in public water supplies
• EPA reviewing scientific information about fluoride risks under Administrator Lee Zeldin 

 The Supreme Court just handed the Trump administration an extraordinary victory by reviving a 225-year-old law to deport Venezuelan gang members. In a narrow 5-4 decision, the Court lifted blocks on using the 1798 Alien Enemies Act—legislation so antiquated it hasn't seen action since World War II. Attorney General Pam Bondi wasted no time celebrating this "landmark victory," announcing plans to "scour the country" for members of the notorious Tren de Aragua gang. But the decision wasn't without controversy, with Justice Sotomayor penning a blistering dissent accusing the administration of attempting to subvert judicial process.

Meanwhile, as Trump unveils sweeping global tariffs, the European Union extends an apparent olive branch with a "zero-for-zero" proposal on industrial goods. Commission President von der Leyen's diplomatic overture was met with swift rejection from Trump, who bluntly characterized the EU as "formed to really do damage to the United States in trade." Citing a $350 billion trade deficit, Trump made it clear these tariffs aren't just negotiation tactics—they might become permanent fixtures of his economic strategy, sending tremors through global markets.

In a dramatic public health pivot, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced plans to tell the CDC to stop recommending fluoride in drinking water. This policy shift gained momentum after Utah became the first state to ban fluoride in public water systems. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin confirmed they're reviewing fluoride risks, acknowledging Kennedy's long-standing advocacy against the practice that's been standard since the 1940s. 

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Speaker 1 (00:02):
Hello America.
Joc here with your RantingPolitics headline updates, where
we are diving into today's mostexplosive political stories
that you need to know aboutComing up.
The Supreme Court just handedTrump a major win, lifting
blocks on his use of a2-25-year-old law to deport
Venezuelan gang members.
Talk about dusting off thelegal archives for some

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immigration enforcement.
Meanwhile, the EU is waving awhite flag in the tariff wars,
offering to scrap industrialduties on American goods.
But is Trump buying whatthey're selling?
Spoiler alert, he's playinghardball and RFK Jr is making
waves in the health departmenttaking aim at something you
might be drinking right nowfluoridated water.

(00:43):
Utah's already pulling the plugand Kennedy wants the CDC to
follow suit.
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In a landmark ruling that's sureto send shockwaves through
immigration circles, the SupremeCourt has given the Trump
administration the green lightto resume deportations of
suspected Venezuelan gangmembers.
The high court lifted a lowercourt order in a narrow 5-4
decision that allows the use ofthe 1798 Alien Enemies Act, a

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law so dusty it hasn't beenpulled off the shelf since World
War II.
The conservative majoritydetermined that the Trump
administration is likely tosucceed on the merits in the
lawsuit challenging the removalof five Venezuelan men.
They also made a technicalruling on Venue, noting that
since the detainees are confinedin Texas, venue is improper in
the District of Columbia.
Basically, they're saying, theDC judge who put the brakes on

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this deportation train wasn'teven on the right tracks to
begin with.
But hold on.
This isn't a complete free pass.
The Supreme Court did clarifythat these suspected gang
members must be given noticewithin a reasonable time and in
a manner that allows them tochallenge their removal in the
proper court before they'reshipped out.
As the per curiam opinionstated, the only question is

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which court will resolve thatchallenge.
This effectively overturns DCDistrict Court Chief Judge James
Boasberg's temporaryrestraining order that had been
blocking Trump from invokingthis rarely used wartime law.
President Trump had filed anemergency request to the Supreme
Court back on March 28th aftera divided panel on the DC

(02:49):
Circuit Court of Appeals refusedto lift the stay.
The New York Post reports thisdecision marks a significant
victory for the administration'saggressive stance on
immigration enforcement,particularly targeting alleged
members of the notorious TrendyAragua gang.
What makes this case especiallynoteworthy is the
administration's unprecedentedrevival of a law that's been

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collecting dust in the legalarchives for decades.
President Trump has dusted offa piece of American legal
history that hasn't seen thelight of day since World War II,
invoking the Alien Enemies Actas part of his administration's
hardline approach against whathe considers an invading force.
The target Members of theVenezuelan gang Trendi Aragua,

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whose presence in Americareportedly grew during the Biden
administration's borderpolicies.
The administration's plan isn'tjust deportation.
It's sending these suspectedgang members to El Salvador's
infamous terrorist confinementcenter, known by its Spanish
acronym, secot.
This facility has earned areputation as one of the most

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hellish prisons in the WesternHemisphere.
Making this not just adeportation but a statement,
attorney General Pam Bondiwasted no time celebrating the
Supreme Court's decision,calling it a landmark victory
for the rule of law.
She announced that she,alongside Homeland Security
Secretary Kristi Noem and BorderCzar Tom Homan, will direct our

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assets to scour the country forany remnants of Tren de Aragua
and deport them.
Bondi further dismissed thelower court's intervention
stating an activist judge inWashington.
Bondi further dismissed thelower court's intervention,
stating an activist judge inWashington DC does not have the
jurisdiction to seize control ofPresident Trump's authority to
conduct foreign policy and keepthe American people safe.
But not everyone on the highcourt was on board with lifting

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the stay.
Justice Sonia Sotomayor penneda blistering dissent accusing
the administration of attemptingto subvert the judicial process
.
She pointed to what appeared tobe efforts to defy the initial
court order and rushdeportations before the March
15th hearing could take place.
Sotomayor wrote that thegovernment's apparent plan was
to rush plaintiffs out of thecountry before a court could

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decide whether the president'sinvocation of the Alien Enemies
Act was lawful.
Notably, even Trump appointeeJustice Amy Coney Barrett joined
portions of the dissent.
The case highlights the ongoingtension between aggressive
immigration enforcement and dueprocess concerns that has
defined much of the nationaldebate on border policy.
This latest move represents oneof the most aggressive

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applications of presidentialpower in immigration enforcement
in recent memory andimmigration enforcement in
recent memory.
In what looks like a chess movein the high-stakes tariff game,
the European Union has extendedan olive branch to the Trump
administration with azero-for-zero tariff proposal on
industrial goods.
This comes as a direct responseto President Trump's recent

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economic bombshell a 10%baseline global tariff coupled
with a hefty 25% tax on allforeign-made vehicles rolling
into American ports.
European Commission PresidentUrsula von der Leyen put it
plainly during a pressconference alongside Norwegian
Prime Minister Jonas Garstura wehave offered zero-for-zero
tariffs for industrial goods, aswe have successfully done with

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many other trading partners.
She added with diplomaticfinesse, because Europe is
always ready for a good deal, sowe keep successfully done with
many other trading partners.
She added with diplomaticfinesse, because Europe is
always ready for a good deal, sowe keep it on the table.
But the EU isn't just playingnice.
They're calculating their movescarefully.
While extending this deal withone hand, they're preparing
potential counterpunches withthe other.
Von der Leyen made it clearthat while they stand ready to
negotiate, they are alsoprepared to respond through

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countermeasures and defend ourinterests.
According to EU TradeCommissioner Maros Shevchevich,
this zero-tariff arrangementisn't a new idea.
He pointed out that Europeanofficials first floated this
proposal to Commerce SecretaryHoward Lutnick and US Trade
Representative Jameson Greerback in February, well before

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Trump's Liberation Day tariffannouncement on April 2nd that
sent global markets into atailspin.
The fallout from Trump's tariffannouncement has been immediate,
with the pan-continentalStocksX Europe 600 index
plummeting 6% when marketsopened Monday, though it rallied
somewhat by day's end, in partdue to Fonder Lyon's diplomatic
overture.

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The economic tremors are beingfelt globally as both sides
prepare for what could become aprolonged trade standoff.
Well, president Trump wasn'texactly impressed with Europe's
zero-tariff deal.
In a decisive Oval Officeresponse that has traders
worldwide clutching their pearls, trump flatly rejected the EU's
proposal, essentially sayingthanks but no thanks to what

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many economists considered asignificant concession.
The EU has been very tough overthe years, trump told reporters
, not mincing words, it wasformed to really do damage to
the United States in trade.
That's a pretty bold claimabout an alliance originally
created to prevent another worldwar, but trump has never been
one to hold back his economicgrievances.

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His frustrations ran deeper thanjust industrial tariffs.
They don't take our cars, likejapan in that sense.
They don't take ouragricultural product.
They don't take anythingpractically.
He continued painting a pictureof a one-sided relationship
that's cost american jobs andindustry.
The numbers Trump cited werestaggering a $350 billion trade

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deficit with the European Union,which he promised would
disappear fast under his watch.
His solution Make Europe buyAmerican energy, among other
products.
When pressed on whether theseglobal tariffs were just an
opening gambit for negotiations.
Trump stood firm we're notlooking at that.
Instead, he framed the tariffsas potentially permanent

(08:33):
fixtures of his economicstrategy, saying there can be
permanent tariffs and there canalso be negotiations.
It's classic Trump doctrineDisrupt the status quo first,
then deal.
It's the only chance that wewill have to reset the table.
He explained, referencing theloss of 90,000 American plants

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since NAFTA took effect in 1994.
His America First approachisn't just a slogan.
It's reshaping global traderelationships in real time, for
better or worse, depending onwhich side of the Atlantic you
call home.
According to the New York Post,the White House remains divided
into team tariff and team dealcamps, but for now it seems the

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tariff hawks have thepresident's ear In a move that's
bound to make waves in bothpublic health and conspiracy
theory circles.
Health and Human ServicesSecretary Robert F Kennedy Jr
has announced plans to tell theCDC to stop recommending
fluoride in drinking water.
This isn't just some fringeposition anymore.
It's now potentially becomingfederal policy under the new

(09:38):
administration.
Just this week, rfk Jr made theannouncement while visiting
Utah, which recently became thefirst state in the nation to ban
fluoride in public drinkingwater.
The timing couldn't be moresymbolic, as Utah's pioneering
stance gives Kennedy's positionsome legislative precedent,
despite significant pushbackfrom dentists and mainstream

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health organizations, who havelong maintained that fluoride is
essential for preventing toothdecay, I'm assembling a task
force to further research theissue.
Kennedy told reporters,signaling that this isn't a snap
decision but part of a broaderscientific review.
And he's not alone inquestioning fluoride safety.
The Environmental ProtectionAgency, under Administrator Lee

(10:21):
Zeldin, announced the same daythat they're reviewing new
scientific information about therisks of mixing fluoride with
drinking water.
Zeldin didn't mince words aboutKennedy's influence, stating
that Secretary Kennedy has longbeen at the forefront of this
issue.
His advocacy was instrumentalin our decision to review
fluoride exposure risks.
The EPA administrator promiseda comprehensive evaluation that

(10:44):
would inform the agency's futuresteps on the controversial
practice that's been standard inAmerican water systems since
the 1940s.
This represents a significantpolicy shift that could affect
millions of Americans' dentalhealth, either positively or
negatively, depending on whichscientific camp you believe.
As reported by Just the News,the debate continues over

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whether fluoride is a beneficialmineral that strengthens teeth
or a potentially harmfulchemical that shouldn't be in
our water supply.
Well, that wraps up anotheraction-packed episode of Ranting
Politics Headline Updates.
What a news day the SupremeCourt giving Trump the green
light to deport Venezuelan gangmembers under a law older than

(11:26):
most countries, proving onceagain that everything old can be
new again when you've got theright judges.
Meanwhile, the EU ispractically begging Trump to
play nice on tariffs, but thepresident is standing firm on
his America-first approach.
And, rfk Jr, he's coming foryour toothpaste, folks, or at
least the fluoride in your water.
These aren't just headlines.
They're real policies affectingreal Americans, whether it's

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our national security, the priceof your European car or what's
coming out of your kitchen tap.
These decisions touch all ofour lives in ways we don't
always appreciate.
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