We’re living through a presidency built on memory holes and retaliation—but Senator Mark Kelly just drew a line in the sand. The Arizona Democrat filed a federal lawsuit against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, refusing to let the Trump administration destroy his military career for defending the Constitution. Kelly’s lawsuit comes as newly released audio reveals Trump literally can’t remember promising Americans $2,000 checks from tariff revenues—a pledge he made just two months ago. “I did do that?” Trump asked New York Times reporters, genuinely confused. “When did I do that?” Meanwhile, at the Golden Globes, Nikki Glaser skewered the heavily redacted Epstein files and CBS News for killing a segment on Trump’s deportation camps. The message is clear: while accountability has vanished for those in power, leaders like Kelly are showing what it means to fight back when dissent invites punishment.
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