Producer’s Note: Team Randi’s off again, making it a long holiday weekend. We do have a fresh edition of your Homework, a great “Best Of” show for you this afternoon, and some new “Randi In A Minute” YouTube videos later today. Randi will be back live on Monday, April 21. See you then!

– Producer Shawn

Stand Up, Speak Out

Anti-Trump Groups To Protest Again Nationwide Tomorrow, Saturday, April 19

Harold Meyerson: Come Saturday, We Should Reclaim The American Revolution

Fighting For Freedom

Federal Appeals Court, In Strong Words, Presses Trump Admin. To Play Active Role In Freeing Kilmar Abrego Garcia, Citing Due Process Concerns

Pressure Works: Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen Allowed To Meet With Kilmar Abrego Garcia In El Salvador, Amid Court Fight Over His Return To The U.S.

Chris Geidner: The Pushback Against Trump’s Lawlessness In The Abrego Garcia Case Is Real — And Making A Difference

Trump’s Immigration Wars Roll On

New U.S. Intelligence Assessment Contradicts Trump’s Justification For Mass Deportations, Confirms Venezuela Is Not Directing An Invasion Of The U.S. [Gift Link]

Supreme Court Sets Arguments For Whether Trump Admin. Can Implement Plan Banning Birthright Citizenship

U.S. Citizen Juan Carlos Lopez-Gomez Released From ICE Custody After Wrongful Arrest Under Florida’s New Anti-Immigration Law

Mahmoud Khalil: What Does My Detention By ICE Say About America? That A Democracy For Some Is No Democracy At All. [Gift Link]

Trumponomics Is Failing

Mortgage Rates Climb To 6.83$, The Highest Level In Two Months As Trump’s Tariffs Continue To Rock Markets

Polls Confirm Trump’s Economic Approval Is At Its Lowest Point Ever

Sources Admit Trump Has Privately Discussed Firing Fed Chair Powell For Months

David Frum: Can Trump Fire Jerome Powell? Maybe. But Trump Needs Someone To Blame For His Growing Economic Failures. [Gift Link]