Nonilex

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2026-07-30 17:03:51 UTC

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They also warned that the hackers could be attempting to pose as #Iran based in an effort to ratchet up tensions between the two countries, though former intelligence officials said such a scenario was unlikely.
Local officials reported that the well & treatment plant in at least one city was temporarily offline on Monday, while other cities in the state had to use manual workarounds to cope with attempted attacks on automated operations.
#TrumpsWar #IranWar #US #Trump #law #NationalSecurity

2026-07-30 17:02:16 UTC

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Investigators believe a #cyberattack this week on dozens of municipal #water systems in #Minnesota was probably the work of Iranian #hackers, acc/to US & state ofcls & others familiar with the matter, a potential act of aggression that comes at a precarious moment in the #US #war against #Iran.
Officials cautioned that they had not definitively determined who was responsible for the attack & that the preliminary assessment could change as the authorities collected more technical data.
#Trump

2026-07-30 16:59:30 UTC

#US Sees #Iran as Likely Behind #Cyberattack on #Minnesota #Water Systems
Investigators cautioned that the assessment was preliminary. There were no indications that any water supply had been rendered unsafe to drink.
#TrumpsWar #IranWar #Trump #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/30/us/politics/minnesota-water-cyberattack-iran.html?unlocked_article_code=1.1lA.Yvpb.7iusm2nGApZM&smid=nytcore-ios-share

2026-07-30 06:46:42 UTC

Russian strikes across #Ukraine, from east to west, killed at least 7 & wounded dozens, with the heaviest casualties reported in the eastern Dnipropetrovsk & western Lviv regions.
The attacks were the latest in a series of large-scale Russian strikes on Ukrainian cities that #Russia has intensified over the summer, now occurring on a nearly weekly basis.
#geopolitics #Europe #Putin #democracy #StandWithUkraine
https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-zelenskyy-missile-attack-63ab11e0ebe6a9aefdb547fe442bef3f

2026-07-29 12:48:55 UTC

#GiftArticle
A #US Citizen Deleted His #Phone’s #Data. Now He Faces a #Felony Charge.
Federal prosecutors charged a man returning to the United States with #obstruction because he gave them a passcode that erased his #smartphone during a customs search.
#law #InfoSec #privacy
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/us/duress-password-phone-wipe-charge.html?unlocked_article_code=1.1VA.PB_S.E8UqK3lm4peR&smid=nytcore-ios-share

2026-07-14 15:24:34 UTC

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#JaredWise, a former #Jan6 defendant [for real] who was assigned to Blanche’s team, also worked on the investigation into the Capitol #insurrection but resigned earlier this year, saying on social media that he could only “expose the abuses by the FBI & DOJ against J6 defendants” from outside government.
#law #LegalEthics #DOJ #ToddBlanche #Trump #retribution

2026-07-14 15:23:03 UTC

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#EdMartin was given personal control of two investigations he had long championed∶ Investigating the prosecutions of #Jan6 insurgents — even though all of those convicted, including #violent #criminals, received clemency from #Trump — & a probe into President Biden’s use of an autopen.
#law #LegalEthics #DOJ #ToddBlanche #Trump #retribution

2026-07-14 14:52:44 UTC

#GiftArticle
Emails Show #ToddBlanche Role in #Trump #Retribution Campaign
…Blanche, a methodical fmr federal prosecutor, created an organizational plan for the weaponization group that assigned key investigative lanes to some of his own deputies. That ensured…that he had tight control over one of the most sensitive issues on his plate — demands from Trump & his supporters to identify, investigate & punish those who had once pursued them.
#law #LegalEthics
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/14/us/politics/todd-blanche-trump-enemies-emails.html?unlocked_article_code=1.xlA.6Ulm.X7Dl2h-GzSW6&smid=nytcore-ios-share

2026-06-08 18:50:33 UTC

Yes please! So embarrassing.
A federal lawsuit seeks to halt the upcoming #UFC MMA fight on the #WhiteHouse South Lawn for #Trump’s 80th birthday & purportedly part of the celebration of the nation’s 250th anniversary.
The filing Saturday by the Public Integrity Project on behalf of 2 Virginia residents contends the #Trump admin’s authorization of the June 14 event was unlawful.
#law
https://apnews.com/article/white-house-ufc-fight-lawsuit-trump-birthday-da95554d7137ca297dd47951a3b95cc8

2026-05-23 00:03:54 UTC

#RobBase, the rapper known for the certified platinum song “It Takes Two,” died of cancer Friday, acc/to his official social media account. He was 59.
Base’s hit song, “It Takes Two,” with DJ E-Z Rock, came out in 1988 & was one of Rolling Stone’s 500 best songs of all time.
“The 1988 tune remains the single greatest use of a looped drum break in #rap history,” the magazine wrote in 2018. It called it “the hip-hop equivalent” to the guitar solo in “Stairway to Heaven.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/22/arts/music/rob-base-dead.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

2026-05-21 13:55:58 UTC

Gee, ya don’t say …
#Bluesky Says #Kremlin Is Hacking Its Platform to Spread #Propaganda
The company said it was fighting Russian efforts to hijack real #users’ accounts to post fake #content, an apparently novel tactic.
#MediaLiteracy #disinformation #misinformation #Russia #RussianPropaganda #tech #SocialMedia
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/21/business/bluesky-russia-hacking-accounts.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

2026-05-17 13:44:16 UTC

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#WHO said that a laboratory-confirmed case has also been reported in #Congo’s capital, Kinshasa, which is about 1,000 km (620 mi) from the #outbreak’s epicenter in the eastern province of Ituri, suggesting a possible wider spread. It said the patient had visited Ituri & that other suspected cases have also been reported in North Kivu province, which is one of Congo’s most populous & borders Ituri.
#Ebola is highly contagious & can be contracted via bodily fluids such as vomit, blood or semen.

2026-05-17 13:41:02 UTC

The #WorldHealthOrganization declared the #Ebola disease #outbreak caused by a rare virus in #Congo & neighboring #Uganda a #PublicHealth emergency of #international concern on Sunday, after more than 300 suspected cases & 88 deaths.
The #WHO said the outbreak does not meet the criteria of a pandemic emergency like COVID-19, & advised against the closure of international borders.
https://apnews.com/article/congo-ebola-uganda-who-africa-emergency-6f93a87ff28107bdda8990599bbcd52d

2026-05-14 15:12:56 UTC

Acting AG #ToddBlanche was told last year to recuse from #DOJ matters involving #Trump
It was less than 2 weeks after Todd Blanche took on his role of deputy attorney general in March 2025 when the Justice Department’s top #ethics lawyer delivered some straightforward yet inconvenient news: His recusal from legal cases that involved Trump in his personal capacity was necessary.
#law #LegalEthics #corruption
https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/14/politics/todd-blanche-recusal-trump-investigations-brennan

2026-05-11 16:46:43 UTC

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“This latest desecration of the reflecting pool is part of a pattern … in which this Administration willfully disregards #legal limits established by #Congress,” the Cultural Landscape Foundation wrote in its filing. 
#Trump last month unveiled his rapid project to resurface the #ReflectingPool, saying that a contractor convinced him to use “American Flag Blue” to cover the pool’s basin. Trump has said the project will be completed by July 4, in honor of the nation’s 250th anniversary.
#law

2026-05-11 16:44:18 UTC

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“A blue-tinted basin is more appropriate to a resort or theme park,” Birnbaum said in a statement.
…The foundation also cited #Trump’s other Washington construction projects, including his decision to tear down the White House’s #EastWing to build his #planned ballroom without first seeking authorization from #Congress or obtaining approval from federal review panels.
#law #landmark #preservation #UShistory #HandsOffOurProperty

2026-05-11 16:41:54 UTC

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The foundation also wrote that the Commission of Fine Arts, a federal agency that advises on design projects related to the capital, has been involved with past changes to the #ReflectingPool but did not review the new #Trump project.
Charles A. Birnbaum, who heads the foundation, noted that the neutral colors originally used for the pool’s basin were intended to convey greater #depth & #reflection, which is now threatened by Trump’s changes.
#law #landmark #preservation #UShistory

2026-05-11 16:39:49 UTC

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The Cultural Landscape Foundation, an education & advocacy organization, filed its lawsuit in the US District Court for DC. The group is seeking a temporary restraining order or preliminary injunction to stop the #Interior Dept’s work, citing a provision of the National Historic Preservation Act that mandates reviews when changing #historic properties. 
#law #landmark #preservation #UShistory #HandsOffOurProperty #Trump

2026-05-11 16:35:55 UTC

Nonprofit sues to stop Trump’s changes to Reflecting Pool, a #HistoricSite
A Washington-area nonprofit Monday asked a federal court to halt Trump’s efforts to resurface the #LincolnMemorial #ReflectingPool, saying that #Trump [once again] failed to undergo required federal reviews before applying a blue color to the basin.
#law #landmark #preservation #UShistory
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/05/11/trump-reflecting-pool-lawsuit-memorial/

2026-05-08 06:51:53 UTC

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Trump's March 23 ceasefire announcement triggered a decline in crude futures of as much as 15%, one of the largest intraday drops on record. The announcement also sent #gasoline & gasoil #futures down around 12%.
On April 7, sell ⁠orders on #oil & gasoline prices worth $2.12 billion took place between 1944 & 1945 GMT, well after the market settled, a time when volumes are usually thin. Minutes later, #Trump announced a 2-week ceasefire with #Iran.
#MarketManipulation #law #IranWar

2026-05-08 06:49:03 UTC

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The selling was spread across the first, second & third month contracts, worth some $1.35 billion, plus an ⁠additional $122 million in ICE gasoil - diesel - futures, & $81 million in US gasoline futures, all worth a total $2.2 billion.
"Those quantities are not going to escape scrutiny," said Robert Frenchman, a lawyer at Dynamis LLP in NY, who has previously worked on white-collar #crime & #InsiderTrading cases.
#Trump #MarketManipulation #corruption #government #law #IranWar #US #Iran #oil

2026-05-08 06:46:32 UTC

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"Let's stay with the facts. The volumes were highly unusual. They were concentrated. They were ahead of key announcements," said Jorge Montepeque from Onyx Capital Group, who helped design the system of setting #oil prices ⁠at Platts in the 1990s.
…On March 23, #Trump announced a delay to threatened attacks on Iranian power infrastructure at 1105 GMT. LSEG data shows that between 1049 & 1050 GMT that day, traders placed bets on 20k lots of Brent & WTI futures.
#MarketManipulation #law

2026-05-08 06:41:15 UTC

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The trades look "well informed" as they preceded major announcements, said Adi Imsirovic, from the Center for Strategic and International Studies (#CSIS), & a veteran #oil trader. #US authorities, such as the #CFTC, can access #exchange data to trace who placed the trades & investigate if it decides to, he added.
The CFTC’s enforcement director said in March the agency was aware of speculation regarding #InsiderTrading in CFTC-regulated #markets & was “watching”.
#Trump #MarketManipulation #law

2026-05-08 06:37:48 UTC

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A sell bet - or #ShortSelling - means the person executing the #trade borrows the derivative from a counterparty, sells it & later buys it back more cheaply when the price falls, keeping the remaining cash as profit.
On March 23 & on April 7, 17 & 21, #oil prices plunged by over 10%. Reuters calculations show that a short seller with $7 billion could have made hundreds of millions ‌of dollars in ⁠profits, depending on the timing of the bets.
#Trump #MarketManipulation #government #law #IranWar

2026-05-08 06:34:53 UTC

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…However, a further analysis of #trading data across exchanges & contracts showed traders executed similar bets at exactly the same dates & times for European #diesel & #US #gasoline #futures as well as longer-dated contracts for Brent & WTI, bringing the total to around $7 billion, based on Reuters calculations.
#Trump #MarketManipulation #corruption #securities #finance #economy #government #CFTC #SEC #law #TrumpsWar #IranWar #US #Iran #war #oil

2026-05-08 06:32:16 UTC

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Reuters & other media reported those trades on the most actively traded front-month contracts for the 2 global crude benchmarks, Brent & West Texas Intermediate . The value of those bets on those 4 days in March & April stood at around $2.6 billion, acc/to Reuters initial calculations.
The #DOJ & #CFTC did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
#Trump #MarketManipulation #corruption #securities #finance #economy #government #SEC #law #TrumpsWar #IranWar #US #Iran #war #oil

2026-05-08 06:29:39 UTC

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The same pattern repeated on April 7, before #Trump announced a ceasefire with #Iran that triggered a fall of as much as 15% in benchmark ICE Brent #futures. It happened again on April 17, when Iranian officials & Trump spoke about reopening the #StraitOfHormuz, & then again on April 21, when Trump extended the ceasefire.
#MarketManipulation #corruption #securities #finance #economy #government #CFTC #SEC #law #TrumpsWar #IranWar #US #Iran #war #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #oil

2026-05-08 06:27:02 UTC

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The well-timed trades have triggered calls from #legal experts & lawmakers for regulators to investigate whether they were based on inside information or leaks.
Traders first spotted unusual trades on March 23. The trades were executed MINUTES before #Trump announced a delay to threatened attacks on Iranian power ⁠infrastructure, triggering an #oil price fall.
#MarketManipulation #corruption #securities #finance #economy #government #CFTC #SEC #law #TrumpsWar #IranWar #US #Iran #war

2026-05-08 06:24:52 UTC

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Reuters could not establish who placed the bets & whether they originated in the #US or elsewhere. They included short positions, or bets that prices would fall, for derivatives including #ICE, #CME crude, #diesel & #gasoline #futures.
The bets took place on 2 major exchanges that host benchmark global #oil & #fuel futures #trade: the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) & Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME).
#Trump #MarketManipulation #securities #finance #economy #CFTC #SEC #law #TrumpsWar #IranWar

2026-05-08 06:19:40 UTC

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The size exceeds previously reported bets amounting to $2.6 billion, which have already prompted the #Trump admin to warn “staff” against using ‌nonpublic information for financial benefit. The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (#CFTC) is investigating, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters in April, although the CFTC has yet to officially confirm a probe is underway.
#MarketManipulation #corruption #securities #finance #government #SEC #law #TrumpsWar #IranWar #US #Iran #war #oil

2026-05-08 06:17:49 UTC

Exclusive: Oil-price bets ahead of #IranWar news totalled $7 billion, reporting shows
A series of “well-timed” #market bets on falling #oil prices totalling as much as $7 billion during March & April spread across multiple exchanges & types of #fuel & derivatives just before major Iranian policy announcements by #Trump, acc/to traders, market experts & Reuters analysis of #exchange data.
#MarketManipulation #corruption #securities #finance #SEC #law #TrumpsWar #US #Iran
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/oil-price-bets-ahead-iran-war-news-totalled-7-billion-reporting-shows-2026-05-07/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement

2026-05-06 23:50:04 UTC

Unbelievable
The #FederalGovernment can keep the #2020election ballots from #Georgia’s #FultonCounty that were seized by the #FBI from a warehouse near #Atlanta, a judge ruled Wednesday.
US District Judge JP Boulee’s decision came after lawyers for the county had argued that the #ballots & other #election materials, as well as any electronic copies the #DOJ has made, should be returned because the seizure was improper & #unconstitutional.
#law #ElectionLaw #Trump
https://apnews.com/article/trump-2020-election-fulton-county-fbi-ballots-1c425a1d1d04bf4ea2178c2a5443f2e9

2026-04-30 14:54:07 UTC

Among the >100 guests for the state dinner for #KingCharles III of Britain & Queen Camilla were at least 10 American #billionaires, 6 #FoxNews hosts, 1 Fox News executive, the 6 #conservative #SCOTUS justices, numerous #SiliconValley #tech titans & assorted “friends” of Trump’s. There were no British cultural figures &, for that matter, a meager number of British overall.…
There were also no Democratic politicians, which has been the case at other #Trump state dinners.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/29/us/politics/trump-white-house-state-dinner.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

2026-04-16 17:42:21 UTC

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The #House voted 214 to 213 against bringing the #WarPowers resolution to the floor, handing Republican leaders a procedural “victory” & preserving the broad discretion they have ceded to #Trump to direct the #US #military campaign in the #MiddleEast. The 1 vote margin signaled continuing unease in #Congress as the #war nears its 8th week with no endgame, & the approach of the #midterms in which high #gas #prices threaten to sour voters on #Republicans fighting to keep their majorities.
#law

2026-04-16 17:38:24 UTC

#House #Republicans Thursday narrowly blocked a challenge to Trump’s #authority to continue #combat operations in #Iran, fending off a Democratic-led effort to halt the #war even as bipartisan frustration grows over a conflict that has dragged on for weeks without congressional consent.
#TrumpsWar #IranWar #US #Trump #law #Congress #WarPowers #NationalSecurity #WarCrimes #MiddleEast #inflation #economy #affordability #CostOfLiving #oil #energy #EnergyCrisis
https://apnews.com/article/iran-war-trump-war-powers-iran-congress-e85410b6f404ddd45a9da0a09f1c285f

2026-04-16 14:02:30 UTC

#Hegseth Says #US Is Poised to Resume Combat if Talks Fail
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth urged #Iran leaders to “choose wisely” & threatened more attacks, even as the war’s economic toll puts pressure on #Trump.
#MafiaState #TrumpsWar #IranWar #war #WarCrimes #RegimeChange #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast #inflation #economy #oil #energy #EnergyCrisis
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04/16/world/iran-war-trump-lebanon-news?smid=nytcore-ios-share

2026-04-13 14:52:27 UTC

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Shortly after criticizing #PopeLeo XIV in a lengthy social media post Sunday, #Trump shared an AI generated image depicting him as #Jesus.
The image, which was posted on Trump’s account on his social media platform shows Trump dressed in white & red robes. In the illustration, Trump’s hands emit shining lights, & his right hand is touching the forehead of a man lying on a bed, wearing a hospital gown. The image evokes religious art depicting Jesus healing the sick.
#idolatry #blasphemy #unfit
https://s3.masto.ai/media_attachments/files/116/397/950/959/835/157/original/dbe1a669d5a826d3.png

2026-04-11 03:33:16 UTC

Exclusive: #ICE launches new effort to uncover #US ‘birth tourism schemes’ despite the fact that #SCOTUS has yet to rule on the constitutionality of the #Trump #ExecutiveOrder on #BirthrightCitizenship & that a majority of the justices appeared skeptical of the admin’s arguments.
#law #immigration #BirthrightCitizenship #Constitution #Trump #WhiteSupremacy #WhiteChristianNationalism
https://www.reuters.com/world/ice-launches-new-effort-uncover-us-birth-tourism-schemes-2026-04-10/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement

2026-04-10 23:12:06 UTC

I really hope this isn’t true
Four women describe sexual misconduct by Rep. #EricSwalwell, including a former staffer who says he raped her
A former staffer of Rep. Eric Swalwell, a leading Democratic candidate for #California governor, says that the congressman raped her when she was heavily intoxicated & left her bruised & bleeding, an allegation Swalwell strongly denies.
#criminal #law #rape #SexualAssault #RapeCulture #misogyny #power #ViolenceAgainstWomen
https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/10/us/eric-swalwell-sexual-misconduct-allegations-invs

2026-04-10 16:24:31 UTC

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#Trump called for an international coalition to open the #StraitOfHormuz, then said the United States could go it alone, & then said the waterway would somehow “open itself.” He claimed that the United States had already won the #war, that the war would end soon, & that the war would end “when I feel it … in my bones.” As a headline in The Times put it, Trump’s position on #Iran “can change by the sentence.”
#USpol #PsychoticState

2026-04-10 16:15:58 UTC

#GiftArticle
It has been clear for a long time that #Trump is a person with a disorganized mind & a disordered personality. What the past few months & especially the past few weeks brought into focus is how his pathologies have cascaded downward & outward through his admin. They have become institutionalized. The reason it so often does not act coherently is because it cannot. The world faces something new & baffling & frightening in Trump’s 2nd term: a #PsychoticState.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/10/opinion/trump-iran-psychotic-state-institutions.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Z1A.tNXf.iuTv1Vccmxzt&smid=nytcore-ios-share

2026-04-10 05:49:37 UTC

#Venezuela Approves New #Law to Open #Mining to Foreign Investors
The move opens the country’s coveted #mineral fortune up to foreign investors, in the latest move that Venezuela’s leadership has taken to satisfy the #Trump admin.
#geopolitics #MafiaState #sovereignty
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/world/americas/venezuela-mining-us.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

2026-04-01 16:42:44 UTC

Elon Musk's #SpaceX has confidentially filed for a #US #IPO, setting the stage for what could become the largest #StockMarket listing on record.
A public listing at a potential valuation of >$1.75 trillion would signal that #SpaceExploration has moved from a speculative venture to a ‌mainstream #investment. SpaceX's growth has been driven by its reusable rockets & the #Starlink satellite internet network.
#Musk #billionaires #technocracy #tech #business #antitrust #law
https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/spacex-registers-take-rocket-maker-public-blockbuster-ipo-bloomberg-news-reports-2026-04-01/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement

2026-03-26 22:19:06 UTC

AYFKM??!!
#US #Treasury working to put Trump's signature on new paper #currency in first for sitting president
It’s the latest instance of #Trump putting his name & likeness on US cultural institutions, following his renaming of the US Institute of Peace #USIP, the #KennedyCenter performing arts venue & a new class of battleships, among other tributes.
The plans come in tandem with an ongoing effort to get Trump’s face on a #coin.
#NoKings #authoritarianism #law
https://apnews.com/article/trump-currency-signiture-treasury-first-d919877e39f907eba1172a07920ea80e

2026-03-20 15:00:03 UTC

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#Trump told reporters Thursday that he was not putting #troops "anywhere," but that if was ‌going ⁠to, he would not tell journalists.
The sources, who were speaking on the condition of anonymity, did not say what the role ⁠of the additional troops would be.
But one of the officials said the troops were departing the West Coast of ⁠the #US about 3 weeks ahead of schedule.
#FactCheck #TrumpLies #TrumpsWar #Iran #Israel #war #RegimeChange #law #WarPowers #geopolitics #MiddleEast #economy

2026-03-02 15:25:34 UTC

#Trump told CNN in a 9-minute phone interview Monday morning that the #US #military is “knocking the crap” out of #Iran — but that tthe “big wave” is yet to come.
“We’re knocking the crap out of them,” Trump told CNN’s Jake Tapper. “I think it’s going very well. It’s very powerful. We’ve got the greatest military in the world & we’re using it.”
#war #warmonger #WarCrimes #RegimeChange #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #MiddleEast

2026-02-28 16:31:41 UTC

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Footage shows blast as #Bahrain National Security Agency is struck by an Iranian missile
#US #Iran #Israel #war #Trump #Netanyahu #warmonger #WarCrimes #RegimeChange #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #MiddleEast
https://s3.masto.ai/media_attachments/files/116/149/209/105/355/024/original/645b78189c67370c.mp4

2026-02-28 02:19:19 UTC

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So much for holding back. GMAFB.
#Pentagon declares #Anthropic a threat to #NationalSecurity
 #Defense Secretary Pete #Hegseth declared Anthropic a “#SupplyChainRisk,” blocking all federal agencies & contractors from doing business with the company.
#Trump #RevengePolitics #law #AI #tech #surveillance #AutonomousWeapons #privacy #security #InfoSec #military
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/02/27/trump-anthropic-claude-drop/

2026-02-27 22:18:14 UTC

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#Anthropic had sought guarantees that its #AI would not be used for fully #AutonomousWeapons or for mass #domestic #surveillance - applications in which the #Pentagon claimed it had no interest [wink wink nudge nudge].
#law #privacy #security #InfoSec #Trump #fascism

2026-02-27 22:13:01 UTC

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The setback comes as #AI leader #Anthropic raced to sell novel #technology to #business & #government, particularly for #NationalSecurity, ahead of its widely expected #IPO.
At the same time, the battle over #tech #guardrails had raised concerns that the #DoD would follow #US #law [certainly not this one] but little other constraint when deploying AI for national-security missions, regardless of #safety or #ethics service terms embraced by the technology's developers.
#Trump #surveillance

2026-02-27 00:22:23 UTC

#Anthropic is rejecting the Pentagon’s latest offer to change their contract, saying the changes do not satisfy the company’s concerns that #AI could be used for mass #surveillance or in fully #AutonomousWeapons.
The #Pentagon & Anthropic are at odds over restrictions the company places on the use of #Claude, the first #AI system to be used in the #military #classified network.
#Trump #Hegseth #law #privacy #InfoSec
https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/26/tech/anthropic-rejects-pentagon-offer?cid=ios_app

2026-01-28 19:15:10 UTC

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Meanwhile, #inflation "remains somewhat elevated," the #CentralBank said, while the job market has "shown some signs of stabilization."
Though the #Fed noted that "job gains have remained low," it also removed language from its prior statement saying that downside risks to employment had risen - an indication policymakers as a group are becoming less worried about a rapid downturn in the labor market.
#US #FederalReserve #FOMC #JeromePowell #Trump #InterestRates #economy

2026-01-24 18:15:26 UTC

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#Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara said at a Saturday news conference that the man shot & killed by a federal agent this morning was a 37-year-old male Minneapolis resident who police “believe” is a #US #citizen [not that it matters].
#Trump #law #murder #ExtraJudicialKillings #Constitution #RightToProtest #DueProcess #ExcessiveForce #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #CivilRights #MafiaState #ICE #CBP #Gestapo #Sturmabteilung #RESIST

2026-01-24 16:39:33 UTC

Federal officers have shot another person in #Minneapolis amid the #Trump admin’s #immigration crackdown, Gov #TimWalz said Saturday.
Walz said in a social media post that he had been in contact with the White House after the #shooting. He called on the Trump to end the crackdown in his state.
#law #murder #ExtraJudicialKillings #Constitution #ExcessiveForce #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #CivilRights #MafiaState #ICE #CBP #Gestapo #Sturmabteilung
https://apnews.com/article/immigration-enforcement-minnesota-4d1499fc5962ab880f3816259e04bdbf?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2026-01-24-Breaking+News

2026-01-20 19:19:12 UTC

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While the #subpoenas did not cite a specific criminal statute [there isn’t one that applies] that #DOJ was “investigating”, the inquiry is purportedly said to focus on whether elected officials in #Minnesota had conspired to impede the thousands of federal agents who have been in the state since last month looking for undocumented immigrants [big wink].
#Trump #law #RevengePolitics #WeaponizationOfGovernment #LegalEthics #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech #dissent #Tyranny #MafiaState

2026-01-20 19:15:51 UTC

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The #subpoenas, which were formally served on the ofcls’ offices, are a significant expansion of the “inquiry” into #Minnesota leaders…. The “investigation” was initially said to have focused on #JacobFrey & #TimWalz, who have both criticized the crackdown. But it now appears that prosecutors will also scrutinize other public officials, including Ellison & Moriarty, who could open their own inquiries into the fatal #shooting in #Minneapolis this month of #ReneeGood by an #ICE agent.
#law #Trump

2026-01-20 19:12:54 UTC

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The subpoenas sought documents from Gov #TimWalz, Mayor #JacobFrey of #Minneapolis & Mayor #KaohlyHer of #StPaul related to their policies on immigration enforcement efforts in the state. 2 Minnesota #prosecutors, #KeithEllison, the state AG, & #MaryMoriarty, the #HennepinCounty attorney, were also sent similar subpoenas.
#Trump #law #RevengePolitics #Minnesota #MSP #WeaponizationOfGovernment #DOJ #LegalEthics #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech #dissent #Authoritarianism #Tyranny #MafiaState

2026-01-16 04:45:45 UTC

Newly Released Records Detail Chaos During Fatal #ICE #Shooting in #Minneapolis
Reports from the city’s police & fire departments show that #ReneeGood, who was killed by an ICE agent last week, was found with 2 gunshot wounds to her chest & 1 to her forearm.
#ReneeNicoleGood #StateSponsoredTerrorism #Trump #law #murder #ExtraJudicialKillings #UseOfForce #ExcessiveForce #PoliceBrutality #Constitution #CivilRights #RightToProtest #CBP #Gestapo #Sturmabteilung #RESIST
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01/15/us/minneapolis-shooting-ice?smid=nytcore-ios-share

2026-01-13 18:48:00 UTC

This fucking admin🤯
#GiftArticle
6 Prosecutors Quit Over Push to Investigate #ICE #Shooting Victim’s #Widow
Joseph H. Thompson, a career federal prosecutor who was the acting #USattorney for #Minnesota last year, was among those who resigned as the #DOJ sought to examine the woman’s supposed ties to activist groups.
#ReneeNicoleGood #Trump #law #murder #ExtraJudicialKillings #Minneapolis #RightToProtest #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #CivilRights #MafiaState #RESIST
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/us/prosecutors-doj-resignation-ice-shooting.html?unlocked_article_code=1.EFA.Fg9c.R588u2NtX94E&smid=nytcore-ios-share

2026-01-08 21:43:46 UTC

Yes, #PleaseAndThankYou. Also, hell yeah. This is what EVERY #state #governor ought to have done from the fucking jump……
Gov. #TimWalz authorizes #Minnesota #NationalGuard to support local law enforcement after fatal #Minneapolis #ICE #shooting.
#Trump #law #ReneeNicoleGood #murder #ExtraJudicialKillings #Minneapolis #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #CivilRights #HumanRights #Gestapo #Sturmabteilung #WhiteSupremacy #RESIST
https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/minneapolis-ice-shooting-01-08-26?post-id=cmk5wzngb000e356pcadgkp1r

2026-01-05 21:50:42 UTC

#Greenland is telling its citizens not to fear an imminent #US takeover following renewed interest in the Arctic island by #Trump.
European powers rallied behind Greenland Monday, after the US #military operation in which #Venezuela's leader was seized, rekindling concerns that the island, an autonomous territory of #Denmark, might face a similar scenario.
#MafiaState #imperialism #geopolitics #LandGrab #sovereignty #InternationalLaw
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/greenland-says-no-more-fantasies-about-annexation-after-trump-remarks-2026-01-05/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement

2025-11-07 21:22:06 UTC

“Hi. Hello. Sorry to bother.”
aka — how I interact with #FurryFriends
I apologize for the high nasal voice I adapt — I call it “motherese” or “I’m not a threat dialect” — really, it’s not my normal voice.
apparently some folk aren’t fond of audio with their video? (I’ve had complaints) — so … yeah … I guess, audio warning?
#raccoon #wildlife #FurryCritters (never used this one before but…) #Nonilex
https://s3.masto.ai/media_attachments/files/115/510/501/962/491/214/original/d2ad00b57c65eef9.mp4

2025-11-07 18:43:18 UTC

#GiftArticle
#Hegseth Is Purging #Military Leaders With Little Explanation
The moves to fire or sideline generals and admirals are without precedent in recent decades and have rattled the top brass.
#Defense Secy #PeteHegseth has fired or sidelined at least 2 dozen generals & admirals over the past 9 months in a series of ousters that could reshape the US military for years to come.
#NationalSecurity #MilitaryReadiness #Trump #idiocracy #kakistocracy
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/us/politics/hegseth-firing-military-leaders.html?unlocked_article_code=1.zU8.kChW.hrw_e6-u4ZBB&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

2025-10-03 01:17:03 UTC

I have uninvited guests (frickin’ family), still, at least I am able to find refuge in the kitchen & as “chef” am allowed to draw boundaries.
I wasn’t able to photograph my parsley olive feta stuffed mushroom caps, simple salad or deconstructed caramel apples with toasted pecans — all were too eaten to be picture pretty before I left the kitchen, but here is a pic of my main dish (my own invention hours long cooked secret sauce plus my signature fried parsley garnish) atop the obvious.
😋
https://s3.masto.ai/media_attachments/files/115/307/587/540/373/147/original/c7cfd906e4dc916f.png

2025-10-02 18:05:27 UTC

Saying something doesn’t make it true.
#Trump has declared drug #cartels to be “unlawful combatants” & says the #US is now in a “non-international armed conflict,” according to a Trump admin memo obtained Thursday by AP, after recent US strikes on boats in the Caribbean.
A person familiar with the matter who was not authorized to comment publicly said the #Congress was *notified* about the designation by #Pentagon officials on Wednesday.
#law #war #illegal
https://apnews.com/article/trump-cartels-armed-conflict-cb57804807e55a00ace60ad5f4d4f24d?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-10-02-Breaking+News

2025-09-25 22:24:12 UTC

#Trump said Thursday that he will not allow #Israel to #annex the #WestBank, offering an unequivocal promise to block such a move.
Asked about Israel suggesting in recent weeks that they could move to seize control of at least some parts of the West Bank, a move that has been floated in response to a number of countries—including #US #allies like the #UK & #Canada, to recognize a #PalestinianState, Trump’s response was blunt.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-israel-gaza-annex-west-bank-284f2db5b5e549cfecb6b24b26d98460?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-09-25-Israel-Hamas+war

2025-08-24 14:15:56 UTC

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The #Pentagon has for weeks been planning a #military deployment to #Chicago as #Trump claims he wants to crack down on *crime*, *homelessness* & undocumented #immigration, in a model that could later be used in other major #cities…. 
The planning, not previously disclosed, involves several options, including mobilizing at least a few thousand members of the #NationalGuard as soon as September to what is the third most populous city in the #US.
#law #PosseComitatusAct #MilitaryState #tyranny

2025-08-21 17:40:04 UTC

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The #DOJ is demanding that #hospitals turn over a wide range of sensitive information related to #MedicalCare for young #transgender #patients, including billing documents, communication with drug manufacturers & data such as patient dates of birth, Social Security numbers & addresses, acc/to a copy of a #subpoena made public in a court filing this week.
#Trump #law #privacy #AbuseOfPower #heterosexism #hate #bigotry #LGBTQ #TransRights #CivilRights #HumanRights #Medicine #intimidation

2025-08-11 13:28:59 UTC

#Israel kills #AlJazeera #journalists in #Gaza
A prominent Al Jazeera #journalist, who had previously been threatened by Israel, was killed along with 4 colleagues in an Israeli airstrike on Sunday in an attack condemned by journalists & rights groups.
Israel's military said it targeted & killed #AnasAlSharif, alleging he had headed a Hamas militant cell & was involved in rocket attacks on Israel.
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israel-says-it-killed-al-jazeera-journalist-2025-08-10/

2025-08-06 19:03:31 UTC

Exclusive: #Lula rejects 'humiliation' of calling #Trump
As #US #tariffs on Brazilian goods jumped to 50% on Wednesday, #Brazil President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva told Reuters in an interview that he saw no room for direct talks with Trump which he believes would turn into a "humiliation" for him.
#geopolitics #law #sovereignty #economy #trade #extortion #MafiaState #Bolsonaro
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/lula-rejects-humiliation-calling-trump-over-us-brazil-tariff-2025-08-06/

2025-07-02 14:58:04 UTC

#SeanCombs found #guilty on 2 counts, but #acquitted on most serious charges
A federal jury in Manhattan has found Sean Combs, the hip-hop mogul also known as #Diddy or Puff Daddy, guilty on 2 counts of transportation to engage in #prostitution. He was found not guilty of one count of #racketeering conspiracy & 2 counts of #SexTrafficking.
The jury deliberated for 13 hours before announcing their split decision.
#rape #BelieveSurvivors #criminal #law
https://www.npr.org/2025/07/02/nx-s1-5446128/sean-combs-diddy-trial-guilty-two-counts

2025-06-27 14:58:14 UTC

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Alito cont:
“Based on the record before us, the Board's introduction of the LGBTQ themed storybooks & the failure to provide notice & opt-out options for parents meets that test: it does interfere with the children's religious development & imposes a burden on religious exercise.”
#law #SCOTUS #PublicSchool #schools #education #LGBTQ+ #censorship #bigotry
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2025-06-10 16:50:15 UTC

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Asked when he last spoke to #Governor #GavinNewsom about the actual situation in #LosAngeles, #Trump seems pretty unsure.
“Ummmmm, a day ago?”
Then he accuses Newsom of causing deaths & “potential deaths”.
He also claims without his illegal action of sending in the #military against the wishes of the governor & mayor that “LA would be burning to the ground.”
#idiocracy #propaganda #LAprotests #immigration #protests #law #Title10 #PosseComitatusAct #RightToProtest #authoritarianism
https://s3.masto.ai/media_attachments/files/114/660/090/822/515/532/original/08da51654c56b15b.mp4

2025-06-07 15:28:51 UTC

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…media reported dozens of people were taken into custody during the raids, the latest in a series of such sweeps conducted in cities as part of #Trump's extensive crackdown on #immigration.
The #LAPD did not take part in the immigration #raids. It was deployed to quell civil unrest after crowds protesting the #deportation raids spray-painted anti-#ICE slogans on the walls of a federal court bldg & massed outside a nearby jail where some of the detainees were believed to be held.
#law #Gestapo

2025-05-24 13:41:21 UTC

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#Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang warned that if #US export curbs continue, more Chinese customers will buy Huawei's chips.
The April H20 ban forced Nvidia to write off $5.5 billion in inventory & Huang told the Stratechery podcast on Monday that the company also had to walk away from $15 billion in sales.
#Trump #economy #tech #market #competition

2025-05-24 13:35:40 UTC

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An #Nvidia spox said the company was evaluating its "limited" options. "Until we settle on a new product design & receive approval from the #US govt, we are effectively foreclosed from #China's $50 billion #DataCenter market."
China remains a huge #market for Nvidia, accounting for 13% of its sales in the past financial year. It's the 3rd time Nvidia has had to tailor a #GPU for the world's 2nd-largest #economy after restrictions from the US who is keen to stymie Chinese #tech development.

2025-05-24 13:31:50 UTC

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The #GPU or graphics processing unit will be part of #Nvidia's latest generation #Blackwell-architecture #AI processors & is expected to be priced between $6,500 & $8,000, well below the $10,000-$12,000 the #H20 sold for, acc/to 2 of the sources.
The lower price reflects its weaker specifications & simpler manufacturing requirements.
It will be based on Nvidia's RTX Pro 6000D, a server-class graphics processor & will use conventional GDDR7 memory instead of more advanced high bandwidth memory.

2025-05-06 16:22:11 UTC

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PM #MarkCarney started his statement by cracking a joke about being on the edge of his seat after #Trump promised a major announcement. That was typical Carney, using quick humor to pivot into a more serious statement. He also praised Trump for his “relentless focus on the American worker.”
But #Carney’s face dropped & the mood in the room changed as Trump started talking about how #Canada should be part of the #UnitedStates.
#geopolitics

2025-05-06 16:20:29 UTC

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#Trump said the #USMCA [#US #Mexico #Canada] #trade deal was “very effective” but called it a “transitional step.”
“I don’t know that it’s necessary anymore, but it served a very good purpose,” he said.
Trump said the #UnitedStates will stop the #bombing of the #Houthi militia in #Yemen. He said the Houthis “don’t want to fight anymore.”
“We will honor that, & we will stop the bombings,” he said.
#Geopolitics

2025-05-06 16:17:55 UTC

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In his post taking aim at #Canada, #Trump again cited a figure he framed as a “subsidy” the #UnitedStates gives its neighbor. The number he gave, $200 billion, appears to be a reference to the US’ #TradeDeficit with Canada. But that is vastly inflated: Last year, the #US had a $63.3 billion trade deficit with Canada, according to US official data. The US ran a trade #surplus with Canada if you excludes Canadian #oil exported to America.
#geopolitics #MarkCarney

2025-05-06 16:10:22 UTC

#Canada’s Prime Minister #MarkCarney has arrived at the White House. He was greeted by Trump.
The pair will meet in the Oval Office this afternoon, their first in-person interaction, where they will discuss #US – Canada relations. #Carney & Trump have spoken over the phone since Carney was elected as prime minister.
And the #IdiotInChief literally just posted this nonsense:
https://s3.masto.ai/media_attachments/files/114/461/757/296/879/283/original/91d49c3b98e24b7e.png

2025-05-05 21:01:23 UTC

#Netanyahu of #Israel declared his country is “on the eve of a forceful entry to #Gaza” after his #security cabinet approved a plan for tens of thousands of additional #soldiers to seize & hold #territory in the embattled enclave & *relocate* #Palestinians to the south.
…as Israeli #military #reservists began receiving notices of their call-up, Netanyahu said the country’s top military ofcls had recommended what he called an “intensive” #escalation of the 18-month war.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/world/europe/israel-buildup-soldiers-hamas-gaza.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=4A25421B-9F9C-4D40-BA49-5C1309F5AE8B

2025-05-05 14:00:19 UTC

#Trump Sons’ Deals on Three Continents Directly Benefit the President
Donald Trump Jr. & Eric Trump spent the past two weeks traveling the world & announcing new ventures involving billions of dollars.
#law #Constitution #EmolumentsClause #ImpeachTrump #SCOTUS #immunity #Republicans #accomplices
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/us/politics/eric-donald-jr-trump-family-deals.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=D133B4F8-D174-4E43-8382-B1751B1F6A04

2025-05-04 13:17:40 UTC

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The oath is in Article II, §1, Clause 8, of the #US #Constitution, & a new #president must take it before exercising or carrying out any official powers or duties:
Before he enter on the Execution of his Office, he shall take the following Oath or Affirmation— "I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, & will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect & defend the Constitution of the United States."
https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution-conan/article-2/section-1/clause-8/presidential-oaths-effect-on-executive-power

2025-05-04 13:09:33 UTC

It’s literally in the oath of office he has sworn twice
#Trump says, ‘I don’t know,’ when asked if he’s required to uphold #Constitution
Trump, asked during an interview on NBC News’s “Meet the Press with Kristen Welker,” whether he believes that he needs to uphold the Constitution during his presidency, responded, “I don’t know.”
#law #FactCheck #TrumpLies
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/05/04/trump-nbc-interview-constitution-economy/

2025-05-03 18:20:48 UTC

#WarrenBuffett shocked an arena full of his shareholders Saturday by announcing that he wants to #retire at the end of the year.
Buffett said he will recommend to #BerkshireHathaway’s board that #GregAbel should become CEO at the end of the year.
“I think the time has arrived where Greg should become the Chief Executive office of the company at year end,” Buffett said.
Previously the 94-year-old investor has always said he had no plans to retire.
#finance #investment
https://apnews.com/article/warren-buffett-berkshire-hathaway-shareholders-annual-meeting-a421061233f99859673fb131ce020d4d

2025-05-01 21:57:54 UTC

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#EmilBove insisted that the #Instagram account in question had been used to make a threat, while line prosecutors said the statement at issue did not meet the #legal definition of a #threat. In late March, the #SocialMedia company suspended the group’s account for failing to meet its “community standards.”
#law #ethics #Constitution #FreeSpeech #FreedomOfAssembly #RightToProtest #immigration #dissent #autocracy #authoritarianism #tyranny #dictatorship #Gestapo #ThoughtPolice #Trump

2025-05-01 21:53:54 UTC

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The #CivilRights Prosecutors refused to compile such a list that could be given to #ICE agents….
#EmilBove then shifted his focus to obtaining a search #warrant for the group’s #Instagram account…. He ordered prosecutors to apply for a search warrant for the nonpublic data associated with the account, these people said.
The premise of the application was also contentious within the department.
#law #DOJ #ethics #Constitution #FirstAmendment #dissent #autocracy #tyranny #Trump

2025-05-01 21:51:07 UTC

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One of the #DOJ attys assigned to the case was Samantha Trepel, an experienced #CivilRights prosecutor who secured a federal conviction against #DerekChauvin, the police officer who killed #GeorgeFloyd….
The prosecutors were told…that #EmilBove was seeking a #list so it could be shared w/ #immigration agents…. Prosecutors came to fear that their #criminal investigation was a pretext to facilitate an #intimidation & #deportation campaign by the #Trump admin against #student #protesters….
#law

2025-05-01 21:46:55 UTC

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#EmilBove, a snr #Trump #DOJ ofcl, ordered an immediate investigation, primarily of one particular #student group, #Columbia University Apartheid Divest…
Bove told prosecutors in the #CivilRights division to obtain a membership #list…. Investigators…pushed back on those instructions because they were skeptical such a list existed, given the amorphous nature of online forums, & even if it did, scrutinizing people for membership seemed like a violation of their #FirstAmendment rights.
#law #ethics

2025-05-01 21:42:27 UTC

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The investigation began shortly after masked protesters barged into Milbank Hall, a building at the #Columbia-affiliated #Barnard College, on Feb 26 to demonstrate against the expulsion of #students who had been accused of disrupting a “History of Modern Israel” class. Video shows students pushing past a security guard & occupying a hallway. School ofcls said at the time that the guard was assaulted & taken to the hospital for minor injuries.
#law #ethics #FirstAmendment #DOJ #tyranny #Trump

2025-05-01 21:38:24 UTC

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…The #Trump admin has vowed to take on campus #protests against #Israel’s military campaign in the #Gaza Strip, saying they reflect #antisemitism that must be punished. Those efforts are aimed at both #college administrators, who Trump ofcls say should have done more to rein in campus protests, & #student #activists themselves, some of whom #immigration ofcls have detained. Activists, in turn, accuse the authorities of conflating criticism of Israeli & US policy w/antisemitism.
#law #FreeSpeech

2025-05-01 21:35:40 UTC

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Those types of demands from political appointees at the #DOJ are part of the reason there has been an exodus of lawyers from the #CivilRights division in recent weeks, acc/to current & fmr ofcls.
The federal investigation into #student #protesters at #Columbia appears to have stalled for now, but it represents one of the most contentious episodes yet inside #Justice during #Trump’s 2nd term. The dispute has left lingering ill will within the dept, as well as the #courts & the #FBI….
#law

2025-05-01 21:33:27 UTC

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The breadth of the investigation, conducted by the #DOJ’s #CivilRights division, has not been previously reported. The ensuing clash highlights the tensions roiling the dept as admin ofcls seek to enact #Trump’s agenda. That bid includes redirecting the…division away from its traditional approach of protecting the rights of minority groups to a new mission of fulfilling a campaign promise to crack down on #student #protesters amid accusations of rampant #antisemitism on #college campuses.
#law

2025-05-01 21:31:34 UTC

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A top #Trump appointee in the #DOJ ordered an aggressive investigation…of #student #protesters at #ColumbiaUniversity, raising anger & alarm among career prosecutors & investigators who saw it as politically motivated & lacking legal merit….
The demand for the inquiry into #students who protested #Israel’s conduct…in #Gaza also prompted pushback from a federal magistrate judge, who believed some of the steps being sought by… #EmilBove were unjustified & might violate the #FirstAmendment.
#law

2025-05-01 21:27:43 UTC

Orders to Investigate #Columbia #Protesters Raised Alarms in #DOJ
Behind the scenes, a top department official pressed employees to gather a #list of #activists & investigate them, people familiar with the matter said.
#law #ethics #Constitution #FreeSpeech #FreedomOfAssembly #RightToProtest #dissent #autocracy #authoritarianism #tyranny #dictatorship #Gestapo #ThoughtPolice #Trump
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/us/politics/columbia-protests-justice-department.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=1E34655C-2935-4980-93C4-2712A89B06D8

2025-04-30 16:51:49 UTC

#SCOTUS appears open to allowing the creation of the nation’s FIRST #public #religious charter #school in #Oklahoma, an unprecedented move that would reshape American #education & redraw the boundary between #ChurchAndState.
 A ruling for St. Isidore of Seville Virtual Catholic School would allow #taxpayer #money to directly flow to a faith-based school & give govt #sponsorship to a #curriculum that has students to adhere to #Catholic beliefs & #religious #mission.
#law #NewApostolicReformation

2025-04-29 14:23:26 UTC

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The #labor boards after that decision confirmed the officials were no longer in their posts.
The action by Roberts gave the justices more time, while #Trump keeps Harris & Wilcox sidelined as legal challenges proceed. The decision could come at any time.
#DOJ attys asked #SCOTUS to consider hearing arguments on a fast-track basis on whether the labor board protections encroached on #PresidentialPower & whether Humphrey's Executor was wrongly decided & should be overruled.
#law #ActivistCourt

2025-04-29 14:18:57 UTC

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Harris & Wilcox filed separate legal challenges to their firings, leading 2 Washington-based federal judges to block their removal under a 1935 #SCOTUS precedent in a case called Humphrey's Executor v. United States. In that ruling, the court rebuffed Democratic President Franklin Roosevelt's attempt to defy protections for #FTC members.
Chief Justice #JohnRoberts on April 9 granted the Trump admin's request to temporarily halt the judicial orders that had kept Harris & Wilcox in office.
#law

2025-04-29 14:15:53 UTC

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But legal scholars who found the rationales unconvincing said there is no principled reason for treating the #Fed differently than the #labor boards under a series of #SCOTUS rulings that have upheld for-cause protections for agencies.
"If the court carves out a special exception for the #FederalReserve, it will appear that the justices are not applying #ArticleII but legislating from the bench & substituting their personal policy preferences," said Christine Chabot.
#Trump #ActivistCourt #law