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<p>Well done.</p><p><a href="/tags/fulbright/" rel="tag">#Fulbright</a> Board Resigns After Accusing <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> Aides of <a href="/tags/politicalinterference/" rel="tag">#PoliticalInterference</a></p><p>The board of the prestigious program told the <a href="/tags/state/" rel="tag">#State</a> Department it had no right to cancel <a href="/tags/scholarships/" rel="tag">#scholarships</a> for nearly 200 American <a href="/tags/professors/" rel="tag">#professors</a> &amp; <a href="/tags/researchers/" rel="tag">#researchers</a>.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/firstamendment/" rel="tag">#FirstAmendment</a> <a href="/tags/academicfreedom/" rel="tag">#AcademicFreedom</a> <a href="/tags/separationofpowers/" rel="tag">#SeparationOfPowers</a> <a href="/tags/abuseofpower/" rel="tag">#AbuseOfPower</a> <a href="/tags/authoritarianism/" rel="tag">#authoritarianism</a> <a href="/tags/tyranny/" rel="tag">#tyranny</a> <a href="/tags/americanautocracy/" rel="tag">#AmericanAutocracy</a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/us/politics/fulbright-board-resign-trump.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/us/politics/fulbright-board-resign-trump.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/us/</span><span class="invisible">politics/fulbright-board-resign-trump.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare</span></a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/mikeluckovich/" rel="tag">#MikeLuckovich</a> brilliance</p><p><a href="/tags/politicalcartoon/" rel="tag">#PoliticalCartoon</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/policestate/" rel="tag">#PoliceState</a> <a href="/tags/militarystate/" rel="tag">#MilitaryState</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/possecomitatusact/" rel="tag">#PosseComitatusAct</a> <a href="/tags/democracy/" rel="tag">#democracy</a> <a href="/tags/righttoprotest/" rel="tag">#RightToProtest</a> <a href="/tags/freedomofassembly/" rel="tag">#FreedomOfAssembly</a> <a href="/tags/authoritarianism/" rel="tag">#authoritarianism</a> <a href="/tags/tyranny/" rel="tag">#tyranny</a> <a href="/tags/gestapo/" rel="tag">#Gestapo</a> <a href="/tags/americanautocracy/" rel="tag">#AmericanAutocracy</a> <a href="/tags/protests/" rel="tag">#protests</a> <a href="/tags/resist/" rel="tag">#resist</a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/doge/" rel="tag">#DOGE</a> has turned its attention to small, <a href="/tags/independent/" rel="tag">#independent</a> entities </p><p>NPR has identified close to 40 entities — inside, adjacent to &amp; OUTSIDE of the <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#government</a> — where DOGE &amp; the <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> admin have turned their attention in recent weeks.</p><p>It&#x27;s the latest example of how DOGE is attempting to expand its reach beyond high-profile Cabinet agencies, &amp; in some cases far beyond the <a href="/tags/executivebranch/" rel="tag">#ExecutiveBranch</a> &amp; the <a href="/tags/federalgovernment/" rel="tag">#FederalGovernment</a> entirely.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/separationofpowers/" rel="tag">#SeparationOfPowers</a> <a href="/tags/americanautocracy/" rel="tag">#AmericanAutocracy</a> <br><a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/05/17/nx-s1-5401392/doge-federal-agency-nonprofits-cpb-usip-vera-institute" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.npr.org/2025/05/17/nx-s1-5401392/doge-federal-agency-nonprofits-cpb-usip-vera-institute"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.npr.org/2025/05/17/nx-s1-5</span><span class="invisible">401392/doge-federal-agency-nonprofits-cpb-usip-vera-institute</span></a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/postlaw/" rel="tag">#PostLaw</a> <a href="/tags/americanautocracy/" rel="tag">#AmericanAutocracy</a></p><p><a href="/tags/fbi/" rel="tag">#FBI</a> Dir <a href="/tags/kashpatel/" rel="tag">#KashPatel</a> said Friday the bureau had arrested a <a href="/tags/milwaukee/" rel="tag">#Milwaukee</a> <a href="/tags/judge/" rel="tag">#judge</a> &amp; charged her w/obstructing an <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#immigration</a> arrest op last week—the 1st known instance of *Justice* prosecuting a local official for allegedly interfering w/immigration enforcement since <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> returned to office.
<br>Patel announced the arrest of Milwaukee County Circuit Judge <a href="/tags/hannahdugan/" rel="tag">#HannahDugan</a> in a post on social media, which he deleted moments after posting.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/tyranny/" rel="tag">#tyranny</a> <br><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/fbi-director-says-arrested-judge-obstructing-immigration-operation-2025-04-25/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.reuters.com/world/us/fbi-director-says-arrested-judge-obstructing-immigration-operation-2025-04-25/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.reuters.com/world/us/fbi-d</span><span class="invisible">irector-says-arrested-judge-obstructing-immigration-operation-2025-04-25/</span></a></p>

<p>Madness <a href="/tags/americanautocracy/" rel="tag">#AmericanAutocracy</a></p><p>‘Vaguely Threatening’: <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> Federal Prosecutor <a href="/tags/edmartin/" rel="tag">#EdMartin</a> Queries Leading <a href="/tags/medical/" rel="tag">#Medical</a> Journal</p><p>The New England Journal of Medicine [<a href="/tags/nejm/" rel="tag">#NEJM</a>] received a letter suggesting that it was biased &amp; compromised by external pressure. Other journals have also received the letter.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/censorship/" rel="tag">#censorship</a> <a href="/tags/firstamendment/" rel="tag">#FirstAmendment</a> <a href="/tags/constitution/" rel="tag">#Constitution</a> <a href="/tags/democracy/" rel="tag">#democracy</a> <a href="/tags/abuseofpower/" rel="tag">#AbuseOfPower</a> <a href="/tags/authoritarianism/" rel="tag">#authoritarianism</a> <a href="/tags/tyranny/" rel="tag">#tyranny</a> <a href="/tags/dictatorship/" rel="tag">#dictatorship</a> <a href="/tags/antiintellectualism/" rel="tag">#AntiIntellectualism</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/medicine/" rel="tag">#medicine</a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/health/nejm-prosecutor-letter.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare&amp;sgrp=p&amp;pvid=68CE025A-703F-4C94-87AA-8D0D7D06D23B" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/health/nejm-prosecutor-letter.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare&amp;sgrp=p&amp;pvid=68CE025A-703F-4C94-87AA-8D0D7D06D23B"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/hea</span><span class="invisible">lth/nejm-prosecutor-letter.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare&amp;sgrp=p&amp;pvid=68CE025A-703F-4C94-87AA-8D0D7D06D23B</span></a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/pbs/" rel="tag">#PBS</a> sued <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> on Friday to block an <a href="/tags/executiveorder/" rel="tag">#ExecutiveOrder</a> that would cut federal <a href="/tags/funding/" rel="tag">#funding</a> for public television &amp; radio, arguing that it was <a href="/tags/unconstitutional/" rel="tag">#unconstitutional</a>.</p><p>The lawsuit, filed in DC by PBS &amp; a public TV station in <a href="/tags/minnesota/" rel="tag">#Minnesota</a>, says that Trump’s EO violates laws that “forbid the President from serving as the arbiter of the <a href="/tags/content/" rel="tag">#content</a> of PBS’s programming, including by attempting to defund PBS.”</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/democracy/" rel="tag">#democracy</a> <a href="/tags/constitution/" rel="tag">#Constitution</a> <a href="/tags/freepress/" rel="tag">#FreePress</a> <a href="/tags/authoritarianism/" rel="tag">#authoritarianism</a> <a href="/tags/americanautocracy/" rel="tag">#AmericanAutocracy</a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/business/media/pbs-trump-lawsuit-funding.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare&amp;sgrp=p&amp;pvid=BD8357FA-8CA8-4C37-B249-5CDD44A19A77" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/business/media/pbs-trump-lawsuit-funding.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare&amp;sgrp=p&amp;pvid=BD8357FA-8CA8-4C37-B249-5CDD44A19A77"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/bus</span><span class="invisible">iness/media/pbs-trump-lawsuit-funding.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare&amp;sgrp=p&amp;pvid=BD8357FA-8CA8-4C37-B249-5CDD44A19A77</span></a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/giftarticle/" rel="tag">#GiftArticle</a></p><p>AMERICAN PANOPTICON</p><p>The <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> admin is pooling <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#data</a> on Americans. Experts fear what comes next.</p><p>by Ian Bogost &amp; Charlie Warzel</p><p>If you were tasked with building a <a href="/tags/panopticon/" rel="tag">#panopticon</a>, your design might look a lot like the <a href="/tags/information/" rel="tag">#information</a> stores of the US federal govt—a collection of large, complex agencies, each making use of enormous volumes of data provided by or collected from <a href="/tags/citizens/" rel="tag">#citizens</a>.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/privacy/" rel="tag">#privacy</a> <a href="/tags/infosec/" rel="tag">#InfoSec</a> <a href="/tags/americanautocracy/" rel="tag">#AmericanAutocracy</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#tech</a> <a href="/tags/doge/" rel="tag">#DOGE</a> <a href="/tags/musk/" rel="tag">#Musk</a> <a href="/tags/surveillance/" rel="tag">#surveillance</a> <br><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/04/american-panopticon/682616/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxc3WqSyzCi3gasJ-au_BC9g&amp;utm_source=copy-link&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=share" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/04/american-panopticon/682616/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxc3WqSyzCi3gasJ-au_BC9g&amp;utm_source=copy-link&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=share"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.theatlantic.com/technology</span><span class="invisible">/archive/2025/04/american-panopticon/682616/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxc3WqSyzCi3gasJ-au_BC9g&amp;utm_source=copy-link&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=share</span></a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/americanautocracy/" rel="tag">#AmericanAutocracy</a></p><p><a href="/tags/giftariticle/" rel="tag">#GiftAriticle</a></p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a>’s Newest Crackdown on <a href="/tags/dissent/" rel="tag">#Dissent</a></p><p>[BS] Assault charges against a <a href="/tags/democratic/" rel="tag">#Democratic</a> member of <a href="/tags/congress/" rel="tag">#Congress</a> look more like <a href="/tags/intimidation/" rel="tag">#intimidation</a> than <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> enforcement.</p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/authoritarianism/" rel="tag">#authoritarianism</a> <a href="/tags/autocracy/" rel="tag">#autocracy</a> <a href="/tags/tyranny/" rel="tag">#tyranny</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/democracy/" rel="tag">#democracy</a> <a href="/tags/unitedstates/" rel="tag">#UnitedStates</a> <a href="/tags/constitution/" rel="tag">#Constitution</a> <a href="/tags/slouchingtowardsbethlehem/" rel="tag">#SlouchingTowardsBethlehem</a> <br><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2025/05/lamonica-mciver-charged-justice-department/682864/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxX9kdA2YiTSgORe70HZMPrU&amp;utm_source=copy-link&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=share" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2025/05/lamonica-mciver-charged-justice-department/682864/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxX9kdA2YiTSgORe70HZMPrU&amp;utm_source=copy-link&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=share"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.theatlantic.com/newsletter</span><span class="invisible">s/archive/2025/05/lamonica-mciver-charged-justice-department/682864/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxX9kdA2YiTSgORe70HZMPrU&amp;utm_source=copy-link&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=share</span></a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/autocracy/" rel="tag">#AUTOCRACY</a> NOW!</p><p><a href="/tags/curtisyarvin/" rel="tag">#CurtisYarvin</a>’s calls for an American king once seemed like a joke. Today, the right is ready to bend the knee.</p><p><a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/democracy/" rel="tag">#democracy</a> <a href="/tags/constitution/" rel="tag">#Constitution</a> <a href="/tags/authoritarianism/" rel="tag">#authoritarianism</a> <a href="/tags/tyranny/" rel="tag">#tyranny</a> <a href="/tags/farright/" rel="tag">#FarRight</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/americanautocracy/" rel="tag">#AmericanAutocracy</a> <br><a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/06/09/curtis-yarvin-profile?utm_social-type=owned&amp;utm_brand=tny" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/06/09/curtis-yarvin-profile?utm_social-type=owned&amp;utm_brand=tny"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.newyorker.com/magazine/202</span><span class="invisible">5/06/09/curtis-yarvin-profile?utm_social-type=owned&amp;utm_brand=tny</span></a></p>

<p>The giant <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> banner at the <a href="/tags/usda/" rel="tag">#USDA</a> is another sign the US is sliding into <a href="/tags/autocracy/" rel="tag">#autocracy</a></p><p>It may be small &amp; petty, but these changes are part of the erosion of democratic norms, softening people up for potentially more <a href="/tags/authoritarian/" rel="tag">#authoritarian</a> behavior.</p><p><a href="/tags/americanautocracy/" rel="tag">#AmericanAutocracy</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a> <a href="/tags/tyranny/" rel="tag">#tyranny</a> <br><a href="https://www.msnbc.com/top-stories/latest/trump-usda-portrait-road-from-to-authoritarianism-rcna207709" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.msnbc.com/top-stories/latest/trump-usda-portrait-road-from-to-authoritarianism-rcna207709"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.msnbc.com/top-stories/late</span><span class="invisible">st/trump-usda-portrait-road-from-to-authoritarianism-rcna207709</span></a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/riotpolice/" rel="tag">#RiotPolice</a> use force against <a href="/tags/la/" rel="tag">#LA</a> <a href="/tags/protesters/" rel="tag">#protesters</a></p><p>Police in riot gear turned out Friday evening in a tense confrontation w/protesters in <a href="/tags/losangeles/" rel="tag">#LosAngeles</a>, after a day of <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#immigration</a> <a href="/tags/raids/" rel="tag">#raids</a> in which dozens of people were reported to be taken into custody.</p><p>Live Reuters video showed <a href="/tags/lapd/" rel="tag">#LAPD</a> officers lined up on a downtown street wielding <a href="/tags/batons/" rel="tag">#batons</a>, &amp; firing what appeared to be <a href="/tags/teargas/" rel="tag">#TearGas</a> rifles…after authorities had ordered…protesters to disperse…</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/americanautocracy/" rel="tag">#AmericanAutocracy</a> <br><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/riot-police-anti-ice-protesters-square-off-los-angeles-after-raids-2025-06-07/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.reuters.com/world/us/riot-police-anti-ice-protesters-square-off-los-angeles-after-raids-2025-06-07/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.reuters.com/world/us/riot-</span><span class="invisible">police-anti-ice-protesters-square-off-los-angeles-after-raids-2025-06-07/</span></a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/mahmoudkhalil/" rel="tag">#MahmoudKhalil</a> permitted to hold newborn son for the first time despite objections from the <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> admin</p><p><a href="/tags/thecrueltyisthepoint/" rel="tag">#TheCrueltyIsThePoint</a></p><p>Detained <a href="/tags/palestinian/" rel="tag">#Palestinian</a> activist Mahmoud Khalil was allowed to hold his one-month-old son for the first time Thursday after a federal judge blocked the Trump admin’s efforts to keep the father &amp; infant separated by a plexiglass barrier. </p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#immigration</a> <a href="/tags/constitution/" rel="tag">#Constitution</a> <a href="/tags/dueprocess/" rel="tag">#DueProcess</a> <a href="/tags/firstamendment/" rel="tag">#FirstAmendment</a> <a href="/tags/dissent/" rel="tag">#dissent</a> <a href="/tags/authoritarianism/" rel="tag">#authoritarianism</a> <a href="/tags/americanautocracy/" rel="tag">#AmericanAutocracy</a> <br><a href="https://apnews.com/article/mahmoud-khalil-louisiana-immigration-406c341b8edf1f92dc44695cefcd8f8c" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="apnews.com/article/mahmoud-khalil-louisiana-immigration-406c341b8edf1f92dc44695cefcd8f8c"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/mahmoud-kha</span><span class="invisible">lil-louisiana-immigration-406c341b8edf1f92dc44695cefcd8f8c</span></a></p>

<p>How is this even slightly legal?<br>(Hint, it’s not)</p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> Admin Halts <a href="/tags/harvard/" rel="tag">#Harvard</a>’s Ability to Enroll <a href="/tags/internationalstudents/" rel="tag">#InternationalStudents</a></p><p>The move was a major escalation in the admin’s efforts to pressure the <a href="/tags/college/" rel="tag">#college</a> to fall in line with Trump’s demands.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/constitution/" rel="tag">#Constitution</a> <a href="/tags/firstamendment/" rel="tag">#FirstAmendment</a> <a href="/tags/academicfreedom/" rel="tag">#AcademicFreedom</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#immigration</a> <a href="/tags/braindrain/" rel="tag">#BrainDrain</a> <a href="/tags/antiintellectualism/" rel="tag">#AntiIntellectualism</a> <a href="/tags/authoritarianism/" rel="tag">#authoritarianism</a> <a href="/tags/dictatorship/" rel="tag">#dictatorship</a> <a href="/tags/tyranny/" rel="tag">#tyranny</a> <a href="/tags/americanautocracy/" rel="tag">#AmericanAutocracy</a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/us/politics/trump-harvard-international-students.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare&amp;sgrp=p&amp;pvid=FEF8C80B-EF9E-4A25-B3B7-9273FF569BA5" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/us/politics/trump-harvard-international-students.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare&amp;sgrp=p&amp;pvid=FEF8C80B-EF9E-4A25-B3B7-9273FF569BA5"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/us/</span><span class="invisible">politics/trump-harvard-international-students.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare&amp;sgrp=p&amp;pvid=FEF8C80B-EF9E-4A25-B3B7-9273FF569BA5</span></a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> cannot proceed with gutting US <a href="/tags/education/" rel="tag">#Education</a> Department, court rules</p><p>A federal appeals court on Wednesday declined to lift a judge&#x27;s order blocking Trump&#x27;s admin from carrying out his <a href="/tags/executiveorder/" rel="tag">#ExecutiveOrder</a> to dismantle the US Department of Education &amp; requiring it to reinstate employees who were terminated in a mass layoff.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/constitution/" rel="tag">#Constitution</a> <a href="/tags/separationofpowers/" rel="tag">#SeparationOfPowers</a> <a href="/tags/executiveoverreach/" rel="tag">#ExecutiveOverreach</a> <a href="/tags/abuseofpower/" rel="tag">#AbuseOfPower</a> <a href="/tags/americanautocracy/" rel="tag">#AmericanAutocracy</a> <br><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-cannot-proceed-with-gutting-us-education-department-court-rules-2025-06-04/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-cannot-proceed-with-gutting-us-education-department-court-rules-2025-06-04/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.reuters.com/world/us/trump</span><span class="invisible">-cannot-proceed-with-gutting-us-education-department-court-rules-2025-06-04/</span></a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> officials are using <a href="/tags/polygraph/" rel="tag">#polygraph</a> tests to flush out even minor <a href="/tags/leaks/" rel="tag">#leaks</a></p><p>Reuters spoke to nine current and former federal government employees under the current administration who described a concerted effort to expose leaks of all kinds.</p><p>The investigations have a dual purpose - plugging leaks while also purging federal employees considered <a href="/tags/disloyal/" rel="tag">#disloyal</a> to Trump&#x27;s political agenda, four of the government employees said.</p><p><a href="/tags/tyranny/" rel="tag">#tyranny</a> <a href="/tags/americanautocracy/" rel="tag">#AmericanAutocracy</a> <br><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/with-polygraphs-probes-trump-administration-chases-even-minor-leaks-2025-05-23/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.reuters.com/world/us/with-polygraphs-probes-trump-administration-chases-even-minor-leaks-2025-05-23/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.reuters.com/world/us/with-</span><span class="invisible">polygraphs-probes-trump-administration-chases-even-minor-leaks-2025-05-23/</span></a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> to Send <a href="/tags/nationalguard/" rel="tag">#NationalGuard</a> to <a href="/tags/la/" rel="tag">#LA</a> to *Quell* <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> <a href="/tags/protests/" rel="tag">#Protests</a></p><p>Federal immigration officials squared off with protesters in <a href="/tags/losangeles/" rel="tag">#LosAngeles</a> County on Saturday using <a href="/tags/teargas/" rel="tag">#TearGas</a> &amp; <a href="/tags/flashbang/" rel="tag">#FlashBang</a> <a href="/tags/grenades/" rel="tag">#grenades</a>. The unrest comes just a day after <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> <a href="/tags/raids/" rel="tag">#raids</a> were conducted through the city of Los Angeles.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/democracy/" rel="tag">#democracy</a> <a href="/tags/righttoprotest/" rel="tag">#RightToProtest</a> <a href="/tags/freedomofassembly/" rel="tag">#FreedomOfAssembly</a> <a href="/tags/authoritarianism/" rel="tag">#authoritarianism</a> <a href="/tags/tyranny/" rel="tag">#tyranny</a> <a href="/tags/gestapo/" rel="tag">#Gestapo</a> <a href="/tags/americanautocracy/" rel="tag">#AmericanAutocracy</a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06/07/us/la-immigration-raid-protests?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06/07/us/la-immigration-raid-protests?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06/0</span><span class="invisible">7/us/la-immigration-raid-protests?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare</span></a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> admin halts scheduling of ALL new <a href="/tags/studentvisa/" rel="tag">#StudentVisa</a> appointments</p><p>Trump ordered US <a href="/tags/missions/" rel="tag">#missions</a> abroad to stop scheduling new appointments for student &amp; <a href="/tags/exchange/" rel="tag">#exchange</a> visitor <a href="/tags/visa/" rel="tag">#visa</a> applicants as the <a href="/tags/state/" rel="tag">#State</a> Dept prepares to expand <a href="/tags/socialmedia/" rel="tag">#socialmedia</a> vetting of all <a href="/tags/foreignstudents/" rel="tag">#ForeignStudents</a>, acc/to an internal cable seen by Reuters on Tues.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/abuseofpower/" rel="tag">#AbuseOfPower</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#immigration</a> <a href="/tags/surveillance/" rel="tag">#surveillance</a> <a href="/tags/constitution/" rel="tag">#Constitution</a> <a href="/tags/academicfreedom/" rel="tag">#AcademicFreedom</a> <a href="/tags/dictatorship/" rel="tag">#dictatorship</a> <a href="/tags/tyranny/" rel="tag">#tyranny</a> <a href="/tags/authoritarianism/" rel="tag">#authoritarianism</a> <a href="/tags/americanautocracy/" rel="tag">#AmericanAutocracy</a> <br><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-administration-halts-scheduling-new-student-visa-appointments-2025-05-27/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-administration-halts-scheduling-new-student-visa-appointments-2025-05-27/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.reuters.com/world/us/trump</span><span class="invisible">-administration-halts-scheduling-new-student-visa-appointments-2025-05-27/</span></a></p>

<p>Federal <a href="/tags/trade/" rel="tag">#trade</a> <a href="/tags/court/" rel="tag">#court</a> blocks <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> from imposing sweeping <a href="/tags/tariffs/" rel="tag">#tariffs</a> under *<a href="/tags/emergencypowers/" rel="tag">#EmergencyPowers</a>* <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a></p><p>The ruling from a 3-judge panel at the New York-based Court of <a href="/tags/internationaltrade/" rel="tag">#InternationalTrade</a> came after several lawsuits arguing Trump has exceeded his <a href="/tags/authority/" rel="tag">#authority</a>, left US trade policy dependent on his whims &amp; unleashed economic chaos.</p><p><a href="/tags/economy/" rel="tag">#economy</a> <a href="/tags/inflation/" rel="tag">#inflation</a> <a href="/tags/recession/" rel="tag">#recession</a> <a href="/tags/authoritarianism/" rel="tag">#authoritarianism</a> <a href="/tags/americanautocracy/" rel="tag">#AmericanAutocracy</a> <br><a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-tariffs-trade-court-0392dbd59f548e49ad4f64254ae3f94a" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="apnews.com/article/trump-tariffs-trade-court-0392dbd59f548e49ad4f64254ae3f94a"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/trump-tarif</span><span class="invisible">fs-trade-court-0392dbd59f548e49ad4f64254ae3f94a</span></a></p>

<p>A <a href="/tags/venezuelan/" rel="tag">#Venezuelan</a> musician released a song critical of <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a>, then he was arrested by <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a>. </p><p>The Criminalization of Venezuelan Street Culture</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#immigration</a> <a href="/tags/constitution/" rel="tag">#Constitution</a> <a href="/tags/firstamendment/" rel="tag">#FirstAmendment</a> <a href="/tags/freespeech/" rel="tag">#FreeSpeech</a> <a href="/tags/freedomofexpression/" rel="tag">#FreedomOfExpression</a> <a href="/tags/alienenemiesact/" rel="tag">#AlienEnemiesAct</a> <a href="/tags/pretense/" rel="tag">#pretense</a> <a href="/tags/figleaf/" rel="tag">#FigLeaf</a> <a href="/tags/bullshit/" rel="tag">#Bullshit</a> <a href="/tags/authoritarianism/" rel="tag">#authoritarianism</a> <a href="/tags/tyranny/" rel="tag">#tyranny</a> <a href="/tags/whitesupremacy/" rel="tag">#WhiteSupremacy</a> <a href="/tags/dissent/" rel="tag">#dissent</a> <a href="/tags/americanautocracy/" rel="tag">#AmericanAutocracy</a> <br><a href="https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-lede/the-criminalization-of-venezuelan-street-culture" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.newyorker.com/culture/the-lede/the-criminalization-of-venezuelan-street-culture"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.newyorker.com/culture/the-</span><span class="invisible">lede/the-criminalization-of-venezuelan-street-culture</span></a></p>

<p>US <a href="/tags/protests/" rel="tag">#protests</a> against <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> &amp; his tyrannical <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#immigration</a> raids — photos from the AP</p><p><a href="/tags/louisville/" rel="tag">#Louisville</a>, <a href="/tags/kentucky/" rel="tag">#Kentucky</a> </p><p><a href="/tags/santaana/" rel="tag">#SantaAna</a>, <a href="/tags/california/" rel="tag">#California</a> </p><p><a href="/tags/washington/" rel="tag">#Washington</a></p><p>1/<br><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/title10/" rel="tag">#Title10</a> <a href="/tags/possecomitatusact/" rel="tag">#PosseComitatusAct</a> <a href="/tags/democracy/" rel="tag">#democracy</a> <a href="/tags/righttoprotest/" rel="tag">#RightToProtest</a> <a href="/tags/freedomofassembly/" rel="tag">#FreedomOfAssembly</a> <a href="/tags/authoritarianism/" rel="tag">#authoritarianism</a> <a href="/tags/tyranny/" rel="tag">#tyranny</a> <a href="/tags/gestapo/" rel="tag">#Gestapo</a> <a href="/tags/americanautocracy/" rel="tag">#AmericanAutocracy</a> <a href="/tags/losangeles/" rel="tag">#LosAngeles</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> <a href="/tags/nationalguard/" rel="tag">#NationalGuard</a> <a href="/tags/marines/" rel="tag">#Marines</a> <a href="/tags/ustroops/" rel="tag">#USTroops</a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/unitedstates/" rel="tag">#UnitedStates</a> Sen. <a href="/tags/alexpadilla/" rel="tag">#AlexPadilla</a> (D-<a href="/tags/california/" rel="tag">#California</a>) briefly interrupted <a href="/tags/dhs/" rel="tag">#DHS</a> Secretary <a href="/tags/kristinoem/" rel="tag">#KristiNoem</a>’s “news” [<a href="/tags/propaganda/" rel="tag">#propaganda</a>] conference in the <a href="/tags/losangeles/" rel="tag">#LosAngeles</a> <a href="/tags/fbi/" rel="tag">#FBI</a> headquarters, saying he had questions for her. Security pushed him out, telling him to put his hands up.</p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/policestate/" rel="tag">#PoliceState</a> <a href="/tags/tyranny/" rel="tag">#Tyranny</a> <a href="/tags/authoritarianism/" rel="tag">#authoritarianism</a> <a href="/tags/americanautocracy/" rel="tag">#AmericanAutocracy</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/constitution/" rel="tag">#Constitution</a> <a href="/tags/firstamendment/" rel="tag">#FirstAmendment</a> <a href="/tags/freespeech/" rel="tag">#FreeSpeech</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#immigration</a> <a href="/tags/gestapo/" rel="tag">#Gestapo</a></p>

<p>&quot;In <a href="/tags/losangeles/" rel="tag">#LosAngeles</a>, where <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> has launched a dragnet, the LA Unified School District [<a href="/tags/lausd/" rel="tag">#LAUSD</a>] put in place new protective measures. Many families have nevertheless still opted to skip <a href="/tags/graduation/" rel="tag">#graduation</a> &amp; <a href="/tags/schools/" rel="tag">#schools</a> are streaming ceremonies for those who feel safer at home.&quot;</p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#immigration</a> <a href="/tags/terrorism/" rel="tag">#terrorism</a> <a href="/tags/massdeportations/" rel="tag">#MassDeportations</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/authoritarianism/" rel="tag">#authoritarianism</a> <a href="/tags/tyranny/" rel="tag">#tyranny</a> <a href="/tags/gestapo/" rel="tag">#Gestapo</a> <a href="/tags/americanautocracy/" rel="tag">#AmericanAutocracy</a> <a href="/tags/california/" rel="tag">#California</a> <a href="/tags/nationalguard/" rel="tag">#NationalGuard</a> <a href="/tags/marines/" rel="tag">#Marines</a> <a href="/tags/troops/" rel="tag">#troops</a> <br><a href="https://immigrationimpact.com/2025/06/12/graduation-ice-targets-young-dreamers/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="immigrationimpact.com/2025/06/12/graduation-ice-targets-young-dreamers/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">immigrationimpact.com/2025/06/</span><span class="invisible">12/graduation-ice-targets-young-dreamers/</span></a></p>

<p>🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨</p><p>Exclusive: US <a href="/tags/marines/" rel="tag">#Marines</a> carry out first known <a href="/tags/detention/" rel="tag">#detention</a> of <a href="/tags/civilian/" rel="tag">#civilian</a> in <a href="/tags/losangeles/" rel="tag">#LosAngeles</a>, video<br>shows</p><p>Marines deployed to <a href="/tags/la/" rel="tag">#LA</a> carried out the detention of a civilian on Friday, the US <a href="/tags/military/" rel="tag">#military</a> confirmed after being presented w/ Reuters images, in the first known detention by active-duty <a href="/tags/troops/" rel="tag">#troops</a> deployed there by <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a>.</p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/possecomitatusact/" rel="tag">#PosseComitatusAct</a> <a href="/tags/democracy/" rel="tag">#democracy</a> <a href="/tags/righttoprotest/" rel="tag">#RightToProtest</a> <a href="/tags/freedomofassembly/" rel="tag">#FreedomOfAssembly</a> <a href="/tags/authoritarianism/" rel="tag">#authoritarianism</a> <a href="/tags/tyranny/" rel="tag">#tyranny</a> <a href="/tags/gestapo/" rel="tag">#Gestapo</a> <a href="/tags/americanautocracy/" rel="tag">#AmericanAutocracy</a> <a href="/tags/protests/" rel="tag">#protests</a> <br><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-marines-carry-out-first-known-detention-civilian-los-angeles-video-shows-2025-06-13/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.reuters.com/world/us/us-marines-carry-out-first-known-detention-civilian-los-angeles-video-shows-2025-06-13/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.reuters.com/world/us/us-ma</span><span class="invisible">rines-carry-out-first-known-detention-civilian-los-angeles-video-shows-2025-06-13/</span></a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/giftarticle/" rel="tag">#GiftArticle</a></p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> Relishes <a href="/tags/troops/" rel="tag">#Troops</a> in American Streets While Shunning Conflict Overseas</p><p>by Peter Baker</p><p>When Trump first sought to stage a <a href="/tags/military/" rel="tag">#military</a> parade in Washington, a 4-star general argued against it, telling him that “it’s what dictators do.” Trump was unbothered by the comparison, &amp; so on Sat tanks will roll down the streets of the nation’s capital for the first time in decades.</p><p><a href="/tags/americanautocracy/" rel="tag">#AmericanAutocracy</a> <a href="/tags/militarystate/" rel="tag">#MilitaryState</a> <a href="/tags/foreignpolicy/" rel="tag">#ForeignPolicy</a> <a href="/tags/authoritarianism/" rel="tag">#authoritarianism</a> <a href="/tags/propaganda/" rel="tag">#propaganda</a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/14/us/politics/trump-military-parade-israel-iran.html?unlocked_article_code=1.O08.h7ef.Jfy0NJRp1gFf&amp;smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nytimes.com/2025/06/14/us/politics/trump-military-parade-israel-iran.html?unlocked_article_code=1.O08.h7ef.Jfy0NJRp1gFf&amp;smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nytimes.com/2025/06/14/us/</span><span class="invisible">politics/trump-military-parade-israel-iran.html?unlocked_article_code=1.O08.h7ef.Jfy0NJRp1gFf&amp;smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare</span></a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a>&#x27;s <a href="/tags/military/" rel="tag">#Military</a> <a href="/tags/birthday/" rel="tag">#Birthday</a> Parade Was a Gross <a href="/tags/failure/" rel="tag">#Failure</a></p><p>The president&#x27;s military parade, which reportedly cost up to $45 million, was short on attendees, long on political speeches</p><p><a href="/tags/dictatorship/" rel="tag">#dictatorship</a> <a href="/tags/authoritarianism/" rel="tag">#authoritarianism</a> <a href="/tags/americanautocracy/" rel="tag">#AmericanAutocracy</a> <br><a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-military-birthday-parade-dc-failure-1235365040/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-military-birthday-parade-dc-failure-1235365040/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.rollingstone.com/politics/</span><span class="invisible">politics-features/trump-military-birthday-parade-dc-failure-1235365040/</span></a></p>