dictatorship

How is this even slightly legal?
(Hint, it’s not)

#Trump Admin Halts #Harvard’s Ability to Enroll #InternationalStudents

The move was a major escalation in the admin’s efforts to pressure the #college to fall in line with Trump’s demands.

#law #Constitution #FirstAmendment #AcademicFreedom #immigration #BrainDrain #AntiIntellectualism #authoritarianism #dictatorship #tyranny #AmericanAutocracy
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/us/politics/trump-harvard-international-students.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=FEF8C80B-EF9E-4A25-B3B7-9273FF569BA5

In an attempt to circumvent the courts, #Trump Wednesday moved to block nearly all #InternationalStudents from entering the country to attend #HarvardUniversity, in his latest attack on the #school.
In an #ExecutiveOrder Trump declared that it would jeopardize *#NationalSecurity* [his ego] to allow #Harvard to continue hosting foreign students on its campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

#dictatorship #law #immigration #FirstAmendment #AcademicFreedom #education #judiciary
https://apnews.com/article/trump-harvard-students-ban-foreign-immigrations-a8ab4c05ce284c2625e7f883f8e7e07a

Dear G-d:

When I said that I wondered what watching a dictatorship form would be like, I didn't mean it *this* way!

#dictatorship #trump #uspol #politics #uspolitics #USA #us

#Trump admin halts scheduling of ALL new #StudentVisa appointments

Trump ordered US #missions abroad to stop scheduling new appointments for student & #exchange visitor #visa applicants as the #State Dept prepares to expand #socialmedia vetting of all #ForeignStudents, acc/to an internal cable seen by Reuters on Tues.

#law #AbuseOfPower #immigration #surveillance #Constitution #AcademicFreedom #dictatorship #tyranny #authoritarianism #AmericanAutocracy
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-administration-halts-scheduling-new-student-visa-appointments-2025-05-27/

#Trump's #Military #Birthday Parade Was a Gross #Failure

The president's military parade, which reportedly cost up to $45 million, was short on attendees, long on political speeches

#dictatorship #authoritarianism #AmericanAutocracy
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-military-birthday-parade-dc-failure-1235365040/

#Trump Renews Embrace of #Putin Amid Ongoing Break With #Allies

[Despicably,] Trump opened his remarks at the #G7 gathering of industrialized nations by criticizing the decision to expel #Russia from the bloc after Moscow’s 2014 “annexation” of Crimea.

#geopolitics #authoritarianism #dictatorship #autocracy #tyranny #USpol
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/world/canada/trump-g7-russia-ukraine.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

#GiftArticle

#ICE declares millions of undocumented #immigrants ineligible for bond hearings

A memo from ICE’s acting director instructs officers to hold immigrants who entered the country illegally “for the duration of their removal proceedings,” which can take months or years.

#law #Constitution #DueProcess #immigration #Trump #authoritarianism #dictatorship #tyranny #autocracy
https://wapo.st/40e4rfK

The #FBI Is Using #Polygraphs to Test Officials’ #Loyalty to #Trump & his allies

Some senior officials who have taken the test have been asked whether they said anything negative about the FBI director, #KashPatel, in a highly unusual use of the tool.

#law #fascism #authoritarianism #dictatorship #tyranny #AmericanAutocracy
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/us/politics/fbi-polygraph-kash-patel.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

#DOJ fires 9 more employees from JackSmith's team

#US AG #PamBondi on Friday fired at least 9 more *#Justice* Dept employees who worked for Special Counsel #JackSmith to investigate #Trump's retention of #ClassifiedDocuments & efforts to overturn the 2020 election, according to 5 people familiar with the matter.

#law #MafiaState #authoritarianism #dictatorship #tyranny #AmericanAutocracy
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-justice-fires-nine-more-employees-jack-smiths-team-sources-say-2025-07-12/

微信的AI，至於這麼敏感嗎？​​
就因爲有「追求民主，反對獨裁」和「和平請願」，連馬敘倫的信息都要屏蔽？
太可笑了！你在怕什麼？​​
WeChat's AI, does it really need to be this sensitive? ​​
Just because of phrases like “pursuing democracy and opposing dictatorship” and “peaceful petition”, even information about Ma Xu-lun is being blocked?
So ridiculous! What are you afraid of? ​​

#china #wechat #ai #artificialintelligence #chinese #censorship #censor #blocked #democracy #dictatorship #petition #中國 #人工智能 #人工智慧 #中国 #中国式叙事 #微信 #審查 #屏蔽词 #审查 #中國特色 #中国特色 #民进 #民進 #民主 #獨裁 #独裁 #請願 #请愿

#Trump officials made unusual requests for data on #voters and #voting equipment.

#DOJ officials have asked at least 9 #states for copies of voter rolls; 2 have partially complied. It has sparked serious concerns about #ElectionInterference ahead of the 2026 midterms.

#law #ElectionLaw #dictatorship #tyranny #autocracy #MafiaState
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/07/16/trump-voter-fraud-elections/

#Trump Urges #Congress to ‘Kill’ #VoiceOfAmerica as Its *Leader* Defends Gutting It

In a heated hearing, #KariLake, the Trump [crackpot] ally in charge of the federally funded international broadcasting network, called the #media agency “a rotten piece of fish” that should be defunded.

#law #democracy #FreePress #SoftPower #journalism #independence #censorship #authoritarianism #dictatorship #tyranny #AmericanAutocracy
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/us/politics/trump-lake-voice-of-america.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

The #Senate on Friday rejected a #Democratic measure that would have forced #Trump to go to #Congress for approval of another #military strike against #Iran [he was supposed to for the first]. The resolution had little chance of succeeding in a #Republican-controlled & Trump lick-spittle Congress.

#Constitution #law #SeparationOfPowers #ChecksAndBalances #ExecutiveAuthority #AbuseOfPower #authoritarianism #dictatorship #tyranny #AmericanAutocracy
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/us/politics/trump-war-powers-iran-strike.html?smid=url-share