law
#Trump said that he would not seek congressional approval to carry out #military strikes against alleged drug #cartels that allegedly traffic narcotics to the US, even as he vowed to expand the operation from attacks at sea to targets on land. The #Senate is expected to vote next week on a bipartisan resolution that would bar the US from engaging in hostilities inside #Venezuela without explicit authorization by #Congress.
#law #Constitution #authoritarianism #fascism
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/us/politics/trump-military-authorization-cartel-strikes.html?smid=url-share
Defense attorneys for the woman shot by #BorderPatrol in Brighton Park this month want a hearing ASAP after the agent who opened fire drove his vehicle to Maine before the woman’s attys could inspect it.
It’s not clear who allowed the #CBP agent to drive the vehicle to the East Coast. But defense wrote in a court filing that the “absurdity” of the decision became clear when attorneys visited an #FBI evidence garage to inspect the vehicles…
#law #Trump #Gestapo #Chicago
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/20/defense-wants-hearing-as-soon-as-possible-after-car-from-brighton-park-shooting-driven-to-maine
Exclusive: Wide-ranging group of US officials pursues #Trump's fight against ‘Deep State’
A group of dozens of officials from across the federal government, including US #intelligence officers, has been helping to steer Trump's drive for #retribution against his perceived enemies, according to government records and a source familiar with the effort.
#law #LegalEthics #WeaponizationOfGovernment
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/wide-ranging-group-us-officials-pursues-trumps-fight-against-deep-state-2025-10-20/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement
‘I will not be intimidated’: #Garland rebuts #contempt #threats from #HouseRepublicans
AG #MerrickGarland used an appearance on Capitol Hill on Tues to forcefully defend the #DOJ against “repeated attacks” from #Republican *lawmakers* that have undermined investigations & put federal employees in #harm’s way.
#law #TheRealWeaponizationOfGovernment
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/06/04/merrick-garland-testimony-judiciary-fbi-trump/
#POTUS #Biden Issues #ExecutiveOrder to Temporarily Seal the #Border to #Asylum Seekers
The move shows how drastically #immigration #politics have shifted in the #UnitedStates. The ACLU said it planned to challenge the order in court.
#law
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/04/us/politics/biden-executive-order-border-asylum.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&u2g=c&pvid=842FAC82-74E9-4568-964E-17F923835645&sgrp=c-cb
After we broke the story of the #ICE lawyer with a white supremacist X account, no one seems to be able to tell us whether James Rodden still works with the agency. Even Congress can't get answers. https://www.texasobserver.org/ice-white-supremacist-x-account-veasey-answers/
#racism #fascism #genocide #law #Dallas #NorthTexas #Texas #Immigration #politics #USpol #news #Trump
Many #Trump allies had been secretly rooting for an #acquittal. The talking points wrote themselves: It would have been yet more evidence that the #UnitedStates #justice system was rigged in favor of #Bidens & against Trumps. Tues’s #guilty #verdict was inconvenient to that narrative.
Even more valuable would have been the #fundraising potential.
#gaslighting #ConspiracyTheories #USpol #law #HunterBiden
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/11/us/politics/donald-trump-hunter-biden.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb
I am so afraid for the future
#Trump admin seeks to move #SpecialEducation to #RFKJr’s #HHS
The move would affect the $15 billion #IDEA program & comes as the admin seeks to close down the federal #Education Department
#law
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2025/10/21/trump-special-education-move/
#Trump straight up robbing #taxpayers
Trump Demands #DOJ Pay Him $230 Million For Federal Investigations Into Him
Senior department officials who were defense lawyers for Trump & those in his orbit are now in jobs that typically must approve any such payout, underscoring potential ethical conflicts.
#law #LegalEthics #RevengePolitics #propaganda
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/us/politics/trump-justice-department-compensation.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
#Trump is calling off, at least for now, plans that would have surged federal agents into #SanFrancisco this weekend. Mayor Daniel Lurie said Trump & #DHS Secy #KristiNoem assured him in separate calls that #BorderPatrol agents would not be deployed to his city. Trump confirmed the decision in a social media post, writing that “friends of mine who live in the area” had asked him to reconsider.
WTF? Why do #Chicago & other cities have to endure his #assault?
#law
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10/23/us/trump-news?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
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#Trump Empowers #ElectionDeniers, Still Fixated on False 2020 Grievances
Trump has placed proponents of his #BigLie into government jobs while dismantling systems built to secure voting, raising fears that he aims to seize authority over #elections ahead of next year’s #midterms.
#law #ElectionLaw #coup #TrumpCoup2 #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny #UnitedStates
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/us/politics/trump-election-deniers-voting-security.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
Nothing to see here, move along…
#Trump Dismisses Yet Another #InspectorGeneral, Fueling #Oversight Alarms
With the firing of the #ExportImport #Bank’s inspector general, Trump has sidelined around two dozen of the #watchdogs who seek out #fraud & #mismanagement in #FederalAgencies.
#law #accountability #corruption
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/us/politics/trump-inspectors-general.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
'Georgia Is Our Laboratory': Inside Trump's Plan to Rig 2024
Team #Trump sees #Georgia as 'a road map' for putting Trump's heads-I-win-tails-you-lose philosophy of #elections into practice
The Peach State is unique—it's the sole battleground state in which the #Republican Party has total #control over the levers of #power: a trifecta in state #House, #Senate, & governorship
#ElectionLaw #ElectionInterference #law #democracy #BidenHarris2024
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-georgia-laboratory-rig-2024-1235034510/
#Pentagon announces a new #FarRight #press corps after mass walkout
A new crop of *conservative* #media & influencers — including the Gateway Pundit, the Post Millennial, Human Events & the National Pulse — signed an agreement with the #Defense Department.
#law #democracy #Constitution #FreePress #fascism #StateMedia #propaganda
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/10/22/pentagon-press-corps-right-wing-media/
FYI
I’ve decided not to report much on #HunterBiden’s trial. It is evident that he, Beau’s widow, & the #Biden family were in deep #grief.
In that grief, Hunter & Hallie self-medicated w/a highly addictive drug. Hunter already had a predisposition to #addiction, & he did what people addicted to drugs & alcohol do — made terrible decisions.
He admitted it & admitted to committing crimes during his addiction.
Detailing that painful time for the purpose of humiliating his family is cruel.
The #UniversityOfVirginia, facing immense pressure from the White House, struck a deal with the #Trump admin on Wednesday that removed, at least temporarily, the threat of a federal *investigation*.
The #DOJ announced the deal. It was the first time a public #university had cut a far-reaching agreement with the Trump admin, which is carrying out an extraordinary campaign to shift the ideological tilt of the higher #education system.
#law #AcademicFreedom #FirstAmendment
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/us/politics/university-of-virginia-trump-agreement.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
“Of all people, you have a #disability so you can relate, I hope.”
Out today from Austin Free Press: Disability rights activists protested outside the Governor's Mansion, for the "liberation" of more people from institutions, marking the anniversary of a key #SCOTUS decision:
https://austinfreepress.org/wheres-abbott-austin-disability-activists-picket-one-of-their-own-at-governors-mansion/
#news #politics #activism #health #HumanRights #disabled #protest #GregAbbott #USpol #politics #law #CivilRights
Hey look! After 5½ years they found ONE. Oops, she’s a #Republican.
Colorado woman found guilty of #VoterFraud for casting ballots for late ex-husband & son
#Trump #BigLie #law
https://apnews.com/article/voting-fraud-ballots-colorado-guilty-forgery-6c11a89d629947dc4d76321d5e60cb70
Average #ACA premiums are set to rise 30% due to #Republicans, documents show
The price increases — affecting up to 17 million Americans who buy coverage on the federal marketplace — are by far the largest annual premium increases in recent years.
#law #HealthInsurance #healthcare #Trump
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/10/24/obamacare-premiums-rise-30-percent/
#BigTech Helped Bankroll the #EastWing Destruction
#Meta, #Amazon, #Microsoft, #Apple, & #Google have a lot riding on their relationships with the #Trump admin. They all cut checks for the ballroom.
#TechBros #plutocracy #billionaires #corporations #corruption #bribery #extortion #law #antitrust #regulations #AI #energy
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/10/white-house-east-wing-destruction-google-meta-apple-microsoft-amazone/
#DOJ Will Monitor #Elections in #California & #NewJersey ahead of the Nov 4 election.
The #Trump admin said that monitors will watch polling in 2 states, led by #Democrats, where key races or issues are on the ballot.
Voter fraud is exceedingly rare, but Trump & other #Republicans since Trump lost to Biden in 2020 continue to spread disinformation about election integrity.
#law #VoterSuppression
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/us/politics/doj-election-monitors-california-new-jersey.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
The #Trump admin is drawing up plans for a shake-up at #ICE, with officials looking to replace several senior leaders in field offices across the country, according to 3 people familiar with the plans.
The proposal stems from frustration in the White House & the #DHS over the pace of #deportations, which are lagging behind Trump’s goal of more than a million by the end of the first year of his 2nd term.
#law #immigration #rendition #StateSponsoredAbduction #DueProcess
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/us/politics/trump-deportations-ice.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
“It certainly seems like an issue that could be ripe for litigation because it’s right on its face discriminating against people for sexual orientation or #transgender status.”
Out today, from Kit @oconnell: Emails obtained from the #Texas Department of Agriculture reveal the turmoil caused by Sid Miller's transphobic dress code, which the Observer first revealed last year. https://www.texasobserver.org/sid-miller-transphobic-dress-code-emails/
#news #politics #agriculture #transphobia #LGBTQIA+ #USpol #law
#Indiana #Republican Gov #MikeBraun called Monday for state lawmakers to return to Indianapolis for an emergency session to redraw the state’s congressional map.
#Trump has pressured Republican governors nationwide to draw new maps so the #GOP can keep control of the #House in the #midterms. While #Republicans in #Texas, #Missouri & #NorthCarolina moved quickly to obey their #DearLeader, Indiana lawmakers have been more hesitant.
#MafiaState #law #gerrymandering
https://apnews.com/article/indiana-redistricting-special-session-braun-63f3447efcc34529dfc363a96a763b6e?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-10-27-Breaking+News