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#Trump sues #LosAngeles over #immigration enforcement

Trump's admin sued LA on Monday over policies limiting city cooperation w/federal immigration authorities, continuing a confrontation over Trump's #deportation efforts in the largely #Democratic city.

The lawsuit, filed by the DOJ, alleges that policies barring city resources from aiding in immigration enforcement ops or collecting info about individuals' #citizenship status violate federal #law.

#RevengePolitics
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/justice-department-sues-la-over-immigration-enforcement-policies-2025-06-30/

In the runup to a final #Senate vote on #Trump’s big bill of tax cuts & spending cuts, #Republicans have voted down #Democratic amendments to strike portions of the bill that would reduce funding for rural #hospitals, #FoodStamps & #Medicaid.

Sen #SusanCollins (R-ME)joined #Democrats on an amendment to strike language that would force rural hospitals to limit their services.

#law #policy #PublicDisservice
https://apnews.com/live/donald-trump-news-updates-6-30-2025#00000197-c1a1-d0e0-abbf-ffbf19690000

#SCOTUS tosses rulings that favored #transgender people

The #US #SupremeCourt threw out on Monday judicial decisions that favored transgender people in cases from #NorthCarolina, #WestVirginia, #Idaho & #Oklahoma, including in legal challenges to #state #health #insurance programs that deny coverage for patients seeking gender-affirming #medical #treatment.

#law #hate #discrimination #bigotry #LGBTQ #ActivistCourt
https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/us-supreme-court-tosses-rulings-that-favored-transgender-people-2025-06-30/

“It’s the end of the world as we know it…”

#BadScene

#Trump #immigration raids leave #crops #unharvested, #California #farms at risk

#economy #groceries #agriculture #inflation #recession #law #immigration

Lisa Tate is a sixth-generation farmer in Ventura County, California, an area that produces billions of dollars worth of fruit and vegetables each year, much of it hand-picked by immigrants in the U.S. illegally.

https://www.reuters.com/business/immigration-raids-leave-crops-unharvested-california-farms-risk-2025-06-30/

Pure #authoritarianism

#Trump repeatedly threatens to violate the #FirstAmendment: says he will prosecute #CNN for its reporting on an app, he plans to prosecute the creator of the anti-ICE app, & he will prosecute CNN for its reporting about the Iran bombing.

#law #Constitution #FreeSpeech #FreedomOfThePress #democracy #tyranny #AmericanAutocracy

#MafiaState

#Trump said Tuesday he would arrest #ZohranMamdani if the #NYC Democratic mayoral nominee doesn't allow federal #immigration officials to arrest undocumented #immigrants in the city.

#law
https://www.axios.com/2025/07/01/trump-mamdani-arrest-ice-immigration

The University of Pennsylvania has agreed to #ban #transgender women from its women’s sports teams to settle a #Trump lawsuit that alleged the school violated the rights of female athletes.

#acquiescence #appeasement #law #fascism
https://apnews.com/article/upenn-lia-thomas-swimmer-transgender-athletes-trump-71720ecbeb8493ddbed539dd61995076?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-07-01-Breaking+News

#Jury reaches partial #verdict in #SeanCombs #Diddy trial

The panel said it had reached a verdict on all but 1 of the charges in Combs’s #SexTrafficking case, but will likely continue deliberating. The case could send the music mogul to prison for life.

As of 5PM NY time, the judge had not yet told jurors he would accept a partial verdict, or send them back to deliberate. Both the defense & prosecution wanted jurors to keep deliberating.

#law #SexCrimes #rape #BelieveSurvivors

The #Trump admin has *declined* to release nearly $7 billion in federal #funding for #schools that helps pay for after-school & summer programs, support for #students learning English, #teacher training & other services.

The money, which was already allocated by #Congress, was expected to be released by Tuesday. But in an email on Monday, the Trump *#Education* Department notified #state education agencies that the money would not be available.

#law #policy #idiocracy
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/us/trump-education-funds.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

#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

#AmericanAutocracy

‘Time is running short’: Letters show growing #DOJ ire at #UVA

Over 2 months this spring, *#Justice* Dept officials sent 7 letters to the #UniversityOfVirginia, alleging possible *racial* #discrimination in #admissions & #hiring, inaction to address *#antisemitism* [#FreeSpeech] on campus, & a failure to cleanse #diversity, #equity & #inclusion efforts at the institution.

#law #democracy #Constitution #FirstAmendment #AcademicFreedom #tyranny #Trump
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2025/07/02/university-of-virginia-justice-department-investigation-letters/

US contractors *guarding* #aid distribution sites in #Gaza are using #LiveAmmunition & stun #grenades as hungry #Palestinians scramble for food, acc/to accounts & videos obtained by The AP.

2 #US contractors, speaking to the AP on condition of anonymity because they were revealing their employers’ internal ops, said they were coming forward because they were disturbed by what they considered dangerous & irresponsible practices.

#WarCrimes #CrimesAgainstHumanity #law
https://apnews.com/article/palestinians-israel-gaza-contractors-aid-distribution-fe27f3ea83e06a09d66424eed7a5d56f?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-07-02-Gaza+aid

Elon Musk’s lobbyists spent tens of thousands of dollars on things like gifts and meals for Texas elected officials this year.

But, in most cases, state transparency laws do not require them to disclose which elected officials they wine and dine.
https://www.propublica.org/article/elon-musk-texas-lobbyists-influence-law?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #ElonMusk #Texas #Law #SpaceX #Tesla #Government #Business #Musk

I used to think (in my naivety) that a judge on the Supreme Court was the smartest in the Judiciary — cream of the crop, top of the line…

But damn I can see that’s not true because this is some A-class manipulation and gaslighting by Trump Administration lawyers—

And it makes sense that the people directing #Trump during his first term would put judges in #SCOTUS who would roll over for him.

/1
#USA #USpol #immigration #law #birthrightcitizenship

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-curbs-injunctions-blocked-trumps-birthright-citizenship-rcna199742

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I’ve had this song in my head since November 2024.

Whether you read this #GiftArticle or you read the lyrics or listen to this song by #JohnnyCash, it is all the same,

#ItsAllOver #democracy #AmericanExperiment #law #Constitution #SeparationOfPowers #SCOTUS #judiciary #3CoEqualBranchesOfGovernment #Trump #AmericanAutocracy

SCOTUS article:
https://wapo.st/4exRCmd

It’s All Over, by Johnny Cash official:
https://www.johnnycash.com/track/its-all-over/

It’s All Over, by Johnny Cash audio:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-v5lPtUzr0&pp=ygUbSm9obm55IENhc2ggSXTigJlzIEFsbCBPdmVy