#Trump is currently [live now] repeating #ConspiracyTheories from the Oval Office
about the protesters in #LosAngeles, saying they are “paid” by #Democrats. Total #disinformation.
#FactCheck #TrumpLies #propaganda #law #democracy #RightToProtest
#UAE responding to missile threats as #Iran & #US issue conflicting #StraitOfHormuz reports
Iran rejects US claim that vessels have crossed through #Hormuz
The #IRGC said NO commercial vessel or tanker had crossed the Strait of Hormuz in the past few hours.
The IRGC called claims by US officials "baseless & complete lies."
Earlier Monday, US #CENTCOM said 2 US flagged merchant vessels had crossed thru the strait.
#IranWar #Trump #law #Congress #WarPowers #economy
https://www.reuters.com/world/iran-war-live-tehran-issues-warning-after-trump-offers-us-help-ships-hormuz-2026-05-04/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement
European court finds #Russia committed violations in #Ukraine & was behind downing Flight #MH17
Europe’s top #HumanRights court delivered damning judgments Wednesday against Russia in 4 cases brought by Kyiv & the #Netherlands accusing Moscow of #atrocities in Ukraine dating back more than a decade.
#law
https://apnews.com/article/ukraine-russia-european-human-rights-court-mh17-1bac36842f8a4cfe0e3e787f0fab0c1f?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-07-09-Breaking+News
#Marines were seen standing guard outside a federal building in #LosAngeles on Friday as they started operations after #protests erupted last week over #immigration raids.
Maj. Gen. Scott Sherman, commander of Task Force 51 who is overseeing the 4,700 troops deployed by #Trump, said the Marines finished [2 days of] training on civil disturbance & are starting their operations by replacing #NationalGuard #troops.
#law #PosseComitatusAct #authoritarianism #RightToProtest
https://apnews.com/article/immigration-raids-national-guard-lawsuit-los-angeles-f4809c7f39d09e4fdfa01982f44ec995
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Exclusive: US #Marines carry out first known #detention of #civilian in #LosAngeles, video
shows
Marines deployed to #LA carried out the detention of a civilian on Friday, the US #military confirmed after being presented w/ Reuters images, in the first known detention by active-duty #troops deployed there by #Trump.
#Trump #law #PosseComitatusAct #democracy #RightToProtest #FreedomOfAssembly #authoritarianism #tyranny #Gestapo #AmericanAutocracy #protests
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-marines-carry-out-first-known-detention-civilian-los-angeles-video-shows-2025-06-13/
#PlannedParenthood sued the #Trump admin on Monday over a provision in Trump's #OneBigBeautifulBill that would prevent its #health centers from receiving #Medicaid reimbursements.
…Late on Monday afternoon, US District Judge Indira Talwani temporarily blocked enforcement of the #law against Planned Parenthood, & ordered #HHS to file any opposition to a longer-lasting injunction by July 14.
Utah Sen. Mike Lee Says Selling Off Public Lands Will Solve the West’s Housing Crisis. Past Sales Show Otherwise.
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Last month, Lee introduced a now-removed amendment to Trump’s policy megabill that mandated the sale of up to 3 million acres. It did little to address the challenges of building affordable housing on public land.
https://www.propublica.org/article/utah-mike-lee-public-lands-sell-off?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
USA sanctions Francesca Albanese for working with the International Criminal Court, and for being early at calling the Gaza Genocide a genocide.
This regime is a global menace, to the freedoms of each of us. Where will this end?
#FarRight #Genocide #Gaza #USA #USPol #ICC #ICJ #Law #HumanRights #Palestine #EU #Geopolitics #Albanese #FrancescaAlbanese
#StudentLoans interest charges to kick back in for roughly 8 million borrowers
Interest charges will return on Aug. 1 after a yearlong pause on payments.
Roughly 8 million student loan borrowers will see their interest charges restart next month, #Trump Dept of #Education announced Wednesday.
Borrowers on the #Biden-era Saving on a Valuable Education Plan — about 7.7 million people — will have interest charges return on Aug. 1 after a yearlong pause on payments.
#law
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/student-loan-interest-charges-kick-back-roughly-8/story?id=123611422
The #Trump admin has sued <California for allowing #transgender athletes to compete on #school sports teams that match their #gender #identity.
The suit alleges that California has violated federal civil rights law by discriminating against women [which doesn’t make any sense].
California officials have denied any wrongdoing & rejected federal demands to bar transgender #athletes from girls’ & women’s school #sports teams.
#law #LGBTQ #disinformation #bigotry
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-07-09/trump-sues-california-alleges-title-ix-violations-transgender-athletes
The #Trump admin is imposing #sanctions on the #UN #HumanRights Council special rapporteur #FrancescaAlbanese, an outspoken critic of #Israel's military offensive in #Gaza.
Secy of #State #MarcoRubio linked the move to her support for the International Criminal Court (#ICC), some of whose #judges have already been sanctioned by the #US.
#law #judiciary #WarCrimes #complicit
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c70rllxr0kyo
#Trump officials completely reverse guidance exempting #farms, #hotels & #restaurants from #immigration raids
#ICE agents have been told to continue conducting *enforcement* operations at agricultural businesses despite concerns about negative effects on the food industry.
#law #economy #TACO #StephenMiller #DHS
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/06/16/trump-farms-hotels-immigration-raids/
#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
#BradLander, the #NYC #comptroller who is running for #mayor, was arrested on Tues by federal agents at an #immigration court in Lower Manhattan.
Lander, a #Democrat, was at the city’s main immigration #courthouse, at 26 Federal Plaza, to observe court proceedings where an increasing number of #immigrants who appear for court have been arrested by #ICE agents in recent weeks.
#law #RevengePolitics #Trump
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/nyregion/brad-lander-immigration-ice.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
San Francisco Courtroom United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit has gaveled in #NewsomVTrump
3 Judge Panel
Judges Mark J. Bennett, Eric Miller & Jennifer Sung
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEitAzKSInI
#Trump #law #Title10 #PosseComitatusAct #democracy #RightToProtest #FreedomOfAssembly #authoritarianism #tyranny #Gestapo #AmericanAutocracy #LosAngeles #California #NationalGuard #Marines #USTroops #immigration
A federal judge on Tues blocked the #Trump admin from refusing to issue #passports to #transgender & #nonbinary Americans nationwide that reflect their #gender identities, after finding it was likely #unconstitutional.
US District Judge Julia Kobick in Boston issued a preliminary #injunction that expanded an earlier order she issued in April that had stopped the US #State Dept from enforcing the policy in the case of just 6 people.
#law #discrimination
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-judge-blocks-trump-passport-policy-targeting-transgender-people-2025-06-17/
#Trump asked if he’ll call Governor #TimWalz in wake of #Minnesota #shootings
Normally in the wake of a serious shooting or crime the #president of the #UnitedStates calls the governor to make sure they have all they need in terms of #LawEnforcement resources, #medical, #security, #trauma response etc.
#POS #immoral #DerelictionOfDuty #law #USpol #MelissaHortman #JohnHoffman
This is how Trump responded:
The #Republican controlled #Senate Tuesday passed #legislation to establish a #regulatory framework for #stablecoins, putting the
#cryptocurrency industry, which had long been viewed with suspicion by lawmakers in Washington, on the brink of a major policy breakthrough.
The *GENIUS Act*, followed an aggressive lobbying campaign aimed at transforming cryptocurrency’s image from #scandal-plagued experiment to *legitimate* financial sector.
#law #finance #fraud #Trump
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/us/politics/senate-cryptocurrency-bill.html?smid=url-share
When The #Military Comes To American Soil
By Joshua Braver
#Domestic deployment of active-duty US military, as is now taking place in #LosAngeles, is both rare & perilous. Not since the 1992 riots in that same city has the country seen such a use of the armed services. But that was a one-off. The more relevant, & worrying, parallel may be the period from 1957 to the end of 1968, when military forces actively patrolled US soil on 8 separate occasions.
#law
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/06/prior-domestic-deployments/683186/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxRbJ5YAKs0rd5aF2tLxN-X0
ProPublica has sued the FDA, accusing the agency of withholding information about the safety and availability of generic drugs critical to millions of Americans.
https://www.propublica.org/article/propublica-fda-lawsuit-drug-safety?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#SCOTUS on Wednesday upheld Tennessee’s ban on #gender-affirming care for #transgender minors, a stunning setback to #TransgenderRights.
The 6-3 decision in a case from #Tennessee effectively protects from legal challenges many efforts by #Trump’s #Republican admin & #state govts to roll back #protections for transgender people. 26 other #states have laws similar to the one in TN.
#law #discrimination #bigotry #LGBTQ #CivilRights #HumanRights #privacy #BodilyAutonomy
https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-transgender-health-care-trump-79fc6f3bbdab2e92d6f0184201a468a9?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-06-18-Breaking+News
Internal #DOJ messages bolster claim that #Trump judicial nominee spoke of defying #court orders
#EmilBove, the deputy US Attorney General who has been nominated to be an appellate #judge, is the subject of #whistleblower allegations.
A fired DOJ attorney has provided #Congress with a trove of emails & text messages to corroborate his claims that a controversial Trump judicial nominee—top DOJ official Emil Bove—crudely discussed defying court orders.
#law #judiciary
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/10/emil-bove-whistleblower-documents-00446225
Top Experts’ Backgrounder: #Military Action Against #Iran & US #Domestic #Law
With #Trump reportedly considering bringing the #UnitedStates directly into the armed conflict between #Israel & Iran, & in particular #offensive strikes against Iran’s #nuclear program, it is important to understand the #legal framework that governs whether & when a President can use military force overseas under US domestic law (…the use of force must also comport w/ #InternationalLaw…).
https://www.justsecurity.org/64645/war-powers-trump-iran-strikes/
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
Barack #Obama warns the #US is ‘dangerously close’ to slipping into #autocracy under #Trump
In rare public remarks, the fmr president said recent actions from the admin are “not consistent with American #democracy.”
#USpol #democracy #Constitution #law
https://www.msnbc.com/top-stories/latest/barack-obama-trump-speech-trump-autocracy-rcna213729
