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#DOJ indicts former #FBI Director #JamesComey for a 2nd time

Fmr FBI Director James #Comey was [ridiculously] indicted Tuesday over a photo of seashells ofcls claim threatened #Trump, marking the admin’s 2nd attempt to prosecute one of his largest political opponents, 3 sources.

Trump has long pressed for his political adversaries to face charges, including #Comey who he sees as a leader in the perceived effort to “weaponize” the justice system against him.

#law
https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/28/politics/justice-department-indicts-ex-fbi-director-james-comey-again

#GiftArticle

#SCOTUS remade by #Trump ushers in historic defeats for #CivilRights

The court is the first since at least the ’50s to reject claims in a majority of cases involving #women & “#minorities”.

The shift ends a streak of successive courts expanding protections beginning with the civil rights era. But the historic nature of the current court is also evident in other key areas of the #law over the 5 terms since the 3rd of Trump’s appointees joined the bench.

https://wapo.st/4c9sLWx

Two iconic #SouthPole species, the #EmperorPenguin & the #AntarcticFurSeal, have been officially declared #endangered by the world’s leading #conservation authority — a consequence of dramatic changes to their #habitats caused by #GlobalWarming.

#climate #environment #wildlife #MarineLife #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #law #EnvironmentalLaw #science
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2026/04/09/emperor-penguin-endangered-antarctic-fur-seal/

#MelaniaTrump Claims She Was Not a Victim of #JeffreyEpstein

Responding to what she said were smears, the first lady said she never had knowledge of Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse. She called on Congress to continue investigating.

#EpsteinFiles #Congress #DOJ #law #criminal #Trump #Epstein #BestFriendsForever #rape #ChildSexCrimes #pedohilia #SexTrafficking #RapistInChief #CoverUp
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/us/politics/melania-trump-jeffrey-epstein.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

Judge Rebukes #Hegseth, Says #Pentagon Violated #CourtOrder

A Washington federal judge found the Pentagon violated a court order by reinstating restrictions on #press #access in an opinion that sharply criticized #Defense Sec Pete Hegseth for curtailing #FreeSpeech rights with the nation at #war.

#law #Constitution #FirstAmendment #FreePress #journalism #FourthEstate #Trump #dictatorship #fascism #propaganda
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/pentagons-revised-press-policy-violates-court-order-judge-says

Seriously messed up

#Louisiana #GOP races to eliminate an elected office won by an #exonerated man

A man imprisoned for nearly 30 years before being exonerated won a landmark #election in #NewOrleans promising to fix a #judicial system that failed him. Now, Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry & the GOP-controlled Legislature are racing to eliminate his job before he can be sworn in.

#law #NOLA #USpol #LApol #Republicans
https://apnews.com/article/new-orleans-criminal-clerk-calvin-duncan-exonerated-d247677aa601a85cac604645d50fc739

Meaningless nonsense

#Trump says deadline for #Congress to approve #IranWar doesn't apply: Hostilities have 'terminated'

The White House asserted to Congress in a letter Friday that hostilities with #Iran have “terminated” despite the continued presence of US armed forces in the region.

#TrumpsWar #war #ForeverWars #WarCrimes #RulesOfWar #law #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast #inflation #economy #oil #energy #EnergyCrisis
https://apnews.com/article/iran-congress-war-powers-republicans-trump-authorization-41ef029df176a6486422e9d68aa6d872

#Inflation Surges as Effects of the #IranWar Show in Prices

The #Consumer Price Index [#CPI] jumped 3.3% in the year through March, a 2-year high, reflecting higher costs for #energy & goods affected by disruptions in the #MiddleEast.

#TrumpsWar #US #Iran #Israel #war #Trump #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #economy #affordability #CostOfLiving #oil #EnergyCrisis
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04/10/business/inflation-cpi-report?smid=nytcore-ios-share

#Venezuela Approves New #Law to Open #Mining to Foreign Investors

The move opens the country’s coveted #mineral fortune up to foreign investors, in the latest move that Venezuela’s leadership has taken to satisfy the #Trump admin.

#geopolitics #MafiaState #sovereignty
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/world/americas/venezuela-mining-us.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

#SCOTUS tosses #Louisiana's congressional map with second majority Black district amid national #redistricting fight

The Supreme Court struck down Louisiana’s second majority Black congressional district in a decision that could open the door for #Republican-led states to eliminate #Black & #Latino electoral districts that tend to favor #Democrats & affect the balance of #power in #Congress.

#law #gerrymandering #VotingRights #RepresentationMatters
https://apnews.com/live/supreme-court-migrant-protections-arguments-updates#0000019d-d995-d8f5-a19f-ffd726160000

Your Single Use iPhone https://lobste.rs/s/3o2l2w #video #hardware #law #mobile
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NG-lLt5X3Rs

Iran's Guards seize #wartime power, weakening Supreme Leader's role

2 months into a war with the #US & #Israel, #Iran no longer has a single, undisputed clerical arbiter at the pinnacle of #power — an abrupt break with the past that may be hardening Tehran’s stance as it weighs renewed talks with ​Washington.

#IranWar #TrumpsWar #Trump #WarCrimes #RegimeChange #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/irans-guards-seize-wartime-power-blunting-supreme-leaders-role-2026-04-28/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement

AP Exclusive: #Trump admin admits it used faulty numbers in its #NewYork #Medicaid #health “fraud” accusations

Trump’s administration this week acknowledged it made a significant error in figures it used to help justify a fraud probe into New York’s Medicaid program, a glaring mistake that undercuts a federal campaign to tackle waste, mostly in #Democratic-led #states.

#idiocracy #kakistocracy #RevengePolitics #law #HealthInsurance
https://apnews.com/article/new-york-medicaid-fraud-dr-oz-trump-342285a3c5d5b71f36ce3f3c77ec72c5

I really hope this isn’t true

Four women describe sexual misconduct by Rep. #EricSwalwell, including a former staffer who says he raped her

A former staffer of Rep. Eric Swalwell, a leading Democratic candidate for #California governor, says that the congressman raped her when she was heavily intoxicated & left her bruised & bleeding, an allegation Swalwell strongly denies.

#criminal #law #rape #SexualAssault #RapeCulture #misogyny #power #ViolenceAgainstWomen
https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/10/us/eric-swalwell-sexual-misconduct-allegations-invs

#Defense Secy Pete #Hegseth is facing questioning from lawmakers for the first time since the #Trump admin launched the #war against #Iran, which Democrats have contested as a costly conflict of choice waged without congressional approval.

The chief financial official for the #Pentagon told lawmakers that the estimated cost to #US taxpayers of the #IranWar is $25 billion so far.

#TrumpsWar #WarCrimes #RegimeChange #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #economy
https://apnews.com/live/iran-war-hegseth-congress-trump-updates-04-29-2026

Exclusive: #ICE launches new effort to uncover #US ‘birth tourism schemes’ despite the fact that #SCOTUS has yet to rule on the constitutionality of the #Trump #ExecutiveOrder on #BirthrightCitizenship & that a majority of the justices appeared skeptical of the admin’s arguments.

#law #immigration #Constitution #WhiteSupremacy #WhiteChristianNationalism #Sturmabteilung
https://www.reuters.com/world/ice-launches-new-effort-uncover-us-birth-tourism-schemes-2026-04-10/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement

Fmr #FBI Director #JamesComey has surrendered Wednesday to law enforcement at federal court in the Eastern District of Virginia.

As he surrenders to law enforcement, he
will be placed under #arrest ahead of his first appearance in court. His hearing began at 1PM.

#Comey is idiotically charged with making a threat against Trump & transmitting a threat in interstate commerce, according to court documents.

#law #Constitution #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech
https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/29/politics/former-fbi-director-james-comey-surrenders-law-enforcement

I should think not

Federal appeals court won’t rehear Trump’s appeal of E. Jean Carroll’s $83 million jury award

A split federal appeals court said its full bench of judges would not rehear Trump’s appeal of the $83 million jury award for defaming magazine columnist #EJeanCarroll.

The decision paves the way for #Trump to ask #SCOTUS to hear his BS arguments involving presidential #immunity following the high court’s landmark 2024 decision.

#law #rape #RapistInChief
https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/29/politics/e-jean-carroll-trump-appeal

Cardinal’s meeting at #Pentagon was ‘unusual,’ #Vatican official says

Through the first year of Trump’s 2nd term, tensions between his admin & the Vatican — with the first #US born #pope — have simmered.

#law #Trump #Hegseth #Republicans #Constitution #FreedomOfReligion #ChurchAndState #Christianity #Evangelism #NewApostolicReformation #NAR #military #war #NationalSecurity #geopolitics #USpol
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/04/10/trump-vatican-pentagon-meeting/

#Manhattan DA launches investigation into #SexualAssault allegation against #EricSwalwell

The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office said on Saturday it is investigating an allegation of sexual assault against Rep. Eric Swalwell, a day after it was reported that a former staffer for the congressman accused him of having sex with her when she was unable to consent.

#criminal #law #rape #RapeCulture #misogyny #power #ViolenceAgainstWomen
https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/11/politics/manhattan-da-investigation-eric-swalwell

#Trump Fired 2 Judges After They Blocked #Deportations of #Palestinian #HumanRights Activist Students

The #immigration judges’ abrupt dismissals marked the latest efforts by the Trump admin to reshape the country’s immigration courts & to interfere with the #independence of the judicial process.

#law #DOJ #EOIR #WhiteSupremacy #WhiteChristianNationalism #FirstAmendment #dissent #FreeSpeech #RightToProtest
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/11/us/politics/immigration-judges-deportations-students.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

My Whistleblower Story!

A true account of persecution I faced as a whistleblower against the powerful.

https://drive.proton.me/urls/TVQBZBVQK0#g50TCYlBdeeb

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#Earth #EqualRights #Justice #Freedom #HumanRights
#SocialJustice #Amnesty
#WorkersRights #HR #Union #Unions #Solidarity
#USA #America #News
#whistleblower #WhistleBlowerStory #Whistleblowing
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#US Central Command has announced that it will begin a blockade of #Iran #ports on Monday at 10AM ET.

#CENTCOM said the blockade would be “enforced impartially against vessels of all nations” entering or departing Iranian ports & coastal areas.

It said it would still allow ships traveling between non-Iranian ports to transit the #StraitOfHormuz.

#idiocracy #Trump #IranWar #war #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast #inflation #economy #oil
https://apnews.com/live/iran-war-israel-trump-04-12-2026#0000019d-838e-d1f7-a9bf-ebdea92c0000

#EricSwalwell suspends campaign for #California governor after being accused of #SexualAssault

#law #criminal #rape #power #ViolenceAgainstWomen
https://apnews.com/article/swalwell-democrats-california-governor-campaign-allegations-congress-8b60b0c226f93c691633231053d5ddf9

#Oil #prices rise after #Trump threatens to block passage through #StraitOfHormuz

#BrentCrude, the international benchmark, was up 8%, at about $102. #US #crude was up 8% to $104.

Dow futures sank 1.04%, or 502 points. S&P 500 futures were down 1%, & Nasdaq futures declined 1.15%.

#idiocracy #kakistocracy #TrumpsWar #IranWar #Iran #war #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #NationalSecurity #inflation #economy #affordability #CostOfLiving #oil #energy #EnergyCrisis
https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/12/business/oil-prices-iran-war