Judge blocks #USPS from restricting mail-in voting
A federal judge on Tuesday blocked the US Postal Service from implementing part of #Trump’s executive order that aims to tighten rules for mail-in voting ahead of November #elections that will decide control of #Congress.
#law #ElectionInterference #BigLie #coup
https://www.reuters.com/world/judge-blocks-us-postal-service-restricting-mail-in-voting-2026-08-11/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement
Good on #Brazil. Give #Trump admin a taste of their own medicine.
Brazil denies #visas to #US delegation aiming to impugn #election system.
The US delegation had planned to visit the Brazilian capital & cast doubt on the integrity of the #voting system before a presidential election this fall, officials said.
#law #InternationalLaw #sovereignty #BigLie
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/07/24/us-sending-envoys-question-brazilian-electoral-system-officials-say/
#Lula to #Trump∶ ‘No one will defeat us through #lies’
Opinion by Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is the president of #Brazil.
#US #geopolitics #law #InternationalLaw #sovereignty #trade #economy #tariffs #ElectionInterference #coup #Jan6 #BigLie #JairBolsonaro
https://wapo.st/3Tl6JZQ
Covert #CIA program said to be behind mysterious attacks on #Galápagos boats
A surveillance plane flew from El Salvador toward the #FishingBoats before #drones attacked, flight data shows.
#Trump #MafiaState #law #Congress #WarPowers #criminal #Ecuador #sovereignty #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #InternationalLaw #imperialism #geopolitics
https://wapo.st/4wYbG9R
The #Seattle PD is investigating a #shooting at the #SeattleCenter with “multiple victims.”
“More information to come,” officials said in a statement. “Please avoid the area.”
Harborview Medical Center said it will be receiving people injured from the event at the Seattle Center.
The Seattle Center was hosting its annual Bite of Seattle festival this weekend, featuring hundreds of local vendors & live music performances.
#MassShooting #law #GunLaws #GunControl
https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/26/us/seattle-center-shooting-festival?cid=ios_app
#Meta faces biggest #court fight yet over #socialmedia’s impact on #children
Meta Platforms will face a coalition of state attorneys general in a California #FederalCourt trial beginning on Wednesday over claims it engineered #Facebook & #Instagram to be #addictive to children, a case that could expose the company to massive damages & force it to make sweeping changes to its platforms.
#law #tech #MentalHealth #business
https://www.reuters.com/business/meta-29-states-head-court-biggest-test-yet-youth-social-media-litigation-2026-08-12/
#Meta Got Everything It Wanted in a Secret #Louisiana #DataCenter Deal
A Times examination details how the Silicon Valley giant used private talks with local officials to start a project big enough to cover nearly six square miles.
#law #tech #regulations #electricity #energy #scam #Zuckerberg #ClimateChange
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/27/technology/meta-data-center-louisiana.html?unlocked_article_code=1.01A.Wi4A.RH8MIJ_Ha7It&smid=nytcore-ios-share
#Trump says deadly boat strikes have nearly ended #DrugTrafficking to the #US by sea. The #Pentagon & #DEA analysts concluded otherwise.
67 boat strikes. 221 dead. The cocaine hasn’t slowed, officials report.
#FactCheck #TrumpLies #law #murder #ExtrajudicialKillings #DueProcess
https://wapo.st/4yHb0qF
NEW: ProPublica reviewed hundreds of cases in which judges criticized the actions of Justice Department lawyers.
We found judges nominated by both parties who are frustrated that they can no longer take the government at its word.
https://www.propublica.org/article/justice-department-presumption-of-regularity?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #DOJ #Law #Legal #Courts #Trump #Justice #Ethics #USPolitics
Thousands of #children, sponsors arrested by #ICE after tips from #US child migrant agency
…more than 12,000 people [have been] arrested by US #immigration authorities following tips from the Office of Refugee Resettlement [ #ORR ] during #Trump’s second term, acc/to internal government data reviewed exclusively by Reuters.
#law #TheCrueltyIsThePoint
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/thousands-children-sponsors-arrested-by-ice-after-tips-us-child-migrant-agency-2026-07-28/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement
#Trump admin moves ahead to end #roadless rule on #NationalForests
Environmentalists [warn] …lifting protections will have detrimental effects for old growth #forests, #wildlife & #water supplies.
“Americans across the political spectrum have made it crystal clear that they don’t want political appointees removing protections from #PublicLands,” said Chris Krupp, an attorney with the group WildEarth Guardians.
#law #SaveRoadless #conservation #ClimateChange
https://apnews.com/article/roadless-rule-forests-trump-e80a41e0231aa070313a3484261368f3?utm_source=app&utm_medium=iOS_share&utm_campaign=more_org_joinmastodon_app_shareactionextension
The #MAGA #SlushFund is Still Active Despite Court Order Payouts to #Trump Allies Continue
A seven-figure “settlement” was announced hours before senators skeptical about the so-called weaponization fund delayed a crucial vote on #ToddBlanche’s nomination to be #US #AttorneyGeneral.
#TaxpayersMoney #law #LegalEthics #DOJ #MafiaState #authoritarianism #autocracy #fascism #AbuseOfPower #AbuseOfOffice
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/us/politics/todd-blanche-weaponization-payouts.html?unlocked_article_code=1.1lA.7CIC._WREIrthsuVO&smid=nytcore-ios-share
Colin Gray, the father who gave the #gun to the #Apalachee High School shooter sentenced to serve 15 years in prison
#law #MassShooting #SchoolShooting #guns #GunLaws #GunControl #GunViolence #EnoughIsEnough
https://apnews.com/article/apalachee-georgia-school-shooting-colin-gray-5a466d925a4525aa1a51ed9c48e6ec97
What’s Happening in #Kansas Should Alarm Us All
… #Fascism usually begins with redefining the nation by excluding certain groups, which are branded threats to national health & unity. The #Trump admin has fixated on two groups most of all — #immigrants & #trans people — in just this way, smearing [them]… as predatory, sick, at once subhuman & terrifyingly powerful.
#law #discrimination #bigotry #ignorance #hate #Nazis
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/13/opinion/kansas-anti-trans-laws-drivers-license.html?unlocked_article_code=1.5VA.uZRz.vbtRn8tPNxX-&smid=nytcore-ios-share
Major #oil companies reap massive #profits as #US & #Iran #war drives #energy prices higher
US oil & #gas giants raked in massive spring profits while fighting between Iran & the US impeded #petroleum shipments & consumers around the world paid more for fuel & confronted shortages.
#BigOil #WarProfiteering #FossilFuels #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #TrumpsWar #IranWar #Trump #law #Congress #WarPowers #economy #inflation #affordability #CostOfLiving #EnergyCrisis
https://apnews.com/article/oil-companies-profits-exxon-chevron-9375fbf8f6f40426f7428e07d54000c7
Tuesday: Local officials' attempts to investigate the death of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo have been stonewalled at every turn. They've even consulted with Minneapolis for tips on forcing #ICE to face justice. https://www.texasobserver.org/houston-ice-killing-district-attorney-trump/
#police #law #fascism #Trump #Houston #GulfCoast #news #Texas
I mean seriously, all I have to say is LOL
🤣🤭😂🤣🤭😂🤣🤭😂
… Except, looking at it soberly, there has been some very real damages to the man’s life
#DOJ drops “criminal” case against ex-Olympian charged with damaging #ReflectingPool
#Trump #TrumpsALoser #law #FrivolousLawsuit #propaganda #trumpaganda #bullshit #gaslighting #TaxpayersMoney #vanity #narcissism
https://apnews.com/article/reflecting-pool-damage-olympian-hearn-trump-21d997b5b55e6adf01862d7c5292476d
Sociopath
#Trump Saturday said that he would “push hard” to enact #legislation that would offer #payouts to people “badly treated” by the #Obama & #Biden admins, his latest threat to resurrect his illegal #SlushFund.
“It will immediately be back on the table, & I will get it done,” Trump wrote on Truth Social, vowing to pass “the Anti-Weaponization Bill.”
#law #DOJ #criminal #theft #TaxpayersMoney #MafiaState
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/08/01/trump-says-he-will-push-hard-payout-fund-keep-blanche-acting-ag/
Visuals Suggest #US Dropped 2,000-Pound Bomb on Home in #Iran, Killing 3
The weapon, one of the largest in the US’ arsenal, struck a house in a heavily populated area, according to a Times analysis.
#WarCrimes #Trump #Hegseth #TrumpsWar #IranWar #US #Iran #war #ForeverWars #RulesOfWar #InternationalLaw #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #MiddleEast
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/world/middleeast/us-iran-bomb-mk84-qeshm-island.html?unlocked_article_code=1.2FA.Iqei.MHhcVSQ2H51B&smid=nytcore-ios-share
How Trump’s Unprecedented Effort to Prosecute Noncitizen Voters Fell Apart
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To prove the president’s claims of illegal voting, the government has harnessed the power of Homeland Security Investigations, a branch of DHS established to combat the worst cross-border crime. So far, the effort has produced meager results.
https://www.propublica.org/article/noncitizen-voting-trump-homeland-security-investigations?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
Meta Patents AI Glasses to Use Facial Recognition to Identify People https://lobste.rs/s/kjgath #law #privacy
https://web.archive.org/web/20260814152736/https://www.404media.co/meta-patents-ai-glasses-to-use-facial-recognition-to-identify-people-make-highlight-reels-of-your-dinner-party/
EU rules on AI models become enforceable. What's going to change? https://lobste.rs/s/skro4t #law #vibecoding
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/08/02/eu-rules-on-ai-models-become-enforceable-whats-going-to-change
5 people believed dead, including at least 3 #children, following #shooting at #Oregon #ElementarySchool, 2 officials tell AP
#law #MassShooting #SchoolShooting #EnoughIsEnough #GunLaws #GunViolence #guns #FuckYour2ndAmendment
https://apnews.com/article/oregon-school-shooting-silver-rail-elementary-b0642ec5cd3da0db24227a2798e2c6ce?utm_source=app&utm_medium=iOS_share&utm_campaign=more_org_joinmastodon_app_shareactionextension
New from Candice Bernd: “If you’re waiving the Clean Air Act, or the Clean Water Act, or the Antiquities Act, you’re actually going after … what this religion and its artifacts, and its antiquities, and its church are truly about.” https://www.texasobserver.org/indigenous-group-sues-big-bend-border-wall/
