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<p>MAGA Sooo Angry...... </p><p>Trump not interested in naming a special counsel for the Jeffrey Epstein case, White House says</p><p>Some of Trump&#x27;s most prominent supporters had promoted the idea of Trump naming a special counsel to review the case<br><a href="/tags/aurefreepress/" rel="tag">#AureFreePress</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/press/" rel="tag">#press</a> <a href="/tags/headline/" rel="tag">#headline</a> <a href="/tags/gop/" rel="tag">#GOP</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#Politics</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#uspolitics</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#uspol</a> <a href="/tags/breaking/" rel="tag">#Breaking</a> <a href="/tags/breakingnews/" rel="tag">#BreakingNews</a> </p><p><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-not-interested-naming-special-counsel-jeffrey-epstein-case-white-rcna219444" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-not-interested-naming-special-counsel-jeffrey-epstein-case-white-rcna219444"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nbcnews.com/politics/donal</span><span class="invisible">d-trump/trump-not-interested-naming-special-counsel-jeffrey-epstein-case-white-rcna219444</span></a></p>

<p>The best trick the wealthy 1% have ever pulled off is to convince the politically vocal (and influential) next 20% that one day they could be super wealthy too, and so increases in tax on the current wealthy, are really increases of tax on their future wealth....</p><p>By the time the 20% realise the 1% have made sure they&#x27;ll never get that wealthy a new generation is waiting to be hoodwinked!</p><p><a href="/tags/taxtherich/" rel="tag">#TaxTheRich</a> <br><a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/inequality/" rel="tag">#inequality</a></p>

<p>LA Times: L.A. Army veteran with Purple Heart self-deports to South Korea under threat of deportation</p><p>&quot;...An Army veteran who grew up in Van Nuys and was awarded a Purple Heart self-deported to South Korea this week as he was threatened with being detained and deported by federal immigration forces.</p><p>On Monday, veteran Sae Joon Park, who legally immigrated from South Korea when he was seven years old, grew up in Koreatown and the San Fernando Valley and held a green card...&quot;</p><p><a href="https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2025-06-27/l-a-army-veteran-with-purple-heart-self-deports-to-south-korea-under-threat-of-deportation" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.latimes.com/politics/story/2025-06-27/l-a-army-veteran-with-purple-heart-self-deports-to-south-korea-under-threat-of-deportation"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.latimes.com/politics/story</span><span class="invisible">/2025-06-27/l-a-army-veteran-with-purple-heart-self-deports-to-south-korea-under-threat-of-deportation</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#Fascism</a> <a href="/tags/racism/" rel="tag">#racism</a></p>

<p>A FCCC suspende sua assistência &#x27;climática esotérica&#x27; nos EUA em resposta à tarifa de 50% sobre produtos brasileiros:</p><p>A Fundação Cacique Cobra Coral (FCCC), conhecida por prestar um tipo de &quot;assistência climática esotérica&quot;, anunciou nesta semana a suspensão parcial de suas atividades nos Estados Unidos. A medida foi uma resposta direta à nova tarifa de 50% imposta pelo governo estadunidense sobre produtos brasileiros.</p><p>A decisão da fundação, que alega atuar na prevenção de desastres naturais por meio de mediunidade e interferência espiritual no clima, ganhou repercussão nas redes sociais após coincidir com um amplo alerta de tornado emitido em diversas regiões dos EUA.</p><p>História Da fundação:</p><p>Em 1931, no norte do Paraná, durante uma geada devastadora que destruiu plantações de café uma mulher entrava em trabalho de parto quando o espírito do Padre Cícero se manifestou e revelou que a criança nascida naquela noite teria o poder de comunicar com uma entidade capaz de alterar fenômenos naturais.</p><p>Aos sete anos, Adelaide começou a &quot;receber&quot; o espírito do Cacique Cobra Coral, descrito como uma entidade que já teria sido Galileu Galilei e Abraham Lincoln em encarnações anteriores. </p><p>Desde então Adelaide assumiu a liderança espiritual da fundação, realizando rituais para controlar chuvas, secas e outros eventos climáticos.</p><p><a href="/tags/tariffs/" rel="tag">#tariffs</a> <a href="/tags/brasil/" rel="tag">#brasil</a> <a href="/tags/bunkerdaesquerda/" rel="tag">#bunkerdaesquerda</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://lemmy.eco.br/c/bunkerdaesquerda" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bunkerdaesquerda</span></a></span></p>

<p>Justice Department asks court to unseal Epstein Grand Jury transcript. </p><p>This will do NOTHING.... no new information nor will a single Jeffrey Epstein file or list will be made public - total waste of time. </p><p>Will MAGA buy it!?! <br><a href="/tags/aurefreepress/" rel="tag">#AureFreePress</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/press/" rel="tag">#press</a> <a href="/tags/headline/" rel="tag">#headline</a> <a href="/tags/gop/" rel="tag">#GOP</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#Politics</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#uspolitics</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#uspol</a> <a href="/tags/breaking/" rel="tag">#Breaking</a> <a href="/tags/breakingnews/" rel="tag">#BreakingNews</a> </p><p><a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-jeffrey-epstein-grand-jury-justice-department-ece8a837f9bd179771f801a765e242e4?utm_source=onesignal&amp;utm_medium=push&amp;utm_campaign=2025-07-18-Breaking+News" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="apnews.com/article/trump-jeffrey-epstein-grand-jury-justice-department-ece8a837f9bd179771f801a765e242e4?utm_source=onesignal&amp;utm_medium=push&amp;utm_campaign=2025-07-18-Breaking+News"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/trump-jeffr</span><span class="invisible">ey-epstein-grand-jury-justice-department-ece8a837f9bd179771f801a765e242e4?utm_source=onesignal&amp;utm_medium=push&amp;utm_campaign=2025-07-18-Breaking+News</span></a></p>

<p>The United States wants the unilateral authority to decide who should be able to use certain technologies.</p><p>In a new piece, I talk about everything from Iran to Andor to discuss how US tech supremacy gives it power over others that it’s working hard to maintain — to all of our detriment.</p><p><a href="https://www.disconnect.blog/p/why-should-the-us-decide-who-can" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.disconnect.blog/p/why-should-the-us-decide-who-can"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.disconnect.blog/p/why-shou</span><span class="invisible">ld-the-us-decide-who-can</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#tech</a> <a href="/tags/andor/" rel="tag">#andor</a> <a href="/tags/iran/" rel="tag">#iran</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/china/" rel="tag">#china</a> <a href="/tags/donaldtrump/" rel="tag">#donaldtrump</a> <a href="/tags/gaza/" rel="tag">#gaza</a></p>

<p>Another quiet week in the news, with nothing much to report… But if you do want to follow the very little, totally inconsequential stuff that&#x27;s happening, here’s a thread of news- and politics-related <a href="/tags/customfeeds/" rel="tag">#CustomFeeds</a> that have been created using Surf, plus a video on how to build a feed using our Starter Sets.</p><p><a href="/tags/flipboard/" rel="tag">#Flipboard</a> <a href="/tags/surfsocial/" rel="tag">#SurfSocial</a> <a href="/tags/surffeeds/" rel="tag">#SurfFeeds</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#Politics</a></p>

<p>well, well, well.... 40% if those arrested last years summer (anti-migrant) riots were known to the police in relation to domestic violence/abuse &amp; in some cases an even high proportion had been arrested for violent offences.</p><p>These are not people with legitimate concerns (see earlier post this morning) these are violent thugs being deployed by the hard right to cause terror.... so Yvette Cooper, how about proscribing these anti-migrant (real) terrorists?</p><p><a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/jul/26/two-in-five-arrested-for-last-summers-uk-riots-had-been-reported-for-domestic-abuse" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.theguardian.com/society/2025/jul/26/two-in-five-arrested-for-last-summers-uk-riots-had-been-reported-for-domestic-abuse"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.theguardian.com/society/20</span><span class="invisible">25/jul/26/two-in-five-arrested-for-last-summers-uk-riots-had-been-reported-for-domestic-abuse</span></a></p>

<p>They always would rather punch left than punch Nazis</p><p><a href="/tags/meme/" rel="tag">#Meme</a> <a href="/tags/democrats/" rel="tag">#Democrats</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USPol</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#Politics</a> <a href="/tags/zohran/" rel="tag">#Zohran</a> <a href="/tags/mamdani/" rel="tag">#Mamdani</a> <a href="/tags/nyc/" rel="tag">#NYC</a></p>

<p>This repugnant tax bill that the GOP is trying to push through will hopefully be the end of the GOP.</p><p><a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#Politics</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USPol</a> <a href="/tags/gop/" rel="tag">#GOP</a></p>

<p>Hey everyone,</p><p>In regards to ICE agents masking: </p><p>The upper partials of someone’s speaking voice are like a fingerprint. If you want to save evidence for future prosecution, record their voices.</p><p>(I am a professional who works in music and sound.)</p><p><a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#uspol</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#uspolitics</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> <a href="/tags/corruption/" rel="tag">#corruption</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#trump</a> <a href="/tags/rights/" rel="tag">#rights</a> <a href="/tags/maskedthugs/" rel="tag">#MaskedThugs</a> <a href="/tags/civilrights/" rel="tag">#CivilRights</a> <a href="/tags/justice/" rel="tag">#justice</a></p>

<p>Daily Beast:<br>Gabbard Is Lying About Obama and Russian Intel: Top CIA Officer</p><p>“The director of national intelligence and the White House are lying again,” said CIA veteran Susan Miller. “We definitely had the intel to show with high probability that the specific goal of the Russians was to get Trump elected...&quot;</p><p>After the assessment, “We could determine that, 100 percent, the Russians were trying to influence the election...&quot;<br><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/mueller-report-author-shreds-tulsis-obama-conspiracy-claims/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.thedailybeast.com/mueller-report-author-shreds-tulsis-obama-conspiracy-claims/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.thedailybeast.com/mueller-</span><span class="invisible">report-author-shreds-tulsis-obama-conspiracy-claims/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#Politics</a> <a href="/tags/democracy/" rel="tag">#Democracy</a> <a href="/tags/democrats/" rel="tag">#Democrats</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a></p>

<p>“The whole system is premised on commodifying human beings.” </p><p>From Sandy West in our magazine: In the aftermath of Roe v. Wade, adoptions are on the rise in <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a>. But some private foster care and adoption agencies may have crossed serious ethical lines. <a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/private-adoption-agencies-legal-custody-battles/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.texasobserver.org/private-adoption-agencies-legal-custody-battles/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.texasobserver.org/private-</span><span class="invisible">adoption-agencies-legal-custody-battles/</span></a> </p><p><a href="/tags/roevwade/" rel="tag">#RoeVWade</a> <a href="/tags/children/" rel="tag">#children</a> <a href="/tags/humanrights/" rel="tag">#HumanRights</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/adoption/" rel="tag">#adoption</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a></p>

<p>Rep. Katherine Clark: &quot;Senate Democrats have offered amendments to stop rural hospitals from closing. To keep labor and delivery units open. To keep Planned Parenthood funded. To prevent millions of Americans from losing out on health coverage. The GOP voted against every single one of them.&quot; <br><a href="/tags/biguglybill/" rel="tag">#BigUglyBill</a> <a href="/tags/greed/" rel="tag">#greed</a> <a href="/tags/recklessness/" rel="tag">#recklessness</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a></p>

<p>Call your Republican Senators RIGHT NOW.</p><p>Not later; not tonight; RIGHT NOW. Pick up the phone and dial the switchboard if you don’t know their office’s direct number:</p><p>(202) 224-3121</p><p>Tell your Republican Senator or Senators that you demand they vote AGAINST the Big Ugly Bill that transfers wealth to the billionaire class at a scale not seen in decades if ever, while ballooning the debt to unimaginable levels.</p><p>(They&#x27;ll pretend to care more about that second part, so include it.)</p><p>They’re still going through amendments. There is still time, if you call RIGHT. NOW.</p><p><a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#uspol</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#uspolitics</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a></p>

<p>from <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@rubenbolling" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>rubenbolling</span></a></span> </p><p>Know your ICE agent:<br>Being able to discern between a federally authorized ICE agent and a criminal kidnapper within seconds of first interaction is absolutely essential.</p><p>If your abductor is an ICE agent, you must obey, comply and submit. If your abductor is a criminal kidnapper, you are free to fight for your life.</p><p><a href="/tags/cartoon/" rel="tag">#Cartoon</a> <a href="/tags/comics/" rel="tag">#Comics</a> <a href="/tags/humor/" rel="tag">#Humor</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#Politics</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/gop/" rel="tag">#GOP</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USPol</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#US</a> <a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#USA</a></p>

<p>Introducing the July/August 2025 issue of our magazine, with reporting from Sandy West on predatory adoption agencies, Chilton Tippin on international <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> and natural resources, and much more.</p><p>Become a member of the Texas Observer and get the best of our journalism, starting at just $3/month: texasobserver.fundjournalism.org/join </p><p><a href="/tags/journalism/" rel="tag">#journalism</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/nonprofit/" rel="tag">#nonprofit</a> <a href="/tags/culture/" rel="tag">#culture</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#environment</a> <a href="/tags/water/" rel="tag">#water</a> <a href="/tags/children/" rel="tag">#children</a></p>

<p>We shouldn&#x27;t call it <a href="/tags/alligatoralcatraz/" rel="tag">#AlligatorAlcatraz</a> because that was a prison meant for people who committed horrific crimes.</p><p>Those migrants have not.</p><p>It&#x27;s a concentration camp.</p><p>It&#x27;s Alligator Auschwitz.</p><p>Also <a href="/tags/auschwitz/" rel="tag">#auschwitz</a> started with 2000 people capacity.</p><p>The Alligator version is twice as big.</p><p><a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#uspol</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a></p>

<p>Just published from my archives, an interview with KD Drackert, a local Long <a href="/tags/covid/" rel="tag">#Covid</a> activist, <a href="/tags/lgbtqia/" rel="tag">#LGBTQIA</a>+ performance artist and all-around fab person. They are a founder of our mask bloc/air filter lending library, Clear the Air ATX. </p><p>Read it: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/lefts-forgotten-132515558" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.patreon.com/posts/lefts-forgotten-132515558"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.patreon.com/posts/lefts-fo</span><span class="invisible">rgotten-132515558</span></a></p><p>(Free! No Patreon login/membership necessary) <br>(📷Kit O&#x27;Connell, January 2024 at the <span class="h-card"><a href="https://texasobserver.social/@TexasObserver" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>TexasObserver</span></a></span> office)</p><p><a href="/tags/longcovid/" rel="tag">#LongCovid</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#health</a> <a href="/tags/humanrights/" rel="tag">#HumanRights</a> <a href="/tags/activism/" rel="tag">#activism</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/austin/" rel="tag">#Austin</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <a href="/tags/rfkjr/" rel="tag">#RFKJr</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/covidisnotover/" rel="tag">#CovidIsNotOver</a> <a href="/tags/mutualaid/" rel="tag">#MutualAid</a></p>

<p>New today: Despite warnings from advocates like me about the dire consequences, Congressional <a href="/tags/republicans/" rel="tag">#Republicans</a> have sought to dismantle core legal protections for detained immigrant <a href="/tags/children/" rel="tag">#children</a> fund strip searches of children as young as 12 years old by law enforcement officers, allow indefinite detention, and impose new barriers to children’s release. <a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/republicans-immigrant-children-budget-court/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.texasobserver.org/republicans-immigrant-children-budget-court/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.texasobserver.org/republic</span><span class="invisible">ans-immigrant-children-budget-court/</span></a> </p><p><a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#immigration</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <a href="/tags/humanrights/" rel="tag">#HumanRights</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/border/" rel="tag">#border</a> <a href="/tags/refugees/" rel="tag">#refugees</a></p>

<p>MSNBC: After helping GOP-led Texas, Trump admin denies FEMA aid to another Democratic-led state</p><p>The denial of federal money to assist Maryland’s flood recovery continues a trend of spurning devastated residents in states with Democratic governors.</p><p><a href="https://www.msnbc.com/top-stories/latest/maryland-fema-aid-flooding-texas-trump-wes-moore-rcna220869" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.msnbc.com/top-stories/latest/maryland-fema-aid-flooding-texas-trump-wes-moore-rcna220869"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.msnbc.com/top-stories/late</span><span class="invisible">st/maryland-fema-aid-flooding-texas-trump-wes-moore-rcna220869</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/fema/" rel="tag">#FEMA</a> <a href="/tags/disasters/" rel="tag">#disasters</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a></p>

<p>What is Donald Trump&#x27;s plan for AI? <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@brianmerchant" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>brianmerchant</span></a></span> read his Action Plan and executive orders and watched his speech. Here&#x27;s what he learned. &quot;Broadly speaking, the plan is that the Trump administration will help Silicon Valley put the pedal down on AI, delivering customers, data centers and power, as long as it operates in accordance with Trump’s ideological frameworks; i.e., as long as the AI is anti-woke,&quot; Merchant writes for his Blood in the Machine newsletter. &quot;It’s above all a blueprint for consolidated control, a vision where worker power withers, citizens become subservient to AI; to its corporate masters and federal overseers, where fossil fuels are ushered again into prominence at the height of the climate crisis, and democracy is sidelined in favor of automation technologies. It is, in summary, pretty grim!&quot;</p><p><a href="https://flip.it/tMtohZ" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>flip.it/tMtohZ</a></p><p><a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#Tech</a> <a href="/tags/technology/" rel="tag">#Technology</a> <a href="/tags/artificialintelligence/" rel="tag">#ArtificialIntelligence</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#AI</a> <a href="/tags/trumpadministration/" rel="tag">#TrumpAdministration</a> <a href="/tags/donaldtrump/" rel="tag">#DonaldTrump</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#Politics</a> <a href="/tags/dei/" rel="tag">#DEI</a> <a href="/tags/siliconvalley/" rel="tag">#SiliconValley</a></p>

<p>Free Bonus on my Patreon (no login required): &quot;No matter where we come from, no matter where we work, where we pee, or who we love, we are in this together.&quot; <br> <br>Since Republicans insist banning <a href="/tags/trans/" rel="tag">#trans</a> people from bathrooms and locker rooms is necessary to protect <a href="/tags/women/" rel="tag">#women</a>, on Tuesday, a group of mostly cisgender women rallied at the Texas Capitol to oppose the latest iteration of the &quot;bathroom bill.&quot; <br><a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/tu-lucha-es-mi-134939910" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.patreon.com/posts/tu-lucha-es-mi-134939910"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.patreon.com/posts/tu-lucha</span><span class="invisible">-es-mi-134939910</span></a> </p><p><a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/lgbtqia/" rel="tag">#LGBTQIA</a>+ <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a></p>

<p>The Scottish Greens have renewed their call for Scotland to seek an Unexplained Wealth Order (UWO) to investigate Trump’s businesses.</p><p>A UWO is a &#x27;power held by the Scottish Government to investigate the finances of politically active individuals who have gained wealth through suspicious means&#x27;!</p><p>It may be quixotic but who wouldn&#x27;t love to see Trump&#x27;s finances properly scrutinised?</p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> </p><p><a href="https://greens.scot/news/scotland-must-investigate-finances-of-convicted-criminal-trump" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="greens.scot/news/scotland-must-investigate-finances-of-convicted-criminal-trump"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">greens.scot/news/scotland-must</span><span class="invisible">-investigate-finances-of-convicted-criminal-trump</span></a></p>

<p>Our top story: Protesting, wearing black clothing, owning zines, guns, or first aid kits. Using the encrypted messaging app Signal. The federal government is using all these activities to build a so-called &quot;antifa&quot; conspiracy case. <a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/antifa-scare-prairieland-19-trial-ice-detention/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.texasobserver.org/antifa-scare-prairieland-19-trial-ice-detention/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.texasobserver.org/antifa-s</span><span class="invisible">care-prairieland-19-trial-ice-detention/</span></a> </p><p><a href="/tags/freespeech/" rel="tag">#FreeSpeech</a> <a href="/tags/activism/" rel="tag">#activism</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/northtexas/" rel="tag">#NorthTexas</a></p>