A previously undisclosed State Department report and interviews reveal accusations that U.S. Ambassador Ronald D. Johnson shielded Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele from U.S. and Salvadoran law enforcement.
https://www.propublica.org/article/ambassador-ronald-johnson-nayib-bukele-trump-el-salvador?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
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A #Trump appointed federal judge’s lingering inaction over a special counsel’s report about Trump’s retention of #ClassifiedDocuments has ensured that it remains hidden, prompting a #FreeSpeech group to urge an appeals court to intervene.
Separately on Monday, a judge made public >200 pages of files concerning closed-door fights in court over attorney-client privilege during the investigations into the documents case & Trump’s attempt to overturn the 2020 election.
#law
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/us/politics/trump-documents-case-report.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
#Trump posted a crude, #AI video insulting & mocking the #Democratic congressional leaders Monday night, hours after meeting with them to discuss the #GovernmentShutdown.
The #deepfake video superimposed a cartoon mustache & sombrero over Rep #HakeemJeffries of New York, who was pictured standing silently while Mariachi music played & the voice of Senator #ChuckSchumer was distorted to deliver expletive-laden remarks that included the line, “Nobody likes Democrats anymore.”
Trump’s Grand Plan for a #GovernmentShutdown
The #Trump admin might use a #shutdown to finish the job #DOGE started.
The congressional impasse over spending may now supercharge Trump’s efforts to slash the #CivilService—just as the bulk of those being paid not to work lose their job when the fiscal year ends. Should the #government shut down tomorrow, it could lead to the dramatic winnowing of its size conservatives have sought for decades.
#coup #TrumpCoup2
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/09/trumps-grand-plan-for-a-government-shutdown/684401/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxa8Wel-H610sgU3WuFQDpkk
The #Trump admin says a federal operation is underway in #Memphis, while #Portland, OR readies for the arrival of #NationalGuard #troops & #Chicago braces for a potential deployment.
In a progress report posted on X, #US AG #PamBondi said on Tuesday that 219 officers had been "special deputized," touted 9 arrests & said 2 illegal firearms had been confiscated.
"Our operation in Memphis is now underway, & we're just getting started," she wrote.
#law #MilitaryState
https://www.npr.org/2025/09/30/nx-s1-5557337/chicago-portland-memphis-national-guard
#Trump says #police raid on university #protesters 'beautiful to watch'
Trump, at a rally in Waukesha, #Wisconsin, called for tougher action against campus protests & again suggested some of the protesters were paid actors. He called on college presidents to “remove the encampments immediately, vanquish the locals & take back our campuses for all of the normal students.”
#Protests #CollegeProtests #Israel #Gaza #Palestinians
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-heads-wisconsin-michigan-after-being-hit-with-gag-order-fine-2024-05-01/
#Federal agents grabbed & shoved #journalists in a hallway outside a NYC #immigration court on Tuesday, sending one to the #hospital in the latest clash between authorities enforcing #Trump’s immigration crackdown & members of the public seeking to observe & document their actions.
#law #FirstAmendment #FreePress #PoliceBrutality #Gestapo #Sturmabteilung
https://apnews.com/article/nyc-immigration-journalists-shoving-manhattan-84d95f26278aa406eed37d72ed213452
From the wholesale gutting of federal agencies to the ongoing government shutdown, Russell Vought has drawn the road map for Trump’s second term. Vought has consolidated power to an extent that insiders say they feel like “he is the commander in chief.”
#ICE amps up its #surveillance powers,
targeting #immigrants & the nonexistent group #antifa
Iris scanners, facial-recognition apps, phone-hacking software & cellphone location data are among the agency’s recent technological purchases.
#Trump #law #privacy #immigration #tech #SurveillanceState #MilitaryState #fascism #tyranny #NoKings
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Imagine getting fitness advice from President McNuggets itself lol 
The only thing #Trump is fit in, is dodging drafts
Testimony started w/a bang last week as David #Pecker, the fmr publisher of The #NationalEnquirer, said that he had entered into a secret plot w/ #Trump & #MichaelCohen to #CatchAndKill negative stories about Trump as he ran for president in 2016.
#GaryFarro, the 3rd to testify, started off w/dry details about banking transactions. But #Farro is leading us to the #HushMoney payment
#criminal #law
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/04/30/nyregion/trump-hush-money-trial?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb
Reading every headline & lede that invariably starts with “Democrats block GOP bill”, I’d like to remind everyone, the #media especially, that Trump’s party — the #RepublicanParty — controls the #WhiteHouse & both chambers of #Congress.
This shutdown is their doing.
By all accounts #Trump & #Project2025’s #RussVought absolutely wanted it because it consolidates #power under the #ExecutiveBranch, exactly what they have been working for.
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"After severe flooding in non-evacuated areas in Texas has left at least 24 dead with dozens more missing, including several young girls at a summer camp, Texas officials are blaming their failure to act on a faulty forecast by Donald Trump’s new National Weather Service gutted by cuts to their operating budget and most experienced personnel."
~ Ron Filipkowski
#Trump #weather #Texas #flooding #NWS
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https://www.meidasplus.com/p/texas-officials-blame-agency-gutted
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When you’ve got something to hide…
#Pentagon plans widespread random #polygraphs, #NDAs to stanch #leaks
The Pentagon plans to impose strict nondisclosure agreements & random lie detector tests for scores of people in its headquarters, including many top officials, acc/to 2 people familiar with the proposal & documents obtained by WaPo, escalating #Defense Secy #PeteHegseth’s war on leakers & internal #dissent.
#Trump #military #transparency #journalism
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/10/01/pentagon-pete-hegseth-crackdown-leaks/
Finally some good / lawful news!
#SCOTUS lets #LisaCook remain as a #FederalReserve governor *for now*
The #SupremeCourt on Wednesday allowed Lisa Cook to remain as a #Fed governor for now, declining to act on the #Trump admin’s effort to immediately remove her from the #CentralBank.
In a brief unsigned order, the high court said it would hear arguments in January over Trump’s effort to force Cook off the Fed board.
#law #independent #economy #autocracy
https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-trump-federal-reserve-lisa-cook-5a48941a9e30017b0ed3e5837492d288?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-10-01-Breaking+News
@lisamelton
Lisa, at your discretion:
@Nonilex has been live-tweeting #Trump trial, in a very newbie-friendly, easy to understand way, especially if you can't read all previous threads to catch up.
From the boost count, leadership looks lower than what she deserves. I suspect it's just that people don't know about her feed. If you boost her once, I think people would become aware and could decide which live feed to follow.
https://masto.ai/@Nonilex/112377413008408639
Up to you.
After Trump’s latest broadside, Pope says ‘world needs to hear’ message of peace
#PopeLeo said Wednesday that his visit to Africa offers a message of #unity & #peace “the world needs to hear” as he continues to face criticisms for his stance on the #war in #Iran from #Trump & the #JDVance.
#IranWar #TrumpsWar #MafiaState #WarMonger #WarCrimes #RegimeChange #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast
https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/15/europe/pope-leo-trump-fight-intl
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“Kristi #Noem said a migrant threatened to kill #Trump. Investigators think he was set up”
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/29/politics/kristi-noem-migrant-arrested-threatening-trump?cid=ios_app
Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid. Here’s What Never Arrived.
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ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the administration’s cuts.
https://projects.propublica.org/trump-food-cuts/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
The #Government Is #ShutDown. But Not for #FossilFuels.
Federal workers who issue permits for oil, #gas & #mining operations are on the job, along with those working to repeal #pollution limits.
#Trump #law #EnvironmentalLaw #regulations #ClimateCrisis
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/climate/trump-government-shutdown-energy.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
"#Vance lies — and he does it well. It’s why he was brought on as #Trump‘s 2nd in command. . . .Vance is betting that the typical Trump voter would rather lose his own health insurance than see a dark-skinned immigrant receive medical treatment. This strategy presents itself as esp. vile, b/c it depends on the #MAGA base being so racist that they would choose bankruptcy, or even death, over having to share a dr's waiting room w/people speaking Spanish.
https://www.salon.com/2025/10/03/jd-vances-shutdown-bet-maga-loves-racism-more-than-health-care/
Anyone who thinks the #UnitedStates is still a #democracy that adheres to the founders’ #Constitution needs to check their head.
“Attack on #FreeSpeech”:
#Journalist #MarioGuevara Deported After Covering #AntiTrump #Protest
Mario Guevara was deported from the #US early on Oct 3, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists
#law #FreedomOfThePress #Trump #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny #FuckSCOTUS #immunity
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/10/3/mario_guevara_deportation_freedom_of_press
AYFKM???
#Trump said Friday he had commuted the sentence of former US #House Rep #GeorgeSantos, who is serving more than 7 years in federal #prison after pleading #guilty to #fraud & #IdentityTheft charges.
The #NY Republican was sentenced in April after admitting last year to deceiving donors & stealing the identities of 11 people — including his own family members — to make donations to his campaign.
#criminal #law #pardon #commutation
https://apnews.com/article/trump-george-santos-commutation-pardon-8ae46d6351cefe01d79f74920521b7a2?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-10-17-Breaking+News
Massive #immigration raid on #Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'
#DHS said federal agents with #CBP, the #FBI & the #ATF arrested 37 people in the raid.
#Trump #law #US #MilitaryState #democracy #Constitution #CivilRights #HumanRights #DueProcess #authoritarianism #autocracy #tyranny #Gestapo #Sturmabteilung #coup #TrumpCoup2
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/01/massive-immigration-raid-on-chicago-apartment-building-leaves-residents-reeling-i-feel-defeated
"[At Quantico], the Trump administration was presenting a holistic plan to shift the culture and conduct of the United States military to accommodate the lawless character of this nascent regime. Not only is this a plan to make the military an authoritarian institution on and off the battlefield, but to adapt the very notion of the battlefield, and the enemy, for domestic use."
~ Ruth Ben-Ghiat
#Trump #Hegseth #military #fascism
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https://lucid.substack.com/p/a-holistic-plan-for-an-authoritarian