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#ClarenceThomas wrote a concurring opinion on #Trump’s #immunity that delved into the separate & unasked question of whether AG #MerrickGarland violated the #Constitution when he appointed #SpecialCounsel #JackSmith in Nov 2022 to oversee the 2 federal prosecutions of Trump.
#law #SCOTUS #ExtremeCourt #TrumpCourt #PartisanCourt #DarkMoney #MAGA
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/07/01/clarence-thomas-jack-smith-special-counsel-immunity/
#MIT rejects #Trump administration deal for conditional priority federal funding
MIT is one of the nine schools that were asked to agree to adopt *conservative priorities & policies* in exchange for #funding perks.
#law #AcademicFreedom #FirstAmendment
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2025/10/10/mit-rejects-trump-compact-education-funding/
"As Trump grows increasingly incoherent and emotionally labile, Miller grows more and more influential. He is the president’s brain, his discipline. Where Trump has no guiding principles, Miller is a resolute ideologue of white, western supremacy and a tactician of final solutions. Trump is easily lampooned, but Miller is the grimmest of reapers."
~ Judith Levine
#StephenMiller #Trump #fascism #cruelty #military #PlenaryPower #InsurrectionAct
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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/10/stephen-miller-trump-administration
#Trump begins #firings of #FederalWorkers to pressure #Democrats in government #shutdown
The White House budget office said Friday that #MassFirings of federal workers have started to exert more pressure on Democratic lawmakers in the ongoing govt #shutdown.
#OMB dir #RussVought, posted on social media that the “RIFs have begun,” referring to reduction-in-force firings.
#law #labor #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #MafiaState #tyranny
https://apnews.com/article/government-shutdown-federal-worker-firings-0439e8d0979d9a32e021c5c851fea1cf?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-10-10-Breaking+News
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"What we choose to emphasize in this complex history will determine our lives. If we see only the worst, it destroys our capacity to do something. If we remember those times and places — and there are so many — where people have behaved magnificently, it energizes us to act, and raises at least the possibility of sending this spinning top of a world in a different direction. And if we do act, in however small a way, we don’t have to wait for some grand utopian future. The future is an infinite succession of presents, and to live now as we think human beings should live, in defiance of all that is bad around us, is itself a marvelous victory."
https://www.howardzinn.org/collection/a-marvelous-victory/
#HowardZinn #Democracy #Resist #Protest #Indivisible #NoKings #USPol #Trump #Musk #DOGE #GOP #ICE #Fascism
The #Trump #EPA Followed Up on an Unusual Request About #Abortion Pills
Scientists at the Environmental Protection Agency found that they could develop methods to identify traces of the #medication in #wastewater — a practice long sought by the anti-abortion movement.
#law #surveillance #medicine #healthcare #ReproductiveRights
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/us/politics/epa-abortion-wastewater.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
I was wondering when Jon Stewart was going to react to the AI image of “Trump Jesus” healing him
#Trump probably wants there in the #US to police #civilians.
The US #military has authorized “the voluntary departure” of #troops’ dependents from locations across the #MiddleEast as tensions w/ #Iran have risen [which you’d think would be a reason to keep them there], 2 US ofcls said Wednesday.
One US defense ofcl said the order came from Secy of #Defense #PeteHegseth.
#NationalSecurity
https://apnews.com/article/state-department-embassy-baghdad-f892ebd6a50850ef5650f31819541bff
This Is What 500 Days of Trump's Corruption Looks Like:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaQ_95hPhu4
"Historians and legal experts warn that Trump and the Maga world have exploited Kirk’s killing to justify unleashing far-reaching attacks on multiple critics.
Trump and his allies are using 'page one of the authoritarian playbook' in their accelerating attacks on political foes', said Harvard government professor Steven Levitsky, who co-authored the book How Democracies Die."
~ Peter Stone
#CharlieKirk #Trump #MAGA #authoritarianism #ChristianNationalism
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/11/charlie-kirk-trump-maga-allies
Ya think?
Federal #Judges, Warning of ‘#JudicialCrisis,’ Fault #SCOTUS’ Emergency Orders
Dozens of sitting judges shared with NYT their concerns about risks to the courts’ legitimacy as the #SupremeCourt releases opaque orders about #Trump admin policies.
#law #CorruptCourt #ActivistCourt #LegalEthics #judiciary
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/us/politics/judicial-crisis-supreme-court-trump.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
Whale bags $160M by shorting ahead of Trump’s China tariff
The whale possibly netted a profit in the range of $190 million-$200 million in just a day on Hyperliquid, the popular decentralized crypto exchange, as per the platform.
“I’m pretty sure this guy played a huge role in what happened today.”
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/whale-bags-160m-shorting-ahead-033910904.html
You gotta wonder when their story keeps changing…
Before the #Trump admin began attacking people suspected of smuggling drugs at sea, #Defense Secy Pete #Hegseth approved contingency plans for what to do if an initial strike left #survivors, acc/to multiple #US ofcls.
#law #criminal #murder #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #Congress #Carribean #InternationalLaw
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/us/politics/trump-boat-strikes-survivors.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
It's a know your enemy sort of thing to say, no, #Trump is not a king. He's a stupid brand. And recent events just highlight that as he slapped his name on the #Gaza agreement.
I keep thinking of the Trump brand of wine.
Trump didn't make that wine. I doubt he knows how wine is even made at all. He's notorious for not drinking, so how would he even know if the wine is good or bad? He doesn't know anything about it, he just slapped his brand on it.
To counter Trump it's foolish to approach him as a king. In fact that might might make things worse because it brings more attention to his brand.
The #nokings stuff is foolish because it misses what's going on here. And it will serve to actually embolden and strengthen Trump.
Know your enemy. He's not a king, he's not that smart, he's just a brand hopping from issue to issue the same way he hops from crappy wine to crappy steaks.
#Trump said that he would not seek congressional approval to carry out #military strikes against alleged drug #cartels that allegedly traffic narcotics to the US, even as he vowed to expand the operation from attacks at sea to targets on land. The #Senate is expected to vote next week on a bipartisan resolution that would bar the US from engaging in hostilities inside #Venezuela without explicit authorization by #Congress.
#law #Constitution #authoritarianism #fascism
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/us/politics/trump-military-authorization-cartel-strikes.html?smid=url-share
Defense attorneys for the woman shot by #BorderPatrol in Brighton Park this month want a hearing ASAP after the agent who opened fire drove his vehicle to Maine before the woman’s attys could inspect it.
It’s not clear who allowed the #CBP agent to drive the vehicle to the East Coast. But defense wrote in a court filing that the “absurdity” of the decision became clear when attorneys visited an #FBI evidence garage to inspect the vehicles…
#law #Trump #Gestapo #Chicago
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/20/defense-wants-hearing-as-soon-as-possible-after-car-from-brighton-park-shooting-driven-to-maine
Russell Vought is the architect of President Trump’s broader plan to fire civil servants, freeze government programs and dismantle entire agencies. Here are some key things to know about the D.C. insider who wants to take a hatchet to the federal government.
Exclusive: Wide-ranging group of US officials pursues #Trump's fight against ‘Deep State’
A group of dozens of officials from across the federal government, including US #intelligence officers, has been helping to steer Trump's drive for #retribution against his perceived enemies, according to government records and a source familiar with the effort.
#law #LegalEthics #WeaponizationOfGovernment
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/wide-ranging-group-us-officials-pursues-trumps-fight-against-deep-state-2025-10-20/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement
Egotistical jackass
#Trump said on Thursday all #trade talks with #Canada were terminated following what he called a fraudulent advertisement from Canada in which former & late US President Ronald Reagan spoke negatively about #tariffs.
"Based on their egregious behavior, ALL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS WITH CANADA ARE HEREBY TERMINATED," Trump wrote on Truth Social.
#economy #inflation #recession #trumpcession
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-says-all-trade-talks-with-canada-are-terminated-2025-10-24/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement
#Biden calls #America’s democratic values the “grounding wire of our global power” & its #alliances “our greatest asset.” …#Trump, called for withdrawing American forces in #Europe & #Asia & has promised… to cut loose even our closest #allies if they don’t do as he tells them. …Trump sees all countries as unreliable, the relations between them #transactional. That sentiment has spread throughout a #GOP that once championed America’s values abroad…
#BidenHarris2024
https://time.com/6984970/joe-biden-2024-interview/