<p>Is it me or does Vance look a little different?</p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/vance/" rel="tag">#Vance</a> <a href="/tags/ew/" rel="tag">#ew</a></p>
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<p>Margaret Sullivan says she asked friends and relatives in various locations what kind of reporing their local media did about the massive worldwide protests Saturday against Trump:</p><p>"Quick answer: Not close to what it deserved."</p><p>Then she did her own research, and found:</p><p>"In the Wall Street Journal, the story’s placement was the 20th most important."</p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/protests/" rel="tag">#protests</a> <a href="/tags/handsoff/" rel="tag">#HandsOff</a> <a href="/tags/solidarity/" rel="tag">#solidarity</a> <a href="/tags/resistance/" rel="tag">#resistance</a> <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#media</a> <a href="/tags/wallstreetjournal/" rel="tag">#WallStreetJournal</a> <a href="/tags/newyorktimes/" rel="tag">#NewYorkTimes</a> <a href="/tags/washingtonpost/" rel="tag">#WashingtonPost</a> <a href="/tags/fox/" rel="tag">#FOX</a><br>/1</p><p><a href="https://margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/big-protests-but-not-big-news" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/big-protests-but-not-big-news"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">margaretsullivan.substack.com/</span><span class="invisible">p/big-protests-but-not-big-news</span></a></p>
<p>Mills: Oz's fraud allegations pull from 'malicious playbook' for targeting <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a>'s political foes</p><p>Maine Public | By Steve Mistler<br>Published February 9, 2026 </p><p>"Gov. <a href="/tags/janetmills/" rel="tag">#JanetMills</a> says the <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> administration is using findings from a routine social services audit to drum up allegations of fraud for political purposes. The governor's comments follow threats from a top <a href="/tags/medicaid/" rel="tag">#Medicaid</a> official to cut off the state's federal funding.</p><p>"In the past several days, Centers for <a href="/tags/medicare/" rel="tag">#Medicare</a> and Medicaid Services Administrator <a href="/tags/mehmetoz/" rel="tag">#MehmetOz</a> has made allegations of widespread fraud in Maine's social services programs, at one point drawing comparisons to the scandal unfolding in <a href="/tags/minnesota/" rel="tag">#Minnesota</a>.</p><p>"In a recently posted social media video, the former celebrity TV doctor suggested that Maine could lose its federal Medicaid funding.</p><p>" 'If we don't like what we see, CMS will work with Maine to put their house in order. And if we're not satisfied with their progress, we reserve the right to cut off their payments entirely,' he said.</p><p>"Those threats follow a recent audit by the Office of Inspector General that found the state made $45.6 million in improper payments to providers for <a href="/tags/autism/" rel="tag">#autism</a> services. That review, initiated during the Biden administration, did not allege fraud, which is different than improper payments. However, the state may have to pay back $28.7 million to the federal government.</p><p>"Mills, a Democrat running for the U.S. Senate, said in a statement Monday that Oz's statements mark another example of the Trump administration's 'malicious playbook' of targeting its political opponents.</p><p>" 'Let’s be clear about what this is: Maine is facing a political attack from a president who uses allegations of fraud as a pretense to send (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) and other weaponized federal agents into states led by Democrats with devastating consequences,' she said in a statement." </p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.mainepublic.org/politics/2026-02-09/mills-ozs-fraud-allegations-pull-from-malicious-playbook-for-targeting-trumps-political-foes" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.mainepublic.org/politics/2026-02-09/mills-ozs-fraud-allegations-pull-from-malicious-playbook-for-targeting-trumps-political-foes"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.mainepublic.org/politics/2</span><span class="invisible">026-02-09/mills-ozs-fraud-allegations-pull-from-malicious-playbook-for-targeting-trumps-political-foes</span></a></p><p>cc: <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@autistics" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>autistics</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="/tags/mainepublic/" rel="tag">#MainePublic</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USPol</a> <a href="/tags/autism/" rel="tag">#Autism</a> <a href="/tags/targeting/" rel="tag">#Targeting</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#Fascism</a></p>
<p>DOGE, your thoughts?</p><p>" <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a>'s flurry of recent presidential pardons has cost crime victims and taxpayers approximately $1.3 billion in restitution and payments, according to a review by House Judiciary Democrats." </p><p><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trumps-pardons-cost-victims-and-taxpayers-1-3-billion-house-judiciary-committee-democrats-review/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.cbsnews.com/news/trumps-pardons-cost-victims-and-taxpayers-1-3-billion-house-judiciary-committee-democrats-review/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.cbsnews.com/news/trumps-pa</span><span class="invisible">rdons-cost-victims-and-taxpayers-1-3-billion-house-judiciary-committee-democrats-review/</span></a></p>
<p>Take THAT. </p><p>“Britain & European Union are set to sign a formal declaration committing to “free and open trade” in defiance of <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> ’s <a href="/tags/tariffs/" rel="tag">#tariffs</a> agenda.</p><p>A leaked draft promises “new strategic partnership” between London & Brussels based on “maintaining global economic stability & our mutual commitment to free & open trade.” <a href="/tags/trumptax/" rel="tag">#TrumpTax</a> <br> <a href="https://www.politico.eu/article/uk-eu-defy-trump-free-open-trade-declaration/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.politico.eu/article/uk-eu-defy-trump-free-open-trade-declaration/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.politico.eu/article/uk-eu-</span><span class="invisible">defy-trump-free-open-trade-declaration/</span></a></p>
<p>🥊 <a href="/tags/feds/" rel="tag">#FEDS</a> NEED TO KEEP ITS <a href="/tags/knee/" rel="tag">#KNEE</a> 🧎 🧎♂️ 🧎♀️ ON <a href="/tags/inflation/" rel="tag">#INFLATION</a>'S_NECK??" MY EASTER LILY BLOOMED AGAIN FOR GEORGE FLOYD. REMEMBER HIM? WE DO.</p><p>✝️ Who would have known what <a href="/tags/george_floyds/" rel="tag">#George_Floyds</a> death would actually <a href="/tags/spark/" rel="tag">#SPARK</a>!?;) </p><p>✝️ A DAY AFTER <a href="/tags/george_floyds/" rel="tag">#GEORGE_FLOYDS</a> <a href="/tags/death/" rel="tag">#Death</a> my <a href="/tags/easter_lilly/" rel="tag">#Easter_Lilly</a> <a href="/tags/bloomed/" rel="tag">#Bloomed</a> in Remembrance of his death. </p><p>✝️ I Post on <a href="/tags/linkedin/" rel="tag">#LinkedIn</a> and Fediverse 5 times after very first Bloom.</p><p><a href="/tags/proof/" rel="tag">#Proof</a> that short term Memory has been disintegrated from the <a href="/tags/food/" rel="tag">#food</a> you eat, <a href="/tags/air/" rel="tag">#air</a> you breath and <a href="/tags/people/" rel="tag">#people</a> you know!</p><p>Thanks to the 🇮🇱 👹 🔥 <a href="/tags/israeli/" rel="tag">#ISRAELI</a> _TERRORISTS NOW RUNING OUR ONCE GREAT COUNTRY! 🇱🇷 </p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Floyd" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Floyd"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_F</span><span class="invisible">loyd</span></a></p><p>In <a href="/tags/memory/" rel="tag">#Memory</a> of <a href="/tags/george_floyd/" rel="tag">#George_Floyd</a> ✝️ (October 14, 1973 – May 25, 2020) was an African American man who was murdered by a white police officer in Minneapolis,</p><p>The 🇮🇱 Devil is in the 🇱🇷 Details.. WHAT DOES THAT <a href="/tags/mean/" rel="tag">#MEAN</a>?? 🐍 </p><p>AND WHAT IS <a href="/tags/financial/" rel="tag">#FINANCIAL</a> <a href="/tags/hannibal_directive/" rel="tag">#Hannibal_Directive</a>??</p><p>Lets ask the recently deceased <a href="/tags/knee_on_neck/" rel="tag">#knee_on_neck</a> Murder Victim BY OUR OWN POLICE DEPT 🚔 for $20 alleged FAKE BUCKS shall we? 💵 </p><p>WHO PAYS <a href="/tags/taxes/" rel="tag">#TAXES</a> in THIS COUNTRY? ANSWER? <a href="/tags/elites/" rel="tag">#ELITES</a> AND <a href="/tags/bigtech/" rel="tag">#BIGTECH</a> <a href="/tags/walmart/" rel="tag">#WALMART</a>, <a href="/tags/amazon/" rel="tag">#AMAZON</a> PAYING <a href="/tags/zero/" rel="tag">#ZERO</a> IN <a href="/tags/taxes/" rel="tag">#TAXES</a> </p><p>FEDS NEED TO KEEP ITS FOOT ON INFLATION'S NECK bc if this Government cannot get you to pay your taxes, if any, they will <a href="/tags/inflate/" rel="tag">#inflate</a> the <a href="/tags/economy/" rel="tag">#economy</a> by 30% in order to <a href="/tags/take/" rel="tag">#TAKE</a> TAXES FROM YOU WHEN YOU BUY <a href="/tags/food/" rel="tag">#FOOD</a>, PAY <a href="/tags/rent/" rel="tag">#RENT</a>, <a href="/tags/mortgage/" rel="tag">#mortgage</a>, BUY A <a href="/tags/car/" rel="tag">#CAR</a> ETC. ETC ETC. </p><p>That's right every time you buy food you are paying a 30-40% <a href="/tags/markup/" rel="tag">#markup</a>. </p><p>That's <a href="/tags/forced/" rel="tag">#FORCED</a> <a href="/tags/income_tax/" rel="tag">#INCOME_TAX</a> Folks OF another name CALLED <a href="/tags/inflation/" rel="tag">#INFLATION</a>!</p><p>All Americans are PAYING AT LEAST 30% IN INCOME TAX AND THEY DONT KNOW IT?</p><p>(AKA TRUTH) Remember LAZY ASS <a href="/tags/loser_chump/" rel="tag">#LOSER_CHUMP</a> wanted to apply a 30% take on <a href="/tags/tiktok/" rel="tag">#TikTok</a> <a href="/tags/acquisition/" rel="tag">#ACQUISITION</a>. </p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#TRUMP</a> THE <a href="/tags/lazy_loser/" rel="tag">#LAZY_LOSER</a> TRYING TO <a href="/tags/rob/" rel="tag">#ROB</a> THE <a href="/tags/stage_coach/" rel="tag">#STAGE_COACH</a> on its way into town >> AND WE ALL KNOW HOW THAT <a href="/tags/ends/" rel="tag">#ENDS</a>??</p><p>This country will not see one penny more than there fair share of taxes. NOT <a href="/tags/one_penny/" rel="tag">#ONE_PENNY</a> MORE!</p><p>It's in the FEDS BEST INTEREST to <a href="/tags/print/" rel="tag">#PRINT</a> MORE <a href="/tags/money/" rel="tag">#MONEY</a> to <a href="/tags/increase/" rel="tag">#INCREASE</a> INFLATION NOT LOWER IT! or else the <a href="/tags/value/" rel="tag">#Value</a> of the USD dollar <a href="/tags/will_collapse/" rel="tag">#WILL_COLLAPSE</a> and GREEDY INEPT <a href="/tags/oil_tycoons/" rel="tag">#OIL_Tycoons</a> <a href="/tags/dirt_bags/" rel="tag">#DIRT_BAGS</a> (AKA <a href="/tags/zionist_nazi/" rel="tag">#ZIONIST_NAZI</a>'S) benefit when the dollar COLLAPSES..</p><p>The feds need to keep raising inflation by printing money and then buffer the impact by 25 to 100 basis points FOREVER..</p><p>. in order to COLLECT the income taxes REQUIRED to run this country.</p><p><a href="/tags/kicking/" rel="tag">#Kicking</a> the <a href="/tags/can/" rel="tag">#can</a> FURTHER down the <a href="/tags/road/" rel="tag">#road</a> is the only way the USA Government can now COLLECT TAXES from its Citizens.</p><p>AND That my friends is a SURE SIGN OF A <a href="/tags/failed_regime/" rel="tag">#FAILED_REGIME</a>.</p><p>Unless you are a w-2 employee (AKA GOVERNMENT OR FORTUNE 500 <a href="/tags/slave/" rel="tag">#SLAVE</a>!) -- but most are now <a href="/tags/self_employed/" rel="tag">#self_employed</a>. All of WE THE PEOPLES MONEY HAS BEEN <a href="/tags/robbed/" rel="tag">#ROBBED</a>, <a href="/tags/spent/" rel="tag">#SPENT</a>, <a href="/tags/pillaged/" rel="tag">#PILLAGED</a> while this Israeli regime murder's its own citizens.. gone!</p><p>aka <a href="/tags/financial/" rel="tag">#FINANCIAL</a> <a href="/tags/hannibal_directive/" rel="tag">#Hannibal_Directive</a>.</p><p>AND THAT IS WHAT IT MEANS WHEN the "FEDS SAYS." IT <a href="/tags/needs/" rel="tag">#NEEDS</a> TO KEEP ITS <a href="/tags/foot/" rel="tag">#FOOT</a> ON <a href="/tags/inflation/" rel="tag">#INFLATION</a>'S_NECK??</p><p>Who would have known what <a href="/tags/george_floyds/" rel="tag">#George_Floyds</a> death would actually <a href="/tags/spark/" rel="tag">#SPARK</a>!?;) </p><p>A DAY AFTER <a href="/tags/george_floyds/" rel="tag">#GEORGE_FLOYDS</a> <a href="/tags/death/" rel="tag">#Death</a> my <a href="/tags/easter_lilly/" rel="tag">#Easter_Lilly</a> <a href="/tags/bloomed/" rel="tag">#Bloomed</a> in Remembrance of his death. </p><p>I Post on <a href="/tags/linkedin/" rel="tag">#LinkedIn</a> and Fediverse 5 times after very first Bloom.</p><p><a href="/tags/proof/" rel="tag">#Proof</a> that short term Memory has been disintegrated from the <a href="/tags/food/" rel="tag">#food</a> you eat, <a href="/tags/air/" rel="tag">#air</a> you breath and <a href="/tags/people/" rel="tag">#people</a> you know!</p><p>Thanks to the 🇮🇱 👹 🔥 <a href="/tags/israeli/" rel="tag">#ISRAELI</a> _TERRORISTS NOW RUNING OUR ONCE GREAT COUNTRY! 🇱🇷 </p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Floyd" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Floyd"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_F</span><span class="invisible">loyd</span></a></p><p>📛 DISCLAIMER: We Cover the 'Way' the <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> is <a href="/tags/covered_up/" rel="tag">#COVERED_UP</a>! 👿 </p><p>🔴 The <a href="/tags/next/" rel="tag">#Next</a> <a href="/tags/global_superpower/" rel="tag">#Global_Superpower</a> Isn't Who You <a href="/tags/think/" rel="tag">#Think</a> 🧠 </p><p>WHO is TastingTraffic.com? | The NEW DIGITAL GLOBAL ORDER | NO NATIONALITY LEFT BEHIND | COMING SOON! 🌐 🌏 🌍 🌎 🗺️ </p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/uiUPD-z9DTg" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>youtu.be/uiUPD-z9DTg</a></p><p>💼 JOBS FOR ALL = <a href="/tags/unlimited/" rel="tag">#UNLIMITED</a> <a href="/tags/opportunities/" rel="tag">#OPPORTUNITIES</a> FOR <a href="/tags/all/" rel="tag">#ALL</a> <a href="/tags/globally/" rel="tag">#GLOBALLY</a>!</p><p>* JOBS FOR ALL <a href="/tags/globally/" rel="tag">#GLOBALLY</a>! <br>* <a href="/tags/work_from_home/" rel="tag">#WORK_FROM_HOME</a><br>* BE YOU <a href="/tags/own_boss/" rel="tag">#OWN_BOSS</a>.<br>* <a href="/tags/sign/" rel="tag">#SIGN</a> YOUR OWN <a href="/tags/paychecks/" rel="tag">#PAYCHECKS</a>!<br>* WORK YOUR OWN <a href="/tags/hours/" rel="tag">#HOURS</a> <br>* MAKE IN EXCESS OF 300K PER <a href="/tags/month/" rel="tag">#MONTH</a> NET! 🤑 💰 👍 <br>* <a href="/tags/unlimited_opportunities/" rel="tag">#UNLIMITED_OPPORTUNITIES</a> 🤑 </p><p>25 YEARS 24/7 Experience:</p><p>* Software Architect (PhD) Supervisor -25 years 300K PMS hours<br>* EXPERT BLACK BOX TESTER<br>* Founder of SEO (Search Engine Optimization)<br>* Founder of RTB (Real Time Bidding)<br>* Founder of HFT (High Frequency Trading)</p><p>🍷 🍾 <a href="/tags/tastingtraffic_llc/" rel="tag">#TASTINGTRAFFIC_LLC</a> | The Largest (WWW) <a href="/tags/digital_traffic/" rel="tag">#DIGITAL_TRAFFIC</a> PROVIDER in the WORLD since 1999. </p><p>🌐 WORLD WIDE BUSINESS HOURS?? 24/7 ;) <br>JOBS FOR ALL WORLDWIDE COMING SOON;!</p>
<p>"I believe that the administration’s metastasizing economic catasrophe is a critical development.</p><p>As I read the history of successful autogolpes, politicians who win an election and then effectively destroy the democracy that elevated them, it is almost always the case that their consolidation of power rests upon the perception of economic achievement."</p><p>~ Paul Krugman</p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/tariffs/" rel="tag">#tariffs</a> <a href="/tags/economy/" rel="tag">#economy</a> <a href="/tags/recession/" rel="tag">#recession</a> <a href="/tags/stockmarket/" rel="tag">#StockMarket</a> <br>/1</p><p><a href="https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/did-peter-navarro-save-democracy" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="paulkrugman.substack.com/p/did-peter-navarro-save-democracy"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">paulkrugman.substack.com/p/did</span><span class="invisible">-peter-navarro-save-democracy</span></a></p>
<p>Something we shouldn't allow ourselves to forget or unsee as the Roberts Supreme Court invents legal fictions to provide cover for Donald Trump as he rounds up and deports immigrants who are afforded no due process:</p><p>The Roberts Supreme Court is controlled by a bloc of right-wing "pro-life" Catholics, Roberts himself included in their number.</p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/johnroberts/" rel="tag">#JohnRoberts</a> <a href="/tags/supremecourt/" rel="tag">#SupremeCourt</a> <a href="/tags/prolife/" rel="tag">#ProLife</a> <a href="/tags/catholics/" rel="tag">#Catholics</a> <a href="/tags/immigrants/" rel="tag">#immigrants</a> <a href="/tags/federalworkers/" rel="tag">#FederalWorkers</a> <br>/1</p>
<p><a href="/tags/takeitdown/" rel="tag">#TakeItDown</a> Act has passed the <a href="/tags/house/" rel="tag">#House</a> 409-2 giving <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> & the <a href="/tags/ftc/" rel="tag">#FTC</a> power to <a href="/tags/censor/" rel="tag">#censor</a> the <a href="/tags/internet/" rel="tag">#internet</a>.</p><p>The bill seems good at first glance. It requires online platforms to remove nonconsensual intimate imagery aka“revenge porn.”</p><p>However, it will also enable the FTC to demand <a href="/tags/content/" rel="tag">#content</a> be removed from websites.</p><p>🚨In fact, Trump said he will use the bill ON HIS OWN BEHALF, presumably to remove criticism of him from the web.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#tech</a> <a href="/tags/regulations/" rel="tag">#regulations</a> <a href="/tags/freespeech/" rel="tag">#FreeSpeech</a> <a href="/tags/constitution/" rel="tag">#Constitution</a><br><a href="https://www.techdirt.com/2025/04/28/congress-moving-forward-on-unconstitutional-take-it-down-act/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.techdirt.com/2025/04/28/congress-moving-forward-on-unconstitutional-take-it-down-act/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.techdirt.com/2025/04/28/co</span><span class="invisible">ngress-moving-forward-on-unconstitutional-take-it-down-act/</span></a></p>
<p>New <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/executiveorder/" rel="tag">#ExecutiveOrder</a>:</p><p>“Protecting American Communities From *Criminal Aliens*”<br>🙄🤬🖕</p><p>§1 Federal <a href="/tags/supremacy/" rel="tag">#supremacy</a> with respect to <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#immigration</a>, <a href="/tags/nationalsecurity/" rel="tag">#NationalSecurity</a>, & <a href="/tags/foreignpolicy/" rel="tag">#ForeignPolicy</a> is axiomatic…[so much for <a href="/tags/coequalbranchesofgovernment/" rel="tag">#CoEqualBranchesOfGovernment</a>]</p><p>§2 Designation of “Sanctuary” Jurisdictions [<a href="/tags/sanctuarycities/" rel="tag">#SanctuaryCities</a> must obey see §1]</p><p>§3 Consequences for Sanctuary Jurisdiction Status</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#immigration</a> <a href="/tags/constitutionalcrisis/" rel="tag">#ConstitutionalCrisis</a> <a href="/tags/separationofpowers/" rel="tag">#SeparationOfPowers</a> <a href="/tags/federalism/" rel="tag">#Federalism</a> <a href="/tags/executiveoverreach/" rel="tag">#ExecutiveOverreach</a> <a href="/tags/abuseofpower/" rel="tag">#AbuseOfPower</a><br><a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/04/protecting-american-communities-from-criminal-aliens/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/04/protecting-american-communities-from-criminal-aliens/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.whitehouse.gov/presidentia</span><span class="invisible">l-actions/2025/04/protecting-american-communities-from-criminal-aliens/</span></a></p>
<p>It still seems hard to believe, but in the last <a href="/tags/congress/" rel="tag">#Congress</a>, the <a href="/tags/house/" rel="tag">#House</a> <a href="/tags/republican/" rel="tag">#Republican</a> majority formally launched an <a href="/tags/impeachment/" rel="tag">#impeachment</a> inquiry against Joe <a href="/tags/biden/" rel="tag">#Biden</a>. The endeavor never made any sense, but the underlying allegation was that the Democratic president was somehow the beneficiary of a weird <a href="/tags/bribery/" rel="tag">#bribery</a> scheme.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/constitution/" rel="tag">#Constitution</a> <a href="/tags/emolumentsclause/" rel="tag">#EmolumentsClause</a> <a href="/tags/foreignasset/" rel="tag">#ForeignAsset</a> <a href="/tags/compromised/" rel="tag">#Compromised</a> <a href="/tags/nationalsecurity/" rel="tag">#NationalSecurity</a> <a href="/tags/infosec/" rel="tag">#InfoSec</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/crypto/" rel="tag">#crypto</a> <a href="/tags/grift/" rel="tag">#grift</a> <br><a href="https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trumps-controversial-meme-coin-contest-proves-predictably-profitable-p-rcna203293" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trumps-controversial-meme-coin-contest-proves-predictably-profitable-p-rcna203293"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-sh</span><span class="invisible">ow/maddowblog/trumps-controversial-meme-coin-contest-proves-predictably-profitable-p-rcna203293</span></a></p>
<p>🇺🇸🇮🇳 "No men playing in women's sports, we want no TRANSGENDER mutilation of our children" — <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> Do you all remember Lia Thomas? 🔗 Join us |</p><p><a href="https://xcancel.com/mylordbebo/status/2067292649208320252" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="xcancel.com/mylordbebo/status/2067292649208320252"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">xcancel.com/mylordbebo/status/</span><span class="invisible">2067292649208320252</span></a></p>
<p>Mike Masnick compares how the Free Press covered the (misleading-to-false) story of the <a href="/tags/biden/" rel="tag">#Biden</a> admin’s "censorship" of <a href="/tags/socialmedia/" rel="tag">#SocialMedia</a> [actually trying to combat harmful <a href="/tags/disinformation/" rel="tag">#disinformation</a> like <a href="/tags/election/" rel="tag">#election</a> & <a href="/tags/covid/" rel="tag">#COVID</a> <a href="/tags/lies/" rel="tag">#lies</a> & <a href="/tags/conspiracytheories/" rel="tag">#ConspiracyTheories</a> or <a href="/tags/hatespeech/" rel="tag">#HateSpeech</a> like <a href="/tags/whitesupremacy/" rel="tag">#WhiteSupremacy</a>], to how they handled the very real <a href="/tags/censorship/" rel="tag">#censorship</a> attack on <a href="/tags/wikipedia/" rel="tag">#Wikipedia</a> by <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a>’s DC <a href="/tags/usattorney/" rel="tag">#USAttorney</a> <a href="/tags/edmartin/" rel="tag">#EdMartin</a>.</p><p>Spoiler: there are differences.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#tech</a> <a href="/tags/moderation/" rel="tag">#moderation</a> <a href="/tags/dictatorship/" rel="tag">#dictatorship</a> <a href="/tags/fourthestate/" rel="tag">#FourthEstate</a> <a href="/tags/journalism/" rel="tag">#journalism</a> <br><a href="https://www.techdirt.com/2025/04/28/government-actually-threatens-wikipedias-editorial-freedom-self-proclaimed-free-speech-warriors-suddenly-have-other-plans/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.techdirt.com/2025/04/28/government-actually-threatens-wikipedias-editorial-freedom-self-proclaimed-free-speech-warriors-suddenly-have-other-plans/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.techdirt.com/2025/04/28/go</span><span class="invisible">vernment-actually-threatens-wikipedias-editorial-freedom-self-proclaimed-free-speech-warriors-suddenly-have-other-plans/</span></a></p>
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<p>👏👏 <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> Agent Charged in <a href="/tags/shooting/" rel="tag">#Shooting</a> of a <a href="/tags/venezuelan/" rel="tag">#Venezuelan</a> <a href="/tags/immigrant/" rel="tag">#Immigrant</a> in <a href="/tags/minnesota/" rel="tag">#Minnesota</a></p><p>The agent is the second federal officer to face <a href="/tags/felony/" rel="tag">#felony</a> charges in Minnesota stemming from Operation Metro Surge, the <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> admin’s <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#immigration</a> crackdown.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/useofforce/" rel="tag">#UseOfForce</a> <a href="/tags/sturmabteilung/" rel="tag">#Sturmabteilung</a> <a href="/tags/whitesupremacy/" rel="tag">#WhiteSupremacy</a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/18/us/ice-agent-charges-venezuelan-immigrant.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nytimes.com/2026/05/18/us/ice-agent-charges-venezuelan-immigrant.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nytimes.com/2026/05/18/us/</span><span class="invisible">ice-agent-charges-venezuelan-immigrant.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share</span></a></p>
<p>US Arena </p><p><a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#USA</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/musk/" rel="tag">#Musk</a> <a href="/tags/cartoon/" rel="tag">#cartoon</a> <a href="/tags/karikatur/" rel="tag">#karikatur</a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/giftarticle/" rel="tag">#GiftArticle</a></p><p>Internal <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> records reveal the widespread <a href="/tags/useofforce/" rel="tag">#UseOfForce</a> in “<a href="/tags/detention/" rel="tag">#detention</a>” centers [<a href="/tags/concentrationcamps/" rel="tag">#ConcentrationCamps</a>].</p><p>Reports detail how guards have increasingly used chemical agents & physical tactics on detainees, including on people demanding adequate water, food & medical care.</p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#immigration</a> <a href="/tags/civilrights/" rel="tag">#CivilRights</a> <a href="/tags/humanrights/" rel="tag">#HumanRights</a> <a href="/tags/abuseofpower/" rel="tag">#AbuseOfPower</a> <a href="/tags/authoritarianism/" rel="tag">#Authoritarianism</a> <a href="/tags/autocracy/" rel="tag">#Autocracy</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a> <a href="/tags/humanitarianlaw/" rel="tag">#HumanitarianLaw</a> <a href="/tags/thecrueltyisthepoint/" rel="tag">#TheCrueltyIsThePoint</a> <a href="/tags/policebrutality/" rel="tag">#PoliceBrutality</a> <a href="/tags/excessiveforce/" rel="tag">#ExcessiveForce</a> <a href="/tags/whitesupremacy/" rel="tag">#WhiteSupremacy</a> <br><a href="https://wapo.st/4tdgBRA" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>wapo.st/4tdgBRA</a></p>
<p>Russian Foreign Minister Sergei <a href="/tags/lavrov/" rel="tag">#Lavrov</a> stated that Russia accepted US proposals on Ukraine made during the meeting between <a href="/tags/putin/" rel="tag">#Putin</a> and <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> in <a href="/tags/anchorage/" rel="tag">#Anchorage</a>, but Washington is now unprepared to implement its own suggestions.</p><p>That’s a truly beautiful manipulation on the part of the Russians! For several weeks now, they have been consistently referring publicly to the ‘Anchorage agreements’. </p><p>The problem is that, in Anchorage of all places, no agreements were made, and they certainly were not communicated publicly by the heads of state. The meeting in Anchorage was described as ‘ended prematurely’, with both presidents mumbling some platitudes about ‘productive talks’, which was clearly interpreted as ‘no deal’.[^1]</p><p>Referring to these ‘agreements’ that never existed, Putin can now just as well say that Trump promised him half of Alaska and Ivanka for his fourth wife, and then claim that ‘according to the agreements in Anchorage’ they were again ‘cheated and deceived’ (Putin’s favourite phrase when things don’t go his way).</p><p>[^1]: <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gj9er0x0zo" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gj9er0x0zo"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4</span><span class="invisible">gj9er0x0zo</span></a></p>
<p>Really y’all, it’s a good time to rewatch the Jimmy Saville doc on Netflix and think about Trump. </p><p>Not because suggesting Trump is a serial abuser of vulnerable underage targets, but only to refresh on how a human lizard hides in plain sight. </p><p>And how it’s enabled. </p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#trump</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a></p>
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<p>No. </p><p>“The <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> administration on Wednesday asked <a href="/tags/scotus/" rel="tag">#SCOTUS</a> to allow the president to remove a pair of independent regulators whose cases have broad implications for at least two dozen other agencies, including the Federal Reserve Board, and for how the federal government operates”<br> <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/04/09/trump-supreme-court-fire-independent-regulators/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/04/09/trump-supreme-court-fire-independent-regulators/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.washingtonpost.com/politic</span><span class="invisible">s/2025/04/09/trump-supreme-court-fire-independent-regulators/</span></a></p>
<p>Ghislaine Maxwell -> Trump: </p><p>"You give me a pardon and I give you one!"</p><p><a href="/tags/epstein/" rel="tag">#Epstein</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a></p>
<p>The total loss of NOAA’s office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research — a nerve center of global climate science, data collection and modeling — represents a setback for climate preparedness that experts warn the nation may never recover from.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-noaa-budget-cuts-climate-change-modeling-princeton-gfdl?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-noaa-budget-cuts-climate-change-modeling-princeton-gfdl?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-noaa-budget-cuts-climate-change-modeling-princeton-gfdl?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/noaa/" rel="tag">#NOAA</a> <a href="/tags/ocean/" rel="tag">#Ocean</a> <a href="/tags/research/" rel="tag">#Research</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#Data</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a> <a href="/tags/climate/" rel="tag">#Climate</a> <a href="/tags/climatechange/" rel="tag">#ClimateChange</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a></p>
<p>For weeks, <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> has repeatedly boasted that his admin had managed to bring <a href="/tags/eggprices/" rel="tag">#EggPrices</a> down. But new data on Thurs showed that egg <a href="/tags/prices/" rel="tag">#prices</a> at the <a href="/tags/grocery/" rel="tag">#grocery</a> store continued to climb in March.</p><p>Egg prices rose 5.9% over the month, acc/to data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics [<a href="/tags/bls/" rel="tag">#BLS</a>]. They climbed at a slower rate, though, after rising 10.4% in February & 15.2% in January.</p><p>Compared with a year earlier, the price of <a href="/tags/eggs/" rel="tag">#eggs</a> is up 60.4%.</p><p><a href="/tags/economy/" rel="tag">#economy</a> <a href="/tags/inflation/" rel="tag">#inflation</a> <a href="/tags/recession/" rel="tag">#recession</a><br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/us/politics/egg-prices-march.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=B3C690E8-3AB0-4536-A24F-54EEBC2B393A" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/us/politics/egg-prices-march.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=B3C690E8-3AB0-4536-A24F-54EEBC2B393A"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/us/</span><span class="invisible">politics/egg-prices-march.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=B3C690E8-3AB0-4536-A24F-54EEBC2B393A</span></a></p>
<p>“ <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> 's Trade War With <a href="/tags/china/" rel="tag">#China</a> Is Now Hurting Hollywood—and US Soft Power</p><p>On Thursday, Chinese officials retaliated against Trump’s <a href="/tags/tariffs/" rel="tag">#tariffs</a> by imposing new restrictions on US movies. That’s a big blow to America’s cultural cachet in the nation” <a href="/tags/trumptax/" rel="tag">#TrumpTax</a> <br> <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/trumps-trade-war-with-china-is-now-hurting-hollywood-and-us-soft-power/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.wired.com/story/trumps-trade-war-with-china-is-now-hurting-hollywood-and-us-soft-power/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.wired.com/story/trumps-tra</span><span class="invisible">de-war-with-china-is-now-hurting-hollywood-and-us-soft-power/</span></a></p>
<p>"The <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#US</a>🚨is learning some very expensive lessons from this war - particularly if, as I expect, this is the work of Shahed drones."<br>-Chris Owiki</p><p>"Iranian forces🚨appear to have damaged or destroyed multiple USAF KC-135 tankers parked in the open at Prince Sultan Airbase in Saudi Arabia."<br>-OSINTTechnical<br><a href="/tags/incompetence/" rel="tag">#Incompetence</a> <a href="/tags/drones/" rel="tag">#Drones</a> <a href="/tags/dod/" rel="tag">#DOD</a> <a href="/tags/hegseth/" rel="tag">#Hegseth</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/trumpregime/" rel="tag">#TrumpRegime</a> <a href="/tags/nationalsecurity/" rel="tag">#NationalSecurity</a> <a href="/tags/iranwar/" rel="tag">#IranWar</a> <a href="/tags/israel/" rel="tag">#Israel</a> <a href="/tags/waste/" rel="tag">#Waste</a> Corruption <a href="/tags/illegalwar/" rel="tag">#IllegalWar</a> <a href="/tags/kakistocracy/" rel="tag">#Kakistocracy</a> <a href="/tags/kleptocracy/" rel="tag">#Kleptocracy</a> <a href="/tags/nokings/" rel="tag">#NoKings</a> <a href="/tags/protest/" rel="tag">#Protest</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USPol</a></p>
<p>Since taking office, <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> has moved aggressively to revoke the temporary legal status of hundreds of thousands of <a href="/tags/immigrants/" rel="tag">#immigrants</a> who were allowed into the country under President <a href="/tags/biden/" rel="tag">#Biden</a>.</p><p>Now, the admin is taking drastic steps to pressure some of those immigrants & others who had legal status to “self-deport” by effectively canceling the <a href="/tags/socialsecurity/" rel="tag">#SocialSecurity</a> numbers they had lawfully obtained….</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#immigration</a> <a href="/tags/labor/" rel="tag">#labor</a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/us/politics/migrants-deport-social-security-doge.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=2E999096-F869-486C-80A2-740E7C065EBC" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/us/politics/migrants-deport-social-security-doge.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=2E999096-F869-486C-80A2-740E7C065EBC"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/us/</span><span class="invisible">politics/migrants-deport-social-security-doge.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=2E999096-F869-486C-80A2-740E7C065EBC</span></a></p>