The “Invasion” Invention: The Far Right’s Long Legal Battle to Make Immigrants the Enemy
The #Trump administration is using the claim that #immigrants have “invaded” the country to justify possibly suspending habeas corpus, part of the constitutional right to due process.
A faction of the far right has been building this case for years.
#Immigration #News #Law #HumanRights #government
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-administration-immigration-invasion-rhetoric-courts
Keep 'em coming
"A federal judge on Friday permanently blocked #Trump ’s executive order targeting law firm Jenner & Block, ruling that it is an 👉🏼unconstitutional abuse of the president’s power👈🏼."
https://thereport.be/article/?app=breaking&u=https%3A%2F%2Fnews.bloomberglaw.com%2Fbusiness-and-practice%2Fjudge-permanently-strikes-down-trump-order-targeting-jenner-block%3Ftaid%3D6830dada3f5d9400012790db
BREAKING NEWS: Trump ordered the nation’s independent nuclear regulatory commission to cut down on regulations and fast-track new licenses for reactors and power plants on Friday.
In unrelated news, the Russians did the same thing with Chernobyl.
#chernobyl #news #trump #nuclear #incompetence #breakingnews
👀“White House dismisses scores of National Security Council staff
The dismissals, part of a plan to downsize the coordinating body, follow #Trump ’s recent ouster of his national security adviser”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/05/23/national-security-council-trump-rubio/
Smart
#Greenland handed a 30-year #mining permit to a Danish-French mining group aiming to extract a moon-like rock that could offer a #climate-friendly alternative in aluminium production.
The #Arctic island rich in #minerals, #oil & #NaturalGas, & long seen as a potential resource frontier, has drawn international attention since #Trump expressed an interest in *purchasing* [conquering] it earlier this year.
#geopolitics #Denmark #France #US
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/greenland-gives-danish-french-group-permit-mine-rock-with-green-potential-wake-2025-05-21/
“ #Trump admin attempting to dismiss criminal charges against top MS-13 leader in order to deport him to El Salvador– igniting accusations from critics & the defendant’s legal team that Trump is trying to do a favor for his Salvadorian counterpart, who struck a deal with the gang in 2019”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/23/trump-administration-ms-13-leaders-criminal-charges-deportation?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
5 years after #GeorgeFloyd's #murder
#law #PoliceAbuse #PoliceReform #SystemicRacism #ExcessiveForce #PoliceViolence #QualifiedImmunity #Trump #DOJ #CivilRights #HumanRights #ICC
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/briefing/five-years-after-floyd.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=E5801D2D-5163-436A-AA1B-7D9DE956DF60
Lisa Tate, a Ventura County, California, farmer talks about what's happening on farms in that county, where fruit and vegetables are grown to supply the whole country:
“'In the fields, I would say 70% of the workers are gone,' she said in an interview. 'If 70% of your workforce doesn’t show up, 70% of your crop doesn’t get picked and can go bad in one day.'"
#Trump #StephenMiller #immigrants #ICE #WorkForce #agriculture #FoodChain
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/01/ice-raids-crops-california-farms
Call it the 911 presidency.
Despite insisting that the #US is rebounding from calamity under his watch, #Trump is harnessing #EmergencyPowers unlike any of his predecessors.
Whether it’s leveling punishing #tariffs, deploying #troops to the #border or sidelining #EnvironmentalRegulations, Trump has relied on rules & laws intended only for use in extraordinary circumstances like #war & #invasion.
#USpol #law #ExecutivePower #AbuseOfPower
https://apnews.com/article/trump-emergency-powers-tariffs-immigration-5cbe386d8f2cc4a374a5d005e618d76a
"Job opportunities at the Port of Los Angeles are dwindling as #Trump ’s steep #tariffs take hit on global trade.
Nearly 1/2 of longshoremen who support ops at port went w/o work over last 2 wks..Port processed 25% less cargo than forecast for.. May" #TrumpTax https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2025-06-07/port-of-los-angeles-job-orders-down-by-half
“Freedom of the Press Foundation Threatens Legal Action if Paramount Settles With #Trump Over 60 Minutes Interview
As Paramount considers settling a lawsuit w Trump, the Freedom of the Press Foundation warns that it will sue over a deal that allegedly “could amount to a bribe.”
https://www.wired.com/story/freedom-of-the-press-foundation-paramount-trump-settlement/
Lancet study reveals that vaccines have saved 154 million lives over the past 50 years, mostly infants, or 6 lives per minute. This would make the advent of vaccines the single greatest contribution to keeping babies alive. The measles vaccine has been the most significant, accounting for 60% of the lives saved due to immunization.
All that will likely change, thanks to Trump and RFK Jr. Not only are fewer people being vaccinated because of irrational and unfounded fear of vaccines, promoted by hucksters like RFK. The Trump administration's slashing of USAID and other international aid will also reduce vaccination rates among the poorest and most vulnerable children in the world.
#vaccinations #vaccines #antivax #publichealth #trump #rfkjr #usaid #measles #infantmortality
Today #Trump ended Temporary Protected Status (#TPS) for #Nepal, which has lasted since 2015. He tried to kill it in his first term, but was blocked in court. That is much less likely this time around, given what's happened already with TPS for Venezuela & the partisan activist #SCOTUS.
#immigration #law #asylum #DHS #HumanRights #WhiteChistianNationalism
#Trump officials are using #polygraph tests to flush out even minor #leaks
Reuters spoke to nine current and former federal government employees under the current administration who described a concerted effort to expose leaks of all kinds.
The investigations have a dual purpose - plugging leaks while also purging federal employees considered #disloyal to Trump's political agenda, four of the government employees said.
#tyranny #AmericanAutocracy
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/with-polygraphs-probes-trump-administration-chases-even-minor-leaks-2025-05-23/
Trump administration must restore health articles scrubbed for transgender mentions, judge rules
#Trump #trans #health #LGBTQ #erasure #discrimination #censorship #press
#Trump to Send #NationalGuard to #LA to *Quell* #Immigration #Protests
Federal immigration officials squared off with protesters in #LosAngeles County on Saturday using #TearGas & #FlashBang #grenades. The unrest comes just a day after #ICE #raids were conducted through the city of Los Angeles.
#law #democracy #RightToProtest #FreedomOfAssembly #authoritarianism #tyranny #Gestapo #AmericanAutocracy
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06/07/us/la-immigration-raid-protests?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
#Trump & #ElonMusk’s alliance dissolved into open acrimony on Thurs, as the 2 men hurled personal attacks at each other after the billionaire had unleashed broadsides against Trump’s signature domestic policy bill.
While meeting with Friedrich Merz, Germany’s new chancellor, in the Oval Office, Trump broke days of uncharacteristic silence & unloaded on Musk, who until last week was a top presidential adviser.
So #Musk and #Trump are having a slapfight
there are more serious attacks going on right now, to our rights
that is what truly deserves our attention
but shiny objects are shiny
i am guilty of the attraction to the drama as well
i won't begrudge you your popcorn
just:
be aware that you can be distracted
there are quiet things going on right now that is the real game
don't lose attention to that as well as you enjoy the 🍿 🍿 🍿
Instead of monitoring the events in #losangeles and #chicago, #Trump went to the UFC event.
His core cult of white male Incels gave him a standing ovation.
Tomorrow,he'll be playing golf and kibitzing at Camp David. And probably showing up at LIV Golf in Virginia. So he can get on TV.
And he'll show up in LA next week to diss Democrats and minorities for the rebellion.
Quick photo-op so he can hog up the TV spotlight.
Keep ‘em coming
“Harvard University sued to stop the #Trump administration from barring its international students’ entrance to the US, adding to a high-stakes legal battle between the government and the school.”
#Trump imposes #sanctions on four #ICC #judges in unprecedented [outrageous] move
Trump's admin on Thursday imposed sanctions on four judges at the #InternationalCriminalCourt, an unprecedented retaliation over the war tribunal's issuance of an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin #Netanyahu & a past decision to open a case into alleged #WarCrimes by #US troops in #Afghanistan.
#law #criminal #felon47
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-administration-imposes-sanctions-icc-judges-us-treasury-says-2025-06-05/
Analysis: Trump welcomes South African Afrikaners as refugees fleeing “white genocide."
Trump describes these white descendants of Dutch settler-colonisers as "victims of unjust racial discrimination".
South Africans are joking about this as the "Great Tsek", which refers to:
1. The "Great Trek" — the 1800s migration of Dutch settlers into South Africa's interior, &
2. The word "tsek" - roughly meaning "f*ck off.”
https://theintercept.com/2025/05/21/south-africa-trump-afriforum-white-refugees/
When Hillary Clinton was first lady, a furor erupted over reports that she had once made $100k from a $1k investment in cattle futures. Even though it had happened a dozen years before her husband became president, it became a scandal that lasted weeks & forced the White House to initiate a review.
#Trump #law #emoluments #corruption
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/25/us/politics/trump-money-plane-crypto.html?unlocked_article_code=1.J08.MV12.FMyyoC3z_EI_&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
![DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services [CIS No. 2817-25; DHS Docket No. USCIS-2015-0003] RIN 1615-ZB74 Termination of the Designation of Nepal for Temporary Protected Status AGENCY: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, U.S. Department of Homeland Security. ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: Through this notice, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announces that the Secretary of Homeland Security (Secretary) is terminating the designation of Nepal for Temporary Protected Status (TPS). The designation of Nepal is set to expire on June 24, 2025. After reviewing country conditions and consulting with appropriate U.S. Government agencies, the Secretary has determined that Nepal no longer continues to meet the conditions for its designation for TPS. The Secretary therefore is terminating the TPS designation of Nepal as required by statute. This termination is effective [INSERT DATE 60 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF PUBLICATION IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER . After INSERT DATE 60 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF PUBLICATION IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER], nationals of Nepal (and aliens having no nationality who last habitually resided in Nepal) who have been granted TPS under Nepal's designation will no longer have TPS. DATES: The designation of Nepal for TPS is terminated effective at 11:59 p.m., local time, on [INSERT DATE 60 DAYS AFTER DATE OF PUBLICATION IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER].](/proxy/post_attachment/732311/56d8ff965e.png "DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services [CIS No. 2817-25; DHS Docket No. USCIS-2015-0003] RIN 1615-ZB74 Termination of the Designation of Nepal for Temporary Protected Status AGENCY: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, U.S. Department of Homeland Security. ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: Through this notice, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announces that the Secretary of Homeland Security (Secretary) is terminating the designation of Nepal for Temporary Protected Status (TPS). The designation of Nepal is set to expire on June 24, 2025. After reviewing country conditions and consulting with appropriate U.S. Government agencies, the Secretary has determined that Nepal no longer continues to meet the conditions for its designation for TPS. The Secretary therefore is terminating the TPS designation of Nepal as required by statute. This termination is effective [INSERT DATE 60 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF PUBLICATION IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER . After INSERT DATE 60 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF PUBLICATION IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER], nationals of Nepal (and aliens having no nationality who last habitually resided in Nepal) who have been granted TPS under Nepal's designation will no longer have TPS. DATES: The designation of Nepal for TPS is terminated effective at 11:59 p.m., local time, on [INSERT DATE 60 DAYS AFTER DATE OF PUBLICATION IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER].")
