Appeals court affirms ruling that President Trump’s suspension of immigration asylum claims is unlawful. @abc reports:
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I was asleep at the switch when this came out a few days ago. It is *very* worth reading what @pluralistic has to say. What Trump is doing is horrendous but some things might *inadvertently* change in a positive way - more quickly - because he's doing them.
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Nothing has really changed.
EDIT: Nothing except the stock market that is.
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Much damage has been done to our societies and the #climate due to #fossilFuels
The alternative was always there, but it was systematically destroyed
Appreciate the irony though:
Big Oil's decline has been ensured by their greatest triumph, #Trump
The stupid war on #Iran means every country will move off #oil
#China's #EV makers are kings of the world now
"‘The damage is done’: global oil crisis has changed fossil fuel industry for ever, #IEA chief says"
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"Mr. Trump didn't just happen to America. He was elected, twice – the second time after attempting a coup. That alone should tell us that something fundamental has changed in American society, that it is so broken that one half of it could knowingly put a degenerate lunatic in the White House just to spite the other half."
~ Andrew Coyne
#Trump #Republicans #MAGA #corruption #WhiteChristianNationalism #WhiteSupremacy #cruelty #immigrants
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https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-trump-may-be-temporary-the-damage-he-is-doing-isnt/
#Iran foreign minister left Islamabad without meeting #US envoys, Pakistan officials say. Can you blame him? The US “envoys” were Steve #Witkoff & Jared #Kushner ffs.
#IranWar #TrumpsWar #Trump #MafiaState #WarCrimes #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast #inflation #economy #oil #energy #EnergyCrisis
https://apnews.com/live/iran-war-israel-trump-04-25-2026
#DOJ makes it easier to deport those with #DACA status
The #Trump admin is making it easier to deport immigrants protected by the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA.
A new precedent decision published Friday by the Board of Immigration Appeals (#BIA) says being a DACA recipient is not enough reason to provide relief from #deportation.
#law #immigration
https://www.npr.org/2026/04/25/nx-s1-5798943/justice-department-makes-it-easier-to-deport-those-with-daca-status
Just one month until a Saudi-backed golf tourney holds a tournament at President Trump’s club.
#Trump admin #Pentagon called in and Threatened #Pope Leo XIV’s Ambassador over speech advocating peace.
Leo was threatened With the Avignon Papacy
“…the Vatican was so alarmed by the Pentagon’s tactics that Pope Leo XIV shelved plans to visit the United States later this year.
Some officials in the Vatican saw the Pentagon’s reference to an Avignon papacy as a threat to use military force against the Holy See.”
https://www.thelettersfromleo.com/p/the-pentagon-threatened-pope-leo
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Snopes: Fake News from Trump??
"Image claiming to show US airman rescued in Iran is fake. Here's the proof
In early April 2026, the U.S. said it conducted a rescue mission to retrieve two members of the Air Force downed in Iran."
#Russia #India #China #USA #Economy #Finance #Technology #Security #News #Iran #Israel #War #EU #NATO #Oil #Nuclear #Weapons #Trump #Warcrimes #Disgrace #Hegseth
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/image-us-pilot-rescued-iran/
#Trump ousts National #Science Board members
Members of the independent board that guides the National Science Foundation [#NSF] said they received a notice from the White House that their positions were being terminated.
Multiple #scientists who serve on an independent board established to guide the nation’s nearly $9 billion basic science funding agency were terminated from their positions Friday by Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2026/04/25/national-science-board-members-dismissed/
Not to agree with the misogynistic, homophobic, oppressive, theocratic government of the Islamic Republic of Iran, but he fucking *does*, doesn’t he?
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Trump pardoned nursing home owner Joseph Schwartz just 3 months into his sentence for a $39 million fraud scheme.
Meanwhile, families who won multimillion-dollar wrongful death suits against Schwartz haven’t collected a cent.
https://www.propublica.org/article/joseph-schwartz-trump-pardon-skyline-nursing-home-patients?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Trump #Arkansas #Health #Fraud #Law #Legal #USPolitics
#Trump orders #banks to take a closer look at clients' #citizenship
Trump on Tuesday signed an #ExecutiveOrder that requires banks to take a closer look at the citizenship of their customers, a new measure in his admin’s push to clamp down on people living in the country illegally.
The order directs #bank regulators & government depts to look for signs that people without legal status are opening accounts or obtaining #loans or #CreditCards.
#law #privacy #immigration
https://apnews.com/article/trump-immigration-banking-citizenship-treasury-08eecd2738bb0b454dce1152492bc3e2
#Midterms #primaries updates #GiftArticle link [you *should* be able to access the link till polls close; I probably won’t stay online updating the results]:
So far…
Rep #AndyBarr, a Republican backed by #Trump, easily won a contested #primary for #Senate in #Kentucky, where he will be strongly favored in November to replace the long-serving Senator #MitchMcConnell, who is retiring.
#law #Congress #elections #USpol
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/05/19/us/midterms-georgia-kentucky?unlocked_article_code=1.jlA.aA6f.H9CvndCCciBp&smid=nytcore-ios-share
"A woman who alleged that Donald Trump sexually assaulted her when she was just 13 years old has had new details about her story verified, following work from the South Carolina–based newspaper The Post and Courier and Substack journalist Ellie Leonard."
~ Finn Hartnett
#Epstein #Trump #JaneDoe #pedophiles #SexualAbuse
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https://newrepublic.com/post/208341/new-details-13-year-old-donald-trump-accuser-epstein
Apparently, it’s Attack-Free-Speech-Day on the #Trump admin’s calendar; welcome to the #FascistStatesOfAmerica
Trump admin challenges #ABC station licenses amid #Kimmel for-real-total-noncontroversy
As the Trump admin pressures ABC to fire #JimmyKimmel, the Trump-aligned #FCC is challenging the network’s #StationLicenses, setting up a #legal battle with ABC’s parent company #Disney.
#law #fascism #Constitution #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech #media #entertainment #comedy
https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/28/media/fcc-kimmel-disney-abc-trump-licenses
Trump telling O'Donnell "I'm not a rapist. I am not a pedophile" is the new "I am not a crook"
#uspol #60Minutes #Trump #WHCA
This is what a #WitchHunt actually looks like
Exclusive: US “counterterror” officials plan #antifa summit, sources say
The #Trump admin is organizing an international summit focused on countering the #LeftWing movement antifa & other groups, 3 sources familiar with the matter said, an effort that highlights the shift in the US government's counterterrorism priorities over the past year.
#AntiFascism #resist #law #security #fascism #FarRight #authoritarianism #tyranny
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-counterterror-officials-plan-antifa-summit-sources-say-2026-03-31/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement
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#US panel votes to exempt #GulfOfMexico #drilling from #EndangeredSpeciesAct
The committee — nicknamed the “God Squad” for its ability to decide the fate of #species — voted to exempt #oil & #gas firms from federal #wildlife protections, citing the #IranWar.
#Trump #law #EnvironmentalLaw #science #conservation #habitats #ecosystems #MarineLife #FossilFuels #ClimateChange #climate #ClimateCrisis #PublicHealth
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2026/03/31/trump-god-squad-rices-whales-endangered-species/
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Yay!
Judge orders #Trump administration to halt White House #ballroom construction unless #Congress OKs it
#law #architecture #HistoricPresevation
https://apnews.com/article/trump-white-house-ballroom-construction-halted-9cafc70569a3a05fcbaa6cafddbeace4
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Crazy. It’s not like there’s scary precedent for this or anything‼️
Federal Judge Approves #Trump Effort to Extract #List of #Jews From #Penn
The decision to allow the #government to collect the names & phone numbers of #Jewish people on campus could allow the government to pursue similar tactics elsewhere.
#law #Holocaust #EthnicCleansing
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/31/us/politics/trump-jews-penn-list-judge.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
Not one thing has changed.
#Trump is still an autocratic sadistic, narcissistic piece of shit Putin puppet selling the U.S. for parts to die rich.
Donald Tantrump is talking (again) about pulling out of #NATO.
Don Trumpeone's Mafia protection racket: 'Nice democracies you have there - it'd be a real shame if they burnt down...'
President Trump might want to consider why the UK and other European countries would want to allow the United States of Trump to retain its bases here if no longer part of NATO.
#USpol #GOP #MAGA #Trump
#TyrantTrump #EmperorTrump
#NoKings
https://youtu.be/8EjIMyxdXt4?si=l7yaZcvCy4LICQ-S