Keep 'em coming
"A federal judge on Tuesday rejected the #Trump administration's bid to end temporary deportation protections, opens new tab and work permits for approximately 521,000 Haitian immigrants before the program's scheduled expiration date"
Democracy and the Epstein Regime: A Democracy Abused and Raped in Captivity https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5343801
#Epstein #DemocraticDecline #EliteCapture #LegalInstrumentalization #EpistemicViolence #MediaSilence #ImpunityRegime #TransnationalGovernance #Kompromat #Trump
The #Trump admin has *declined* to release nearly $7 billion in federal #funding for #schools that helps pay for after-school & summer programs, support for #students learning English, #teacher training & other services.
The money, which was already allocated by #Congress, was expected to be released by Tuesday. But in an email on Monday, the Trump *#Education* Department notified #state education agencies that the money would not be available.
#law #policy #idiocracy
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/us/trump-education-funds.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
Just published from my archives, an interview with KD Drackert, a local Long #Covid activist, #LGBTQIA+ performance artist and all-around fab person. They are a founder of our mask bloc/air filter lending library, Clear the Air ATX.
Read it: https://www.patreon.com/posts/lefts-forgotten-132515558
(Free! No Patreon login/membership necessary)
(📷Kit O'Connell, January 2024 at the @TexasObserver office)
#LongCovid #health #HumanRights #activism #Texas #Austin #politics #USpol #RFKJr #Trump #CovidIsNotOver #MutualAid
#Mexico, the #UnitedStates’ biggest trading partner, will get another 90 days to try to reach a #trade deal, #Trump & President #ClaudiaSheinbaum of Mexico announced after a phone call Thursday morning. The extension came a day before the *deadline* Trump has set for countries around the globe to strike deals or face #tariffs of as much as 50%.
#TACO #economy #law #geopolitics
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/us/politics/trump-tariffs-mexico-extension.html?smid=url-share
At the end of this historic week — a massive transfer of wealth from poor to rich, healthcare and food support ripped from millions — I'm wondering what bible texts U.S. churches will read and preach about this Sunday?
So many churches, so many texts, so many Christians eager to hear the words of Jesus and other scriptures preached — addressing us in the world in which we live today, of course.
#Trump #Republicans #cruelty #EconomicElites #immigrants #bible #healthcare #food
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EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin claims to prioritize combatting long-lasting chemicals called PFAS.
Despite this, the agency has delayed enforcement of standards and terminated over $15 million in funding for “forever chemicals” research.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-epa-pfas-drinking-water?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Environment #EPA #PFAS #PublicHealth #ForeverChemicals #Trump
It's #Trump's #economy now. The latest #financial numbers offer some warning signs
For all of Trump’s promises of an economic “golden age,” a spate of weak indicators this week told a potentially worrisome story as the impacts of his policies are coming into focus.
#Jobs are dwindling. #Inflation is ticking upward. #Growth has slowed compared with last year.
#recession #idiocracy #chaos #instability
https://apnews.com/article/trump-economy-warning-signs-financial-numbers-6f9754dbb6b21c9ef5c557b1ebfe6ce9?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-08-02-Economic+shifts+ahead
🤦🏻♀️
Via Josh Gerstein:
JUST IN: #Trump (47) admin files 20th emergency appeal at #SCOTUS, seeking to proceed with firing of 3 Consumer Product Safety Commission members despite lower court ruling reinstating them. Doc: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25988147-25a11/
Don't let this get by you.
Via Olga Nesterova:
#Trump lifted sanctions on several Russian companies and banks, incl Rosoboronexport — #Russia’s state arms trader and sole authorized exporter of military and dual-use goods.
The move followed his July 1 decision to lift restrictions on Syria.
That’s it. That’s truly it. I have no more questions
‘Time is running short’: Letters show growing #DOJ ire at #UVA
Over 2 months this spring, *#Justice* Dept officials sent 7 letters to the #UniversityOfVirginia, alleging possible *racial* #discrimination in #admissions & #hiring, inaction to address *#antisemitism* [#FreeSpeech] on campus, & a failure to cleanse #diversity, #equity & #inclusion efforts at the institution.
#law #democracy #Constitution #FirstAmendment #AcademicFreedom #tyranny #Trump
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2025/07/02/university-of-virginia-justice-department-investigation-letters/
JHC. This day.
Via Josh Gerstein:
JUST IN: #Trump administration suit against all active Maryland federal judges is assigned to Judge Thomas Cullen, a Roanoke, Va.-based 👉🏼Trump appointee👈🏼. Suit targets standing order in MD automatically freezing deportation for two business days when a legal challenge is filed.
Could #Trump and #RFKJr lead us into a new #HIV pandemic? They could, and it sure as hell looks like they're trying. My latest: https://48hills.org/2025/07/are-trump-rfk-jr-inviting-a-new-hiv-aids-pandemic-pepfar-foreign-aid-prevention/
Trump au lit avec Satan dans la nouvelle saison de Southpark, qui le boude à cause de sa présence dans les fichiers Epstein. Les créateurs de la série, Matt Stone et Trey Parker, viennent de signer avec Paramount, le diffuseur, un contrat de 1,5 milliard de dollars, garantit le renouvellement de la série avec cinquante épisodes sur cinq ans, diffusés exclusivement sur Comedy Central et Paramount+. La Maison blanche est furieuse 😂
#Politique #Trump #SouthPark #Satire #Anime #Epstein #EtatsUnis
#HakeemJeffries has been holding the #House floor since 5AM to stall final vote on #Trump’s #OneBigBeautifulBill. He’s been talking for four hours so far. CSPAN is airing.
#Democrats
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-big-beautiful-bill-live-updates-2025-07-02/
A Jan 6 Rioter that was pardoned by #Trump has been rearrested for trying to seek violent revenge against the FBI for his initial jailing.
“An American military veteran was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison for plotting to attack an FBI office and assassinate law enforcement officers in retaliation for his arrest on charges that he was part of the mob that stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, court records show.”
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/jan-6-veteran-sentenced-trump-pardon-1.7575687
Will the coming #Medicaid and #Medicare cuts in the budget bill being voted on now change #MAGA minds?
It will not
You, being reasonable, say government should make policy that benefits everyone. If it makes people suffer, it's bad
But millions of #bigots want this:
"It's ok that I suffer, as long as the people I hate suffer more"
Example:
"MAGA Mom Was Taken by #ICE, but Her Husband Refuses to Stop Flying #Trump Flag: 'We Understand What He's Doing'"
https://people.com/maga-mom-taken-by-ice-husband-still-flying-trump-flag-11765464
(Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Thursday allowed #Trump to remove a Democratic member from the U.S. Federal Labor Relations Authority while his administration appeals a ruling that said her firing was illegal and had reinstated her.
The #FDA’s top #vaccine & #GeneTherapy official resigned on Tues after a public campaign against him led by the #FarRight influencer [& unofficial #Trump adviser] #LauraLoomer…
Over the past week, Loomer had taken to #socialmedia to attack the Dr. Vinay Prasad for a series of decisions denying approval of new drugs for rare #diseases. She highlighted past statements of support he had made for figures on the left, including #BernieSanders…
#science
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/health/vinay-prasad-fda-resigns-loomer.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
And YOU get a tariff! And YOU get a tariff! And YOU... and YOU....!
Aaron Rupar
@atrupar.com
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REPORTER: Can we expect any more trade deals before next week?
#TRUMP: My inclination is to send a letter out and say what tariff they're gonna be paying. It's just much easier ... 'you're gonna pay a 20%, or 25, or 30% tariff.' We're gonna be sending some letters out starting probably tomorrow.
this is why #vonderLeyen makes the big bucks
it take superhuman composure to just sit there, letting her soul leave her body and join the astral plane, to escape the eldritch horror of abject stupidity before her, and not say "will you just shut the fuck up please?" like 99% of humanity would
seriously what the fuck is this orange turd babbling about
it's 2025 and this bloviating dotard leads a powerful nation
not powerful for long i guess
"I felt the need for Americans to hear his voice and what we did to this man [Andry Hernández Romero]. We illegally sent him to be raped in El Salvador for no other reason but to prove this regime's cruelty and disregard for the rule of law."
~ Jason Sattler
#Trump #StephenMiller #AndryHernandezRomero #ICE #deportations #cruelty #LGBTQ #SexualAbuse
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https://thecause.substack.com/p/the-world-must-know-what-we-did-to
The Scottish Greens have renewed their call for Scotland to seek an Unexplained Wealth Order (UWO) to investigate Trump’s businesses.
A UWO is a 'power held by the Scottish Government to investigate the finances of politically active individuals who have gained wealth through suspicious means'!
It may be quixotic but who wouldn't love to see Trump's finances properly scrutinised?
https://greens.scot/news/scotland-must-investigate-finances-of-convicted-criminal-trump
