<p>Federal judge halts <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/election/" rel="tag">#election</a> <a href="/tags/executiveorder/" rel="tag">#ExecutiveOrder</a> seeking to create a <a href="/tags/federal/" rel="tag">#federal</a> voter list & limit who can receive a <a href="/tags/mail/" rel="tag">#mail</a> <a href="/tags/ballot/" rel="tag">#ballot</a>.</p><p><a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#US</a> District Court Judge Indira Talwani sided with a coalition of nearly two dozen <a href="/tags/states/" rel="tag">#states</a> that challenged the Republican president’s order in granting a <a href="/tags/summaryjudgment/" rel="tag">#SummaryJudgment</a> [nice!]. Her ruling applies to this year’s <a href="/tags/midterms/" rel="tag">#midterms</a>. </p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/constitution/" rel="tag">#Constitution</a> <a href="/tags/votingrights/" rel="tag">#VotingRights</a> <a href="/tags/votersuppression/" rel="tag">#VoterSuppression</a> <a href="/tags/mafiastate/" rel="tag">#MafiaState</a> <a href="/tags/autocracy/" rel="tag">#autocracy</a> <a href="/tags/dictatorship/" rel="tag">#dictatorship</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a> <a href="/tags/tyranny/" rel="tag">#tyranny</a> <br><a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-executive-order-elections-mail-voting-b28c3425c1dc968cd0f57c61fb7a684e" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="apnews.com/article/trump-executive-order-elections-mail-voting-b28c3425c1dc968cd0f57c61fb7a684e"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/trump-execu</span><span class="invisible">tive-order-elections-mail-voting-b28c3425c1dc968cd0f57c61fb7a684e</span></a></p>
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<p><a href="/tags/giftarticle/" rel="tag">#GiftArticle</a></p><p>With no public accounting of the entire <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> construction spree, a team of NYT reporters—Luke Broadwater, Marco Hernandez, Junho Lee & Elena Shao—set out to produce one. They found that the admin had mobilized at least $1.2 billion on no fewer than 18 major projects across the nation’s capital. Here’s everything they learned about their budgetary provenance.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/landmark/" rel="tag">#landmark</a> <a href="/tags/publicland/" rel="tag">#PublicLand</a> <a href="/tags/conservation/" rel="tag">#conservation</a> <a href="/tags/taxpayersmoney/" rel="tag">#TaxPayersMoney</a> <a href="/tags/oversight/" rel="tag">#oversight</a> <a href="/tags/urbanplanning/" rel="tag">#UrbanPlanning</a> <a href="/tags/architecture/" rel="tag">#architecture</a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/06/24/us/trump-dc-costs-ballroom-arch-pool.html?unlocked_article_code=1.s1A.ukIA.PAjpl0kTe-h1&smid=nytcore-ios-share" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/06/24/us/trump-dc-costs-ballroom-arch-pool.html?unlocked_article_code=1.s1A.ukIA.PAjpl0kTe-h1&smid=nytcore-ios-share"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nytimes.com/interactive/20</span><span class="invisible">26/06/24/us/trump-dc-costs-ballroom-arch-pool.html?unlocked_article_code=1.s1A.ukIA.PAjpl0kTe-h1&smid=nytcore-ios-share</span></a></p>
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<p>I think France should take the Statue of Liberty back</p><p><a href="/tags/scotus/" rel="tag">#SCOTUS</a> on Thursday allowed the <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> admin to end legal protections for <a href="/tags/immigrants/" rel="tag">#immigrants</a> fleeing <a href="/tags/violence/" rel="tag">#violence</a> & natural <a href="/tags/disaster/" rel="tag">#disaster</a> in <a href="/tags/haiti/" rel="tag">#Haiti</a> & <a href="/tags/syria/" rel="tag">#Syria</a>, exposing hundreds of thousands more people to potential <a href="/tags/deportation/" rel="tag">#deportation</a>.</p><p>The 6-3 decision overturns lower court orders & allows the <a href="/tags/dhs/" rel="tag">#DHS</a> to swiftly end <a href="/tags/tps/" rel="tag">#TPS</a>, a program that protects a total of 1.3 million people from 17 countries.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/racism/" rel="tag">#racism</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#immigration</a> <a href="/tags/thecrueltyisthepoint/" rel="tag">#TheCrueltyIsThePoint</a><br><a href="https://apnews.com/article/immigration-supreme-court-haiti-syria-tps-1bbbf8115f984a0d53336656924e989d" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="apnews.com/article/immigration-supreme-court-haiti-syria-tps-1bbbf8115f984a0d53336656924e989d"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/immigration</span><span class="invisible">-supreme-court-haiti-syria-tps-1bbbf8115f984a0d53336656924e989d</span></a></p>
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<p>“They didn’t like my book club,” said a protestor sentenced to 50 years for protesting ICE under <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> regime. </p><p>Even the reading of leftist zines was used to sentence anti-ICE protesters to decades in prison.</p><p>Advocates sound alarm after zines were used as evidence to convict protesters of terrorism charges tied to 2025 protest at <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> facility.”</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/jun/24/prairieland-texas-ice-protests-zines" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/jun/24/prairieland-texas-ice-protests-zines"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng</span><span class="invisible">-interactive/2026/jun/24/prairieland-texas-ice-protests-zines</span></a></p>
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<p>“Democratic senator Elizabeth Warren has warned that corporate mergers approved by the <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> administration – including a pending deal that would put two of America’s largest news outlets under the control of a family sympathetic to the president – could be undone by a future administration.”</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/25/elizabeth-warren-trump-mergers" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/25/elizabeth-warren-trump-mergers"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.theguardian.com/us-news/20</span><span class="invisible">26/jun/25/elizabeth-warren-trump-mergers</span></a></p>
<p>Florida's <a href="/tags/alligatoralcatraz/" rel="tag">#AlligatorAlcatraz</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#immigration</a> <a href="/tags/concentrationcamp/" rel="tag">#ConcentrationCamp</a> has closed</p><p>“Alligator Alcatraz,” the remote <a href="/tags/florida/" rel="tag">#Florida</a> immigration detention center that faced harsh criticism for its conditions, has shut down nearly a year after opening, Gov DeSantis said Thursday.<br>DeSantis said the center at an isolated airstrip in the <a href="/tags/everglades/" rel="tag">#Everglades</a> was always meant to be only temporary until more permanent detention centers could be secured & federal ofcls now have that capacity.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a><br><a href="https://apnews.com/article/alligator-alcatraz-closure-florida-immigration-detention-3c371f51fe71ed64b7ae9d22d0fab5cb" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="apnews.com/article/alligator-alcatraz-closure-florida-immigration-detention-3c371f51fe71ed64b7ae9d22d0fab5cb"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/alligator-a</span><span class="invisible">lcatraz-closure-florida-immigration-detention-3c371f51fe71ed64b7ae9d22d0fab5cb</span></a></p>
<p>“Why MAGA buys <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a>’s Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool hoax.</p><p>The GOP base would love to arrest people who laugh at them.”</p><p><a href="https://www.salon.com/2026/06/24/why-maga-buys-trumps-lincoln-memorial-reflecting-pool-hoax/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.salon.com/2026/06/24/why-maga-buys-trumps-lincoln-memorial-reflecting-pool-hoax/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.salon.com/2026/06/24/why-m</span><span class="invisible">aga-buys-trumps-lincoln-memorial-reflecting-pool-hoax/</span></a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/giftarticle/" rel="tag">#GiftArticle</a></p><p><a href="/tags/scotus/" rel="tag">#SCOTUS</a> Expands Trump’s <a href="/tags/executivepower/" rel="tag">#ExecutivePower</a> Over <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a></p><p>The court handed <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> victories in his push to rescind <a href="/tags/deportation/" rel="tag">#deportation</a> & for hundreds of thousands of people & turn away <a href="/tags/immigrants/" rel="tag">#immigrants</a> at the southern border.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#immigration</a> <a href="/tags/constitution/" rel="tag">#Constitution</a> <a href="/tags/separationofpowers/" rel="tag">#SeparationOfPowers</a> <a href="/tags/checksandbalances/" rel="tag">#ChecksAndBalances</a> <a href="/tags/judiciary/" rel="tag">#judiciary</a> <a href="/tags/legislation/" rel="tag">#legislation</a> <a href="/tags/authoritarianism/" rel="tag">#authoritarianism</a> <a href="/tags/autocracy/" rel="tag">#autocracy</a> <a href="/tags/dictatorship/" rel="tag">#dictatorship</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a> <a href="/tags/tyranny/" rel="tag">#tyranny</a> <a href="/tags/racism/" rel="tag">#racism</a> <a href="/tags/whitesupremacy/" rel="tag">#WhiteSupremacy</a> <a href="/tags/whitechristiannationalism/" rel="tag">#WhiteChristianNationalism</a> <a href="/tags/partisancourt/" rel="tag">#PartisanCourt</a> <a href="/tags/activistcourt/" rel="tag">#ActivistCourt</a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/25/us/politics/supreme-court-temporary-protected-status.html?unlocked_article_code=1.s1A.fkE6.E-jXQRTpMCY6&smid=nytcore-ios-share" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nytimes.com/2026/06/25/us/politics/supreme-court-temporary-protected-status.html?unlocked_article_code=1.s1A.fkE6.E-jXQRTpMCY6&smid=nytcore-ios-share"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nytimes.com/2026/06/25/us/</span><span class="invisible">politics/supreme-court-temporary-protected-status.html?unlocked_article_code=1.s1A.fkE6.E-jXQRTpMCY6&smid=nytcore-ios-share</span></a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> admin has separated dozens of <a href="/tags/children/" rel="tag">#children</a> from their <a href="/tags/parents/" rel="tag">#parents</a> for a second time, AP finds</p><p>…8 years after Trump’s forcible border separations came to an official halt following global outrage, an AP investigation has found that the government has re-separated dozens of children from their <a href="/tags/families/" rel="tag">#families</a>, despite a landmark legal settlement meant to keep them together.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#immigration</a> <a href="/tags/familyseparation/" rel="tag">#FamilySeparation</a> <a href="/tags/thecrueltyisthepoint/" rel="tag">#TheCrueltyIsThePoint</a> <br><a href="https://apnews.com/article/immigration-trump-family-separation-ice-71a610d15af5207a68f989fcafb55039" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="apnews.com/article/immigration-trump-family-separation-ice-71a610d15af5207a68f989fcafb55039"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/immigration</span><span class="invisible">-trump-family-separation-ice-71a610d15af5207a68f989fcafb55039</span></a></p>
<p>The New York Times reviewed over a dozen hours of cabinet meeting footage to analyze how Trump’s administration spoke to him. On average, at least one of every six sentences either flattered <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a>, gave him credit or criticized his political opponents.</p><p><a href="/tags/potus/" rel="tag">#POTUS</a> <a href="/tags/vanity/" rel="tag">#vanity</a> <a href="/tags/narcissism/" rel="tag">#narcissism</a> <a href="/tags/gaslighting/" rel="tag">#gaslighting</a> <a href="/tags/propaganda/" rel="tag">#propaganda</a> <a href="/tags/mentalhealth/" rel="tag">#MentalHealth</a> <a href="/tags/dysfunctional/" rel="tag">#dysfunctional</a> <a href="/tags/authoritarianism/" rel="tag">#authoritarianism</a> <a href="/tags/autocracy/" rel="tag">#autocracy</a> <a href="/tags/dictatorship/" rel="tag">#dictatorship</a> <a href="/tags/despotism/" rel="tag">#despotism</a> <a href="/tags/idolatry/" rel="tag">#idolatry</a> <a href="/tags/tyranny/" rel="tag">#tyranny</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/us/politics/trump-cabinet-meetings.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/us/politics/trump-cabinet-meetings.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nytimes.com/interactive/20</span><span class="invisible">26/us/politics/trump-cabinet-meetings.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share</span></a></p>
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<p><a href="/tags/giftarticle/" rel="tag">#GiftArticle</a> </p><p>Video shows <a href="/tags/pentagon/" rel="tag">#Pentagon</a> “counterterrorism” hire clambering into Capitol on <a href="/tags/jan6/" rel="tag">#Jan6</a>
<br><a href="/tags/eliasirizarry/" rel="tag">#EliasIrizarry</a> was filmed moving through restricted grounds & climbing through a broken window, according to a Washington Post analysis.</p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/nationalsecurity/" rel="tag">#NationalSecurity</a> <a href="/tags/insurrection/" rel="tag">#insurrection</a> <a href="/tags/domesticterrorism/" rel="tag">#DomesticTerrorism</a> <a href="/tags/statesponsoredterrorism/" rel="tag">#StateSponsoredTerrorism</a> <a href="/tags/politicalviolence/" rel="tag">#PoliticalViolence</a> <a href="/tags/trumpisaterrorist/" rel="tag">#TrumpIsATerrorist</a> <a href="/tags/seditiousconspiracy/" rel="tag">#SeditiousConspiracy</a> <a href="/tags/treason/" rel="tag">#treason</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <br><a href="https://wapo.st/4ugPZQ7" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>wapo.st/4ugPZQ7</a></p>
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<p><a href="/tags/senate/" rel="tag">#Senate</a> is considering a motion to block <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> from establishing the $1.8 billion <a href="/tags/slushfund/" rel="tag">#SlushFund</a> he planned to use to compensate allies he believes have been politically persecuted. Minority leader Sen Chuck Schumer introduced the motion as the Senate considered <a href="/tags/republicans/" rel="tag">#Republicans</a>’ $70 billion <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#immigration</a> enforcement bill. <a href="/tags/toddblanche/" rel="tag">#ToddBlanche</a>, the acting AG, previously said the fund was dead, but Trump expressed his support for it as recently as Wednesday, saying, “I love it.”</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/06/04/us/trump-news?smid=nytcore-ios-share" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nytimes.com/live/2026/06/04/us/trump-news?smid=nytcore-ios-share"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nytimes.com/live/2026/06/0</span><span class="invisible">4/us/trump-news?smid=nytcore-ios-share</span></a></p>
<p>Takes one to know one </p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> acknowledged criticizing <a href="/tags/israel/" rel="tag">#Israel</a> Prime Minister Benjamin <a href="/tags/netanyahu/" rel="tag">#Netanyahu</a> as “<a href="/tags/crazy/" rel="tag">#crazy</a>” in a phone call that involved expletives, saying he was “a little bit perturbed” that Israel’s fighting with <a href="/tags/hezbollah/" rel="tag">#Hezbollah</a> militants in <a href="/tags/lebanon/" rel="tag">#Lebanon</a> was holding back peace talks with <a href="/tags/iran/" rel="tag">#Iran</a>. </p><p><a href="https://apnews.com/article/lebanon-hezbollah-israel-tyre-khaldeh-beirut-b8e36e6248adcb00bc979f2b95514f97" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="apnews.com/article/lebanon-hezbollah-israel-tyre-khaldeh-beirut-b8e36e6248adcb00bc979f2b95514f97"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/lebanon-hez</span><span class="invisible">bollah-israel-tyre-khaldeh-beirut-b8e36e6248adcb00bc979f2b95514f97</span></a></p>
<p>Meaningless until a court weigh in.</p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/arch/" rel="tag">#arch</a> “not subject to law” limiting D.C. building height, planning “chief” says</p><p>Uh. Okay.<br>Obviously you are kerazy wrong.<br>Dumbass.
<br>The federal requirement caps most construction in Washington to a maximum height of 130 feet, about HALF that of Trump’s 250-foot project [compensating for something me thinks]</p><p><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/06/04/trump-deputy-says-dc-height-rule-shouldnt-apply-250-foot-arch/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/06/04/trump-deputy-says-dc-height-rule-shouldnt-apply-250-foot-arch/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.washingtonpost.com/politic</span><span class="invisible">s/2026/06/04/trump-deputy-says-dc-height-rule-shouldnt-apply-250-foot-arch/</span></a></p>
<p>This is the new goverment of the United States;</p><p>"Epstein class crypto billionaires"</p><p>Those are the scumbags driving the US into the ground</p><p><a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#US</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USPol</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/epstein/" rel="tag">#Epstein</a> <a href="/tags/trumpstein/" rel="tag">#Trumpstein</a></p>
<p>"Trump Bought Hundreds of Stocks the Day Before He Paused Tariffs and Sparked a Historic Rally"</p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://bird.makeup/users/donnydonny" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>donnydonny</span></a></span> for <span class="h-card"><a href="https://journa.host/@sludge" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>sludge</span></a></span></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#uspol</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#trump</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> </p><p><a href="https://readsludge.com/2026/07/01/trump-bought-hundreds-of-stocks-the-day-before-he-paused-tariffs-and-sparked-a-historic-rally/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="readsludge.com/2026/07/01/trump-bought-hundreds-of-stocks-the-day-before-he-paused-tariffs-and-sparked-a-historic-rally/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">readsludge.com/2026/07/01/trum</span><span class="invisible">p-bought-hundreds-of-stocks-the-day-before-he-paused-tariffs-and-sparked-a-historic-rally/</span></a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> Keeps <a href="/tags/immunity/" rel="tag">#Immunity</a> From <a href="/tags/irs/" rel="tag">#IRS</a>, a Victory in a Long Feud</p><p>Even as they rebelled against a $1.8B <a href="/tags/slushfund/" rel="tag">#SlushFund</a> for Trump’s allies, <a href="/tags/republicans/" rel="tag">#Republicans</a> looked the other way as his admin granted him lucrative <a href="/tags/tax/" rel="tag">#tax</a> protections.</p><p><a href="/tags/senate/" rel="tag">#Senate</a> Republican anger about Trump’s $1.8B fund for people who claim to be victims of federal overreach was loud & apparent.</p><p>…Not so for sweeping protections from IRS audits that <a href="/tags/toddblanche/" rel="tag">#ToddBlanche</a> also ordered up for Trump, his family & his businesses.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/05/us/politics/trump-immunity-tax-audit.html?unlocked_article_code=1.n1A.gcSQ.hiZiiEEk4rpF&smid=nytcore-ios-share" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nytimes.com/2026/06/05/us/politics/trump-immunity-tax-audit.html?unlocked_article_code=1.n1A.gcSQ.hiZiiEEk4rpF&smid=nytcore-ios-share"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nytimes.com/2026/06/05/us/</span><span class="invisible">politics/trump-immunity-tax-audit.html?unlocked_article_code=1.n1A.gcSQ.hiZiiEEk4rpF&smid=nytcore-ios-share</span></a></p>
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<p>Holy crap</p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> officials planned to mark 2.7 million <a href="/tags/living/" rel="tag">#living</a> people as <a href="/tags/dead/" rel="tag">#dead</a> — including some <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#US</a> <a href="/tags/citizens/" rel="tag">#citizens</a> & lawful permanent residents — <a href="/tags/whistleblower/" rel="tag">#whistleblower</a> claims
<br>A former <a href="/tags/socialsecurity/" rel="tag">#SocialSecurity</a> executive said the plan, which was not carried out, would have used a death database to pressure <a href="/tags/immigrants/" rel="tag">#immigrants</a> to leave the country.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#immigration</a> <a href="/tags/ssa/" rel="tag">#SSA</a> <a href="/tags/fraud/" rel="tag">#fraud</a> <a href="/tags/humanrights/" rel="tag">#HumanRights</a> <a href="/tags/civilrights/" rel="tag">#CivilRights</a> <a href="/tags/doge/" rel="tag">#DOGE</a> <a href="/tags/elonmusk/" rel="tag">#ElonMusk</a> <a href="/tags/whitesupremacy/" rel="tag">#WhiteSupremacy</a> <br><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/06/05/doge-planned-falsely-mark-27-million-people-dead-whistleblower-says/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/06/05/doge-planned-falsely-mark-27-million-people-dead-whistleblower-says/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.washingtonpost.com/politic</span><span class="invisible">s/2026/06/05/doge-planned-falsely-mark-27-million-people-dead-whistleblower-says/</span></a></p>
<p>“ <a href="/tags/columbia/" rel="tag">#Columbia</a> Univ faculty who supported <a href="/tags/gaza/" rel="tag">#Gaza</a> protests file claims with <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a>’s $21 million ‘antisemitism compensation’ fund.</p><p>Faculty who support Palestinian rights are applying for compensation, claiming they faced harassment as ‘Bad’ Jews for their political positions.</p><p>There is no indication, as yet, of the fund administrators response. </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/03/columbia-jewish-faculty-protests-settlement-fund" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/03/columbia-jewish-faculty-protests-settlement-fund"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.theguardian.com/us-news/20</span><span class="invisible">26/jun/03/columbia-jewish-faculty-protests-settlement-fund</span></a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/judge/" rel="tag">#Judge</a> Says <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> Officials Must Restart <a href="/tags/asylum/" rel="tag">#Asylum</a> & <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> Processing</p><p>The judge invalidated policies the Trump administration enacted last year that halted asylum grants, as well as the processing of immigration benefits for people from 39 countries.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/civilrights/" rel="tag">#CivilRights</a> <a href="/tags/humanrights/" rel="tag">#HumanRights</a> <a href="/tags/dueprocess/" rel="tag">#DueProcess</a> <a href="/tags/dualstate/" rel="tag">#DualState</a> <a href="/tags/abuseofpower/" rel="tag">#AbuseOfPower</a> <a href="/tags/whitesupremacy/" rel="tag">#WhiteSupremacy</a> <a href="/tags/whitechristiannationalism/" rel="tag">#WhiteChristianNationalism</a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/05/us/politics/asylum-immigration-ruling.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nytimes.com/2026/06/05/us/politics/asylum-immigration-ruling.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nytimes.com/2026/06/05/us/</span><span class="invisible">politics/asylum-immigration-ruling.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share</span></a></p>
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<p>NEW: Last year, the Trump DOJ dropped its oversight of troubled police departments in several cities, claiming the reform efforts were “factually unjustified.”</p><p>But officers continued to engage in the same abuses, per a new ACLU report.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/aclu-trump-police-reform-doj-minneapolis-louisville-phoenix-memphis?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/aclu-trump-police-reform-doj-minneapolis-louisville-phoenix-memphis?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/acl</span><span class="invisible">u-trump-police-reform-doj-minneapolis-louisville-phoenix-memphis?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/doj/" rel="tag">#DOJ</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/police/" rel="tag">#Police</a> <a href="/tags/reform/" rel="tag">#Reform</a> <a href="/tags/oversight/" rel="tag">#Oversight</a> <a href="/tags/aclu/" rel="tag">#ACLU</a></p>
<p>As the <a href="/tags/pentagon/" rel="tag">#Pentagon</a> stays quiet, AP reconstructs a <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#US</a> strike killing over 100 Iranian <a href="/tags/children/" rel="tag">#children</a></p><p>A US missile killed Iranian schoolchildren four months ago. We still don’t know the full story</p><p><a href="/tags/trumpswar/" rel="tag">#TrumpsWar</a> <a href="/tags/iranwar/" rel="tag">#IranWar</a> <a href="/tags/iran/" rel="tag">#Iran</a> <a href="/tags/war/" rel="tag">#war</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/warcrimes/" rel="tag">#WarCrimes</a> <a href="/tags/rulesofwar/" rel="tag">#RulesOfWar</a> <a href="/tags/internationallaw/" rel="tag">#InternationalLaw</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/congress/" rel="tag">#Congress</a> <a href="/tags/warpowers/" rel="tag">#WarPowers</a> <a href="/tags/geopolitics/" rel="tag">#geopolitics</a> <a href="/tags/nationalsecurity/" rel="tag">#NationalSecurity</a> <a href="/tags/middleeast/" rel="tag">#MiddleEast</a> <br><a href="https://apnews.com/article/iran-school-strike-baluch-trump-2a134a5c74d80db763db4c3eb6d0d847" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="apnews.com/article/iran-school-strike-baluch-trump-2a134a5c74d80db763db4c3eb6d0d847"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/iran-school</span><span class="invisible">-strike-baluch-trump-2a134a5c74d80db763db4c3eb6d0d847</span></a></p>
<p>A federal judge strikes down Trump administration immigration policy affecting 39 countries ~</p><p>In a nutshell, US District Judge John McConnell Jr. said that the <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#trump</a> admin ignored the law and did whatever it wanted, justifying its actions with bogus 'national security’ pretexts as a cover for anti-immigrant bias that it is not supposed to let influence its decision making.</p><p><a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#USA</a> <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#US</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#immigration</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a><br>---<br><a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-immigration-asylum-citizenship-10591d120e5cb13da736d9eeb06757c8" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="apnews.com/article/trump-immigration-asylum-citizenship-10591d120e5cb13da736d9eeb06757c8"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/trump-immig</span><span class="invisible">ration-asylum-citizenship-10591d120e5cb13da736d9eeb06757c8</span></a></p>
<p>🚨‼️🚨‼️🚨</p><p><a href="/tags/scotus/" rel="tag">#SCOTUS</a> upholds <a href="/tags/birthrightcitizenship/" rel="tag">#BirthrightCitizenship</a>, rejecting <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> proposed limits</p><p>SCOTUS Tuesday upheld a broad conception of birthright citizenship, rejecting Trump’s EO declaring <a href="/tags/children/" rel="tag">#children</a> born to parents in the <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#US</a> illegally or temporarily are not US <a href="/tags/citizens/" rel="tag">#citizens</a>. The decision, in line with the longstanding judicial interpretation of the <a href="/tags/14thamendment/" rel="tag">#14thAmendment</a>, comes on the final day of a SCOTUS term that has centered on Trump’s expansive claims of <a href="/tags/presidentialpower/" rel="tag">#PresidentialPower</a>.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#immigration</a> <a href="/tags/immigrationlaw/" rel="tag">#ImmigrationLaw</a></p>
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<p>It’ll probably be as well done as the no-bid <a href="/tags/reflectingpool/" rel="tag">#ReflectingPool</a>.</p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> is using a $500M <a href="/tags/nobid/" rel="tag">#NoBid</a> contract to build his White House <a href="/tags/ballroom/" rel="tag">#ballroom</a><br>
The secret agreement was routed through a <a href="/tags/whitehouse/" rel="tag">#WhiteHouse</a> office that typically handles repairs & furnishings & is exempt from competitive bidding requirements.</p><p><a href="/tags/giftarticle/" rel="tag">#GiftArticle</a></p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/taxpayersmoney/" rel="tag">#TaxPayersMoney</a> <a href="/tags/governmentwaste/" rel="tag">#GovernmentWaste</a> <a href="/tags/oversight/" rel="tag">#oversight</a> <a href="/tags/landmark/" rel="tag">#landmark</a> <a href="/tags/ushistory/" rel="tag">#UShistory</a> <a href="/tags/urbanplanning/" rel="tag">#UrbanPlanning</a> <a href="/tags/architecture/" rel="tag">#architecture</a> <br><a href="https://wapo.st/4vWKurH" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>wapo.st/4vWKurH</a></p>
