<p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> Says He Is Prepared to Send ‘More Than the <a href="/tags/nationalguard/" rel="tag">#NationalGuard</a>’ Into US <a href="/tags/cities/" rel="tag">#Cities</a></p><p>In a speech to American <a href="/tags/troops/" rel="tag">#troops</a> assembled in Japan on Tuesday, Trump said he would escalate his orders to active duty branches of the <a href="/tags/military/" rel="tag">#military</a> if he decides it is appropriate.</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/freedomofassembly/" rel="tag">#FreedomOfAssembly</a> <a href="/tags/righttoprotest/" rel="tag">#RightToProtest</a> <a href="/tags/civilrights/" rel="tag">#CivilRights</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/dictatorship/" rel="tag">#Dictatorship</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a> <a href="/tags/tyranny/" rel="tag">#Tyranny</a> <a href="/tags/mafiastate/" rel="tag">#MafiaState</a> <a href="/tags/militarystate/" rel="tag">#MilitaryState</a> <a href="/tags/martiallaw/" rel="tag">#MartialLaw</a> <a href="/tags/possecomitatusact/" rel="tag">#PosseComitatusAct</a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/us/politics/trump-japan-national-guard-us-cities.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/us/politics/trump-japan-national-guard-us-cities.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/us/</span><span class="invisible">politics/trump-japan-national-guard-us-cities.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare</span></a></p>
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<p>>2 dozen states sued the <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> admin Tuesday over its recent refusal to fund <a href="/tags/foodstamps/" rel="tag">#FoodStamps</a> during the government <a href="/tags/shutdown/" rel="tag">#shutdown</a>, seeking to spare roughly 42 million people from <a href="/tags/hunger/" rel="tag">#hunger</a> & financial hardship starting in a matter of days.</p><p>The states, including officials in Arizona, California & Massachusetts, asked a federal judge to force Washington to tap emergency reserve money so that families do not see an interruption to their benefits under <a href="/tags/snap/" rel="tag">#SNAP</a> starting Nov 1.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/us/politics/trump-food-stamps-snap-lawsuit.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/us/politics/trump-food-stamps-snap-lawsuit.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/us/</span><span class="invisible">politics/trump-food-stamps-snap-lawsuit.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare</span></a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#US</a> <a href="/tags/consumer/" rel="tag">#consumer</a> confidence slips to 6-month low; worries over <a href="/tags/job/" rel="tag">#job</a> availability rising</p><p>The Conference Board survey on Tuesday also confirmed what economists describe as a K-shaped <a href="/tags/economy/" rel="tag">#economy</a>, with confidence declining among <a href="/tags/consumers/" rel="tag">#consumers</a> making an annual income of <$75,000, but consumers earning >$200,000 a year more upbeat. Economists argue that high-income households are keeping the economy afloat through robust consumer spending.</p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/plutocracy/" rel="tag">#plutocracy</a> <br><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-consumer-confidence-slips-october-worries-over-jobs-persist-2025-10-28/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.reuters.com/world/us/us-consumer-confidence-slips-october-worries-over-jobs-persist-2025-10-28/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.reuters.com/world/us/us-co</span><span class="invisible">nsumer-confidence-slips-october-worries-over-jobs-persist-2025-10-28/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement</span></a></p>
<p>3 Scandals in 4 Days That Would Define Any Other Presidency </p><p>“Part of the issue is that for <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a>, enriching himself and his family is one of the core purposes of his presidency. </p><p>The media industry is both unwilling and unable to cover this level of corruption rigorously.”</p><p><a href="https://popular.info/p/3-scandals-in-4-days-that-would-define" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="popular.info/p/3-scandals-in-4-days-that-would-define"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">popular.info/p/3-scandals-in-4</span><span class="invisible">-days-that-would-define</span></a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#US</a> <a href="/tags/military/" rel="tag">#military</a> officials involved with <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a>'s expanding operations in <a href="/tags/latinamerica/" rel="tag">#LatinAmerica</a> have been asked to sign <a href="/tags/ndas/" rel="tag">#NDAs</a>, 3 US ofcls say, a development that raises new questions about a military buildup that <a href="/tags/venezuela/" rel="tag">#Venezuela</a> fears may lead to <a href="/tags/invasion/" rel="tag">#invasion</a>.</p><p>The step is highly unusual, given that military ofcls are already required to shield <a href="/tags/nationalsecurity/" rel="tag">#NationalSecurity</a> secrets from public view, & comes as lawmakers in <a href="/tags/congress/" rel="tag">#Congress</a> say they are being kept in the dark about key aspects of the mission.</p><p><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/us-military-officials-required-sign-ndas-tied-latin-america-mission-sources-say-2025-10-28/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.reuters.com/world/americas/us-military-officials-required-sign-ndas-tied-latin-america-mission-sources-say-2025-10-28/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.reuters.com/world/americas</span><span class="invisible">/us-military-officials-required-sign-ndas-tied-latin-america-mission-sources-say-2025-10-28/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement</span></a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/broadview/" rel="tag">#Broadview</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> facility a ‘black box’ where <a href="/tags/immigrants/" rel="tag">#immigrants</a> denied access to <a href="/tags/lawyers/" rel="tag">#lawyers</a>, <a href="/tags/medicine/" rel="tag">#medicine</a>, lawsuit claims</p><p>The ACLU of <a href="/tags/illinois/" rel="tag">#Illinois</a> & others ask a federal judge to intervene against “inhumane” conditions. Federal <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#immigration</a> officials [who no one believes anymore] say claims that there are “subprime conditions at the Broadview ICE facility are false.”</p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/chicago/" rel="tag">#Chicago</a> <a href="/tags/constitution/" rel="tag">#Constitution</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/thecrueltyisthepoint/" rel="tag">#TheCrueltyIsThePoint</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a> <a href="/tags/whitesupremacy/" rel="tag">#WhiteSupremacy</a><br><a href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/31/advocates-allege-inhumane-conditions-at-chicago-area-ice-facility-in-new-lawsuit" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/31/advocates-allege-inhumane-conditions-at-chicago-area-ice-facility-in-new-lawsuit"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">chicago.suntimes.com/immigrati</span><span class="invisible">on/2025/10/31/advocates-allege-inhumane-conditions-at-chicago-area-ice-facility-in-new-lawsuit</span></a></p>
<p>“When people can’t get their <a href="/tags/snap/" rel="tag">#SNAP</a>, they’re going to go to the <a href="/tags/food/" rel="tag">#food</a> banks. There isn’t enough food in the food pantries to handle this need. I mean, they’re all saying we’re going to run out of food. There’s no way we can replace everybody’s SNAP benefits.” <a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/snap-benefits-shutdown-will-leave-hungry-students/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.texasobserver.org/snap-benefits-shutdown-will-leave-hungry-students/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.texasobserver.org/snap-ben</span><span class="invisible">efits-shutdown-will-leave-hungry-students/</span></a> </p><p><a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/poverty/" rel="tag">#poverty</a> <a href="/tags/hunger/" rel="tag">#hunger</a> <a href="/tags/economy/" rel="tag">#economy</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/bovino/" rel="tag">#Bovino</a> carries out <a href="/tags/halloween/" rel="tag">#Halloween</a> <a href="/tags/arrests/" rel="tag">#arrests</a>. 'They showed up here to terrorize people,' alder says</p><p>The agents swept through the <a href="/tags/chicago/" rel="tag">#Chicago</a> Albany Park & Edison Park neighborhoods, & suburban <a href="/tags/evanston/" rel="tag">#Evanston</a>, <a href="/tags/skokie/" rel="tag">#Skokie</a> & <a href="/tags/niles/" rel="tag">#Niles</a> Friday morning & afternoon after [dog killer] <a href="/tags/dhs/" rel="tag">#DHS</a> Secy <a href="/tags/kristinoem/" rel="tag">#KristiNoem</a> said *enforcement* [terrorist] operations would continue on Halloween despite <a href="/tags/illinois/" rel="tag">#Illinois</a> Gov <a href="/tags/jbpritzker/" rel="tag">#JBPritzker</a> asking they pause for the holiday.</p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/civilrights/" rel="tag">#CivilRights</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a> <a href="/tags/whitesupremacy/" rel="tag">#WhiteSupremacy</a> <br><a href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/31/2-detained-pepper-balls-fired-by-federal-agents-in-albany-park-it-happens-so-fast" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/31/2-detained-pepper-balls-fired-by-federal-agents-in-albany-park-it-happens-so-fast"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">chicago.suntimes.com/immigrati</span><span class="invisible">on/2025/10/31/2-detained-pepper-balls-fired-by-federal-agents-in-albany-park-it-happens-so-fast</span></a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> must release millions in <a href="/tags/grants/" rel="tag">#grants</a> meant to address the shortage of <a href="/tags/mentalhealth/" rel="tag">#MentalHealth</a> workers in <a href="/tags/schools/" rel="tag">#schools</a>, a federal judge ruled.</p><p><a href="/tags/congress/" rel="tag">#Congress</a> funded the program after the 2022 <a href="/tags/uvalde/" rel="tag">#Uvalde</a> <a href="/tags/schoolshooting/" rel="tag">#SchoolShooting</a>. The grants were intended to help schools hire more <a href="/tags/counselors/" rel="tag">#counselors</a>, <a href="/tags/psychologists/" rel="tag">#psychologists</a> & <a href="/tags/socialworkers/" rel="tag">#SocialWorkers</a>, & focus on rural & underserved areas. But Trump’s admin opposed <a href="/tags/diversity/" rel="tag">#diversity</a> considerations used to award the grants & told recipients they wouldn’t continue past Dec 2025.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <br><a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-education-department-mental-health-dei-ruling-8cb195602cffff3ee20724a9fbcd1bb1" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="apnews.com/article/trump-education-department-mental-health-dei-ruling-8cb195602cffff3ee20724a9fbcd1bb1"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/trump-educa</span><span class="invisible">tion-department-mental-health-dei-ruling-8cb195602cffff3ee20724a9fbcd1bb1</span></a></p>
<p>Border Patrol’s <a href="/tags/bovino/" rel="tag">#Bovino</a> agrees to return to court daily, as he & federal judge talk <a href="/tags/bodycams/" rel="tag">#BodyCams</a>, <a href="/tags/teargas/" rel="tag">#TearGas</a>, IDs</p><p>The top <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#US</a> <a href="/tags/borderpatrol/" rel="tag">#BorderPatrol</a> commander spent an hour on the stand Tuesday, responding to US District Judge Sara Ellis’ concerns about how federal agents have handled themselves, people they’ve detained, <a href="/tags/protesters/" rel="tag">#protesters</a> & <a href="/tags/journalists/" rel="tag">#journalists</a>.</p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/chicago/" rel="tag">#Chicago</a> <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/righttoprotest/" rel="tag">#RightToProtest</a> <a href="/tags/civilrights/" rel="tag">#CivilRights</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a> <a href="/tags/policebrutality/" rel="tag">#PoliceBrutality</a> <a href="/tags/militarystate/" rel="tag">#MilitaryState</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> <a href="/tags/cbp/" rel="tag">#CBP</a> <a href="/tags/gestapo/" rel="tag">#Gestapo</a> <br><a href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/28/border-patrol-gregory-bovino-federal-court" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/28/border-patrol-gregory-bovino-federal-court"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">chicago.suntimes.com/immigrati</span><span class="invisible">on/2025/10/28/border-patrol-gregory-bovino-federal-court</span></a></p>
<p>A federal judge in San Francisco on Tuesday indefinitely barred the <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> administration from firing <a href="/tags/federalworkers/" rel="tag">#FederalWorkers</a> during the government <a href="/tags/shutdown/" rel="tag">#shutdown</a>.</p><p>US District Judge Susan Illston granted a preliminary injunction [<a href="/tags/pi/" rel="tag">#PI</a>] that bars the firings while a lawsuit challenging them plays out. She had previously issued a temporary restraining order [<a href="/tags/tro/" rel="tag">#TRO</a>] against the job cuts that was set to expire Wednesday.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/orchestratedshutdown/" rel="tag">#OrchestratedShutdown</a> <a href="/tags/powergrab/" rel="tag">#PowerGrab</a> <br><a href="https://apnews.com/article/shutdown-layoffs-judge-trump-fdcb16f91c94d7bf73977e8968210b0e?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-10-28-Breaking+News" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="apnews.com/article/shutdown-layoffs-judge-trump-fdcb16f91c94d7bf73977e8968210b0e?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-10-28-Breaking+News"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/shutdown-la</span><span class="invisible">yoffs-judge-trump-fdcb16f91c94d7bf73977e8968210b0e?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-10-28-Breaking+News</span></a></p>
<p>WTAF??</p><p><a href="/tags/giftarticle/" rel="tag">#GiftArticle</a></p><p><a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> removed detainee <a href="/tags/protections/" rel="tag">#protections</a> after outreach from top <a href="/tags/private/" rel="tag">#private</a> contractor<br>
In new federal standards released Monday, the agency appeared to make changes that could benefit <a href="/tags/geogroup/" rel="tag">#GeoGroup</a>’s legal defense.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#immigration</a> <a href="/tags/humanrights/" rel="tag">#HumanRights</a> <a href="/tags/civilrights/" rel="tag">#CivilRights</a> <a href="/tags/forthepeoplebythepeople/" rel="tag">#ForThePeopleByThePeople</a> <br><a href="https://wapo.st/4giIJjm" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>wapo.st/4giIJjm</a></p>
<p>The <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> family raked in more than $800 million from sales of <a href="/tags/crypto/" rel="tag">#crypto</a> assets in the first half of 2025 alone, a Reuters examination found, on top of potentially billions more in unrealized “on paper” gains. Much of that cash has come from <a href="/tags/foreign/" rel="tag">#foreign</a> sources as Donald Trump's sons have touted their business on an international investor roadshow.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/emoluments/" rel="tag">#emoluments</a> <br><a href="https://www.reuters.com/investigations/inside-trump-familys-global-crypto-cash-machine-2025-10-28/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.reuters.com/investigations/inside-trump-familys-global-crypto-cash-machine-2025-10-28/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.reuters.com/investigations</span><span class="invisible">/inside-trump-familys-global-crypto-cash-machine-2025-10-28/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement</span></a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/giftarticle/" rel="tag">#GiftArticle</a></p><p>This is why you need to go to <a href="/tags/congress/" rel="tag">#Congress</a> to attack other nations!</p><p>As <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#US</a> ramps up the pressure, <a href="/tags/venezuela/" rel="tag">#Venezuela</a> pleads with Moscow for help<br>
Documents show <a href="/tags/maduro/" rel="tag">#Maduro</a> drafted letter asking <a href="/tags/russia/" rel="tag">#Russia</a> for missiles, radars & upgraded aircraft as US forces amass in the <a href="/tags/caribbean/" rel="tag">#Caribbean</a>.</p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/war/" rel="tag">#war</a> <a href="/tags/warpowers/" rel="tag">#WarPowers</a> <br><a href="https://wapo.st/4oKBgKO" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>wapo.st/4oKBgKO</a></p>
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<p>Two federal judges ruled nearly simultaneously on Friday that the <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> admin must continue to fund <a href="/tags/snap/" rel="tag">#SNAP</a>, the nation’s biggest <a href="/tags/food/" rel="tag">#food</a> <a href="/tags/aid/" rel="tag">#aid</a> program, using contingency funds during the government <a href="/tags/shutdown/" rel="tag">#shutdown</a>.</p><p>The rulings came a day before the <a href="/tags/usda/" rel="tag">#USDA</a> planned to freeze payments to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program because it said it could no longer keep funding it due to the shutdown.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/foodstamps/" rel="tag">#FoodStamps</a> <a href="/tags/poverty/" rel="tag">#poverty</a> <br><a href="https://apnews.com/live/donald-trump-news-updates-10-31-2025?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-10-31-Breaking+News" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="apnews.com/live/donald-trump-news-updates-10-31-2025?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-10-31-Breaking+News"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/live/donald-trump-n</span><span class="invisible">ews-updates-10-31-2025?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-10-31-Breaking+News</span></a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/chicago/" rel="tag">#Chicago</a>'s <a href="/tags/children/" rel="tag">#children</a> are getting caught in the chaos of <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a>’s <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#immigration</a> crackdowns</p><p>The 2-year-old boy was so frightened, he stuttered.</p><p>“Mommy, mommy, mommy,” he repeated, clinging to her.</p><p>His mother, Molly Kucich, had been grocery shopping when her husband called, panicking. She heard “immigration raid.” Then: “tear gas.”</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> <a href="/tags/cbp/" rel="tag">#CBP</a> <a href="/tags/gestapo/" rel="tag">#Gestapo</a> <a href="/tags/thecrueltyisthepoint/" rel="tag">#TheCrueltyIsThePoint</a> <a href="/tags/militarystate/" rel="tag">#MilitaryState</a> <br><a href="https://apnews.com/article/chicago-immigration-trump-crackdown-school-children-c9a19835cac13c0fbbebcc9f4bf4f0a2?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-10-28-Immigration+and+kids" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="apnews.com/article/chicago-immigration-trump-crackdown-school-children-c9a19835cac13c0fbbebcc9f4bf4f0a2?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-10-28-Immigration+and+kids"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/chicago-imm</span><span class="invisible">igration-trump-crackdown-school-children-c9a19835cac13c0fbbebcc9f4bf4f0a2?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-10-28-Immigration+and+kids</span></a></p>
<p>Legal experts called DHS’ move to use driver’s license data for citizenship checks more evidence of federal overreach.</p><p>“The administration wants to get as much data as it can, however it can, whenever it can.”<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/dhs-citizenship-checks-drivers-license-data?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/dhs-citizenship-checks-drivers-license-data?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/dhs</span><span class="invisible">-citizenship-checks-drivers-license-data?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/dhs/" rel="tag">#DHS</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#Data</a> <a href="/tags/privacy/" rel="tag">#Privacy</a> <a href="/tags/security/" rel="tag">#Security</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/giftarticle/" rel="tag">#GiftArticle</a></p><p><a href="/tags/nyag/" rel="tag">#NYAG</a> <a href="/tags/letitiajames/" rel="tag">#LetitiaJames</a>, is seeking to block a <a href="/tags/doj/" rel="tag">#DOJ</a> investigation into her office’s civil <a href="/tags/fraud/" rel="tag">#fraud</a> case against <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> by challenging the legitimacy of the <a href="/tags/usattorney/" rel="tag">#USattorney</a> in Albany, according to 2 people with knowledge of the matter.</p><p>James’s effort marks the fifth time the appointment of a top federal prosecutor installed by Trump has been challenged. The US attorney, John A. Sarcone III, declined to comment through a spox.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/nyregion/letitia-james-investigation-subpoenas.html?unlocked_article_code=1.xk8.Ntcp.-eURhCdEz64J&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/nyregion/letitia-james-investigation-subpoenas.html?unlocked_article_code=1.xk8.Ntcp.-eURhCdEz64J&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/nyr</span><span class="invisible">egion/letitia-james-investigation-subpoenas.html?unlocked_article_code=1.xk8.Ntcp.-eURhCdEz64J&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare</span></a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/ohio/" rel="tag">#Ohio</a> <a href="/tags/republicans/" rel="tag">#Republicans</a> Push Through New Districts in Bid for More Seats in <a href="/tags/congress/" rel="tag">#Congress</a></p><p>Republicans hold 10 of the state’s 15 seats in the <a href="/tags/house/" rel="tag">#House</a>. The new map improves the party’s odds of picking up two more in next year’s midterm <a href="/tags/elections/" rel="tag">#elections</a>.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/electionlaw/" rel="tag">#ElectionLaw</a> <a href="/tags/redistricting/" rel="tag">#redistricting</a> <a href="/tags/gerrymandering/" rel="tag">#gerrymandering</a> <a href="/tags/rigged/" rel="tag">#rigged</a> <a href="/tags/midterms/" rel="tag">#midterms</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/us/politics/ohio-redistricting-deal.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/us/politics/ohio-redistricting-deal.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/us/</span><span class="invisible">politics/ohio-redistricting-deal.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare</span></a></p>
<p>Federal judge rules <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> can’t require <a href="/tags/citizenship/" rel="tag">#citizenship</a> proof on the federal voting form</p><p>Trump’s request to add a documentary proof of citizenship requirement to the federal voter registration form cannot be enforced, a federal judge ruled Friday.</p><p>US District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly in Washington, DC, sided with <a href="/tags/democratic/" rel="tag">#Democratic</a> & <a href="/tags/civilrights/" rel="tag">#CivilRights</a> groups that sued the Trump admin over his executive order to overhaul US <a href="/tags/elections/" rel="tag">#elections</a>.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/electionlaw/" rel="tag">#ElectionLaw</a> <a href="/tags/votersuppression/" rel="tag">#VoterSuppression</a> <br><a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-elections-executive-order-democrats-citizenship-034a4d552a978a8f647d95bd3cf38ac0?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-10-31-Breaking+News" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="apnews.com/article/trump-elections-executive-order-democrats-citizenship-034a4d552a978a8f647d95bd3cf38ac0?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-10-31-Breaking+News"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/trump-elect</span><span class="invisible">ions-executive-order-democrats-citizenship-034a4d552a978a8f647d95bd3cf38ac0?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-10-31-Breaking+News</span></a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> directs <a href="/tags/pentagon/" rel="tag">#Pentagon</a> to ‘immediately’ start testing <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#US</a> <a href="/tags/nuclearweapons/" rel="tag">#NuclearWeapons</a></p><p>US president references <a href="/tags/china/" rel="tag">#China</a> & <a href="/tags/russia/" rel="tag">#Russia</a> in Truth Social post shortly before meeting with President <a href="/tags/xi/" rel="tag">#Xi</a> Jinping</p><p>In a Wednesday post to Truth Social, Trump said that, “because of other countries testing programs, I have instructed the Department of War to start testing our Nuclear Weapons on an equal basis. That process will begin immediately.”</p><p><a href="/tags/kakistocracy/" rel="tag">#kakistocracy</a> <br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/29/trump-pentagon-us-nuclear-weapons" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/29/trump-pentagon-us-nuclear-weapons"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.theguardian.com/us-news/20</span><span class="invisible">25/oct/29/trump-pentagon-us-nuclear-weapons</span></a></p>
<p>The <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/doj/" rel="tag">#DOJ</a> has placed 2 federal prosecutors in Washington on leave a day after they filed a document in court that referred to the <a href="/tags/jan6/" rel="tag">#Jan6</a>, 2021, attack on the <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#US</a> Capitol as a “riot” carried out by a “mob,” 2 people familiar with the matter said.</p><p>Imagine if they’d called it what it actually was, an <a href="/tags/insurrection/" rel="tag">#insurrection</a> carried out by <a href="/tags/insurgents/" rel="tag">#insurgents</a>.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a> <a href="/tags/facts/" rel="tag">#facts</a> <a href="/tags/seditiousconspiracy/" rel="tag">#SeditiousConspiracy</a> <a href="/tags/coup/" rel="tag">#coup</a> <a href="/tags/whitewashing/" rel="tag">#whitewashing</a> <a href="/tags/gaslighting/" rel="tag">#gaslighting</a> <a href="/tags/propaganda/" rel="tag">#propaganda</a> <br><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/10/29/trump-jan-6-prosecutors-suspended/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/10/29/trump-jan-6-prosecutors-suspended/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.washingtonpost.com/nationa</span><span class="invisible">l-security/2025/10/29/trump-jan-6-prosecutors-suspended/</span></a></p>
<p>New <a href="/tags/pentagon/" rel="tag">#Pentagon</a> policy undercuts <a href="/tags/trans/" rel="tag">#trans</a> troops' ability to ask to stay in the <a href="/tags/military/" rel="tag">#military</a>, AP learns</p><p>The Pentagon has rolled out a new policy that will severely undercut the ability for <a href="/tags/transgender/" rel="tag">#transgender</a> troops who have been banned from the <a href="/tags/armedforces/" rel="tag">#ArmedForces</a> by the <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> admin to turn to boards of their peers to argue for their right to stay in the military, according to a memo obtained by The AP.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/discrimination/" rel="tag">#discrimination</a> <a href="/tags/bigotry/" rel="tag">#bigotry</a> <a href="/tags/lgbtq/" rel="tag">#LGBTQ</a> <br><a href="https://apnews.com/article/transgender-troops-ban-military-trump-9c3018034a2608a28f6146fe17f0fe4b?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-10-31-Breaking+News" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="apnews.com/article/transgender-troops-ban-military-trump-9c3018034a2608a28f6146fe17f0fe4b?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-10-31-Breaking+News"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/transgender</span><span class="invisible">-troops-ban-military-trump-9c3018034a2608a28f6146fe17f0fe4b?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-10-31-Breaking+News</span></a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#US</a> to withdraw some troops from <a href="/tags/romania/" rel="tag">#Romania</a>, <a href="/tags/nato/" rel="tag">#NATO</a>'s eastern flank</p><p>The decision was expected given changes in Washington's priorities, but roughly 1,000 U.S. troops will continue to be stationed in Romania, the country's defense ministry said.</p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/allies/" rel="tag">#allies</a> <a href="/tags/alliance/" rel="tag">#alliance</a> <br><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/world/europe/us-troops-nato-eastern-flank-romania-russia-war-ukraine-rcna240436" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nbcnews.com/world/europe/us-troops-nato-eastern-flank-romania-russia-war-ukraine-rcna240436"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nbcnews.com/world/europe/u</span><span class="invisible">s-troops-nato-eastern-flank-romania-russia-war-ukraine-rcna240436</span></a></p>
<p>So</p><p>The elected <a href="/tags/president/" rel="tag">#President</a> of the <a href="/tags/unitedstatesofamerica/" rel="tag">#UnitedStatesofAmerica</a> may attempt to coerce the elected <a href="/tags/vicepresident/" rel="tag">#VicePresident</a> of the United States to overthrow an election at the <a href="/tags/electoralcollege/" rel="tag">#ElectoralCollege</a> and that is now considered an official act of the <a href="/tags/presidency/" rel="tag">#Presidency</a></p><p>Got it</p><p><a href="/tags/scotus/" rel="tag">#SCOTUS</a> <a href="/tags/donaldtrump/" rel="tag">#DonaldTrump</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/treason/" rel="tag">#Treason</a> <a href="/tags/leonardleo/" rel="tag">#LeonardLeo</a> <a href="/tags/federalistsociety/" rel="tag">#FederalistSociety</a> <a href="/tags/fedsoc/" rel="tag">#FedSoc</a> <a href="/tags/gop/" rel="tag">#GOP</a> <a href="/tags/republicanparty/" rel="tag">#RepublicanParty</a> <a href="/tags/republicans/" rel="tag">#Republicans</a></p>
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