As far as I'm concerned, Lisa Needham speaks the gospel truth here:
"American history has no shortage of legendarily bad chief justices and disgraceful decisions. But Chief Justice John Roberts has overseen the wholesale corruption and capture of the Supreme Court, and history should look back on his tenure with revulsion."
#SupremeCourt #JohnRoberts #Trump #corruption #disgrace
https://www.publicnotice.co/p/john-roberts-worst-chief-justice-of-all-time
Last month Trump-sponsored crypto company World Liberty Financial announced their largest investment to date from a UAE company called Aqua 1 Foundation
There is no evidence that Aqua 1 exists
Truly bonkers story
#Trump #TrumpCrypto #WorldLibertyFinancial #WLFI #Aqua1Foundation
https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/trump-crypto-world-liberty-financial-aqua-1-foundation/
#Trump #FEMA leader is a no-show after deadly #Texas #flooding
David Richardson, the agency’s acting administrator, has not been to the site of one of the nation’s deadliest #floods in the US in the past 25 years….
Public appearances by FEMA administrators, including meetings w/governors & survivors, have been a typical part of the nation’s #disaster response, reassuring the public of #federal support & showcasing political unity.
#kakistocracy
https://www.eenews.net/articles/fema-leader-is-a-no-show-after-deadly-texas-flooding/
"Whistleblower's texts refer to #Trump judicial nominee Emil Bove's alleged advice to DOJ lawyers to defy court orders
..show Reuveni unsuccessfully pressed his colleagues, other fed agencies for assistance in fulfilling a court order that Abrego be returned to US in March. ..allegedly reveal attempts by Trump admin officials to label Abrego a leader of MS-13 — which Abrego's lawyers have strongly denied — and downplay the agency's mistake in removing him to El Sal" https://cbsn.ws/406xr9a
Crystallizing the collapse of the #USA's standing in the world under #Trump in one news item:
"#Myanmar’s military leader lauded Mr Donald Trump... after a tariff letter from the #US President believed to be #Washington’s first public recognition of its rule
General Min Aung Hlaing endorsed Mr Trump’s false claim that the 2020 US election was stolen, and thanked him for shutting down funding to US-backed media providing independent coverage of conflict-wracked Myanmar"
#SCOTUS on Wednesday upheld Tennessee’s ban on #gender-affirming care for #transgender minors, a stunning setback to #TransgenderRights.
The 6-3 decision in a case from #Tennessee effectively protects from legal challenges many efforts by #Trump’s #Republican admin & #state govts to roll back #protections for transgender people. 26 other #states have laws similar to the one in TN.
#law #discrimination #bigotry #LGBTQ #CivilRights #HumanRights #privacy #BodilyAutonomy
https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-transgender-health-care-trump-79fc6f3bbdab2e92d6f0184201a468a9?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-06-18-Breaking+News
"Over 2,000 senior staff set to leave #NASA under agency push."
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/09/nasa-staff-departures-00444674
"At least 2,145 senior-ranking NASA employees are set to leave under a push to shed staff…The 2,145 employees are those in GS-13 to GS-15 positions — senior-level government ranks that are typically reserved for those with specialized skills or management responsibilities."
#DefendResearch #Funding #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics
Internal #DOJ messages bolster claim that #Trump judicial nominee spoke of defying #court orders
#EmilBove, the deputy US Attorney General who has been nominated to be an appellate #judge, is the subject of #whistleblower allegations.
A fired DOJ attorney has provided #Congress with a trove of emails & text messages to corroborate his claims that a controversial Trump judicial nominee—top DOJ official Emil Bove—crudely discussed defying court orders.
#law #judiciary
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/10/emil-bove-whistleblower-documents-00446225
Top Experts’ Backgrounder: #Military Action Against #Iran & US #Domestic #Law
With #Trump reportedly considering bringing the #UnitedStates directly into the armed conflict between #Israel & Iran, & in particular #offensive strikes against Iran’s #nuclear program, it is important to understand the #legal framework that governs whether & when a President can use military force overseas under US domestic law (…the use of force must also comport w/ #InternationalLaw…).
https://www.justsecurity.org/64645/war-powers-trump-iran-strikes/
The #FBI Is Using #Polygraphs to Test Officials’ #Loyalty to #Trump & his allies
Some senior officials who have taken the test have been asked whether they said anything negative about the FBI director, #KashPatel, in a highly unusual use of the tool.
#law #fascism #authoritarianism #dictatorship #tyranny #AmericanAutocracy
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/us/politics/fbi-polygraph-kash-patel.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
👀 “ #Trump Privately Approved Attack Plans for #Iran but Has Withheld Final Order
He’s is hoping that threatening to join Israel’s strikes will lead Tehran to abandon its nuclear program”
Source: WSJ https://share.google/mQ4kcx9cWuTx54dbW
MORE:
"Trump is currently meeting with national security advisers in the Situation Room regarding the ongoing conflict with Israel and Iran, multiple sources confirmed to ABC News."
Barack #Obama warns the #US is ‘dangerously close’ to slipping into #autocracy under #Trump
In rare public remarks, the fmr president said recent actions from the admin are “not consistent with American #democracy.”
#USpol #democracy #Constitution #law
https://www.msnbc.com/top-stories/latest/barack-obama-trump-speech-trump-autocracy-rcna213729
Frightening images out of #Pasadena, #California show a plainclothes #federal #LawEnforcement officer at a stoplight jumping out of his vehicle & drawing his #weapon on a person attempting to #photograph his license plate.
Details are limited & exact circumstances of the incident are unknown, but the potentially deadly confrontation occurred Wed morning at around the same time federal #immigration agents carried out an op at a bus stop nearby.
#law #Trump #AbuseOfPower
https://ktla.com/news/local-news/plainclothes-federal-agent-draws-gun-on-man-at-stoplight-in-pasadena/
During a very awkward White House visit Wednesday by Italian #soccer giant #Juventus, #Trump disgustingly pressed players & club officials on #transgender athletes in a desperate attempt to get them to parrot his juvenile bullying.
The inappropriate scene unfolded in the Oval Office, where members of the Serie A squad stood — obviously uncomfortable — behind Trump who was sitting at the Resolute Desk.
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6436693/2025/06/19/weah-juventus-trump-iran-war/
President Trump delays TikTok ban for third time, giving 90 days for a deal to be struck with American owner. @AssociatedPress reports:
My last day of work at the World Trade Center was Sept 10, 2001. I worked late, so I was going to go in late the next day. I never made it in (the planes hit in the morning). I was at 5 WTC, a 9 story building between the towers, all my coworkers evacuated
What I remember most were the missing person posters, especially plastered all over Grand Central Terminal
Now we experience it again with #ICE under #Trump
Powered by the same stupid hate and fear that powered 9/11
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/18/los-angeles-missing-posters-ice
#NoKings #Protest #Solidarity #Immigrants #MassDeportation #EndICE #StopICE #Project2025 #Trump #MAGA #ThisIsFascism #ThisIsWhatYouVotedFor #ElectionsHaveConsequences #SaveDemocracy #USConstitution #DueProcess #FirstAid #JustFollowingOrders #NationalGuard #July17 #OathToDefendTheConstitution #FreePress #LetsGoTaco
https://www.instagram.com/bob_almost
https://www.instagram.com/almost_bobby
#LA #Dodgers denied #ICE agents access to #DodgerStadium parking lot
The #LosAngeles Dodgers on Thurs said they had denied ICE agents access to the parking lot at Dodger Stadium earlier in the day.
"This morning, ICE agents came to Dodger Stadium & requested permission to access the parking lots," the team said in a social media post.
"They were denied entry to the grounds by the organization. Tonight's game will be played as scheduled."
#immigration #law #Trump
https://www.reuters.com/sports/la-dodgers-say-they-denied-ice-agents-access-dodger-stadium-parking-lot-2025-06-19/
US #judge blocks #Trump plan to tie #states' #transportation funds to #immigration enforcement
A federal judge on Thursday blocked the Trump admin from forcing 20 #Democratic-led states to cooperate with immigration enforcement in order to receive billions of dollars in transportation #grant #funding, according to a court filing.
#law #judiciary
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/us-judge-blocks-trump-plan-tie-states-transportation-funds-immigration-2025-06-19/
It's so very offending how #Trump thinks he can "solve" the illegal war by Russia against Ukraine without even talking to Ukraine
Russia needs to fuck off out of Ukraine and return all the land, repay for the war damage and at least pay some heavy fines before even talking about peace if you ask me
Why do we have so many fascist toddler like dictators on this planet..
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US court lets #Trump retain control of #California #NationalGuard for now
A US appeals court let Trump late Thurs retain control over CA's National Guard while the state's #Democratic #governor proceeds with a lawsuit challenging the legality of the #Republican president's use of the #troops to *quell* #protests & unrest in #LosAngeles.
#law #Title10 #PosseComitatusAct #ExecutiveOverreach #AbuseOfPower
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-court-lets-trump-retain-control-california-national-guard-now-2025-06-20/
"Adam Boyd, a 33-year-old attorney who resigned from ICE’s legal department last month, told me he left because the mission was no longer about protecting the homeland from threats. 'It became a contest of how many deportations could be reported to Stephen Miller by December,' Boyd said. ...
'I had to make a moral decision,' he told me."
~ Nick Miroff
#Trump #StephenMiller #ICE #immigrants #deportations #violence #ConcentrationCamps
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https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/07/trump-ice-morale-immigration/683477/
When George Mason University president Gregory Washington received notice that the Trump administration had opened an investigation into complaints of antisemitism, he was “perplexed.”
But there are signs it may be part of a coordinated campaign to oust him.
https://www.propublica.org/article/george-mason-university-antisemitism-investigation-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #University #HigherEd #Education #Trump #Virginia #DEI
#California surgical center staff demand to see #warrant as #ICE agents detain landscaper
Federal #immigration agents seeking to detain a Honduran landscaper chased him into a SoCal surgical center & quickly found themselves in a tense standoff as clinic staff demanded to see identification & a warrant.
#law #Trump #immigration #Gestapo #DueProcess
https://apnews.com/article/ice-arrest-california-surgery-center-c827038f1a40227dc05ab1c28b048035
