More #Tariffs Threat Makes US Trade Partners Wary of Signing Deals -
Tariff negotiations with the #Trump administration are running into roadblocks, as partners balk at signing deals without knowing how badly they’ll be hit by separate levies on exports
#TrumpTax
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-26/fear-of-sectoral-tariffs-proving-roadblock-for-trump-trade-deals
#DOJ says it intends to try #KilmarAbregoGarcia on *smuggling*
#Trump’s *Justice* Dept said Thurs that it intends to try Garcia on federal smuggling charges in Tennessee before it moves to deport him to a country that is not his native #ElSalvador.
“This defendant has been charged with *horrific crimes*, including trafficking children, & will not walk free in our country again,” DOJ propagandist Chad Gilmartin told AP.
#immigration #law #propaganda #rendition
https://apnews.com/article/kilmar-abrego-garcia-maryland-tennessee-charges-deportation-c96844906793b35a80f9bbb4afa07e94?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-06-26-Breaking+News
#Crypto Industry Reaches Milestone With Passage of First Major #Bill
After a week of squabbling in Washington, the #cryptocurrency industry secured one of its primary legislative objectives & made progress toward a second one.
#Trump #broligarchy
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/technology/crypto-industry-milestone-legislation.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
"How’s this for a vibe check: A Quinnipiac University poll yesterday found that a whopping 63 percent of voters disapprove of how the Trump administration is handling the Epstein-files controversy, with a scant 17 percent approving."
~ Bulwark
#Trump #Epstein #pedophiles #CoverUp #ConspiracyTheories #MAGA
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https://www.thebulwark.com/p/a-crisis-of-maga-faith-trump-epsitein-files-q-anon-conspiracy-theories
Dear World,
A lot of us here in Insanity Land did not vote for Trump and strongly disapprove of his actions, including his dropping of bombs on Iran .
Today is the final day of #SCOTUS’ term — & the justices have left some of the most important & contentious cases until the end.
They are slated to release 6 opinions, including decisions that will deal with nationwide #injunctions on #Trump’s ban on #BirthrightCitizenship, whether #parents can opt their children out of #school lessons involving #LGBTQ #books, & a #Texas #law that requires age verification to view online #porn.
🧵
Keep ‘em coming
Gov. Gavin #Newsom of #California sued Fox News [sic], accusing it of defaming him in coverage of a phone call he had with #Trump this month. The lawsuit seeks at least $787 million in damages.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/us/politics/gavin-newsom-fox-news-lawsuit-trump-call.html
States Fear Critical Funding From FEMA May Be Drying Up
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Many states rely on the federal government for the vast majority of their emergency management funding. Now, local leaders are looking for clues about the money — and the future of FEMA itself.
https://www.propublica.org/article/fema-grants-trump-emergencies?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #FEMA #Hurricane #Disaster #Emergency #Government #Trump
#Trump officials accused of defying 1 in 3 #judges who ruled against him
A comprehensive analysis of hundreds of lawsuits against Trump policies shows dozens of examples of defiance, delay & dishonesty, which experts say pose an unprecedented threat to the #US #legal system.
#law #judiciary #Constitution #democracy #SeparationOfPowers #Autocracy #AbuseOfPower
https://wapo.st/4eVMYP0
#Trump said Friday that he’s immediately suspending #trade talks with #Canada over its plans to continue with its tax on #technology firms, which he called “a direct & blatant attack on our country.”
Trump wrote on Truth Social that the Canadians had just informed the #US it would stick to its plan to impose the tax set to take effect Monday.
#DigitalServices #TradeWar #economy #RevengePolitics
https://apnews.com/live/donald-trump-news-updates-6-27-2025#00000197-b296-de08-a1f7-f7dec60b0000
#Idaho doctor & patients sue over new law halting public #benefits to #immigrants in US unlawfully
An #Idaho doctor & 4 residents are challenging a new state #law that halts some of the few public benefits available to people living in the US unlawfully, including a program that provides access to lifesaving #HIV & #AIDS #medication for #LowIncome patients.
#law #PublicHealth #immigration #Trump #judiciary
https://apnews.com/article/immigration-lawsuit-idaho-public-benefits-law-hiv-cf96bf26018ed8fc9876da50390eafb8
Nike says #Trump tariff war cost it $1bn
#Indonesia, #Vietnam and #China manufactured 95% of its footwear.
#Tariffs of up to 60% has been imposed on them.
« #Nike reported its worst quarterly earnings in more than three years, as revenues slumped 12% to $11.1bn in the three months to the end of May. » #tootsea
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/jun/27/nike-says-trump-tariff-war-could-cost-it-1bn
#SCOTUS Sides with #Trump Against the #Judiciary
Its ruling lets the President temporarily revoke #BirthrightCitizenship —& enforce other #unconstitutional #ExecutiveOrders without fear of being blocked by “rogue judges.”
By Ruth Marcus
#law #democracy #Constitution #SeparationOfPowers
https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/the-supreme-court-sides-with-trump-against-the-judiciary
"On Tuesday, the pastor [Ara Torosian of Cornerstone West Los Angeles church] recorded on his phone as masked Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents arrested two of his church members on a Los Angeles sidewalk. The Iranian husband and wife had pending asylum cases, according to Torosian. They fled Iran for fear of persecution for being Christians and had been part of his congregation for about a year."
~ Andy Olson
#Trump #StephenMiller #ICE #immigrants
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https://www.christianitytoday.com/2025/06/ice-arrests-church-leaders-christians-fleeing-persecution/
Finally a tiny bit of good news
US #LawFirm #SusmanGodfrey defeats #Trump #ExecutiveOrder
Law firm Susman Godfrey convinced a judge on Friday to permanently block a White House EO against it, capping a string of court victories for #LawFirms targeted for their association with Trump's perceived enemies.
#FreeSpeech #DueProcess #law #Constitution
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/us-law-firm-susman-godfrey-defeats-trump-executive-order-2025-06-27/
The #Senate on Friday rejected a #Democratic measure that would have forced #Trump to go to #Congress for approval of another #military strike against #Iran [he was supposed to for the first]. The resolution had little chance of succeeding in a #Republican-controlled & Trump lick-spittle Congress.
#Constitution #law #SeparationOfPowers #ChecksAndBalances #ExecutiveAuthority #AbuseOfPower #authoritarianism #dictatorship #tyranny #AmericanAutocracy
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/us/politics/trump-war-powers-iran-strike.html?smid=url-share
US Navy Ship Harvey Milk renamed for a WW2 officer amid #Trump administration efforts to cut #DEI
Other Navy vessel named under review include those named after Thurgood Marshall, Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Harriet Tubman, Dolores Huerta, Cesar Chavez, Lucy Stone and Medgar Evers.
https://www.npr.org/2025/06/27/nx-s1-5449053/harvey-milk-navy-ship-renamed-oscar-peterson
Calling from a Texas detention center, José Manuel Ramos Bastidas told his wife to hit record:
“They detained me simply because of my tattoos. I am not a criminal.”
“Just in case something happens to me, so you can be aware.”
A month later, he was gone.
https://www.propublica.org/article/venezuelan-deportees-trump-immigration-asylum-el-salvador?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Immigration #Trump #Deportation #ICE #ElSalvador #Venezuela
Conservatives Get the #PBS & #NPR Cuts They’ve Wanted for Decades
The cuts speak to #Trump’s grip on his party but also to the sweeping changes in #media.
They tried under Ronald Reagan & George H.W. Bush & George W. Bush. Newt Gingrich gave it a go when he controlled the #House, & Bob Dole did, too, when he held power in the #Senate.
But for 5 decades, #Republicans failed time & again to choke off #federal #funding for #PublicBroadcasting.
#censorship #autocracy
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/business/media/npr-pbs-funding-cuts-republicans.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
"In short, nobody knows what is going on out there in the Everglades. ...
Even with as little as we are being told, we know what is going on. They have built an American concentration camp in Florida. It is evidence of fascism, and it must stop."
~ Lucian K. Truscott
#Trump #StephenMiller #ICE #MaskedThugs #ConcentrationCamps #AlligatorAlcatraz #immigrants #deportations #cruelty #fascism
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https://luciantruscott.substack.com/p/its-official-our-country-now-has
FBI agents were told to ‘flag’ any Epstein records that mentioned Trump, Sen. Durbin says
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/18/trump-epstein-fbi-durbin.html
#Trump’s National Guard #Troops Are Questioning Their Mission in #LA.
Thousands of #NationalGuard members have served in the #LosAngeles region since last month. 6 #soldiers spoke in interviews about low morale over the deployment.
#law #Constitution #FreeSpeech #FreedomOfAssembly #domestic #military #deployment #PosseComitatusAct
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/us/trump-national-guard-california.html?unlocked_article_code=1.XU8.DHg3.DiDSwciqqUpD&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
#Corruption in plain sight
The #DOJ on Friday fired at least 3 prosecutors involved in #Jan6 #criminal cases, the latest moves by the #Trump admin targeting attys connected to the massive prosecution of the Jan 6, 2021, #insurrection…
Those dismissed include 2 attorneys who worked as supervisors overseeing Jan6 prosecutions in the #USattorney’s office in #DC as well as a line atty who prosecuted cases stemming from the insurrection…
#law #PoliticalViolence #MafiaState
https://apnews.com/article/jan-6-prosecutions-capitol-riot-trump-bondi-1107441a68cef171dfff4e680e438452?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-06-27-Breaking+News
