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Joyce Vance: “This is a five-alarm fire. We know what the reaction would be if Joe #Biden tweeted a photo of a bound and gagged Donald #Trump in the trunk of an electric car. Why does Donald Trump get more leeway, especially with his past history? He only continues to get it because our institutions—the courts, the Republican party—let him take it.”
https://open.substack.com/pub/joycevance/p/we-need-to-talk-about-this?r=br61&utm_medium=ios
Worth emphasizing this, because most news outlets did not:
“Rep. Matt #Gaetz (R-Fla.) on Thursday ominously invoked Donald #Trump’s call to far-right violent extremists while joining the former president at his criminal trial in New York.
“Standing back and standing by, Mr. President,” Gaetz wrote on social media, along with a photo of himself positioned behind Trump at his trial.”
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/matt-gaetz-stand-back-stand-by-proud-boys_n_66462d52e4b0dd63cd2ba653 https://uk.news.yahoo.com/stand-back-stand-matt-gaetz-174110101.html
I want to puke.
Via Roger Parloff:
Belatedly noticing that #Trump's lawyers, in motions, have begun referring to his presidency as "President Trump's first term."
Via (yes, I know, but this is a report that Lisa Rubin reposted) Maggie Haberman:
After attacking over what court officials said was a hoax Twitter account that didn't belong to Justice Merchan's daughter, #Trump on Truth Social attacks the justice's daughter again, this time by name.
😱 "President #Trump’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) claims that making and posting videos of #ICE agents as they disappear tens of thousands of immigrants from America’s streets, workplaces, and courtrooms without due process is an act of “violence” to be dealt with accordingly." https://prospect.org/justice/2025-09-09-dhs-claims-videotaping-ice-raids-is-violence/
of course
#Trump Admin Halts #IRS Crackdown on Major #TaxShelters
The #Treasury Department is rolling back efforts to shut down aggressive strategies used by America’s biggest multinational companies & wealthiest people.
#law #criminal #billionaires #plutocracy #oligarchy
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/business/trump-irs-tax-shelters.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
🥴 Via Rupar:
a confused #Trump repeatedly claims that Andrew Cuomo is the "current governor" of New York (fact check: he is not)
A federal court ruled Tues that #FederalReserve Governor #LisaCook can remain in her position while she fights Trump’s efforts to fire her.
The ruling, which will be appealed, is a blow to the #Trump admin’s efforts to assert more #control over the traditionally #independent #Fed, which sets interest rates to achieve its congressionally mandated goals of stable #prices & maximum #employment. #Congress has also sought to insulate the Fed from #politics.
#law #economy
https://apnews.com/article/federal-reserve-governor-lisa-cook-trump-firing-651fcf0637cf14901bbd559df00c856b?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-09-09-Breaking+News
"U.S. and other Western countries are considering transferring to #NATO a U.S.-led multinational group that coordinates the shipment of weapons to #Ukraine, a move that could help maintain the flow of arms to Kyiv under a second #Trump presidency.
During the NATO foreign ministerial meeting in Brussels Wednesday and Thursday, officials are expected to discuss gradually moving the organization — called the Ukraine Defense Contact Group — into the alliance’s control.." https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/02/allies-consider-moving-ukraine-arms-group-into-nato-to-shield-it-from-trump-00150151
Since billionaire Jeff Yass is in the news for his involvement in #TikTok and #Trump's #TruthSocial, here's our deep-dive look into the #GOP megadonor who avoided $1 billion in #taxes and poured that money into campaigns to cut taxes and support #election deniers.
https://www.propublica.org/article/jeff-yass-susquehanna-tiktok-tax-avoidance
Trump Media will trade on Nasdaq on Tuesday under the stock symbol DJT
Trump has 79 million shares of Trump Media (60% of the stock) and owns a separate class of shares that gives him 55% voting power
Trump's shares could be valued at up to $3 billion
Trump Media will have immediate access to more than $300 million
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/25/business/trump-media-trading-tuesday.html
Via @aaron.rupar:
Who says Republicans can’t pass meaningful legislation
Liz Elkind:
Scoop: A group of House Republicans are pushing to have Washington Dulles, DC’s main international airport, renamed — after Donald #Trump
The bill’s being led by House GOP chief deputy whip Guy Reschenthaler & is co-sponsored by 6 other lawmakers
Truly disgusting how the fascist #Trump regime is censoring about everything that has even the slightest criticism on them
The US is becoming a dictatorship more with each day and they're not even trying to hide it
Disgusting
"On Tuesday, John Roberts, acting alone, stayed a lower court order requiring the administration to spend funds that had been lawfully appropriated by Congress. ...
So, as of Tuesday night, courtesy of John Roberts, Trump has a line-item veto, something no president before him has possessed in the 236-year history of this republic.
John Roberts has gone full MAGA."
~ Robert B. Hubbell
#Trump #SupremeCourt #JohnRoberts #corruption
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https://roberthubbell.substack.com/p/john-roberts-grants-trump-a-line
Department of Homeland Security called the supreme court decision a victory and vowed to continue to “flood the zone” in Los Angeles while accusing LA mayor Karen Bass of “protecting” immigrants. “DHS law enforcement will continue to FLOOD THE ZONE in Los Angeles. This decision is a victory for the safety of Americans in California and for the rule of law. DHS will continue to arrest and remove the criminal illegal aliens that @MayorOfLA is protecting,” read the social media post.
...
These fuckers speak in the cartoonishly evil style of Hollywood movie gestapo Nazis, and there's a reason for that. The groyper shitstains running their comms literally admire those characters as the "good guys".
#ice #Gestapo #nazi #sturmabteilung #MAGA #trump #fascism #racism #scotus #brettkavanaugh #dhs #USPol #MassDeportations #papersplease #altright #groypers #whitenationalism #losangeles
#CharlieKirk, #FarRight Activist, Fatally #Shot in Utah
Mr. Kirk, 31, a close ally of #Trump, was killed while speaking in front of a large crowd at #Utah Valley University. A university official said no suspect was in custody.
#law #GunControl #PoliticalViolence #extremism
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09/10/us/charlie-kirk-shot-utah?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
Via Rupar (I’m not including the screenshot of #Trump’s screed):
Trump directs harassment against the daughter of Judge Merchan
Via Tamar Hallerman:
Breaking: #Trump & 8 other defendants in Fulton election interference case appeal ruling that allowed #FaniWillis to stay on case
They argue, among other things, that Judge McAfee erred when he determined Willis didn't have personal stake in the case
The appeal isn't a surprise-- defendants asked McAfee for permission to appeal, which he granted earlier this month.
It's not [sic... now?] up to #Georgia Court of Appeals to decide whether to take up the appeal #legal
Via #Biden-Harris HQ:
Partner of #Trump’s Project 2025 calls for abolishing the 22nd Amendment, allowing Trump to be in office forever
The American Conservative headline: "Trump 2028" with the byline: "The Twenty-second Amendment is an arbitrary restraint on presidents who serve nonconsecutive terms-and on democracy itself."
Via Lawfare:
JUST IN: #Trump's defense team sent a premotion letter to Justice Merchan clarifying the express terms of the #GagOrder, saying that contrary to the People's suggestion, "the Court cannot 'direct' Pres Trump to do something that the gag order does not require." #legal
IOW: Trump's lawyers now argue that not only is Judge Merchan's daughter NOT covered by the gag order, but also that she SHOULD NOT be covered.
![‘The express terms of the gag order do not apply in the manner claimed by the People, which they seem to acknowledge by suggesting the need to “avoid any doubt.” That the gag order has been publicly interpreted in the way that Pres Trump reads it further supports defense position on order’s meaning." As a result, there was nothing “contumacious” about soc media posts cited in footnote ofPeople’s pre-motion letter, & no “warning]” would be approp. That s partic true i light of fact defense obj to vagueness of proposed gag order in opp to People’s motion.
..Court cannot “direct” Pres Trump to do sthg that gag order does not require. To “clarify or confirm” meaning of order in way People sugg would be to expand it. No expansion is approp on basis of 1-pg letter citing only 2cases, &where P Trump’s response been restricted to sgl page required 10 be submitted the following day while PTrump & defense counsel are preparing for trial. Given sensitvities assoc w prior restraints, if Court wishes to consider such an expansion, complete opp for full adversarial briefing s necessary. Such bricfing would address, constitutional problems attendant with any additional improper restrictions on protected campaign speech—which would implicate First Amendment rights that belong to not only President Trump but also the public, see Def. Opp'n 7- 1—where the family member referenced in the pre-motion letter is actively supporting adversarial campaign speech by Pres Trump's political opponents](/proxy/post_attachment/138037/c05b9aa0a6.png "‘The express terms of the gag order do not apply in the manner claimed by the People, which they seem to acknowledge by suggesting the need to “avoid any doubt.” That the gag order has been publicly interpreted in the way that Pres Trump reads it further supports defense position on order’s meaning.\" As a result, there was nothing “contumacious” about soc media posts cited in footnote ofPeople’s pre-motion letter, & no “warning]” would be approp. That s partic true i light of fact defense obj to vagueness of proposed gag order in opp to People’s motion.
..Court cannot “direct” Pres Trump to do sthg that gag order does not require. To “clarify or confirm” meaning of order in way People sugg would be to expand it. No expansion is approp on basis of 1-pg letter citing only 2cases, &where P Trump’s response been restricted to sgl page required 10 be submitted the following day while PTrump & defense counsel are preparing for trial. Given sensitvities assoc w prior restraints, if Court wishes to consider such an expansion, complete opp for full adversarial briefing s necessary. Such bricfing would address, constitutional problems attendant with any additional improper restrictions on protected campaign speech—which would implicate First Amendment rights that belong to not only President Trump but also the public, see Def. Opp'n 7- 1—where the family member referenced in the pre-motion letter is actively supporting adversarial campaign speech by Pres Trump's political opponents")
Federal Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin ordered the #Trump admin to restore funds for programs that provides legal services to unaccompanied minors in #immigration proceedings.
“Terminating funding for direct #LegalRepresentation for unaccompanied #children, without any plan to ensure continuity in representation, potentially violates Congress's express directive….”
#law #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #Constitution #RightToCounsel #6thAmendment #CivilRights #HumanRights
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.447078/gov.uscourts.cand.447078.33.0.pdf
Via Klasfeld:
Manhattan DA #Bragg fires shot across bow, telling judge the "properly read" gag order prohibits #Trump from attacking judge's daughter.
He wants judge to "warn" Trump to stop, under threat of contempt sanctions
Doc: https://documentcloud.org/documents/24524651-20240328-people-peoples-pre-motion-letter-filed
Eric Columbus did 🧵 on this:
Ok now I think I get this motion. DA wants to make crystal-clear Trump cannot attack his family. Gag order, read fairly, encompasses DA’s fam, but not 100% clear. Judge’s daughter discussed just for optics. 1/