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There’s a Way to Stop Trump’s #IRS #SlushFund
by #JamieRaskin
These days it takes a spectacular burst of #corruption to get the attention of our scandal-weary nation, but #Trump & his admin have managed, once again, to transfix Americans by establishing a $1.776 billion “anti-weaponization” fund in the #DOJ that will undoubtedly be used to line the pockets of Trump’s partisans & foot soldiers — with your tax dollars.
#law #criminal #theft #TaxpayersMoney
nytimes.com/2026/05/22/opinion…
The deal #Trump reached with his subordinates relies on a mechanism created by #Congress that legal experts warned was subject to manipulation.
…The whole enterprise is a jarring shock to conventional understanding of the #constitution, raising…profound questions of #PresidentialPower. If allowed to stand, Trump will have managed simultaneously to thwart Congress’s #PowerOfThePurse & the ability of the #courts to police the #SeparationOfPowers.
#Midterms #primaries updates #GiftArticle link [you *should* be able to access the link till polls close; I probably won’t stay online updating the results]:
So far…
Rep #AndyBarr, a Republican backed by #Trump, easily won a contested #primary for #Senate in #Kentucky, where he will be strongly favored in November to replace the long-serving Senator #MitchMcConnell, who is retiring.
#law #Congress #elections #USpol
nytimes.com/live/2026/05/19/us…
ICYMI A prayer festival backed by #Trump took place in DC yesterday.
Speakers including top #government officials framed the #UnitedStates as a nation founded to be explicitly #Christian [nope]. #Trump delivered a video message reading a #Bible passage aloud.
Until Trump, it was virtually unheard of for #US ofcls to publicly tie the nation to a specific set of #religious beliefs.
#law #Constitution #EstablishmentClause #FreedomOfReligion #ChurchAndState
The Silence That Meets the #Rape of #Palestinians
Male & female Palestinians describe brutal #SexualAbuse at the hands of #Israel prison guards, soldiers, settlers & interrogators.
It’s a simple proposition: Whatever our views of the #MiddleEast conflict, we should be able to unite in condemning rape.
#terrorism #torture #WarCrimes #CrimesAgainstHumanity #law #InternationalLaw #HumanRights
nytimes.com/2026/05/11/opinion…
I hope this is true
#StephenMiller in Retreat
The once-powerful aide’s influence has quietly diminished.
The WH deputy chief of staff & #DHS adviser designed Trump’s 2nd-term #immigration agenda. But weeks into the new year, #Trump dismantled the roving #CBP strike forces that Miller had encouraged; turned on Noem, who had carried out Miller’s aggressive instructions; & handed control of the #deportation program back to career law-enforcement ofcls.
Brutally honest analysis of Trump’s failure in #Iran & its impact on the #US & #GlobalOrder from Robert Kagan
Checkmate in Iran
It’s hard to think of a time when the #UnitedStates suffered a total defeat in a conflict, a setback so decisive that the strategic loss could be neither repaired nor ignored.
#Trump #failure #TrumpsWar #IranWar #war #ForeverWars #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast #NewWorldOrder
theatlantic.com/international/…
Checkmate in Iran
Washington can’t reverse or control the consequences of losing this war.Robert Kagan (The Atlantic)
Internal #ICE records reveal the widespread #UseOfForce in “#detention” centers [#ConcentrationCamps].
Reports detail how guards have increasingly used chemical agents & physical tactics on detainees, including on people demanding adequate water, food & medical care.
#Trump #law #immigration #CivilRights #HumanRights #AbuseOfPower #Authoritarianism #Autocracy #fascism #HumanitarianLaw #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #PoliceBrutality #ExcessiveForce #WhiteSupremacy
wapo.st/4tdgBRA
#Hegseth tightens control at #Pentagon, defiant & more [falsely] confident than ever
#Trump’s combative #defense secretary has grown more [undeservedly] self-assured of his job security despite his huge missteps in the role, people familiar with the matter said.
#TanInACanWarCriminal #law #InternationalLaw #WarCrimes #WarMonger #HumanGarbage #rapist #criminal #kegsbreath
wapo.st/3QJHkHY
The judge wasn’t amused.
#Musk’s outsize reputation, provocative remarks & his friction with a federal #judge have dominated the trial in his case against #ChatGPT-maker #OpenAI.
#law #judiciary #tech #business #AI #TechBros #billionaires #narcissism #megalomania #assholery
wapo.st/4cK7rqN
#SCOTUS kills #VotingRights
The Supreme Court’s decision to upend a key provision of the #VotingRightsAct [#VRA] has plunged the nation into a dizzying new era of partisan conflict, most likely ushering in a forever #redistricting war that could produce fewer competitive seats in #Congress & further #polarize #US politics.
#law #ElectionLaw #CivilRights #democracy #RepresentationMatters #authoritarianism #illiberalism #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt
nytimes.com/2026/04/30/us/poli…
