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#Trump is demanding to attach conditions to congressionally approved grants for #RadioFreeEurope / #RadioLiberty before releasing the money, despite a court order blocking it from terminating the funds. Acc/to court filings, Trump wants to be able to unilaterally pause funds for the federally funded broadcaster & shut down parts of its programming, among other moves that lawyers for #RFE say are forbidden by #Congress to ensure journalistic integrity.
#Trump crosses the Rubicon on ordering investigations of foes
Trump is now expressly ordering investigations of his foes — even criminal ones. That’s something Trump’s AG, #PamBondi, downplayed as a possibility at her confirmation hearing. (When asked what role the White House would play in investigation & prosecution decisions, Bondi responded: “It is the Department of Justice’s decision.”)
#law #AbuseOfPower #MilesTaylor #ChrisKrebs #RevengePolitics
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It’s begun.
The #SocialSecurity Admin this week entered the names & SSNs of >6,000 mostly Latino immigrants into a database it uses to track #dead people, effectively #erasing their ability to receive #benefits or #work legally in the #UnitedStates….
The move, requested by #DHS Secy [& dog killer] #KristiNoem, is aimed at putting pressure on the #undocumented immigrants to leave the country.
#trump #law #immigration #dehumanization #labor
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The goal is to cut those people off from using crucial financial services like bank accounts & credit cards, along w/their access to government benefits.
The effort hinges on a surprising new tactic: repurposing #SocialSecurity’s “death master file,” which for years has been used to track dead people who should no longer receive benefits, to include the names of living people who the govt believes should be TREATED AS IF THEY ARE DEAD.
Since taking office, #Trump has moved aggressively to revoke the temporary legal status of hundreds of thousands of #immigrants who were allowed into the country under President #Biden.
Now, the admin is taking drastic steps to pressure some of those immigrants & others who had legal status to “self-deport” by effectively canceling the #SocialSecurity numbers they had lawfully obtained….
#law #immigration #labor
nytimes.com/2025/04/10/us/poli…
Pressuring Migrants to ‘Self-Deport,’ White House Moves to Cancel Social Security Numbers
By placing migrants in Social Security’s “death master file,” the Trump administration is seeking to cut off their access to credit cards, bank accounts and other financial services.Alexandra Berzon (The New York Times)
Straight up criming
#Trump #tariffs #InsiderTrading #MarketManipulation #kleptocracy #oligarchy #SEC #criminal #law
Excellent!
A Norwegian court has determined that crypto mining is not "industry", and therefore can be excluded in local zoning plans for industry.
Municipalities in Norway want to exclude them because of the huge energy demands and very few jobs created.
This is a good decision. These data centres are a massive waste of energy and resources.
#Crypto #Miming #Energy #Law #Norway
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Staten vant ankesak om reguleringsplan – kryptoutvinning er ikke «industri»
– Dette får åpenbart store konsekvenser langt ut over denne saken, sier kryptoutbyggernes prosessfullmektig, etter at staten onsdag fikk fullt medhold i at kommunen kan nekte etableringen av et kraftkrevende datasenter.Kjetil Kolsrud (Rett24)
I will be cursing now …
Holy fucking hell
#DOJ bars its #attorneys from participating in #AmericanBarAssociation events
US Dpty AG [& fmr #trump #criminal defense atty] #ToddBlanche on Wednesday banned #Justice Dept attys from traveling to or speaking at #ABA events, in a memo seen by Reuters that accused the ABA of engaging in "activist causes" contrary to the government's interest.
“This is amateur hour,” shouted Rep Steven #Horsford, D–NV, at Jamieson Greer, #Trump’s top #trade rep. “It looks like your boss just pulled the rug out from under you.” News of Trump’s plan to #pause most of the reciprocal #tariffs that went into effect this morning was just reaching Capitol Hill. “This is not a game. This is real life,” Horsford yelled as he pressed Greer about whether or not the move amounted to #MarketManipulation by the admin.
The #House to vote on the #Senate #budget resolution
#Republicans scheduled a vote for Wednesday evening, but they were still at least a dozen votes short of a majority for their fiscal blueprint.
A number of anti-#spending #HouseRepublicans said they planned to defy #Trump & oppose the measure, arguing it would add too much to the nation’s #debt.
#USpol #law
nytimes.com/2025/04/09/us/poli…
House G.O.P. Leaders Press Ahead With Budget Vote as Defectors Dig In
Republicans scheduled a vote for Wednesday evening, but they were still at least a dozen votes short of a majority for their fiscal blueprint.Catie Edmondson (The New York Times)
Get ready for #BlackLung
#Trump set to sign #ExecutiveOrders to boost #US #coal
When burned, coal releases more of the main #GreenhouseGas carbon dioxide than any other #FossilFuel. It also emits criteria #pollutants that are blamed for #lung & #heart illnesses. Much of its use has declined on #regulations from #Democrats, including President Joe #Biden.
#Climate #ClimateCrisis #environment #PublicHealth #law
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🤬🤬🤬🤬
#SCOTUS handed #Trump a victory on Monday by letting him use the #AlienEnemiesAct, a 1798 #law that has been employed only in wartime, to swiftly deport alleged Venezuelan *gang members* as part of Trump's extreme #immigration policies.
The court granted the admin's request to lift Washington-based US Judge James #Boasberg's March 15 order that had temporarily blocked the summary #deportations under Trump's invocation of the AEA while litigation continues.
🤬 #SCOTUS allows #Trump officials to freeze #teacher training grants over *#DEI*
A divided #SupremeCourt on Fri cleared the way for the admin to at least temporarily freeze up to $65M in #educational grants designed to address #TeacherShortages, which the govt says fund programs that promote #diversity, #equity & #inclusion [as they should, though the Trump admin’s definition of DEI is humanity].
#law #ActivistCourt #PartisanCourt #indoctrination #education #idiocracy
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More of this please:
The #NY State #Education Dept issued a defiant response to #Trump’s threats to pull federal #funding from #PublicSchools over #diversity, #equity & #inclusion programs, a remarkable departure from recent conciliatory approaches of other institutions. A day earlier, the federal govt issued a memo to education ofcls across the nation, telling them to confirm the elimination of all programs it argues *unfairly* promote #DEI.
#law #democracy #FreeSpeech
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New York Warns Trump It Will Not Comply With Public School D.E.I. Order
New York’s stance differed from the muted and deferential responses from other major institutions to the administration’s threats.Troy Closson (The New York Times)
#kleptocracy & #corruption on full display:
Exclusive: #SpaceX, #ULA to clinch multibillion-dollar #Pentagon launch contract
#ElonMusk's SpaceX & United Launch Alliance are expected to each win a #US #SpaceForce rocket launch contract on Friday worth billions of dollars over the next several years to send some of the Pentagon's most sensitive #satellites into #space, acc/to 2 people familiar w/the procurement decision.
#law #Trump #broligarchy #plutocracy #USpol
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Remember when #Trump told people that they’d get tired of winning once he was in office? If you are a Trump Admin lawyer, it surely doesn’t feel that way. Based on the #litigation tracker compiled by #JustSecurity, the admin…has lost in 36 of 56 cases decided so far in the federal district courts & not yet subject to appellate rulings. It has lost in 10 of 15 cases that have been decided at the next level of review, the federal circuit courts of appeals.
“…tucked away in section 6B of #Trump’s day-one #ExecutiveOrder declaring a national emergency at the southern border was this pearl… :
‘Within 90 days of the date of this proclamation, the Secy of Defense & the Secy of Homeland Security shall submit a joint report…about the conditions … & any recommendations regarding additional actions that may be necessary…, including whether to invoke the #InsurrectionAct of 1807.’”
#immigration #law #AbuseOfPower
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Will Trump Invoke the Insurrection Act of 1807 Next?
Allow me to invite you down this rabbit hole of stupidity.Adrian Carrasquillo (The Bulwark)
#NorthCarolina's #Republican majority Court of Appeals sided w/the GOP candidate in a suit contesting last year's State #SupremeCourt #election.
The decision could result in ~64k ballots being thrown out, handing the election to the Republican instead of the Democratic Justice who won.
The case will likely be appealed.
#Trump Admin Set to Pause $510 Million for #BrownUniversity
The admin has now targeted 5 #schools’ federal #funding claiming it’s part of a pledge to combat what it has labeled #antisemitism, but what in actuality is #students exercising their #RightToProtest on #university campuses.
#law #FreeSpeech #FreedomOfAssembly #extortion #MafiaState
nytimes.com/2025/04/03/us/trum…
Trump Administration Set to Pause $510 Million for Brown University
The administration has now targeted five schools’ federal funding as part of a pledge to combat what it considers to be antisemitism on university campuses.Anemona Hartocollis (The New York Times)
A Lawyer Who Helped the Kushners Crack Down on Poor Tenants Now Helps Renters Fight Big Landlords
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“It was like a heavyweight sparring featherweights,” the attorney said about his time representing companies owned by Trump’s in-laws, whose apartments were known for shoddy maintenance and aggressive legal tactics.
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Another law firm, #MilbankLLP, makes a “deal” with #Trump rather than face his wrath.
Basically the same terms as the other appeasers
$100 Million Dollars in #ProBono [#QuidProQuo] legal services during the Trump admin, & after.
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A commitment to *Merit-Based* hiring & employment practices, & it will not engage in *illegal* #DEl *discrimination*.
#law #Milbank #appeasement #NaziState #MafiaState
#Mississippi #governor signs typo tax overhaul bill into #law to phase out income #tax
source: apnews.com/us-news/taxes-tate-…
#Senators last week had conceded to eliminate the income tax, but only with economic growth “triggers” as safeguards — the tax wouldn’t phase out unless the state saw robust economic growth and controlled spending. It would have likely taken many years.Or so they thought. The Senate bill had typos that essentially nullified the growth triggers and would eliminate the income tax nearly as quickly as the House proposed. The House passed the flawed bill on to the governor, who signed it into law Thursday.
#politics #usa #fail #problem #omg #wtf #fnord #facepalm #news #economy
Mississippi governor signs typo tax overhaul bill into law to phase out income tax
Gov. Tate Reeves has signed a bill to overhaul Mississippi’s tax system, aiming to eliminate the state income tax in about 14 years. Reeves says it will attract corporate investment and workers. The law reduces the income tax rate gradually.Michael Goldberg (AP News)
Loser says what?
#ElonMusk is so full of crap, he claims that the #Wisconsin #VoterID requirement on the ballot “was the most important thing.”
It literally was already required of Wisconsin voters, the amendment merely codified it.
They are incapable of admitting when they lose.
#law #election #SusanCrawford #SupremeCourt #WisconsinSupremeCourt #Musk #Trump #ElectionInterference #bribery #USpol #WIpol
Brad Schimel called Judge #SusanCrawford & conceded!
Finally a Republican who respects elections & of course it’s a member of the judiciary.
#law #election #Wisconsin #SupremeCourt #WisconsinSupremeCourt #ElonMusk #Trump #ElectionInterference #bribery #USpol #WIpol
The Democratic-backed candidate for #WisconsinSupremeCourt defeated a challenger endorsed by #Trump & billionaire #ElonMusk, cementing a #liberal majority for at least 3 more years.
#SusanCrawford, a Dane County judge who led legal fights to protect #union power & #abortion rights, defeated Republican-backed Brad Schimel in a race that broke records for spending, was on pace to be the highest-turnout #Wisconsin #SupremeCourt election ever & became a proxy for #USpol battles.
#Liberal Wins #Wisconsin Court Race, Despite #Musk’s Millions
#SusanCrawford defeated Brad Schimel for a seat on the #WisconsinSupremeCourt in a race that shattered spending records & maintained a liberal majority on the court.
#law #election #SupremeCourt #ElonMusk #Trump #ElectionInterference #bribery #USpol #WIpol
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Susan Crawford wins Wisconsin Supreme Court seat
The Democratic-backed candidate for Wisconsin Supreme Court has won, defeating President Donald Trump’s endorsed challenger. Susan Crawford’s victory Tuesday cements a liberal majority for at least more three years.Scott Bauer (AP News)
Now 48% of votes in, Democratic
#WisconsinSupremeCourt candidate #SusanCrawford is still leading by 15 points.
NBC has already called it — projecting Crawford as the winner!
#law #election #Wisconsin #SupremeCourt #ElonMusk #Trump #ElectionInterference #bribery #USpol #WIpol
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Wisconsin Spring Election Results
Get live results and maps from the 2025 Wisconsin spring elections.The New York Times
Hell yeah. With 39% of votes in, mostly from Republican districts, Democratic
#WisconsinSupremeCourt candidate #SusanCrawford has a strong lead of about 15 points.
#law #election #Wisconsin #SupremeCourt #ElonMusk #ElectionInterference #bribery #USpol #WIpol
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Wisconsin Spring Election Results
Get live results and maps from the 2025 Wisconsin spring elections.The New York Times
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
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#Musk / #DOGE fires nearly all staff at US Institute of #Peace HQ
The #Trump admin summarily fired the staff of the #USIP late Friday night, <2wks after forcibly removing the congressionally funded org’s president & installing in his place an agent of #tech billionaire #ElonMusk’s DOGE….
#law #USpol #TrumpCoup #TrumpPurge #democracy #diplomacy #fascism #tyranny
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Why immigration lawyers warn you might want to bring a burner phone if you're going to the U.S.
#travel #immigration #law #politics #US #News
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#Trump Family Pushes Further Into #Crypto, Starting Another Venture
Eric Trump & Donald Trump Jr. are investing in a #Bitcoin-mining company called American Bitcoin, created by the merger of two firms.
#law #USpol #scam #fraud #EmolumentsClause
nytimes.com/2025/03/31/busines…
Trump Family Starts Bitcoin Mining Venture in Further Push Into Crypto
Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr. are investing in a Bitcoin-mining company called American Bitcoin, created by the merger of two firms.David Yaffe-Bellany (The New York Times)
WH Press Sec Karoline Leavitt tells Andrew Feinberg of TheIndependent, “Shame on you" after he asked her about #ICE's "#AlienEnemiesAct Validation Guide” which the #Trump admin FILED IN COURT that states for ICE to label a person a member of #TdA, they must:
1) determine they are a #Venezuelan & over 14, &
2) find 8 points on a scoring guide they made:
4 points for having alleged *gang* tattoos +
4 points for displaying gang "logos" or
"symbols"
That’s it.
I would love for every lawyer I know to read this:
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“Ultimately, democracies die when people lose hope that change is possible. But we must not succumb to this pessimism.”
#MarcoRubio posted on social media that he sent 17 people to #CECOT in #ElSalvador overnight, he claims that they are all Tren de Aragua or MS-13 members.
If they were *deported* under the questionably legal (US is not at war) #AEA, then it was in violation of the court order. Otherwise they would have to have had final orders of removal.
#law #immigration #Trump #AlienEnemiesAct #Constitution #CivilRights #HumanRights #DueProcess #Judiciary #SeparationOfPowers #Rendition #Abduction
Drugmakers sink after key #FDA official ousted as #Trump plans *#health* overhaul
Shares of US drugmakers fell on Monday after reports that the FDA's top #vaccine official, Peter Marks, had been forced to resign, the most high-profile exit at the regulator as the Trump admin undertakes an overhaul of federal health agencies.
#law #science #medicine #RFKJr #HHS #PublicHealth #economy #Trumpcession
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Fend for Yourself: Under Trump, Consumer Protection Bureau’s Probes of Big Tech and Finance Firms Freeze Up
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Companies may avoid consequences for alleged wrongdoing as the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau drops lawsuits against Capital One and Rocket Homes and pauses investigations into Meta and others — including providers of medical credit cards.
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#News #Consumer #Business #Law #Meta #Tech #Trump #DOGE #Musk
*** This report may not be accurate. Times of India is the only outlet reporting it. ***
Hundreds of international #students have received an email telling them their #visas have been revoked.
The ‘justification’ is campus #activism or #SocialMedia posts.
#Trump #immigration #law #Constitution #CivilRights #FreeSpeech #RightToProtest #FreedomOfAssembly #Education #Universities #Colleges #ThoughtPolice #ViewPointDiscrimination #dissent #NaziState
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Hundreds of international students wake up to an email asking them to self deport for campus activism
US News: Hundreds of international students in the US are getting an email from the US Department of State (DOS) asking them to self-deport owing to campus act.Lubna Kably (Times Of India)
