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The invitation list…included most European nations, larger Latin American countries & several Asian states, including India, Indonesia & Singapore. The #State Department did not respond to a request seeking to understand how the list of invitees was drawn up.
#Trump has made no secret of his disdain for #Antifa, going so far as to issue an executive order in the fall branding it a “domestic terrorist organization,” a rhetorical label that experts say carries no legal weight.
…Some said, too, they were unsure why they had been invited. “We don’t have antifa,” said one European diplomat.
“I don’t think we can find any reason why we would be interested in attending such an event,” said another.
“Our law enforcement authorities have not focused on left-wing terrorism because this is not considered a high priority threat in our country,” said a third.
#law #Constitution #RightToProtest #FirstAmendment #NationalSecurity #FarRight #propaganda #trumpaganda #Trump
Elsewhere in the government, discomfort with the direction the admin is such that at meetings of #NationalSecurity ofcls from various agencies, some #intelligence analysts have declined to brief on #Antifa because they do not regard it as a serious counterterrorism threat, acc/to one person familiar with the matter.
Officials from some foreign governments…expressed dismay about the #Rubio invitation, citing what they call its vague aims & the short notice.
But achieving that status for #Antifa would be a stretch, experts say.
#US #law requires a group be foreign to be designated. “If it has any significant domestic presence, it cannot be designated,” said Jason Blazakis, who ran the #State Department’s designation process for 10 years before leaving in 2018.
#law #Constitution #RightToProtest #FirstAmendment #NationalSecurity #scapegoating #FarRight #propaganda #trumpaganda #Trump
“It’s true,” Miller said when #Trump asked for his opinion, “there are extensive foreign ties. I think that would be a very valid step to take.”
#law #Constitution #RightToProtest #FirstAmendment
A linkage to foreign terrorist groups “can unlock certain investigative tools,” such as #surveillance, said one #US counterterrorism ofcl, who like several other officials interviewed for this article spoke on the condition of anonymity…. …Some #Trump admin officials fear that a future Democratic administration could use the tactic against conservative activists, one admin ofcl said. [what goes around comes around]
#law #Constitution #RightToProtest #FirstAmendment #NationalSecurity #FarRight
Some #US officials…worry it is part of a #Trump admin effort to use powerful counterterrorism tools to crack down on US #activists they view as left-wing extremists.
Trump’s counterterrorism czar, [the #AltRight #FarRight #WhiteNationalist media personality & fraudster] #SebastianGorka, has had discussions with colleagues about using foreign #terrorism labels for #Antifa to justify going after Americans with links to the movement….
Secretary of #State #MarcoRubio has invited senior ministers from more than 60 countries to a meeting next week about what the #Trump admin claims is a major peril — the “resurgence of transnational far-left terrorism,” acc/to documents reviewed by WaPo.
The meeting has prompted consternation among career & political #US officials, some European allies & independent analysts who do not see the threat in the same terms.
#law #Constitution #RightToProtest #FirstAmendment #FarRight #propaganda
#Rubio tries to enlist other nations in #Antifa fight, but some #allies recoil
The secretary of state plans to convene foreign ministers in Washington next week. The event has unsettled some US & European officials.
#law #Constitution #RightToProtest #FirstAmendment #NationalSecurity #scapegoating #FarRight #propaganda #trumpaganda #Trump
washingtonpost.com/national-se…
#ICE agent fatally shot a motorist in #Houston, #Texas Tuesday during an attempt by officers to stop the man's vehicle, according to ICE [so, probably BS].
The man shot to death was identified as Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, described by ICE as a Mexican national & "illegal alien" who attempted to evade arrest during a "targeted enforcement operation" by federal immigration officers.
#Trump #immigration #law #UseOfForce #ExtraJudicialKillings #murder #Sturmabteilung #fascism
reuters.com/world/us/ice-agent…
Judge orders #EJeanCarroll be paid $5M plus interest after jury found #Trump sexually abused [raped] & defamed her
E. Jean Carroll can be paid the $5 million that was set aside after a jury found 3 years ago that Trump sexually abused her in 1996 & defamed her after she publicly revealed the attack, a federal Judge Lewis A. Kaplan ruled Wednesday.
#law #rape #defamation #SexualAssault #RapeCulture #misogyny #power #AbuseOfPower #ViolenceAgainstWomen
apnews.com/article/trump-e-jea…
#GlobalEconomy, Hit by #IranWar & #Inflation, Faces Sharp Slowdown
The #IMF projected world output growth would fall to 3% for the year, a number pushed down by high commodity prices.
#TrumpsWar #idiocracy #kakistocracy #Trump #Netanyahu #InternationalLaw #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast #economy #inflation #affordability #CostOfLiving #oil #energy #EnergyCrisis
nytimes.com/2026/07/08/busines…
Judge rejects #DOJ attempt to get names of 2020 election workers in Fulton County
DOJ cannot have the names & personal contact information for every person who worked during the #2020election in #FultonCounty, #Georgia, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.
#intimidation #MafiaState #law #ElectionInterference #Trump #BigLie #racism #WhiteSupremacy
apnews.com/article/2020-georgi…
#US revokes license that authorized sale of Iranian #oil
The US #Treasury Dept issued the 60-day license last month, waiving #sanctions on Iranian oil as part of an interim agreement to end the fighting between the 2 countries. Treasury officials did not immediately respond to an AP inquiry on why the license was revoked.
#TrumpsWar #IranWar #Iran #war #Trump #law #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #economy #inflation #affordability #CostOfLiving #EnergyCrisis
apnews.com/article/iran-us-isr…
#YaleLawSchool Fights to Stop #Trump “Deal”
#Yale #University has been in talks to resolve investigations into its admissions practices. The law school’s dean & some faculty have argued a deal could compromise its independence. [ya think?]
#law #education #HigherEducation #SevenMountainMandate #MafiaState #extortion #dictatorship #racism #WhiteSupremacy #WhiteChristianNationalism
nytimes.com/2026/07/07/us/yale…
FFS
#Trump weighed in on #Cabinet squabble over #NASA ride for #July4th “flyover”
Trump [of course] encouraged acting #USAG #ToddBlanche to fly on one of NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman’s jets despite the #FAA’s prior objection to the planes.
#idiocracy #NationalSecurity #HomelandSecurity #law #RichWhiteMalePrivilege
washingtonpost.com/politics/20…
NEW: Ken Paxton Vowed to Crack Down on “Illegal Voting.” He May Have Violated Texas Election Law.
The Texas attorney general appears to have used an address where he did not live while voting in six elections in the past two years — despite his warning voters that “it is illegal to misrepresent your residence on election records.”
propublica.org/article/ken-pax…
#News #Texas #KenPaxton #Vote #Election #Law #TX #USPolitics
Strike III for EU-US data transfers
The US Supreme Court has just ruled the FTC isn't independent of the President - and our entire data deal with America was built on the promise that it was.
thatprivacyguy.com/blog/strike…
#gdpr #adequacy #ftc #schrems #law #surveillance #dataprivacyframework #dpf #scotus #adequacy #compliance
#Trump backed organizer of America’s 250th birthday events may have duped donors, report from House Democrats alleges
Donors who intended to support a bipartisan nonprofit that’s organizing celebrations for America’s 250th anniversary were allegedly redirected — without their knowledge — to a separate nonprofit behind events being promoted by Trump, according to a report from a group of House Democrats, citing confidential, unnamed sources.
#Trump actions signal a move toward #institutionalizing people with #disabilities
For decades, #disabled people have fought for their #rights to go to school & live alongside peers without disabilities — rights that some fear could be losing ground under Trump.
Last month, the Dept of #Education announced it would shift oversight of #SpecialEducation to #HHS, led by #RFKJr, whose comments on disabilities such as autism are 🦇💩.
#law #ableism #discrimination #eugenics
apnews.com/article/trump-rfk-d…
E Jean Carroll asks judge to order Donald Trump to pay $5m he owes her
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#EJeanCarrollMEWS #UsNewsMEWS #DonaldTrumpMEWS #NewYorkMEWS #Law(us)MEWS #MEWS
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Move follows supreme court refusal to hear Trump’s appeal of civil case verdict in sexual abuse and defamation caseThe New York journalist E Jean Carroll asked a judge on Tuesday to mandate that Donald Trump pay her the $5m she is owed from a jury v...
You know #Trump wants these records destroyed
Ex #CIA Director #JohnBrennan seeks court order requiring records from investigations be preserved
#law #history #accountability
apnews.com/article/brennan-cia…
NEW - A Troubling Milestone: Most Supreme Court Rulings Are Secretive Votes With Little Justification
ProPublica conducted a new analysis that shows the court is deciding more consequential rulings than ever before in largely unsigned orders with little to no explanation.
propublica.org/article/supreme…
#News #SCOTUS #Law #SupremeCourt #Legal #Trump #Data #Research
“Bipartisan” only because she’s a #Christian.
#ICE arrest of #nun heading to church fuels #bipartisan backlash in South Texas
#Trump #deportation drive has riled border areas that supported him in 2024, & a GOP congresswoman joined Democrats calling for the sister’s release.
Sister Leticia “Letty” Ugboaja was walking to Sunday Mass in McAllen, TX, when federal #immigration officers stopped her, confiscated her rosary & put her in handcuffs.
As the #Pentagon stays quiet, AP reconstructs a #US strike killing over 100 Iranian #children
A US missile killed Iranian schoolchildren four months ago. We still don’t know the full story
#TrumpsWar #IranWar #Iran #war #Trump #WarCrimes #RulesOfWar #InternationalLaw #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast
apnews.com/article/iran-school…
So much for the foreign & domestic #emoluments clauses…
#Trump reported >$1.4 billion in income from #crypto, digital #tokens & related partnerships in 2025, appearing to have SUBSTANTIALLY increased his income after reentering the White House last year.
The income was reported in 927 pages of financial disclosure forms, which the #WhiteHouse released Tuesday.
#law #AbuseOfPower #MafiaState #corruption #kleptocracy
washingtonpost.com/politics/20…
#GOP “Revolt” Paralyzes the #House, Stalling #Trump Agenda
A #Republican blockade derailed a #Pentagon policy bill & other #legislation as the #FarRight pressed for action on a #voting bill championed by Trump.
#law #ElectionLaw #ElectionInterference #BigLie #midterms #rigged #VotingRights #PublicDisservice #dysfunction
nytimes.com/2026/06/30/us/poli…
Bans on #transgender athletes hurt us all.
In the cover story to our May/June 2026 issue, Jessica Luther explains why we must rethink #gender in sports altogether, based on four important books: texasobserver.org/trans-athlet…
#SCOTUS #books #sports #law #Pride
Let Them Play: How Welcoming Trans Athletes Can Improve Sports Culture for All
Three recent books press us to understand the humanity and lives of gender-expansive athletes.Jessica Luther (The Texas Observer)
AYFKM? If I hear one more #Republican talk about how #dangerous #Chicago is, 🤯🤬
GET RID OF THE #GUNS EEJITS!!
#SCOTUS will consider striking down #AssaultWeapons #bans, in #Connecticut & the Chicago-area
A #SupremeCourt that has expanded #gun rights will consider whether bans on #SemiautomaticRifles, often called assault weapons, violate the #SecondAmendment.
#law #GunControl #GunLaws #WMDs #WeaponsOfWar
apnews.com/article/supreme-cou…
The #DeepState didn’t take down #Nixon.
So why did #JDVance say it did?
Nixon’s #Crimes, the #Courts, #Congress & the #FreePress drove #Watergate.
Such a scandal of #crime & #corruption could easily happen again — [especially in a nation where #Trump controls the #press, the rule of #law only applies to his enemies & the courts have been subjugated by a #corrupt #SCOTUS].
#Trumpaganda #propaganda #Republicans #RevisionistHistory #UShistory #law #criminal
wapo.st/4eOdXMT
NEW: Last year, the Trump DOJ dropped its oversight of troubled police departments in several cities, claiming the reform efforts were “factually unjustified.”
But officers continued to engage in the same abuses, per a new ACLU report.
propublica.org/article/aclu-tr…
#News #DOJ #Trump #Law #Police #Reform #Oversight #ACLU
ACLU: Violent Policing Continues in Cities Where Trump DOJ Abandoned Reform — ProPublica
Police forces with records of unconstitutional policing continued to engage in excessive force even as the Trump administration declared federal oversight unnecessary, according to a new yearlong review by the ACLU.Topher Sanders (ProPublica)
It’ll probably be as well done as the no-bid #ReflectingPool.
#Trump is using a $500M #NoBid contract to build his White House #ballroom
The secret agreement was routed through a #WhiteHouse office that typically handles repairs & furnishings & is exempt from competitive bidding requirements.
#law #TaxPayersMoney #GovernmentWaste #oversight #landmark #UShistory #UrbanPlanning #architecture
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#SCOTUS upholds #trans #athlete bans
The ruling is another setback for #transgender people.
The court’s conservative majority, which has repeatedly ruled against transgender Americans in the past year, ruled that #state bans in #Idaho & #WestVirginia don’t violate the #Constitution or the federal #law known as #TitleIX, which prohibits #sex #discrimination in education.
>2 dozen other #Republican led states have adopted bans on female transgender athletes.
…other than at the #FederalReserve, with its role of setting #InterestRates, #SCOTUS held that presidents have free rein to fire agency heads at will, despite #federal #laws that require a #cause for such dismissals & a 91-year-old decision that had limited #executive authority.
With the 6 conservative justices in the majority, the court jettisoned its unanimous decision in #HumphreysExecutor that had limited when presidents can fire agencies’ board members….
The justices ruled in the case of former #FTC member #RebeccaSlaughter, whom #Trump fired WITHOUT cause despite a provision of #federal #law that requires a reason. The logic of the decision extends to other agencies, including the National Labor Relations Board, the Merit Systems Protection Board and the Consumer Product Safety Commission, where Trump also has fired board members.
#law #Independence #ExecutivePower #HumphreysExecutor #SeparationOfPowers #Congress #democracy
#SexAbuse #Survivors Reach $395 Million Deal With #SanFranciscoDiocese
The #Archdiocese of #SanFrancisco & lawyers for the survivors said the money would settle about 530 claims from people who said they were sexually abused by #clergy members.
#SCOTUS rejected an emergency request by #RoyMoore, former #Alabama State Supreme Court justice who lost a #Senate race in 2017 after he was accused of #SexualMisconduct, blocking Moore from collecting an $8.2M #defamation verdict over a campaign ad run against him.
SCOTUS’ decision kept in place a unanimous ruling by a 3-judge panel on the #11thCircuit, which in April erased a jury’s verdict that Moore had been defamed by a Democratic group’s television ad.
#House speaker Mike Johnson transmitted the #bipartisan #housing #affordability bill to the WH Monday,…kicking off a 10-day countdown for the bill to become #law, even if #Trump doesn’t sign it.
Trump remains undecided over whether he’ll sign it, saying after Johnson sent it to him that it was “so unimportant” compared with his efforts to secure a batshit overhaul of federal #elections.
“Big deal,” Trump said of the legislation. “It’s a yawn.”
#Trump is a mass murderer
More than 100 #Venezuelans who were #deported from the #US hours before the #earthquakes are missing
#law #immigration #TheCrueltyIsThePoint
apnews.com/article/earthquake-…
Yes! Another win for the #people of the #UnitedStates!
#SCOTUS rules #states can count late-arriving mailed #ballots, rejecting #Trump-led challenge
#law #Constitution #ElectionLaw #VotingRights #Access
apnews.com/article/supreme-cou…
