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The #US #trade court on Thurs ruled against #Trump's latest 10% global #tariffs, finding across-the-board tariffs were not justified under a 1970s trade #law.
The US Court of International Trade [#CIT] ruled in favor of #SmallBusinesses that challenged the tariffs, which took effect on February 24. The ruling was 2-1, with one judge saying it was premature to grant victory to the small business plaintiffs.
#economy #inflation #tax #consumers #business #recession
reuters.com/world/us-trade-cou…
#Iran Says It Is Discussing Plan With #US to End Hostilities
The one-page proposal under review would open the #StraitOfHormuz & pause the fighting for 30 days, but differences remain over US demands on Iran’s #nuclear program.
#TrumpsWar #IranWar #Israel #war #ForeverWars #Trump #Netanyahu #WarCrimes #RegimeChange #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast #inflation #economy #affordability #CostOfLiving #oil #energy #EnergyCrisis
nytimes.com/live/2026/05/07/wo…
#US intelligence says #Iran can outlast Trump’s #Hormuz #blockade for months
A confidential intelligence community assessment delivered to the White House also finds that Iran retains a substantial missile & drone arsenal.
#Trump #idiocracy #kakistocracy #IranWar #war #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast #economy
washingtonpost.com/national-se…
Some good news
Federal & State Officials Discuss Closing Florida’s ‘#AlligatorAlcatraz’
The #immigrant #detention center in the #Everglades, which Gov #RonDeSantis, a Republican, opened last July, may be too expensive to keep operating.
#immigration #law #HumanRights #ConcentrationCamps #Trump #TheCrueltyIsThePoint
nytimes.com/2026/05/07/us/flor…
#Trump admin sows “confusion” as it tries to reopen #StraitOfHormuz [they just have no idea what they’re doing]
The Trump admin’s approach to the #IranWar over the past 24 hrs has pinballed from declarations that a tenuous ceasefire was holding & military operations were over to new threats of bombing the Islamic Republic.
#idiocracy #kakistocracy #US #Iran #war #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast #economy #MarketManipulation
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#Tennessee #Republicans on Wednesday proposed a congressional map aimed at diluting the state’s lone majority #Black district, a swift response to last week’s #SCOTUS ruling that weakened a landmark #VotingRights #law.
The new map slices #Memphis, a majority-Black city, & #ShelbyCounty into 3 districts & likely will give Republicans the ability to flip Tennessee’s lone remaining Democratic seat.
#ElectionLaw #redistricting #gerrymandering #RacialGerrymandering #RepresentationMatters #USpol
#Democratic lawmakers, whose opposition means little under a #Republican supermajority in the state’s General Assembly, & #Black leaders across #Tennessee have compared the effort to carve up the Ninth Congressional District to #JimCrow era voter suppression tactics. They have accused conservatives of a power grab that undermines Black voters in #Memphis, who have long favored #Democrats.
#law #ElectionLaw #SCOTUS #VotingRights #redistricting #RacialGerrymandering #RepresentationMatters
Unbelievable
The #FederalGovernment can keep the #2020election ballots from #Georgia’s #FultonCounty that were seized by the #FBI from a warehouse near #Atlanta, a judge ruled Wednesday.
US District Judge JP Boulee’s decision came after lawyers for the county had argued that the #ballots & other #election materials, as well as any electronic copies the #DOJ has made, should be returned because the seizure was improper & #unconstitutional.
The #DOJ sued #Colorado on Wednesday over a #state #law banning #HighCapacityMagazines, which was passed after a 2012 #MassShooting at a movie theater in Aurora, CO. It was the second lawsuit in two days that the #Trump admin has filed against #GunControl policies in the #Democratic-controlled state.
#Republicans Unveil Map Carving Up #Tennessee’s Majority #Black #House District
The General Assembly is expected to quickly approve the map, which slices up Memphis, a majority-Black city that makes up most of the state’s lone #Democratic district.
#law #ElectionLaw #SCOTUS #VotingRights #redistricting #gerrymandering #RacialGerrymandering #RepresentationMatters #TNpol #USpol
nytimes.com/2026/05/06/us/gop-…
#Trump posted on social media that the war with #Iran could soon end & #oil & natural #gas shipments could restart. But that all depends on Iran accepting a reported agreement that Trump did not detail.
“If they don’t agree, the bombing starts,” Trump wrote.
#TrumpsWar #IranWar #US #war #ForeverWars #WarCrimes #RegimeChange #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast #inflation #economy #energy #EnergyCrisis
apnews.com/article/iran-us-isr…
#Trump’s #Commerce Secretary #HowardLutnick appears before #House panel over ties to #JeffreyEpstein
Lutnick is sitting for a closed-door interview over his contact with the convicted sex offender in the years after 2008. Lutnick has given contradictory statements about his relationship with Epstein.
#EpsteinFiles #Congress #DOJ #law #criminal #Trump #Epstein #BestFriendsForever #rape #ChildSexCrimes #pedohilia #SexTrafficking #felon47 #RapistInChief #CoverUp
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#Iran has hit far more #US military assets than reported [or admitted to by the #Trump admin], satellite images show
Imagery published by Iranian state-affiliated media & verified by The Post shows damage to at least 228 structures or pieces of equipment at US #military sites.
#TrumpsWar #IranWar #war #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast
washingtonpost.com/investigati…
The #GreatPacificGarbagePatch is a #plastic #trash nightmare. It is also part of a much bigger, problem.
Out in the #PacificOcean, between #Hawaii & #California, is the Great #Pacific #Garbage Patch, a swirl of #PlasticTrash >2X the size of Texas. As pieces of plastic tumble against each other, they break down into particles tiny enough to be borne aloft on the wind [& inhaled].
#law #EnvironmentalLaw #microplastics #PublicHealth #health #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange
cnn.com/2026/05/04/climate/mic…
#GOP offers a ridiculous additional $1B for #WhiteHouse “security”, sparking dispute over #ballroom
#Senate #Republicans maintain their proposal would authorize #security construction, but not the #Trump ballroom. The White House disagrees.
Senate Republicans late Monday proposed $1 billion to pay for new White House security measures, with lawmakers & White House ofcls disagreeing over whether the #legislation would cover Trump’s planned ballroom.
Yes, this is theft.
The good news (for artists) is that the liability can’t be washed away by running it through a software tool (a separate issue), and the artist can sue the person who published this.
Don’t be the person that publishes another’s work without authorization, not only because it’s a violation of the rights of the artist, and a breach of law, but because it’s wrong.
open.substack.com/pub/deadder/…
#Copyright #Law #IntellectualProperty #CopyrightInfringement #AIIsTheft
Investigators found that leaders of a prison gang in Puerto Rico were selling inmates drugs in exchange for voting for Gov. Jenniffer González-Colón, a longtime Republican.
After Trump’s election, prosecutors were told not to pursue charges.
propublica.org/article/trump-d…
#News #PuertoRico #USPolitics #Law #Legal #Fraud #Election #Prison #Vote
Prosecutors Had a Drugs-for-Votes Scheme “Locked Up.” Under Trump, They Were Told Not to Pursue Charges.
Before the 2024 election, federal prosecutors were "full steam ahead" looking into how a prison gang in Puerto Rico gave drugs to inmates if they voted for a GOP gubernatorial candidate. After Trump’s election, the investigation evaporated.lisa.larson-walker@propublica.org (ProPublica)
Having been part of a project attempting to measure the carbon footprint of serving web pages I can affirm that using the internet is not a trivial cost for the planet.
thatprivacyguy.com/blog/chrome…
#AI #privacy #ePrivacy #Compliance #GDPR #Google #Chrome #Gemini #ESG #Environment #Sustainability #Climate #law
Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device without consent. At a billion-device scale the climate costs are insane.
Google Chrome is downloading a 4 GB Gemini Nano model onto users' machines without consent, with no opt-in, no opt-out short of enterprise tooling, and an automatic re-download every time the user deletes it.Alexander Hanff (That Privacy Guy! — Hanff & Co. AB)
Ridiculous
#ElonMusk settles #SEC lawsuit over #Twitter disclosures, $1.5 million fine imposed
#Musk settled the SEC's civil lawsuit accusing the world's richest person of waiting too long in 2022 to disclose his initial purchases of Twitter, now known as #X.
A trust in Musk's name will pay a $1.5 million civil penalty, WITHOUT admitting #wrongdoing.
Musk won't have to give up ANY money he allegedly saved from the delay.
#law #billionaires #accountability #scammer
reuters.com/world/elon-musk-se…
#UAE responding to missile threats as #Iran & #US issue conflicting #StraitOfHormuz reports
Iran rejects US claim that vessels have crossed through #Hormuz
The #IRGC said NO commercial vessel or tanker had crossed the Strait of Hormuz in the past few hours.
The IRGC called claims by US officials "baseless & complete lies."
Earlier Monday, US #CENTCOM said 2 US flagged merchant vessels had crossed thru the strait.
#IranWar #Trump #law #Congress #WarPowers #economy
reuters.com/world/iran-war-liv…
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
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#SCOTUS restores #access to #abortion pill #mifepristone through telehealth, mail & pharmacies
#law #health #medicine #AbortionIsHealthcare #WomensRights #ReproductiveRights #Republicans #ViolenceAgainstWomen
apnews.com/article/abortion-pi…
#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
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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
A manufacturer of the #AbortionMedication #mifepristone asked #SCOTUS Saturday to immediately restore full access to the medication, putting the contentious issue of #abortion back before the justices in an #election year.
#law #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #health #medicine #AbortionIsHealthcare #WomensRights #ReproductiveRights #Republicans #ViolenceAgainstWomen
nytimes.com/2026/05/02/us/poli…
On April 28, GOP Rep. Jim Jordan accused environmental law scholars of bias, conspiracy and colluding to influence the U.S. judiciary.
The next day, free-market conservatives kicked off a multiday climate skepticism event for more than 150 judges.
propublica.org/article/climate…
#News #Climate #ClimateChange #Science #Oil #Gas #FossilFuels #Law
Event With Links to Oil Industry Teaches Judges "Healthy Skepticism" of Climate Science
As congressional Republicans accuse climate scholars and lawyers of colluding to influence the judiciary, a symposium hosted by a center funded by the fossil fuel industry educates judges about free-market views of climate science.Peter.DiCampo@propublica.org (ProPublica)
#Maryland Is First to Ban #AI #Grocery #PriceGauging
A #state #law that goes into effect in October prohibits grocery stores & third-party delivery services from using consumer data to boost #prices.
The practice — supported by #ArtificialIntelligence & known as #DynamicPricing or #SurveillancePricing — can lead to 2 consumers paying different amounts for the same item from the same retailer, at roughly the same time.
#surveillance #tech #regulation #economy #inflation
nytimes.com/2026/05/01/busines…
Meaningless nonsense
#Trump says deadline for #Congress to approve #IranWar doesn't apply: Hostilities have 'terminated'
The White House asserted to Congress in a letter Friday that hostilities with #Iran have “terminated” despite the continued presence of US armed forces in the region.
#TrumpsWar #war #ForeverWars #WarCrimes #RulesOfWar #law #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast #inflation #economy #oil #energy #EnergyCrisis
apnews.com/article/iran-congre…
#Republican #ViolenceAgainstWomen
A US appeals court on Friday temporarily blocked a federal rule allowing the #AbortionMedication #mifepristone to be dispensed through the #mail, significantly curtailing #access to the drug #nationwide, particularly in states that banned #abortion.
A 3-judge panel of the ultra-#conservative #5thCircuit ruled unanimously that #Louisiana was likely to prevail in its challenge to the 2023 rule adopted by President #Biden's admin.
completely unsurprising:
#Trump says he's 'not satisfied' with #Iran's newest peace plan
“They want to make a deal, I’m not satisfied with it, so we’ll see what happens,” Trump told reporters Friday at the White House.
Asked about what he sees as the proposal’s shortcomings, Trump said, “They’re asking for things I can’t agree to.”
#IranWar #MafiaState #piracy #WarCrimes #RegimeChange #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast
apnews.com/live/donald-trump-n…
#Trump’s New #Medicaid #WorkRequirements Are Here
It’s just cruelty.
On Friday, #Nebraska became the first state to enact Medicaid work requirements, mandatory for states with Medicaid expansion due to Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Notably, the state did it 7 months before the deadline.
Now, ~70k adults below the age of 65 in Nebraska who have Medicaid through its expansion could risk having their #HealthInsurance ripped away from them.
#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…
8 Things You Should Know About Trump’s Effort to “Take Over” the Midterm Elections
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From dismantling guardrails that upheld the integrity of past elections to gutting federal agencies and installing allies who supported Trump’s claim that the 2020 vote was stolen, here are the key takeaways from our recent investigation.
propublica.org/article/trump-m…
#News #Trump #USPolitics #Law #Elections #ElectionIntegrity #Midterms
It begins…
#Louisiana governor prepares to suspend #House primaries after #SCOTUS ruling
Gov. Jeff Landry (R) told #Republican House candidates he plans to suspend the May 16 primary #elections so lawmakers can redraw the congressional map.
#law #ElectionLaw #VotingRights #Section2 #redistricting #RepresentationMatters #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #Trump #coup
washingtonpost.com/politics/20…
In *Erasing History: How Fascists Re-write the Past to Control the Future,* Jason Stanley observes the “mutually reinforcing” relationship between representation and practice.
How we describe and talk about the past informs how we practice politics and frame the rights of citizenship today.
These stupid A250 trucks are driving around today as SCOTUS guts the Voting Rights Act (6-3) and these two things are mirror images of each other.
I should think not
Federal appeals court won’t rehear Trump’s appeal of E. Jean Carroll’s $83 million jury award
A split federal appeals court said its full bench of judges would not rehear Trump’s appeal of the $83 million jury award for defaming magazine columnist #EJeanCarroll.
The decision paves the way for #Trump to ask #SCOTUS to hear his BS arguments involving presidential #immunity following the high court’s landmark 2024 decision.
Fmr #FBI Director #JamesComey has surrendered Wednesday to law enforcement at federal court in the Eastern District of Virginia.
As he surrenders to law enforcement, he
will be placed under #arrest ahead of his first appearance in court. His hearing began at 1PM.
#Comey is idiotically charged with making a threat against Trump & transmitting a threat in interstate commerce, according to court documents.
#law #Constitution #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech
cnn.com/2026/04/29/politics/fo…
#Defense Secy Pete #Hegseth is facing questioning from lawmakers for the first time since the #Trump admin launched the #war against #Iran, which Democrats have contested as a costly conflict of choice waged without congressional approval.
The chief financial official for the #Pentagon told lawmakers that the estimated cost to #US taxpayers of the #IranWar is $25 billion so far.
#TrumpsWar #WarCrimes #RegimeChange #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #economy
apnews.com/live/iran-war-hegse…
Complaints of immigration scams have doubled in Trump's second term, and countless victims don't report that they've been conned.
Sophisticated predators now use AI and targeted ads to profit off of immigrants' anxieties about mass deportations.
propublica.org/article/trump-i…
#News #ICE #Immigration #Trump #Immigrant #Deportation #Scam #Law
Fear and Opportunity: Immigration Scams Surged as Trump’s Sweeps Lured Desperate People to Eager Defrauders
Con artists posing as ICE agents and immigration officers are using WhatsApp and fake court hearings to bilk vulnerable people out of their savings with empty promises to fix immigration problems. As mass deportations continue, scam complaints soar.Alex.Bandoni@propublica.org (ProPublica)
Iran's Guards seize #wartime power, weakening Supreme Leader's role
2 months into a war with the #US & #Israel, #Iran no longer has a single, undisputed clerical arbiter at the pinnacle of #power — an abrupt break with the past that may be hardening Tehran’s stance as it weighs renewed talks with Washington.
#IranWar #TrumpsWar #Trump #WarCrimes #RegimeChange #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast
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