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#ICE Set to Vastly Expand Its Reach With New Funds

After the passage of #Trump’s domestic policy #law, #DHS is poised to hire thousands of new #immigration agents & double detention space.

Thousands of new #deportation agents deployed into American #cities. A doubling of #detention space to hold tens of thousands of immigrants before they are expelled. Miles of new border wall, along with #surveillance towers equipped with #ArtificialIntelligence.

#AmericanAutocracy
nytimes.com/2025/07/12/us/poli…


#DOJ fires 9 more employees from JackSmith's team

#US AG #PamBondi on Friday fired at least 9 more *#Justice* Dept employees who worked for Special Counsel #JackSmith to investigate #Trump's retention of #ClassifiedDocuments & efforts to overturn the 2020 election, according to 5 people familiar with the matter.

#law #MafiaState #authoritarianism #dictatorship #tyranny #AmericanAutocracy
reuters.com/world/us/us-justic…


The #FBI Is Using #Polygraphs to Test Officials’ #Loyalty to #Trump & his allies

Some senior officials who have taken the test have been asked whether they said anything negative about the FBI director, #KashPatel, in a highly unusual use of the tool.

#law #fascism #authoritarianism #dictatorship #tyranny #AmericanAutocracy
nytimes.com/2025/07/10/us/poli…


I’ve had this song in my head since November 2024.

Whether you read this #GiftArticle or you read the lyrics or listen to this song by #JohnnyCash, it is all the same,

#ItsAllOver #democracy #AmericanExperiment #law #Constitution #SeparationOfPowers #SCOTUS #judiciary #3CoEqualBranchesOfGovernment #Trump #AmericanAutocracy

SCOTUS article:
wapo.st/4exRCmd

It’s All Over, by Johnny Cash official:
johnnycash.com/track/its-all-o…

It’s All Over, by Johnny Cash audio:
youtube.com/watch?v=k-v5lPtUzr…


#AmericanAutocracy

‘Time is running short’: Letters show growing #DOJ ire at #UVA

Over 2 months this spring, *#Justice* Dept officials sent 7 letters to the #UniversityOfVirginia, alleging possible *racial* #discrimination in #admissions & #hiring, inaction to address *#antisemitism* [#FreeSpeech] on campus, & a failure to cleanse #diversity, #equity & #inclusion efforts at the institution.

#law #democracy #Constitution #FirstAmendment #AcademicFreedom #tyranny #Trump
washingtonpost.com/education/2…


The sale of #Paramount would end the Redstone family’s decades-long control of #CBS News & Paramount Pictures & put it in the hands of #DavidEllison, the son of #LarryEllison, a #tech #billionaire who has backed #Trump.

Brendan Carr, the chairman of the #FCC, has said that Trump’s lawsuit against Paramount was not linked to the FCC’s review of the company’s merger w/Skydance🙄. Paramount has also said that the 2 issues were unrelated🙄.

#law #FreePress #MafiaState #AmericanAutocracy


The size of the settlement, $16 million, is the same sum that #ABC News agreed to pay in December to settle a *defamation* case filed by #Trump against the network & one of its anchors, George Stephanopoulos. #Paramount’s board was concerned that paying a higher amount to settle the case could increase the company’s exposure to potential legal actions from shareholders accusing them of #bribery.

#law #democracy #FreePress #authoritarianism #dictatorship #tyranny #MafiaState #AmericanAutocracy


But #ShariRedstone, the chair & controlling shareholder of #Paramount, told her board that she favored exploring a #settlement with #Trump. Some executives at the company viewed the president’s lawsuit as a potential hurdle to completing a multibillion-dollar sale of the company to the Hollywood studio Skydance, which requires the Trump administration’s approval.

#law #democracy #FreePress #appeasement #authoritarianism #dictatorship #tyranny #MafiaState #AmericanAutocracy


Many lawyers had dismissed #Trump’s lawsuit as baseless & believed that #CBS would have ultimately prevailed in #court, in part because the network did not report anything factually inaccurate, & the #FirstAmendment gives #publishers wide leeway to determine how to present information.

#law #democracy #FreePress #appeasement #authoritarianism #dictatorship #tyranny #MafiaState #AmericanAutocracy


As part of the settlement, #Paramount said that it had agreed to release written transcripts of future “#60Minutes” interviews with presidential candidates. The company said that the settlement did not include an apology.

The deal is the clearest sign yet that #Trump’s ability to intimidate major American institutions extends to the #media industry.

#law #democracy #FreePress #appeasement #authoritarianism #dictatorship #tyranny #MafiaState #AmericanAutocracy


Total crap

#Paramount to Pay #Trump $16 Million to #Settle ‘#60Minutes’ Lawsuit

Trump had ridiculously sued over an interview with former Vice President #KamalaHarris. The company needs federal approval for a multibillion-dollar sale.

#law #democracy #FreePress #appeasement #authoritarianism #dictatorship #tyranny #AmericanAutocracy
nytimes.com/2025/07/02/busines…


Pure #authoritarianism

#Trump repeatedly threatens to violate the #FirstAmendment: says he will prosecute #CNN for its reporting on an app, he plans to prosecute the creator of the anti-ICE app, & he will prosecute CNN for its reporting about the Iran bombing.

#law #Constitution #FreeSpeech #FreedomOfThePress #democracy #tyranny #AmericanAutocracy


The #Senate on Friday rejected a #Democratic measure that would have forced #Trump to go to #Congress for approval of another #military strike against #Iran [he was supposed to for the first]. The resolution had little chance of succeeding in a #Republican-controlled & Trump lick-spittle Congress.

#Constitution #law #SeparationOfPowers #ChecksAndBalances #ExecutiveAuthority #AbuseOfPower #authoritarianism #dictatorship #tyranny #AmericanAutocracy
nytimes.com/2025/06/27/us/poli…


#Trump Urges #Congress to ‘Kill’ #VoiceOfAmerica as Its *Leader* Defends Gutting It

In a heated hearing, #KariLake, the Trump [crackpot] ally in charge of the federally funded international broadcasting network, called the #media agency “a rotten piece of fish” that should be defunded.

#law #democracy #FreePress #SoftPower #journalism #independence #censorship #authoritarianism #dictatorship #tyranny #AmericanAutocracy
nytimes.com/2025/06/25/us/poli…


The story behind the arrest of 87-year-old #veteran #JohnSpitzberg at the Capitol

John Spitzberg joined a #veterans march at the National Mall on March 14 in Washington, DC. The 87-year-old veteran was #arrested June 13 at the US Capitol while protesting #Trump’s birthday parade spectacle.

#AmericanAutocracy #law #democracy #Constitution #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech #RightToProtest #dissent
npr.org/2025/06/20/nx-s1-54384…