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June 14th 2025 - No Kings
#nokings #trump #resist #cincinnati #freespeech #defend #freedom #constitution #photohour
Here is US Senator #AlexPadilla speaking after the aggressive arrest:
#Trump #racism #WhiteSupremacy #democracy #law #Constitution #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech #authoritarianism #tyranny #Gestapo #AmericanAutocracy #LosAngeles #California #immigration #DHS #KristiNoem #resist
Outrageous, according to USA Today’s Michael Wolff, #Trump has been telling people in phone calls that US Senator #AlexPadilla "looks like an illegal"
#racism #WhiteSupremacy #democracy #law #Constitution #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech #authoritarianism #tyranny #Gestapo #AmericanAutocracy #LosAngeles #California #immigration #DHS #KristiNoem #resist
In case you haven’t seen the entire episode, here is the #unconstitutional #arrest of US Senator #AlexPadilla, for rather politely trying to ask a question.
#Trump #law #democracy #Constitution #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech #authoritarianism #tyranny #Gestapo #AmericanAutocracy #LosAngeles #California #immigration #DHS #KristiNoem #resist
Moments after #KristiNoem made the remarks about, essentially, trying to undermine the authority of local & state elected #Democrats in #California, Sen #AlexPadilla was forcibly removed from the briefing room, forced to lay on the ground face-down & placed in handcuffs. Because he tried to ask a question.
#Trump #law #democracy #Constitution #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech #RightToProtest #authoritarianism #tyranny #Gestapo #AmericanAutocracy #LosAngeles #immigration
#law #democracy #Constitution #RightToProtest #authoritarianism #tyranny #AmericanAutocracy #LosAngeles #NationalGuard #troops #Marines #PosseComitatusAct #immigration
#law #democracy #Constitution #RightToProtest #authoritarianism #tyranny #Gestapo #AmericanAutocracy #LosAngeles #NationalGuard #Marines #PosseComitatusAct #immigration
(Apparently, per #Noem, #IRS agents have been there in person working to determine what groups are organizing the #protests in the city! Normal stuff!) She then said that the #NationalGuard & #DHS were working to “make every single community great again & safe again” before lamenting that the people of #LA were “suffering” “under the policies of Governor Newsom & under the policies of Mayor Bass.”
#Trump #law #democracy #Constitution #RightToProtest #authoritarianism #LosAngeles #immigration
“We are not going away,” #KristiNoem said, referring to the #NationalGuard & #DHS presence in #LosAngeles this week amid #protests against #Trump’s sweeping & drastic #deportation mission in the city. 🚨”We are staying here to liberate the city from the socialists & the burdensome leadership that this governor & that this mayor have placed on this country & what they have tried to insert into the city.”🚨
#law #democracy #Constitution #authoritarianism #tyranny #AmericanAutocracy
Just before Sen. #AlexPadilla (D-CA) was forcibly removed from a #DHS *press briefing* [#propaganda session], forced to the ground & then handcuffed for ASKING A QUESTION, DHS Secy [dog killer] #KristiNoem was in the middle of making a bizarre but crucial point.
#Trump #law #democracy #Constitution #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech #RightToProtest #authoritarianism #tyranny #Gestapo #AmericanAutocracy #LosAngeles #NationalGuard #troops #Marines #PosseComitatusAct #immigration
talkingpointsmemo.com/where-th…
Noem Says National Guard Occupation Is Meant To ‘Liberate’ LA From Its Mayor And Governor
Just before Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) was forcibly removed from a Department of Homeland Security press briefing, forced to the ground and then handcuffed for…Nicole Lafond (TPM - Talking Points Memo)
#UnitedStates Sen. #AlexPadilla (D-#California) briefly interrupted #DHS Secretary #KristiNoem’s “news” [#propaganda] conference in the #LosAngeles #FBI headquarters, saying he had questions for her. Security pushed him out, telling him to put his hands up.
#Trump #PoliceState #Tyranny #authoritarianism #AmericanAutocracy #law #Constitution #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech #immigration #Gestapo
"The #UnitedStates government itself came into being in stages—with the ratification of the #Constitution in 1788... then the inauguration of the first president, Washington, on April 30, 1789. Even then, with a commander-in-chief finally in place, there was no US #Army...
Finally, as their last act of business before adjourning for the year, on September 29, 1789 the #House and #Senate passed a bill creating the US Army"
thebulwark.com/p/no-kings-trum…
#US #History #USA #NoKings #Trump #Politics
No Kings: Stand Against Trump’s Un-American Birthday Bash
He claims it’s about the Army, but it’s really about him.Jeffrey C. Isaac (The Bulwark)
#CalGuardTakeover #LAprotests
#USpol #StatesRights #Legal
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The #California Government suing the Federal Government is well worth reading, THX for the link:
"👉#DonaldTrump is creating fear and terror👈 by failing to adhere to the U.S. #Constitution and overstepping his authority. This is a manufactured crisis to allow him to take over a state militia, damaging the very foundation of our republic. Every governor, red or blue,...
…after the US #military announced that 700 #Marines would join the now 5,000 #NationalGuard #troops in #LosAngeles on Wednesday, escalat[ing] the [admin’s unlawful] military response — an exceedingly rare use of active-duty #troops on #domestic soil — #Trump suggested on Tues that the #LAprotests were petering out, & gave himself credit. “By doing what I did, I stopped the violence in LA.”
#law #immigration #ICE #PosseComitatusAct #democracy #Constitution #RightToProtest
nytimes.com/live/2025/06/11/us…
The #PosseComitatusAct is just 1 sentence.
18 USC §1385—Use of Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, & Space Force as posse comitatus
Whoever, except in cases & under circumstances expressly authorized by the #Constitution or Act of #Congress, willfully uses any part of the Army, the Navy, the Marine Corps, the Air Force, or the Space Force as a posse comitatus or otherwise to execute the laws shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 2 years, or both.
law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18…
🧵 “The federal government is taking over the California National Guard and deploying 2,000 soldiers in Los Angeles — not because there is a shortage of law enforcement, but because they want a spectacle. Don't give them one. Never use violence. Speak out peacefully.” — California Governor Gavin Newsom
youtube.com/watch?v=MN_9VqfVQ9…
#USPol #ICE #Protest #Constitution
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#Trump cannot proceed with gutting US #Education Department, court rules
A federal appeals court on Wednesday declined to lift a judge's order blocking Trump's admin from carrying out his #ExecutiveOrder to dismantle the US Department of Education & requiring it to reinstate employees who were terminated in a mass layoff.
#law #Constitution #SeparationOfPowers #ExecutiveOverreach #AbuseOfPower #AmericanAutocracy
reuters.com/world/us/trump-can…
“We decline to wield the #Constitution to declare that #military-style armaments, which have become primary instruments of #MassKilling & #terrorist attacks in the #UnitedStates, are beyond the reach of our nation’s democratic processes,” Judge Wilkinson added.
#law #SCOTUS #SecondAmendment #WMD #SemiautomaticRifles #AR15 #GunControl
“Young, an 84-year-old jurist appointed by Ronald Reagan, said that the manner of #RumeysaOzturk’s arrest seemed unusual to him.
“‘I’m not accustomed to … law enforcement officers without identification, approaching individuals masked and you know, not having a warrant…’”
#law #immigration #StateSponsoredAbduction #Constitution #CivilRights #HumanRights #DueProcess #judiciary #SeparationOfPowers #Trump #AbuseOfPower
allrisenews.com/p/aaup-rubio-t…
BREAKING: Trump admin can't avoid First Amendment trial on student protesters
A federal judge kept a trial on track for July to determine whether he will block the Trump administration from retaliating against students based on speech.Adam Klasfeld (All Rise News)
#KilmarAbregoGarcia's latest legal brief roasts #Trump's "shocking proposition" that officers can "snatch residents of this country & deposit them in foreign prisons in admitted violation of federal law" — & no US court can do anything about it.
storage.courtlistener.com/reca…
#law #immigration #Rendition #StateSponsoredAbduction #Constitution #CivilRights #HumanRights #DueProcess #SeparationOfPowers #AbuseOfPower
#AUTOCRACY NOW!
#CurtisYarvin’s calls for an American king once seemed like a joke. Today, the right is ready to bend the knee.
#USpol #law #democracy #Constitution #authoritarianism #tyranny #FarRight #Trump #AmericanAutocracy
newyorker.com/magazine/2025/06…
Curtis Yarvin’s Plot Against America
A Profile of Curtis Yarvin, the right-wing thinker behind the Substack “Gray Mirror,” who has been embraced by J. D. Vance, Marc Andreessen, Peter Thiel, and other supporters of Donald Trump. Ava Kofman reports.Ava Kofman (The New Yorker)
#Trump admin orders enhanced vetting of all #Harvard linked #visa applicants
The US #State Dept ordered all its consular missions overseas to begin additional vetting of visa applicants looking to travel to #HarvardUniversity for any purpose, acc/to an internal cable seen by Reuters on Friday, in a move that significantly expands Trump's persecution of the academic institution.
#law #immigration #RevengePolitics #Constitution #FirstAmendment #AcademicFreedom
reuters.com/world/us/trump-adm…
#PBS sued #Trump on Friday to block an #ExecutiveOrder that would cut federal #funding for public television & radio, arguing that it was #unconstitutional.
The lawsuit, filed in DC by PBS & a public TV station in #Minnesota, says that Trump’s EO violates laws that “forbid the President from serving as the arbiter of the #content of PBS’s programming, including by attempting to defund PBS.”
#law #democracy #Constitution #FreePress #authoritarianism #AmericanAutocracy
nytimes.com/2025/05/30/busines…
A #Venezuelan musician released a song critical of #Trump, then he was arrested by #ICE.
The Criminalization of Venezuelan Street Culture
#law #immigration #Constitution #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech #FreedomOfExpression #AlienEnemiesAct #pretense #FigLeaf #Bullshit #authoritarianism #tyranny #WhiteSupremacy #dissent #AmericanAutocracy
newyorker.com/culture/the-lede…
The Criminalization of Venezuelan Street Culture
Oriana van Praag writes about how the Trump Administration is targeting supposed members of Tren de Aragua using commonplace youth style—tattoos, sports jerseys, Jordans.Oriana van Praag (The New Yorker)
WTF
A federal appeals court on Thursday allowed #Trump to continue collecting #tariffs under an #EmergencyPowers law for now, as his admin appeals an order striking down the bulk of his signature set of economic policies.
The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit granted an emergency motion from the Trump admin arguing a halt is “critical for the country’s national security.”[bull-fucking-shit]
#law #judiciary #Constitution #SeparationOfPowers #Congress #economy
apnews.com/article/trump-trade…
#Harvard had argued that the revocation violated its #FreeSpeech & #DueProcess rights under the US #Constitution. In addition, Harvard contended that the revocation failed to comply with #DHS #regulations. The regulations required providing at least 30 days to challenge the agency's allegations & giving Harvard an opportunity to pursue an administrative appeal.
#Trump #law #immigration #FirstAmendment #AcademicFreedom #RevengePolitics #idiocracy #BrainDrain
#Trump admin halts scheduling of ALL new #StudentVisa appointments
Trump ordered US #missions abroad to stop scheduling new appointments for student & #exchange visitor #visa applicants as the #State Dept prepares to expand #socialmedia vetting of all #ForeignStudents, acc/to an internal cable seen by Reuters on Tues.
#law #AbuseOfPower #immigration #surveillance #Constitution #AcademicFreedom #dictatorship #tyranny #authoritarianism #AmericanAutocracy
reuters.com/world/us/trump-adm…
Asked about the ethics of #Trump & family members using the presidency in various ways to make money, Arthur Schwartz, an adviser to Don Jr., said“We don’t actually give a fuck.”
#law #emoluments #Constitution
motherjones.com/politics/2025/…
#Harvard’s response:
“The government’s action is unlawful. We are fully committed to maintaining Harvard’s ability to host international students & scholars, who hail from more than 140 countries & enrich the University – & this nation – immeasurably.”
#Trump #law #Constitution #FirstAmendment #AcademicFreedom #immigration #BrainDrain #AntiIntellectualism #authoritarianism #dictatorship #tyranny #AmericanAutocracy
Here is the letter dog killer #KristiNoem sent to #Harvard, [she of course posted it on X].
It does not allege ANY violation of the Student and Exchange Visitor Program #SEVP. Not one. She cites no #law violated, no regulation broken, no policy ignored.
#Trump #Constitution #FirstAmendment #AcademicFreedom #immigration #BrainDrain #AntiIntellectualism #authoritarianism #dictatorship #tyranny #AmericanAutocracy
How is this even slightly legal?
(Hint, it’s not)
#Trump Admin Halts #Harvard’s Ability to Enroll #InternationalStudents
The move was a major escalation in the admin’s efforts to pressure the #college to fall in line with Trump’s demands.
#law #Constitution #FirstAmendment #AcademicFreedom #immigration #BrainDrain #AntiIntellectualism #authoritarianism #dictatorship #tyranny #AmericanAutocracy
nytimes.com/2025/05/22/us/poli…
#MahmoudKhalil permitted to hold newborn son for the first time despite objections from the #Trump admin
Detained #Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil was allowed to hold his one-month-old son for the first time Thursday after a federal judge blocked the Trump admin’s efforts to keep the father & infant separated by a plexiglass barrier.
#law #immigration #Constitution #DueProcess #FirstAmendment #dissent #authoritarianism #AmericanAutocracy
apnews.com/article/mahmoud-kha…
#Trump’s Newest Crackdown on #Dissent
[BS] Assault charges against a #Democratic member of #Congress look more like #intimidation than #law enforcement.
#Trump #authoritarianism #autocracy #tyranny #law #democracy #UnitedStates #Constitution #SlouchingTowardsBethlehem
theatlantic.com/newsletters/ar…
Trump’s newest crackdown on dissent
Assault charges against a Democratic member of Congress look more like intimidation than law enforcement.David A. Graham (The Atlantic)
Judge #BerylHowell rules that #Trump / #DOGE's *entire takeover* of the U.S. Institute of Peace #USIP was unlawful—including the removal of board members & termination of programs.
Her order is very long—she not only reinstates the true board members but also boots DOGE's imposter board members & nullifies all of the illegal actions they took during their illegitimate takeover of the Institute of Peace.
#law #Constitution #SeparationOfPowers #TrumpCoup #TrumpPurge #Musk
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![DECLARED that the resolution adopted by 2 ex officio Directors of USIP's Board purportedly appointing Adam Amar as president of the Endowment of the USIP Fund & authorizing & instructing him to transfer any & all of the Endowment's assets to USIP was invalid, null, void, & w/o any legal effect; …plaintiff Board members duly appointed under 22 USC §2605(b)(4) shall continue to serve in accordance w/ §4605(e) & may not be removed or treated in any way as having been removed, or otherwise obstructed from carrying out their duties…; …USIP Acting President Amb. Moose shall continue to serve in accordance w/ §4606(a) & may not be removed or treated in any way as having been removed, or otherwise obstructed from carrying out his duties…; …defendants, except for the ex officio members of USIP's Board of Directors to the extent their official positions allow, are ENJOINED from further trespass against the real & personal property belonging to the Institute & its employees, contractors, agents, & other representatives; …[&] are ENJOINED from maintaining, retaining, gaining, or exercising any access or control over the Institute's offices, facilities, computer systems, or any other records, files, or resources, & from acting or purporting to act in the name of Institute, & from using the Institute's name, emblem, badge, seal & any other mark of recognition of the Institute; it is further](https://friendica.hellquist.eu/photo/preview/640/4921448 "DECLARED that the resolution adopted by 2 ex officio Directors of USIP's Board purportedly appointing Adam Amar as president of the Endowment of the USIP Fund & authorizing & instructing him to transfer any & all of the Endowment's assets to USIP was invalid, null, void, & w/o any legal effect; …plaintiff Board members duly appointed under 22 USC §2605(b)(4) shall continue to serve in accordance w/ §4605(e) & may not be removed or treated in any way as having been removed, or otherwise obstructed from carrying out their duties…; …USIP Acting President Amb. Moose shall continue to serve in accordance w/ §4606(a) & may not be removed or treated in any way as having been removed, or otherwise obstructed from carrying out his duties…; …defendants, except for the ex officio members of USIP's Board of Directors to the extent their official positions allow, are ENJOINED from further trespass against the real & personal property belonging to the Institute & its employees, contractors, agents, & other representatives; …[&] are ENJOINED from maintaining, retaining, gaining, or exercising any access or control over the Institute's offices, facilities, computer systems, or any other records, files, or resources, & from acting or purporting to act in the name of Institute, & from using the Institute's name, emblem, badge, seal & any other mark of recognition of the Institute; it is further")
