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A new report revealed #Trump’s disturbing penchant for #executing his #political enemies. His response is somehow even worse.
Fmr Trump comms dir #AlyssaFarahGriffin revealed that Trump called for the #execution of a staffer on several occasions during his time in the WH—& the disturbing news (& Trump’s even more troubling reaction) is already fading from headlines.
#law #democracy #VoteBlue #BidenHarris2024
https://newrepublic.com/post/182791/trump-execution-threats
Trump’s Ominous Reaction to Report He Wanted to Execute People
A new report revealed Donald Trump’s disturbing penchant for executing his political enemies. His response is somehow even worse.The New Republic
#Women are still being charged for #contraception even though federal #law dictates it should be free. The chair of the #Senate #health cmte wants a govt watchdog to investigate why.
Under the #ACA, health plans are required to provide #BirthControl to patients as a #preventive. Repeated probes have found that plans flout the law & #patients are asked to pay, Sen #BernieSanders said in a letter being sent Mon to the Govt #Accountability Office.
#ReproductiveRights
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2024/06/17/birth-control-free-sanders/
Bernie Sanders calls for investigation into contraception costs
The chair of the Senate’s health committee says women are still being charged for contraception that is supposed to be free under federal law.Dan Diamond (The Washington Post)
The #Biden admin plans to stop #businesses & #wealthy individuals from manipulating the value of #assets in arcane ways such as using the same assets over & over again to lower their taxes. (#Trump)
High-end business partnerships like hedge funds & wealthy individuals such as real estate investors have inappropriately used labyrinthine structures to shield tens of billions of dollars from taxation, #Treasury Dept ofcls said Mon.
#law #finance
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/06/17/tax-basis-shifting-irs-partnerships/
Closing asset loophole could add billions to tax collections, IRS says
The Treasury Department plans to enact rules that would prevent certain large businesses from depreciating the same asset repeatedly.Julie Zauzmer Weil (The Washington Post)
North Carolina Supreme Court Secretly Squashed Discipline of Two #GOP Judges Who Admitted to Violating Judicial Code
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The decisions came despite the Judicial Standards Commission’s recommendations to publicly reprimand the judges, and these are likely the only times in more than a decade in which the court didn’t follow the commission’s guidance.
#News #NorthCarolina #Law #Courts
https://www.propublica.org/article/north-carolina-supreme-court-republican-judges-violations
The #UnitedStates #SurgeonGeneral, Dr. #VivekMurthy, announced on Mon that he would push for #WarningLabels on #SocialMedia platforms advising #parents that using the platforms might damage #adolescents’ #MentalHealth.
Warning labels —like on tobacco & alcohol— are one of the most powerful tools available to the nation’s top #health ofcl, but…requires approval by #Congress.
#law #PublicHealth
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/17/health/surgeon-general-social-media-warning-label.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb
Deputy fatally shoots 7 starving, abandoned dogs
Arriving at a rural property, an #Arizona #sheriff’s deputy approaches a group of starving dogs behind a fence. Some are sleeping, others bark & wag their tails. The deputy lays out food & water to corral them, body-cam video shows.
The deputy then pulls out a gun & shoots them 1 by 1, killing 7, before dragging their bloodied bodies to his truck. He later dumped the bodies near RR tracks.
#law #DogsOfMastodon
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/06/15/apache-county-arizona-dogs-shot/
Deputy fatally shoots seven starving, abandoned dogs
Animal advocates say the Apache County, Ariz., incident highlights the need for the area to address rampant pet hoarding and abandonment.Amber Ferguson (The Washington Post)
Court blocks enforcement of #TitleIX rules protecting transgender students
A federal court temporarily blocked the #Education Dept from enforcing new #regulations aimed at protecting #transgender #students in #schools, finding that opponents who sued to stop it are likely to prevail when the case is fully considered.
Title IX, a half-century old #law bars #discrimination in schools based on #sex.
#GenderIdentity #SexualOrientation
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2024/06/14/transgender-titleix-schools-federal-court/
Court blocks enforcement of Title IX rules protecting transgender students
The district court order, which applies in four states, is the first ruling amid a crush of challenges.Laura Meckler (The Washington Post)
BREAKING: Harlan Crow Provided Clarence Thomas at Least 3 Previously Undisclosed Private Jet Trips, Senate Probe Finds
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The #SupremeCourt justice flew to Montana and other destinations on the billionaire GOP donor’s dime.
Crow’s lawyer revealed these flights to the #Senate Judiciary Committee, whose ongoing investigation was sparked by ProPublica’s reporting.
#News #SCOTUS #ClarenceThomas #HarlanCrow #Government #Courts #Law #Transparency
Harlan Crow Provided Clarence Thomas Additional Private Jet Flights: Senate Investigators
The Supreme Court justice flew to Montana and other destinations on the billionaire GOP donor’s dime. Crow’s lawyer revealed these flights to the Senate Judiciary Committee, whose ongoing investigation was sparked by ProPublica’s reporting.ProPublica
#HarlanCrow's office says struck a deal w/the committee to provide info going back 7 yrs.
Crow "engaged in good faith negotiations w/ the committee."
+ “As a condition of this agreement, the committee agreed to end its probe with respect to Mr. Crow."
Durbin: "The #Senate #Judiciary Committee's ongoing investigation into the #SupremeCourt's ethical crisis is producing new information... & makes it crystal clear that the highest court needs an #enforceable #CodeOfConduct, bc its members continue to choose not to meet the moment"
#Senate #Judiciary Committee uncovers 3 additional undisclosed trips that Justice #ClarenceThomas took as a gift from #HarlanCrow. These were *not* included even in Thomas' revised financial disclosure.
Info was obtained via the cmte's subpoena authorization for Crow.
#HarlanCrow Provided #ClarenceThomas at Least 3 Previously Undisclosed Private Jet Trips, #Senate Probe Finds
The #SCOTUS justice flew to Montana & other destinations on the #billionaire #GOP #megadonor’s dime. Crow’s lawyer revealed these flights to the Senate #Judiciary Committee, whose ongoing investigation was sparked by #ProPublica’s reporting.
#law #ethics #ActivistCourt
https://www.propublica.org/article/clarence-thomas-harlan-crow-private-jet-flights-senate-investigation-scotus
Harlan Crow Provided Clarence Thomas Additional Private Jet Flights: Senate Investigators
The Supreme Court justice flew to Montana and other destinations on the billionaire GOP donor’s dime. Crow’s lawyer revealed these flights to the Senate Judiciary Committee, whose ongoing investigation was sparked by ProPublica’s reporting.ProPublica
#SCOTUS retains full #access to key #AbortionMedication #mifepristone
The #SupremeCourt on Thurs refused to limit access to a widely used #abortion #medication, rejecting a challenge from #antiabortion doctors 2 years after the court’s #conservative majority overturned #RoeVWade on procedural grounds.
#law #ReproductiveRights #FDA #medicine #medical #health #WomensHealth
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/06/13/supreme-court-abortion-pill-ruling-mifepristone/
Supreme Court retains full access to key abortion medication mifepristone
Ever since the high court eliminated the right to abortion in 2022, medications to terminate pregnancy have grown in importance and been challenged in court.Ann E. Marimow (The Washington Post)
#Senate #Republicans block Democrats' #SCOTUS #ethics bill
The legislation would establish a #CodeOfConduct for the justices, as well as #recusal rules & new requirements for disclosing gifts & travel. #Republicans blocked it from advancing.
#law #influence #power #ClarenceThomas #Alito
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/senate-gop-blocks-democrats-supreme-court-ethics-bill-rcna156738
Senate Republicans block Democrats' Supreme Court ethics bill
Senate Republicans blocked a Democratic-sponsored bill that would require Supreme Court justices to adopt a code of conduct after Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, and Ketanji Brown Jackson faced scrutiny.Rebecca Shabad (NBC News)
#SouthernBaptists Vote to Oppose Use of #IVF
With almost 13 million #church members across the #UnitedStates, the Southern #Baptist Convention has long been a bellwether for American #evangelicalism.
#ReproductiveRights #fertility #BodilyAutonomy #MaleSupremacy #WomensHealth #health #medicine #privacy #law #SCOTUS #Dobbs
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/12/us/ivf-vote-southern-baptists.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb
The #SouthernBaptist Convention on Wednesday approved a measure opposing #IVF as “dehumanizing” & asking “the government to restrain” the practice, a sign of the broadening effort by #conservative #evangelicals & the #antiabortion movement since the fall of #RoeVWade.
#ReproductiveRights #BodilyAutonomy #fertility #WomensHealth #health #medicine #privacy #law #SCOTUS #Dobbs
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/06/12/southern-baptists-ivf-women-pastors/
Southern Baptist Convention votes to oppose in vitro fertilization
Earlier, representatives narrowly rejected a ban on women serving in lesser pastoral roles. It gained 61% of the vote but needed two-thirds approval.Michelle Boorstein (The Washington Post)
'Georgia Is Our Laboratory': Inside Trump's Plan to Rig 2024
Team #Trump sees #Georgia as 'a road map' for putting Trump's heads-I-win-tails-you-lose philosophy of #elections into practice
The Peach State is unique—it's the sole battleground state in which the #Republican Party has total #control over the levers of #power: a trifecta in state #House, #Senate, & governorship
#ElectionLaw #ElectionInterference #law #democracy #BidenHarris2024
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-georgia-laboratory-rig-2024-1235034510/
Inside Trump’s Plan to Rig 2024: ‘Georgia Is Our Laboratory’
Team Trump sees Georgia as ‘a road map’ for putting Trump’s heads-I-win-tails-you-lose philosophy of elections into practiceAdam Rawnsley (Rolling Stone)
Reader Tips Propelled Our #SupremeCourt Reporting. Now Your Info Could Power Our 2024 #Election Coverage.
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An email from a reader helped a team of ProPublica reporters uncover secret tuition payments Harlan Crow made for a family member of #ClarenceThomas.
Now we’re looking for tips on the election, and you can help.
#News #Voting #election2024 #Government #Law #SCOTUS
https://www.propublica.org/article/reader-tips-propublica-2024-election-coverage
Callout for Reader Tips: Power ProPublica’s 2024 Election Coverage
An email from a reader helped a team of ProPublica reporters uncover secret tuition payments Harlan Crow made for a family member of Clarence Thomas. Now we’re looking for tips on the election, and you can help.ProPublica
Many #Trump allies had been secretly rooting for an #acquittal. The talking points wrote themselves: It would have been yet more evidence that the #UnitedStates #justice system was rigged in favor of #Bidens & against Trumps. Tues’s #guilty #verdict was inconvenient to that narrative.
Even more valuable would have been the #fundraising potential.
#gaslighting #ConspiracyTheories #USpol #law #HunterBiden
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/11/us/politics/donald-trump-hunter-biden.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb
The #Immigration Story Nobody Is Talking About
The #UnitedStates does need a more orderly #border. It also needs more #immigrants, who are critical to the country’s #economic strength.
#law #policy #labor #economy
https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-financial-page/the-immigration-story-nobody-is-talking-about
#Trump, who was #convicted last month on 34 #felony counts of #FalsifyingBusinessRecords, is expected to have a virtual interview w/a NYC #Probation Dept ofcl on Mon.
The interview is required as the agency prepares a #sentencing recommendation for the judge in the case.
Trump will be in his home at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, FL, for the virtual meeting — his 1st w/a probation ofcl.
#law
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/09/nyregion/trump-probation-officer-hush-money-verdict.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb
#Culture #TV #Law #Serial
Serial transformed true crime — and the way we think about criminal justice
The show that helped free Adnan Syed completely upended how much the average person knows about US legal and prison systems.Aja Romano (Vox)
#Trump plans to claim sweeping #authority over #federal #spending
In a 2nd term, Trump will look at unilateral funding cuts for the #WHO & #green #energy initiatives.
He is vowing to wrest key spending powers from #Congress & to assert more control over the federal #budget than any president in #US #history.
#law #Constitution #SCOTUS #power #government #extortion #EconomicPolicy #MafiaState #authoritarianism #autocracy #tyranny #democracy #BidenHarris2024
https://wapo.st/3XekhX4
The required annual reports, covering activity in 2023, also show 3 justices — Brett #Kavanaugh, Neil #Gorsuch & #KetanjiBrownJackson — received 6-figure book payments.
#law #ethics
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/06/07/supreme-court-financial-disclosures-gifts-thomas/
The fmr White House chief of staff — along w/ #MikeRoman, who worked on Trump’s 2020 campaign — pleaded not guilty to charges stemming from their alleged efforts to try to subvert Joe Biden’s win.
#law #democracy #TrumpCoupAttempt #insurrection #BidenHarris2024
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/06/07/arizona-mark-meadows-mike-roman/
NEW: Justice Clarence Thomas Acknowledges He Should Have Disclosed Free Trips From Billionaire Donor
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The trips include vacations in Indonesia and at the exclusive, men’s-only Bohemian Grove retreat, which were first reported by ProPublica last year.
#News #SCOTUS #ClarenceThomas #SupremeCourt #Law #Courts #Government #Politics
https://www.propublica.org/article/clarence-thomas-gift-disclosures-harlan-crow
#POTUS #Biden said Thurs he would not #pardon his son, if convicted.
Biden said “yes” when asked in an ABC interview if he would rule out pardoning Hunter Biden…. Biden also said yes when the interviewer asked if he would accept the trial’s outcome.
The president has said for months that he would not pardon his son.
“I’ve been very clear — the president is not going to pardon his son,” WH press sec Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters in Dec.
#law #BidenHarris2024
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/06/06/joe-biden-hunter-not-pardon/
@pluralistic delivers the goods again pulling #SurveillanceCaptialism, #PersonalizedPricing, #Monopolies, #Inflation, #FederalReserve #InterestRates, #DMCA, and #IP #Law together into the best description I've seen of how monopolies are fucking each and every one of us. Every. Single. Day.
With a word to the wise:
"any time a company gives you a hard-sell to order via its apps rather than its storefronts or its website, you should assume you're getting twiddled, hard."
What Donald Trump’s Criminal Trial Reveals About a Potential Second #Trump Administration
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The latest trial revealed a lot about how Trump went about running his company and the presidency — and provided hints of how that might play out in a second Trump administration.
#News #election2024 #Election #Politics #Law #DonaldTrump #Government
https://www.propublica.org/article/donald-trump-criminal-trial-second-term
What Donald Trump’s Criminal Trial Indicates About a Second Trump Term
The picture that emerged in the New York courtroom was of a person on top of details, aware of what his team is doing. Along with outside events, it suggests Trump will be even less constricted by rules and norms than he was before.ProPublica
#Republicans in #Arizona to Add #Immigration Measure to #Ballot in Nov
The measure would make unlawfully entering AZ from #Mexico a #state #crime. The #legislators’ proposal would give #local #police officers the #power to #arrest & #jail *migrants* & would allow state judges to #deport people.
#law #Federal #ClimateMigration
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/04/us/arizona-immigration-law.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&u2g=c&pvid=0D989B78-77C1-4139-B60D-D9801D2C8264&sgrp=c-cb
#POTUS #Biden Issues #ExecutiveOrder to Temporarily Seal the #Border to #Asylum Seekers
The move shows how drastically #immigration #politics have shifted in the #UnitedStates. The ACLU said it planned to challenge the order in court.
#law
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/04/us/politics/biden-executive-order-border-asylum.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&u2g=c&pvid=842FAC82-74E9-4568-964E-17F923835645&sgrp=c-cb
‘I will not be intimidated’: #Garland rebuts #contempt #threats from #HouseRepublicans
AG #MerrickGarland used an appearance on Capitol Hill on Tues to forcefully defend the #DOJ against “repeated attacks” from #Republican *lawmakers* that have undermined investigations & put federal employees in #harm’s way.
#law #TheRealWeaponizationOfGovernment
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/06/04/merrick-garland-testimony-judiciary-fbi-trump/
#US *Lawmakers* #expensed millions in 2023
>300 #House lawmakers were reimbursed ≥$5.2M for #food & #lodging while on *official business* in Washington last year under a new, #TaxpayerFunded prgm that doesn’t require receipts.
The prgm, which kicked off last yr after a #Republican-led House panel passed it, was intended to make it easier for lawmakers to maintain separate homes in DC & their home districts.
#HonorSystem #HouseRepublicans #law
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/06/04/house-representatives-expenses-receipts-lodging/
#POTUS #Biden is expected to sign an executive order on Tuesday allowing him to temporarily seal the #UnitedStates #border with #Mexico to migrants when crossings surge, a move that would suspend longtime protections for #asylum seekers in the #UnitedStates.
#law #Immigration #ClimateMigration #ClimateChange
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/03/us/politics/biden-immigration-asylum-order.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&u2g=c&pvid=E8A3F2D3-4A21-4554-8914-B2B9246E193C&sgrp=c-cb
Big show of family support on the 1st day of #HunterBiden’s trial.
In addition to #POTUS’ statement, Hunter’s wife, Melissa Cohen, his sister Ashley Biden, his friend Kevin Morris, Peter Neal, who is married to Hunter’s daughter Naomi, & #FLOTUS Dr. #JillBiden are in attendance.
President #Biden will be in Wilmington, DL, w/no appearances scheduled. But he has given no indication that he would be in the courthouse — a possibility that would require considerable security arrangements.
#law
Multiple #Trump Witnesses Have Received Significant Financial Benefits From His Businesses, Campaign
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Witnesses in the various criminal cases against the former president have gotten pay raises, new jobs and more.
If any benefits were intended to influence testimony, that could be a crime.
#News #Law #Courts #CriminalJustice #DonaldTrump #Politics #Government
https://www.propublica.org/article/donald-trump-criminal-cases-witnesses-financial-benefits
Trump Witnesses Have Received Financial Benefits From Trump Businesses, Campaign
Witnesses in the various criminal cases against the former president have gotten pay raises, new jobs and more. If any benefits were intended to influence testimony, that could be a crime.ProPublica
#Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Is Increasingly Using Consumer Protection Laws to Pursue #Political Targets
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Paxton has repeatedly used #laws that are supposed to protect people from fraudulent or deceptive practices to pursue entities he disagrees with politically, including #hospitals, pharmaceutical companies and #LGBTQ+ groups.
https://www.propublica.org/article/ken-paxton-consumer-protection-laws-political-targets
Texas AG Ken Paxton Is Using Consumer Protection Laws to Pursue His Political Targets
Ken Paxton has repeatedly used laws that are supposed to protect people from fraudulent or deceptive practices to pursue entities he disagrees with politically, including hospitals, pharmaceutical companies and LGBTQ+ groups.ProPublica
Prosecutor Susan #Hoffinger reminds the judge that before the trial began, he himself precluded the jury from hearing anything about potential punishments for #Trump. “Mr. Blanche was certainly on notice that this was an improper argument,” Hoffinger says.
Hoffinger also argues that the defense misstated the #law when it came to how #legal retainer agreements work in NY. #Blanche argues that he is willing to litigate the issue further this evening.
Justice #Merchan calls in the #jury & instructs them that #Blanche’s comment about sending #Trump “to prison” was “improper” & that they must disregard it. He reminds them that a #prison sentence is NOT required in the event of a #guilty #verdict.
#criminal #law #TrumpTrial #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference #HushMoney #MobTactics
