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Via Katie Phang:
READ THIS.
THEN READ IT AGAIN.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Incoming senior #Trump administration officials have begun questioning career civil servants who work on the White House National Security Council about who they voted for in the 2024 election, their political contributions and whether they have made social media posts that could be considered incriminating by President-elect Donald Trump's team, according to a U.S. official familiar with the matter.
"Donald Trump didn’t make the Republican Party corrupt and bigoted – he just supercharged its corruption and bigotry. As evidence, I offer this timeline of the last 50 or so years, starting with Richard Nixon. I think it drives home the point that lovers of liberty must stop Republicanism, not just Trumpism."
~ Mark Jacob
#Trump #Republicans #democracy #authoritarianism
stopthepresses.news/p/a-half-c…
A half-century of horrible Republican behavior
This timeline is a reminder that GOP awfulness didn’t start with Trump.Mark Jacob (Stop the Presses)
I recommend Carole Cadwalladr's Substack essay "Total information collapse" today. As with everything she writes, it's incisive, richly thoughtful, and disturbing (in the best way possible). Hard to choose passages to excerpt in an essay so dense. Here's a taste:
"We are so ill-equipped to face the coming threat."
#Trump #Musk #Zuckerberg #disinformation #EconomicElites #authoritarianism
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broligarchy.substack.com/p/tot…
Total information collapse
It's started. And it's only going to accelerate from here.Carole Cadwalladr (The Power)
"If #Trump escaping punishment [for felony convictions] feels inconsistent, unfair or even unjust, that’s because it is. Nobody else who faces what Trump has would emerge virtually unscathed. ...privilege, power and resources can help a defendant navigate America’s legal system. For example, with U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, he had the privilege, power (and fortune) to appear before a federal judge whom he had appointed."
MSNBC msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinio…
#USPolitics
Donald Trump's meaningless sentence is unfair to other convicted felons
Millions of Americans saddled with the label of “convicted felon” are forever reminded of the stigma it brings, but President-elect Donald Trump won't be.Charles F. Coleman Jr. (MSNBC)
Via Angry Staffer:
#Trump can’t legally own a firearm, but he’s about to be given the nuclear launch codes.
Very normal country we have.
Since 2014, ⅓ of defendants sentenced to the most serious charge of falsifying business records in the 1st degree in Manhattan received jail time, amounting to less than a year behind bars.
Other defendants received prison time — more than a year’s incarceration — or were sentenced to probation, conditional discharges, community service or fines.
No other defendant in the cases examined received an #UnconditionalDischarge.
#criminal #law #unfit #PresidentScumbag #RapistInChief #Trump
The outcome was expected: Last week, in an 18-page decision, Justice #Merchan said that he planned to give #Trump an #UnconditionalDischarge, writing that it “appears to be the most viable solution to ensure finality.”
Trump, who was convicted of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to cover up a sex scandal, had originally faced probation or up to 4 years in prison, & Justice Merchan had ample ground to consider incarceration.
On Friday, Justice Juan M. #Merchan sentenced Donald J. Trump to an #UnconditionalDischarge, a rare & lenient sentence in NY state courts that still cements #Trump’s status as a #felon before his inauguration.
A conditional discharge would have required him to meet certain conditions, like maintaining employment or paying restitution, but Trump will not be subject to any requirements going forward.
Once he is sentenced, #Trump’s lawyers will have 30 days to file a statement indicating his intent to #appeal. He will then need to mount the actual appeal at New York State’s Appellate Division in Manhattan, & prosecutors will get a chance to respond.
#Legal experts have cast doubt on Trump’s chances of success. Appeals courts typically frown on overturning #jury decisions, barring some glaring error or misconduct by the judge or prosecutors.
That civil action, known as an Article 78 proceeding, will essentially serve as an early #appeal. In the coming weeks, a NY appeals court will begin to consider the proceeding.
In remarks Thursday evening at his Mar-a-Lago estate, #Trump attacked the case & vowed to formally appeal, even though he was expected to avoid #jail or any other substantive #punishment.
“We’re going to appeal anyway, just psychologically, because frankly it’s a disgrace,” he said.
Though #Trump will soon begin the #appeal process, the case will be concluded after sentencing, meaning it will no longer hover over him. But he will also be the first convicted #felon to be sworn in as president.
This week, Trump filed a civil action against the judge overseeing the case, challenging a pair of recent rulings that upheld his #conviction. Both rulings rejected Trump’s argument that, as a former & future president, he is entitled to #immunity.
Shortly before 8:30AM, just over a dozen anti-Trump demonstrators with the group #RiseAndResist marched up Centre Street & silently gathered in front of the Manhattan #Criminal Courthouse. In the face of heckles from a few #Trump fans, they held signs that read “No Jail Time Is An Injustice To Us All” & “Orange Is The New Orange.”
“We are unhappy that he’s not getting jail time,” said one of the demonstrators, Jamie Bauer, 66. “There’s really no consequences to his actions.”
#Trump to Be Sentenced in NY #Criminal Case
The proceedings are set to begin at 9:30AM in Manhattan. Though the president-elect is expected to avoid #jail time, his #sentencing on 34 counts will formalize his status as a #felon & make him the first to carry that distinction into the White House.
#law #unfit #PresidentScumbag
nytimes.com/live/2025/01/10/ny…
Schweigegeldprozess gegen Trump: Richter verhängt keine Strafe
Der designierte US-Präsident Donald Trump erhält im New Yorker Schweigegeldprozess keine Strafe. Obwohl er schuldig gesprochen ist, muss er nicht ins Gefängnis oder eine Geldstrafe zahlen.#Eilmeldung #Trump #USA #Schweigegeld-Prozess
Schweigegeldprozess gegen Trump: Richter verhängt keine Strafe
How low can they go? I’m afraid we still haven’t fully discovered that.
“The MAGA cohort reportedly rounded up homeless people from the area – including one person from under a bridge – promising them a meal at the Hotel Hans Egede in exchange for their participation in the pro-Trump photo circuit.”
newrepublic.com/post/190070/do…
#trump #MAGA #USA #Greenland #Denmark #EU
Donald Trump Jr.’s Ridiculous Greenland Trip Just Took a Dark Turn
It appears the whole thing was staged.The New Republic
This just came in today.. seems rather relevant considering all the billionaires joining Trump's orbit *after* Jan 6 (as if it never happened), not to mention all the shit Trump and his brownshirts are about to do
goodreads.com/book/show/583120…
Nazi Billionaires: The Dark History of Germany's Wealth…
A groundbreaking investigation of how the Nazis helped …Goodreads
#Trump hat heute behauptet, es gäbe genug Wasser in Kalifornien, um die Brände in #LosAngeles zu löschen, aber die kalifornische Regierung (Democrats!) würde es zurückhalten.
The New York Court of Appeals, the highest court in the state, has denied #Trump's request to halt his sentencing Friday in his criminal hush money case abcnews.go.com/US/trump-claim-…
New York appeals court denies Trump's bid to halt Friday's hush money sentencing
Trump has also asked the U.S. Supreme Court to block his sentencing.Katherine Faulders (ABC News)
In addition to FB, I’m gonna cancel Amazon Prime on Jan 20.
Let’s make Trump’s Inauguration Day a day to defund fashy and fash-curious billionaires.
#trump #bezos #zuckerberg #fascism
Amazing talk on the rising US broligarchy by two of my favorite authors/intellectuals/thinkers, @pluralistic (Cory Doctorow) & @yanisvaroufakis (Yanis Varoufakis) , hosted by my favorite political movement @diem_25
Edit: looks like the video was truncated, can viewed in Google's fiefdom here:
youtube.com/watch?v=I0kvjNh7cz…
#diem25 #musk #technofeudalism #enshittification #oligarchy #trump
- YouTube
Bekijk je favoriete video's, luister naar de muziek die je leuk vindt, upload originele content en deel alles met vrienden, familie en anderen op YouTube.www.youtube.com
Trump’s Threat About Hostages Frustrates Gazans: ‘It Is Already Hell’
President-elect Donald J. #Trump said “all hell will break out in the Middle East” if hostages captured in the #Hamas-led attacks were not freed before he takes office.
from #NewYorkTimes #NYT
[Bias alert - #NYT usually favors Israel]
By Hiba YazbekAbu Bakr Bashir and Lara Jakes
Jan. 8, 2025Updated 1:19 p.m. ET
nytimes.com/2025/01/08/world/m…
#NotAnotherBomb
#NeverStopTalkingAboutPalestine
#IsraelWarCrimes #ArrestNetanyahuAndGallant
#USHandsOffICC
#CeasefireNow
#StopArmingIsrael
#BDS #DivestFromIsrael
#StopGazaGenocide
#RestoreFundsToUNRWA
#SolidarityWithPalestine is #NotAntisemitism
#EqualRightsForAllFromTheRiverToTheSea is #NotAntisemitic
#JewHatredHurtsPalestine
#Gaza #Israel #Palestine #MiddleEast #WestAsia #politics
#USA #US #USPolitics #Biden
#media #news #press @palestine @israel
That's really frightening...
“Musk just spent a quarter of a billion dollars to elect Trump,” said Bannon (right-wing podcaster). “If he puts the same amount of money into all of Europe that he put behind Trump, he will flip every nation to a populist agenda. There’s not a centrist left-wing government in Europe that will be able to withstand that onslaught.”
politico.eu/article/us-steve-b…
#politics #Europe #trump #musk
Steve Bannon: Musk’s money will help us make Europe a populist haven
“There’s not a centrist left-wing government in Europe that will be able to withstand that onslaught,” the right-wing podcaster says.Ketrin Jochecová (POLITICO)
• „Designierter US-Präsident Trump will sich Kanada, Grönland und den Panama-Kanal einverleiben“
• „Frauenfeind Andrew Tate will mit Musks Hilfe Premier Großbritanniens werden“
#Trump #Merz #ElonMusk #schwarwel
"By the end of 2024, #Zuckerberg had given up on finding any middle path through the polarized and opposite criticisms leveled against him by Republicans & Democrats.
#Musk spent the past year showing how Republican party support can be bought — cheaply. Zuckerberg’s motivation has only ever been to win. And a doddering, transactional Trump presented #Meta with a rare opportunity for a fresh start.
All they would have to do is whatever #Trump wanted them to do."
platformer.news/meta-fact-chec…
Meta surrenders to the right on speech
“I really think this a precursor for genocide,” a former employee tells PlatformerCasey Newton (Platformer)
Via Joyce Vance:
DOJ has just filed w 11th Circuit, asking them to set aside Judge Cannon's injunction on releasing the #JackSmith's report on #Trump prosecution and permitting them to go ahead & release it.
If you love a little irony, here's some for you: The Defendants have filed a notice, advising the court they intend to file their response by tomorrow. The ironic bit? Cannon didn't wait for the govt to file a response before she ruled in the defendants' favor, stopping the release.
"OK, who gave the two year old keys to the toy store!?!"
- Aure
President-elect Donald Trump is considering declaring a national economic emergency to provide legal justification for a large swath of universal tariffs on allies and adversaries, four sources familiar with the matter stated.
Tariffs go on; prices go up; our allies abandon us for other markets!
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #GOP #Politics #uspolitics #uspol #Trump
cnn.com/2025/01/08/economy/tru…
"Zuckerberg kertoi lopettavansa liiallisen sensuurin. Hän lupasi palauttaa ilmaisunvapauden alustoillemme. Zuckerbergin puhe on kuin Trumpin märkä uni."
"Kaikkein kiusallisin on kysymys ajoituksesta, oli uudistuksista mitä mieltä tahansa. Mitä se kertoo Amerikasta, että maan keskeisen yksityisen mediayhtiön koko linja muuttuu samalla, kun maan vallanpitäjä vaihtuu?"
hs.fi/maailma/art-200001094797… #somefi #META #trump
Sosiaalinen media muuttuu totaalisesti: Metan Mark Zuckerbergin puhe oli kuin Donald Trumpin märkä uni
Sosiaalisen median periaatteet menevät uusiksi Yhdysvaltain vallan vaihtuessa, kirjoittaa HS:n toimituspäällikkö Jussi Pullinen.Jussi Pullinen HS (Helsingin Sanomat)
