“The US plane manufacturer Boeing has begun flying 737 Max jets that were refused by Chinese airline customers back to the United States, as the trade war between the world’s two biggest economies escalates.”

bangkokpost.com/business/gener…

Oopsie!

🤭

#USA #Trump #fascism #idiocracy

Boeing begins flying back planes refused by Chinese airlines

^{Bloomberg News (Bangkok Post)}

I didn't realise but there were other Trump Protests (#50501 movement) happening yesterday throughout the US! 👏💪

Seen in French news #LeMonde
["Aux Etats-Unis, des milliers de personnes inquiètes pour « l’Etat de droit » manifestent contre l’administration Trump"](lemonde.fr/international/artic…]

Here is a report in English:
Thousands join anti-Trump protests across US (#BBCNews)

#UsPol #TeslaTakedown #Trump

Aux Etats-Unis, des milliers de personnes inquiètes pour « l’Etat de droit » manifestent contre l’administration Trump

Depuis New York ou Washington, à l’Est, jusqu’à San Francisco, à l’Ouest, en passant par le Texas, au Sud, les manifestants ont également dénoncé la politique anti-immigration du président américain.

^{Le Monde avec AP et AFP (Le Monde)}

"What Donald Trump did on Friday should make the hair on the back of your neck stand on end. Trump literally fabricated evidence in an effort to keep Abrego Garcia in a prison in El Salvador. You must understand that Trump would do that very thing to imprison anyone he wants to 'disappear' --including you or your family."

~ Dean Obeidallah

#Trump #AbregoGarcia #fascism
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The shuttered DHS Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties “was one of the very few tools we had to check ICE, to hold ICE accountable,” immigration lawyer Sophia Genovese said. “Now you see them speeding to complete authoritarianism.”
propublica.org/article/homelan…

#News #ICE #CivilRights #Immigration #Law #Trump #DHS #Deportation #Border

Trump’s Shuttering of DHS Civil Rights Office Freezes 600 Cases

The closure of the 150-person office, which protected the civil rights of both immigrants and U.S. citizens, strips Homeland Security of its internal guardrails as the Trump administration turns DHS into a mass-deportation machine, analysts say.

^ProPublica

#Trump posted a photo of himself holding up a picture claiming to show #KilmarAbregoGarcia’s tattoos that prove he’s MS-13.

The picture he’s holding has obviously been digitally altered to add the characters MS-13.

The source of this BS is a neo-Nazi X user who claims the tattoos are code for “MS-13.”

This is why you try people in court of #law & not on social media.

#FactCheck #TrumpLies #gaslighting #propaganda #dehumanization #immigration #HumanRights #CivilRights #DueProcess

On the surface, in govt and business, #Japan is an extremely polite country, to the point that people from other countries have difficulty parsing disapproval and rejection since the verbiage is extremely subtle

With that in mind, listen to #ShinjiOguma of the House of Reps talking about #Trump and Trump's 4D chess galaxy brain #tariff bs

😂 😂 😂

"akin to a delinquent kid extorting someone"

longer video (original Japanese with subtitles) for the full acid take down:

youtu.be/EIao2kkB7Gg

“#Trump is explicitly targeting 2 Americans because they exercised their #FirstAmendment rights…. That is a miscarriage of #justice which these individuals…vindictively singled out by him, will be unfairly forced to endure. The president of the United States must not direct federal authorities to investigate people with whom he disagrees.

“This is not democratic governance. It is baseless retaliation — & it has no place in the United States of America.”

#RevengePolitics #AbuseOfPower

A number of prominent #Republicans, including several fmr members of the first #Trump admini, have signed an open letter decrying him for using his #power to punish 2 fmr admin officials who criticized him, likening his actions to those of a “royal despot.”

“For a president to personally & publicly direct the levers of the federal government against publicly named citizens for political reasons sets a new & perilous precedent in our republic,” the group wrote.

#ChrisKrebs #MilesTaylor

Hundreds of scholars have had their visas revoked and dozens have been detained.

What’s exceptional about Öztürk’s case is how her detention was caught on camera.

What’s scariest, immigration lawyers say, is how little is known about all the others.
propublica.org/article/rumeysa…

#News #ICE #University #Immigration #Trump #Deportation #Boston #Palestine

Inside Rümeysa Öztürk’s Journey From Scholar to Trump Target in Louisiana Cell

“So horrifying and so heartbreaking”: Öztürk’s close friend provides an intimate look into one of the hundreds of foreign students who have had their visas revoked — and in dozens of instances have been detained without criminal charges.

^ProPublica

#TheGuardian #tRUMP

If you are American, The Guardian wants to hear from you about how you think the first 100 days of the Trump (mis)administration is going.

Please boost for reach. Thank you!
theguardian.com/us-news/2025/a…

People in the US: tell us how you think Trump’s first 100 days have gone so far

As the 100-day mark approaches, we’d like to hear from Americans about the second Trump administration so far

^{Guardian community team (The Guardian)}

Wilson, O'Sullivan, #Trump, Selby - who will win World #Snooker Championship?

Can Kyren Wilson break the 'Crucible curse'? Will Judd Trump land an elusive second world crown? BBC Sport looks at the likely contenders to come out on top in snooker's blue-riband event.

bbc.com/sport/snooker/articles…

(c) #BBC #News #Sport #Snooker

World Snooker Championship 2025: Crucible contenders, including Ronnie O'Sullivan

^{Steve Sutcliffe (BBC Sport)}

Big protests against #Trump scheduled for tomorrow all across the country. #50501

There’s a database you can drill down by zip code, by the group co-ordinating them.

fiftyfifty.one/events

It’s going to be a beautiful day in NYC tomorrow.
80 degrees and sunny!

#DictatorTrump is likely playing golf, AGAIN! It would be awesome if a few hundred thousand people would show up and protest around his golf course.

Every time he goes to swing, the crowd yells MISS IT!

#TrumpRecession

Events | 50501 Movement

^{50501 Movement}

Once again, #Trump and co. 🖕🏼 our justice system, the judges, democracy and all of us.

‪Kyle Cheney‬:

JUST IN: Lawyers for Venezuelan nationals say they’re being loaded onto buses this hour in anticipation of a new wave of Alien Enemies Act deportations, w less than 24 hours notice. They’re asking Judge Boasberg for an immediate restraining order requiring 30 days notice.

Amazing truth & fact filled press conference from Sen #VanHollen on his visit to #ElSalvador & the ILLEGAL #rendition of #KilmarAbregoGarcia by #Trump

#law #contempt #immigration #AlienEnemiesAct #ExtraordinaryRendition #StateSponsoredAbduction #Constitution #CivilRights #HumanRights #DueProcess #DualState #14thAmendment #5thAmendment #ChecksAndBalances #JudicialBranch #Judiciary #SeparationOfPowers #AbuseOfPower #Trump

youtube.com/watch?v=88_htG1N-1…

from the #WhiteHouse:

#trump #rename #america #crazy #politics #government #president #joke #lol #lmao #humor #just4fun

I have a friend who works in logistics. She tells me that almost *no* container ships are scheduled to dock in port of LA in May.

This is the USA's busiest container port.

Are we winning yet?

#tariffs #trump #economy #resist #eatherich #protest #china #trade

Trump’s War on Measurement Means Losing Data on Drug Use, Maternal Mortality, Climate Change and More
—

By slashing teams that gather critical data, the administration has left the federal government with no way of understanding if policies are working — and created a black hole of information whose consequences could ripple out for decades.

propublica.org/article/trump-d…

#News #Trump #DOGE #Data #Climate #Health #Environment #Immigration #Science #Education

Trump Halts Data Collection on Drug Use, Maternal Mortality, Climate Change, More

^ProPublica

Wisconsin’s Name-Change Law Raises Safety Risks for Transgender People
—

A 167-year-old statute requires trans people to publish their old and new names in a newspaper. Families and advocates worry the requirement now poses a risk as President Donald Trump has attacked transgender rights.
propublica.org/article/wiscons…

#News #Wisconsin #Trans #LGBTQ #Transgender #TransRights #Trump

Wisconsin’s Name-Change Law Raises Safety Risks for Transgender People

^ProPublica

Under #Trump, #NationalSecurity Guardrails Vanish

US’ adversaries have more room to operate, at least in the #disinformation space, #cybersecurity experts say.

This month, a network of pro-#Russia websites began a campaign aimed at undermining confidence in #US #defense industry….

The F-35 fighter jet was one target. The effort, coordinated by Russian group #PortalKombat, spread rumors that US #allies purchasing the warplanes would not have complete control over them…
nytimes.com/2025/04/18/us/poli…

Under Trump, National Security Guardrails Vanish

America’s adversaries have more room to operate, at least in the disinformation space, cybersecurity experts say.

^{Helene Cooper (The New York Times)}

The #Trump admin on Friday will announce that it's moving ahead with a new rule, previously known as "#ScheduleF," that will make it easier to remove federal employees it believes are undercutting Trump's agenda.

By stripping #CivilService protections from about 50k people — roughly 2% of the federal work force — Trump is continuing his far-reaching effort to *trim the federal bureaucracy* & make it more answerable to him.

#law #labor #autocracy #AbuseOfPower
axios.com/2025/04/18/trump-fed…

Keep ‘em coming

A federal judge who blocked the #Trump administration from dismantling the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has ruled that the agency can’t go forward immediately with plans to fire hundreds of employees.

apnews.com/live/donald-trump-n…

Live updates: Federal judge to pause the Trump administration’s plans for mass layoffs at the CFPB

The Trump administration has escalated its ongoing battle with Harvard, threatening to block the university from enrolling international students as the president called for withdrawing Harvard’s tax-exempt status.

^{Bridget Brown (AP News)}

Keep 'em coming

Via Kyle Griffin (his caps):

Reuters: US JUDGE BLOCKS #TRUMP ADMINISTRATION FROM FAST-TRACKING DEPORTATIONS TO COUNTRIES MIGRANTS DID NOT ORIGINATE FROM

After the #Trump admin sent termination notices on Thurs to 90% of employees at the #CFPB — some 1,500 people — Judge #AmyBermanJackson of the Federal District Court in Washington ordered a hearing at 11AM today. She is seeking to determine if the terminations violated an injunction she imposed barring agency ofcls from dismantling the bureau so completely that it cannot carry out its legally mandated duties.

#law #consumers #finance #protections #corruption

About when Sen. Cory Booker spoke on the Senate floor for 25 hours, breaking a record and shifting the spotlight away from the president.

His real move was turning a long speech into a media moment – and it worked, briefly taking national attention off of Trump.

In a fragmented media landscape, attention is power. Booker’s marathon showed that even in the age of short clips, the long speech still has bite.

More analysis:
theconversation.com/cory-booke…

#USPolitics #Trump #Politics

Cory Booker’s long speech offers a strategy for Trump opponents in a fragmented media landscape

The length of Booker’s speech grabbed headlines, but the senator’s media strategy helped sustain attention afterward while disrupting Trump’s public spotlight.

^{The Conversation}

#TerrorState

The #State Dept is changing its mind about #HumanRights

The #Trump admin is substantially scaling back the State Dept's annual reports on international human rights to REMOVE longstanding critiques of #abuses such as harsh #prison conditions, govt #corruption & restrictions on participation in the political process, NPR learned.

#UnitedStates #Authoritarianism #Dictatorship #Autocracy #Tyranny #MafiaState #Freedom #law #InternationalLaw #GenevaConvention
npr.org/2025/04/18/nx-s1-53575…

Just out from @josephinelee and Joelle DiPaolo: After three decades of fighting back against #vouchers, the governor enlisted the help of the president to destroy the last vestiges of Republican resistance this week. texasobserver.org/abbott-trump…

#education #schools #Trump #GregAbbott #politics #USpol #news #TXlege #Texas #Republicans #democracy

Ending 30 Years of Resistance, Trump and Abbott Break the ‘People’s House’

The Legislature’s lower chamber has finally blessed school vouchers—and denied ordinary Texans the chance to weigh in.

^{Joelle DiPaolo (The Texas Observer)}

We are not sliding into or headed toward authoritarianism.

"At issue is a recently passed law that a federal judge has temporarily barred the state from enforcing, further calling into question the validity of his arrest"
#fascism #trump #desantis #florida #immigration
rawstory.com/us-born-man-held-…

US-born citizen being held for ICE under Florida’s new anti-immigration law

Juan Carlos Lopez-Gomez, a 20-year-old U.S. citizen, was being held in the Leon County Jail Thursday, charged with illegally entering Florida as an “unauthorized alien” — even as a supporter waved his U.S. birth certificate in court.

^{Jackie Llanos, Florida Phoenix (Raw Story)}

🚨🚨🚨NEW!!

The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals has UNANIMOUSLY rejected #Trump’s request to halt proceedings in #KilmarAbregoGarcia's case.
👏👏👏👏

Reagan appointee Judge Wilkinson wrote that the Trump admin's position is "shocking not only to judges, but to the intuitive sense of liberty that Americans ... still hold dear."

Damn straight.

storage.courtlistener.com/reca…

#law #immigration #AlienEnemiesAct #Rendition #StateSponsoredAbduction #Constitution #CivilRights #DueProcess #Judiciary #AbuseOfPower

Nice. Sen #SheldonWhitehouse just mentioned that #KilmarAbregoGarcia has an excellent #BivensAction complaint against #Trump et al.

#DeepCut but exactly on the nose.

A Bivens action generally refers to a lawsuit for #damages when a federal officer who is acting in the color of federal authority allegedly violates the US #Constitution by federal officers acting.

👏👏👏

law.cornell.edu/wex/bivens_act…

#law #immigration #AlienEnemiesAct #rendition #CivilRights #DueProcess #Judiciary #SeparationOfPowers

Bivens action

^{LII (LII / Legal Information Institute)}

UPDATE: We've added 11 more names to our DOGE tracker, bringing the total to 77 staffers affiliated with Musk.

Plus, you can now filter our database by federal agency. Check it out ⤵️
projects.propublica.org/elon-m…

#DOGE #ElonMusk #Musk #Government #Data #Research #USPolitics #Trump

Elon Musk’s Demolition Crew

Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, has been unleashed on federal agencies. ProPublica is attempting to document who is working with him and what they are doing.

^ProPublica

The #Trump White House is considering deep cuts to federal #housing programs, including a sweeping overhaul of #aid to #LowIncome #families, in a reconfiguration that could jeopardize millions of Americans’ continued access to #RentalAssistance funds.

#law #aporophobia #classism #caste #EconomicDiscrimination
nytimes.com/2025/04/17/us/poli…

White House Eyes Overhaul of Federal Housing Aid to the Poor

The Trump administration has considered sharply curtailing vouchers as part of its budget for the 2026 fiscal year.

^{Tony Romm (The New York Times)}

Trump’s Trump Media & Technology Group has just asked the US Securities and Exchange Commission to investigate and potentially pursue civil and criminal action against a short seller

#USpolitics #USpol #Trump

#Israel Called Off #Iran Strikes After #Trump Intervened: Report

Source: newsweek.com/israel-iran-strik…

The Times reported that Israel was planning to #strike Iran as soon as May, but Trump stepped in because the #WhiteHouse was leaning toward taking a diplomatic approach toward #Tehran as opposed to a #military one.

#usa #politics #diplomacy #war #warfare #MiddleEast #news #trump

Israel Called Off Iran Strikes After Trump Intervened: Report

Israel was reportedly planning to launch multiple strikes against Iran but called them off after Trump stepped in.

^{Sonam Sheth (Newsweek)}

Maine has two - TWO - teen trans athletes…

DOJ sues #Maine over their refusing to comply with #Trump transgender athlete ban

“On Friday the Dept of Education said it would pull all federal funding for education in Maine unless the state agreed to ban the state’s two transgender girls from playing on girls sports teams.

Today AG Pam Bondi threatened to pull past funding retroactively.”

washingtonpost.com/national-se…