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#NYAG #LetitiaJames urges court to toss her case, calling it #Trump’s #revenge
New York Attorney General Letitia James has joined the list of #DOJ targets seeking to dismiss criminal charges by arguing vindictive prosecution — because, let’s face it, it is.
#law #LegalEthics #RevengePolitics #retribution #FHFA
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How the #Trump Administration Is Giving Even More #TaxBreaks to the #Wealthy
The #Treasury Department & #IRS are issuing rules that provide hundreds of billions of dollars in tax relief to big #corporations & the #ultrarich.
#law #SeparationOfPowers #aristocracy #plutocracy #WealthGap #USpol
nytimes.com/2025/11/08/busines…
Since no one seems interested in a #TLcleanse . . .
more horrific #CrimesAgainstHumanity courtesy the #UnitedStates #Trump admin:
#Immigration Agents Arrest Man in #LA Raid & Drive Off With [abduct] His Toddler
The #child was later “reunited” [granted sanctuary] with her grandmother, but the episode alarmed #ImmigrantRights groups. The father, a U.S. citizen, faces a #gun possession [cuz suddenly #Republicans don’t give a damn about the #SecondAmendment] charge.
#Trump #Transportation Secy Sean Duffy warned Friday the government could force airlines to cut up to 20% of #flights if the #shutdown did not end as US airlines on Friday scrambled to make unprecedented #GovernmentImposed reductions.
#OrchestratedShutdown #FAA #labor #travel
reuters.com/business/american-…
For all you #GOP #isolationists, #Trump is putting #BootsOnTheGround
#US steps up presence in #Gaza to support fragile #ceasefire
The #USmilitary *led* “coordination center” charged with implementing Trump’s *peace* plan in Gaza is replacing #Israel as the overseer of *humanitarian aid* to the enclave, even as multiple people familiar with the cell’s first weeks of operations have described it as chaotic, indecisive & ineffective.
#geopolitics #HumanitarianCrisis
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As they should, #Democrats hold out for #healthcare talks as Thune says 'time is now' to reopen government
Senate Majority Leader John Thune asked Democrats on Friday to “end these weeks of misery” without offering anything in return, which is the way of democratic government: compromise.
Dems pledged to vote against reopening the government until #Trump & #Republicans negotiate with them on an extension of #health #care benefits.
#RepublicansDontGiveAShitAboutYoy
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"Pope Leo's comments strengthen the resolve of those of us in the United States who remain deeply committed to welcoming the stranger," said Kerry Alys Robinson, president & CEO of Catholic Charities USA, a national federation of 168 #Catholic #charity agencies.
#PopeLeo, the first #US pope, has been ramping up his disapproval of the #Trump admin's treatment of #immigrants.
#immigration #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #CivilRights #HumanRights #law #RightToProtest #FreeSpeech #FreedomOfReligion
"There's a deep reflection that needs to be made in terms of what's happening," the pontiff said on Tuesday, when asked about the condition of #immigrants detained at a federal facility in #Broadview, #Illinois, near #Chicago.
"I know how much it means to detainees & their families that #PopeLeo is paying close attention to the suffering of migrants & their families here," Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich told Reuters.
#Trump #immigration #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #CivilRights #HumanRights #law
Cupich, who leads an archdiocese including about 2 million #Catholics, said the #Church's teachings about helping #immigrants cannot be disregarded.
"This is not some abstract value that people who say they are #Christian can easily ignore," said the cardinal. "No, this is the kind of moral imperative that is tested in the here and now."
#Trump #immigration #Chicago #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #CivilRights #HumanRights #law #RightToProtest #FreeSpeech #FreedomOfReligion #FirstAmendment
…#PopeLeo, originally from the #Chicago area, …has been steadily increasing his criticisms of #Trump.
…Cardinal Michael Czerny, a close advisor to Leo, said the pope is "expressing the concerns that should be in the heart of every #Christian & of every citizen."
"The Golden Rule, in other words: Do unto others as you would wish them to do unto you," said Czerny.
#immigration #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #CivilRights #HumanRights #law #RightToProtest #FreeSpeech #FreedomOfReligion #FirstAmendment
…El Paso Bishop Mark Seitz, who…heads the #migration cmte of the #US #bishops' conference, said the conference is discussing whether to issue a statement about the #Trump admin's treatment of #immigrants during its annual meeting, to be held in Baltimore from Nov 10-13.
"Without question, this issue will be a major, if not the major, topic that we undertake during the bishops' meeting," he said.
#immigration #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #CivilRights #HumanRights #law #FreeSpeech #FreedomOfReligion
#PopeLeo was asked Tuesday about #immigrants at the #Broadview facility who have been refused the opportunity to receive holy Communion, an important #religious obligation. Many immigrants entering the #US come from #LatinAmerica, a predominantly #Catholic region.
He said the detainees' spiritual rights need to be respected & cited scripture indicating Jesus will judge #Christians after death on how they welcomed immigrants.
#Trump #immigration #CivilRights #HumanRights #law #FreedomOfReligion
#Hegseth Is Purging #Military Leaders With Little Explanation
The moves to fire or sideline generals and admirals are without precedent in recent decades and have rattled the top brass.
#Defense Secy #PeteHegseth has fired or sidelined at least 2 dozen generals & admirals over the past 9 months in a series of ousters that could reshape the US military for years to come.
#NationalSecurity #MilitaryReadiness #Trump #idiocracy #kakistocracy
nytimes.com/2025/11/07/us/poli…
"As I see it, Hispanic voters are now learning a similar lesson. Until this year many of them could brush off evidence of right-wing racism, including Trump’s tirades about Mexican rapists, as unlikely to affect their lives. Now they’re seeing friends and family grabbed on the street by masked government thugs. Many will never trust the right again."
#Trump #Republicans #Latinos #Hispanics #immigrants #Jews #antisemitism
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They won't return, he thinks, because they've learned a lesson the Jewish community has long had to learn:
"Jews have many generations’ worth of experience with right-wing antisemitism. Many of us understand, I believe, that whenever bigotry of any kind is given free rein, we’re always next in line.
And sure enough, rabid antisemitism is surging within MAGA, which should surprise absolutely nobody."
#Trump #Republicans #Latinos #Hispanics #immigrants #Jews #antisemitism
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Paul Krugman notes the sharp turn back to the Democratic fold that many Latino voters who went for Trump in 2024 made in the recent elections. He thinks the 2024 turn had to do with anger at rising prices blamed on Biden, and a refusal of many Latinos to take Trump at his word that he'd begin rounding up and deporting immigrants.
Krugman thinks Latinos won't be coming back to the GOP fold.
#Trump #Republicans #Latinos #Hispanics #immigrants
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Heartless #billionaire assholes
#Trump admin seeks to halt #SNAP #food #aid payments after a #CourtOrder
Trump’s admin asked a federal appeals court Friday to block a judge’s order that it distribute November’s full monthly SNAP benefits amid a #US govt #shutdown, even as at least some states said they were moving quickly to get the money to people.
#law #judiciary #FoodStamps #hunger #poverty #WealthGap #SocialCleansing #HealthyIfYoureWealthy #EconomicDiscrimination
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Pope Leo's recent criticisms of #Trump anti-#immigration policies are emboldening #Catholic efforts to help #immigrants caught up in the admin's hardline crackdown, snr US Church leaders say.
After Leo called on Tues for "deep reflection" in the #US about the admin's treatment of #immigrants, several top bishops as well as the country's main network of Catholic nuns & its national charity federation told Reuters they would step up their work.
[#PopeLeo is from #Chicago]
reuters.com/world/europe/pope-…
Very displeased with one of my Alma Maters!
#Cornell Reaches Deal with #Trump Admin to Restore #Research #Funding
The Ivy League #university had warned of #layoffs after the Trump admin stripped it of funds this year. The cuts were among the deepest in higher #education.
#law #FirstAmendment #AcademicFreedom #extortion
nytimes.com/2025/11/07/us/corn…
"Trump’s 'Gatsby' gala wasn’t homage but autopsy — a champagne-soaked dirge for a nation that once believed in class, grace, and conscience. ...
Trump, the man who once wrapped himself in the mantle of populism, threw a party mocking the very people who once believed him."
~ David Shuster
#Trump #MaraLago #GreatGatsby #ballroom #EpsteinBallroom #corruption #EconomicElites #shutdown #SNAP #food #hunger
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When Gatsby Met Garbage: Trump’s Decadent Death Rattle of the American Dream
Trump’s “Great Gatsby” party was a grotesque display of excess and delusion — proof that America’s self-proclaimed populist has become its most vulgar elite.David Shuster (Blue Amp Media)
FBI sources say Epstein files "worse" than photos "showing Trump with half naked teenage girls," says journalist - Boing Boing
Journalist David Schuster dropped a bombshell Wednesday night: FBI and Justice Department sources were telling conservative lawmakers that the unreleased Epstein files are "worse" for Trump than anyone previously reported.…Ellsworth Toohey (Happy Mutants, LLC.)
#Trump has accused boat crews of being *narco-terrorists*. The truth, AP found, is more nuanced
One was a fisherman struggling to eke out a living on $100 a month. Another was a career criminal. A third was a fmr military cadet. And a fourth was a down-on-his-luck bus driver.
#law #murder #ExtrajudicialKillings #DueProcess #WarPowers #propaganda #AbuseOfPower #InternationalLaw #CrimesAgainstHumanity
apnews.com/article/trump-venez…
"In a scathing ruling handed down just minutes ago, Judge John McConnell ordered the Trump administration to immediately deliver full November SNAP benefits to every state, blasting officials for their brazen refusal to obey his earlier mandate."
~ Aaron Parnas
#Trump #Republicans #shutdown #food #SNAP #children #hunger #cruelty #courts
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"At one level, it’s entertaining to watch conservatives squirm over the Groyperism of their party — although they’ve been very slow in responding to what has been obvious for years.
'The distance between Fuentes and the mainstream Republican Party isn’t really that large,' Richard Hanania told the NYT…."
~ David Kurtz
#NickFuentes #TuckerCarlson #KevinRoberts #HeritageFoundation #antisemitism #Republicans #Trump #Groypers #Nazis #fascist #Catholic
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Heritage Foundation Implodes Over Carlson-Fuentes Lovefest
INSIDE: Kevin Roberts ... Donald Trump ... Jim ComeyDavid Kurtz (Morning Memo)
“We cannot let this malevolent evil make further inroads into our politics and civil discourse. It will literally destroy us.
Other task force members who resigned include Mark Goldfeder, Yaakov Menken and Malcolm Hoenlein."
#NickFuentes #TuckerCarlson #KevinRoberts #HeritageFoundation #antisemitism #Republicans #Trump
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See also Christopher Hale, "Groypers at the Gates: The Catholic Fascist Turn in the MAGA Right"
As a non-paying subscriber to Hale's Letters from Leo blog, I can't read the entire essay, unfortunately.
#NickFuentes #TuckerCarlson #KevinRoberts #HeritageFoundation #antisemitism #Republicans #Trump #Groypers #Nazis #fascist #Catholic
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thelettersfromleo.com/p/groype…
Groypers at the Gates: The Catholic Fascist Turn in the MAGA Right
Nick Fuentes’s Groyper movement — rooted in reactionary Catholicism — is fracturing conservatives and igniting an civil war over Israel, race, and religion. The GOP only has themselves to blame.Christopher Hale (Letters from Leo — the American Pope & US Politics)
"At least five members of Heritage’s antisemitism task force have now resigned in protest, and distinguished fellow Chris DeMuth left the organization. ...
'When Kevin Roberts repeatedly defended Tucker Carlson after his kid-glove treatment of Nick Fuentes, I lost faith that Heritage is the right institution to lead this important fight,' Speir said in an email to The Post."
#NickFuentes #TuckerCarlson #KevinRoberts #HeritageFoundation #antisemitism #Republicans #Trump
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"A staff meeting Wednesday — Roberts’s latest attempt to quell a week of resignations and condemnations over his defense of Carlson — was marked with calls for him to resign and squabbles over whether Christian employees would be forced to participate in Jewish rituals."
#NickFuentes #TuckerCarlson #KevinRoberts #HeritageFoundation #antisemitism #Republicans #Trump
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"The Heritage Foundation is erupting in open revolt against its president, Kevin Roberts, as the right-wing think tank struggles to deal with internal and external anger over his defense of former Fox News host Tucker Carlson."
~ Isaac Arnsdorf and Jacob Bogage
#NickFuentes #TuckerCarlson #KevinRoberts #HeritageFoundation #antisemitism #Republicans #Trump
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#NickFuentes Rise Puts #MAGA Movement in a ‘Time of Choosing’
After Fuentes’s interview with #TuckerCarlson, #Republicans are considering just how far his views are from the #nationalism embraced by #Trump’s followers [hint, it ain’t far]
#Nazis #WhiteChristianNationalism #WhiteSupremacy #MaleSupremacy #misogyny #sexism #racism #hate #bigotry
nytimes.com/2025/11/06/us/poli…
Following a ProPublica investigation, more than two dozen House Democrats are pressing the Trump administration to reverse a new Department of Veterans Affairs policy that makes it harder for male veterans with breast cancer to get health coverage.
propublica.org/article/trump-v…
#News #Veterans #Cancer #Healthcare #Law #Congress #USPolitics #Trump
Trump’s VA Made It Harder for Male Veterans to Get Treatment for Breast Cancer. Lawmakers Want to Fix That.
After ProPublica revealed changes to how the Department of Veterans Affairs covers men with breast cancer, House members demanded the agency reverse its decision. Separately, new Senate legislation would require the VA to be more transparent.andrea.wise@propublica.org (ProPublica)
In #Trump’s #Chicago #immigration crackdown, agents raid #daycare, #SeniorLiving center
A Spanish-language immersion daycare in a leafy residential neighborhood on the North Side of Chicago was raided by federal immigration agents on Wednesday & a #teacher was taken away, panicking #school administrators & #parents of #infants, #toddlers & pre-k #children at the center, a staff worker at the daycare told Reuters.
#law #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #HumanRights #CivilRights
reuters.com/world/us/chicago-i…
Rebecca Crosby, Noel Sims, and Judd Legum point to six election results that did not make the news:
"Pennsylvania county ousts sheriff who collaborated with ICE"
"Progressives win control of Texas school board that censored books"
"Georgia elects its first Democrat to a non-federal statewide office since 2006"
"Mississippi Democrats break Republican super majority in the state Senate"
#Trump #election #Pennsylvania #Texas #Georgia #Mississippi #Colorado #Maine
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Six election results that didn’t make the headlines
Although Democratic victories in New York, Virginia, New Jersey, and California dominated the headlines, significant contests were held across the nation.Rebecca Crosby (Popular Information)
“We’re entering new territory with these #layoffs in October,” said John Challenger, CEO of the consulting firm that tracks job losses. “We haven’t seen mega-layoffs of the size that are being discussed now — 48,000 from UPS, potentially 30,000 from Amazon — since 2020 & before that, since the #recession of 2009. When you see companies making cuts of this size, it does signal a real shift in direction.”
#economy #Trump #tariffs #inflation #labor #trumpcession
The data includes a recent spate of #layoffs at major companies such as UPS, Amazon & Target, & adds to growing concern about a labor market slowdown.
Employers cited #CostCutting & #ArtificialIntelligence as the top 2 reasons for job reductions in October.
#economy #Trump #tariffs #inflation #recession #trumpcession
#Layoffs accelerated in October, pushing 2025 job cuts to levels typically seen in a #recession, acc/to newly released data from Challenger, Gray & Christmas, a private firm that tracks workplace reductions.
#US employers have announced 1.1 million layoffs so far this year — the largest reading since the pandemic recession & on par with 2008 & 2009 job cuts during the Great Recession, the firm’s figures show.
#economy #Trump #tariffs #inflation #trumpcession
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"Trump is a weakened and diminished figure, his mandate has been revoked by the American people -
Simply, Trump has been a terrible, terrible leader and people are pissed. He has done clear material harm to the American people and our country, on purpose, by design. He has become wildly unpopular, his agenda (which Republicans have to run on next year) even more so."
~ Simon Rosenberg
#Trump #election #Republicans
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hopiumchronicles.com/p/my-2025…
My 2025 Election Recap - Blue Wave, Enormous Margins, Clear Repudiation Of Trump And Republicans (Video, Written Analysis)
People are pissed. We need to keep fighting for them and the countrySimon Rosenberg (Hopium Chronicles By Simon Rosenberg)
