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Of course. #US imposes #sanctions on #ICC hours after former judge wins #NobelPeacePrize The #Trump admin imposed sanctions ​on the International Criminal Court Friday, hours after one of its former judges won the Nobel Peace Prize, putting the US on a diplomatic collision course ‌with European allies. The ICC's deputy prosecutor, Nazhat Shameem Khan, condemned the sanctions & said they would not halt the tribunal's work. #law #InternationalLaw #felon47 #MafiaState

“This morning, we notified the government that we are filing a lawsuit today to protect our First Amendment rights & defend the principle that the government does not decide what the press reports or publishes,” the three news organizations said in a joint statement on Monday. #Trump #law #Constitution #FirstAmendment #FreePress #journalism #media #RevengePolitics #MafiaState #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny

“Without notice or process, the White House revoked our journalists’ credentials because it objected to our reporting,” the news outlets said. “Left unchallenged, this threatens press freedom & the public’s right to independent journalism free from government interference.” #Trump #law #Constitution #FirstAmendment #FreePress #journalism #media #RevengePolitics #MafiaState #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny

#Canada struck back at #Trump Tuesday with #tariffs on about $20 billion worth of #US goods, in response to the latest round of #TrumpTariffs on Canada. The outcome could resonate far beyond Canada, showing other governments whether a smaller US ally can withstand Trump’s economic pressure [ #MafiaState ]. #economy #inflation #affordability #CostOfLiving #recesssion #trumpcession #geopolitics #MarkCarney #Sovereignty #law #Congress

As senators delayed a crucial vote on #ToddBlanche’s nomination to be attorney general over the so-called weaponization fund, a million-dollar payment the #DOJ made to an #AntiAbortion activist underscored how it could still funnel #TaxpayersMoney to people who claim to be victims of government persecution [& whose politics #Trump agrees with]. #SlushFund #law #LegalEthics #MafiaState #authoritarianism #autocracy #fascism #AbuseOfPower #AbuseOfOffice

Vaughn will receive a seven-figure settlement from the US government, his lawyers said, making him among those aligned with the #Trump admin who have received a payout by an alternative means. …The continuing ability of the #DOJ to make such payouts with or without a formal fund structure is one of the sticking points between the Trump admin & Republican senators as they weigh the nomination of #ToddBlanche…. #SlushFund #TaxpayersMoney #law #LegalEthics #MafiaState #autocracy #AbuseOfPower

“This answer is, at best, misleading &, at worst, disingenuous. The court was available to review any pleading by any party at any time during this lawsuit,” the judge wrote. Another federal judge, Leonie M. Brinkema of the Eastern District of Virginia, has left alive a lawsuit seeking to dismantle the #SlushFund. #TaxpayersMoney #Trump #ToddBlanche #fraud #law #LegalEthics #DOJ #MafiaState #AbuseOfPower #AbuseOfOffice

“The risk that the #Trump administration is willing to go to extreme lengths to politicize #grant-making is not a hypothetical,” said Devin O’Connor, a senior fellow at the Center on #Budget & #Policy Priorities.… “If they are willing to be that blatant about it,” O’Connor said of the #court filing, “then I think we should take seriously when they put forward a framework that would allow for the extreme #politicization of grant-making across all of the federal government.” #MafiaState #law

The saga illustrates the stakes as the #Trump admin is completing a set of rules that would provide the president even GREATER CONTROL over more than $1 TRILLION in annual #federal #grants. To critics, the new #regulation would only make it easier for Trump to strike wider tranches of congressionally approved #funding over #political differences. #MafiaState #law #democracy #UNITEDStates #RussVought #Project2025 #RevengePolitics

The sadmission showed how #Trump has #weaponized the provision of federal #education, #energy, #health, #housing & #infrastructure #aid in his second term. Far from rooting out the sort of misspending that Trump sees as rife in Washington, the White House has instead sought to #leverage the budget as a tool to assist its allies — or as a cudgel to hurt Trump’s foes. #MafiaState #law #democracy #UNITEDStates #RussVought #Project2025 #RevengePolitics

WTF? #Trump admin weighing #military options in #Mali, officials say If approved, it would add an eighth nation to the list of countries where Trump has ordered strikes since the start of his second term. #NationalSecurity #warmonger #MadWithPower #MafiaState #imperialism #sovereignty #geopolitics #law #Congress #WarPowers #InternationalLaw

"This action was never about a party seeking judicial resolution of a ​legal issue ​or a ⁠factual dispute," Williams wrote. The judge said it was instead an attempt ​to "provide some legitimacy to an agreement ​to ⁠confer #immunity to people & entities affiliated with the president & to earmark billions of dollars ⁠from American ​#taxpayers to redress grievances not ​defined in the #law." #Trump #criminal #DOJ #JudicialProcess #theft #TaxpayersMoney #kleptocracy #MafiaState #Jan6 #SlushFund

The #State Department official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said a wide ​range of options is under consideration to target the #ICC, including #TravelBans, #visa revocations, increased #sanctions against the ​ICC & affiliated organizations, & diplomatic pressure on other nations to withdraw from the ICC, the official said. #law #InternationalLaw #WarCrimes #Trump #MafiaState

#GiftArticle How #MarcoRubio Is Running #Venezuela From Afar The secretary of state effectively controls Venezuela’s finances, the distribution of its natural resources & its government. His grip on the country is a vivid manifestation of #US power in the #Trump era. #MafiaState #imperialism #geopolitics #oil #LandGrab #sovereignty #WarCrimes #theft #law #Congress #WarPowers #InternationalLaw

The #DOJ in April obtained a grand jury subpoena seeking the names & personal contact information of county employees & volunteer poll workers. #Trump has long falsely claimed without evidence that widespread voter fraud in Georgia’s most populous county, a Democratic stronghold, cost him victory in the state in 2020. #intimidation #MafiaState #law #ElectionInterference #Trump #BigLie #racism #WhiteSupremacy

Judge rejects #DOJ attempt to get names of 2020 election workers in Fulton County DOJ cannot have the names & personal contact information for every person who worked during the #2020election in #FultonCounty, #Georgia, a federal judge ruled Tuesday. #intimidation #MafiaState #law #ElectionInterference #Trump #BigLie #racism #WhiteSupremacy

So much for the foreign & domestic #emoluments clauses… #Trump reported >$1.4 billion in income from #crypto, digital #tokens & related partnerships in 2025, appearing to have SUBSTANTIALLY increased his income after reentering the White House last year. The income was reported in 927 pages of financial disclosure forms, which the #WhiteHouse released Tuesday. #law #AbuseOfPower #MafiaState #corruption #kleptocracy

The 2025 disclosure includes $635 million in royalties from a license agreement with #CelebrationCoins; at least $525 million in proceeds from token sales by #WorldLibertyFinancial, a #crypto project founded by #Trump & sons; $65 million in proceeds from World Liberty Financial’s equity sale; & $196 million in net proceeds from a stablecoin transaction. #law #AbuseOfPower #MafiaState #corruption #kleptocracy #emoluments #MoneyLaundering #crime

#House speaker Mike Johnson transmitted the #bipartisan #housing #affordability bill to the WH Monday,…kicking off a 10-day countdown for the bill to become #law, even if #Trump doesn’t sign it. Trump remains undecided over whether he’ll sign it, saying after Johnson sent it to him that it was “so unimportant” compared with his efforts to secure a batshit overhaul of federal #elections. “Big deal,” Trump said of the legislation. “It’s a yawn.” #MafiaState #extortion

A federal judge has blocked an attempt by the #Trump admin to subpoena #Minnesota Gov #TimWalz & other #state officials, calling it an effort to “harass & retaliate against them.” In a ruling unsealed Monday, US District Judge Patrick Schlitz found the “dominant purpose” of the subpoenas was to “coerce Minnesota officials into assisting the federal government with enforcing civil #immigration #law & to harass & retaliate against them for failing to do so.” #MafiaState