#revengepolitics

So much for holding back. GMAFB. #Pentagon declares #Anthropic a threat to #NationalSecurity #Defense Secretary Pete #Hegseth declared Anthropic a “#SupplyChainRisk,” blocking all federal agencies & contractors from doing business with the company. #Trump #RevengePolitics #law #AI #tech #surveillance #AutonomousWeapons #privacy #security #InfoSec #military

Late Friday, #Defense Secy Pete #Hegseth followed #Trump’s unhinged post, saying in his own post that he was declaring #Anthropic a #SupplyChainRisk. “Effective immediately, no contractor, supplier, or partner that does business with the United States military may conduct any commercial activity with Anthropic,” Hegseth wrote. #RevengePolitics #law #AI #tech #surveillance #AutonomousWeapons #privacy #security #InfoSec #military

#Anthropic said it would fight the blacklisting in court. In a blog post late Friday, the company said that it believed the wide-reaching ban #Hegseth described was not permitted by federal #law & that the designation of the company as a #SupplyChainRisk was “legally unsound.” [pretty good bet] #Trump #RevengePolitics #law #AI #tech #surveillance #AutonomousWeapons #privacy #security #InfoSec #military

The company wrote that, “Designating #Anthropic as a supply chain risk would be an unprecedented action—one historically reserved for US adversaries, never before publicly applied to an American company.” The unsigned blog post added: “We are deeply saddened by these developments.” #Trump #RevengePolitics #law #AI #tech #surveillance #AutonomousWeapons #privacy #security #InfoSec #military

…The #SupplyChainRisk designation issued by #Hegseth late Friday was an extraordinary escalation, ranking a leading #US #AI company alongside the likes of Chinese & Russian firms seen as a danger to the #UnitedStates. It was unclear how easy it would be for government departments to move away from #Anthropic’s #technology, or for the company’s partners that do business with the #Pentagon to cut ties. #Trump #RevengePolitics #law #surveillance #AutonomousWeapons #privacy #security #military

The #Pentagon did not explain the #legal reasoning behind its claim [there is none] that it could compel #military contractors to immediately cease work with Anthropic. …Experts said the #Trump admin’s dramatic intervention Friday is likely to have ramifications for more than just the #US govt’s relationship with #Anthropic, potentially complicating the admin’s work with other #AI developers, especially in relation to #defense work. #RevengePolitics #law #tech #surveillance #AutonomousWeapons

…The ultimate winner could now prove to be Elon #Musk’s #xAI [great /s], which #defense ofcls say has already agreed to the #Pentagon’s terms for working on #classified systems. The entrepreneur jumped on Emil Michael’s social media Friday [the DoD’s technology chief] saying “#Anthropic hates Western Civilization.” [ridiculous idiot.] #Trump #RevengePolitics #law #AI #tech #surveillance #AutonomousWeapons #SupplyChainRisk #privacy #security #InfoSec #military

“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

“The officer asked me to hand over my badge; he said that it was disabled,” Ms. Gardner said in an on-air interview. “I asked why I could not get inside; he said it was above him.” A photographer for #MSNOW was also asked to relinquish their badge, but a producer for the network was allowed into the #WhiteHouse, Ms. Gardner said. #Trump #law #Constitution #FirstAmendment #FreePress #journalism #media #RevengePolitics #MafiaState #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny

“The Bureau simply cannot function if individual Special Agents must choose whether to accept a lawful assignment that could later get them fired, or alternatively to reject it & become subject to firing for insubordination. #FBI Special Agents have long understood that they are subject to assignment & reassignment at any time based on the needs of the Bureau,” the agents association, which serves nearly 12,000 members, wrote in its brief. #law #Trump #RevengePolitics #EnemiesList

#Trump Personally Demanded Details of Agents’ Interview of #Comey, New Court Filing Says The request suggests the intense personal involvement of Trump in investigating one of his longtime critics, former #FBI director #JamesComey. #law #LegalEthics #DOJ #independence #RevengePolitics #WeaponizationOfJustice #Retribution #EnemiesList #MafiaState #Authoritarianism #Autocracy #Fascism#GiftArticle

#Canada, which will be subject to a 10% tariff under the arrangement, already prohibits importing forced labor goods. The #EU, also at 10%, has a ban that is scheduled to take effect in December 2027. But #Trump officials say that the governments have not effectively enforced those laws [like they actually care]. #law #economy #tariffs #geopolitics #RevengePolitics

The #US has arguably the strongest restrictions on forced labor imports of any country. It has prohibited the importation of goods made with #SlaveLabor for nearly a century, though it still allows #PrisonLabor under conditions that labor organizations consider coercive. In 2021, under Biden, the US passed a #law banning imports from a region of China where it had found forced labor to be rampant. #economy #tariffs #geopolitics #Trump #RevengePolitics

#ToddBlanche faces #Senate scrutiny with Republican support key to his confirmation as attorney general Acting AG Todd Blanche will [unironically] say at his confirmation hearing Wednesday that he & his team are “restoring trust” in the #DOJ, moving to address complaints from Democrats that he has weaponized the law enforcement institution by pursuing criminal investigations into #Trump’s perceived adversaries. #law #LegalEthics #retribution #RevengePolitics #corruption

In Trump tantrum of the hour news… #Trump Threatens to Fire Powell if He Does Not Resign From #Fed Although #JeromePowell’s term as the #FederalReserve chair officially ends on May 15, he can stay on as a governor until 2028 & said he would not leave until a criminal investigation was over. #law #economy #independence #RevengePolitics #AbuseOfPower #authoritarianism #USpol

Judge says #Hegseth is unlawfully retaliating against Sen. #MarkKelly over ‘illegal orders’ video ​A federal judge on Thursday shut down #Defense Secretary #PeteHegseth’s attempts to punish Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly over his urging of US service members to refuse illegal orders, ruling that the #Pentagon chief’s actions were unconstitutionally retaliatory. #law #MilitaryLaw #Trump #dictatorship #RevengePolitics #democracy #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech #PoliticalSpeech

The #Pentagon says it is investigating #Democratic Senator & former astronaut #MarkKelly of Arizona for possible breaches of #military #law after Kelly joined a handful of other lawmakers in a video that called for US troops to refuse unlawful orders - which happens to be required by military law. Ridiculous. #Trump #LegalEthics #RevengePolitics