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• Post #4513189

  This guy DOES NOT WORK FOR THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT & therefore has no #oversight or #guardrails & no obligation to the people of the #US #JaredKushner Meets With #Hamas to Advance Trump’s #Gaza “Plan” #Trump’s son-in-law met the #Palestinian militant group’s leaders in Egypt, officials said. He will soon see #Israel PM Benjamin #Netanyahu. #USpol #geopolitics #SelfEnrichment #SelfDealing #corruption #MiddleEast https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/16/world/middleeast/kushner-hamas-ta...

• Post #4502275

  Former #Syria President #Assad & his younger brother sentenced to death in absentia for #WarCrimes “Bashar Assad used state agencies to commit war crimes and crimes against humanity,” said judge Fakhareddine al-Aryan during a court session that was aired live on state TV. #law #InternationalLaw #CrimesAgainstHumanity https://apnews.com/article/syria-assad-death-trial-d4c486b5d39bbdb41108112b0ddc8e79?utm_source=app&utm_medium=iOS_share&utm_campaign=more_org_joinmastodon_app_sharea...

• Post #4461502

  US appeals #court blocks #Trump’s $400 million White House #ballroom project The Washington-based #US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit in a divided 2-1 order upheld a preliminary injunction won by the National Trust for #HistoricPreservation, which sued last year after the admin tore down ​the #EastWing & began building a 90,000-square-foot (8,360-square-meter) ballroom both without seeking #authorization from #Congress. #law #architecture #landmark #conservation https://www.reuter...

• Post #4461501

  #Trump repeatedly called #Canadians #nasty in a speech in Las Vegas on Wednesday after claiming that #Canada & other countries had long been unfairly using #tariffs against the #US. “Canada’s nasty. They are. They’re nasty,” Trump said. “I love the people, but they’re nasty. Nasty leadership.” #diplomacy #geopolitics #trade #economy #inflation #recession #Trumpcession https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/06/world/canada/carney-trump-tariffs-trade.html?unlocked_article_code=1.3lA.uTIU.eGcnf...

• Post #4461500

  #Senate passes #Russia #sanctions bill named in honor of the late Sen. Lindsey Graham [who for whatever else he was, believed in the importance of defending #Ukraine.] The package would place mandatory sanctions on top figures in the Russian government, including #Putin, as well as Russian #oligarchs, state-owned enterprises & foreign companies supporting Russia’s defense industrial base. #law #StandWithUkraine https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/07/politics/senate-russia-sanctions-bill

• Post #4461499

  #Trump is both stupid & like the #rapist he is, cannot take “no” for an answer Trump is renewing his effort to fire #FederalReserve Governor #LisaCook after #SCOTUS in June refused to let him fire her, acc/to a letter seen by Reuters. #law #economy #independence #SeparationOfPowers #US #Constitution https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-moving-forward-with-attempt-fire-lisa-cook-after-supreme-court-ruling-abc-2026-08-07/

• Post #4461498

  The #Senate confirmed #ToddBlanche as US AG in a vote early Saturday morning, cementing Trump’s former personal attorney’s command of a #DOJ #Trump has sought to bend to his will. The Republican-led Senate voted 50-49 to make Blanche the second confirmed AG since Trump returned to the White House last year with a stated desire to use the law enforcement agency to investigate his political enemies. #law #LegalEthics #corruption #PrerogativeState #MafiaState https://apnews.com/article/senate-bl...

• Post #4461497

  A top #Iran national security official delivered a sweeping set of demands on Saturday that he said the #US must meet before the #StraitOfHormuz can reopen to maritime traffic, throwing the fate of the critical #trade waterway into question. #kakistocracy #TrumpsWar #IranWar #war #ForeverWars #Trump #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast #economy #inflation #affordability #CostOfLiving #oil #energy #EnergyCrisis https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/08/world/middleeast/...

• Post #4437489

  If Sen #MitchMcConnell (R-KY) remains absent from the #Senate, 3 #Republican votes against #ToddBlanche would sink his nomination for US AG. Senator #LisaMurkowski (R-AK) became Friday morning the 2nd Republican to say she would oppose his nomination in a floor vote, joining Sen #SusanCollins (R-ME). Sen #BillCassidy (R-LA) has not announced his position, but his opposition could lead to Blanche’s rejection. #Democrats uniformly oppose his nomination. #law #Trump #DOJ https://www.nytimes.com/l...

• Post #4436577

  #Trump loses 21 straight court battles to obtain #state voter rolls ahead of #midterms as noncitizen voting claims remain unproven The Trump admin's streak of courtroom defeats in its effort to obtain state voter rolls reached 21 just this year when a judge ruled this week that #states are not required to share the records with the #FederalGovernment. #law #BigLie #ElectionInterference #US #Constitution #coup https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/trump-loses-21-straight-court-battles-s...

• Post #4434411

  #US #JobMarket Shows Unexpected Loss Businesses shed 23,000 #jobs in July in the face of renewed #tariffs & higher #costs driven by Trump’s #war in the #MiddleEast & numbers from previous months were revised down sharply. #Trump #economy #inflation #labor #business #unemployment #affordability #CostOfLiving #recession #Trumpcession https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/08/07/business/jobs-report-economy?unlocked_article_code=1.3lA.Ul3N.Pb1JCczayHEf&smid=nytcore-ios-share

• Post #4420633

  🤬🤯 beyond disgraceful The #Senate “Homeland Security” Committee voted along party lines on Thursday to hold Dr. Anthony S. #Fauci in #contempt of #Congress for his refusal last week to answer questions from the panel. The committee’s chairman, #Republican Senator #RandPaul of Kentucky, has said he wants to see Dr. Fauci “in prison.” #law #scapegoat #PublicHealth #PublicDisservice https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/06/us/politics/fauci-contempt-of-congress.html?smid=url-share&smid=nytcore-io...

• Post #4416700

  A Republican senator said he obtained a copy of Dr. Anthony Fauci’s phone. 
Sen #RonJohnson (R-WI) said he was given it by the #Trump admin. The senator said it may answer questions #Fauci declined to answer at a hearing last week. 
Fauci faces a #contempt vote in #Congress today∶ The retired government scientist may soon face #criminal charges. #scapegoat #law #PublicHealth #science #medicine https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/08/05/gop-senator-obtains-copy-faucis-phone-contempt-vot...

• Post #4416198

  Hundreds of billions of #TaxpayersMoney all being spent to feed one man’s ego A new class of #warships that #Trump says will anchor a “golden fleet” for the #US #Navy is expected to cost at least 50% more than estimated earlier, acc/to a govt report released Wednesday. The first planned “Trump-class” battleship, the USS Defiant, is likely to cost $23.4 billion, $8 billion more than the Navy initially indicated. #narcissism https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/05/us/politics/trump-namesake-warship...

• Post #4415718

  #AbdulElSayed wins #Michigan #Senate #primary in major victory for #Democrats’ #progressive wing Abdul El-Sayed has won Michigan’s Democratic nomination for US Senate, defeating US Rep #HaleyStevens in a massive victory for the party’s progressive wing in a battleground state. The race remained tight throughout Tuesday night, with a winner not declared until Wednesday. El-Sayed’s campaign said Stevens called to concede Wednesday. #election #midterms #USpol #MIpol https://apnews.com/article/...

• Post #4415717

  #TPS for #Haitians officially ends, putting thousands out of work and in limbo 
A federal judge took the final step in allowing the #Trump admin to terminate #humanitarian protections for 350,000 Haitians in the US. #law #immigration #SCOTUS #WhiteSupremacy #TheCrueltyIsThePoint https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2026/08/05/tps-haitians-officially-ends-putting-thousands-out-work-limbo/

• Post #4415716

  AP Exclusive: #Trump #immigration crackdown has detained more than 50 #military spouses & parents Trump’s admin has detained dozens of parents & spouses of active-duty #US troops as it rolls back immigration protections for military families to pursue its mass #deportation agenda, an AP investigation found. #law #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #SuckersAndLosers https://apnews.com/article/military-families-immigration-trump-detained-deported-3337173bff1f06153738c217da52e846

• Post #4415715

  I mean, it’s the #kakistocracy on full display. Helicopter Carrying #Trump Flew Near a Passenger Jet in Washington Airspace #MarineOne, the helicopter that ferries the president, came within less than a mile of an Envoy Air flight Tuesday, raising new concerns about air traffic control in the congested area. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/05/us/politics/trump-helicopter-jet-marine-one.html?unlocked_article_code=1.3FA.rmba.Tla1jfpn7nDl&smid=nytcore-ios-share

• Post #4402445

  A North Korean missile unit has begun deploying to western #Russia & could be equipped with 120 ballistic missiles & 6 launchers for strikes against #Ukraine, ​an official at Ukraine's military intelligence agency said. Ukraine is very short of high-end air defenses & Russia has tried to exploit this by ‌using more ballistic missiles, which are particularly hard to shoot down. #geopolitics #Europe #NorthKorea #StandWithUkraine https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense...

• Post #4397049

  WTF??? Judge dismisses #Jan6 #SeditiousConspiracy charges against #OathKeepers
 While taking the last step in the legal process to wipe out penalties from the #insurrection, the judge also criticized the #DOJ for undoing the most serious convictions. #Trump #whitewashing #RevisionistHistory #propaganda #law #ElectionInterference #BigLie #coup #ConspiracyTheories #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/08/04/judge-dismi...

• Post #4386935

  #Trump claimed he would 'bring free speech back” [but seriously, let’s be real, it was always his version of #FreeSpeech] - yet Judges have ruled in 75 cases that he has stifled the #FirstAmendment . #law #gaslighting #propaganda #Trumpaganda #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #MafiaState #tyranny https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/trump-vowed-bring-free-speech-back-judges-75-cases-ruled-that-he-has-stifled-it-2026-08-04/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications...

• Post #4385897

  #GiftArticle Interesting Inside the Oval Office Showdown Between #Trump & #JeaninePirro Jeanine Pirro, the #USattorney for DC, told Trump that his #interior secretary, #DougBurgum, had misled him with a self-serving cover story for his own mistakes. #law #idiocracy #kakistocracy When Pirro is the sanest most capable person in the room, well, get the hell out of that room. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/us/politics/trump-jeanine-pirro-showdown.html?unlocked_article_code=1.21A.4Aac....

• Post #4383428

  #Trump revokes #visa of Brazil’s ambassador to #US over his spat with #Lula The Trump admin has revoked the visa of Brazil’s ambassador to the US in retaliation for Brazil’s denial of visas last month for 2 US diplomats who sought to visit the country ahead of upcoming #elections & spread disinformation about election integrity as well as for #Brazil stalling on approving Trump’s nominee to be ambassador in Brasilia. #diplomacy #ForeignRelations #geopolitics https://apnews.com/article/tru...

• Post #4380266

  An association of thousands of #FBI agents & other groups are backing a lawsuit filed by 3 bureau employees who were fired for their roles investigating #Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election. A brief by the FBI Agents Assn is 1 of 5 filed by outside parties in the last week in support of the agents, who were terminated as part of a #purge by FBI Dir #KashPatel targeting employees who investigated #Trump or are perceived as being against the admin. #law https://apnews.com/article...

• Post #4377601

  Democratic Sens. #ElizabethWarren & #RichardBlumenthal are calling for the Securities & Exchange Commission to investigate #Trump’s #memecoin “to detect any illegal #fraud or unjust enrichment that the coin may have facilitated.” “We are concerned that President Trump’s memecoin scheme may constitute an #illegal #scam,” Warren & Blumenthal wrote on Monday to #SEC Chair Paul Atkins. #criminal #law #felon47 https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/04/investing/trump-crypto-sec-memecoin-elizabeth...

• Post #4375865

  Bank accounts held by #Trump were closed by #CapitalOne in 2021 after it flagged financial activity that had characteristics of #MoneyLaundering, the bank disclosed in a court filing over the weekend. The filing is tied to a lawsuit filed against CapitalOne by one of Trump’s financial holding companies shortly after he was sworn into office a 2nd time. Trump alleges CapitalOne closed his accounts for political reasons, following the #Jan6 insurrection. #criminal #law https://apnews.com/artic...

• Post #4374984

  #GiftArticle #OvarianCancer The vast majority of cases begin in the fallopian tubes — now doctors say removing them can reduce your risk by nearly 80%. #cancer #WomensHealth #health #medicine #PublicHealth https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/health/ovarian-cancer-fallopian-tubes.html?unlocked_article_code=1.2VA.qxeo.byDvNJ0cPS-Q&smid=nytcore-ios-share

• Post #4374983

  Two #Deaths Linked to #Cyclosporiasis in #Michigan The Michigan Department of Health & Human Services said both people had underlying #health conditions that may have been impacted by the intestinal illness & dehydration. The department said it would not provide additional information about the deaths. #PublicHealth https://apnews.com/article/michigan-cyclospora-outbreak-deaths-cf058908cdfd1bfd405d15e7079bed14

• Post #4366141

  #Trump murders again #Immigrant Held at #Delaney Detention Center [ #ConcentrationCamp ] Has Died, Officials Say The mayor of #Newark, #NewJersey identified the dead man as Edwin Jovanny Lopez Cornejo. The NJ center has been the focus of intense scrutiny for its #inhumane treatment of detainees. #law #immigration #DueProcess #ExtrajudicialKillings #murder #UseOfForce #CivilRights #HumanRights #WhiteSupremacy #WhiteChristianNationalism #ICE #Sturmabteilung https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/n...

• Post #4364841

  25 states sue over new #Trump #tariffs, calling them 'pretext' to replace his old ones struck down by #SCOTUS #law https://apnews.com/article/tariffs-25-supreme-court-import-taxes-120895adbee7ae06157cd5f4bf5c7583