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Manny Dexter<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@blogdiva" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>blogdiva</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/Voting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Voting</span></a> is the beginning, not the end. </p><p>Another way to frame it is: <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Vote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vote</span></a> *and*...</p><p>What comes after the *and* depends on your circumstances. Here are some things, and this is a partial list. Before you do anything, evaluate where you're at and what you can reasonably expect yourself to do. It's not *all* on you or anyone else, so don't over-commit. </p><p>- Most people can make some choices about consumption. What you purchase and from where you purchase it. If you are struggling to make ends meet, this may be all you can do.</p><p>- Some people have time and good phone plans. If that's you, you can also call your <a href="https://beige.party/tags/senators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>senators</span></a> and your <a href="https://beige.party/tags/congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>congress</span></a> critter (gender-neutral term).</p><p>- Some people have time and mobility. If that's you, you can show up. This can mean protesting, volunteering, etc.</p><p>- Some people have money. If that's you, you can support independent journalists, or <a href="https://beige.party/tags/candidates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>candidates</span></a> running against <a href="https://beige.party/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a>, legal funds, community organizations, etc.</p><p>- Some people have skills, and time or money. If that's you, you can run for office, volunteer in your community, or get together with community members to address an unmet community need.</p>
Bytes Europe<p>Republicans Less Trusted on Economy Than Democrats For First Time in Years <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/923976/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">byteseu.com/923976/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>"If the underlying disclosure wasn't concerning enough, the targeted, physical intimidation &amp; surveillance of my client is. If this is happening to Mr. Berulis, it is likely happening to others &amp; brings our nation more in line w/ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarian</span></a> regimes than w/open &amp; free democracies," wrote Bakaj, his atty, in a stmnt to NPR. "It is time for everyone–&amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> in particular–to acknowledge the facts &amp; stop our <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a>, freedom, &amp; liberties from slipping away…."</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InfoSec</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>It could also intimidate <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/whistleblowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>whistleblowers</span></a> who might speak up about unfair labor practices, &amp; it could sow distrust in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NLRB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NLRB</span></a>'s independence, they said.</p><p>The new revelations about <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a>'s activities at the labor agency come from a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/whistleblower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>whistleblower</span></a> in the IT department of the NLRB, who disclosed his concerns to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> &amp; the US Office of Special Counsel [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/OSC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OSC</span></a>] in a detailed report that was then provided to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NPR</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InfoSec</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>But acc/to an official <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/whistleblower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>whistleblower</span></a> disclosure shared w/ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> &amp; other federal overseers…, subsequent whistleblower interviews &amp; records of internal comms, technical staff were alarmed about what <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> engineers did when granted access, particularly when staffers noticed a spike in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>data</span></a> LEAVING the agency. It's possible that the data included sensitive info on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/unions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unions</span></a>, ongoing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/legal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>legal</span></a> cases &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CorporateSecrets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateSecrets</span></a> — data that 4 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>labor</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> experts tell NPR should almost never leave the NLRB….</p>
ṫẎℭỚ◎ᾔ ṫ◎ℳ<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@briankrebs" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>briankrebs</span></a></span> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>congress</span></a> 🗣️ DO YOUR JOB! 🇺🇸 🤦🏼 We’re in a Constitutional crisis :ablobcateyeroll: Do SCOTUS rulings even mean anything anymore🧑🏼‍⚖️ 👨🏼‍⚖️ 🤷🏼</p>
Zzyzx/P<p>What more would you need before you act, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a>? This is the clearest indication that the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OrangeAbomination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OrangeAbomination</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/felon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>felon</span></a> is against our <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>constitution</span></a>. Act now! <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Impeach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Impeach</span></a> this <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dangerous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dangerous</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dictator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dictator</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SaveTheRepublic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SaveTheRepublic</span></a>. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/saveUSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>saveUSA</span></a>. This includes you too <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> members of Congress. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/illegal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>illegal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/antiAmerican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>antiAmerican</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fascist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpposeFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpposeFascism</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-wants-deport-us-citizens-181642313.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">yahoo.com/news/trump-wants-dep</span><span class="invisible">ort-us-citizens-181642313.html</span></a></p>
Zzyzx/P<p>The <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> is NOT at <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/war" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>war</span></a>. Only <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> has the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/authority" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authority</span></a> to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/declare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>declare</span></a> war. Nor has any nation/state declared one against us. So, how is this still legal? It is an <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/illegal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>illegal</span></a> act by a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/administration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>administration</span></a>. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tyranny</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpposeFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpposeFascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fascist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rendition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rendition</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy871w21d3vo" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.com/news/articles/cy871w21</span><span class="invisible">d3vo</span></a></p>
Kim Perales<p>A legal advocacy group on Mon asked the US court of INTL trade to block Trump’s tariffs -arguing that the president overstepped his authority.</p><p>Liberty Justice Center, a legal advocacy group, sued on behalf of 5 US bus' that import goods from countries targeted by the tariffs.</p><p>“No one person should have the power to impose taxes that have such vast global economic consequences - <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> gives the power to set tax rates -incl <a href="https://toad.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> -to <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a>."</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Courts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Courts</span></a><br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/14/trump-administration-tariffs-lawsuit" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2025/a</span><span class="invisible">pr/14/trump-administration-tariffs-lawsuit</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> to Ask <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> to Claw Back Funding From <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NPR</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PBS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PBS</span></a></p><p>Trump admin officials want legislators to rescind $1.1 billion for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which provides some support for public media.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FourthEstate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FourthEstate</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a><br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreePress</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AbuseOfPower</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/business/media/trump-npr-pbs-funding.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare&amp;sgrp=p&amp;pvid=8112DC56-BEE1-4578-9A14-5D0E197FFD38" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/04/14/busines</span><span class="invisible">s/media/trump-npr-pbs-funding.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare&amp;sgrp=p&amp;pvid=8112DC56-BEE1-4578-9A14-5D0E197FFD38</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/1995687/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/1995687/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> US Army to control land on Mexico border as part of base, migrants could be detained, officials say <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/america" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>america</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/arizona" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>arizona</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/BorderSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BorderSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>California</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>congress</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ElizabethGoitein" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElizabethGoitein</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GeneralNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GeneralNews</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GovernmentAndPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GovernmentAndPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Immigration</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/MexicoGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MexicoGovernment</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/MilitaryAndDefense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MilitaryAndDefense</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/MilitaryOccupations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MilitaryOccupations</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/NewMexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewMexico</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/U" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>U</span></a>.S.Army <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/U" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>U</span></a>.S.News <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedStatesCongress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStatesCongress</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedStatesGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStatesGovernment</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedStatesOfAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStatesOfAmerica</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/USNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USNews</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/USTopics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USTopics</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/USANews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USANews</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/WashingtonNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WashingtonNews</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>…More significantly, if the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin can defy court orders with impunity, &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> is unwilling to act, there is no reason for it to respect the constitutional rights of American citizens either. The Roberts Court will now have to decide whether to side with the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> or with a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/lawless" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lawless</span></a> president asserting the power to disappear people at will. This is not a power that any person, much less an American president, is meant to have.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tyranny</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a></p>
Bytes Europe<p>US Army to control land on Mexico border as part of base, migrants could be detained, officials say <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/921783/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">byteseu.com/921783/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/America" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>America</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Arizona" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arizona</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/BorderSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BorderSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>California</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ElizabethGoitein" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElizabethGoitein</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GeneralNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GeneralNews</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GovernmentAndPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GovernmentAndPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Immigration</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/MexicoGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MexicoGovernment</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/MilitaryAndDefense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MilitaryAndDefense</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/MilitaryOccupations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MilitaryOccupations</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/NewMexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewMexico</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/U" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>U</span></a>.S.Army <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/U" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>U</span></a>.S.News <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedStatesCongress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStatesCongress</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedStatesGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStatesGovernment</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedStatesOfAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStatesOfAmerica</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/USNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USNews</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/USANews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USANews</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/WashingtonNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WashingtonNews</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin has detained <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ColumbiaUniversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ColumbiaUniversity</span></a> student &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GreenCard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreenCard</span></a> holder <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MohsenMahdawi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MohsenMahdawi</span></a> a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Buddhist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Buddhist</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Palestinian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palestinian</span></a> committed to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/nonviolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nonviolence</span></a> because he advocated on behalf of Palestinian <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a>.<br> </p><p>Mahdawi became a focus of attacks from a member of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Zionist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Zionist</span></a> groups like Canary Mission &amp; Betar. Guess we know where the deportation lists are coming from.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</span></a> <br><a href="https://theintercept.com/2025/04/14/ice-columbia-student-mohsen-mahdawi-citizenship-interview/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theintercept.com/2025/04/14/ic</span><span class="invisible">e-columbia-student-mohsen-mahdawi-citizenship-interview/</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>If the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin doesn’t comply with the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> &amp; provide the agreements made with the Salvadoran government, what will they do?</p><p>They can’t impeach with <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> controlling both chambers of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a>.</p><p>Even if they then sue &amp; win, Trump has shown he won’t abide by any court orders, not even orders from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a>.</p><p>There is no enforcing body willing or able to hold him accountable.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConstitutionalCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConstitutionalCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/federalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>federalism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CoEqualBranchesOfGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CoEqualBranchesOfGovernment</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Legislative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Legislative</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Judiciary</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Sen <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JeanneShaheen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JeanneShaheen</span></a>, the top <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Democrat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democrat</span></a> on the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Senate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Senate</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ForeignRelations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ForeignRelations</span></a> Cmte, said she was asking the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin to explain why funding that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> provided to combat violent gangs &amp; drug traffickers was used to deport migrants with no criminal record.</p><p>“The administration must comply at once with statutory <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> by providing to the Senate Foreign Relations Cmte any written agreements made with the Salvadoran government on this issue,” she said in a statement.</p><p>Here’s the issue: “Or what?”</p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/1995294/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/1995294/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Trump meets with El Salvador president: Live updates <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>congress</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GovernmentAndPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GovernmentAndPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/POTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>POTUS</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PresidentDonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PresidentDonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PresidentOfTheUnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PresidentOfTheUnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PresidentTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PresidentTrump</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/TariffsAndGlobalTrade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TariffsAndGlobalTrade</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a></p>
David J. Atkinson<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@clintruin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>clintruin</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/emptywheel.bsky.social" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>emptywheel.bsky.social</span></a></span> Since you asked, it is not yet curtains. Really really close, but not yet. It is true that the rule of <a href="https://c.im/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> is hanging on by a slender thread. It is true that <a href="https://c.im/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> is fully subverted. It is true that the institutions of federal government that provide essential services to us are being systematically erased. Very hard times are ahead.</p><p>But… I keep returning to the Preamble to the Declaration of Independence. <a href="https://c.im/tags/Patriots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Patriots</span></a> sacrificed, fought, died, and ultimately prevailed to achieve what it says. Please read the brief document (link below) because this is why I believe our situation not yet checkmate: the power of the people to consent or not.</p><p>“[…] when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute <a href="https://c.im/tags/Despotism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Despotism</span></a>, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.”</p><p>I have no idea how this will be done, or when, or how long it will take. Nevertheless, I place my ultimate <a href="https://c.im/tags/trust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trust</span></a>, my <a href="https://c.im/tags/hope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hope</span></a>, in the power, right and duty of people to choose. </p><p><a href="https://www.gilderlehrman.org/sites/default/files/inline-pdfs/Preamble%20to%20The%20Declaration%20of%20Independence.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">gilderlehrman.org/sites/defaul</span><span class="invisible">t/files/inline-pdfs/Preamble%20to%20The%20Declaration%20of%20Independence.pdf</span></a></p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Resistence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resistence</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Dictators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dictators</span></a></p>
ProPublica<p>Congress Has Demanded Answers to ICE Detaining Americans. The Administration Has Responded With Silence.<br>—</p><p>Amid increasing reports that U.S. citizens have been caught up in the Trump administration’s immigration dragnet, a dozen members of Congress have written to the government with pointed questions. None has received a reply.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-ice-immigration-detained-americans-congress-questions-unanswered?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">propublica.org/article/trump-i</span><span class="invisible">ce-immigration-detained-americans-congress-questions-unanswered?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Immigration</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Immigrants</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Deportation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Deportation</span></a></p>
Bytes Europe<p>3 US soldiers found dead in Lithuania <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/920113/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">byteseu.com/920113/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ChristopherNorrie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChristopherNorrie</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CurtisTaylor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CurtisTaylor</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GeneralNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GeneralNews</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/international" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>international</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Lithuania" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lithuania</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/MilitaryAndDefense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MilitaryAndDefense</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Poland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Poland</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PolandGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PolandGovernment</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/U" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>U</span></a>.S.Army <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedStatesCongress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStatesCongress</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedStatesGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStatesGovernment</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/WashingtonNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WashingtonNews</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/WorldNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WorldNews</span></a></p>