joe•iuculano :mastodon:<p>Via <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CNN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CNN</span></a> @ 6:31pm ET, Apr 16, 2025</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InternalRevenueService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InternalRevenueService</span></a> → making plans to rescind tax-exempt status of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HarvardUniversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HarvardUniversity</span></a>, according to 2 sources familiar w/ the matter, which would be an extraordinary step of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/retaliation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retaliation</span></a> as the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin seeks to turn up pressure on the university that has defied demands to change its hiring & other practices.</p><p>A final decision on rescinding the university’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TaxExemption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TaxExemption</span></a> is expected soon, the sources said.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DEI</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/IRS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IRS</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StopTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StopTrump</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/16/politics/irs-harvard-tax-exempt-status/index.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cnn.com/2025/04/16/politics/ir</span><span class="invisible">s-harvard-tax-exempt-status/index.html</span></a></p>
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DoomsdaysCW<p>State by State Pending and recently passed <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AntiProtestLaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AntiProtestLaws</span></a>: <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a> </p><p>HB 3557: New criminal and civil penalties for protests around <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriticalInfrastructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CriticalInfrastructure</span></a></p><p>Creates new criminal sanctions and expansive civil liability for protests near pipelines and other infrastructure facilities, including those under construction. The law provides for four new criminal offenses. One, "impairing or interrupting operation of critical infrastructure facility," is defined as entering or remaining on facility property and intentionally or knowingly "impair[ing] or interrupt[ing] the operation of" the facility. The act is a state jail felony, punishable by up to two years in jail and a $10,000 fine. This provision could target peaceful protests that, e.g., hinder access to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/pipelines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pipelines</span></a> or <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/pipeline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pipeline</span></a> construction sites. A second offense, "intent to impair or interrupt critical infrastructure," is defined as entering or remaining on facility property "with the intent to impair or interrupt the operation of the facility." The act is a Class A misdemeanor, punishable by a year in jail and a $4,000 fine. This provision could capture peaceful protests that take place near a pipeline or other infrastructure facility, regardless of whether they actually impair or interrupt the facility's operations. The law also creates two new felony offenses for "damage" and "intent to damage" critical infrastructure. Under the law, an association that is found guilty of any of the offenses around critical infrastructure is subject to a $500,000 fine. The law also creates new civil and vicarious liability for individuals and organizations related to the criminal offenses: A defendant who engages in conduct covered by any of the criminal offenses is civilly liable to the property owner, as is an organization that "knowingly compensates" a person for engaging in the conduct. The property owner may sue for and claim actual damages, court costs, and exemplary damages.<br> <br>Full text of bill:<br><a href="https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=86R&Bill=HB3557" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/H</span><span class="invisible">istory.aspx?LegSess=86R&Bill=HB3557</span></a></p><p>Status: enacted</p><p>Introduced 6 Mar 2019; Approved by House 7 May 2019; Approved by Senate 20 May 2019; Signed by Governor Abbott 14 June 2019</p><p>Issue(s): Civil Liability, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtestSupporters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProtestSupporters</span></a> or Funders, Infrastructure</p><p>SB 2876: Heightened penalties for protesters who conceal their identity</p><p>Would increase criminal penalties that could cover peaceful protesters who choose to wear a mask. Under the bill, a protesters charged with “riot” would face more serious penalties if they were wearing a mask or other face covering with intent to conceal their identity, as compared to someone without a mask. The offense would be a Class A misdemeanor, punishable by up to one year in jail and $4,000, instead of a Class B misdemeanor. The crime of “riot” under Texas law is defined broadly and does not require violence or other unlawful conduct: The offense covers a group of seven demonstrators whose conduct “substantially obstructs law enforcement or other governmental function or services,” or whose “physical action deprives any person of a legal right or disturbs any person in the enjoyment of a legal right.” Under the bill, a protester who chose to wear a mask to avoid <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/retaliation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retaliation</span></a> for their political views could face significant jail time if their <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NonviolentProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NonviolentProtest</span></a> was deemed a “<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/riot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>riot</span></a>.”<br> <br>Full text of bill:<br><a href="https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=89R&Bill=SB2876" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/H</span><span class="invisible">istory.aspx?LegSess=89R&Bill=SB2876</span></a></p><p>Status: pending</p><p>Introduced 14 Mar 2025.</p><p>Issue(s): Face Covering, Riot</p><p>HB 3061: Heightened penalties for masked protesters</p><p>Would increase the penalty for protest-related offenses if committed by someone wearing a mask or other disguise to conceal their identity while “congregating with other individuals who were disguised or masked.” Under the bill, the penalty for trespass, “disorderly conduct,” and “riot” would be one degree more severe if committed by a group in which some individuals wore masks. The bill provides an exemption to the penalty enhancement for masks worn during Halloween, a masquerade ball, or “similar celebration,” but not for avoiding retaliation for political speech. “Disorderly conduct” and “riot” are broadly defined under Texas law. Protesters who make “unreasonable noise” in public, for instance, may be charged with “disorderly conduct”; under the bill, such protesters could face significant jail time rather than a fine if they were masked. “Trespass” in Texas also carries significant penalties if committed on <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CollegeCampuses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CollegeCampuses</span></a>, "critical infrastructure," or other select locations, such that peaceful protesters who trespassed on a college campus could face felony rather than misdemeanor penalties if they were masked to avoid retaliation.<br> <br>Full text of bill:<br><a href="https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=89R&Bill=HB3061" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/H</span><span class="invisible">istory.aspx?LegSess=89R&Bill=HB3061</span></a></p><p>Status: pending</p><p>Introduced 19 Feb 2025.</p><p>Issue(s): Campus Protests, Face Covering, Infrastructure, Riot, Trespass</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalizingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CriminalizingDissent</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Clampdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Clampdown</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalizingProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CriminalizingProtest</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CharacteristicsOfFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CharacteristicsOfFascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AntiProtestLaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AntiProtestLaws</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PipelineProtests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PipelineProtests</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SLAPPs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SLAPPs</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MaskedProtesters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MaskedProtesters</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AntiMaskLaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AntiMaskLaws</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p>Except <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ts5wJ6OfzA&t=14m40s" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">THIS</a> is not how <em>any of this works!</em>....</p><ul><li>All it will do is see the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> as <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/unpredictable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unpredictable</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/unstable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unstable</span></a> and less <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/trustworthy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trustworthy</span></a> than the <em>"P.R." <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a></em> or even <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> under <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Putin</span></a>. </li></ul><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> literally lashing out against friends and neighbours will only backfire hard, and I expect <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUCommission" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>EUCommission</span></a></span> and <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://respublicae.eu/@europarl_en" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>europarl_en</span></a></span> to enact <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PrizeFreezes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrizeFreezes</span></a> for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/products" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>products</span></a> & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/services" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>services</span></a> whilst forcing <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Retaliatory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Retaliatory</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tariffs</span></a> on all US <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/products" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>products</span></a> and espechally <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/services" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>services</span></a>, demanding 100%+ in all <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/fees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fees</span></a>, and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/revenue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>revenue</span></a> of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GAFAMs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GAFAMs</span></a>' services and products to the point that they'll effectively cancel half their revenue that flows back.</p><ul><li>Plus forcing all products and services to be processed and sold via a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a>-based <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/corporation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corporation</span></a> and adding a 30% <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AlienTax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AlienTax</span></a>"</em> as the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> already does for i.e. <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/App" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>App</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/developers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>developers</span></a> that ain't from the US even if they never sold a single license to a US customer.</li></ul><p>Not to mention cancelling any <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DataProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DataProtection</span></a> agreements that only stalled the foreseeable court decision that <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CloudAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CloudAct</span></a> is incompatible with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GDPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GDPR</span></a>, thus banning <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Office365" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Office365</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Microsoft365" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft365</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/iCloud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>iCloud</span></a> et. al. from the EU!</p><ul><li>And yes, this level of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/retaliation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retaliation</span></a> is not only just, but <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/overdue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>overdue</span></a>, as we need <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@european_alternatives" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>european_alternatives</span></a></span> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EuropeanAlternatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EuropeanAlternatives</span></a> to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/VISA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VISA</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AMEX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AMEX</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MasterCard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MasterCard</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PayPal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PayPal</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Steam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Steam</span></a>, etc.</li></ul><p>Given <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> can't be assed to even fake any <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/loyality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>loyality</span></a> or <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/allied" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>allied</span></a> status even for the cameras, this is a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ForeseeableConsequence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ForeseeableConsequence</span></a>. </p><ul><li>As only with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Accountability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Accountability</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Consequences" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Consequences</span></a> will we see change, and punishing the GAFAMs is a neessity in this regard.</li></ul><p>Unless we want to end up <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/downgraded" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>downgraded</span></a> into the state of a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duaYLW7LQvg" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">US-occupied overseas possession</a> without statehood, like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Guam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Guam</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PuertoRico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PuertoRico</span></a> or <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AVI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AVI</span></a>...</p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> announced the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RareEarth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RareEarth</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/minerals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>minerals</span></a> controls late on Friday as part of a broader package of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> & company restrictions in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/retaliation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retaliation</span></a> for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>'s decision to hike tariffs against most Chinese products to 54%.</p><p>China announced additional tariffs of 34% on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> goods.</p><p>It added 11 entities to the "unreliable entity" list.</p><p>And it filed a complaint at the World Trade Organization <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WTO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WTO</span></a>.</p><p><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/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inflation</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/recession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recession</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/trumpcession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trumpcession</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ETTTTS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ETTTTS</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.reuters.com/markets/europe/europe-prepares-response-trump-tariffs-global-markets-plunge-2025-04-04/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/markets/europe/eur</span><span class="invisible">ope-prepares-response-trump-tariffs-global-markets-plunge-2025-04-04/</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> claimed that his <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/trade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trade</span></a> policy will be “great” for the American <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/farmer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>farmer</span></a> because they won’t have to compete w/foreign producers.</p><p>Actual <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/farmers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>farmers</span></a> point out that the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/agriculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>agriculture</span></a> industry produces far more corn, soybeans, pork, chicken, cattle etc. than Americans could possibly consume. Farmers say they need foreign markets, but other countries impose <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> on their goods in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/retaliation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retaliation</span></a> for Trump’s tariffs. That cuts them off from the foreign customers they need.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>US Dist Judge <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AmyBermanJackson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmyBermanJackson</span></a>’s ruling blocks the removal of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HamptonDellinger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HamptonDellinger</span></a> as head of the Office of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SpecialCounsel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpecialCounsel</span></a>, which investigates <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/whistleblower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>whistleblower</span></a> reports filed by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GovernmentWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GovernmentWorkers</span></a> & protects <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalEmployees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalEmployees</span></a> from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/retaliation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retaliation</span></a>, political <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/coercion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coercion</span></a> & other practices that are barred in the fed workplace.<br>
The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin has indicated in court filings that it would appeal any such ruling to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a>, which on Feb 21 declined to intervene until the litigation proceeded further.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Petty little shit</p><p>In revoking <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> clearance, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> makes clear his motivation is payback.</p><p>Trump made clear that he was acting in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/retaliation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retaliation</span></a> for his predecessor’s pulling of his security clearance shortly after the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Jan6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jan6</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/insurrection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insurrection</span></a>.</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/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02/07/us/trump-administration-updates/trump-biden-security-clearances?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/live/2025/02/07/us</span><span class="invisible">/trump-administration-updates/trump-biden-security-clearances?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> tasked by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> to slash the size of the 2.2M civilian govt <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/workforce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>workforce</span></a>, has installed allies at the agency known as the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/OPM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OPM</span></a>.</p><p>2 ofcls, who spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/retaliation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retaliation</span></a>, said some snr career <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/employees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>employees</span></a> at OPM have had their access revoked to some of the dept's data systems.</p><p>The systems include a vast database called Enterprise Human Resources Integration, which contains DOBs, SSNs, appraisals, home addresses, pay grades & length of service of govt workers…</p>
Ham on Wry<p>Trump is still going after Joe Biden. Not because Biden was bad for the country but because he made Trump look like an inept chump within the first 18 months of taking the WH.</p><p>Just over a week ago, Trump fired the heads of the Transportation Security Administration and Coast Guard, eliminating all members of a key aviation security advisory group. It was in retaliation for grounding Trump’s private jet because Trump couldn’t afford to maintain it.</p><p>The more you know.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/retaliation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retaliation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biden</span></a></p>
Susan Larson ♀️🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🌈<p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/The" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>The</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> and the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a> protects every individual’s right to <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/advocate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>advocate</span></a> for <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/marginalized" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>marginalized</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/groups" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>groups</span></a>, regardless of their own <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/identity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>identity</span></a>. You do not need to belong to a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/protectedclass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protectedclass</span></a> to exercise <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/freespeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>freespeech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/rights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rights</span></a>, nor to be protected from <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/retaliation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retaliation</span></a> by the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a> for what you said </p><p>This <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ruling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ruling</span></a>, which fails to uphold those principles, and should be overturned on <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/appeal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>appeal</span></a>, and the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/judge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>judge</span></a> removed from the bench for failing to <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/protect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protect</span></a> basic <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/constitutionalrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>constitutionalrights</span></a>.</p><p>— (2/2)</p>
Susan Larson ♀️🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🌈<p>Say what?!? <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Lesbian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lesbian</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/educator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>educator</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/sues" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sues</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/schooldistrict" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>schooldistrict</span></a>, says she was called a ‘<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/witch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>witch</span></a>’ in an ‘<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/coven" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coven</span></a>’ </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RoseTagnesi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RoseTagnesi</span></a> claims she was <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/sexuallyharassed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sexuallyharassed</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/demoted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>demoted</span></a> in <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/retaliation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retaliation</span></a> for her <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/opposition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>opposition</span></a> to the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/conservative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conservative</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SanDiegoCounty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SanDiegoCounty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/schoolboard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>schoolboard</span></a>’s “<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/antiLGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>antiLGBTQ</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/agenda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>agenda</span></a>.” </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Women</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Transgender</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQIA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>California</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Education</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Workplace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Workplace</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Conservatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Conservatives</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Extremism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Extremism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RepublicanParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RepublicanParty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Hate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Bigotry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bigotry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Discrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Discrimination</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Homophobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Homophobia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Transphobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Transphobia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ThePartyOfHate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThePartyOfHate</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.pride.com/gay-news/witch-lesbian-coven-educator" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">pride.com/gay-news/witch-lesbi</span><span class="invisible">an-coven-educator</span></a></p>
ProPublica<p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/EPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EPA</span></a> Scientists Said They Were Pressured to Downplay Harms From <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Chemicals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chemicals</span></a>. A Watchdog Found They Were Retaliated Against.</p><p>Three reports issued by the agency’s inspector general detailed personal attacks suffered by the scientists — including being called “stupid,” “piranhas” and “pot-stirrers” — and called on the EPA to take “appropriate corrective action” in response.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/epa-scientists-faced-retaliation-after-finding-harm-from-chemicals" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">propublica.org/article/epa-sci</span><span class="invisible">entists-faced-retaliation-after-finding-harm-from-chemicals</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/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Retaliation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Retaliation</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Government</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Environment</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Safety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Safety</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Whistleblower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Whistleblower</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/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Project2025</span></a></p>
Susan Larson ♀️🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🌈<p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Colorado" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Colorado</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/library" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>library</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/fired" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fired</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/employee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>employee</span></a> for <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/speakingout" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>speakingout</span></a> about <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/cancellation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cancellation</span></a> of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Pride" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pride</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/event" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>event</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/lawsuit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lawsuit</span></a> alleges. </p><p>Lawsuit is not first time <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/WeldCounty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WeldCounty</span></a>’s <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/HighPlains" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HighPlains</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LibraryDistrict" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LibraryDistrict</span></a> has been <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/accused" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>accused</span></a> of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/retaliation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retaliation</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Women</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Transgender</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQIA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Colorado" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Colorado</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Libraries</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Conservatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Conservatives</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Extremism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Extremism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Religion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Religion</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Censorship</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RepublicanParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RepublicanParty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Hate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Bigotry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bigotry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Discrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Discrimination</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Homophobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Homophobia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Transphobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Transphobia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/EmptyThePews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EmptyThePews</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.denverpost.com/2024/09/16/high-plains-library-district-lawsuit-lgbtq-pride-event-retaliation/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">denverpost.com/2024/09/16/high</span><span class="invisible">-plains-library-district-lawsuit-lgbtq-pride-event-retaliation/</span></a></p>
Kim Perales<p>Arlington: an alarming erosion of the rule of law.</p><p>"He's running...to be the dictator of the nation."</p><p>Sen Tim Kaine is calling on Army to provide its incident report on Trump campaign's Arlington fiasco.</p><p>“As a member of the Armed Services CMTE, I'm troubled by the reporting & want to see the incident report."</p><p>The US Army: cemetery employee was “abruptly pushed aside” so his campaign could take photos & video, defying DOD policy.</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/TFG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TFG</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Retaliation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Retaliation</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Intimidation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Intimidation</span></a><br><a href="https://newrepublic.com/article/185483/trumps-awful-arlington-cemetery-scandal-takes-dark-ominous-turn" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">newrepublic.com/article/185483</span><span class="invisible">/trumps-awful-arlington-cemetery-scandal-takes-dark-ominous-turn</span></a></p>
Susan Larson ♀️🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🌈<p>This is over 8% of the population of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/murdered" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>murdered</span></a> in <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/retaliation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retaliation</span></a> for 1,400 <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/killed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>killed</span></a> during <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Hamas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hamas</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/attack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>attack</span></a> October 7th attack on <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>israel</span></a> <br> <br>“Yet, weapons continued to flow, mostly coming from western government. The main source of weapons is, unsurprisingly, the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a>, followed by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Germany</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Italy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Italy</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Britain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Britain</span></a>.”</p>
Susan Larson ♀️🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🌈<p>"Haul out the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Guillotine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Guillotine</span></a>," <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> says in <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/fundraising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fundraising</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/email" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>email</span></a> as he baselessly accused his <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/political" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>political</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/opponents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>opponents</span></a> of going after him and his <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/supporters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>supporters</span></a>. </p><p>Why it matters: It's the latest <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/example" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>example</span></a> of the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/presumptive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>presumptive</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/presidential" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>presidential</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/candidate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>candidate</span></a>'s <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/calls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>calls</span></a> for <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/violence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>violence</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/retaliation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retaliation</span></a> against his <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/political" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>political</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/enemies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>enemies</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Women</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Transgender</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQIA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Conservatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Conservatives</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Extremism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Extremism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RepublicanParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RepublicanParty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Hate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Bigotry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bigotry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Genocide</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ThePartyOfHate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThePartyOfHate</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.axios.com/2024/06/12/trump-guillotine-fundraising-email-democrats" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">axios.com/2024/06/12/trump-gui</span><span class="invisible">llotine-fundraising-email-democrats</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The intensity of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/anger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>anger</span></a> & open desire for using the <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/justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>justice</span></a> system against <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a> after the verdict surpasses anything seen before in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s tumultuous years in national <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a>. What is different now is the range of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> who are saying <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/retaliation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retaliation</span></a> is necessary & who are no longer cloaking their intent w/euphemisms.</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/justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>justice</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengeProsecution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RevengeProsecution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RevengePolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</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/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>autocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MafiaState</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VoteBlue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VoteBlue</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BidenHarris2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BidenHarris2024</span></a></p>
pinkdrunkenelephants<p>I would like, on this peaceful Friday night, to pontificate upon something that's been on my mind as I've been writing. An event that took place a few years ago at the end of my college days that has stuck with me, will always stick with me, and probably always should. </p><p>A few years ago, I did a summer stint working for a theme park (that shall not be named) that had a university program where participating college students from all across the country would be bussed in to work at the park -- running rides, selling tickets, cleaning and maintaining the hotels, that sort of thing. They had dorms and a commissary set up for all of us. It was supposed to be a fun trip. It should have been.</p><p>The setup they gave us was the barest minimum they could manage to pay to extract the most profit out of us. The pay was only $8 an hour back then -- pre-covid, remember -- the walls were bare cinder blocks, the mattresses the kind of cheap vinyl ones you see in shelters and prisons, the furniture bare and rare. The other collegiates there were... well, it was fucking pandemonium. Partying day and night. </p><p>A month into my stay, a girl in another dorm building was raped by another worker. </p><p>The girl tried to report him.</p><p>12 other girls, who were friends of the rapist, found the victim and cornered her in another building, commanding her to forgive him under threat of her life.</p><p>When I learned this, I tried to find the poor girl to try to help her. Console her, help her go to the police, something, anything. I wasn't able to. </p><p>Stuff like that is so... common, but never talked about or even acknowledged. It's treated as normal and everyone is expected to tolerate it, expected to allow it to pass with no consequences for the offender, expected to forgive and move on. </p><p>The fact that this is seemingly a normal aspect of our culture makes me worry for the future, makes me worry for the Zoomers who have likely already experienced something like this by now and the Alpha Genners who in the next ten years will. </p><p>I suppose no one will acknowledge or read any of this either. </p><p>Why are people just expected to accept the fact that at some point in their life, they will be raped and their peers will band together not to help them, but to suppress them? How long will the cycle of rape continue? When will we good people band together and fight/kill evil motherfuckers who do stuff like that, and break it once and for all? Make them so afraid they wouldn't even think to try it? When does that day come?</p><p>How can behavior like that possibly be normal?</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/society" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>society</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/injustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>injustice</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/abuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abuse</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/rape" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rape</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/cover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cover</span></a>-up <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/retaliation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retaliation</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/suppression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>suppression</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/victim" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>victim</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/revenge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>revenge</span></a></p>
Ashley M. Gjøvik, JD<p>I was very excited to discover that my <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/whistleblower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>whistleblower</span></a> case against <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Apple</span></a> was featured in yet another article about how companies are not supposed to fire their employees in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retaliation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retaliation</span></a> for reporting crimes!</p><p><a href="https://legaltemplates.net/resources/business/can-you-break-nda-to-report-crime/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">legaltemplates.net/resources/b</span><span class="invisible">usiness/can-you-break-nda-to-report-crime/</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>Even <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a>’s Lawyers Are Urging the White House to Change Course on <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a></p><p>An open letter from government attorneys questions the legal cover for arms transfers to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a>. </p><p>Shawn Musgrave<br>May 10 2024 </p><p>"In a message to Attorney General Merrick Garland and other senior officials this week, federal government attorneys invoked British abolitionist <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WilliamWilberforce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WilliamWilberforce</span></a>: 'You may choose to look the other way, but you can never say again that you did not know.'</p><p>"The letter, drafted by unnamed legal and policy staff at more than two dozen federal agencies, argues that the U.S. is violating domestic and international law by providing a steady stream of weapons to Israel despite evidence of war crimes in Gaza. Drawing comparisons to the infamous 'torture memos,' which were drafted by government lawyers to provide cover to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CIA</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/waterboarding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>waterboarding</span></a> and other tactics, the letter reminded fellow attorneys of their binding duty to follow the law over political priorities. </p><p>"Multiple provisions in U.S. law restrict the sale or provision of weapons to other countries, including the federal Arms Export Control Act, the Foreign Assistance Act, and the Leahy Law. The open letter draws on evidence from <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HumanRightsWatch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRightsWatch</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AmnestyInternational" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmnestyInternational</span></a>, and other watchdogs to argue that continuing to provide weapons to Israel blatantly violates these laws, in addition to international treaties. </p><p>"'There is strong evidence that American weapons are being used to commit a genocide and war crimes against the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Palestinian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palestinian</span></a> people in Gaza,' reads the letter sent to the Biden administration on Monday. It was addressed to all attorneys at the White House, Justice Department, State Department, Defense Department, and the U.S. Agency for International Development. </p><p>"'To the extent that you have been involved in these decisions or asked to provide legal analyses on the potential violations, we ask that you render candid advice.' </p><p>"Attorneys and legal staff from departments including Justice, Homeland Security and Labor, among other agencies, drafted the letter. They did not include their names. In interviews, four of the letter’s organizers — who spoke on the condition of anonymity — told The Intercept that they feared <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/reprisal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reprisal</span></a>. </p><p>"'There’s a fear of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/retaliation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retaliation</span></a> and marginalization at speaking out over Gaza,' said a DOJ attorney who helped draft the letter and spread the word among his colleagues.</p><p>“There’s a fear of retaliation and marginalization at speaking out over Gaza,” said a DOJ attorney who helped draft the letter and spread the word among his colleagues. </p><p>"'There is an underbelly of the U.S. government who have been advocating in professional and personal roles to change the policy on Gaza,' said a DHS attorney, who has worked in the federal government for more than a decade. 'The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/dissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dissent</span></a> is not just within the State Department,' the attorney said, referring to a string of recent <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StateDepartment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StateDepartment</span></a> officials who have publicly resigned over Gaza.</p><p>"Those who signed the letter — which was first reported by Politico — see it as a way to leverage their familiarity with the federal government machinery to bring about change. </p><p>"'It’s not kids fresh out of college drafting this,' the DHS attorney said.</p><p>"Their letter was timed to the Biden administration’s deadline to report to Congress on whether Israel is, in fact, violating international law in Gaza using U.S.-supplied weapons. On Wednesday, the administration missed that deadline but said the report would be finalized in the coming days."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://theintercept.com/2024/05/10/biden-attorneys-legal-weapons-israel/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theintercept.com/2024/05/10/bi</span><span class="invisible">den-attorneys-legal-weapons-israel/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Genocide</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CeasefireNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CeasefireNow</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoWar</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AntiWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AntiWar</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreePalestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreePalestine</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Rafah" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rafah</span></a></p>
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