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Kim PeralesTrump Suggests Rs Start Expelling Dems From Congress. Homan implied: the admin may also target state & local lawmakers who protect migrant communities.While no MOC has yet been charged by Trump’s admin, the WH seems to be getting comfortable with using the DOJ to retaliate or make an example of pol rivals. The FBI last week arrested Judge Dugan +launched an investigation into Chris Krebs.<a href="https://toad.social/tags/GeneralStrike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GeneralStrike</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Retribution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Retribution</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fascism</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Deportations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Deportations</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/DHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DHS</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ICE</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Republicans</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPol</a><a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-suggests-republicans-expelling-democrats-congress-1235330361/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-suggests-republicans-expelling-democrats-congress-1235330361/</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> fired head archivist Colleen Shogan in early Feb in an apparent act of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/retribution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retribution</a> against the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NARA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NARA</a>. Leaders of the agency had raised concerns about Trump’s holding onto boxes of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/classified" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#classified</a> documents at his home in Florida after he left office in 2021, though Shogan was not involved in that episode.4 days before Shogan’s firing, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Rubio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Rubio</a> announced he was the acting administrator for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USAID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USAID</a>, as <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ElonMusk</a> …& <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PeteMarocco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PeteMarocco</a>, a political appointee in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/State" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#State</a> Dept, were gutting the agency.

NonilexHow <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> is [ab]using government <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/power" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#power</a> to target his *enemies* In the first 100 days of his 2nd term, Trump has moved aggressively to fulfill his promise of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/retribution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retribution</a> against an extraordinary range of individuals & organizations, targeting <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/political" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#political</a> opponents, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#news</a> organizations, former <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#government</a> officials, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/universities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#universities</a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/international" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#international</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/student" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#student</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/protesters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#protesters</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LawFirms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LawFirms</a>.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RevengePolitics</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AbuseOfPower</a> <a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/04/29/nx-s1-5327518/donald-trump-100-days-retribution-threats" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.npr.org/2025/04/29/nx-s1-5327518/donald-trump-100-days-retribution-threats</a>

beSpacificIs It Happening Here? Other countries have watched their <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/democracies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#democracies</a> slip away gradually, w/out <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/tanks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tanks</a> in the streets. That may be where we’re headed—or where we already are. <a href="https://archive.is/5cFz9" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://archive.is/5cFz9</a> When <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> ran again, in #2024, his <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/autocratic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#autocratic</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/rhetoric" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rhetoric</a> was more pitched. He promised <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/retribution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retribution</a>, a <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/purge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#purge</a> of ideological <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/enemies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#enemies</a>, and <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/mass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mass</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/deportations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#deportations</a> on flimsy legal pretexts. WH debuted set of lawn signs 2 highlight undocumented people who have been arrested since Trump’s return 2 power

Kim Perales"Georgetown Law students made a 853-row spreadsheet of Trump-caving firms -drew nat HLs. Recruiters noticed some talent looked elsewhere. Firms lobbied to change their designation.After Trump signed EOs singling out law firms for pol <a href="https://toad.social/tags/retribution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retribution</a>, the students recorded BigLaw’s responses in a doc: “Legal IDU Responses to Fascist Attacks Tracker.”Currently: names >800 firms, assigning them to 1of 5 categories:⚡“Caved to Admin,” “Complying in Advance"... <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fascism</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a href="https://www.allrisenews.com/p/skadden-students-georgetown" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.allrisenews.com/p/skadden-students-georgetown</a>

Tiffany E. Taylor<a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/lesficfri" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lesficfri</a> *** STARE *** “If you love badass alpha butches, how about nine of them?” <a href="https://www.tiffanyetaylor.com/whimsical-fire" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.tiffanyetaylor.com/whimsical-fire</a><a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/romanticsuspense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#romanticsuspense</a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/touchheranddie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#touchheranddie</a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/dangerinperil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dangerinperil</a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/hateobsession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hateobsession</a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/retribution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retribution</a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/butchfemme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#butchfemme</a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/lesfic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lesfic</a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/sapphicbooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sapphicbooks</a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bookstodon</a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/writingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writingcommunity</a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/lesbian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lesbian</a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/lgbtq" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lgbtq</a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/lgbtqia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lgbtqia</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/lgbtqbookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@lgbtqbookstodon</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/sapphicbooks" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@sapphicbooks</a>

Kim Perales"The Trump admin will move to cut all Fed ED funding from Maine K-12 schools. If the state loses, it'll be the 1st time that a school --let alone a state --has lost all fed EDU$ over a <a href="https://toad.social/tags/civilrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#civilrights</a> case since 1990.Earlier today, ME's AG affirmed in a letter to: US Dept of Ed -state will not change its policies on transgender student ath... -T KingkadeTrump's a mobster & he thrives on retribution. Will <a href="https://toad.social/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SCOTUS</a> allow him to selectively punish states?<a href="https://toad.social/tags/Retribution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Retribution</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/TransRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TransRights</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Rights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Rights</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPol</a>

NonilexIn the process, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> has blurred the personal & the political, making it difficult in some instances, like his targeting of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/academic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#academic</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/cultural" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cultural</a> institutions, to distinguish between his grievances & policy goals. [hint it’s all always about him, he couldn’t care less about policy]<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RevengePolitics</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AbuseOfPower</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tyranny</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WeaponizationOfGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WeaponizationOfGovernment</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpol</a> List: Who Trump Has Targeted for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Retribution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Retribution</a> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/04/07/us/trump-revenge-list.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=66828DAC-72F7-4970-9008-14200628818D" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/04/07/us/trump-revenge-list.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=66828DAC-72F7-4970-9008-14200628818D</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USIP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USIP</a> employees told WaPo that 200–300 people — nearly the entirety of USIP’s HQ staff — had been fired. The employees, who spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/retribution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retribution</a> from the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> admin, said some employees were offered severance & one additional month of health insurance, in exchange for their signatures to WAIVE their RIGHTS to sue.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpCoup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TrumpCoup</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpPurge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TrumpPurge</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Musk</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOGE</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#democracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/diplomacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#diplomacy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fascism</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tyranny</a>

Félicien Breton 🍉 🔻 🌱The liberal legacy political parties had votes drop to 60 percent (from 76 percent in the previous parliamentary election three years earlier). Just before parting, the representatives passed a law that may double the national debt.'After fifteen years of German legacy political parties lecturing their citizens that the Swabian hausfrau was the sole paradigm for government spending and that “our grandchildren” could not be burdened by today’s profligacy, the same German political parties have abandoned “fiscal responsibility”, having voted over one trillion euros in new debt, defying not only its own debt brake, but the one it imposed on the rest of the EU.'Mathew D. Rose: <a href="https://braveneweurope.com/mathew-d-rose-germany-has-sealed-its-own-demise" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://braveneweurope.com/mathew-d-rose-germany-has-sealed-its-own-demise</a><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/germany" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@germany</a>, <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/eu" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@eu</a><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#corruption</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/retribution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retribution</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/change" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#change</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/changeManagement" class="mention hashtag" 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noreferrer" target="_blank">#RearmEurope</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/RearmEuropePlan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RearmEuropePlan</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/rearmament" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rearmament</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/debt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#debt</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/money" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#money</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/industry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#industry</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/weapons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#weapons</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/armsIndustry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow 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noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Merz</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/FriedrichMerz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FriedrichMerz</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/CDU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CDU</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Greens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Greens</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/TheGreens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TheGreens</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/transition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#transition</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/money" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#money</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/MMT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MMT</a>

NonilexMultiple sources at <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FSA</a> who could not speak publicly for fear of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/retribution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retribution</a> said they were blindsided by the news.Logistical challenges aside, the role of the office of Federal <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Student" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Student</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Aid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Aid</a> as the administrator of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StudentLoan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StudentLoan</a> portfolio is protected by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a>. It's not clear how these responsibilities could be <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/legally" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#legally</a> moved w/o a vote of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Congress</a>. [not that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> cares]<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Musk</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOGE</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalAgencies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FederalAgencies</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Education</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StudentLoans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StudentLoans</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/regulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#regulation</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#kleptocracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#corruption</a>

Félicien Breton 🍉 🔻 🌱"Gaza has the highest number of child amputees per capita and has been rendered incapable of taking care of them." by Hadeel Awad, a writer and a nurse based in Gaza: <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2025/3/15/gazas-silent-epidemic" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2025/3/15/gazas-silent-epidemic</a><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/palestine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@palestine</a><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/method" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#method</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/witness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#witness</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/%D8%B4%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%AF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#شهيد</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/shaheed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#shaheed</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/healthCare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#healthCare</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/hospital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hospital</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/hospitals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hospitals</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Gaza</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/pediatrics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pediatrics</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/publicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#publicHealth</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/children" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#children</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/israelPalestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#israelPalestine</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/JewishSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JewishSupremacy</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/zionism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#zionism</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#genocide</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ongoingNakba" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ongoingNakba</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/revenge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#revenge</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/retribution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retribution</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/warOnGaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#warOnGaza</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/israelGaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#israelGaza</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/israelGazaWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#israelGazaWar</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ethnicCleansing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ethnicCleansing</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/warCrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#warCrimes</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/PalestinianLivesMatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PalestinianLivesMatter</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/terrorism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#terrorism</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/stateTerrorism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#stateTerrorism</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/stateViolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#stateViolence</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/GazaGenocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GazaGenocide</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/StopArmingIsrael" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StopArmingIsrael</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/CeasefireNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CeasefireNow</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Palestine</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/StopFundingIsrael" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StopFundingIsrael</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/DefundIsrael" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DefundIsrael</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/stateViolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#stateViolence</a>

Rich Stein (he/him)"Less than three weeks after Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) sparred with President Donald Trump over his executive order prohibiting trans students from competing on school sports teams that align with their gender identity, the state has been hit with sudden cuts to funding and grants along with multiple investigations led by federal agencies and threats of more to come." <a href="https://www.washingtonblade.com/2025/03/12/maine-targeted-with-federal-probes-threats-after-guv-spars-with-trump/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.washingtonblade.com/2025/03/12/maine-targeted-with-federal-probes-threats-after-guv-spars-with-trump/</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Maine</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retribution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retribution</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/revenge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#revenge</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpolitics</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GiftArticle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GiftArticle</a>‘People Are Going Silent’: Fearing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Retribution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Retribution</a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> Critics Muzzle ThemselvesThe <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/silence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#silence</a> grows louder every dayFired <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FederalWorkers</a> worried about losing their homes ask not to be quoted by name. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/University" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#University</a> presidents fearing that millions in federal <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/funding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#funding</a> could disappear are holding their fire. Chief execs alarmed by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tariffs</a> that could hurt their businesses are on mute.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeSpeech</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#democracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#autocracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#authoritarianism</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dissent</a> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/us/politics/trump-democracy.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=8DC43EDF-B11C-44E1-8C72-A910E200F459" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/us/politics/trump-democracy.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=8DC43EDF-B11C-44E1-8C72-A910E200F459</a>

NonilexWhen <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Tesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tesla</a> realized it was missing a crucial EPA certification it needed to qualify for the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/loan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#loan</a> days before Christmas, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Musk</a> went straight to the top, urging then-EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson to intervene, acc/to people who spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/retribution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retribution</a>.Nearly ⅔ of the $38B in funds have been promised to Musk’s businesses in the past 5yrs.In 2024 alone, federal & local govts committed at least $6.3B to Musk’s companies, the highest total to date.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOGE</a>

Nonilex“As a result of *those actions*, we’re now going to be suspending & putting under review <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#security</a> clearances for employees at that firm & holding people responsible,” Scharf said. [doing their jobs]<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> quipped that they would call the memo the “deranged Jack Smith signing,” invoking a pejorative he has frequently used to attack the former special counsel.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#criminal</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JackSmith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JackSmith</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ClassifiedDocuments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ClassifiedDocuments</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Jan6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Jan6</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/insurrection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#insurrection</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/petty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#petty</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RevengePolitics</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/retribution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retribution</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> on Tues signed a memo suspending <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#security</a> clearances for employees at a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> firm who assisted w/fmr special counsel <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JackSmith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JackSmith</a>’s investigation into the now-president.WH staff secy Will Scharf said…that the memo targeted Washington, DC based law firm Covington & Burling, which provided pro bono <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/legal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#legal</a> services to Smith in his probes of Trump that resulted in 2 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#criminal</a> indictments.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/petty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#petty</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RevengePolitics</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/retribution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retribution</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ClassifiedDocuments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ClassifiedDocuments</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Jan6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Jan6</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/insurrection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#insurrection</a> <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5163942-trump-jack-smith-security-clearance/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5163942-trump-jack-smith-security-clearance/</a>

NonilexIn scores of his personal podcasts from Aug 2023 to this Jan, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EdMartin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EdMartin</a> amplified <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a>’s claims, not supported by available evidence, that charges against him were made to damage him politically, & that prosecutors may have violated federal criminal conspiracy laws, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOJ</a> policies or legal <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ethics</a> rules. The conversations on Martin’s Pro-America Report podcast & related radio show often revolved around Trump’s desire for “<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/retribution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retribution</a>” against current or fmr dept prosecutors.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a>

NonilexThrough the first month of his admin, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> & his allies have carried out a campaign of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/revenge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#revenge</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/retribution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retribution</a> that has little analogue in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AmericanHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AmericanHistory</a>.He has pulled protective details from former colleagues facing death threats from Iran. He has revoked or threatened to revoke the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#security</a> clearances of President <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Biden</a>, members of his admin & dozens of others.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#authoritarianism</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MafiaState</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#autocracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#democracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/17/us/politics/trump-retribution-list.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/17/us/politics/trump-retribution-list.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare</a>

Nonilex“People do not feel safe speaking out in this country against the government,” said Ryan Calo, a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> professor at the University of Washington. “Because the government in the form of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ElonMusk</a> & President <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> himself will catalyze <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/retribution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retribution</a>.”  Hedtler-Gaudette said that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Musk</a>’s decision to ridicule a blind, 38-year-old government waste expert exhibits something different: “He’s a fundamentally small person.”<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/broligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#broligarchy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/techbros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#techbros</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/power" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#power</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/hate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hate</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/discrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#discrimination</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/insecure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#insecure</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/megalomaniac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#megalomaniac</a>

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