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When the Pentagon announced a $620 million loan last year to a startup linked to Donald Trump Jr., defense officials and the company tried to tamp down suspicions of cronyism.
We found that the request came directly from the White House.
https://www.propublica.org/article/donald-trump-jr-vulcan-deal-white-house?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #WhiteHouse #Trump #Pentagon #Defense #Business #Ethics #Law #Government #DonaldTrumpJr
Immigrants claiming their detention is illegal have filed more than 18,000 challenges in federal court.
The cases, known as habeas petitions, total more than were filed under the last three administrations combined, including Trump’s first term.
https://www.propublica.org/article/habeas-petitions-immigrant-detentions-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Immigration #ICE #Law #USPolitics #Trump #Immigrants #Legal
Supreme Court strikes down most of Trump's tariffs in a major blow to the president
From https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-strikes-trumps-tariffs-major-blow-president-rcna244827
#USPol #SupremeCourt #Trump #tariffs
The fascist fan boy continues to emulate his heroes
#DOJ headquarters has become the latest federal building to display a giant #Trump banner.
Large banners of Trump now hang from multiple federal buildings in Washington, including the nation’s top law enforcement branch, in an unabashed statement of #power & #influence over the #government.
#fascism #strongmen #tyranny
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/19/us/politics/trump-banner-doj.html?smid=url-share
“No One Is Watching”: How Trump Reversed Biden’s Crackdown on Gun Trafficking
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After Biden clamped down on the flow of illegal guns, Trump has referred fewer ATF trafficking charges for prosecution, eased up on irresponsible gun shops and shifted hundreds of ATF agents to immigration work.
https://www.propublica.org/article/how-trump-reversed-biden-gun-crackdown-atf?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Trump #Biden #Guns #Crime #Law #ATF #Government #Immigration
NEW: Lawmakers Demand Answers After the White House Initiated a $620M Loan to a Firm Tied to Donald Trump Jr.
A group of lawmakers demanded answers from the White House this week following a ProPublica investigation revealing that a top aide to the president initiated a $620 million loan from the Pentagon to a startup linked to Donald Trump Jr.
https://www.propublica.org/article/donald-trump-jr-vulcan-lawmakers-letter
Even #FOX #NEWS Is Turning on #Trump Now (Sad!)
My man David Shuster's got the goods! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Na8WCfNhwdc&feature=youtu.be #usa #donaldtrump #media #press #video #tv #ai #unitedstates #propaganda #news #politics #culture #economy #epstein #eu #history
After the Trump DOJ Halted Police Reform, This City Stepped In. Then Officers Shot and Killed Katelyn Hall.
Some cities celebrated when the Trump administration ended federal oversight of several police departments, but Louisville, Kentucky’s mayor said the city would be “moving ahead rapidly” with reforms. One year in, activists say the plan is lacking.
https://www.propublica.org/article/louisville-trump-doj-police-reform-consent-decrees
Trump announced today that his new global tariffs are 15% after yesterday's Supreme Court ruling finding his broad IEEPA tariffs illegal.
He wants to keep his mob-boss strong-arming leverage!
#Trump offrirà cure mediche gratuite agli abitanti della #Groenlandia. Ma non a quelli dell'Illinois¹.
(¹ o qualsiasi altro stato degli USA)
The problem with all these conspiracy whackos gunning for the American President is that they're shit at it.
#Trump #EpsteinClass #JeffreyEpstein #EpsteinFiles #ConspiracyTheories #USPOL #USPOLITICS
NEW: If Attorney General Pam Bondi’s team wins this case, thousands of immigrant moms and dads could be exposed to deportation for minor involvement in the juvenile court system, a new realm for President Trump’s deportation regime.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-immigration-deportation-family-court-sotero-mendoza-rivera
#news #trump #immigration #deportation #PamBondi #government #courts #law #criminaljustice
Old but good: game recognizes game
The guy who vandalized Trump's Walk of Fame star in 2016 bailed out the guy who did it in 2018. The former is a scion of the wealthy Otis family of Otis elevator fame.
Next time you're listening to muzak in an Otis elevator, remember that.
https://www.businessinsider.com/austin-clay-reportedly-being-bailed-out-by-james-otis-2018-7 #trump #protests #fascism
NEW: Trump Administration Moves to Allow Intelligence Agencies Easier Access to Law Enforcement Files
“None of this has been thought through very carefully,” one official said of the plans, which upend long-standing restrictions meant to protect Americans’ privacy.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-cia-law-enforcement-records-privacy-intelligence-community
#news #Trump #CIA #LawEnforcement #Privacy #Government #criminaljustice
"Sleazebags"* -- What Trump called the relatively small-sized businesses that brought the #tariffs case to the Supreme Court.
It sounds like he plans on stiffing them (not paying them back their revenue lost because of Trump's tariffs, like the Supreme Court ordered), because when asked whether he planned to pay them as ordered, he said, "We'll be in court for the next five years."
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#USA #US #USpol #trump #SCOTUS #business
* c/o CNN (live press conference coverage video)
This MAGA Influencer Runs a Charity to Teach Kids Civics. Much of the Money Goes to Him Instead.
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Nick Adams’ Foundation for Liberty and American Greatness has brought in millions in donations and helped him land a State Department appointment, but records show there is almost no indication FLAG was spending that money on its stated mission.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-nick-adams-state-flag-charity-civics-state-department?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #MAGA #Trump #Nonprofit #Charity #Funding #Education #USPolitics
Trump Officials Celebrated With Cake After Slashing Aid. Then People Died of Cholera.
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Behind closed doors in Washington, top advisers made a series of decisions that had devastating repercussions for the poorest country on earth. We went to South Sudan and found people who died as a result.
https://www.propublica.org/article/usaid-cholera-deaths-trump-humanitarian-aid-cuts-south-sudan?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Trump #MarcoRubio #Africa #PublicHealth #USAID #SouthSudan
A 2026 Nature study of U.S.-based X users reveals that the "For You" algorithm shifts political views toward more conservative positions, specifically regarding the war in Ukraine and investigations into Donald Trump.
Several high-ranking federal election officials attended a summit last week at which prominent activists who worked to overturn Trump’s loss in the 2020 election pressed for the president to declare a national emergency to take over the midterms.
#News #Trump #Election #Democracy #USPolitics #Midterms #Law
𝑫𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒅 𝑺𝒉𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑩𝑹𝑬𝑨𝑲𝑺 𝒏𝒆𝒘𝒔 𝒐𝒏 #𝑬𝒑𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒊𝒏 & we're joined by @qasimrashid to rip/mock Trump SOTU
"Epstein Files: Explosive #Trump Allegations—Is FBI Investigating?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-GPJLk3k_4&t=3008s #news #politics #us #usa #ukraine #unitedstates #eu #ai #tech #economy #tariffs #ice #tv #donaldtrump
NEW: Trump Administration Killed Criminal Investigation of GOP Senator’s Coal Companies
EPA and Justice Department officials were looking into potential criminal violations by the vast coal empire owned by Sen. Jim Justice. Then the Office of the Deputy Attorney General told them “pencils down.”
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-jim-justice-doj-southern-coal-investigation-west-virginia