#abuseofauthority — Public Fediverse posts

"California is taking the Trump administration to court over its attempts to tie crucial emergency preparedness funding to the president’s preferences on immigration enforcement and election administration. In a coalition with 24 Democratic-led states, Attorney General Rob Bonta announced the lawsuit over new conditions on U.S. Department of Homeland Security grants":
https://calmatters.org/politics/2026/07/california-emergency-funding-trump-lawsuit/
#Trump #AbuseOfAuthority #politics copy: @renewedresistance

"California is taking the Trump administration to court over its attempts to tie crucial emergency preparedness funding to the president’s preferences on immigration enforcement and election administration. In a coalition with 24 Democratic-led states, Attorney General Rob Bonta announced the lawsuit over new conditions on U.S. Department of Homeland Security grants":
https://calmatters.org/politics/2026/07/california-emergency-funding-trump-lawsuit/
#Trump #AbuseOfAuthority #politics copy: @renewedresistance

Arrests of ICE agents show risk of abuse and corruption | AP News
https://apnews.com/article/ice-agents-arrested-misconduct-crimes-abuse-corruption-45b0d2248c0add9523e0bf5a953faaea #iceagentsdeployment #iceagents #abuseofpower #abuseofauthority #america #us #usa #illegalarrest #IllegalArrests

Crimes committed by ICE agents show how their powers can be abused, an AP review finds | MPR News
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/02/11/crimes-committed-by-federal-ice-agents-show-how-their-powers-can-be-abused-ap-review-finds #iceagents #iceagentsdeployment #abuseofpower #abuseofauthority #illegalarrest #america #us #usa

"There’s No Escaping the Rot in This Justice Department":
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/29/opinion/doj-e-jean-carroll.html
#Trump #WorstPresidentEver #politics #AbuseOfAuthority #injustice #ethics

"There’s No Escaping the Rot in This Justice Department":
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/29/opinion/doj-e-jean-carroll.html
#Trump #WorstPresidentEver #politics #AbuseOfAuthority #injustice #ethics

"This Is How to Stop Trump’s Vindictive Prosecutions" by Andrew Weissmann:
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/29/opinion/carroll-comey-trump-blanche.html
#Trump #WorstPresidentEver copy: @renewedresistance #politics #AbuseOfAuthority #injustice #ethics

"This Is How to Stop Trump’s Vindictive Prosecutions" by Andrew Weissmann:
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/29/opinion/carroll-comey-trump-blanche.html
#Trump #WorstPresidentEver copy: @renewedresistance #politics #AbuseOfAuthority #injustice #ethics

"35 former judges ask court to investigate Trump's deal with IRS":
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/05/27/former-federal-judges-trump-irs-weaponization-fund/90283762007/
"This settlement is a product of collusion and is itself a fraud on the Court"
#AbuseOfAuthority #ethics #criminality #accountability copy: @renewedresistance #politics

"35 former judges ask court to investigate Trump's deal with IRS":
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/05/27/former-federal-judges-trump-irs-weaponization-fund/90283762007/
"This settlement is a product of collusion and is itself a fraud on the Court"
#AbuseOfAuthority #ethics #criminality #accountability copy: @renewedresistance #politics

A quotation from Montesquieu

It has eternally been observed that any man who has power is led to abuse it; he continues until he finds limits.
 
[C’est une expérience éternelle, que tout homme qui a du pouvoir est porté à en abuser; il va jusqu’à ce qu’il trouve des limites.]

Charles-Lewis de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu (1689-1755) French political philosopher
Spirit of Laws [The Spirit of the Laws; De l’esprit des lois], Book 11, ch. 4 (11.4) (1748) [tr. Cohler/Miller/Stone (1989)]

More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/montesquieu/83499/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #montesquieu #absolutepower #abuseofauthority #abuseofpower #authority #corruption #history #power

A quotation from Montesquieu

It has eternally been observed that any man who has power is led to abuse it; he continues until he finds limits.
 
[C’est une expérience éternelle, que tout homme qui a du pouvoir est porté à en abuser; il va jusqu’à ce qu’il trouve des limites.]

Charles-Lewis de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu (1689-1755) French political philosopher
Spirit of Laws [The Spirit of the Laws; De l’esprit des lois], Book 11, ch. 4 (11.4) (1748) [tr. Cohler/Miller/Stone (1989)]

More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/montesquieu/83499/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #montesquieu #absolutepower #abuseofauthority #abuseofpower #authority #corruption #history #power

Trump failed again: "Not only had the White House failed to achieve its strategic objective — both the mass removal of immigrants from the #Minneapolis area and the suppression of the administration’s political opponents through force and the fear of force — it had also lost significant ground with the public on its most favorable issue":
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/opinion/minneapolis-ice-trump-gettysburg.html
#AbuseOfAuthority #TrumpLiedPeopleDied #politics copy: @renewedresistance

Trump failed again: "Not only had the White House failed to achieve its strategic objective — both the mass removal of immigrants from the #Minneapolis area and the suppression of the administration’s political opponents through force and the fear of force — it had also lost significant ground with the public on its most favorable issue":
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/opinion/minneapolis-ice-trump-gettysburg.html
#AbuseOfAuthority #TrumpLiedPeopleDied #politics copy: @renewedresistance

"How Trump Realized He Had a Big Problem in Minneapolis. Pres. Trump often blusters his way through a crisis, refusing to back down. Minneapolis tested the limits of that strategy":
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/us/politics/trump-minnesota-noem-bovino-homan-miller.html
#AbuseOfAuthority #TrumpLiedPeopleDied #politics

"How Trump Realized He Had a Big Problem in Minneapolis. Pres. Trump often blusters his way through a crisis, refusing to back down. Minneapolis tested the limits of that strategy":
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/us/politics/trump-minnesota-noem-bovino-homan-miller.html
#AbuseOfAuthority #TrumpLiedPeopleDied #politics

Sen. Amy Klobuchar: "Both the Minnesota Chiefs of Police Association and the International Association of Chiefs of Police have joined mayors, business leaders, and community voices in speaking out about the dangerous ICE surge in Minnesota. It’s clear that ICE needs to leave our state. Now."
#Trump #AbuseOfAuthority #SenselessViolence #politics

Sen. Amy Klobuchar: "Both the Minnesota Chiefs of Police Association and the International Association of Chiefs of Police have joined mayors, business leaders, and community voices in speaking out about the dangerous ICE surge in Minnesota. It’s clear that ICE needs to leave our state. Now."
#Trump #AbuseOfAuthority #SenselessViolence #politics

This kinda shit isn't surprising to me because I've experienced a lot of racial profiling, illegal as fuck BS from both USA & Canada #BorderControl nazi fuckers. Both readily & regularly use abuses of power. Both target BIPOC people, indiscriminately.

This was recorded on 2nd hidden audio gear. It highlights how USA border patrol thugs believe they have any/all right to violate constitution & abuse/threaten people, at their will.

#Secret #Audio From #BorderPatrolCheckpoint They Didn’t Want You to Hear
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CjYbVM4RxKU&pp=0gcJCTMBo7VqN5tD

#USpol #RacialProfiling #KnowYourRights #AbuseOfAuthority #AbuseOfPower #RemoveQualifiedImmunity

This kinda shit isn't surprising to me because I've experienced a lot of racial profiling, illegal as fuck BS from both USA & Canada #BorderControl nazi fuckers. Both readily & regularly use abuses of power. Both target BIPOC people, indiscriminately.

This was recorded on 2nd hidden audio gear. It highlights how USA border patrol thugs believe they have any/all right to violate constitution & abuse/threaten people, at their will.

#Secret #Audio From #BorderPatrolCheckpoint They Didn’t Want You to Hear
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CjYbVM4RxKU&pp=0gcJCTMBo7VqN5tD

#USpol #RacialProfiling #KnowYourRights #AbuseOfAuthority #AbuseOfPower #RemoveQualifiedImmunity

RE: https://mastodon.social/@RonSupportsYou/115950323366000204

Even Trump is starting to realize that videos of senseless brutality by thugs in #ICE are turning public opinion against him:
https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/23/politics/minnesota-immigration-protests-trump-worries
#racism #extremism #AbuseOfAuthority #HumanRights copy: @renewedresistance #politics

RE: https://mastodon.social/@RonSupportsYou/115950323366000204

Even Trump is starting to realize that videos of senseless brutality by thugs in #ICE are turning public opinion against him:
https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/23/politics/minnesota-immigration-protests-trump-worries
#racism #extremism #AbuseOfAuthority #HumanRights copy: @renewedresistance #politics

Sen. Ted Cruz sells out, again: "When it comes to Greenland, I want to commend Pres. Trump for being single-mindedly focused on America first. I believe it is overwhelmingly in America's national interest to acquire Greenland. The whole history of America has been a history of acquiring new lands and new territories."

Putin is trying to acquire new lands and new territories in Ukraine.
Trump, #PutinsPuppet, is trying to follow Putin's example.
#politics #AbuseOfAuthority #aggression

Sen. Ted Cruz sells out, again: "When it comes to Greenland, I want to commend Pres. Trump for being single-mindedly focused on America first. I believe it is overwhelmingly in America's national interest to acquire Greenland. The whole history of America has been a history of acquiring new lands and new territories."

Putin is trying to acquire new lands and new territories in Ukraine.
Trump, #PutinsPuppet, is trying to follow Putin's example.
#politics #AbuseOfAuthority #aggression

#Minnesota Fraternal Order of #Police has many different #LEOs as members. This only adds to why the public has no trust in their local or state cops.

#FuckICE #ACAB #NaziCops #USPol #FascistUSA #USNazis #BoycottUSA #DoxNazis #MAGANazis #CrimesAgainstHumanity #BadgedMurderers #OfficerCreatedJeopardy #CriminalCops #AbuseOfAuthority #AbuseOfPower #CopsAreCriminals #FuckTheUSA #FuckThePolice #PressRelease #RemoveQualifiedImmunity

#Minnesota Fraternal Order of #Police has many different #LEOs as members. This only adds to why the public has no trust in their local or state cops.

#FuckICE #ACAB #NaziCops #USPol #FascistUSA #USNazis #BoycottUSA #DoxNazis #MAGANazis #CrimesAgainstHumanity #BadgedMurderers #OfficerCreatedJeopardy #CriminalCops #AbuseOfAuthority #AbuseOfPower #CopsAreCriminals #FuckTheUSA #FuckThePolice #PressRelease #RemoveQualifiedImmunity

"Trump sounded more like a gangster than like a American president when he said: 'he planned to fix Venezuela’s oil industry, a proposition he said could yield a lot of money.' The job of a president of the United States is not to fix Venezuela’s oil industry":
https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/trump-venezuela-bay-area-reaction-21274386.php
#TheTrumpDoctrine = #MightMakesRight. #AbuseOfAuthority #MisuseOfOurMilitary #politics #WorstPresidentEver

"Trump sounded more like a gangster than like a American president when he said: 'he planned to fix Venezuela’s oil industry, a proposition he said could yield a lot of money.' The job of a president of the United States is not to fix Venezuela’s oil industry":
https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/trump-venezuela-bay-area-reaction-21274386.php
#TheTrumpDoctrine = #MightMakesRight. #AbuseOfAuthority #MisuseOfOurMilitary #politics #WorstPresidentEver

“'No more undefined missions; no more open-ended conflicts,' Vice President JD Vance told a graduating class at the U.S. Naval Academy earlier this year" but Trump's aggression against #Venezuela is an undefined mission which begins an open-ended conflict:
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/us/politics/maduro-trump-base-america-first.html
#WorstPresidentEver #AbuseOfAuthority #MisuseOfOurMilitary #politics

“'No more undefined missions; no more open-ended conflicts,' Vice President JD Vance told a graduating class at the U.S. Naval Academy earlier this year" but Trump's aggression against #Venezuela is an undefined mission which begins an open-ended conflict:
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/us/politics/maduro-trump-base-america-first.html
#WorstPresidentEver #AbuseOfAuthority #MisuseOfOurMilitary #politics

When he was campaigning in 2024 for the Trump/Vance ticket, JD Vance wrote an article in the Wall Street Journal titled:
"Trump's Best Foreign Policy? Not Starting Any Wars".

Trump ordered our military to commit acts of war against Venezuela, and Vance expressed support for this aggression.
#WorstPresidentEver #AbuseOfAuthority #MisuseOfOurMilitary #politics copy: @renewedresistance

When he was campaigning in 2024 for the Trump/Vance ticket, JD Vance wrote an article in the Wall Street Journal titled:
"Trump's Best Foreign Policy? Not Starting Any Wars".

Trump ordered our military to commit acts of war against Venezuela, and Vance expressed support for this aggression.
#WorstPresidentEver #AbuseOfAuthority #MisuseOfOurMilitary #politics copy: @renewedresistance

Here is the truth about Trump's aggression against Venezuela:

"Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who in recent months has tried to establish a rapport with Trump, said in a post on X that Maduro’s ouster crossed an unacceptable line and recalls the worst moments of interference in the politics of Latin America and the Caribbean”:
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/03/trump-venezela-mexico-00710063
copy: @renewedresistance #politics #AbuseOfAuthority #MisuseOfOurMilitary #WorstPresidentEver

Here is the truth about Trump's aggression against Venezuela:

"Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who in recent months has tried to establish a rapport with Trump, said in a post on X that Maduro’s ouster crossed an unacceptable line and recalls the worst moments of interference in the politics of Latin America and the Caribbean”:
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/03/trump-venezela-mexico-00710063
copy: @renewedresistance #politics #AbuseOfAuthority #MisuseOfOurMilitary #WorstPresidentEver

Rep. Nancy Pelosi truthfully said: "Venezuela is ruled by an illegitimate regime, but the Trump Administration has not made the case that an urgent threat to America’s national security existed to justify the use of U.S. military force”:
https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/trump-venezuela-bay-area-reaction-21274386.php
#AbuseOfAuthority #MisuseOfOurMilitary #politics copy: @renewedresistance #WorstPresidentEver

Rep. Nancy Pelosi truthfully said: "Venezuela is ruled by an illegitimate regime, but the Trump Administration has not made the case that an urgent threat to America’s national security existed to justify the use of U.S. military force”:
https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/trump-venezuela-bay-area-reaction-21274386.php
#AbuseOfAuthority #MisuseOfOurMilitary #politics copy: @renewedresistance #WorstPresidentEver

"The German government on Wednesday denounced sanctions imposed by the United States against the heads of HateAid, a German organization that supports victims of online hate":
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/berlin-denounces-us-sanctions-against-111024556.html
The group sanctioned by Trump was also praised by others as "a group that counters Russian disinformation." This resulted in #PutinsPuppet Trump sanctioning it.
#politics #betrayal #AbuseOfAuthority

"The German government on Wednesday denounced sanctions imposed by the United States against the heads of HateAid, a German organization that supports victims of online hate":
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/berlin-denounces-us-sanctions-against-111024556.html
The group sanctioned by Trump was also praised by others as "a group that counters Russian disinformation." This resulted in #PutinsPuppet Trump sanctioning it.
#politics #betrayal #AbuseOfAuthority

"Federal authorities conducting immigration enforcement in Florida were seen pulling a woman wearing medical scrubs from her vehicle as she shouted that she was a U.S. citizen":
https://www.rawstory.com/feds-forcibly-yank-woman-in-medical-scrubs-from-car-as-she-screams-she-s-a-us-citizen/?utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Dec.3.2025_9.05pm#
#AbuseOfAuthority #mismanagement #politics #cruelty #HumanRights

"Federal authorities conducting immigration enforcement in Florida were seen pulling a woman wearing medical scrubs from her vehicle as she shouted that she was a U.S. citizen":
https://www.rawstory.com/feds-forcibly-yank-woman-in-medical-scrubs-from-car-as-she-screams-she-s-a-us-citizen/?utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Dec.3.2025_9.05pm#
#AbuseOfAuthority #mismanagement #politics #cruelty #HumanRights

"Democratic senators will seek to block Trump from using US forces to attack Venezuela":
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20251202-pentagon-chief-says-us-has-only-just-begun-striking-alleged-drug-boats
Trump would like to start an unnecessary war to distract Americans from his problems that range from his war crimes to what the #EpsteinFiles will reveal, but Democrats are opposing the needless bloodshed #Trump seeks.
#AbuseOfAuthority #MisuseOfOurMilitary #politics

"Democratic senators will seek to block Trump from using US forces to attack Venezuela":
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20251202-pentagon-chief-says-us-has-only-just-begun-striking-alleged-drug-boats
Trump would like to start an unnecessary war to distract Americans from his problems that range from his war crimes to what the #EpsteinFiles will reveal, but Democrats are opposing the needless bloodshed #Trump seeks.
#AbuseOfAuthority #MisuseOfOurMilitary #politics

"Since Pres. Donald Trump’s administration launched high-intensity immigration sweeps this year, federal agents have routinely countered protestors using crowd control weapons — rubber bullets, flash-bang grenades, tear gas and pepper balls. They’ve fired on American citizens and noncitizens alike in ways that some experts say might be criminal": https://www.propublica.org/article/ice-border-patrol-less-lethal-weapons?utm_campaign=propublica-sprout&utm_content=1764734410&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
#AbuseOfAuthority #recklessness #thuggishness #values copy: @renewedresistance #politics

"Since Pres. Donald Trump’s administration launched high-intensity immigration sweeps this year, federal agents have routinely countered protestors using crowd control weapons — rubber bullets, flash-bang grenades, tear gas and pepper balls. They’ve fired on American citizens and noncitizens alike in ways that some experts say might be criminal": https://www.propublica.org/article/ice-border-patrol-less-lethal-weapons?utm_campaign=propublica-sprout&utm_content=1764734410&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
#AbuseOfAuthority #recklessness #thuggishness #values copy: @renewedresistance #politics

Sen. Mark Kelly and five other Democratic Party Senators reminded America troops of their responsibility to refuse to follow unlawful orders. This greatly angered Trump, who in response made wild threats. Now we learn that some America troops did follow unlawful orders by murdering survivors of an attack in the Caribbean. The survivors should have been rescued and possibly taken into custody.
https://www.execfunctions.org/p/a-dishonorable-strike?triedRedirect=true
#Trump #WorstPresidentEver #AbuseOfAuthority #MisuseOfOurMilitary #politics

Sen. Mark Kelly and five other Democratic Party Senators reminded America troops of their responsibility to refuse to follow unlawful orders. This greatly angered Trump, who in response made wild threats. Now we learn that some America troops did follow unlawful orders by murdering survivors of an attack in the Caribbean. The survivors should have been rescued and possibly taken into custody.
https://www.execfunctions.org/p/a-dishonorable-strike?triedRedirect=true
#Trump #WorstPresidentEver #AbuseOfAuthority #MisuseOfOurMilitary #politics

"Victims of Hamas' October 2023 attack on Israel sued Binance and its founder Changpeng Zhao, accusing them of facilitating millions of dollars in payments to the group and other U.S.-designated terrorist groups":
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/hamas-attack-victims-sue-binance-allegedly-allowing-payments-militant-group-2025-11-24/
Trump pardoned Changpeng Zhao.
#Trump #AbuseOfAuthority #politics #israel

"Victims of Hamas' October 2023 attack on Israel sued Binance and its founder Changpeng Zhao, accusing them of facilitating millions of dollars in payments to the group and other U.S.-designated terrorist groups":
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/hamas-attack-victims-sue-binance-allegedly-allowing-payments-militant-group-2025-11-24/
Trump pardoned Changpeng Zhao.
#Trump #AbuseOfAuthority #politics #israel

Rep. Pat Ryan wrote: "Trump campaigned on lowering costs and ending forever wars. He’s doing the exact opposite. How about focusing on the economy, not sending our men and women in uniform into harm’s way to stroke your own ego?"
#Venezuela #AbuseOfAuthority #MisuseOfOurMilitary #politics

Rep. Pat Ryan wrote: "Trump campaigned on lowering costs and ending forever wars. He’s doing the exact opposite. How about focusing on the economy, not sending our men and women in uniform into harm’s way to stroke your own ego?"
#Venezuela #AbuseOfAuthority #MisuseOfOurMilitary #politics

"Five Key Takeaways From the Supreme Court Tariff Argument":
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/us/politics/supreme-court-tariff-takeaways.html
#Trump #AbuseOfAuthority #politics

"Five Key Takeaways From the Supreme Court Tariff Argument":
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/us/politics/supreme-court-tariff-takeaways.html
#Trump #AbuseOfAuthority #politics

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth: "Today, at the direction of President Trump, the Department of War carried out a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by a Designated Terrorist Organization."

Justin Amash: "Thank you for documenting your crimes."
#AbuseOfAuthority #MisuseOfOurMilitary #politics

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth: "Today, at the direction of President Trump, the Department of War carried out a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by a Designated Terrorist Organization."

Justin Amash: "Thank you for documenting your crimes."
#AbuseOfAuthority #MisuseOfOurMilitary #politics

@Nonilex Those who order illegal killings and those who follow those orders are murderers. It makes them feel powerful and they can justify the horror in their own sick minds.#murder #abuseofauthority #law #Venezuelamurders

Dean Baker's comment in response to Donald Trump ordering our military to destroy other nation's boats near Venezuela:

"In his demented state, Trump can't remember whether he is supposed to be starting or ending wars to get a #NobelPeacePrize."
#AbuseOfAuthority #MisuseOfOurMilitary #politics

"The top Republican and Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee are publicly pressuring the Pentagon to provide its legal rationale for the military strikes against alleged drug trafficking boats":
https://rollcall.com/2025/10/31/sasc-leaders-press-dod-for-legal-justification-of-boat-strikes/
#AbuseOfAuthority #MisuseOfOurMilitary #politics #CongressionalOversight.