#abuseofpower — Public Fediverse posts

The official, a unit chief who directly oversaw more than 100 employees who evaluated thousands of #ICE applicants, was so troubled by what he saw that he outlined these concerns not to his superiors, but in a formal #whistleblower complaint to the Office of #InspectorGeneral in the #DHS.

#Trump #law #immigration #Sturmabteilung #ExtraJudicialKillings #DueProcess #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #CivilRights #MafiaState #AbuseOfPower #fascism #tyranny #WhiteSupremacy
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/09/03/us/ice-recruits-whistleblower-complaint.html?unlocked_article_code=1.-VA.Kf_q.RleXDEq3_hqW&smid=nytcore-ios-share

#ICE Skipped Basic Checks in Rush for Recruits, #Whistleblower Says

An official who oversaw the vetting of ICE recruits cited an “unprecedented lowering of standards” amid a hiring surge.

#Trump #law #immigration #ICE #CBP #Sturmabteilung #murder #ExtraJudicialKillings #DueProcess #ExcessiveForce #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #CivilRights #HumanRights #MafiaState #PrerogativeState #AbuseOfPower #fascism #tyranny #WhiteSupremacy
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/us/ice-recruits-national-security-risk-whistleblower.html?unlocked_article_code=1.-VA.oxVd.ttgirG3H-EEE&smid=nytcore-ios-share

Resisting Abuse of Power

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IN-EdHlh2c4

Family Told 'No Hiking' In Their Own Backyard...

#IJ #AbuseOfPower #LandUse

Literally planning for #PoliceBrutality

#ICE is pitching a plan to help shield local #police officers who make #immigration arrests from possible financial consequences if they are accused of on-duty #misconduct.

#Trump #law #UseOfForce #ExcessiveForce #Sturmabteilung #StateSponsoredTerrorism #Constitution #DueProcess #CivilRights #HumanRights #RightToProtest #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #AbuseOfPower #fascism #tyranny #MafiaState #WhiteSupremacy
https://apnews.com/article/ice-liability-insurance-misconduct-civil-lawsuit-af330d49dcb9e40295c1fea4fc9ae6f6?utm_source=app&utm_medium=iOS_share&utm_campaign=more_org_joinmastodon_app_shareactionextension

JFC! This was addressed during the trial!

Prosecutors Examined Firm With Tie to Judge in #Trump #HushMoney Trial

The #USattorney in Chicago subpoenaed a fund-raising firm that had been co-owned by the daughter of Judge Juan #Merchan, who conducted the trial that led to Donald Trump’s conviction of multiple felonies.

#Felon47 #RapistInChief #law #DOJ #LegalEthics #retribution #RevengePolitics #ToddBlanche #WeaponizationOfGovernment #AbuseOfPower #AbuseOfOffice
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/15/us/politics/prosecutors-examined-firm-with-tie-to-judge-in-trump-hush-money-trial.html?unlocked_article_code=1.51A.vJ03.q1alyz2EpB4J&smid=nytcore-ios-share

At least some of the aircraft were DIVERTED from efforts to contain #wildfires elsewhere in the state‼️‼️, according to 2 agency officials & the Post analysis of the flight paths.

Communications reviewed by The Washington Post sent during the response to the blaze corroborate that Boren personally directed #USFS staff to address the Cabin Creek Fire.

#law #AbuseOfPower #billionaires #Trump #RichWhiteMalePrivilege #NationalForest #PublicLands #ClimateChange

In total, about 9 aircraft, including helicopters, air tankers & tactical planes, responded to the fire ‼️ on July 12, acc/to an analysis of flight paths, part of an effort that lasted a few hours & cost nearly $115,000 in federal money [ #TaxpayersMoney ] ‼️. The analysis found that these assets traveled from across the West to Idaho’s Alturas Lake, near where the Cabin Creek Fire was burning.

#law #AbuseOfPower #billionaires #Trump #RichWhiteMalePrivilege #NationalForest #PublicLands #wildfires

In those calls, according to the #USFS official with knowledge of the situation, Boren pushed for more aircraft to fight the fire even though “it was easily accessible by ground,” the official said.

He “was on the phone calling people that day asking why there weren’t more resources on the fire & when there was going to be more,” the official said.

#law #AbuseOfPower #billionaires #Trump #RichWhiteMalePrivilege #NationalForest #PublicLands #wildfires #ClimateChange

Two other agency officials said he called those offices, including at least once in the middle of the night. [must be nice to have government resources at your personal disposal for your private property]

Six current & former #USFS officials said the response was far greater than what is typical for a fire of that scale that did not pose a significant threat to life or property.

#law #AbuseOfPower #billionaires #Trump #NationalForest #PublicLands #wildfires #ClimateChange

On July 12, what began as an unattended campfire grew into the Cabin Creek Fire, which spread to a few acres on a ridge in the Sawtooth #NationalForest. While at his mega-ranch, Boren called #USFS ofcls in the Sawtooth National Forest at the regional level & national operations in DC multiple times to question why there weren’t more aircraft battling the fire, acc/to one Forest Service official….This ofcl…said Boren asked when more assets would arrive.

#law #AbuseOfPower #billionaires #Trump

Boren, a #tech #billionaire & #Trump appointee, oversees about 200 million acres of #NationalForest & #PublicLands. He also owns thousands of acres in #Idaho, including the 480-acre Hell Roaring Ranch situated within the Sawtooth National Recreation Area. And before his current role, Boren had clashed with the #USFS numerous times over the years.

#law #AbuseOfPower #billionaires #ClimateChange

Of course he did.

Undersecretary of Agriculture for Natural Resources and Environment [ #USDA #NRE ] Michael Boren, who oversees the US Forest Service [ #USFS ], asked agency staff last month to escalate the amount of aircraft at a small 7-acre #wildfire that had started near his mega-ranch in #Idaho’s Sawtooth National Forest, acc/to 2 Forest Service ofcls familiar with the matter.


#law #AbuseOfPower #billionaires #Trump #NationalForest #PublicLands #ClimateChange
https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2026/08/14/top-trump-official-asked-more-resources-fight-small-fire-near-his-idaho-ranch/

“Britain’s new, unelected Zionist prime minister authorises the use of British bases in the United States’ illegal war on Iran”

by Deaglan O’Mulrooney in the spectacle on Substack

@uk_politics
@UKLabour
@[email protected]
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“On his first full day as Prime Minister, Burnham quietly approved the continued use of British military bases by the United States for military operations against Iran. Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean. RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire. That is, British soil, British bases and British complicity once again handed over to a war machine that has, in the course of this conflict alone: bombed a girls’ school and killed hundreds of children and just last week struck a hospital for children with cancer”

https://open.substack.com/pub/thespectaclemag/p/britains-new-unelected-zionist-prime

#Press #SocialMedia #Journalism #UK #Britain #Burnham #Labour #Iran #War #US #Trump #Fairford #DiegoGarcia #VassalState #WarCrimes #Imperialism #Complicity #Genocide #PalestinianGenocide #Mahmood #Authoritarianism #AbuseOfPower

Friday, #Trump’s attys asked a federal appeals court to intervene & stay, or stop the disbursement of damages, until #SCOTUS decides whether to reconsider [even though they already declined the appeal]. His attys asked the appeals court to issue an injunction if the funds were disbursed & order the transfer of funds back to the court-controlled account while the appeal plays out.

#RapistInChief #law #SexualAssault #rape #RapeCulture #misogyny #power #AbuseOfPower #ViolenceAgainstWomen

#EJeanCarroll officially receives more than $5M from #Trump in #SexualAbuse [ #rape ] & #defamation judgment YEARS after judgment

Carroll’s attys said in a court filing that she would use the money to fund her retirement & will “place the award in an interest-bearing account until Defendant’s petition for rehearing is denied.”

Trump’s attorneys are continuing to fight.

#RapistInChief #law #SexualAssault #RapeCulture #misogyny #power #AbuseOfPower #ViolenceAgainstWomen
https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/14/politics/e-jean-carroll-payment-from-trump

https://www.contrariannews.org/p/bill-pulte-is-not-being-sent-to-lead
#diplomacy #militaryaffairs #nationalsecurity #policy #lisacook #letitiajames #adamschiff #politicalvendetta #trumployalist #news #usnews #history #politics #uspol #uspolitics #regulatorypressure #politicalgrievance #protestmovements #electiondisputes #racist #racism #domesticdissent #hic #odni #dni #williamjpulte #incompetant #abuseofpower #politicalretribution #section702 #fhfa #foreignintelligence

The #House #HomelandSecurity Committee is holding a hearing right now on #DHS #oversight, but #ICE acting director Todd Lyons refused to come.

Rep. #BennieThompson (D-MS), the top Democrat on the panel, in his opening remarks calls Lyons’ absence, "an absolute disgrace."

#law #Trump #immigration #Congress #Constitution #CivilRights #RightToProtest #UseOfForce #ExcessiveForce #PoliceBrutality #AbuseOfPower #ICE #CBP #Gestapo #Sturmabteilung #WhiteSupremacy #RESIST

#GiftArticle

#Trump admin is preparing to *test* [violate] #budget #law

The Trump admin is preparing to test a 1974 #BudgetLaw by just refusing to spend congressionally #mandated #funds, senior federal officials say — an escalation that could change the balance of #power between #Congress & the White House.

#Constitution #SeparationOfPowers #3CoEqualBranchesOfGovernment #AbuseOfPower
https://wapo.st/4niZnjS

Late Thurs, Sen. #ChuckGrassley (R-Iowa), the chair of the #Senate #Judiciary Cmte, released the panel’s proposed text for the #GOP’s so-called #BigBeautifulBill. The House passed its version of the bill last month, so now the Senate is making its changes. Each cmte is tasked with putting together language for its relevant section in the #legislation.

https://www.grassley.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/reconciliation_-_senate_judiciary_committee_-_final.pdf

#Trump #NoKings #AbuseOfPower #ExecutiveOverreach #law #SeparationOfPowers #3CoEqualBranchesOfGovernment

Well done.

#Fulbright Board Resigns After Accusing #Trump Aides of #PoliticalInterference

The board of the prestigious program told the #State Department it had no right to cancel #scholarships for nearly 200 American #professors & #researchers.

#law #FirstAmendment #AcademicFreedom #SeparationOfPowers #AbuseOfPower #authoritarianism #tyranny #AmericanAutocracy
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/us/politics/fulbright-board-resign-trump.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

#ChuckGrassley of Iowa, one of the few #Republicans who have signed on to #legislation opposing #Trump’s #tariffs, says in Greer’s hearing that he supports the president generally but believes #Congress has delegated too much authority to the president over #trade.

#Senate #Finance #tariffs #ExecutivePower #AbuseOfPower #economy #inflation #recession

2021. #Arrest real #criminals - #unlawful #RCMP , #corrupt #politicians & #violent #ecocide #industry #goons ✊
Demand #JustTransition from #BCNDP #BCgovernment now. #StopClearcuts #StopEcocide #CorporateGreed fueled #forestry #mismanagement & #greenwashing 🌲🦅

#vanisle #VancouverIsland #PNW #PacificNorthwest #AbolishRCMPCIRG #DefundRCMP #DefundRCMP #AbuseOfPower #CorporateMercenaries #BritishColumbia #Canada #NewDeathParty #ExposeLobbyists #SaveOldGrowth #WorthMoreStanding #WorthMoreStanding

#Memories of #SignMaking for #protest against #RCMP in #VictoriaBC last year.

#DefundRCMP #DisbandRCMPCIRG #genocidalAgents #corporateMercenaries #PensionPeons #Sellouts #Colonizers #AbuseOfPower #BadgedCriminals #BritishColumbia #Canada #injustice #ecojustice #SocialJustice #activism #MMIWG #StopCorruption #ACAB #StopPoliceViolence #SystematicRacism #KKKanada