#intimidate — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #intimidate, aggregated by home.social.
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#FBI search in #Georgia shows Trump’s willingness to use…federal #law enforcement to intervene in #election matters in the lead-up to the critical 2026 #midterms, which will determine the extent of his authority for the remainder of his 2nd term.
…Democrats & election security experts say its primary purpose is to #intimidate #Trump opponents while empowering supporters seeking an excuse to take control of the #elections office…& to undermine confidence in the process.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/us/politics/georgia-trump-election.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
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#FBI search in #Georgia shows Trump’s willingness to use…federal #law enforcement to intervene in #election matters in the lead-up to the critical 2026 #midterms, which will determine the extent of his authority for the remainder of his 2nd term.
…Democrats & election security experts say its primary purpose is to #intimidate #Trump opponents while empowering supporters seeking an excuse to take control of the #elections office…& to undermine confidence in the process.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/us/politics/georgia-trump-election.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
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#FBI search in #Georgia shows Trump’s willingness to use…federal #law enforcement to intervene in #election matters in the lead-up to the critical 2026 #midterms, which will determine the extent of his authority for the remainder of his 2nd term.
…Democrats & election security experts say its primary purpose is to #intimidate #Trump opponents while empowering supporters seeking an excuse to take control of the #elections office…& to undermine confidence in the process.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/us/politics/georgia-trump-election.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
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#FBI search in #Georgia shows Trump’s willingness to use…federal #law enforcement to intervene in #election matters in the lead-up to the critical 2026 #midterms, which will determine the extent of his authority for the remainder of his 2nd term.
…Democrats & election security experts say its primary purpose is to #intimidate #Trump opponents while empowering supporters seeking an excuse to take control of the #elections office…& to undermine confidence in the process.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/us/politics/georgia-trump-election.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
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#FBI search in #Georgia shows Trump’s willingness to use…federal #law enforcement to intervene in #election matters in the lead-up to the critical 2026 #midterms, which will determine the extent of his authority for the remainder of his 2nd term.
…Democrats & election security experts say its primary purpose is to #intimidate #Trump opponents while empowering supporters seeking an excuse to take control of the #elections office…& to undermine confidence in the process.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/us/politics/georgia-trump-election.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
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Donald Trump is borrowing a strategy from authoritarian regimes to #intimidate potential critics and #discourage them from speaking out, according to a senator under investigation by his administration.
#Elissa #Slotkin, a Democrat from Michigan, faces questioning after she organised and appeared in a #video with other Democrats imploring military service members to #refuse “#illegal #orders”.
Fellow senator #Mark #Kelly and three Democrats from the House of Representatives are also being investigated.
To Slotkin, a former analyst with the Central Intelligence Agency ( #CIA ), it is a deliberate effort to chill free speech that rhymes with her experience of #dictatorships around the world.
“They’re now using a well-worn playbook that employs #physical intimidation and #legal intimidation to get,
A, you to shut up, and
B, for other people thinking of criticising the president on such issues to be dissuaded from doing so,”
she told the Guardian in a phone interview.“It’s absolutely a strategy well used in other countries and other authoritarian governments.
As a CIA officer I’ve served in places like this,
I’ve studied places like this my entire life,
and Trump is sadly using that #playbook in the United States right now.”Now 49, Slotkin completed three tours in Iraq with the US military before moving into national security roles at the Pentagon and White House under presidents George W Bush and Barack Obama.
In 2018 she turned to electoral politics, winning a long-held Republican seat in #Michigan and helping Democrats reclaim control of the House.
She secured re-election in 2020 and 2022, campaigning on issues such as access to affordable healthcare and efforts to bring manufacturing back to her home state.
Her ascent continued in 2024 when she won an open Senate seat despite Trump carrying Michigan in the presidential election.
Last year she delivered the Democrats’ rebuttal to Trump’s joint congressional address.
Then in November she was among six congressional Democrats,
all with military or intelligence backgrounds,
who in a 90-second video cited the "Uniform Code of Military Justice"
and said no one has to carry out orders that violate the law or constitution.#Trump branded the video message “treasonous” and amplified a social media post suggesting that the six Democrats be #hanged.
Defence secretary Pete #Hegseth is attempting to #retroactively #demote Kelly,
a former navy pilot and astronaut,
from his retired rank of captain.👏The Arizona senator is suing Hegseth to block those proceedings,
calling them an unconstitutional act of retribution.Meanwhile US attorney #Jeanine #Pirro, the justice department’s chief prosecutor in Washington, has requested an interview with Slotkin.
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Donald Trump is borrowing a strategy from authoritarian regimes to #intimidate potential critics and #discourage them from speaking out, according to a senator under investigation by his administration.
#Elissa #Slotkin, a Democrat from Michigan, faces questioning after she organised and appeared in a #video with other Democrats imploring military service members to #refuse “#illegal #orders”.
Fellow senator #Mark #Kelly and three Democrats from the House of Representatives are also being investigated.
To Slotkin, a former analyst with the Central Intelligence Agency ( #CIA ), it is a deliberate effort to chill free speech that rhymes with her experience of #dictatorships around the world.
“They’re now using a well-worn playbook that employs #physical intimidation and #legal intimidation to get,
A, you to shut up, and
B, for other people thinking of criticising the president on such issues to be dissuaded from doing so,”
she told the Guardian in a phone interview.“It’s absolutely a strategy well used in other countries and other authoritarian governments.
As a CIA officer I’ve served in places like this,
I’ve studied places like this my entire life,
and Trump is sadly using that #playbook in the United States right now.”Now 49, Slotkin completed three tours in Iraq with the US military before moving into national security roles at the Pentagon and White House under presidents George W Bush and Barack Obama.
In 2018 she turned to electoral politics, winning a long-held Republican seat in #Michigan and helping Democrats reclaim control of the House.
She secured re-election in 2020 and 2022, campaigning on issues such as access to affordable healthcare and efforts to bring manufacturing back to her home state.
Her ascent continued in 2024 when she won an open Senate seat despite Trump carrying Michigan in the presidential election.
Last year she delivered the Democrats’ rebuttal to Trump’s joint congressional address.
Then in November she was among six congressional Democrats,
all with military or intelligence backgrounds,
who in a 90-second video cited the "Uniform Code of Military Justice"
and said no one has to carry out orders that violate the law or constitution.#Trump branded the video message “treasonous” and amplified a social media post suggesting that the six Democrats be #hanged.
Defence secretary Pete #Hegseth is attempting to #retroactively #demote Kelly,
a former navy pilot and astronaut,
from his retired rank of captain.👏The Arizona senator is suing Hegseth to block those proceedings,
calling them an unconstitutional act of retribution.Meanwhile US attorney #Jeanine #Pirro, the justice department’s chief prosecutor in Washington, has requested an interview with Slotkin.
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Donald Trump is borrowing a strategy from authoritarian regimes to #intimidate potential critics and #discourage them from speaking out, according to a senator under investigation by his administration.
#Elissa #Slotkin, a Democrat from Michigan, faces questioning after she organised and appeared in a #video with other Democrats imploring military service members to #refuse “#illegal #orders”.
Fellow senator #Mark #Kelly and three Democrats from the House of Representatives are also being investigated.
To Slotkin, a former analyst with the Central Intelligence Agency ( #CIA ), it is a deliberate effort to chill free speech that rhymes with her experience of #dictatorships around the world.
“They’re now using a well-worn playbook that employs #physical intimidation and #legal intimidation to get,
A, you to shut up, and
B, for other people thinking of criticising the president on such issues to be dissuaded from doing so,”
she told the Guardian in a phone interview.“It’s absolutely a strategy well used in other countries and other authoritarian governments.
As a CIA officer I’ve served in places like this,
I’ve studied places like this my entire life,
and Trump is sadly using that #playbook in the United States right now.”Now 49, Slotkin completed three tours in Iraq with the US military before moving into national security roles at the Pentagon and White House under presidents George W Bush and Barack Obama.
In 2018 she turned to electoral politics, winning a long-held Republican seat in #Michigan and helping Democrats reclaim control of the House.
She secured re-election in 2020 and 2022, campaigning on issues such as access to affordable healthcare and efforts to bring manufacturing back to her home state.
Her ascent continued in 2024 when she won an open Senate seat despite Trump carrying Michigan in the presidential election.
Last year she delivered the Democrats’ rebuttal to Trump’s joint congressional address.
Then in November she was among six congressional Democrats,
all with military or intelligence backgrounds,
who in a 90-second video cited the "Uniform Code of Military Justice"
and said no one has to carry out orders that violate the law or constitution.#Trump branded the video message “treasonous” and amplified a social media post suggesting that the six Democrats be #hanged.
Defence secretary Pete #Hegseth is attempting to #retroactively #demote Kelly,
a former navy pilot and astronaut,
from his retired rank of captain.👏The Arizona senator is suing Hegseth to block those proceedings,
calling them an unconstitutional act of retribution.Meanwhile US attorney #Jeanine #Pirro, the justice department’s chief prosecutor in Washington, has requested an interview with Slotkin.
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Donald Trump is borrowing a strategy from authoritarian regimes to #intimidate potential critics and #discourage them from speaking out, according to a senator under investigation by his administration.
#Elissa #Slotkin, a Democrat from Michigan, faces questioning after she organised and appeared in a #video with other Democrats imploring military service members to #refuse “#illegal #orders”.
Fellow senator #Mark #Kelly and three Democrats from the House of Representatives are also being investigated.
To Slotkin, a former analyst with the Central Intelligence Agency ( #CIA ), it is a deliberate effort to chill free speech that rhymes with her experience of #dictatorships around the world.
“They’re now using a well-worn playbook that employs #physical intimidation and #legal intimidation to get,
A, you to shut up, and
B, for other people thinking of criticising the president on such issues to be dissuaded from doing so,”
she told the Guardian in a phone interview.“It’s absolutely a strategy well used in other countries and other authoritarian governments.
As a CIA officer I’ve served in places like this,
I’ve studied places like this my entire life,
and Trump is sadly using that #playbook in the United States right now.”Now 49, Slotkin completed three tours in Iraq with the US military before moving into national security roles at the Pentagon and White House under presidents George W Bush and Barack Obama.
In 2018 she turned to electoral politics, winning a long-held Republican seat in #Michigan and helping Democrats reclaim control of the House.
She secured re-election in 2020 and 2022, campaigning on issues such as access to affordable healthcare and efforts to bring manufacturing back to her home state.
Her ascent continued in 2024 when she won an open Senate seat despite Trump carrying Michigan in the presidential election.
Last year she delivered the Democrats’ rebuttal to Trump’s joint congressional address.
Then in November she was among six congressional Democrats,
all with military or intelligence backgrounds,
who in a 90-second video cited the "Uniform Code of Military Justice"
and said no one has to carry out orders that violate the law or constitution.#Trump branded the video message “treasonous” and amplified a social media post suggesting that the six Democrats be #hanged.
Defence secretary Pete #Hegseth is attempting to #retroactively #demote Kelly,
a former navy pilot and astronaut,
from his retired rank of captain.👏The Arizona senator is suing Hegseth to block those proceedings,
calling them an unconstitutional act of retribution.Meanwhile US attorney #Jeanine #Pirro, the justice department’s chief prosecutor in Washington, has requested an interview with Slotkin.
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Donald Trump is borrowing a strategy from authoritarian regimes to #intimidate potential critics and #discourage them from speaking out, according to a senator under investigation by his administration.
#Elissa #Slotkin, a Democrat from Michigan, faces questioning after she organised and appeared in a #video with other Democrats imploring military service members to #refuse “#illegal #orders”.
Fellow senator #Mark #Kelly and three Democrats from the House of Representatives are also being investigated.
To Slotkin, a former analyst with the Central Intelligence Agency ( #CIA ), it is a deliberate effort to chill free speech that rhymes with her experience of #dictatorships around the world.
“They’re now using a well-worn playbook that employs #physical intimidation and #legal intimidation to get,
A, you to shut up, and
B, for other people thinking of criticising the president on such issues to be dissuaded from doing so,”
she told the Guardian in a phone interview.“It’s absolutely a strategy well used in other countries and other authoritarian governments.
As a CIA officer I’ve served in places like this,
I’ve studied places like this my entire life,
and Trump is sadly using that #playbook in the United States right now.”Now 49, Slotkin completed three tours in Iraq with the US military before moving into national security roles at the Pentagon and White House under presidents George W Bush and Barack Obama.
In 2018 she turned to electoral politics, winning a long-held Republican seat in #Michigan and helping Democrats reclaim control of the House.
She secured re-election in 2020 and 2022, campaigning on issues such as access to affordable healthcare and efforts to bring manufacturing back to her home state.
Her ascent continued in 2024 when she won an open Senate seat despite Trump carrying Michigan in the presidential election.
Last year she delivered the Democrats’ rebuttal to Trump’s joint congressional address.
Then in November she was among six congressional Democrats,
all with military or intelligence backgrounds,
who in a 90-second video cited the "Uniform Code of Military Justice"
and said no one has to carry out orders that violate the law or constitution.#Trump branded the video message “treasonous” and amplified a social media post suggesting that the six Democrats be #hanged.
Defence secretary Pete #Hegseth is attempting to #retroactively #demote Kelly,
a former navy pilot and astronaut,
from his retired rank of captain.👏The Arizona senator is suing Hegseth to block those proceedings,
calling them an unconstitutional act of retribution.Meanwhile US attorney #Jeanine #Pirro, the justice department’s chief prosecutor in Washington, has requested an interview with Slotkin.
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#ICE and #CBP circled Bursch Elementary School in a convoy of marked and #unmarked vehicles to #intimidate children, parents and staff in the majority Hispanic neighborhood of #BaldwinPark , #CA
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#Trump is sending his #Brownshirts to interfere in #California's election and to #intimidate #voters: “This administration has made no secret of its goal to undermine free and fair #elections. Deploying these federal forces appears to be an intimidation tactic meant for one thing: suppress the #Vote
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The White House’s campaign against elections takes a radical turn with midterms on horizon - https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/white-houses-campaign-elections-takes-radical-turn-midterms-horizon-rcna240041 -
#Trump is sending his #Brownshirts to interfere in #California's election and to #intimidate #voters: “This administration has made no secret of its goal to undermine free and fair #elections. Deploying these federal forces appears to be an intimidation tactic meant for one thing: suppress the #Vote
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The White House’s campaign against elections takes a radical turn with midterms on horizon - https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/white-houses-campaign-elections-takes-radical-turn-midterms-horizon-rcna240041 -
#Trump is sending his #Brownshirts to interfere in #California's election and to #intimidate #voters: “This administration has made no secret of its goal to undermine free and fair #elections. Deploying these federal forces appears to be an intimidation tactic meant for one thing: suppress the #Vote
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The White House’s campaign against elections takes a radical turn with midterms on horizon - https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/white-houses-campaign-elections-takes-radical-turn-midterms-horizon-rcna240041 -
#Trump is sending his #Brownshirts to interfere in #California's election and to #intimidate #voters: “This administration has made no secret of its goal to undermine free and fair #elections. Deploying these federal forces appears to be an intimidation tactic meant for one thing: suppress the #Vote
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The White House’s campaign against elections takes a radical turn with midterms on horizon - https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/white-houses-campaign-elections-takes-radical-turn-midterms-horizon-rcna240041 -
#Trump is sending his #Brownshirts to interfere in #California's election and to #intimidate #voters: “This administration has made no secret of its goal to undermine free and fair #elections. Deploying these federal forces appears to be an intimidation tactic meant for one thing: suppress the #Vote
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The White House’s campaign against elections takes a radical turn with midterms on horizon - https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/white-houses-campaign-elections-takes-radical-turn-midterms-horizon-rcna240041 -
“There are reasons why individuals were not required to take #polygraphs before. And I would question why now the #polygraph, & an overbroad #NDA is being required other than to #intimidate the workforce & ensure tighter #control,” Zaid added.
…The proposed NDA prohibits personnel from providing any info that is not public “without approval or through a defined process,” which aligns w/language the #DOD is currently requiring #reporters to sign to maintain their #Pentagon #press credentials.
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“There are reasons why individuals were not required to take #polygraphs before. And I would question why now the #polygraph, & an overbroad #NDA is being required other than to #intimidate the workforce & ensure tighter #control,” Zaid added.
…The proposed NDA prohibits personnel from providing any info that is not public “without approval or through a defined process,” which aligns w/language the #DOD is currently requiring #reporters to sign to maintain their #Pentagon #press credentials.
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“There are reasons why individuals were not required to take #polygraphs before. And I would question why now the #polygraph, & an overbroad #NDA is being required other than to #intimidate the workforce & ensure tighter #control,” Zaid added.
…The proposed NDA prohibits personnel from providing any info that is not public “without approval or through a defined process,” which aligns w/language the #DOD is currently requiring #reporters to sign to maintain their #Pentagon #press credentials.
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“There are reasons why individuals were not required to take #polygraphs before. And I would question why now the #polygraph, & an overbroad #NDA is being required other than to #intimidate the workforce & ensure tighter #control,” Zaid added.
…The proposed NDA prohibits personnel from providing any info that is not public “without approval or through a defined process,” which aligns w/language the #DOD is currently requiring #reporters to sign to maintain their #Pentagon #press credentials.
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“There are reasons why individuals were not required to take #polygraphs before. And I would question why now the #polygraph, & an overbroad #NDA is being required other than to #intimidate the workforce & ensure tighter #control,” Zaid added.
…The proposed NDA prohibits personnel from providing any info that is not public “without approval or through a defined process,” which aligns w/language the #DOD is currently requiring #reporters to sign to maintain their #Pentagon #press credentials.
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#GOP #republican House, Senate and Executive Branch routinely #intimidate witnesses, #suborn #perjury, and present outright #falsehoods to create #falseNarratives intended to whip up the public into #fear #hysteria and #hate.
The #republicans systematic strategic #weaponization of the government against public #freedom, ability to #vote, #speak, and participate in #public life are a #direct #threat to #democracy.
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#GOP #republican House, Senate and Executive Branch routinely #intimidate witnesses, #suborn #perjury, and present outright #falsehoods to create #falseNarratives intended to whip up the public into #fear #hysteria and #hate.
The #republicans systematic strategic #weaponization of the government against public #freedom, ability to #vote, #speak, and participate in #public life are a #direct #threat to #democracy.
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#GOP #republican House, Senate and Executive Branch routinely #intimidate witnesses, #suborn #perjury, and present outright #falsehoods to create #falseNarratives intended to whip up the public into #fear #hysteria and #hate.
The #republicans systematic strategic #weaponization of the government against public #freedom, ability to #vote, #speak, and participate in #public life are a #direct #threat to #democracy.
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#GOP #republican House, Senate and Executive Branch routinely #intimidate witnesses, #suborn #perjury, and present outright #falsehoods to create #falseNarratives intended to whip up the public into #fear #hysteria and #hate.
The #republicans systematic strategic #weaponization of the government against public #freedom, ability to #vote, #speak, and participate in #public life are a #direct #threat to #democracy.
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On today's episode of #FascismInTheUSA...
#Cornyn Says #FBI Will Help Find #Texas Lawmakers Who Left State
The senator said the agency had agreed to help locate Democratic state legislators who departed to try to block a vote on congressional maps. Democrats said #FederalLawEnforcement was being misused.
By J. David Goodman and Julie Bosman
Aug. 7, 2025"Senator John Cornyn, Republican of Texas, said on Thursday that the F.B.I. had agreed to his request to help track down dozens of Democratic Texas state lawmakers who left the state to prevent a vote on a redistricting plan.
"The activation of federal agents could create a standoff between the Trump administration and state leaders in Illinois, where many of the absent #Democrats have taken refuge.
"It was not clear on Thursday morning whether federal agents had actually taken action in the case, or what role they might eventually play.
"Gov. JB Pritzker of Illinois scoffed at the idea that federal agents could be deployed against the Texas lawmakers present in his state, calling it 'a lot of grandstanding.'" 'The reality is that all that he has said is that the F.B.I. has been authorized to locate the House Democrats — nothing more,' Mr. Pritzker told reporters at the Illinois State Fair on Thursday. 'I welcome the F.B.I. coming to the state,' he added. 'But they won’t be arresting anyone because there is no federal law that prohibits those Texas House Democrats from being here.'
"Mr. Pritzker has previously said that federal law enforcement agents might be used in an attempt to #intimidate lawmakers, even if the agents did not have cause to make arrests.
"Several of the #TexasDemocrats in Illinois said that as of Thursday morning, no federal agents had been seen or reported at the lawmakers’ hotel in St. Charles, about 25 miles west of Chicago.
"The whereabouts of the Texas lawmakers are widely known, but until now at least, they had considered themselves safe from arrest because they were far from the jurisdiction of Texas law enforcement agencies.
" 'I am proud to announce that Director #KashPatel has approved my request for the F.B.I. to assist state and local law enforcement in locating runaway Texas House Democrats,' Mr. Cornyn said in a statement."In his letter on Tuesday requesting the bureau’s assistance, Mr. Cornyn argued that the Democratic lawmakers might have violated state bribery laws by accepting money from outside groups to support their efforts to prevent a vote in the Texas House on a redrawn political map.
"No criminal warrants have actually been filed against the lawmakers in Texas. The speaker of the Texas House has issued civil warrants, saying that the Democrats violated rules of attendance for that chamber,but those warrants have not been considered enforceable outside the state during previous legislative walkouts."
Read more:
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/us/politics/texas-redistricting-cornyn-fbi.htmlArchived version:
https://archive.ph/qLpkc#FashPatel #Fascism #ACAB #Overreach #CharacteristicsOfFascism
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On today's episode of #FascismInTheUSA...
#Cornyn Says #FBI Will Help Find #Texas Lawmakers Who Left State
The senator said the agency had agreed to help locate Democratic state legislators who departed to try to block a vote on congressional maps. Democrats said #FederalLawEnforcement was being misused.
By J. David Goodman and Julie Bosman
Aug. 7, 2025"Senator John Cornyn, Republican of Texas, said on Thursday that the F.B.I. had agreed to his request to help track down dozens of Democratic Texas state lawmakers who left the state to prevent a vote on a redistricting plan.
"The activation of federal agents could create a standoff between the Trump administration and state leaders in Illinois, where many of the absent #Democrats have taken refuge.
"It was not clear on Thursday morning whether federal agents had actually taken action in the case, or what role they might eventually play.
"Gov. JB Pritzker of Illinois scoffed at the idea that federal agents could be deployed against the Texas lawmakers present in his state, calling it 'a lot of grandstanding.'" 'The reality is that all that he has said is that the F.B.I. has been authorized to locate the House Democrats — nothing more,' Mr. Pritzker told reporters at the Illinois State Fair on Thursday. 'I welcome the F.B.I. coming to the state,' he added. 'But they won’t be arresting anyone because there is no federal law that prohibits those Texas House Democrats from being here.'
"Mr. Pritzker has previously said that federal law enforcement agents might be used in an attempt to #intimidate lawmakers, even if the agents did not have cause to make arrests.
"Several of the #TexasDemocrats in Illinois said that as of Thursday morning, no federal agents had been seen or reported at the lawmakers’ hotel in St. Charles, about 25 miles west of Chicago.
"The whereabouts of the Texas lawmakers are widely known, but until now at least, they had considered themselves safe from arrest because they were far from the jurisdiction of Texas law enforcement agencies.
" 'I am proud to announce that Director #KashPatel has approved my request for the F.B.I. to assist state and local law enforcement in locating runaway Texas House Democrats,' Mr. Cornyn said in a statement."In his letter on Tuesday requesting the bureau’s assistance, Mr. Cornyn argued that the Democratic lawmakers might have violated state bribery laws by accepting money from outside groups to support their efforts to prevent a vote in the Texas House on a redrawn political map.
"No criminal warrants have actually been filed against the lawmakers in Texas. The speaker of the Texas House has issued civil warrants, saying that the Democrats violated rules of attendance for that chamber,but those warrants have not been considered enforceable outside the state during previous legislative walkouts."
Read more:
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/us/politics/texas-redistricting-cornyn-fbi.htmlArchived version:
https://archive.ph/qLpkc#FashPatel #Fascism #ACAB #Overreach #CharacteristicsOfFascism
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On today's episode of #FascismInTheUSA...
#Cornyn Says #FBI Will Help Find #Texas Lawmakers Who Left State
The senator said the agency had agreed to help locate Democratic state legislators who departed to try to block a vote on congressional maps. Democrats said #FederalLawEnforcement was being misused.
By J. David Goodman and Julie Bosman
Aug. 7, 2025"Senator John Cornyn, Republican of Texas, said on Thursday that the F.B.I. had agreed to his request to help track down dozens of Democratic Texas state lawmakers who left the state to prevent a vote on a redistricting plan.
"The activation of federal agents could create a standoff between the Trump administration and state leaders in Illinois, where many of the absent #Democrats have taken refuge.
"It was not clear on Thursday morning whether federal agents had actually taken action in the case, or what role they might eventually play.
"Gov. JB Pritzker of Illinois scoffed at the idea that federal agents could be deployed against the Texas lawmakers present in his state, calling it 'a lot of grandstanding.'" 'The reality is that all that he has said is that the F.B.I. has been authorized to locate the House Democrats — nothing more,' Mr. Pritzker told reporters at the Illinois State Fair on Thursday. 'I welcome the F.B.I. coming to the state,' he added. 'But they won’t be arresting anyone because there is no federal law that prohibits those Texas House Democrats from being here.'
"Mr. Pritzker has previously said that federal law enforcement agents might be used in an attempt to #intimidate lawmakers, even if the agents did not have cause to make arrests.
"Several of the #TexasDemocrats in Illinois said that as of Thursday morning, no federal agents had been seen or reported at the lawmakers’ hotel in St. Charles, about 25 miles west of Chicago.
"The whereabouts of the Texas lawmakers are widely known, but until now at least, they had considered themselves safe from arrest because they were far from the jurisdiction of Texas law enforcement agencies.
" 'I am proud to announce that Director #KashPatel has approved my request for the F.B.I. to assist state and local law enforcement in locating runaway Texas House Democrats,' Mr. Cornyn said in a statement."In his letter on Tuesday requesting the bureau’s assistance, Mr. Cornyn argued that the Democratic lawmakers might have violated state bribery laws by accepting money from outside groups to support their efforts to prevent a vote in the Texas House on a redrawn political map.
"No criminal warrants have actually been filed against the lawmakers in Texas. The speaker of the Texas House has issued civil warrants, saying that the Democrats violated rules of attendance for that chamber,but those warrants have not been considered enforceable outside the state during previous legislative walkouts."
Read more:
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/us/politics/texas-redistricting-cornyn-fbi.htmlArchived version:
https://archive.ph/qLpkc#FashPatel #Fascism #ACAB #Overreach #CharacteristicsOfFascism
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On today's episode of #FascismInTheUSA...
#Cornyn Says #FBI Will Help Find #Texas Lawmakers Who Left State
The senator said the agency had agreed to help locate Democratic state legislators who departed to try to block a vote on congressional maps. Democrats said #FederalLawEnforcement was being misused.
By J. David Goodman and Julie Bosman
Aug. 7, 2025"Senator John Cornyn, Republican of Texas, said on Thursday that the F.B.I. had agreed to his request to help track down dozens of Democratic Texas state lawmakers who left the state to prevent a vote on a redistricting plan.
"The activation of federal agents could create a standoff between the Trump administration and state leaders in Illinois, where many of the absent #Democrats have taken refuge.
"It was not clear on Thursday morning whether federal agents had actually taken action in the case, or what role they might eventually play.
"Gov. JB Pritzker of Illinois scoffed at the idea that federal agents could be deployed against the Texas lawmakers present in his state, calling it 'a lot of grandstanding.'" 'The reality is that all that he has said is that the F.B.I. has been authorized to locate the House Democrats — nothing more,' Mr. Pritzker told reporters at the Illinois State Fair on Thursday. 'I welcome the F.B.I. coming to the state,' he added. 'But they won’t be arresting anyone because there is no federal law that prohibits those Texas House Democrats from being here.'
"Mr. Pritzker has previously said that federal law enforcement agents might be used in an attempt to #intimidate lawmakers, even if the agents did not have cause to make arrests.
"Several of the #TexasDemocrats in Illinois said that as of Thursday morning, no federal agents had been seen or reported at the lawmakers’ hotel in St. Charles, about 25 miles west of Chicago.
"The whereabouts of the Texas lawmakers are widely known, but until now at least, they had considered themselves safe from arrest because they were far from the jurisdiction of Texas law enforcement agencies.
" 'I am proud to announce that Director #KashPatel has approved my request for the F.B.I. to assist state and local law enforcement in locating runaway Texas House Democrats,' Mr. Cornyn said in a statement."In his letter on Tuesday requesting the bureau’s assistance, Mr. Cornyn argued that the Democratic lawmakers might have violated state bribery laws by accepting money from outside groups to support their efforts to prevent a vote in the Texas House on a redrawn political map.
"No criminal warrants have actually been filed against the lawmakers in Texas. The speaker of the Texas House has issued civil warrants, saying that the Democrats violated rules of attendance for that chamber,but those warrants have not been considered enforceable outside the state during previous legislative walkouts."
Read more:
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/us/politics/texas-redistricting-cornyn-fbi.htmlArchived version:
https://archive.ph/qLpkc#FashPatel #Fascism #ACAB #Overreach #CharacteristicsOfFascism
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On today's episode of #FascismInTheUSA...
#Cornyn Says #FBI Will Help Find #Texas Lawmakers Who Left State
The senator said the agency had agreed to help locate Democratic state legislators who departed to try to block a vote on congressional maps. Democrats said #FederalLawEnforcement was being misused.
By J. David Goodman and Julie Bosman
Aug. 7, 2025"Senator John Cornyn, Republican of Texas, said on Thursday that the F.B.I. had agreed to his request to help track down dozens of Democratic Texas state lawmakers who left the state to prevent a vote on a redistricting plan.
"The activation of federal agents could create a standoff between the Trump administration and state leaders in Illinois, where many of the absent #Democrats have taken refuge.
"It was not clear on Thursday morning whether federal agents had actually taken action in the case, or what role they might eventually play.
"Gov. JB Pritzker of Illinois scoffed at the idea that federal agents could be deployed against the Texas lawmakers present in his state, calling it 'a lot of grandstanding.'" 'The reality is that all that he has said is that the F.B.I. has been authorized to locate the House Democrats — nothing more,' Mr. Pritzker told reporters at the Illinois State Fair on Thursday. 'I welcome the F.B.I. coming to the state,' he added. 'But they won’t be arresting anyone because there is no federal law that prohibits those Texas House Democrats from being here.'
"Mr. Pritzker has previously said that federal law enforcement agents might be used in an attempt to #intimidate lawmakers, even if the agents did not have cause to make arrests.
"Several of the #TexasDemocrats in Illinois said that as of Thursday morning, no federal agents had been seen or reported at the lawmakers’ hotel in St. Charles, about 25 miles west of Chicago.
"The whereabouts of the Texas lawmakers are widely known, but until now at least, they had considered themselves safe from arrest because they were far from the jurisdiction of Texas law enforcement agencies.
" 'I am proud to announce that Director #KashPatel has approved my request for the F.B.I. to assist state and local law enforcement in locating runaway Texas House Democrats,' Mr. Cornyn said in a statement."In his letter on Tuesday requesting the bureau’s assistance, Mr. Cornyn argued that the Democratic lawmakers might have violated state bribery laws by accepting money from outside groups to support their efforts to prevent a vote in the Texas House on a redrawn political map.
"No criminal warrants have actually been filed against the lawmakers in Texas. The speaker of the Texas House has issued civil warrants, saying that the Democrats violated rules of attendance for that chamber,but those warrants have not been considered enforceable outside the state during previous legislative walkouts."
Read more:
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/us/politics/texas-redistricting-cornyn-fbi.htmlArchived version:
https://archive.ph/qLpkc#FashPatel #Fascism #ACAB #Overreach #CharacteristicsOfFascism
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Trump on Wednesday threatened to sue #NewYorkTimes & #CNN over their media coverage of a preliminary #classified report that conflicted with his assertion that U.S. strikes had #obliterated #Iran #nuclear program. #Press #freedom groups say Trump uses #lawsuits to target and #intimidate #news outlets, which is a common tactic in other countries with poor media #freedom records. #journalism #democracy #fear #harassment #litigation #courts #law #legal #lawyers https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/business/media/trump-iran-new-york-times-cnn.html
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Trump on Wednesday threatened to sue #NewYorkTimes & #CNN over their media coverage of a preliminary #classified report that conflicted with his assertion that U.S. strikes had #obliterated #Iran #nuclear program. #Press #freedom groups say Trump uses #lawsuits to target and #intimidate #news outlets, which is a common tactic in other countries with poor media #freedom records. #journalism #democracy #fear #harassment #litigation #courts #law #legal #lawyers https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/business/media/trump-iran-new-york-times-cnn.html
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Trump on Wednesday threatened to sue #NewYorkTimes & #CNN over their media coverage of a preliminary #classified report that conflicted with his assertion that U.S. strikes had #obliterated #Iran #nuclear program. #Press #freedom groups say Trump uses #lawsuits to target and #intimidate #news outlets, which is a common tactic in other countries with poor media #freedom records. #journalism #democracy #fear #harassment #litigation #courts #law #legal #lawyers https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/business/media/trump-iran-new-york-times-cnn.html
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Trump on Wednesday threatened to sue #NewYorkTimes & #CNN over their media coverage of a preliminary #classified report that conflicted with his assertion that U.S. strikes had #obliterated #Iran #nuclear program. #Press #freedom groups say Trump uses #lawsuits to target and #intimidate #news outlets, which is a common tactic in other countries with poor media #freedom records. #journalism #democracy #fear #harassment #litigation #courts #law #legal #lawyers https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/business/media/trump-iran-new-york-times-cnn.html
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Trump on Wednesday threatened to sue #NewYorkTimes & #CNN over their media coverage of a preliminary #classified report that conflicted with his assertion that U.S. strikes had #obliterated #Iran #nuclear program. #Press #freedom groups say Trump uses #lawsuits to target and #intimidate #news outlets, which is a common tactic in other countries with poor media #freedom records. #journalism #democracy #fear #harassment #litigation #courts #law #legal #lawyers https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/business/media/trump-iran-new-york-times-cnn.html
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#USCongress is too frightened and cowed to oppose Trump. #SCOTUS' pathetically cringing and servile deference to #POTUS has rendered them pointless and powerless. #USA's separation of powers has collapsed, and the country is effectively running without its #Constitution.
At this point regional Federal courts are a mere speed bump for #DictatorTrump -- but even THAT minor inconvenience he will not stand for, using lawsuits to #intimidate sitting judges. And when that fails, what do you suppose his next step will be?
___#Trump sues all federal #Maryland #judges over #deportation order - UPI.com https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2025/06/26/Trump-sues-Maryland-deportation-order/4521750918138/
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#USCongress is too frightened and cowed to oppose Trump. #SCOTUS' pathetically cringing and servile deference to #POTUS has rendered them pointless and powerless. #USA's separation of powers has collapsed, and the country is effectively running without its #Constitution.
At this point regional Federal courts are a mere speed bump for #DictatorTrump -- but even THAT minor inconvenience he will not stand for, using lawsuits to #intimidate sitting judges. And when that fails, what do you suppose his next step will be?
___#Trump sues all federal #Maryland #judges over #deportation order - UPI.com https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2025/06/26/Trump-sues-Maryland-deportation-order/4521750918138/
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#USCongress is too frightened and cowed to oppose Trump. #SCOTUS' pathetically cringing and servile deference to #POTUS has rendered them pointless and powerless. #USA's separation of powers has collapsed, and the country is effectively running without its #Constitution.
At this point regional Federal courts are a mere speed bump for #DictatorTrump -- but even THAT minor inconvenience he will not stand for, using lawsuits to #intimidate sitting judges. And when that fails, what do you suppose his next step will be?
___#Trump sues all federal #Maryland #judges over #deportation order - UPI.com https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2025/06/26/Trump-sues-Maryland-deportation-order/4521750918138/
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#USCongress is too frightened and cowed to oppose Trump. #SCOTUS' pathetically cringing and servile deference to #POTUS has rendered them pointless and powerless. #USA's separation of powers has collapsed, and the country is effectively running without its #Constitution.
At this point regional Federal courts are a mere speed bump for #DictatorTrump -- but even THAT minor inconvenience he will not stand for, using lawsuits to #intimidate sitting judges. And when that fails, what do you suppose his next step will be?
___#Trump sues all federal #Maryland #judges over #deportation order - UPI.com https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2025/06/26/Trump-sues-Maryland-deportation-order/4521750918138/
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#USCongress is too frightened and cowed to oppose Trump. #SCOTUS' pathetically cringing and servile deference to #POTUS has rendered them pointless and powerless. #USA's separation of powers has collapsed, and the country is effectively running without its #Constitution.
At this point regional Federal courts are a mere speed bump for #DictatorTrump -- but even THAT minor inconvenience he will not stand for, using lawsuits to #intimidate sitting judges. And when that fails, what do you suppose his next step will be?
___#Trump sues all federal #Maryland #judges over #deportation order - UPI.com https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2025/06/26/Trump-sues-Maryland-deportation-order/4521750918138/
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We will not tolerate users of other instances using the "Report" feature to #target, #harass, or #intimidate one of our users (or us).
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Effective immediately we are no longer accepting #abuse #reports from https://kinkycats.org due to a pattern of reports for behavior that clearly does not violate our #rules, and frankly probably doesn't violate the rules of other instances as well.
Therefore, effective immediately, any future abuse reports will be silently #discarded and #ignored by https://nsfw.social. We won't even see them.
#Fedi users can still report abusive behavior by any of our users by emailing [email protected].
Abuse reports should only be used to report actual abusive behavior that is #disrupting the experience of others on the #fediverse. Not to try to get one of our users suspended or banned simply because they do something you do not like.
We will not tolerate users of other instances using the "Report" feature to #target, #harass, or #intimidate one of our users (or us).
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Monday, May 19, 2025
New clips from Putin documentary suggest Russia dismissed Ukraine peace talks, ceasefire weeks ago — Uncovering the secret Russian FSB operation to loot Ukraine’s museums — Russia launches record 273-drone attack on Ukraine ahead of planned Trump-Putin call — Nicusor Dan wins Romanian presidential election, defeating anti-Ukraine Simion … and more
https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/05/monday-may-19-2025/
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Monday, May 19, 2025
New clips from Putin documentary suggest Russia dismissed Ukraine peace talks, ceasefire weeks ago — Uncovering the secret Russian FSB operation to loot Ukraine’s museums — Russia launches record 273-drone attack on Ukraine ahead of planned Trump-Putin call — Nicusor Dan wins Romanian presidential election, defeating anti-Ukraine Simion … and more
https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/05/monday-may-19-2025/
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Monday, May 19, 2025
New clips from Putin documentary suggest Russia dismissed Ukraine peace talks, ceasefire weeks ago — Uncovering the secret Russian FSB operation to loot Ukraine’s museums — Russia launches record 273-drone attack on Ukraine ahead of planned Trump-Putin call — Nicusor Dan wins Romanian presidential election, defeating anti-Ukraine Simion … and more
https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/05/monday-may-19-2025/
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Monday, May 19, 2025
New clips from Putin documentary suggest Russia dismissed Ukraine peace talks, ceasefire weeks ago — Uncovering the secret Russian FSB operation to loot Ukraine’s museums — Russia launches record 273-drone attack on Ukraine ahead of planned Trump-Putin call — Nicusor Dan wins Romanian presidential election, defeating anti-Ukraine Simion … and more
https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/05/monday-may-19-2025/
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Ukraine's First Deputy Foreign Minister says Russians tried to intimidate Ukraine in Istanbul
This is the lowest level, these guys are worse than any mafia godfathers from bad movies.
This is yet another example of how brutalized and morally rotten Russian society has become.https://newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/ukraine-s-first-deputy-foreign-minister-says-1747516418.html
#WarOfAggression #Europa #Ukraine #Istanbul #ForeignMinister #army #intimidate #Frontline #war #Russia #WarCriminal #occupiers #defenders
#перемогаYкраїни -
Ukraine's First Deputy Foreign Minister says Russians tried to intimidate Ukraine in Istanbul
This is the lowest level, these guys are worse than any mafia godfathers from bad movies.
This is yet another example of how brutalized and morally rotten Russian society has become.https://newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/ukraine-s-first-deputy-foreign-minister-says-1747516418.html
#WarOfAggression #Europa #Ukraine #Istanbul #ForeignMinister #army #intimidate #Frontline #war #Russia #WarCriminal #occupiers #defenders
#перемогаYкраїни -
Ukraine's First Deputy Foreign Minister says Russians tried to intimidate Ukraine in Istanbul
This is the lowest level, these guys are worse than any mafia godfathers from bad movies.
This is yet another example of how brutalized and morally rotten Russian society has become.https://newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/ukraine-s-first-deputy-foreign-minister-says-1747516418.html
#WarOfAggression #Europa #Ukraine #Istanbul #ForeignMinister #army #intimidate #Frontline #war #Russia #WarCriminal #occupiers #defenders
#перемогаYкраїни -
Ukraine's First Deputy Foreign Minister says Russians tried to intimidate Ukraine in Istanbul
This is the lowest level, these guys are worse than any mafia godfathers from bad movies.
This is yet another example of how brutalized and morally rotten Russian society has become.https://newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/ukraine-s-first-deputy-foreign-minister-says-1747516418.html
#WarOfAggression #Europa #Ukraine #Istanbul #ForeignMinister #army #intimidate #Frontline #war #Russia #WarCriminal #occupiers #defenders
#перемогаYкраїни