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  1. The #tariffs hit hundreds of #US products, including steel, aluminum, cheese, appliances, clothing, cosmetics & farm equipment, at rates of 15%, 25% or 50%.

    #Canada says its tariffs match #Trump’s dollar for dollar & rate for rate. They took effect at 12:01AM Tues under an executive action known as an order in council & cover ~$20 billion in US goods, ~6% of the $333.6 billion the US exported to Canada last year.

    #economy #inflation #affordability #geopolitics #Sovereignty #law #MafiaState

  2. The #tariffs hit hundreds of #US products, including steel, aluminum, cheese, appliances, clothing, cosmetics & farm equipment, at rates of 15%, 25% or 50%.

    #Canada says its tariffs match #Trump’s dollar for dollar & rate for rate. They took effect at 12:01AM Tues under an executive action known as an order in council & cover ~$20 billion in US goods, ~6% of the $333.6 billion the US exported to Canada last year.

    #economy #inflation #affordability #geopolitics #Sovereignty #law #MafiaState

  3. The #tariffs hit hundreds of #US products, including steel, aluminum, cheese, appliances, clothing, cosmetics & farm equipment, at rates of 15%, 25% or 50%.

    #Canada says its tariffs match #Trump’s dollar for dollar & rate for rate. They took effect at 12:01AM Tues under an executive action known as an order in council & cover ~$20 billion in US goods, ~6% of the $333.6 billion the US exported to Canada last year.

    #economy #inflation #affordability #geopolitics #Sovereignty #law #MafiaState

  4. The #tariffs hit hundreds of #US products, including steel, aluminum, cheese, appliances, clothing, cosmetics & farm equipment, at rates of 15%, 25% or 50%.

    #Canada says its tariffs match #Trump’s dollar for dollar & rate for rate. They took effect at 12:01AM Tues under an executive action known as an order in council & cover ~$20 billion in US goods, ~6% of the $333.6 billion the US exported to Canada last year.

    #economy #inflation #affordability #geopolitics #Sovereignty #law #MafiaState

  5. The #tariffs hit hundreds of #US products, including steel, aluminum, cheese, appliances, clothing, cosmetics & farm equipment, at rates of 15%, 25% or 50%.

    #Canada says its tariffs match #Trump’s dollar for dollar & rate for rate. They took effect at 12:01AM Tues under an executive action known as an order in council & cover ~$20 billion in US goods, ~6% of the $333.6 billion the US exported to Canada last year.

    #economy #inflation #affordability #geopolitics #Sovereignty #law #MafiaState

  6. #Canada struck back at #Trump Tuesday with #tariffs on about $20 billion worth of #US goods, in response to the latest round of #TrumpTariffs on Canada.

    The outcome could resonate far beyond Canada, showing other governments whether a smaller US ally can withstand Trump’s economic pressure [ #MafiaState ].

    #economy #inflation #affordability #CostOfLiving #recesssion #trumpcession #geopolitics #MarkCarney #Sovereignty #law #Congress
    apnews.com/article/canada-trum

  7. #Canada struck back at #Trump Tuesday with #tariffs on about $20 billion worth of #US goods, in response to the latest round of #TrumpTariffs on Canada.

    The outcome could resonate far beyond Canada, showing other governments whether a smaller US ally can withstand Trump’s economic pressure [ #MafiaState ].

    #economy #inflation #affordability #CostOfLiving #recesssion #trumpcession #geopolitics #MarkCarney #Sovereignty #law #Congress
    apnews.com/article/canada-trum

  8. #Canada struck back at #Trump Tuesday with #tariffs on about $20 billion worth of #US goods, in response to the latest round of #TrumpTariffs on Canada.

    The outcome could resonate far beyond Canada, showing other governments whether a smaller US ally can withstand Trump’s economic pressure [ #MafiaState ].

    #economy #inflation #affordability #CostOfLiving #recesssion #trumpcession #geopolitics #MarkCarney #Sovereignty #law #Congress
    apnews.com/article/canada-trum

  9. #Canada struck back at #Trump Tuesday with #tariffs on about $20 billion worth of #US goods, in response to the latest round of #TrumpTariffs on Canada.

    The outcome could resonate far beyond Canada, showing other governments whether a smaller US ally can withstand Trump’s economic pressure [ #MafiaState ].

    #economy #inflation #affordability #CostOfLiving #recesssion #trumpcession #geopolitics #MarkCarney #Sovereignty #law #Congress
    apnews.com/article/canada-trum

  10. Senator #DickDurbin met with #ToddBlanche for more than 30 minutes Tuesday evening & didn’t come away impressed that the nominee would serve as a check on #Trump. “I don’t know that he’s made any promise or any suggestion that he is trying to change this president’s methods or purpose,” #Durbin told reporters.

    #law #LegalEthics #DOJ #corruption #collusion #MafiaState #OrganizedCrime

  11. Last month, 3 #ICC #judges sued #Trump & his admin over #sanctions imposed on them last year, arguing the measures were unlawful.

    The #State Dept official on Monday said Secretary of State #MarcoRubio & other top #US officials are pressuring other countries as ​part of a campaign "to diplomatically ​isolate the International Criminal ⁠Court & ensure it cannot target Americans."

    #law #InternationalLaw #WarCrimes #MafiaState

  12. #Trump Wednesday will attend a closed-door #Senate #GOP lunch for the first time in more than a year.

    Trump has pressured senators for months to focus on his proof of #citizenship voting bill even though it doesn’t have the votes to pass. He has blocked them from confirming one of his own nominees [so #BillPulte can keep “acting”], asked them to fund parts of his #ballroom project & forced them to defend his #Iran war as they question its strategy & endgame.

    #MafiaState
    apnews.com/article/trump-capit

  13. #Trump Wednesday will attend a closed-door #Senate #GOP lunch for the first time in more than a year.

    Trump has pressured senators for months to focus on his proof of #citizenship voting bill even though it doesn’t have the votes to pass. He has blocked them from confirming one of his own nominees [so #BillPulte can keep “acting”], asked them to fund parts of his #ballroom project & forced them to defend his #Iran war as they question its strategy & endgame.

    #MafiaState
    apnews.com/article/trump-capit

  14. #Trump Wednesday will attend a closed-door #Senate #GOP lunch for the first time in more than a year.

    Trump has pressured senators for months to focus on his proof of #citizenship voting bill even though it doesn’t have the votes to pass. He has blocked them from confirming one of his own nominees [so #BillPulte can keep “acting”], asked them to fund parts of his #ballroom project & forced them to defend his #Iran war as they question its strategy & endgame.

    #MafiaState
    apnews.com/article/trump-capit

  15. #Trump Wednesday will attend a closed-door #Senate #GOP lunch for the first time in more than a year.

    Trump has pressured senators for months to focus on his proof of #citizenship voting bill even though it doesn’t have the votes to pass. He has blocked them from confirming one of his own nominees [so #BillPulte can keep “acting”], asked them to fund parts of his #ballroom project & forced them to defend his #Iran war as they question its strategy & endgame.

    #MafiaState
    apnews.com/article/trump-capit

  16. Sunday, June 14, 2026

    Ukraine strikes major Russian fuel terminal, oil transport facility overnight . . . . Russia's recruitment system nears breaking point, forcing debate over forced mobilization . . . . Sweden intercepts Russian fighter jets near its airspace over Baltic Sea . . . . UN records highest civilian casualty toll in Ukraine since 2022 . . . . and more

    activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026

  17. Hennepin County attorney’s office charged him with 4 counts of second-degree #assault earlier this month.

    “Today’s arrest is a critical step forward in our prosecution of Mr. Castro,” Mary Moriarty, the Hennepin County attorney, said in a statement.

    #law #Trump #immigration #Minnesota #CivilRights #UseOfForce #ExcessiveForce #PoliceBrutality #ICE #CBP #Sturmabteilung #StateSponsoredTerrorism #MafiaState #AbuseOfPower #authoritarianism #autocracy #despotism #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny

  18. So freaking bleak

    My News Notifications:

    Reuters
    #Trump purges another #Republican #critic with #Massie defeat in #Kentucky primary

    NYT
    Vocal #TrumpCritic Ousted
    Rep #ThomasMassie of Kentucky, a prominent #GOP critic of Trump, lost his primary to a Trump-backed challenger.

    WaPo
    Rep Massie loses GOP primary in Kentucky, latest casualty of Trump's #wrath

    #law #Congress #elections #RevengePolitics #Authoritarianism #Autocracy #despotism #Dictatorship #fascism #Tyranny #MafiaState #USpol

  19. The great #EllieLeonard 's most recent magnum opus -- a full and thorough investigation into the emails of #MichaelWolff present in the #EpsteinFiles , a report that as many Congresspeople on the #Epstein accountability committee as possible need to see.

    ellieleonard.substack.com/p/th

    #EpsteinClass #MafiaState #EpsteinCoverup #BelieveWomen

  20. “As the Court expressly recognized, the #FirstAmendment draws a line, which the government may not cross, at efforts to use government power — including the #PowerOfThePurse — ‘to punish or suppress disfavored expression’ by others,” Boutrous said in a statement. “The Executive Order crossed that line.”

    #law #FreeSpeech #NPR #PBS #Trump #Congress #MafiaState #AbuseOfPower #authoritarianism #autocracy #despotism #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny

  21. Last August, #CPB announced it would take steps toward closing itself down after being defunded by #Congress.

    Plaintiffs’ attorney Theodore Boutrous said Tuesday’s ruling is “a victory for the #FirstAmendment & for #FreedomOfThePress.”

    #law #FreeSpeech #NPR #PBS #Trump #MafiaState #AbuseOfPower #authoritarianism #autocracy #despotism #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny

  22. The government is seeking information about #MedicalSchool #applicants from each of the past 7 years, including test scores, home ZIP codes & any familial relationships to alumni or ties to university donors. The #Trump admin also demanded copies of any internal messages at the universities about #diversity, #equity & #inclusion & any correspondence between school officials & pharmaceutical companies about admissions policies.

    #law #AcademicFreedom #education #privacy #MafiaState #science

  23. He said the #US proposed holding the next round of trilateral talks next week in their country for the first time, likely in Miami, #Zelensky said. “We confirmed our participation,” he added.

    Zelensky said #Russia presented the US with a $12 trillion economic proposal — which he dubbed the “Dmitriev package” after Russian envoy Kirill #Dmitriev. Bilateral economic deals with the US form part of the broader negotiating process.

    #geopolitics #Trump #extortion #MafiaState #Europe #Ukraine

  24. The brothers & attorney representing the family of #ReneeGood, a 37-yr-old #Minnesota woman who was #murdered when an #ICE agent shot into her vehicle, are also expected to speak at the event, which is organized by Democratic lawmakers — Sen #RichardBlumenthal (CT) & Rep #RobertGarcia (CA).

    #AlexPretti #law #murder #ExtraJudicialKillings #Trump #StateSponsoredTerrorism #Constitution #RightToProtest #CivilRights #UseOfForce #authoritarianism #fascism #MafiaState #CBP #Sturmabteilung

  25. #Cambodia extradites #scam kingpin #ChenZhi to #China
    "Jacob Sims #transnational #crime expert, said Cambodian government faced so much sustained international pressure tt inaction was no longer an option.. “What we're seeing is a #mafiastate actor backed into corner, not signs of legitimate reform” Sims said.. #Cybercrime has flourished in #SEAsia where #law enforcement is weak, particularly in Cambodia & #Myanmar, w #casinos often serving as hubs for criminal activity"🤦‍♂️
    apnews.com/article/cambodia-sc

  26. #Pollack says #Maduro has health problems that will require attention, & #CiliaFlores’ lawyer Mark #Donnelly said Flores sustained significant injuries including severe bruising on her ribs & asked that she be provided x-rays & a physical evaluation.

    Judge #Hellerstein says he will see everyone in court on March 17 for the next hearing. The defendants are being led out.

    The arraignment has concluded.

    #MafiaState #law #criminal #Trump #abduction #Venezuela #oil #sovereignty #InternationalLaw 🧵

  27. …“It was like a bunch of gangsters coming into the neighborhood & smashing windows and threatening shop owners,” said Senator #SheldonWhitehouse, #Democrat of Rhode Island, who was briefed on the events by negotiators who were directly involved. Mr. Whitehouse called the Trump administration’s strategy a “shock-and-awe thuggery approach.”

    #Trump #MafiaState #law #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis

  28. the Wall Street Journal is owned by Rupert Murdoch and Newscorp. the same Rupert Murdoch and Newscorp that own FOXNews that, with the deep pockets of Saudi “investors”, have metastasized #fascism in the United States and helped realize the #GOP into the Leopard Eating People’s Faces Party that #MAGA is today:

    wsj.com/opinion/john-bolton-fb

    #revanchism #corruption #mafiaState

  29. Another law firm, #MilbankLLP, makes a “deal” with #Trump rather than face his wrath.

    Basically the same terms as the other appeasers

    $100 Million Dollars in #ProBono [#QuidProQuo] legal services during the Trump admin, & after.

    +

    A commitment to *Merit-Based* hiring & employment practices, & it will not engage in *illegal* #DEl *discrimination*.

    #law #Milbank #appeasement #NaziState #MafiaState

  30. …Today, we are witnessing the birth of a new #DualState. The #US has long had a normative state. That system was always imperfect. Our #criminal #justice system, for example, sweeps in far too many people, for far too little security in exchange. Even so, it is recognizably part of the normative state.

    What the #Trump administration & its allies are trying to build now, however, is not.

    #law #PerogativePower #ForTheeButNotForMe #tyranny #Dictatorship #autocracy #MafiaState #NaziState

  31. More from Axios:

    #ColumbiaUniversity agreed to some of the #Trump admin's demands after some $400 million in federal grants & contracts were pulled from the university over allegations of antisemitism, per a university memo shared Friday.

    #law #Constitution #CivilRights #FreeSpeech #RightToProtest #FreedomOfAssembly #ThoughtPolice #ViewPointDiscrimination #dissent #NaziState #MafiaState
    axios.com/2025/03/21/columbia-