#mafiastate — Public Fediverse posts
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Slavin said he & Korte were fired for participating in a #CBS #News interview, during which he said #censorship of the #military #newspaper crossed a red line. “#Pentagon public affairs has deemed that insubordination,” Slavin said in an interview.
#StarsAndStripes #Trump #law #Constitution #FirstAmendment #FreePress #journalism #media #FourthEstate #censorship #RevengePolitics #MafiaState #PrerogativeState #StateMedia #propaganda #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny
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Under #Defense Secy #Hegseth, the publication’s #independence has come under threat during the 2nd #Trump admin as top #Pentagon leaders have derided the newspaper as “woke.”
Erik Slavin, the #editor in chief, said he & #reporter Lara Korte also received separation notices Friday.#StarsAndStripes #law #Constitution #FirstAmendment #FreePress #journalism #media #FourthEstate #censorship #MafiaState #StateMedia #propaganda #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny
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Taking it even further…
#Pentagon fires #StarsAndStripes leaders who criticized #DOD’s interference
The Defense Dept earlier this year railed against the publication, which has long enjoyed editorial #independence, as “woke.”#Trump #law #Constitution #FirstAmendment #FreePress #military #journalism #media #FourthEstate #censorship #RevengePolitics #MafiaState #PrerogativeState #StateMedia #propaganda #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny
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#Trump’s Lust for #Vengeance Is Turning Into a Farce
#GiftArticle by Jamelle Bouie
The principal aim of Trump’s second presidential term is #revenge.
#law #unfit #PrerogativeState #MafiaState #RevengePolitics #retribution #EnemiesList #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny #manbaby
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/19/opinion/trumps-revenge.html?unlocked_article_code=1.6lA.apb_.Y6mnzyhgj2vr&smid=nytcore-ios-share -
The #FCC, led by its chairman, #BrendanCarr, called for an unusual, early review of the broadcast licenses last spring, citing ABC’s internal diversity & inclusion practices. None of the #ABC licenses, which have terms of 8 years, were up for renewal yet. Carr’s decision came after the ABC late-night host, #JimmyKimmel, angered #Trump with a monologue joke.
#law #Constitution #FirstAmendment #FreePress #journalism #FourthEstate #censorship #RevengePolitics #MafiaState #dictatorship #fascism
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#ABC owns & operates 8 local stations that carry its programming across the country, including in major markets like NY, LA & Chicago. Like all local stations, they can only operate with licenses controlled by the #FCC.
ABC’s lawsuit asks a federal judge to halt the early review of its licenses on the grounds that it violates the #FirstAmendment.
#Trump #law #Constitution #FreePress #journalism #media #FourthEstate #censorship #RevengePolitics #MafiaState #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny
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#ABC Sues #FCC to Block Threat to Its TV Licenses
The network asked a court to stop the agency from taking steps that could force ABC stations off the air & accused the FCC of violating its #FirstAmendment rights.
#Trump #law #Constitution #FreePress #journalism #media #FourthEstate #censorship #RevengePolitics #MafiaState #PrerogativeState #StateMedia #propaganda #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/business/media/abc-fcc-lawsuit-broadcast-licenses.html?unlocked_article_code=1.6VA.3Zz_.we73rwHrbps0&smid=nytcore-ios-share -
#Trump’s personal attacks on #journalists have been a defining feature of his combative approach to the #press. Though he has criticized reporters throughout his political career, his critiques of #women journalists, particularly from #CNN, have grown more heated in recent months. And the admin has increasingly used official #WhiteHouse social media accounts to escalate what might once have been spur-of-the-moment exchanges.
#unfit #journalism #media #FourthEstate #misogyny #sexism #MafiaState
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“Jon Ossoff said you’d rather travel with your aide Natalie Harp & build the ballroom than do your job as president,” #KristenHolmes said. “What is your response?”
#Trump answered Holmes’s question with an insult to Sen #JonOssoff (D-Georgia), whom he called a “Pee-wee Herman look-alike,” referring to the Paul Reubens character.#unfit #journalism #media #FourthEstate #misogyny #sexism #MafiaState
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The #WhiteHouse yesterday posted a personal attack against CNN’s #KristenHolmes, invoking her #children, after she asked #Trump a pointed question [doing her job].
The White House on Monday leveled a sharply personal attack against #CNN reporter Kristen Holmes after she asked Trump a pointed question during a news conference, crossing a barrier rarely breached by politicians to invoke her children.
#unfit #journalism #media #FourthEstate #misogyny #sexism #MafiaState
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/08/17/white-house-attacks-cnn-reporter-after-trump-clash-targets-her-children/ -
… “The concern here is that #ICE is going above & beyond to guarantee law enforcement does not have even the slightest risk of #liability for violating Americans’ rights while helping ICE arrest people,” said David Bier, director of #immigration studies at the Cato Institute, who has called on #Congress to make it easier to sue ICE agents for wrongdoing.
#Trump #law #Sturmabteilung #UseOfForce #ExcessiveForce #PoliceBrutality #Constitution #CivilRights #fascism #MafiaState #WhiteSupremacy
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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 -
Trump’s comments come as the 60-day window for peace talks between the #US & #Iran, agreed to in June, closed Monday without any concrete plans announced for the #war to end. Meanwhile, Iran said Monday that its talks with #Oman regarding the #StraitOfHormuz are complex but continuing.
This isn’t the first time #Trump has threatened Oman, which is a US #ally. At a Cabinet meeting in May, Trump said: “Oman will behave just like everybody else, or we’ll have to blow ‘em up.”
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#Trump threatens to #bomb #US #ally #Oman as #Iran agreement expires
Trump threatened today to attack Oman if it interferes with US efforts in the #StraitOfHormuz, as the conflict with Iran continues & a 2-month window for peace talks expires without a path to end the war.
“If Oman gets in the way, we’ll bomb the shit out of them,” Trump said vulgarly in an interview with FauxNews.
#unfit #MafiaState #IranWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity
https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/17/world/live-news/iran-war-trump?post-id=cmsx5q2rw00003d667q9ppokq -
Meanwhile #Trump refuses to criticize #KimJongUn, who is helping prolong #Russia’s illegal #war that has cost hundreds of thousands of lives in #Ukraine, while using that war to refine #NorthKorea’s arsenal, which puts nearby #US troops at risk.
#SouthKorea #military #UlchiFreedomShield #geopolitics #allies #ForeignPolicy #idiocracy #MafiaState
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…Scaling back the drills & criticizing #SouthKorea for not paying more — something he also did in his first administration — continues a pattern for #Trump, berating longtime #US #allies who’ve had America’s back during the Cold War & in places like Afghanistan & the Persian Gulf, & even threatening to seize their territory, as in #Greenland, part of #NATO ally #Denmark.
#KimJongUn #NorthKorea #military #UlchiFreedomShield #geopolitics #ForeignPolicy #idiocracy #MafiaState
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The North Korean leader has significantly built up his nation’s armed forces & #illegal #NuclearWeapons program during the past several years, even sending his soldiers to get real-world combat experience on the battlefields of #Ukraine & providing #Russia with missiles that have killed Ukrainian #civilians.
#Trump #KimJongUn #US #SouthKorea #NorthKorea #WarCrimes #military #UlchiFreedomShield #geopolitics #allies #ForeignPolicy #idiocracy #MafiaState
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“These exercises are not only costly, with much of these costs paid for by the United States of America (as usual!), but send a signal that is totally inappropriate & hostile,” #Trump posted on Truth Social over the weekend.
Trump’s statement is hard to reconcile with Kim’s actions.
#KimJongUn #US #SouthKorea #NorthKorea #military #UlchiFreedomShield #geopolitics #allies #ForeignPolicy #idiocracy #MafiaState
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A Gift to #KimJongUn
Trump's order to scale back #military drills with #SouthKorea is a boost for #NorthKorea while deepening concerns over #US reliability.
Just as the 10-day #UlchiFreedomShield exercises involving tens of thousands of troops were set to begin, #Trump said he had ordered the war games scaled back because North Korea has been “unthreatening & respectful” to his admin.
#geopolitics #allies #ForeignPolicy #idiocracy #MafiaState
https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/17/asia/us-north-korea-military-exercises-trump-analysis-intl-hnk-ml -
In each of the incidents, a high-end business jet equipped with specialized surveillance technology flew from El Salvador in the direction of the #FishingBoats on the days of the strikes & in the days prior, according to flight- & ship-tracking data. Details about the plane, & the pattern of its flights before the incidents, suggest that it may be linked to the secret #CIA program.
#Trump #MafiaState #law #Ecuador #sovereignty #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #InternationalLaw #geopolitics
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The strikes are separate from the #Pentagon’s campaign against alleged drug boats that began last fall. Those strikes have been fiercely criticized by #HumanRights groups & most Democratic lawmakers, who say they are #extrajudicial #murders. The admin has justified the strikes by equating “narco-terrorists” with militants assaulting the #US.
#Trump #MafiaState #law #Congress #WarPowers #criminal #CIA #FishingBoats #Ecuador #sovereignty #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #InternationalLaw -
While many details about the #CIA’s involvement were not clear, one person with knowledge of the matter said the strikes were part of a “covert action” program, a type of secret operation overseas that is approved by the president but where the role of the #US government is not publicly acknowledged. The person spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the subject’s sensitivity.
#Trump #MafiaState #law #FishingBoats #Ecuador #sovereignty #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #InternationalLaw
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Covert #CIA program said to be behind mysterious attacks on #Galápagos boats
A surveillance plane flew from El Salvador toward the #FishingBoats before #drones attacked, flight data shows.
#Trump #MafiaState #law #Congress #WarPowers #criminal #Ecuador #sovereignty #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #InternationalLaw #imperialism #geopolitics
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The first frame of the video #CarolinaMolina posted across her social media accounts shows a masked #ICE agent pointing a gun at the camera.
#ReneeGood #AlexPretti #Trump #immigration #CBP #Sturmabteilung #StateSponsoredTerrorism #law #murder #ExtraJudicialKillings #Constitution #CivilRights #RightToProtest #UseOfForce #ExcessiveForce #PoliceBrutality #AbuseOfPower #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny #MafiaState
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AP Exclusive: #ICE plans to give officers gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks
ICE plans to spend up to $20 million to purchase thousands of “conductive distraction & de-escalation devices” for officers & agents by March, according to a notice published Monday by #DHS.
#law #Trump #immigration #RightToProtest #CivilRights #UseOfForce #ExcessiveForce #PoliceBrutality #Sturmabteilung #MafiaState #AbuseOfPower #authoritarianism #autocracy #fascism #tyranny
https://apnews.com/article/ice-electric-shock-gloves-85ff746d3e0ee5f39e7a9a3f1f576252?utm_source=app&utm_medium=iOS_share&utm_campaign=more_org_joinmastodon_app_shareactionextension -
…Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois, the top Democrat on the #Senate #Judiciary Committee, said confirming #ToddBlanche would be a “serious mistake.” He begged his colleagues not to be on the “wrong side” of history.
“If there is ever a moment in history when we need an Attorney General above reproach, who is clearly dedicated to ending #corruption, even at the highest level of our government, it’s right now,” Durbin said.
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While #ToddBlanche has already been leading the department in an acting capacity, his confirmation could free him to pursue the #Trump admin’s agenda even more aggressively.
…The vote followed a tumultuous confirmation fight that exposed deep concerns — from some #Republicans as well as #Democrats — about installing Trump’s close ally atop a #DOJ that historically prided itself on its #independence from the White House.
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The #Senate confirmed #ToddBlanche as US AG in a vote early Saturday morning, cementing Trump’s former personal attorney’s command of a #DOJ #Trump has sought to bend to his will.
The Republican-led Senate voted 50-49 to make Blanche the second confirmed AG since Trump returned to the White House last year with a stated desire to use the law enforcement agency to investigate his political enemies.
#law #LegalEthics #corruption #PrerogativeState #MafiaState
https://apnews.com/article/senate-blanche-attorney-general-justice-department-fcb4157d45d7b13a05de4d2b0f4f92e2?utm_source=app&utm_medium=iOS_share&utm_campaign=copy_link