#mafiastate — Public Fediverse posts
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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
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#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
https://apnews.com/article/canada-trump-carney-trade-war-tariffs-4620ffb5ecc029322217207fa6758431?utm_source=app&utm_medium=iOS_share&utm_campaign=copy_link -
"Nice Strait you've got there.
Be a shame if something happened to it."#MafiaState #usPol #world_bully
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"Nice Strait you've got there.
Be a shame if something happened to it."#MafiaState #usPol #world_bully
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"Nice Strait you've got there.
Be a shame if something happened to it."#MafiaState #usPol #world_bully
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"Nice Strait you've got there.
Be a shame if something happened to it."#MafiaState #usPol #world_bully
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"Nice Strait you've got there.
Be a shame if something happened to it."#MafiaState #usPol #world_bully
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#ToddBlanche posted 2 documents on social media on Sunday night∶ a signed memo in which he said that the #DOJ was formally rescinding an order that created the so-called “anti-weaponization fund” & an UNSIGNED‼️ statement in which the agency clarified the terms of the #IRS protections.
#Trump #law #criminal #theft #fraud #TaxpayersMoney #kleptocracy #MafiaState #Jan6 #SlushFund
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#ToddBlanche, the acting US #AG, confirmed in writing [1 unsigned] on Sunday night that the #DOJ would abandon “elements” of the deal it struck with #Trump to “resolve” his lawsuit against the #IRS, conceding to demands from Republican senators who had threatened to block his nomination as attorney general.
#law #criminal #theft #fraud #JudicialProcess #judiciary #TaxpayersMoney #kleptocracy #MafiaState #Jan6 #MAGASlushFund #SlushFund
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/us/politics/todd-blanche-trump-irs-fund-order.html?unlocked_article_code=1.2lA.Kjy2.-CEB-DILPdbb&smid=nytcore-ios-share -
#Trump added that he would keep #ToddBlanche as acting #US #AG if his nomination to run the #DOJ fails in the #Senate, & blasted 2 #GOP senators who blocked Blanche.
It was not immediately clear what legislation Trump was referencing, & the White House did not respond to questions about Trump’s post. Sen. #ThomTillis (R-NC), one of the senators who had held up Blanche’s nomination over the #SlushFund, quickly criticized Trump’s comments.
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Sociopath
#Trump Saturday said that he would “push hard” to enact #legislation that would offer #payouts to people “badly treated” by the #Obama & #Biden admins, his latest threat to resurrect his illegal #SlushFund.
“It will immediately be back on the table, & I will get it done,” Trump wrote on Truth Social, vowing to pass “the Anti-Weaponization Bill.”#law #DOJ #criminal #theft #TaxpayersMoney #MafiaState
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/08/01/trump-says-he-will-push-hard-payout-fund-keep-blanche-acting-ag/ -
The deal also extended unusual tax protections to #Trump, his family & their businesses, shielding them from all past tax claims — an extremely lucrative benefit for Trump who has repeatedly complained about burdensome #IRS audits.
#SlushFund #TaxpayersMoney #fraud #law #ToddBlanche #DOJ #LegalEthics #MafiaState #AbuseOfPower #AbuseOfOffice
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…At issue for both senators is the agreement #ToddBlanche & the #DOJ announced in the spring to resolve #Trump’s lawsuit against the #IRS over the leak of his personal tax returns.
The deal, which was NOT approved by a #court, would have created a nearly $1.8 billion taxpayer-funded pool of money to reward people who claim they were victims of politically motivated prosecutions.
#SlushFund #TaxpayersMoney #fraud #law #LegalEthics #MafiaState #AbuseOfPower #AbuseOfOffice -
Crap. Now #Trump is saying he’ll just wait until #JohnCornyn & #ThomTillis leave the #Senate, & then he’ll re-nominate #ToddBlanche.
Trump suggested Thursday that he could withdraw Blanche’s nomination to become attorney general until next year, as a standoff continues with the 2 Republican senators who are demanding concessions from the admin before supporting Blanche.
#SlushFund #TaxpayersMoney #fraud #law #DOJ #LegalEthics #MafiaState #AbuseOfPower #AbuseOfOffice
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/07/30/republicans-struggle-way-forward-blanche-ag-nomination/ -
#Trump said Thursday he may pull the nomination of #ToddBlanche for Attorney General, looking to avoid concessions to holdout #Republicans. Lawmakers on Wednesday scrapped a planned committee vote after key Republicans demanded more assurances about the “settlement” of Trump’s lawsuit against the #IRS.
That would give the Trump admin 3 AGs in less than 2 years.
#SlushFund #TaxpayersMoney #fraud #law #DOJ #LegalEthics #MafiaState #AbuseOfPower #AbuseOfOffice
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The reasons for creating the #SlushFund, #ToddBlanche told lawmakers, “remain as important as they were before.”
[Cornyn & Thillis better stay strong & yovte against this confirming this corrupt lickspittle. More #Republicans should be against him!]
#TaxpayersMoney #Trump #criminal #fraud #law #DOJ #LegalEthics #MafiaState #AbuseOfPower #AbuseOfOffice
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“This answer is, at best, misleading &, at worst, disingenuous. The court was available to review any pleading by any party at any time during this lawsuit,” the judge wrote.
Another federal judge, Leonie M. Brinkema of the Eastern District of Virginia, has left alive a lawsuit seeking to dismantle the #SlushFund.
#TaxpayersMoney #Trump #ToddBlanche #fraud #law #LegalEthics #DOJ #MafiaState #AbuseOfPower #AbuseOfOffice
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Vaughn will receive a seven-figure settlement from the US government, his lawyers said, making him among those aligned with the #Trump admin who have received a payout by an alternative means.
…The continuing ability of the #DOJ to make such payouts with or without a formal fund structure is one of the sticking points between the Trump admin & Republican senators as they weigh the nomination of #ToddBlanche….
#SlushFund #TaxpayersMoney #law #LegalEthics #MafiaState #autocracy #AbuseOfPower
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As senators delayed a crucial vote on #ToddBlanche’s nomination to be attorney general over the so-called weaponization fund, a million-dollar payment the #DOJ made to an #AntiAbortion activist underscored how it could still funnel #TaxpayersMoney to people who claim to be victims of government persecution [& whose politics #Trump agrees with].
#SlushFund #law #LegalEthics #MafiaState #authoritarianism #autocracy #fascism #AbuseOfPower #AbuseOfOffice
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In contrast, the admin left untouched hundreds of additional #energy #grants in #states that were represented by #Republicans & had backed #Trump in the last election, EVEN THOUGH the Energy Dept had recommended canceling them, the federal government confirmed in the July #court filing.
#MafiaState #law #democracy #UNITEDStates #RussVought #Project2025 #RevengePolitics
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But in Oct, the White House budget office, led by #Project2025’s #RussVought, terminated only 284 of those grants. In a social media post announcing the news, Vought pointed to the motivations: “Nearly $8 billion in Green New Scam funding to fuel the Left’s climate agenda is being canceled,” he claimed.
Months later, in #court filings, federal officials indicated there was little else that had informed the final decision about which #grants to cancel.
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The saga illustrates the stakes as the #Trump admin is completing a set of rules that would provide the president even GREATER CONTROL over more than $1 TRILLION in annual #federal #grants. To critics, the new #regulation would only make it easier for Trump to strike wider tranches of congressionally approved #funding over #political differences.
#MafiaState #law #democracy #UNITEDStates #RussVought #Project2025 #RevengePolitics
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The sadmission showed how #Trump has #weaponized the provision of federal #education, #energy, #health, #housing & #infrastructure #aid in his second term. Far from rooting out the sort of misspending that Trump sees as rife in Washington, the White House has instead sought to #leverage the budget as a tool to assist its allies — or as a cudgel to hurt Trump’s foes.
#MafiaState #law #democracy #UNITEDStates #RussVought #Project2025 #RevengePolitics
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I mean…
#Trump Admin Admits Canceling Grants to #States That Did Not Vote for Him
Federal officials said in #court documents that they halted billions of dollars in #funding for #energy projects to states “based solely” on whether they backed Trump in the 2024 election.
#MafiaState #law #democracy #UNITEDStates #RussVought #Project2025 #RevengePolitics
#GiftArticle
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/business/trump-state-grants-canceled.html?unlocked_article_code=1.0FA.mOeN.GJmOAVRjp_oO&smid=nytcore-ios-share -
Every time. Cuz even they know it’s illegal.
#Trump #DOJ to Withdraw #Subpoenas Issued to #NewYorkTimes #Journalists
A federal judge raised questions about the government’s handling of the subpoenas, which #NYT said were an attempt to #intimidate the #FreePress.
#law #Constitution #FirstAmendment #journalism #FourthEstate #democracy #dictatorship #MafiaState
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/23/business/media/new-york-times-subpoenas-withdraw.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share -
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
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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."
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#Trump has long been a harsh critic of the #news #media. But in his second term in office, he has moved aggressively to use the immense powers of the federal government in his efforts to attack the #press.
Earlier this year, the #DOJ sought to compel testimony from #journalists at The Wall Street Journal & The Washington Post. The DOJ withdrew the #subpoenas after both news organizations fought back in sealed filings.
#law #Constitution #FreePress #journalism #authoritarianism #MafiaState
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The #subpoenas contain few specifics, asking only that the #journalists testify “in regard to an alleged violation of federal criminal law.” They were issued by #JayClayton, the #USattorney in Manhattan. Clayton, who leads one of the country’s most prominent law enforcement offices, was recently nominated by #Trump to serve as director of national intelligence [ #DNI ].
#law #Constitution #FreePress #journalism #FourthEstate #democracy #authoritarianism #dictatorship #fascism #MafiaState
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In some cases, the #subpoenas were delivered by federal agents who showed up at #reporters’ homes.
The #NYT denounced the admin’s actions.
“The appearance of federal law enforcement agents on the doorstep of news reporters should shock the conscience of any American who believes in the #Constitution & the #PressFreedom it protects,” said David McCraw, The NYT’s top newsroom lawyer, in a statement Friday evening.
#law #FreePress #journalism #FourthEstate #democracy #Trump #fascism #MafiaState
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The 2025 disclosure includes $635 million in royalties from a license agreement with #CelebrationCoins; at least $525 million in proceeds from token sales by #WorldLibertyFinancial, a #crypto project founded by #Trump & sons; $65 million in proceeds from World Liberty Financial’s equity sale; & $196 million in net proceeds from a stablecoin transaction.
#law #AbuseOfPower #MafiaState #corruption #kleptocracy #emoluments #MoneyLaundering #crime
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Judge strikes down #Trump restrictions on #StudentLoan forgiveness for #PublicServants
The #Education Department wants to exclude employers that engage in #DEI or “activities” that the Trump admin “disapproves” of. The rule was set to take effect Wednesday.#law #indoctrination #propaganda #trumpaganda #WhiteSupremacy #heterosexism #misogyny #MaleSupremacy #AbuseOfPower #authoritarianism #autocracy #despotism #fascism #tyranny #MafiaState #Nazis
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2026/06/30/court-strikes-down-trumps-limits-loan-forgiveness-public-servants/ -
The new grant plan ups the ante by using a much larger share of the homeland #security #funding as #leverage. Still, the cost of complying might ultimately be even greater than the total amount being withheld from a state — though the grant guidelines specify that #states can request additional funding to help implement these changes.
#law #US #Constitution #VotingRights #TrumpCoup #midterms #BigLie #MafiaState #Trump #WhiteSupremacy
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#Trump in December authorized an $11B arms package for #Taiwan — the largest weapons sale ever to the island — but has not yet moved forward with delivery & even acknowledged that he’s discussed the sale with #Xi. He’s groused that Taiwan “stole” America’s #semiconductor business & called on Taiwan to pay the #US for protection.
#China #geopolitics #NewWorldOrder #sovereignty #kleptocracy #MafiaState #extortion #imperialism #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny
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#Trump #DOJ #antitrust head Gail Slater stepping down less than a year after being appointed.
In July, Reuters reported 2 of Slater's deputies were fired for “insubordination” after a settlement greenlighting #HewlettPackard Enterprise's $14 billion acquisition of #JuniperNetworks. The move exposed a power struggle within Trump's admin between proponents of robust antitrust enforcement & dealmakers seeking to #leverage #influence.
#law #MafiaState #kleptocracy
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trumps-justice-department-antitrust-head-gail-slater-stepping-down-2026-02-12/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement -
Returning to the US from Davos, home to the WEF, Sen #LisaMurkowski (R-AK) said the phrase she heard “over & over” was that “we are entering this #NewWorldOrder” as she described a sense of confusion among #allies.
#Trump #MafiaState #imperialism #sovereignty #geopolitics #economy #law #InternationalLaw #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #tyranny #MadKing
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#Trump budget office orders review of funds to Democratic-controlled #states
Trump said his admin would cut off federal resources to “#SanctuaryCities” on Feb 1.#law #WhiteSupremacy #RevengePolitics #RussVought #OMB #Project2025 #WeaponizationOfGovernment #LegalEthics #StatesRights #dissent #Authoritarianism #Dictatorship #Autocracy #Tyranny #Despotism #Fascism #MafiaState
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/01/22/democratic-states-federal-funding-review/ -
While the #subpoenas did not cite a specific criminal statute [there isn’t one that applies] that #DOJ was “investigating”, the inquiry is purportedly said to focus on whether elected officials in #Minnesota had conspired to impede the thousands of federal agents who have been in the state since last month looking for undocumented immigrants [big wink].
#Trump #law #RevengePolitics #WeaponizationOfGovernment #LegalEthics #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech #dissent #Tyranny #MafiaState
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The subpoenas sought documents from Gov #TimWalz, Mayor #JacobFrey of #Minneapolis & Mayor #KaohlyHer of #StPaul related to their policies on immigration enforcement efforts in the state. 2 Minnesota #prosecutors, #KeithEllison, the state AG, & #MaryMoriarty, the #HennepinCounty attorney, were also sent similar subpoenas.
#Trump #law #RevengePolitics #Minnesota #MSP #WeaponizationOfGovernment #DOJ #LegalEthics #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech #dissent #Authoritarianism #Tyranny #MafiaState
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#Federal prosecutors issued #subpoenas Tuesday to at least 5 #Democratic officials in #Minnesota, ramping up #DOJ’s “investigation” into their response to the #Trump admin’s aggressive #immigration crackdown in the state….
#law #RevengePolitics #Minneapolis #StPaul #MSP #WeaponizationOfGovernment #LegalEthics #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech #dissent #Authoritarianism #Dictatorship #Autocracy #Tyranny #Despotism #Fascism #MafiaState
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/us/politics/subpoena-minnesota-democrats-immigration.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share -
The inspiration is the 19th cent #MonroeDoctrine that prioritized #USsupremacy in the #WesternHemisphere & which #Trump has embraced & renamed the “#DonroeDoctrine.”
Experts say that while the revival of this playbook may have unnerved some #US #allies, it could also serve the interests of #Russia, locked in a war in #Ukraine, a former Soviet republic, & #China, which has long had its sights set on #Taiwan.
#MafiaState #imperialism #geopolitics #NewWorldOrder #law #WarPowers #InternationalLaw
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#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"🤦♂️
https://apnews.com/article/cambodia-scam-chen-zhi-prince-group-china-b32da55af90841d6b2b95cc6334f3fa7 -
Hurlburt cited a retired #US general who viewed the #Trump White House move in #Venezuela & its fixation on #Greenland as reminiscent of teenagers playing the geostrategic board game Risk.
“Once you start down the road of the #MonroeDoctrine or the #DonroeDoctrine, or whatever we’re saying now, you look at a map of the #WesternHemisphere, & there is Greenland,” she said.#Trump #MafiaState #imperialism #geopolitics #Europe #NATO #NewWorldOrder #law #Congress #WarPowers #InternationalLaw
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#Trump begins #firings of #FederalWorkers to pressure #Democrats in government #shutdown
The White House budget office said Friday that #MassFirings of federal workers have started to exert more pressure on Democratic lawmakers in the ongoing govt #shutdown.
#OMB dir #RussVought, posted on social media that the “RIFs have begun,” referring to reduction-in-force firings.
#law #labor #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #MafiaState #tyranny
https://apnews.com/article/government-shutdown-federal-worker-firings-0439e8d0979d9a32e021c5c851fea1cf?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-10-10-Breaking+News -
#Trump signed into #law after the longest ever #GovernmentShutdown in 2019 #legislation to ensure #FederalWorkers receive back pay during any federal #funding lapse. But in the new memo, his #OMB [#RussVought] says #backpay must be provided by #Congress, if it chooses to do so, as part of any bill to fund the govt.
The move by the admin was widely seen as a strong-arm tactic — a way to pressure lawmakers to reopen the govt, now in the 7th day of a #shutdown.
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Discussions over the loan's potential reevaluation were first reported by the Washington Free Beacon. The #Trump admin's *request* for an equity stake has not been previously reported.
…The #equity request came during discussions in recent months over the loan's amortization schedule, with #LithiumAmericas proposing to shift when part of the loan's principle would be repaid although not the repayment timeline itself or the total interest the LPO would receive….
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…The $2.93 billion #ThackerPass project was approved by #Trump at the end of his first term. The loan from the Dept of #Energy's Loan Programs Office [LPO] was closed last year by #Biden admin officials.
The loan has a 24-year term, with interest rates based on the #US Treasury rate as each tranche is drawn.
#LithiumAmericas was slated to make its first draw on the loan earlier this month but Trump officials sought to *renegotiate* terms….
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#Trump Targets #WilmerHale, Citing #LawFirm’s Connection to #RobertMueller
#Mueller, who worked at WilmerHale before retiring in 2021, had investigated the Trump campaign’s ties to #Russia during Trump’s first term.
#law #RevengePolitics #authoritarianism #autocracy #tyranny #MafiaState #TheRealWeaponizationOfGovernment
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/us/politics/trump-wilmerhale-law-firm-mueller.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=EB968B02-59E6-44C9-B0A7-4057762D4A42