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  1. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei calls White House's actions "retaliatory and punitive"

    misryoum.com/us/politics/anthr

    Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said in an exclusive interview with US News Hub News Friday that the Pentagon's decision to designate the AI company a supply chain risk was "retaliatory and punitive."Hours earlier, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth deemed the...

    #Anthropic #CEO #Dario #Amodei #calls #White #Houses #actions #retaliatory #and #punitive #US_News_Hub #misryoum_com

  2. #LawFirms, #universities and now #CivilSociety groups are in #Trump’s sights for #punitive action

    By LISA MASCARO
    Updated 12:04 AM EDT, April 18, 2025

    WASHINGTON (AP) — "First the nation’s top law firms. Then its premier universities. Now, President Donald Trump is leaning on the #advocacy groups that underpin U.S. civil society.

    "Trump said Thursday that the administration is looking at the tax-exempt status not just of Harvard, but environmental groups and specifically the ethics watchdog organization Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, or #CREW. It could be a devastating financial blow to the #nonprofit organizations — and his perceived #PoliticalFoes.

    "The president’s remarks, during an event at the White House, began to confirm what advocacy groups have been quietly warning: Trump’s campaign of retribution is coming next for them.

    " 'It’s supposed to be a charitable organization,' Trump said about CREW, in particular. 'The only charity they had is going after Donald Trump. So we’re looking at that. We’re looking at a lot of things.' "

    Read more:
    apnews.com/article/trump-tax-e

    #CharacteristicsOfFascism
    #SilencingDissent #USPol #Authoritarianism #AuthoritarianRule #CriminalizingDissent #EnvironmentalGroups #WaterIsLife #AirIsLife #LandIsLife #FightForTheFuture #DefendMotherEarth

  3. Those of us like me who grew up in the #NewYork area knew #Trump was a fucking sleazebag in the 1980s

    But the #justice system let him slide time and again, eyes glazed over

    #Punitive force feeds the #crime you intend to stop- for low grade #crimes by the #poor (that #bigotry always demands heavy #punishment for)

    But #narcissism #amorality #plutocracy, plotting great #malice, persistently: utterly different

    They are always obvious as hell for years, decades

    They can be stopped early

    Must be

  4. #ShayeMoss & #RubyFreeman are also asking for an unspecified additional amount for #EmotionalDistress, as well as a “#punitive” award to #deter future misconduct.

    #Giuliani looked on as an attorney for Moss & Freeman, Michael Gottlieb, lit into the former NYC mayor for using his prominent platform & alliance w/ #Trump to turn discredited allegations of election fraud against Moss & Freeman into a campaign aimed at overturning the 2020 election.