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Judge Rules #Trump Admin’s #Blacklisting of #Anthropic Was Illegal

Judge Rita Lin of the US District Court in the Northern District of California wrote in her 59-pg ruling that the government had unlawfully retaliated against Anthropic “for constitutionally protected expressive activities” after the #AI company spoke out about how its #technology should be used.

#law #Constitution #FirstAmendment #tech #business #RevengePolitics #WeaponizationOfGovernment
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/27/technology/anthropic-government-blacklisting-ruling.html?unlocked_article_code=1.81A.m0Yx.r2SivVbeEidA&smid=nytcore-ios-share

JFC! This was addressed during the trial!

Prosecutors Examined Firm With Tie to Judge in #Trump #HushMoney Trial

The #USattorney in Chicago subpoenaed a fund-raising firm that had been co-owned by the daughter of Judge Juan #Merchan, who conducted the trial that led to Donald Trump’s conviction of multiple felonies.

#Felon47 #RapistInChief #law #DOJ #LegalEthics #retribution #RevengePolitics #ToddBlanche #WeaponizationOfGovernment #AbuseOfPower #AbuseOfOffice
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/15/us/politics/prosecutors-examined-firm-with-tie-to-judge-in-trump-hush-money-trial.html?unlocked_article_code=1.51A.vJ03.q1alyz2EpB4J&smid=nytcore-ios-share

#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/

Former career #diplomat who served as director of the #CIA, deputy Secretary of #State, served 32 years in the #UnitedStates #ForeignService & 7 years as president of the Carnegie Endowment for International #Peace William J. Burns writes ‘A Letter to America’s Discarded Public Servants’

“You all deserved better.”

#GiftArticle #Trump #RevengePolitics #retribution #CivilServants #PublicService #MassLayoffs #labor #law #WeaponizationOfGovernment
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/10/trump-retribution-public-servants/683914/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxWgvPL95XrR70qjeawHGu7Y

Trump Asked About #IRS Inquiry of FBI Ofcls, Ex-Aide Says Under Oath

John F. Kelly, who served as Trump’s second White House chief of staff, said in a sworn statement that #Trump had discussed having the Internal Revenue Service & other federal agencies investigate two #FBI ofcls involved in the investigation into his campaign’s ties to #Russia.

#WeaponizationOfGovernment #AbuseOfPower #AbuseOfOffice
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/07/us/politics/trump-kelly-irs-fbi-strozk-page.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare