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#Trump admin Asks #SCOTUS to End Protections for #Haitian Immigrants
Trump asked the #SupremeCourt to allow it to end a program shielding roughly 350,000 Haitians from #deportation. In the request, the second aimed at a specific group of #immigrants in recent weeks, the admin asserted that lower courts had sought to block White House initiatives in ways that “inflict specific harms to the national interest & foreign relations.” Read
#law #immigration #WhiteSupremacy
nytimes.com/live/2026/03/11/us…
#PlanetLabs told customers it has expanded what it calls its “area of interest,” establishing restrictions on #satellite images from “all of #Iran & nearby allied bases, in addition to the Gulf States & existing conflict zones.” It said it was placing a 2-week hold on access to new imagery from that area in the company’s commercial archive.
#law #information #censorship #Trump #geopolitics #MiddleEast #US #Israel #Iran #war
A spokesperson for California-based #PlanetLabs, which operates more than 200 #satellites in orbit, shared a message sent to affected customers this week. The message confirmed that the company had decided to take additional measures to ensure its imagery “is not tactically leveraged by adversarial actors to target allied & NATO-partner personnel & civilians.”
#law #information #censorship #Trump #geopolitics #MiddleEast #US #Israel #Iran #war
#Satellite companies restrict access to #MiddleEast imagery amid #Iran #war
2 leading spatial #intelligence companies say they are restricting access to satellite images of the Middle East in response to the #US - #Israel war with Iran.
#PlanetLabs & #Vantor, which are based in the #UnitedStates & have #federal contracts, say they were not “ordered” by any #government to restrict image #access.
#law #information #censorship #Trump #geopolitics
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#MojtabaKhamenei statement cont∶
“One point I must emphasize is that, in any case, we will obtain compensation from the enemy. If it refuses, we will take from its assets to the extent we deem appropriate, & if that is not possible, we will destroy its assets to the same extent.”
#TrumpsWar #US #Iran #Israel #war #ForeverWars #Trump #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #MiddleEast #inflation #economy #affordability #CostOfLiving #oil #energy
“I assure everyone that we will not refrain from avenging the blood of your martyrs. The retaliation we have in mind is not limited only to the martyrdom of the great leader of the Revolution; rather, every member of the nation who is martyred by the enemy constitutes a separate case in the file of revenge,” #MojtabaKhamenei said.
#TrumpsWar #US #Iran #Israel #war #ForeverWars #Trump #Netanyahu #WarCrimes #RegimeChange #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #MiddleEast
#Israel has long been accused of failing to hold its #soldiers accountable for #crimes committed against #Palestinians. The allegations have intensified during the #war in #Gaza. Israel says its forces act within military & #InternationalLaw & says it thoroughly investigates any alleged abuses. [BS this brutal attack was caught on video]
#law #SexualViolence #rape #torture #WarCrimes #Netanyahu #SdeTeiman #Palestinians #Gaza
It happened at #SdeTeiman, a facility holding #Palestinians rounded up in #Gaza during Israel’s #war against #Hamas. The leaked video was aired by Israel’s Channel 12 & bitterly divided #Israel.
Hard-line ultranationalists were furious that the soldiers were arrested. Members of #Netanyahu’s govt were in uproar, leading to the resignation of the military’s top legal official, who had filed the #indictment & authorized the leak.
So messed up
#Israel drops case against #soldiers accused of #SexualAbuse of #Palestinian detainee
The Israeli military is dropping charges against 5 soldiers who were accused of sexually abusing a Palestinian detainee in an attack partially caught on camera. The army announced the decision as much of Israel’s attention is focused on the war with Iran.
#law #SexualViolence #rape #torture #WarCrimes #Netanyahu #SdeTeiman #Palestinians #Gaza
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“There is abundant evidence that the subpoenas’ dominant (if not sole) purpose is to harass & pressure Powell either to yield to the president or to resign & make way for a Fed Chair who will,” Judge #Boasberg wrote. “On the other side of the scale, the government has offered no evidence whatsoever that Powell committed any crime other than displeasing the president.”
#Trump #MafiaState #law #LegalEthics #JeromePowell #FederalReserve #economy #RevengePolitics #WeaponizationOfGovernment
In a blistering 27-page decision unsealed on Friday, the judge, James #Boasberg, derided the #USattorney’s office in Washington, led by the #Trump loyalist #JeaninePirro, for pursuing a case against #JeromePowell. It appeared that the only reason prosecutors had to do so, he added, was Trump’s desire to seek #vengeance against the #Fed chair. Powell has long resisted calls from the White House to adjust #InterestRates for political reasons.
The colored walls visible from satellite imagery as early as 2018 can be seen in a version of the school’s website archived in 2025, whose photos showed girls dressed in identical pink & white in class & at play. The #school was also tagged in a local business listing, Reuters found. And multiple satellite images from the months leading up to the strike provide other indications it was a school, including playground markings.
#Iran #war #Trump #US #WarCrimes #ShajarehTayyebeh #RulesOfWar #law
Separated from the base by a wall painted with bright murals, the #ShajarehTayyebeh #School was the northernmost building hit on February 28. The building was destroyed during the barrage, & 150 #students were killed, according to #Iran's ambassador to the #UN in Geneva, Ali Bahreini. Reuters has not independently confirmed the death toll, which the Iranian Red Crescent said reached 175.
#war #Trump #Hegseth #US #WarCrimes #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #MiddleEast
An #Iran #girls #school that took a direct hit on the first day of the #war had a yearslong online presence, including dozens of photos of the #children & their activities, before it was bombed along with at least 6 other buildings in an adjacent military compound, a Reuters investigation found.
The school’s online activity calls into question how the #US #military vets & reviews strike locations.…
#war #Trump #Hegseth #WarCrimes #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #MiddleEast
Bombed #Iran #girls #school had vivid website & yearslong online presence raising questions about #US middle strike targeting error
The #ShajarehTayyebeh School was adjacent to an Iranian military compound & was among at least 7 buildings struck Feb 28. Its online presence included a local business listing & a website that showed #children at work & play. Iran ofcls have said #students made up most of the 175 people killed that day in Minab.
And across the United States, Canada, Europe, Britain & Mexico, #farmers blanched at the surge in #fertilizer costs.
The widening #war in #Iran has delivered a stunning punch to a worldwide #economy that has already been walloped by a breakdown of the international trading order, war in Ukraine & Trump’s chaotic policymaking.
#TrumpsWar #US #Iran #war #Trump #RulesOfWar #law #WarPowers #geopolitics #MiddleEast #inflation #economy #affordability #CostOfLiving #oil #energy #EnergyCrisis
#Oil Shock’s Tentacles Grip #WorldEconomy: ‘This Really Is the Big One’
Countries already walloped by a breakdown of the international #trade #chaos brought on by #Trump #tariffs, #war in #Ukraine & chaotic #US policymaking are facing lasting economic damage.
#TrumpsWar #war #ForeverWars #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #MiddleEast #inflation #affordability #CostOfLiving #energy #EnergyCrisis
All six crew members aboard a US #military #KC135 refueling aircraft that crashed in western #Iraq are dead, the #USmilitary said, adding that the circumstances of the incident are being investigated.
#TrumpsWar #US #Iran #war #Trump #RulesOfWar #law #WarPowers #geopolitics #MiddleEast
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He noted that the price of Russian #oil had been rising since the #war in #Iran started, & that it was likely that the #sanctions relief could be extended indefinitely.
“I do worry that this is effectively the destruction of the oil sanctions on #Russia,” said Mr. Fishman….
#TrumpsWar #US #ForeverWars #Trump #Ukraine #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #MiddleEast #inflation #economy #affordability #CostOfLiving #energy #EnergyCrisis
About 130 million barrels of Russian #oil is currently at sea….
The move by the #Trump admin could further divide the #US & #Europe, which has been skeptical of Trump’s attack on #Iran & has expressed a desire to continue to exert economic pressure on #Russia.
Fishman said he did not think that easing the Russia oil #sanctions would lower prices, noting that the move last week to let Russian oil be delivered to India did not have any impact.
The lifting of #oil #sanctions represents a sharp reversal from last summer, when the admin doubled #tariffs on #India as punishment for its purchases of oil from #Russia.
“In one fell swoop we’ve undone a huge amount of pressure on Russia,” said Edward Fishman, a senior fellow & director of the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations.
#TrumpsWar #US #Iran #war #Ukraine #Trump #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #inflation #economy #energy
…Top #Senate #Democrats assailed the #Trump admin for easing #sanctions on #Russia, saying that it was done to mitigate a #war of Trump’s own making.
“This war has resulted in huge spikes in gas prices for Americans, who are now paying more at the pump than at any point in either of President Trump’s two terms,” they wrote in a joint statement.
#TrumpsWar #US #Iran #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #Ukraine #inflation #economy #affordability #CostOfLiving #oil
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Senate Democratic Leaders Release Joint Statement on Trump Administration's Weakening of Sanctions on Russian Oil in Attempt to Dampen Economic Impacts of Trump's Iran War | United States Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
The Official website of The United States Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairswww.banking.senate.gov
The exemptions, which were issued by the #Treasury Dept, will be in place until April 11. Treasury Secy Scott Bessent estimated that freeing Russian #oil could add hundreds of millions of barrels of crude to global markets [& enrich #Russia], curbing prices that have been hovering near $100 per barrel as a result of the #Iran #war.
The decision was a significant turning point in America’s effort to punish Russia for its war in #Ukraine.
The other option? Don’t attack #Iran. Idiots.
#Trump Removes #Sanctions on #Russia to Help #Oil Flow Amid Iran #War
The #US on Thursday temporarily lifted sanctions on Russian oil that is currently at sea, allowing it to be shipped to buyers around the world as the Trump admin scrambles to contain #energy #prices that have been soaring because of the war in Iran.
#TrumpsWar #law #WarPowers #geopolitics #Ukraine #inflation #economy #affordability #CostOfLiving
nytimes.com/2026/03/12/us/poli…
…“This administration is systematically looking for ways to let polluters off the hook,” Sarah Buckley, a senior atty at the Natural Resources Defense Council, said… “If this abuse of authority is left unchecked, communities will pay the price in higher #cancer risks.”
…The #EPA will solicit public comments on the proposed rule for 45 days after its publication in the Federal Register. The agency will then finalize the rule, likely within the year.
…inhaling the gas can cause coughing, dizziness, fatigue & nausea. Long-term exposure can damage the #brain & central nervous system & can increase the risk of breast #cancer, #leukemia, #lymphoma & other #cancers of the white blood cells.
The #EPA first classified #EthyleneOxide as a human #carcinogen in 2016. The agency based the determination on studies showing that the gas was 60 times more toxic to children & 30 times more toxic to adults than previously thought.
#Trump #law #PublicHealth
The agency’s proposed rule would loosen limits on #EthyleneOxide #emissions from around 90 commercial sterilization facilities across the country. Roughly 2.3 million people live within two miles of these facilities in what are often #LowIncome neighborhoods or #CommunitiesOfColor, according to an analysis by the Union of Concerned Scientists, an environmental group.
#Trump #EPA #law #EnvironmentalLaw #GeographicInequality #regulations #health #PublicHealth #safety
The move revived a long-running debate about the paradoxical effects of #EthyleneOxide on #PublicHealth. While it plays a crucial role in sterilizing lifesaving medical devices like pacemakers & syringes, long-term exposure can cause #leukemia & other types of #cancer among people who #work in or #live near medical sterilization facilities.
#Trump #EPA #law #EnvironmentalLaw #regulations #health #safety
#Trump #EPA Moves to Weaken Limits on a #Cancer Causing #Gas
The gas, #EthyleneOxide, plays a crucial role in sterilizing medical devices. But long-term exposure is linked to several types of cancer & other ailments.
#law #EnvironmentalLaw #regulations #health #PublicHealth #safety
nytimes.com/2026/03/13/climate…
“We want to avoid manipulation & speculation,” Díaz-Canel said in a news conference following his speech. The talks, he said, were still “in their first phase...to establish an agenda” that high-level groups of officials on both sides would address.
“We have to construct the space that lets us move forward,” he said.
#NationalSecurity #Trump #warmonger #MadWithPower #MafiaState #imperialism #Cuba #sovereignty #geopolitics #NATO #NewWorldOrder #law #Congress #WarPowers #InternationalLaw
#NationalSecurity #warmonger #MadWithPower #MafiaState #imperialism #Cuba #sovereignty #geopolitics #NewWorldOrder #law #Congress #WarPowers #InternationalLaw
#Cuba acknowledges secret meetings with #US as #Trump dials up threats
Trump has warned that Cuba is next in line after #Venezuela & #Iran, saying that the Havana regime is in its “last moments of life.”
#NationalSecurity #warmonger #MadWithPower #MafiaState #imperialism #sovereignty #geopolitics #NATO #NewWorldOrder #law #Congress #WarPowers #InternationalLaw
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#DOJ charges man accused of selling #gun to Old Dominion University shooter
The Justice Department on Friday charged a man who authorities say sold a gun to the Old Dominion University shooter despite the gunman’s previous conviction in a terrorism case.
#law #GunViolence #SchoolShooting #ODU
apnews.com/article/old-dominio…
Judge Blocks Subpoenas Targeting #Fed Chair
A federal judge blocked an attempt by the #DOJ to issue subpoenas to the #FederalReserve in its investigation of the chair, #JeromePowell. The judge wrote that there was “abundant evidence” the government’s action was designed to “harass & pressure” Powell into yielding to Trump’s wishes to lower #InterestRates or resign.
#MafiaState #law #LegalEthics #judiciary #economy #Trump #RevengePolitics #WeaponizationOfGovernment
nytimes.com/live/2026/03/13/us…
US judge blocks efforts to reshape childhood #vaccine policy
#law #PublicHealth #health #medicine #science #Trump #RFKJr #ConspiracyTheories
reuters.com/world/us-judge-blo…
This is insane. Who does he think he is? He is out of control!
#Trump Told #Cuba That Its President Has to Go
The #US has told Cuba that for meaningful progress to be made in negotiations, President #MiguelDíazCanel must step down, said people familiar with the talks.
#NationalSecurity #warmonger #MadWithPower #MafiaState #imperialism #sovereignty #geopolitics #NewWorldOrder #law #Congress #WarPowers #InternationalLaw
nytimes.com/2026/03/16/world/a…
In case you missed it yesterday, the US Justice Department and Transportation Department are now Donald Trump's.
A sharp warning in an ordinary news release: "President Trump’s Justice Department"
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Attorney General Pam Bondi has made clear since day one her view that DOJ's lawyers are "his lawyers." On Thursday, DOJ went further, claiming it's "Trump's Justice Department."
#Trump #USA #DOJ #DOT #Bondi #law #LawDork #news #PR #Republicans
A sharp warning in an ordinary news release: "President Trump’s Justice Department"
Attorney General Pam Bondi has made clear since day one her view that DOJ's lawyers are "his lawyers." On Thursday, DOJ announced that it's "Trump's Justice Department."Chris Geidner (Law Dork)
They Didn’t Want to Have C-Sections. A Judge Would Decide How They Gave Birth.
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Two Florida women had to attend virtual court hearings while in labor to argue for their right to choose their own medical care. As their state pushes to expand some types of medical freedom, it has also constricted the rights of pregnant women.
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#News #Women #Health #Florida #Law #Pregnancy #Medicine #Doctors #Courts #Legal
