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Defund #Science, Distort #Culture, Mock #Education
It’s not just about cuts to #research.
It’s about #power.
By Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum
#SevenMountainMandate #law #Constitution #FirstAmendment #AcademicFreedom #dictatorship #authoritarianism #autocracy #MafiaState #RevengePolitics #Trump
theatlantic.com/podcasts/2026/…
Autocracy in America: Defund Science
It’s not just about cuts to research. It’s about power.Anne Applebaum (The Atlantic)
#GiftArticle
‘He treats us with contempt’: This is not leadership
America’s #allies may comply for now. But the damage to trust will have consequences.
by Fareed Zakaria
#US #Trump #MafiaState #imperialism #geopolitics #economy #law #InternationalLaw #authoritarianism #dictatorship #MadKing #WEF
wapo.st/4pSQihG
Earlier Rep #TedLieu (D-CA) kicked some #GOP ass for their #lies & #hypocrisy.
Lieu called out his Republican colleagues for choosing to hold a hearing on #JackSmith’s probes into #Trump instead of an oversight hearing into #DOJ’s slow release of files related to the late sex offender #JeffreyEpstein.
#law #House #Judiciary #propaganda #SeditiousConspiracy #Jan6 #insurrection #PoliticalViolence #coup #democracy #Constitution #PeacefulTransitionOfPower
#law #House #Judiciary #SeditiousConspiracy
#Trump is literally issuing orders to the #DOJ right now
Trump says he hopes AG #PamBondi is 'looking at' #JackSmith as the former special counsel testifies on Capitol Hill
“Hopefully the Attorney General is looking at what he’s done, including some of the crooked and corrupt witnesses that he was attempting to use in his case against me. The whole thing was a Democrat SCAM — A big price should be paid by them for what they have put our Country through!”Trump posted.
#StewartRhodes was serving his time in prison when his sentence was commuted by #Trump in Jan 2025. It was one of the first actions taken by Trump when he resumed office.
Federal District Judge Amit Mehta ruled in Jan 2025 that Rhodes & other members of the #OathKeepers needed to seek #court permission to travel to #DC or be on Capitol Grounds.
According to the ADL, the Oath Keepers is an anti-government #extremist org within the #militia movement.
JFC
#StewartRhodes, the founder of the #FarRight #extremist organization the #OathKeepers, was seen on Capitol Hill on Thursday outside of the hearing room where former special counsel #JackSmith is testifying before the #House #Judiciary Committee.
Rhodes was previously convicted of #SeditiousConspiracy & sentenced to 18 YEARS in #prison for his actions related to the #Jan6, 2021 #insurrection at the US Capitol.
#law #Trump #propaganda #coup #democracy #Constitution
cnn.com/politics/live-news/jac…
Rep #HankJohnson (D-GA) is also questioning #JackSmith very effectively. Unfortunately it is very clear that this “hearing” is designed to be a sound bite generator for the #Republicans to shop around to #FarRight #media outlets.
#law #House #Judiciary #Trump #propaganda #SeditiousConspiracy #Jan6 #insurrection #PoliticalViolence #coup #democracy #Constitution #PeacefulTransitionOfPower
#House #Judiciary Committee #JackSmith testimony is back in session after a long recess for unrelated House votes.
#law #Trump #SeditiousConspiracy #Jan6 #insurrection #PoliticalViolence #coup #democracy #Constitution #PeacefulTransitionOfPower
#Republican #House #Judiciary Committee members are going to focus on things like #CassidyHutchinson & the #subpoenas for #Congress members’ phone logs, because if they let #JackSmith get into the actual #evidence he gathered against #Trump, it will be damning.
#law #SeditiousConspiracy #Jan6 #insurrection #PoliticalViolence #coup #democracy #Constitution #PeacefulTransitionOfPower
Also the grandstanding performative courtroom drama behavior of the #congress members is quite heavy handed. #JackSmith who has repeatedly been described as measured & calm is coming off a little stiff especially because he keeps being interrupted. He needs to come back at them like they are hostile witnesses.
#law #House #Judiciary #Trump #SeditiousConspiracy #Jan6 #insurrection #PoliticalViolence #coup #democracy #Constitution #PeacefulTransitionOfPower
The questioning by #GymJordan about #CassidyHutchinson was made-for-TV drama.
#JackSmith didn’t need to characterize whether he “thought” Hutchinson was a liar.
Her testimony was #hearsay. Hearsay does not hold up in #court. That’s all he had to say.
Unfortunately Jordan actually found a way to politicize Smith’s measured response that he hadn’t made a final decision on a witness list.
#law #Jan6 #SeditiousConspiracy #insurrection #Trump #coup #Constitution #PeacefulTransitionOfPower
On #Jan6, 2021, over 140 law enforcement officers were assaulted, #JackSmith plans to tell #Congress, “a fact we should never forget.”
“Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President #Trump engaged in criminal activity. If asked whether to prosecute a former President based on the same facts today, I would do so regardless of whether that President was a Republican or a Democrat.”
#law #Jan6 #SeditiousConspiracy #insurrection #coup #democracy #Constitution
“Rather than accept his defeat in the 2020 presidential #election, President #Trump engaged in a #criminal scheme to overturn the results & prevent the lawful transfer of power,” #JackSmith wrote in his prepared statement.
#law #Jan6 #SeditiousConspiracy #insurrection #PoliticalViolence #coup #democracy #Constitution #PeacefulTransitionOfPower
“I am not a politician, & I have no partisan loyalties. My career has been dedicated to serving our country by upholding the rule of law,” #JackSmith says in his prepared statement.
Smith is expected to tell #Congress that his approach is to always follow the facts without fear or favor.
#law #Jan6 #SeditiousConspiracy #insurrection #PoliticalViolence #Trump #coup #democracy #Constitution #PeacefulTransitionOfPower
cnn.com/politics/live-news/jac…
Former special counsel #JackSmith is publicly testifying before the #House #Judiciary Committee today.
The hearing will examine the operations of Smith’s office & his team’s investigations and prosecutions of #Trump & his co-defendants, according to the committee.
#law #Jan6 #SeditiousConspiracy #insurrection #PoliticalViolence #coup #democracy #Constitution #PeacefulTransitionOfPower
c-span.org/event/house-committ…
New Mexico’s lawsuit accuses three Texas oil executives of pocketing revenue from oil and gas wells and offloading cleanup costs to the public.
A 2024 ProPublica and Capital & Main investigation uncovered some of their companies’ business dealings.
propublica.org/article/new-mex…
#News #NewMexico #Oil #Law #Fraud #Environment #Energy
“A Fraudulent Scheme”: New Mexico Sues Texas Oil Companies for Walking Away From Their Leaking Wells
New Mexico’s lawsuit accuses three Texas oil executives of pocketing revenue from oil and gas wells and offloading cleanup costs to the public. An investigation in 2024 by ProPublica and Capital & Main uncovered some of these business dealings.cengiz.yar@propublica.org (ProPublica)
Judge blocks #Trump admin from searching data seized from #WashingtonPost reporter
The seizure “chills speech, cripples reporting, & inflicts irreparable harm,” The Post said in statement.
Government officials may not examine electronic devices seized from a Post reporter until litigation stemming from the search of her home is settled, a federal judge in Virginia ruled Wednesday.
#law #Constitution #democracy #FreePress #FirstAmendment #journalism #FourthEstate
washingtonpost.com/national-se…
Liam’s teacher Ella Sullivan was in visible tears during the announcement that Liam had been taken away. “He’s a bright young student, & he’s so kind & loving, & his classmates miss him, & all I want is for him to be safe & back here,” Sullivan said.
According to Columbia Heights district officials, 3 other students, all under the age of 18 have been detained by federal agents in recent weeks.
#LiamRamos #Trump #StateSponsoredAbduction #StateSponsoredTerrorism #law #immigration #ICE
“I’m exploring whether we file a #HabeasCorpus petition to get him out, we’d have to actually file that down in #Texas now,” Prokosch added.
Asked if the 5-yr-old’s detainment was #illegal, Prokosch said, “Probably not, & that’s what’s going to make my job really difficult. Just because something is legal doesn’t mean it’s #moral. You know, yes, they may have the legal authority to detain a 5-year-old, but why?”
#LiamRamos #Trump #StateSponsoredAbduction #law #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #ICE
Marc Prokosch, a lawyer representing Ramos’ family, said he is still not sure of the exact current whereabouts of Liam & his dad. He believes, based on the experience of other clients he has worked with, that they are currently in #Texas in a family holding cell.
“Every step of their #immigration process has been doing what they’ve been asked to do, & so this is just…cruelty,” Prokosch said….
#LiamRamos #Trump #StateSponsoredAbduction #law #CivilRights #MafiaState #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #ICE
Agents took both the father & #child away in a vehicle & sent them to #Texas.
Stenvik said Liam’s family has an “active #asylum case” with NO deportation orders.
“I have viewed the legal paperwork with my own eyes,” Stenvik said, adding leaders from Liam’s school visited his home Tues after he was detained to provide support to his family, including a middle school student who returned home to find his father & brother had been taken.
#LiamRamos #Trump #StateSponsoredAbduction #law #immigration
“Another adult living in the home was outside & begged the agents to let him take care of the small #child, & was refused,” Stenvik said.
“Instead,” she said, “the agent took the child out of the still-running car, led him to the door & directed him to knock on the door asking to be let in in order to see if anyone else was home, essentially using a 5-year-old as bait.”
#LiamRamos #Trump #StateSponsoredAbduction #StateSponsoredTerrorism #law #immigration #CivilRights #TheCrueltyIsThePoint
“Why detain a 5-year-old? You can’t tell me that this #child is going to be classified as a violent criminal,” Zena Stenvik, the Columbia Heights superintendent, told reporters Wednesday.
According to Stenvik, masked agents apprehended 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos in his driveway on Tuesday as he returned home from school with his father.
#LiamRamos #Trump #StateSponsoredAbduction #StateSponsoredTerrorism #law #immigration #Minnesota #CivilRights #MafiaState #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #ICE
#ICE detains 5-year old #Minnesota boy; lawyer says agents used him as ‘bait’
The Columbia Heights Public School district says federal agents have detained 4 of its students in 4 separate incidents over the last 2 weeks. One #child is #LiamRamos, a 5-year old boy who attends a district elementary school & was used as “bait” to draw family members out of their home.
#Trump #StateSponsoredAbduction #StateSponsoredTerrorism #law #immigration #CivilRights #MafiaState #ICE
mprnews.org/story/2026/01/21/i…
#Trump has made clear he wants the chance to stack the nation’s #CentralBank with #political #loyalists. In court, the admin has strenuously steered clear of this rhetoric. Outside of court, though, Trump has repeatedly boasted about the changes he hopes to bring to the #Fed.
#law #FederalReserve #economy #independence #SCOTUS #authoritarianism
nytimes.com/2026/01/21/us/poli…
The justices have signaled that the #Fed may be uniquely protected from presidential meddling, even as the court’s conservative majority has allowed #Trump to fire leaders of other #independent #FederalAgencies.
#law #FederalReserve #economy #independence #SCOTUS #authoritarianism
The #FederalReserve sets #MonetaryPolicy & #InterestRates, among other duties, & when #Congress established it, lawmakers worked to insulate it from #political #influence. Its leaders have 14-year terms & may be removed only “for cause.” But #Trump has increasingly attacked the #Fed, pressuring it to lower interest rates as well as trying to push out its chair, #JeromePowell, & fire board governor #LisaCook.
During the oral arguments, Justice Brett M. #Kavanaugh pressed Trump’s representative, Solicitor General D. John #Sauer, over the idea that a victory for #Trump could allow future admins to try to dismiss #Fed officials “at will.” [because, it’s only okay if this admin does it 🤦🏼♀️]
In the first hour, the justices sounded wary of siding with Trump’s view that he should have full discretion to decide what actions are grounds for removal.
I listened to Trump’s #WEF speech when I should have been listening to oral arguments at #SCOTUS.
The Supreme Court repeatedly questioned a lawyer for the #Trump admin about whether the president exceeded his authority in firing #LisaCook, a member of the #FederalReserve board, in a case with potentially enormous consequences for the #economy.