David Crook

Lawless authoritarianism:
-"How Trump Keeps Withholding Money After Being Sued 198 Times"
-"Officials Violated More Than 50 Court Orders in NJ"
-"ICE violated at least 96 court orders in January"
-"The judge then provided an additional count of 113 more court orders violated in 77 more cases"

An election official tainting her own office, lying about it, blaming others, and then continuing to spout conspiracy theories is at heart of protecting free and fair elections. She is still promoting the Big Lie, which is antithetical to those.

Record high strong disapproval! Like we’ve never seen before

Just a reminder that Trump didn't just bumble us into an unnecessary war -- he deliberately created the conditions that he's now screaming about

A disturbing and hypocritical ruling on so many levels. Especially the due process holding.

The court JUST said there’s no deeply rooted right for women to control their own bodies. But there is a deeply rooted right for parents to know if their kids question their gender at school? Come on.

I mean, Khobar Towers and WTC towers bombing were explicitly blowback. And then we got to the $4 TRIL liability in Iraq that introduced worldwide exports of blowback

US moving pregnant immigrant girls to Texas to avoid providing abortions, critics say Ex-official calls transfer of unaccompanied girls as young as 13, many pregnant due to rape, a human rights violation

“It’s a choice to ensure zero abortions."
Since July, more than a dozen pregnant children have been moved to a single facility in the small town of San Benito, along the south Texas border. The children kept in Texas are as young as 13, and about half are pregnant because of rape.

#TrumpPeacePrize #TrumpPeaceDividend

Trump is again calling on Iranian revolutionary guard and others to hand over their weapons. But to whom? Who will grant them immunity?

Ignorance is Strength, after all

Old enough to remember President Obama & the indefatigable Wendy Sherman negotiating multilateral Iran nuclear deal - EU + UN Security Council's permanent members (China, France, Russia, United Kingdom, United States) plu Germany - & then Republicans publicly undermined it before Trump pulled out.

I was literally pulling up the FBI indictments of the Iranian hackers two days ago for a forthcoming article ab this 🫠

Trump dismantled the entire infrastructure that disrupted this op! Kate and Stamos and I were sued by America First Legal — case is entering its 3rd year. These fucking hacks.

We also drilled down deep into how he was using these private companies to help Trump’s 2024 campaign. He was able to mask where millions of dollars went. The practice is legal but “highly unusual.”

If you are interesting why these strikes happened right after we received news that the US-Iran talks went reasonably well though without breakthrough, Lord Ricketts has an excellent explainer.

FWIW, this is sec. 2(c) of the War Powers Resolution:

#TrumpPeacePrize

A reminder that the administration spent the day before it launched a war in the Middle East feuding with tech companies over whether and how the AI models the Pentagon buys will be restrained from autonomously killing people.

In 1789, Thomas Jefferson writing to James Madison, extolled the Constitution for instituting “one effectual check on the Dog of war by transferring the power of letting him loose from the Executive to the Legislative body.”

All those ridiculous claims of stopping wars makes a little sense now. The “wars” stopped were each time dear supreme magalord changing his mind in his fantasy world about not instigating wars.
#trumppeaceprize

Didn’t the executive branch offer as an argument during appeal process (and were effectively granted injunctions on the trade court rulings) that they WOULD REFUND TARIFFS COLLECTED, so should be allowed to keep them in place.

Double damages on top of interest since this is willfully defying court

The government illegally took your money.

They won’t give it back.

The Trump-Roberts Court permits flagrant government coercion and statute violations if that government is directed by a Republican in Executive Branch office

The ‘Crazy’ Plot to Release the Epstein Files How an unlikely duo of lawmakers partnered with victims to try to hold the powerful accountable

At least 6 Trump Cabinet members or senior administration officials were in contact with Epstein. It is unclear if these relationships w/ Epstein were raised in background checks or security clearances. Every agency involved declined to answer my questions. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

Donald Trump has said many times that he knew nothing about Epstein’s crimes.

If he doesn’t, how does he know that Howard Lutnick is a “very innocent guy”?

My US Representative is an embarrassment every day, often multiple times each day.

Roadkill is free

Definition of “free speech absolutist” for them seems to involve the subject inculcating and promoting nazi propaganda and race-based supremacy outcomes, so in that narrow sense, it tracks

Next season on THE PITT Doctor Robby will explain the benefits of raw milk and why vaccines can lead to demonic possession.

This is bullshit that such subterfuge is counseled m. By virtue of designating self as “police” implies it’s local municipal police as there is no other valid meaning.

White House circulating blatantly illegal draft emergency order to take control of elections Voting rights experts and at least one state election chief said Trump doesn’t have the authority to claim such powers — and any attempt would be blatantly illegal.

A draft emergency executive order to declare a national emergency to allow President Donald Trump to take unprecedented control over voting is being circulating by anti-voting activists who said they are in coordination with the White House. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...