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Nonilex<p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin appealed. On Friday, a three-judge panel of the DC Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals sided with the government by a 2-1 vote.</p><p>"The District Court's order raises troubling questions about judicial control over core executive functions like the conduct of foreign policy &amp; the prosecution of criminal offenses," Circuit Judge Gregory <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Katsas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Katsas</span></a> wrote in a [bullshit] opinion.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>judiciary</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/contempt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>contempt</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ContemptOfCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ContemptOfCourt</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CourtOrder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CourtOrder</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/deportations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deportations</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Injustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Injustice</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AbuseOfPower</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>U.S. District Judge James <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Boasberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Boasberg</span></a> found in April that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> officials could face <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/contempt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>contempt</span></a> charges for willfully disregarding his March 15 order barring the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/deportations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deportations</span></a> to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElSalvador" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElSalvador</span></a> of alleged <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Venezuelan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Venezuelan</span></a> gang members under the 1798 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AlienEnemiesAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AlienEnemiesAct</span></a> without the chance to challenge their removals.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>judiciary</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ContemptOfCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ContemptOfCourt</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CourtOrder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CourtOrder</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/deportations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deportations</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Injustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Injustice</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AbuseOfPower</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Bullshit</p><p>No <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/contempt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>contempt</span></a> for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> officials over <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Venezuela" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Venezuela</span></a>&nbsp;<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/deportations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deportations</span></a>, appeals court rules</p><p>A US appeals court overturned on Friday a lower court's ruling finding probable cause to hold <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin officials in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ContemptOfCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ContemptOfCourt</span></a> over their handling of the deportations of hundreds of Venezuelan immigrants under a centuries-old wartime <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> [&amp; in defiance of a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CourtOrder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CourtOrder</span></a>].</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Injustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Injustice</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AbuseOfPower</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/no-contempt-trump-officials-over-venzeuela-deportations-appeals-court-rules-2025-08-08/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/legal/government/n</span><span class="invisible">o-contempt-trump-officials-over-venzeuela-deportations-appeals-court-rules-2025-08-08/</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Since taking office for his second term, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>'s admin has attempted to dismantle <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AffirmativeAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AffirmativeAction</span></a> policies at <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/universities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>universities</span></a>, launching dozens of investigations &amp; threatening to cut off <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/funding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>funding</span></a> to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/schools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>schools</span></a> that promote <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/diversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>diversity</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/equity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>equity</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/inclusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>inclusion</span></a> programs.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AcademicFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicFreedom</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ExecutiveOverreach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExecutiveOverreach</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AbuseOfPower</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>racism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WhiteSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteSupremacy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WhiteChristianNationalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteChristianNationalism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>But in recent months he has diversified his giving, with hefty donations to the National <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republican</span></a> Senatorial Cmte, the National Republican Congressional Cmte &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/House" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>House</span></a> Speaker <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MikeJohnson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MikeJohnson</span></a>’s leadership fund. Wasserman has publicly praised Trump’s commitment to the Games &amp; traveled to Mar-a-Lago in January to meet w/ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LA</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Olympics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Olympics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/OlympicGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OlympicGames</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AbuseOfPower</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PosseComitatusAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PosseComitatusAct</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalGuard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalGuard</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Wasserman will also have a delicate <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/political" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>political</span></a> balancing act, managing a Games in a deep-blue city with a famously mercurial Republican president in office.</p><p>A Hollywood scion &amp; sports &amp; entertainment mogul, Wasserman has long been a prominent Democratic donor known for his close relationship with the Clintons.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LA</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Olympics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Olympics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/OlympicGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OlympicGames</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AbuseOfPower</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PosseComitatusAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PosseComitatusAct</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalGuard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalGuard</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a></p>
Kim Perales<p>“The most notable thing about Gov Abbott’s petition to remove Rep. Gene Wu from office is that he filed it directly to the Supreme Court — a bid to dramatically speed up a potentially months-long process of trial court rulings.”<br>-K Cheney<br>Will the Supreme Court adhere to the Constitution?<br><a href="https://toad.social/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/AbuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AbuseOfPower</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a><br><a href="https://gov.texas.gov/uploads/files/press/In_re_Abbott_Petition_%28FINAL%29_-_Filed.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">gov.texas.gov/uploads/files/pr</span><span class="invisible">ess/In_re_Abbott_Petition_%28FINAL%29_-_Filed.pdf</span></a></p>
Kim Perales<p>“The most notable thing about Gov Abbott’s petition to remove Rep. Gene Wu from office is that he filed it directly to the Supreme Court — a bid to dramatically speed up a potentially months-long process of trial court rulings.”<br>-K Cheney<br>Will the Supreme Court adhere to the Constitution?<br><a href="https://toad.social/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/AbuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AbuseOfPower</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a><br><a href="https://gov.texas.gov/uploads/files/press/In_re_Abbott_Petition_%28FINAL%29_-_Filed.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">gov.texas.gov/uploads/files/pr</span><span class="invisible">ess/In_re_Abbott_Petition_%28FINAL%29_-_Filed.pdf</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>…The *task force*, to be housed within <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DHS</span></a>, will “assist in the planning &amp; implementation of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/visa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>visa</span></a> processing &amp; credentialing programs for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/foreign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>foreign</span></a> athletes, coaches, officials, &amp; media personnel,” the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ExecutiveOrder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExecutiveOrder</span></a> said. City officials have expressed concern that the president’s border policies could deter <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/international" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>international</span></a> visitors &amp; complicate visa processing for Olympic teams.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LA</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Olympics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Olympics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/OlympicGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OlympicGames</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AbuseOfPower</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PosseComitatusAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PosseComitatusAct</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalGuard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalGuard</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>“We’ll do anything necessary to keep the Olympics safe, including using our National Guard or military, OK?” <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> said. “I will use the National Guard or the military. This is going to be so safe. If we have to.”</p><p>Trump’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ExecutiveOrder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExecutiveOrder</span></a> establishes a *task force* led by him &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JDVance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JDVance</span></a> to *steer* federal coordination for the Games.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LA</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Olympics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Olympics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/OlympicGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OlympicGames</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AbuseOfPower</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PosseComitatusAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PosseComitatusAct</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalGuard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalGuard</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>At the White House, speaking in front of banners adding the presidential seal to the logo for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LA28" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LA28</span></a>, Trump said he would send the military back to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LosAngeles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LosAngeles</span></a> if he so chose in order to *protect* the Games. In June, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> sent the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalGuard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalGuard</span></a> &amp; US <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Marines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Marines</span></a> to the city amid widespread immigration enforcement actions, despite…condemnation from Mayor Karen Bass &amp; other state officials.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LA</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Olympics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Olympics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/OlympicGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OlympicGames</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AbuseOfPower</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PosseComitatusAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PosseComitatusAct</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> names himself chair of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LA</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Olympics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Olympics</span></a> task force, sees role for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> during Games</p><p>In past <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/OlympicGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OlympicGames</span></a> held on American soil, sitting presidents have served in passive, ceremonial roles. Trump has other plans.</p><p>An <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ExecutiveOrder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExecutiveOrder</span></a> signed by Trump on Tues names him chair of a White House task force on the 2028 Games in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LosAngeles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LosAngeles</span></a>….</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AbuseOfPower</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PosseComitatusAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PosseComitatusAct</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2025-08-05/trump-l-a-2028-olympics-task-force-billion-dollar-security-effort" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">latimes.com/politics/story/202</span><span class="invisible">5-08-05/trump-l-a-2028-olympics-task-force-billion-dollar-security-effort</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Columbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Columbia</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Brown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Brown</span></a> to Disclose <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Admissions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Admissions</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Race" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Race</span></a> Data in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> Deal</p><p>A widely overlooked part of a settlement with the two <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/universities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>universities</span></a> could profoundly alter how elite <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/schools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>schools</span></a> determine who gets accepted.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AcademicFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicFreedom</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/discrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>discrimination</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/nationalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nationalism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>racism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ExecutiveOverreach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExecutiveOverreach</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AbuseOfPower</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dictatorship</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>autocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tyranny</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/nyregion/columbia-brown-admissions-trump.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/08/05/nyregio</span><span class="invisible">n/columbia-brown-admissions-trump.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Legal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Legal</span></a> experts &amp; even <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republican</span></a> state AG <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/KenPaxton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KenPaxton</span></a> say it would be difficult to enforce consequences against the Democratic lawmakers.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a> House rules allow for fines of $500 every day the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a> are absent. The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/House" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>House</span></a> also issued civil warrants for the missing lawmakers to be arrested &amp; returned to the House.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FBI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FBI</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AbuseOfPower</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/gerrymandering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gerrymandering</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/redistricting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>redistricting</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/rigged" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rigged</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/elections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>elections</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> says <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FBI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FBI</span></a> ‘may have to’ help bring <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a> back to state</p><p>After Republican Sen John Cornyn of Texas called on the FBI to help locate &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/arrest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>arrest</span></a> Democrats who left the state to block a vote on a new congressional map, Trump said, “They may have to.”</p><p>“A lot of people have demanded they come back. You can’t just sit it out. You have to go back, you have to fight it out,” said Trump.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AbuseOfPower</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/gerrymandering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gerrymandering</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/redistricting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>redistricting</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/elections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>elections</span></a> <br><a href="https://apnews.com/live/donald-trump-news-updates-8-5-2025#00000198-7c2b-dc4c-adfc-fc3f02bc0000" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/live/donald-trump-n</span><span class="invisible">ews-updates-8-5-2025#00000198-7c2b-dc4c-adfc-fc3f02bc0000</span></a></p>
Steve<p>A statement from Audrey White on her arrest and bail for pro-Palestine protest</p><p>🆘🇬🇧🆘 <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/PoliceState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoliceState</span></a> 🆘🇬🇧🆘</p><p> 😱 <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/AbuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AbuseOfPower</span></a> 😱</p><p><a href="https://skwawkbox.org/2025/08/04/a-statement-from-audrey-white-on-her-arrest-and-bail-for-pro-palestine-protest/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">skwawkbox.org/2025/08/04/a-sta</span><span class="invisible">tement-from-audrey-white-on-her-arrest-and-bail-for-pro-palestine-protest/</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>In 2019, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> was charged by the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/House" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>House</span></a> with <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AbuseOfPower</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/obstruction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>obstruction</span></a> of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> for his attempts to pressure the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> govt to investigate Joe <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a>. 2 years later, he became the first president to be impeached twice when the House charged him with inciting an <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/insurrection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>insurrection</span></a> during the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Jan6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Jan6</span></a>, 2021, Capitol attack. The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Senate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Senate</span></a> acquitted Trump both times [many Republicans voting to do so out of fear for their lives &amp; the lives of their families], so he was never removed from office.</p>