Nonilex<p>Authorities investigating ex-Trump prosecutor <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JackSmith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JackSmith</span></a> for alleged *illegal* political activity</p><p>Federal officials have opened an investigation into Jack Smith, the fmr special counsel who investigated <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> for illegal retention of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ClassifiedDocuments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClassifiedDocuments</span></a> & for a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SeditiousConspiracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SeditiousConspiracy</span></a> to steal the 2020 election.</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/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RevengePolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpLies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpLies</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WeaponizationOfGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeaponizationOfGovernment</span></a> <br><a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-jack-smith-investigate-cotton-special-counsel-f32b39962d7aee1cb87f71ea9fde13f5?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-08-02-Breaking+News" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/trump-jack-</span><span class="invisible">smith-investigate-cotton-special-counsel-f32b39962d7aee1cb87f71ea9fde13f5?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-08-02-Breaking+News</span></a></p>
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Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Newark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Newark</span></a> Mayor <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RasBaraka" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RasBaraka</span></a> sues interim US Attorney <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AlinaHabba" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AlinaHabba</span></a> for "false arrest and malicious prosecution."</p><p><a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.njd.571808/gov.uscourts.njd.571808.1.0.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">storage.courtlistener.com/reca</span><span class="invisible">p/gov.uscourts.njd.571808/gov.uscourts.njd.571808.1.0.pdf</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/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RevengePolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dissent</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WeaponizationOfGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeaponizationOfGovernment</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/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Read Judge Burroughs’ grant of a restraining order against <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DHS</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/KristiNoem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KristiNoem</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a>, Todd Lyons, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PamBondi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PamBondi</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SEVP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SEVP</span></a>, Jim Hicks, Dept of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/State" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>State</span></a>, & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MarcoRubio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MarcoRubio</span></a> </p><p>President & Fellows of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Harvard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Harvard</span></a> College v. DHS et.al.</p><p><a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mad.285083/gov.uscourts.mad.285083.11.0_1.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">storage.courtlistener.com/reca</span><span class="invisible">p/gov.uscourts.mad.285083/gov.uscourts.mad.285083.11.0_1.pdf</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/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</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/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RevengePolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WeaponizationOfGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeaponizationOfGovernment</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/dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dictatorship</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tyranny</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AmericanAutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanAutocracy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>TYVM!</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Judge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Judge</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Blocks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Blocks</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> Effort to Bar <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InternationalStudents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InternationalStudents</span></a> at <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Harvard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Harvard</span></a></p><p>Harvard sued & asked for a restraining order less than 24 hours after the Trump admin had said it would block current & future <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/international" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>international</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/students" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>students</span></a> from attending the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/university" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>university</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/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</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/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RevengePolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WeaponizationOfGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeaponizationOfGovernment</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/dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dictatorship</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tyranny</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AmericanAutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanAutocracy</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/us/harvard-sues-trump-international-students-garber.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=E8E75D91-B89D-41CC-8DAC-41F7CE0855AB" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/05/23/us/harv</span><span class="invisible">ard-sues-trump-international-students-garber.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=E8E75D91-B89D-41CC-8DAC-41F7CE0855AB</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>This whole thing is ridiculous. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> is saying that after the congresswoman assaulted <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a> agents they then gave them a tour?</p><p>And why did it take 10 days for them to decide that Rep <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LaMonicaMcIver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LaMonicaMcIver</span></a> had assaulted federal agents?</p><p>Oh right, because <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/KristiNoem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KristiNoem</span></a> started lying about it on TV. Got it.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FactCheck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FactCheck</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpLies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpLies</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/WeaponizationOfGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeaponizationOfGovernment</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/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RevengePolitics</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/sexism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sexism</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>…Paul J. Fishman, a lawyer for Rep. McIver, who previously served as <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USattorney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USattorney</span></a> for the District of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NJ</span></a> called the decision to charge the congresswoman “spectacularly inappropriate.”</p><p>“As a member of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a>, she has the right & responsibility to see how <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a> is treating detainees. Rather than facilitating that inspection, ICE agents chose to escalate what should have been a peaceful situation into chaos.”</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/WeaponizationOfGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeaponizationOfGovernment</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/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RevengePolitics</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/sexism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sexism</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>“No one is above the law—politicians or otherwise,”[except <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/AlinaHabba" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AlinaHabba</span></a> said in a statement. “It is the job of this office to uphold *justice* *impartially*, regardless of who you are. Now we will let the justice system work.”</p><p>In a statement on Monday, Rep <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LaMonicaMcIver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LaMonicaMcIver</span></a> blamed federal law enforcement for instigating the clash, saying that “<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a> agents created an unnecessary & unsafe confrontation.”</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/WeaponizationOfGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeaponizationOfGovernment</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/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RevengePolitics</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/sexism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sexism</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> charged a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NewJersey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewJersey</span></a> congresswoman w/ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/assault" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>assault</span></a> of federal agents at a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Newark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Newark</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> detention center & dropped the BS trespass charge against Mayor <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RasBaraka" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RasBaraka</span></a> from the same episode.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AlinaHabba" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AlinaHabba</span></a>, interim <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USattorney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USattorney</span></a> for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NJ</span></a> & fmr <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> defense atty, posted on X that congresswoman <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LaMonicaMcIver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LaMonicaMcIver</span></a> was charged “for assaulting, impeding & interfering w/law enforcement.”</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/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>racism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/sexism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sexism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RevengePolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WeaponizationOfGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeaponizationOfGovernment</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/19/nyregion/new-jersey-congress-ice-charges.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=A8431CAB-00E6-435B-B30C-FD2475D27BB2" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/05/19/nyregio</span><span class="invisible">n/new-jersey-congress-ice-charges.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=A8431CAB-00E6-435B-B30C-FD2475D27BB2</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>BTWs this was the post. So threatening! <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> is a weakling.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SecretService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SecretService</span></a> spokesman Anthony Guglielmi, in a statement, said, “The Secret Service vigorously investigates anything that can be taken as a potential threat against our protectees.”</p><p>“We are aware of the social media posts by the former FBI Director [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JamesComey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JamesComey</span></a>] & we take rhetoric like this very seriously,” Guglielmi said.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</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/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RevengePolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DHS</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WeaponizationOfGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeaponizationOfGovernment</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StochasticTerrorism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StochasticTerrorism</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>“He knew exactly what that meant,” <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> said in an interview w/ FauxNews, a day after the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DHS</span></a> & the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SecretService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SecretService</span></a> opened an investigation into Comey’s Instagram post.</p><p>“A child knows what that meant. If you’re the FBI director & you don’t know ... that meant ‘assassination,’” Trump said.</p><p>[BS I didn’t learn what 86 meant until I started waiting tables in HS]</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RevengePolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StochasticTerrorism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StochasticTerrorism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WeaponizationOfGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeaponizationOfGovernment</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/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DomesticViolentExtremists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DomesticViolentExtremists</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Ridiculous</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> said Friday that former <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FBI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FBI</span></a> Director <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JamesComey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JamesComey</span></a> was “calling for the assassination of the president” in a since-deleted social media post that featured the numbers “8647.”</p><p>The numbers were quickly read by people in Trump’s cult as Comey calling for people to “86,” or get rid of, the 47th president of the United States — Trump.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RevengePolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StochasticTerrorism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StochasticTerrorism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WeaponizationOfGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeaponizationOfGovernment</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/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DomesticViolentExtremists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DomesticViolentExtremists</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2025/05/16/trump-comey-8647-instagram-fox.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cnbc.com/2025/05/16/trump-come</span><span class="invisible">y-8647-instagram-fox.html</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>This morning, Judge Cobb ordered the govt to respond to the plaintiffs filing by 5/21. </p><p>In the suit, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FBI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FBI</span></a> agents are asking to destroy & enjoin publication of a list of agents who worked on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Jan6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Jan6</span></a> investigations compiled by fmr Acting Deputy AG & fmr losing <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/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> defense attorney <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EmilBove" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EmilBove</span></a> in January.</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/insurrection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>insurrection</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RevengePolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WeaponizationOfGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeaponizationOfGovernment</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/felon47" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>felon47</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EdMartin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EdMartin</span></a> said he knew that outing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FBI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FBI</span></a> agents violated <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/policy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>policy</span></a>, but didn't care:</p><p>“The system is stifling the truth from coming out because of some procedure.”</p><p>[the procedure is the law]</p><p>“We will name them. And we will name them & in a culture that respects shame, they should be people that are shamed.”</p><p>JFC talk about <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RevengePolitics</span></a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WeaponizationOfGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeaponizationOfGovernment</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/insurrection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>insurrection</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Jan6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Jan6</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GiftArticle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GiftArticle</span></a></p><p>“When citizens must think twice about criticizing or opposing the government because they could credibly face govt <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/retribution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retribution</span></a>, they no longer live in a full <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a>.</p><p>“By that measure, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/America" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>America</span></a> has crossed the line into competitive <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a>. The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> administration’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WeaponizationOfGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeaponizationOfGovernment</span></a> agencies & flurry of punitive actions against critics has raised the cost of opposition for a wide range of Americans.”</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/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AmericanAutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanAutocracy</span></a><br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/opinion/trump-authoritarianism-democracy.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Fk8.FdrP.pvuxCrXOS6Fj&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/05/08/opinion</span><span class="invisible">/trump-authoritarianism-democracy.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Fk8.FdrP.pvuxCrXOS6Fj&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Last month, Federal Housing Finance Agency Director William Pulte, a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> appointee, sent a letter to the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> alleging <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NYAG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NYAG</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LeticiaJames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LeticiaJames</span></a> “falsified records” to obtain favorable loans on a home she purchased in 2023 in Virginia & Brooklyn, the New York Post reported.</p><p>In a stmnt, James' lawyer Abbe Lowell called the allegations "baseless & long-discredited."</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/dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dictatorship</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RevengePolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WeaponizationOfGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeaponizationOfGovernment</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NYAG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NYAG</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LeticiaJames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LeticiaJames</span></a> has joined attorneys general from other states in challenging <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>'s second-term agenda. After Trump's first term in office, she brought a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/civil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>civil</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fraud</span></a> lawsuit against him that resulted in hundreds of millions of dollars in penalties.</p><p>Trump has repeatedly called for the prosecution of James & New York State Justice Arthur <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Engoron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Engoron</span></a>, the judge who oversaw that case.</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/dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dictatorship</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RevengePolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WeaponizationOfGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeaponizationOfGovernment</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RevengePolitics</span></a></p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FBI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FBI</span></a> probes <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NYAG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NYAG</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TishJames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TishJames</span></a> over *mortgage fraud* allegations</p><p>The FBI has opened a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> investigation into mortgage fraud allegations against <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NewYork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewYork</span></a> Attorney General <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LetitiaJames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LetitiaJames</span></a>, who <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> has publicly targeted because she pursued legal action against him, several US media outlets reported on Thurs.</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/dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dictatorship</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WeaponizationOfGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeaponizationOfGovernment</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/fbi-probes-new-york-ag-james-over-mortgage-fraud-allegations-media-reports-2025-05-08/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/world/us/fbi-probe</span><span class="invisible">s-new-york-ag-james-over-mortgage-fraud-allegations-media-reports-2025-05-08/</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The real <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WeaponizationOfGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeaponizationOfGovernment</span></a>:</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/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> ramp up investigations of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a></p><p>Trump directed his AG to investigate fundraising platforms such as <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ActBlue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ActBlue</span></a>, the central fundraising apparatus of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DemocraticParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DemocraticParty</span></a> — escalating his effort to use his power to target political opponents & —in this case — the core machinery of his opposition.
<br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpLies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpLies</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Propaganda</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Disinformation</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConspiracyTheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConspiracyTheories</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Gaslighting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gaslighting</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/Incitement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Incitement</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Extremism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Extremism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Radicalization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Radicalization</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/04/24/trump-act-blue-bondi-investigate-fundraising/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/politics/20</span><span class="invisible">25/04/24/trump-act-blue-bondi-investigate-fundraising/</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>🚨<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MafiaState</span></a>!🚨</p><p>*Top* US Prosecutor in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NewJersey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewJersey</span></a>, a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> Loyalist, Targets Governor</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AlinaHabba" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AlinaHabba</span></a> said she was investigating Gov. Philip D. Murphy & the state’s attorney general [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NJAG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NJAG</span></a>] over <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> policy. She called the inquiry a “warning for everybody.”</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/intimidation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>intimidation</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WeaponizationOfGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeaponizationOfGovernment</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EnemiesList" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EnemiesList</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> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/federalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>federalism</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/nyregion/trump-justice-department-habba-immigration.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=BFE44020-29CA-4995-8D54-CCAD9494BA82" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/04/11/nyregio</span><span class="invisible">n/trump-justice-department-habba-immigration.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=BFE44020-29CA-4995-8D54-CCAD9494BA82</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>In many cases <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> is relying on, or asserting, unilateral power rather than turning to the courts or federal agencies to carry out his demands. Many of his targets are those who prosecuted or challenged him politically, or are institutions & groups he sees as ideological impediments, like elite <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/universities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>universities</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RevengePolitics</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/tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tyranny</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AntiIntellectualism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AntiIntellectualism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WeaponizationOfGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeaponizationOfGovernment</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
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