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#tyranny

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Nonilex

Last month, #Trump signed an EO calling for the “consolidation” of these segregated records, raising the prospect of creating a kind of #data trove about Americans that the govt has never had before, & that…[#Republicans]…have historically opposed.

The effort is being driven by #ElonMusk, the world’s richest man, & his lieutenants w/ #DOGE, who have sought access to dozens of databases as they have swept through agencies across the federal govt.
#law #InfoSec #NationalSecurity #privacy #tyranny

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Nonilex

Well, this is, terrifying

#GiftArticle

#Trump Wants to Merge Government #Data. Here Are 314 Things It Might Know About You.

The federal govt knows your mother’s maiden name & your bank account number. The student debt you hold. Your disability status. The company that employs you & the wages you earn there. And that’s just a start.

#law #InfoSec #NationalSecurity #privacy #Musk #DOGE #TrumpCoup #authoritarianism #autocracy #tyranny
nytimes.com/2025/04/09/us/poli

The New York Times · How Musk and Trump Are Working to Consolidate Government Data About YouBy Emily Badger
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Nonilex

#WillkieFarrGallagher last week became the latest #LawFirm to strike a deal w/the White House & escape #Trump’s wrath. But the firm, which pledged $100M in legal services to causes that the Trump admin supports, traded one problem for another.

Willkie has faced a backlash to the deal…, including within its ranks, as concerns mount over Trump’s broader #law firm crackdown.

#RevengePolitics #authoritarianism #tyranny #autocracy
nytimes.com/2025/04/09/us/poli

Willkie Farr & Gallagher has faced a backlash, including within its ranks, to a deal the firm struck with the White House.
The New York Times · How Trump Is Putting Law Firms in a No-Win SituationBy Ben Protess
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Touaregtweet

“Screw him and his motivations.” It doesn’t matter whether Trump is doing this out of ignorance or cruelty—we have to stop him either way. Because no matter who you are—a senior citizen, a kid in school, a mom trying to afford medicine—Trump is coming after you. [...] “The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those they seek to oppress.” So the question is—how much are we willing to endure?"

meidasplus.com/p/sen-cory-book #Trump #coup #tyranny #fascism #politics

Meidas+ · Sen. Cory Booker Joins MeidasTouch for an Exclusive InterviewBy Ben Meiselas
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Bernhard Huss

Gaudium: Tyrannidem in cives exerceo.
Ratio: Predam atque carnificinam, auro implendus et sanguine, auri sitiens monedula tenaxque.

Joy: I exercise sole power over my fellow citizens.
Reason: You plunder them and slaughter them. You must be stuffed with gold and blood like a crow thirsting for gold.

--#Petrarca, De remediis 1.95.7-8 (On #tyranny)

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Bongolian

Jennifer Rubin & Senator Angus King: Senator Angus King and Jen Rubin on the attacks against our #Constitution
"When you have executive, legislative, and judicial power in one set of hands, that's the perfect definition of #tyranny"

#Maine #tariffs #trump #democracy #AngusKing #TheContrarian #socialsecurity #votingirghts
contrarian.substack.com/p/sena

The Contrarian · Senator Angus King and Jen Rubin on the attacks against our ConstitutionBy Jennifer Rubin
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Nonilex

The full DC Circuit in a 7-4 decision set aside a 3-judge panel's March ruling that paused lower court decisions blocking Trump from removing Gwynne Wilcox from the National #Labor Relations Board #NLRB & Cathy Harris from the #Merit Systems Protection Board #MSPB.

Monday's decision puts back in place 2 judges' decisions that upheld federal laws barring #Trump from removing members of the labor boards at will.

#law#AbuseOfPower#tyranny
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Nonilex

A federal appeals court blocked #Trump from removing #Democratic members from 2 federal #labor boards on Monday, setting aside its earlier ruling.

The decision by the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit further complicates a pair of cases that are emerging as key tests of Trump's efforts to bring under his control #FederalAgencies meant to be #independent from the White House.

#law #labor #AbuseOfPower #tyranny #autocracy #authoritarianism
reuters.com/world/us/us-appeal

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Nonilex

In the process, #Trump has blurred the personal & the political, making it difficult in some instances, like his targeting of #academic & #cultural institutions, to distinguish between his grievances & policy goals. [hint it’s all always about him, he couldn’t care less about policy]

#RevengePolitics #AbuseOfPower #law #tyranny #WeaponizationOfGovernment #USpol

List: Who Trump Has Targeted for #Retribution
nytimes.com/interactive/2025/0

The New York Times · A List of Who Trump Has Targeted for Retribution: Biden, Law Firms and OthersBy Michael S. Schmidt
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Nonilex

Not only has he found new ways to [ab]use his power to target those he has demonized, but his actions—or just the prospect of them—have led some of those he has gone after to change their behavior & fall into line.

#Trump has employed tactics including lawsuits, executive orders, regulations, [firings], withdrawal of security details & public intimidation to take on a wide range of individuals & institutions he views as having unfairly pursued him or sought to block his agenda.

People target by Trump in the Biden admin or are democrats
People target by Trump in his first admin or who were involved in legal cases against him
People target by Trump who were involved in legal cases against him
#law#tyranny
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Nonilex

#GiftArticle
by Mike Schmidt

When #Trump returned to office, his rivals & #law enforcement ofcls feared he would follow through on his pledges to use the #DOJ & #FBI to investigate & even imprison perceived enemies.
But since winning re-election, Trump’s retribution campaign has turned out to be far more expansive, efficient & creative than anticipated. It has also been less reliant on the justice system.
#RevengePolitics #AbuseOfPower #tyranny #WeaponizationOfGovernment
nytimes.com/2025/04/07/us/poli

The New York Times · In Trump’s Second Term, Retribution Comes in Many FormsBy Michael S. Schmidt
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