“I will be blind for life. They pulled a piece of plastic the size of a nickel out of my eye. I had shards of metal, glass, plastic in my skull. They said it was a miracle I survived.”
Kaden Rummler was shot in the face by Trump’s ICE goons, then dragged
President Trump and the head of the law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP have reached a deal under which Mr. Trump will drop the executive order he leveled against the firm, Mr. Trump said on Thursday. In the deal, Mr. Trump said, the firm agreed to a series of commitments, including to represent clients no matter their political affiliation and contribute $40 million in legal services to causes Mr. Trump has championed, including “the President’s Task Force to Combat Antisemitism, and other mutually agreed projects.” It’s unclear how the money will be used to help the task force. The firm also said it agreed to conduct an audit to ensure its hiring practices are merit based. The deal was reached after the head of the firm, Brad Karp, went to the White House this week and had a face-to-face meeting with Mr. Trump to discuss a resolution. Members of the legal profession said in interviews that they were surprised by the deal, as it appears as if the firm — which is dominated by Democrats — was capitulating to Mr. Trump over an executive order that is likely illegal.
The White House said that Mr. Karp had acknowledged “wrongdoing” by one of the firm’s former partners, Mark F. Pomerantz. Mr. Pomerantz had tried to build a criminal case against Mr. Trump several years ago while working at the Manhattan district attorney’s office. It was not clear what wrongdoing Mr. Trump was referring to. “The president is agreeing to this action in light of a meeting with Paul, Weiss Chairman, Brad Karp, during which Mr. Karp acknowledged the wrongdoing of former Paul, Weiss partner, Mark Pomerantz, the grave dangers of Weaponization, and the vital need to restore our System of Justice.” The agreement is a significant development in the retribution campaign Mr. Trump has opened against several top law firms that he sees as having supported efforts to help his opponents or unfairly prosecute him. And it is the latest demonstration of how Mr. Trump is has used his power to extract concessions or public signs of support for his agenda from corporate leaders, news organizations and others since his election victory in November. The deal applies only to the executive order against Paul, Weiss. It’s not clear what effect, if any, it will have on the orders targeting other firms or whether it will lead Mr. Trump to back off his stated intention to go after more of them.
No matter what lip service many pay to opposing “authoritarianism,” they continue needlessly to appease the fascists, each conquest increasing the power arrayed against all of us. They’re walking us off a cliff instead of fighting with every (or even any) fiber of their being.
“An error was made 20 yrs ago. By 2000, social movements had learned how to shut down entire cities, outflanking& outmaneuvering police. When the anti-Iraq war movement started, those tactics were set aside for peaceful mass marches.. those orgs preferred 100k ppl carrying signs”
Read @awalkerinla.bsky.social on the priorities in Olympic LA: the city's first capital improvement plan focuses exclusively on projects related to the LA28 Olympics (not rebuilding fire-decimated public infrastructure to set climate-resilient standards, for instance)
www.torched.la/the-road-ahe...
I just received the first copy of Copaganda! It will be sold anywhere books are sold. I try to explain the role of the media, the police, and academia in how we got to this authoritarian moment.
Mexico is a cradle of civilization that has some of the most self- sufficient people on the earth. My guess is that the tariffs are gonna hurt U.S. citizens more than anyone.
and consider how CM Traci Park is aligned with Caruso and here echoing of Trump messaging and the way media has been propping her up, you can see how far the tentacles of this beast goes
Rick Caruso has named other board members to his nonprofit with close ties to the Trump administration, including Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale.
Lonsdale also started the Cicero Institute, a Texas think tank that develops anti-camping bills which have been passed by several states
But for now, just notice how rising authoritarian state violence and surveillance, which brings massive profits, is framed as a natural "response" to "crime." Once you start noticing how ideological and distorted this is, you can read the news differently.
