Like I said, not cool.
#FAA reducing #AirTraffic by 10% across 40 'high-volume' markets during government #shutdown
#Trump #OrchestratedShutdown #TrumpCoup2 […]
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Benton of #8thCircuit to take senior status, giving #Trump first Federal Judgeship of 2nd term
U.S. Circuit Judge Duane Benton has announced that he will step down from active service on the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, creating the first vacancy on the #StLouis, #Missouri court […]
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But the #Trump admin has taken other aggressive steps to assert more sway over #elections.
#DOJ, for instance, is compiling the largest set of national #voter roll data it has ever collected, an effort to try to prove unsubstantiated claims that large numbers of undocumented immigrants have […]
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…The moves by #Trump to elevate #election deniers portends escalating #legal battles over how much #power his admin wields over balloting across the country.
Already this year, #courts have affirmed that the president has no legal authority over #elections, which have long been the domain of […]
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McCarthy’s appointment comes as nearly all of the #election experts at #CISA have been placed on administrative leave or reassigned this year amid a large-scale *downsizing* of the agency, which had played a leading role in deterring attacks on elections systems & combating #disinformation about […]
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Another activist, #MarciMcCarthy, who spread debunked claims about voting machines in Georgia when she was the chairwoman of the DeKalb County #Republican Party, was named in May to be the director of public affairs at the #Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency, or #CISA, which is […]
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…The idea of *reinvestigating* the 2020 election gained steam recently with the White House’s decision to hire #KurtOlsen, a lawyer who has been tasked with *examining* the 2020 vote & other #election matters, acc/to a White House official. The hiring of Olsen, who has worked closely for years […]
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“And therefore, we would] have some additional powers that don’t exist right now,” Honey said in March, according to a recording reviewed by The New York Times from someone who joined the call, “and therefore, we can take these other steps without [#Congress & we can mandate that states do […]
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On a call with #FarRight activists in March, before her appointment to DHS, Honey suggested that the new #Trump admin could declare a “national emergency” & justify dictating new rules to state & local governments. She said this could be based on an “actual investigation” of the 2020 election if […]
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In the past few months, #Trump has elevated multiple proponents of his false fraud claims into high-level admin jobs. Now, as government insiders, these activists could wield their newfound power to discredit future results or rekindle old claims to argue for a federal intrusion into locally […]
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The ascent of Honey reflects how #Trump & his allies, despite a clear victory last year, remain consumed with the belief that the 2020 election was stolen — & how Trump is [ab]using the powers of the government to upend an electoral system that he falsely insists helped Joseph R. Biden Jr. take […]
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The remark parroted a widespread view on the right that #CISA had sought to silence supporters of Trump’s fraud claims. Honey also repeatedly mentioned a false report often cited by #election conspiracists to support their claims that voting machines were rigged to favor Democrats, acc/to the […]
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Heather Honey, a leader in that movement until her appointment in August as deputy assistant secretary for *election integrity*, complained that her department’s #cybersecurity experts tasked with combating #disinformation about #elections had “strayed from their mission.”
#law #ElectionLaw […]
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Rather than offering assurances that the federal government’s #election protection programs would continue uninterrupted, the new official, Heather Honey, instead used portions of the meeting to echo rhetoric that has infused the #FarRight *election activist* movement that emerged since #Trump […]
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#Election officials from nearly all 50 states gathered on a call last month with #DHS’s point person on “election integrity,” eager to hear how the woman filling a newly created #Trump admin position might help safeguard the #vote ahead of next year’s #midterms.
But many of them left alarmed […]
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#Trump Empowers #ElectionDeniers, Still Fixated on False 2020 Grievances
Trump has placed proponents of his #BigLie into government jobs while dismantling systems built to secure voting, raising fears that he aims to seize authority over #elections ahead of next year’s #midterms.
#law […]
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Judge temporarily blocks the #Trump administration from firing #FederalWorkers during the government #shutdown
#law #labor #unions #MassLayoffs #TrumpCoup2 […]
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Other #labor market indicators generated by the private sector have been downbeat. The payroll processor ADP estimated that nongovernmental employers shed 32,000 #jobs in September, while the outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas found that companies’ announced hiring plans so far this […]
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The numbers are not likely to be released until the government reopens, but right now the forecast for #employment growth is muted. Economists polled by Bloomberg expected that employers added 53,000 #jobs last month, fewer than the 64,000 added on average over the 6 previous months, before […]
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The #BLS’ measurements of wage growth, unemployment & job creation guide investors allocating capital & monetary policymakers deciding whether the #economy needs a boost.
Without the #data, the outlook is foggy as hazards abound, so businesses could be even less willing to make decisions about […]
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Massive #immigration raid on #Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'
#DHS said federal agents with #CBP, the #FBI & the #ATF arrested 37 people in the raid.
#Trump #law #US #MilitaryState #democracy #Constitution #CivilRights #HumanRights #DueProcess […]
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#JBPritzker warned of broader threats posed by #Trump’s actions, stating, “You cannot call this anything except an attack on the #Constitution of the #UnitedStates.”
#law #PosseComitatusAct #MilitaryState #democracy #CivilRights #authoritarianism #autocracy #tyranny #Gestapo #coup #TrumpCoup2
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The complexities of #CollectiveBargaining agreements & #CivilService protections, not to mention the real-life impact of eliminating people who provide #benefits to the #public, have stalled past efforts to shrink the government. #Trump has shown no inclination to slow down.
#coup #TrumpCoup2 […]
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Trump’s Grand Plan for a #GovernmentShutdown
The #Trump admin might use a #shutdown to finish the job #DOGE started.
The congressional impasse over spending may now supercharge Trump’s efforts to slash the #CivilService—just as the bulk of those being paid not to work lose their […]
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Took them long enough
#DC finally] Sues #Trump Admin Over Deployment of [#NationalGuard
The #city is challenging the #federal government’s authority to send #troops into the city for what Trump has called a “public safety emergency.”
#law #US #military #WashingtonDC #HomeRule #MilitaryState […]
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On Saturday, #Trump commented about #Chicago crime & #Illinois Gov. #JBPritzker on his Truth Social site: “Six people were killed, & 24 people were shot, in Chicago last weekend, & JB Pritzker, the weak & pathetic Governor of Illinois, just said that he doesn’t need help in preventing CRIME. He […]
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The federal surge into #Chicago could start as early as Sept. 5 & last about 30 days, according to two U.S. officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss plans that had not been made public.
#Trump #MilitaryState #WhiteSupremacy #law #military #NationalGuard #PosseComitatusAct […]
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The request shows the Republican admin’s desire to move beyond #Washington as it ramps up *#immigration* operations. #Trump has threatened to deploy #NationalGuard troops to #Chicago & other #Democratic-led #cities after he called up #troops to target *crime*, immigration & homelessness in […]
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Violent #crime in #Chicago dropped significantly in the first half of the year, representing the steepest decline in over a decade, according to city data. Shootings are down 37%, & homicides have dropped by 32%, while total violence crime dropped by over 22%.
#law #US #Trump #military […]
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The #US #military said Friday that the #NationalGuard members who are on the streets in #WashingtonDC for Trump’s takeover will soon be armed.
#Trump #law #DC #MilitaryState #democracy #CivilRights #authoritarianism #autocracy #tyranny #Gestapo #coup #TrumpCoup2 […]
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