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WIST Quotations<p><a href="https://wist.info/bible-nt/78599/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">A quotation from <b>The Bible</b></a></p><blockquote>If you love only the people who love you, why should you receive a blessing? Even sinners love those who love them! And if you do good only to those who do good to you, why should you receive a blessing? Even sinners do that!<br>&nbsp;<br>[καὶ εἰ ἀγαπᾶτε τοὺς ἀγαπῶντας ὑμᾶς, ποία ὑμῖν χάρις ἐστίν; καὶ γὰρ οἱ ἁμαρτωλοὶ τοὺς ἀγαπῶντας αὐτοὺς ἀγαπῶσιν. καὶ [γὰρ] ἐὰν ἀγαθοποιῆτε τοὺς ἀγαθοποιοῦντας ὑμᾶς, ποία ὑμῖν χάρις ἐστίν; καὶ οἱ ἁμαρτωλοὶ τὸ αὐτὸ ποιοῦσιν.]</blockquote><p><b>The Bible</b> (The New Testament) (AD 1st - 2nd C) Christian sacred scripture<br>Luke 6: 32-33 (Jesus) [GNT (1992 ed.)]</p> <p>More info about (and translations of) this quote: <a href="https://wist.info/bible-nt/78599/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">wist.info/bible-nt/78599/</a></p><p><a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quotation</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=qotd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>qotd</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=doinggood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>doinggood</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=generosity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>generosity</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=love" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>love</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=loveyourenemy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>loveyourenemy</span></a><br><a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=loveyourneighbor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>loveyourneighbor</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quidproquo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quidproquo</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=reciprocity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reciprocity</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=transaction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>transaction</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=virtue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>virtue</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Several associates &amp; supporters of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NYC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NYC</span></a> Mayor <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EricAdams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EricAdams</span></a> are expected to face <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> charges in coming days….</p><p>Adams, who is just months away from facing voters in his bid for a second term…, is not expected to be charged. But the defendants…are expected to include his closest political ally &amp; former chief adviser, Ingrid Lewis-Martin, &amp; her son, both of whom are already facing corruption charges handed up late last year.</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/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/QuidProQuo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QuidProQuo</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/EmilBove" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EmilBove</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/nyregion/adams-corruption-nyc-lewis-martin-charges.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/2025/08/20/nyregio</span><span class="invisible">n/adams-corruption-nyc-lewis-martin-charges.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>…The judge in the case, New York Supreme Court Judge David B. Cohen, is likely to issue his ruling on both parties’ motions for summary judgment in the coming months. A trial could begin in early 2026.</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/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>propaganda</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BigLie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigLie</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JeaninePirro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JeaninePirro</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/QuidProQuo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QuidProQuo</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/bribery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bribery</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USattorney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USattorney</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FoxNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FoxNews</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StateMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StateMedia</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Smartmatic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Smartmatic</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FourthEstate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FourthEstate</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></p>
Nonilex<p>…<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Smartmatic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Smartmatic</span></a> argues in the suit that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JeaninePirro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JeaninePirro</span></a> served as a conduit to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> associates who said the election was stolen, including the lawyer <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SidneyPowell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SidneyPowell</span></a>.<br>
“It’s Jeanine P. Got a former CIA chief of station who knows [about] development of Dominion,” she wrote in a Nov. 10, 2020, text message to Powell, referring to another <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/voting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>voting</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a> company that some <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Fox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fox</span></a> hosts claimed was involved in a voting fraud scheme.</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/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>propaganda</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BigLie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigLie</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/QuidProQuo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QuidProQuo</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/bribery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bribery</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USattorney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USattorney</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Smartmatic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Smartmatic</span></a> included many of the conversations in 468 pages of filings to bolster its contention that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JeaninePirro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JeaninePirro</span></a> &amp; other <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Fox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fox</span></a> hosts were determined to stay on Trump’s good side for a variety of motives. It said Pirro, a longtime friend of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>, sought to secure a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/pardon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pardon</span></a> for her ex-husband, Albert Pirro. Convicted earlier of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TaxEvasion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TaxEvasion</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/conspiracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>conspiracy</span></a>, Albert Pirro was the last person Trump pardoned during his first term.</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/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>propaganda</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BigLie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigLie</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/QuidProQuo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QuidProQuo</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/bribery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bribery</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JeaninePirro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JeaninePirro</span></a> bragged about helping <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> while a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FoxNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FoxNews</span></a> host<br>
The former <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FauxNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FauxNews</span></a> host complained of “CENSORSHIP” by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Fox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fox</span></a> over her coverage of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/2020election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>2020election</span></a>, according to newly unredacted documents in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Smartmatic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Smartmatic</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/defamation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>defamation</span></a> 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/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>propaganda</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BigLie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigLie</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/QuidProQuo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QuidProQuo</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/bribery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bribery</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USattorney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USattorney</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StateMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StateMedia</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FourthEstate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FourthEstate</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> <br><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/08/19/jeanine-pirro-trump-republicans-fox/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/business/20</span><span class="invisible">25/08/19/jeanine-pirro-trump-republicans-fox/</span></a></p>
WIST Quotations<p><a href="https://wist.info/racine-jean/78506/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">A quotation from <b>Jean Racine</b></a></p><blockquote>The reason why the Cardinal [Mazarin] deferred so long to grant the favors he had promised, was because he was persuaded that hope was much more capable of keeping men to their duty than gratitude.<br>&nbsp;<br><i>[La raison pourquoi le Cardinal différoit tant à accorder les grâces qu’il avoit promises, c’est qu’il étoit persuadé que l’espérance est bien plus capable de retenir les hommes dans le devoir que non pas la reconnoissance.]</i></blockquote><p><b>Jean Racine</b> (1639-1699) French dramatist<br><i>Fragments Historiques</i> [tr. Bund/Friswell (1871)]</p> <p>Sourcing, notes: <a href="https://wist.info/racine-jean/78506/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">wist.info/racine-jean/78506/</a></p><p><a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quotation</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=qotd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>qotd</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=dangling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dangling</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=delay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>delay</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=favors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>favors</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=gratitude" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gratitude</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=hope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hope</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=investment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>investment</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=loyalty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>loyalty</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=promises" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>promises</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quidproquo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quidproquo</span></a></p>
WIST Quotations<p><a href="https://wist.info/bible-nt/12104/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">A quotation from <b>The Bible</b></a></p><blockquote>Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.<br>&nbsp;<br>[Πάντα οὖν ὅσα ἐὰν θέλητε ἵνα ποιῶσιν ὑμῖν οἱ ἄνθρωποι, οὕτως καὶ ὑμεῖς ποιεῖτε αὐτοῖς· οὗτος γάρ ἐστιν ὁ νόμος καὶ οἱ προφῆται.]</blockquote><p><b>The Bible</b> (The New Testament) (AD 1st - 2nd C) Christian sacred scripture<br>Matthew 7: 12, “The Golden Rule” (Jesus) [KJV (1611)]</p> <p>Sourcing, notes, other translations: <a href="https://wist.info/bible-nt/12104/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">wist.info/bible-nt/12104/</a></p><p><a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quotation</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=qotd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>qotd</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=jesus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jesus</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=goldenrule" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>goldenrule</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=dountoothers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dountoothers</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=Christianity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Christianity</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=compassion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>compassion</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=empathy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>empathy</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=fairness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fairness</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=goldenrule" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>goldenrule</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=Jesus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Jesus</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>justice</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=meme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>meme</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=perspective" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>perspective</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quidproquo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quidproquo</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=reciprocation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reciprocation</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=reciprocity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reciprocity</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=wisdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wisdom</span></a></p>
Kim Perales<p>Dem senators incl Elizabeth Warren sent a letter to the CEOs of Google/YouTube division -asking if Google has discussed settling Trump’s censorship lawsuit against YouTube “as a way🚨to garner more favorable treatment from the admin.” They point to the co’s litigation battles, incl ongoing <a href="https://toad.social/tags/antitrust" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>antitrust</span></a> lawsuits.</p><p>“We&#39;re concerned about the possibility that Google could settle -in a <a href="https://toad.social/tags/QuidProQuo" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>QuidProQuo</span></a> arrng to avoid full accountability for violating fed competit...&quot;<br /><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>USPol</span></a><br /><a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/07/google-trump-settlement-democrats.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cnbc.com/2025/08/07/google-tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-settlement-democrats.html</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>While Judge Ho ultimately agreed to throw out the charges, he took a swipe at the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/credibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>credibility</span></a>, saying it appeared as though officials had used their <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/power" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>power</span></a> in a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/QuidProQuo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QuidProQuo</span></a> with <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EricAdams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EricAdams</span></a> to get him to support <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> crackdown in the city.</p><p>“Everything here smacks of a bargain,” he wrote. “Dismissal of the indictment in exchange for immigration policy concessions.”</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/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</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/judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>judiciary</span></a></p>
Ham on Wry<p>The same guy who claims he’s not in the file and that it’s a hoax is about to pardon Epstein’s former accomplice and girlfriend to buy her silence.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/epstein" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>epstein</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/EpsteinFiles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EpsteinFiles</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>republicans</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/doj" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>doj</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ghislainemaxwell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ghislainemaxwell</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/quidproquo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quidproquo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Sexualassault" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sexualassault</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a></p>
skua<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@JamesWNeal" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>JamesWNeal</span></a></span> </p><p>This'd be the second reported shut-off by <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a>? </p><p>Wonder if what looked exactly like a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ReputationLaundering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ReputationLaundering</span></a> campaign will kick in again and have respected journalists and publications like <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AnneApplebaum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AnneApplebaum</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TheAtlantic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheAtlantic</span></a> putting out more exonerations of Musk shutting off data based on very flimsy evidence? </p><p>Amazing what billions of dollars can buy.</p><p>And is Musk a RU asset? Or is there a more <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/QuidProQuo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QuidProQuo</span></a> relationship?</p><p>Direct link below<br><a href="https://www.reuters.com/investigations/musk-ordered-shutdown-starlink-satellite-service-ukraine-retook-territory-russia-2025-07-25/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/investigations/mus</span><span class="invisible">k-ordered-shutdown-starlink-satellite-service-ukraine-retook-territory-russia-2025-07-25/</span></a></p>
joe•iuculano :mastodon:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hear-me.social/@Tharpa" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Tharpa</span></a></span> <br>So they can pay him in advance for a possible favor. </p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/QuidProQuo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QuidProQuo</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Though Donlon accuses Mayor <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EricAdams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EricAdams</span></a> &amp; other <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>police</span></a> officials of various federal <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/crimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crimes</span></a> — &amp; even calls for an independent authority to oversee key decisions at the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NYPD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NYPD</span></a> — there is no indication that federal prosecutors in Manhattan will agree with his assessment &amp; many of his claims are uncorroborated for now.</p><p>…Broadly, the lawsuit echoes 4 others filed last week by fmr top police ofcls, which also accused Adams of enabling corruption in the NYPD.</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/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/QuidProQuo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QuidProQuo</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EmilBove" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EmilBove</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>In his suit, Donlon claims in his brief time in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NYPD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NYPD</span></a> to have “uncovered systemic <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> conduct being perpetrated by the NYPD’s leadership.” He says that when he reported his findings to the mayor, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EricAdams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EricAdams</span></a> “condoned the misconduct,” allowing the wrongdoing to continue.</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/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/QuidProQuo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QuidProQuo</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EmilBove" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EmilBove</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DanielleSassoon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DanielleSassoon</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The commissioner, Thomas G. Donlon, a fmr <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FBI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FBI</span></a> ofcl, was appointed in the fall of 2024 to stabilize a shaky <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NYPD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NYPD</span></a> that had been micromanaged by Mayor <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EricAdams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EricAdams</span></a>, a fmr captain on the force. Donlon stepped down weeks into the job after federal agents searched his home for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ClassifiedDocuments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClassifiedDocuments</span></a> in an unrelated investigation.</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/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/QuidProQuo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QuidProQuo</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EmilBove" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EmilBove</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DanielleSassoon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DanielleSassoon</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Ex-Commissioner Sues, Saying <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EricAdams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EricAdams</span></a> Ran <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NYPD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NYPD</span></a> as a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Criminal</span></a> Enterprise</p><p>Thomas G. Donlon, who served only weeks, said in a lawsuit that New York’s mayor &amp; top department officials had manipulated the system for personal &amp; political gain.</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/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/QuidProQuo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QuidProQuo</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EmilBove" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EmilBove</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DanielleSassoon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DanielleSassoon</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/nyregion/nypd-lawsuit-rico-donlon-eric-adams.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/2025/07/16/nyregio</span><span class="invisible">n/nypd-lawsuit-rico-donlon-eric-adams.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>How a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> mission to push a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> *deal* in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Congo</span></a> unravelled</p><p>Three envoys went to Congo with a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/QuidProQuo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QuidProQuo</span></a> offer from Washington. The venture ended with them fleeing the country 2 days later in fear of arrest.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</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/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MafiaState</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/extortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>extortion</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/how-us-mission-push-trump-deal-congo-unravelled-2025-07-11/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/world/europe/how-u</span><span class="invisible">s-mission-push-trump-deal-congo-unravelled-2025-07-11/</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>…The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin recently ended <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/deportation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deportation</span></a> protections for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigrants</span></a> from countries including Haiti, Venezuela, Afghanistan, Honduras &amp; Nicaragua.</p><p>But immigrants from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElSalvador" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElSalvador</span></a> still have Temporary Protected Status [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TPS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TPS</span></a>], which shields some 200,000 people from deportation &amp; allows them to legally work in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a>. The privileges last until early September.</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/QuidProQuo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QuidProQuo</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>In April, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/State" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>State</span></a> Dept upgraded <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElSalvador" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElSalvador</span></a>’s travel advisory to its highest rating, citing a “drop in violent crimes &amp; murders.”</p><p>While <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crime</span></a> has improved, El Salvador jumped to the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a>’ safest level, ahead of countries like France or Spain, whose rates of violent crime are the same or lower.</p><p>The new rating reflects a dramatic turnaround for a country that once had a soaring homicide rate &amp; “significant <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> issues,” acc/to the State Dept in 2023.</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/QuidProQuo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QuidProQuo</span></a></p>