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#Kleptocracy, Inc.

Under #Trump, conflicts of interest are just part of the system.

By @anneapplebaum

As the #StockMarkets crashed on Fri, April 4, Donald Trump left Washington, DC. He did not go to NY to consult w/ #WallStreet. He did not go to Dover, Delaware, to receive the bodies of 4 American servicemen, killed in an accident while serving in #Lithuania.

#USpol #GiftArticle
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The Atlantic · Kleptocracy, Inc.By Anne Applebaum

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It’s time to compel officials at #DHS & #State to testify on #KilmarAbregoGarcía

The courts can halt #Trump admin word games on a man wrongly sent to a Salvadoran prison.

Opinion by Mary B. McCord
Mary B. McCord is the executive director of Georgetown Law School’s Institute for Constitutional Advocacy & Protection & a fmr acting assistant AG for #NationalSecurity & longtime federal prosecutor.

#law #immigration #Constitution #judiciary #SeparationOfPowers
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The #ConstitutionalCrisis Is Here

#SCOTUS told the #Trump admin to “facilitate” the return of #KilmarAbregoGarcia from #ElSalvador’s infamous #CECOT prison. So far, the admin is pretending to comply while refusing to do so.

By Adam Serwer

“This matter is no longer just about deportations or undocumented immigrants. The Trump administration's defiance of a Supreme Court order is a new step into presidential lawlessness.”

#law #tyranny #authoritarianism
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#giftArticle wapo.st/3RKSQQt it talks towards the end about a couple of efforts to declare this misuse of the social security death list and data structures illegal. Is there really any way these kinds of actions could lead to jailing the whole administration including the president, and a change in government in fewer than 4 years?

The Washington Post · Trump administration overrode Social Security staff to list immigrants as deadBy Hannah Natanson

"For her part, Ms. Petrova is seeing the United States from a new and unsettling vantage point. “I feel like something is happening generally in America,” she said, in an interview over a video link. “Something bad is happening. I don’t think everybody understands.”"

#GiftArticle #USPolitics #UnAmerican

nytimes.com/2025/04/11/science

Kseniia Petrova, a Harvard scientist, in 2021. She has been in a Louisiana prison since Feb. 16.
The New York Times · She Worked in a Harvard Lab to Reverse Aging, Until ICE Jailed HerBy Ellen Barry

Flashback to a time of hope — September 2021 descalation in the Middle East with Biden. #giftArticle #uae #peace

‘Even Beijing is stressing an authoritarian version of “build back better” in recent statements stressing shared domestic prosperity.
The U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, though badly botched, reflected a growing global consensus against “endless wars,”’

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The Washington Post · The UAE’s Machiavellian journey from ‘Little Sparta’ to ‘Little Singapore’By David Ignatius

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The authors of the #Constitution separated powers for a reason.

by @anneapplebaum

…The #Republicans who lead #Congress have refused to use the power of the #LegislativeBranch to stop #Trump or moderate him, in this or almost any other matter. The Cabinet is composed of sycophants & loyalists who are willing to defend contradictory policies, even if doing so makes them look like fools. The courts haven’t decisively intervened yet either.

#law
theatlantic.com/politics/archi

The Atlantic · This Is Why Dictatorships FailBy Anne Applebaum