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[?]Nonilex » 🌐
@Nonilex@masto.ai

And yet the hasn’t stripped of the title of

III strips of titles & evicts him from royal residence, palace says


apnews.com/article/king-charle

    [?]Nonilex » 🌐
    @Nonilex@masto.ai

    Right… cuz they did everything else so well

    Exclusive: to revamp program

    The 's *DOGE* unit is leading efforts to overhaul the military drone program, including streamlining procurement, expanding homegrown production, & acquiring tens of thousands of cheap drones in the coming months….


    reuters.com/business/aerospace

      [?]Nonilex » 🌐
      @Nonilex@masto.ai

      Democrat said such raids had “endangered the lives of innocent community members & ”.

      Pritzker’s letter, which was obtained by the Chicago Sun-Times & Politico, came as a federal appeals court blocked an order which would have required a senior border patrol official to give daily briefings to a judge about sweeps in .


      chicago.suntimes.com/immigrati

        [?]Nonilex » 🌐
        @Nonilex@masto.ai

        A man with a heart vs a heartless man

        , gov of , has urged the admin to suspend its crackdown in his state from Friday to Sunday, to allow to “spend weekend without ”.

        In a letter addressed to Secy, [dog killer], & the heads of & , Pritzker said federal agents were “ignoring their duty to protect the public & uphold the ”…


        theguardian.com/us-news/2025/o

          [?]Nonilex » 🌐
          @Nonilex@masto.ai

          Boston judge challenges admin’s assertion it cannot use emergency funds to continue benefits

          A federal judge was openly skeptical on Thursday of the Trump admin’s arguments that amid a government it cannot use emergency funds to at least partially fulfill SNAP food benefits for the coming month.


          bostonglobe.com/2025/10/30/met

            [?]Nonilex » 🌐
            @Nonilex@masto.ai

            Passage of the measure is a symbolic victory for critics of Trump’s policies, but it will have little practical effect as Speaker (R-LA) is unlikely to bring it up for a vote in the & is certain to veto anything that curtails his .

            [Though notably the tariffs were ruled illegal by the Court of International Trade → npr.org/2025/08/29/nx-s1-55224]

              [?]Nonilex » 🌐
              @Nonilex@masto.ai

              passes resolution to end ’s global ; 4 side with

              4 Republican senators voted with Democrats on Thursday to approve a bipartisan resolution to repeal Trump’s global tariffs, including steeper rates on long-time such as the , & .

              Sen (KY), sponsor of the resolution, & Sens (R-KY), (R-ME) & (R-AK) voted for it.


              thehill.com/homenews/senate/55

                [?]Nonilex » 🌐
                @Nonilex@masto.ai

                The one-page joint resolution simply declares that the [BS] national emergency declaration that invoked on April 2, which dubbed “Liberation Day,” to authorize sweeping reciprocal on countries cross the globe would be “terminated” on the date of its enactment.

                  [?]Nonilex » 🌐
                  @Nonilex@masto.ai

                  The stakes of the case, which will soon resume in a Virginia courtroom, extend to tens of thousands of seekers from whom Trump’s admin may seek to purge. If AG or an appellate board dominated by appointees ultimately sides with , legal experts say the case could set a precedent with sweeping consequences for the rescued & promised to support.

                    [?]Nonilex » 🌐
                    @Nonilex@masto.ai

                    Both institutions, however, have fundamentally transformed since H left them, WaPo has found. The nonprofit’s headquarters closed years before the country collapsed, & its former office in is now under strict supervision. The university, meanwhile, no longer provides in-person classes, & its campus was seized by the regime, which installed its own school.

                      [?]Nonilex » 🌐
                      @Nonilex@masto.ai

                      The man, whom WaPo is identifying as “H” because of concern for his safety, has sought because he so publicly supported the ’ cause in . Before fleeing, he worked for a US-based nonprofit & attended an American university in Kabul.
                      
To undermine his claim, government attorneys argued that the have allowed those institutions to continue to operate—clear signs, they claimed, that his past would not endanger him if he was deported.

                        [?]Nonilex » 🌐
                        @Nonilex@masto.ai

                        admin makes *misleading* case in high-stakes hearing
                        
 asked a judge to a man to , where he expects the to kill him. What happens next could affect thousands.

                        To make its case, the did not accuse him of any crime or disloyalty or act of terrorism. Instead, attorneys argued that Afghanistan — a country forces rescued him from in 2021 — is safe for his return.


                        wapo.st/433Qsun

                          [?]Erik Jonker » 🌐
                          @ErikJonker@mastodon.social

                          Trump says he wants to resume nuclear testing. Here's what that would mean.
                          npr.org/2025/10/30/nx-s1-55908
                          @geopolitics

                            [?]Nonilex » 🌐
                            @Nonilex@masto.ai

                            The arguments set the stage for what is likely to be a tense, high-stakes hearing on Thursday in Massachusetts, where >2 dozen states have asked a judge to force the admin to reprogram the budget & provision full aid for before Nov 1.

                            In its filings, the Trump admin acknowledged that an interruption to food stamps would create a “difficult situation for millions of Americans,” but it insisted the court did not have the ability to prevent it.

                              [?]Nonilex » 🌐
                              @Nonilex@masto.ai

                              But lawyers for the signaled that the admin could not, or would not, use those funds, leaving 42 million recipients at risk of cuts to their benefits beginning on Nov 1.

                              The admin repeatedly argued that there were legal obstacles to transferring existing funds to , technical hurdles in remitting payments quickly & other budgetary constraints to consider at the Dept [], where the money would originate.

                                [?]Nonilex » 🌐
                                @Nonilex@masto.ai

                                The admin staunchly defended its decision to stop paying during the govt , insisting a range of legal, technical & budgetary constraints would prevent it from providing a tranche of available funds to millions of Americans in Nov.
                                In a new set of court filings, submitted late Wed, admin ofcls acknowledged that they had billions of dollars left across multiple accounts. The amounts appeared to total more than needed to cover the costs of for the next month.

                                  [?]Nonilex » 🌐
                                  @Nonilex@masto.ai

                                  Bullshit

                                  Admin Tells It Has Money It Can’t Spend to Prevent Cuts

                                  have sued the to force the release of during the , with a key hearing set for Thursday.


                                  nytimes.com/2025/10/30/us/poli

                                    [?]Nonilex » 🌐
                                    @Nonilex@masto.ai

                                    admin limits number of to 7,500 & they’re mostly

                                    The Trump admin is restricting the number of refugees it admits into the country to 7,500 & they will mostly be , a dramatic drop after the previously allowed in hundreds of thousands of people fleeing war & persecution from around the world.

                                    The admin published the news Thurs on the Federal Registry.


                                    federalregister.gov/public-ins

                                    federalregister.gov/public-ins

                                    MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE THE SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY THE SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SUBJECT: Presidential Determination on Refugee Admissions for Fiscal Year 2026 By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, in accordance with section 207 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1157), and after appropriate consultations with the Congress, I hereby make the following determinations and authorize the following actions: The admissions of up to 7,500 refugees to the United States during Fiscal Year 2026 is justified by humanitarian concerns or is otherwise in the national interest.…

                                    Alt...MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE THE SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY THE SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SUBJECT: Presidential Determination on Refugee Admissions for Fiscal Year 2026 By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, in accordance with section 207 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1157), and after appropriate consultations with the Congress, I hereby make the following determinations and authorize the following actions: The admissions of up to 7,500 refugees to the United States during Fiscal Year 2026 is justified by humanitarian concerns or is otherwise in the national interest.…

                                    The Secretary of State is authorized and directed to publish this determination in the Federal Register. [FR Doc. 2025-19752 Filed: 10/30/2025 11:15 am; Publication Date: 10/31/2025]

                                    Alt...The Secretary of State is authorized and directed to publish this determination in the Federal Register. [FR Doc. 2025-19752 Filed: 10/30/2025 11:15 am; Publication Date: 10/31/2025]

                                    Presidential Determination on Transferring the United States Program of Initial Refugee Resettlement By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 412 (b) (1) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1522 (b) (1)), it is hereby ordered:

                                    Alt...Presidential Determination on Transferring the United States Program of Initial Refugee Resettlement By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 412 (b) (1) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1522 (b) (1)), it is hereby ordered:

                                    Refugee resettlement must be conducted in a manner that serves the national interest, promotes efficient use of taxpayer dollars, protects the integrity of the United States immigration system, and supports refugees in achieving early economic self-sufficiency and assimilation into American society. Centralizing the responsibilities for all domestic resettlement under one executive department or agency (agency) eliminates unnecessary duplication and ensures that refugee resettlement is closely coordinated with State and local jurisdictions, to the extent permitted by law and as practicable.

                                    Alt...Refugee resettlement must be conducted in a manner that serves the national interest, promotes efficient use of taxpayer dollars, protects the integrity of the United States immigration system, and supports refugees in achieving early economic self-sufficiency and assimilation into American society. Centralizing the responsibilities for all domestic resettlement under one executive department or agency (agency) eliminates unnecessary duplication and ensures that refugee resettlement is closely coordinated with State and local jurisdictions, to the extent permitted by law and as practicable.

                                      [?]Nonilex » 🌐
                                      @Nonilex@masto.ai

                                      [In the campaign video, accused] people of turning great cities into “unsanitary nightmares,” he pledged “to use every tool, lever & authority to get the homeless off our streets.” He said the admin would “open up large parcels of inexpensive land” where “dangerously deranged” people “can be relocated & their problems identified.”


                                      youtube.com/watch?v=ISTu6JRtJT

                                        [?]Nonilex » 🌐
                                        @Nonilex@masto.ai

                                        already has a severe shortage of beds, she noted. The is unlikely to fund hundreds of new beds, & even if it did, there is no work force to staff them.

                                        Without enormous new spending, she said, the center could function less as a treatment facility than “a prison or a warehouse.”

                                        The emerging portrait of the center, scheduled to open in 2027, brings to life a vow that made 2 years ago in an extraordinary campaign video.

                                          [?]Nonilex » 🌐
                                          @Nonilex@masto.ai

                                          Critics of the new plan say that confining people to a site on the city’s outskirts threatens & warn that the promised services may not materialize. The efforts coincide with deep cuts to , which could thwart the project’s financing.

                                          “I’m super anxious about it,” said Jen Plumb, a physician & Democratic state senator who calls the promise of high-quality care “pie in the sky.”

                                            [?]Nonilex » 🌐
                                            @Nonilex@masto.ai

                                            While the effort began before Trump’s return to office, it mirrors his pledge to move the from urban cores to “tent cities” with *services*. And it accelerated after issued an EO in July, calling for strict camping bans & expanded power to treat homeless people.

                                              [?]Nonilex » 🌐
                                              @Nonilex@masto.ai

                                              “An accountability center is , OK — you’re not coming in & out,” Randy Shumway, chairman of the state Services Board, said in an interview. will end a harmful “culture of permissiveness,” he said, & guide homeless people “towards human thriving.”
                                              [sure, Jan.]

                                                [?]Nonilex » 🌐
                                                @Nonilex@masto.ai

                                                With outdoor sleeping banned, removal to the edge of town may become the only way some Utahns can avoid . Planners say the facility will also hold hundreds of mentally ill homeless people under civil commitment & the effort will include an “accountability center” for those with addictions.

                                                  [?]Nonilex » 🌐
                                                  @Nonilex@masto.ai

                                                  They also vow *stern* measures to move people to the remote site & many of them to undergo treatment, reflecting a nationwide push by some for a new approach to , one embraced & promoted by .

                                                    [?]Nonilex » 🌐
                                                    @Nonilex@masto.ai

                                                    To glimpse the future in the age of , consider 16 acres of scrubby pasture on the outskirts of where plans to place as many as 1,300 people in what supporters call a services campus & critics a .

                                                    State planners say the site, announced last month after a secretive search, will treat addiction & mental illness & provide a humane alternative to the streets, where afflictions often go untreated & people die at alarming rates.

                                                      [?]Nonilex » 🌐
                                                      @Nonilex@masto.ai

                                                      In , ’s Vision for Begins to Take Shape

                                                      The proposed site where Utah plans to place as many as 1,300 homeless people outside of Salt Lake City.

                                                      State officials promise large-scale & treatment at Salt Lake City’s edge. Critics see “a prison, or a warehouse.”


                                                      nytimes.com/2025/10/29/us/poli

                                                        [?]William Lindsey :toad: » 🌐
                                                        @wdlindsy@toad.social

                                                        "Rear Admiral Kurt Rothenhaus was recently removed from his post as chief of naval research, the top post at the Office of Naval Research (ONR), and replaced by Rachel Riley, a former partner at McKinsey & Company and Rhodes Scholar recipient who has been serving since January in a DOGE-related roles inside the Trump administration."


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                                                          [?]William Lindsey :toad: » 🌐
                                                          @wdlindsy@toad.social

                                                          "The experienced head of a critical office that helps organize important technical research and disburse billions of dollars in funding for the U.S. Navy is being replaced by a 33-year-old former DOGE employee with no apparent naval experience."

                                                          ~ Joe Perticone


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                                                          thebulwark.com/p/scoop-trump-r

                                                            [?]William Lindsey :toad: » 🌐
                                                            @wdlindsy@toad.social

                                                            "The very AI tools that are adding to today’s employment problems are being used by the Trump administration to chip away at reality, one white-supremacy meme and one fascistic propaganda video at a time."


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                                                              [?]William Lindsey :toad: » 🌐
                                                              @wdlindsy@toad.social

                                                              "Only a few of the images explicitly say. But their purpose is explained in the accompanying captions: They’re promoting the department’s work on Project Firewall, meant to restore 'pathways to the American Dream by ensuring American Jobs go to American Workers.'"


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                                                                [?]William Lindsey :toad: » 🌐
                                                                @wdlindsy@toad.social

                                                                "A social-media ad campaign from the Department of Labor is going viral for featuring a dozen or more images of young, blond, white men with strong jawlines and cleft chins, in blue-collared workmen’s shirts and jeans—such great jeans. ...

                                                                It’s not the use of AI that’s giving everyone pause, of course."

                                                                ~ Hannah Yoest


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                                                                thebulwark.com/p/what-we-choos

                                                                  [?]William Lindsey :toad: » 🌐
                                                                  @wdlindsy@toad.social

                                                                  "It’s that these pictures, released by the Department of Labor social-media accounts and bearing the department’s seal, are uncomfortably reminiscent of posters from the 1930s. To be more specific: the ‘Heroic Realism’ of Nazi propaganda posters and the similarly stylized patriotic posters later produced in the United States.

                                                                  Why is this style being used now, and what are these images for?"


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                                                                    [?]AI6YR Ben » 🌐
                                                                    @ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org

                                                                    The Atlantic: Top Trump Officials Are Moving Onto Military Bases

                                                                    Stephen Miller, Marco Rubio, Kristi Noem, and others have taken over homes that until recently housed senior officers (Oct. 30, 2025)

                                                                    theatlantic.com/politics/archi

                                                                      [?]William Lindsey :toad: » 🌐
                                                                      @wdlindsy@toad.social

                                                                      "And newly released info shows how Obamacare premiums will soar due to lapsing subsidies. That backdrop of bad news makes President Trump’s tearing down of White House structures to build a gilded ballroom even more damaging."


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                                                                        [?]William Lindsey :toad: » 🌐
                                                                        @wdlindsy@toad.social

                                                                        "The economic news is getting worse. Major companies are announcing mass layoffs, and it’s dominating the headlines, including in the Rust Belt. Food stamps are about to expire for millions. Consumer confidence keeps sliding."

                                                                        ~ Greg Sargent


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                                                                        newrepublic.com/article/202445

                                                                          [?]William Lindsey :toad: » 🌐
                                                                          @wdlindsy@toad.social

                                                                          "It's also a blatant lie. Until its quiet removal on October 1, the website included information on nearly $6 billion in SNAP contingency funds which exist

                                                                          'to ensure that the state can also continue operations during a Federal Government shutdown.' But the Trump regime is hiding the truth to avoid releasing the funding."


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                                                                            [?]William Lindsey :toad: » 🌐
                                                                            @wdlindsy@toad.social

                                                                            "That means millions of children and families will go hungry, not because the resources don’t exist, but because of the inaction and indifference of our government leaders.

                                                                            The message on the USDA website isn't just offensive (and likely a violation of federal ethics laws)."


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                                                                              [?]William Lindsey :toad: » 🌐
                                                                              @wdlindsy@toad.social

                                                                              "'The well has run dry.'

                                                                              That is the current claim on the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) website regarding funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). On November 1, 42 million people -- nearly 1 in 8 U.S. residents -- will lose their access to food assistance if the USDA does nothing to stop it."

                                                                              ~ Faithful America


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                                                                                [?]stux⚡️ » 🌐
                                                                                @stux@mstdn.social

                                                                                Millions of people go onto the street in protests against a President who acts like a king and what does South Korea do..

                                                                                ..give the orange clown dictator a gold crown :nkoFacepalm2:

                                                                                How about we stop reinforcing this lone ruler behavior and put the fcker in his place, like jail

                                                                                  [?]Nonilex » 🌐
                                                                                  @Nonilex@masto.ai

                                                                                  experts said the administration’s moves hearken back to an earlier era when troops were frequently deployed to *quell* & *disturbances*, such as the 1970 shooting in which 4 unarmed college students were killed by the Ohio national guard.

                                                                                    [?]Nonilex » 🌐
                                                                                    @Nonilex@masto.ai

                                                                                    Another document reviewed by the Guardian, dated 24 Sept, mandates the creation of a “specialized military police battalion within the District of Columbia ” that is “dedicated to ensuring safety & public order in the Nation’s capital as the circumstances may necessitate”.
                                                                                    The order requires that a 50-person “full-time element of this unit” be trained & ready for utilization within 90 days & reach full strength by 2027.

                                                                                      [?]Nonilex » 🌐
                                                                                      @Nonilex@masto.ai

                                                                                      Among other things, the are to be trained how to “form Squad-sized Riot Control Formation”, how to “employ a Riot Baton as a Member of a Riot Control Formation”, & how to “Supervise a Riot/Crowd Control Operation”. members are also to be trained in de-escalation of force techniques.

                                                                                        [?]Nonilex » 🌐
                                                                                        @Nonilex@masto.ai

                                                                                        The 8 Oct memo says the will deploy trainers to every state & US territories as far away as Guam with the goal of making the quick reaction forces “operational” by 1 Jan 2026. Each state will also be provided “100 sets of crowd control equipment to be used to support this requirement”.

                                                                                          [?]Nonilex » 🌐
                                                                                          @Nonilex@masto.ai

                                                                                          In a worst-case scenario, she said, “the president could declare a state of emergency & say that elections are rigged & use allegations of voter fraud to seize the ballots of secure voting centers”.

                                                                                          The Pentagon did not respond to repeated requests for comment. A spox for the national guard bureau declined to comment on concerns that is seeking to normalize a national militarized police force or could potentially use the force to seize ballot boxes.

                                                                                            [?]Nonilex » 🌐
                                                                                            @Nonilex@masto.ai

                                                                                            Janessa Goldbeck, a former US Marine Corps captain & chief executive of the Vet Voice Foundation, a non-profit advocacy group, said the order represented “an attempt by the president to normalize a national, militarized police force”.

                                                                                            She predicted that force would be used to send to led by governors without their permission & could be used to suppress turnout and disrupt the fair operation of .

                                                                                              [?]William Lindsey :toad: » 🌐
                                                                                              @wdlindsy@toad.social

                                                                                              That destruction is crystallized and illustrated in the starkest way possible in his razing of a wing of the White House to build a guilded ballroom as he chooses to withhold support for food to hungry families and children.

                                                                                              Please don't tell me you can justify all this in the name of Jesus Christ.

                                                                                              Because you can't.


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                                                                                                [?]Nonilex » 🌐
                                                                                                @Nonilex@masto.ai

                                                                                                As authority, Burkett cited Trump’s August executive order that deployed the guard to fight *crime* in . The same order required the secretary of to create “a standing National Guard quick reaction force … available for rapid nationwide deployment” in “quelling civil disturbances”.

                                                                                                  [?]William Lindsey :toad: » 🌐
                                                                                                  @wdlindsy@toad.social

                                                                                                  White Christians own the Trump presidency, having voted — across the board from evangelicals to mainline Protestants to Catholics — three times in the majority for Trump.

                                                                                                  And for his cruelty visited on children, immigrants, his critics… And for his destruction of longstanding norms of decency and respect for the Constitution that keep democracy going.


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