But also in March, Trump’s ally #SteveBannon said that he is “a firm believer that President Trump will run & win again in 2028,” adding that he & others are working on ways to do it, which would require circumventing the #22ndAmendment. (Bannon later told The Economist: “#Trump is gonna be president in ’28, & people just ought to get accommodated with that.” He added, “At the appropriate time, we’ll lay out what the plan is. But there’s a plan.”)

#law #Constitution #authoritarianism #fascism

In March, #Trump refused to rule out a third term, saying that he was “not joking” about the prospect & claiming that “there are methods which you could do it.” He was asked about the idea of VP #JDVance running for the presidency, getting elected, & then passing the baton back to him. “That’s one,” he said. “But there are others, too.” As he so often does, Trump later claimed that he wasn’t being serious.

#law #ElectionLaw #Constitution #22A #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism

#Trump proved in 2021 that he would do anything to remain in the White House. Even after the violence of #Jan6, his second #impeachment, & the conviction & incarceration of scores of his followers, he reiterated his willingness to subvert the 2024 #election. That proved unnecessary. Yet since his victory, Trump has again told the American people that he is prepared to do what it takes to remain in #power, the #Constitution be damned.

#law #ElectionLaw #22A #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism

With his every word & deed, #Trump has given Americans reason to believe that he will seek a third term, in defiance of the #Constitution. It seems abundantly clear that he will hold on to the office at any cost, including America’s ruin.

The #Founders of our nation foresaw a figure like Trump, a #demagogue who would ascend to the presidency & refuse to relinquish #power to a successor chosen by the American people in a free & fair #election.

#law #ElectionLaw #22A #authoritarianism #fascism

Since his second inauguration, #Trump has seized #authoritarian control over the #FederalGovernment & demanded the #obedience of the other powerful institutions of American society — #universities, #LawFirms, #media companies [& more]. The question weighing heavily on the minds of many Americans is whether Trump will subvert next year’s #midterm #elections or the 2028 presidential #election to extend his reign.

#law #ElectionLaw #Constitution #22A #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny

#GiftArticle

PRESIDENT FOR LIFE

#Trump is trying to amass the powers of a #king.

By J. Michael Luttig

In the normal course of history, the president of the #UnitedStates is a figure who inspires optimism in the American people. The 47th president prefers to stir feelings of fear, vulnerability, hopelessness, & political inevitability—the sense that he, & only he, can rescue the nation from looming peril.

#law #ElectionLaw #Constitution #22A #authoritarianism #fascism
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/12/trump-third-term-authoritarianism/684616/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxe5K46zpx06xRWqfOz8AZR4

#KenPaxton filed the suit against Johnson & Johnson, which sold #Tylenol for decades, & Kenvue, a spinoff company that has sold the drug since 2023.

The #Texas lawsuit claims that the companies knowingly withheld evidence from consumers about Tylenol’s links to #autism & #ADHD. The suit also claims that Kenvue was created to shield Johnson & Johnson from liability over Tylenol.

#law #ConspiracyTheories #RFKJr #Trump

Ridiculous

#KenPaxton, the Republican AG of #Texas & all around POS, sued the makers of #Tylenol Tuesday, claiming that the companies hid the risks of the drug on brain development of children.

The lawsuit is the latest fallout from #Trump’s claim last month that use of Tylenol during pregnancy can cause #autism. That link is UNPROVEN.

#law #ConspiracyTheories #RFKJr
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/health/tylenol-autism-texas-lawsuit.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

recent price chart for the #TRUMP #memecoin shows a massive crash in price on the left (when Trump announced new tariffs on #china) and a massive pump just now (when Trump TACOed and announced there would be a trade deal with china) coincidentally back to exactly the same price it was before the first announcement.

99.9% of TRUMP trading happens on offshore #crypto exchanges that are controlled by chinese nationals and banned from operating within the US.

every $1 the price moves up the trump family gets a billion dollars and every $1 the price goes down the trump family loses a billion dollars.

put it all together and it means the chinese can pump or dump the trump family's net worth by billions any time they want to. the response will be predictably pavlovian.

#uspol #prc #Uspolitics #corruption #cryptocurrency #memecoins #TACO #tariffs #tariff #tradewar

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price chart of Trump showing drop from $7.50 to $5.50 on october 11th and immediate jump from $6.00 to $7.50 a few hours ago

Fuuuuuck

Benton of #8thCircuit to take senior status, giving #Trump first Federal Circuit 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 that Trump could fill.

#law #judiciary #CoEqualBranchesOfGovernment #TrumpCoup2
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/8th-circuits-benton-take-senior-status-giving-trump-first-vacancy-2025-10-27/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement

#California, the nation’s largest Democratic-led state, has passed a #law restricting what #teachers can say in the classroom, & has walked back an effort to require high school students to take classes in ethnic studies.

…these developments have also set off alarms among #FreeSpeech advocates, as the #Trump admin pushes to punish speech it dislikes & to impose its patriotic vision of #US #history on #schools.

#education #AcademicFreedom #Constitution #FirstAmendment

In the #Trump era, #history & #civics education are under a microscope.

Several major #curriculum #publishers have withdrawn products from the market, while others have found that #teachers are shying away from lessons that were once uncontroversial, on topics as basic as constitutional limits on executive power.

#education #law #Constitution #AcademicFreedom

The effort began in #Texas at the behest of #Trump & has touched off months of maneuvering in several states. #Missouri & #NorthCarolina have passed new maps to favor #Republicans. Leaders in #California, vowed a #redistricting push of their own to counter the moves in Republican states.

#Virginia, where #Democrats control the legislature, appears poised to join the fray in an attempt to swing as many as 3 of the state’s 11 congressional seats from Republicans to Democrats.

#law #redistricting

In a strong condemnation of both parties on Monday, the #AFGE argued the #shutdown is an “avoidable crisis” harming American families & workers across the nation.

“Both political parties have made their point, & still there is no clear end in sight,” Everett Kelley, president of the AFGE, wrote. “It’s time to pass a clean continuing resolution & end this shutdown today. No half measures, & no gamesmanship.”

#Congress #CR #Trump #Republicans
https://www.afge.org/article/its-past-time-to-end-this-shutdown/

"My hope is in the next 5 or 8 years, we will turn most cancers, many of which today are ultimate death sentences, into manageable conditions," Wright said.

[that sounds great, but #Trump has defunded #CleanEnergy, he actually wants to use #coal & other #FossilFuels which will increase #cancer rates!]

#science #law #EnvironmentalLaw #AI #tech #energy #electricity #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis

CNBC's All-American Economic Survey, conducted 8-12 October:

53% of Americans blame Trump and the Republicans for the shutdown

37% blame Democrats

#Trump #shutdown #SNAP #food #EconomicElites #paychecks #HealthInsurance
/5

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A graphic showing results of CNBC's All-American Economic Survey, conducted 8-12 October: 53% of Americans blame Trump and the Republicans for the shutdown 37% blame Democrats

"We enter this crisis week with Trump out of the country and Mike Johnson having functionally dissolved the House. Republicans are completely AWOL. Unconcerned. Reckless. Irresponsible. Just un-American levels of sabotage, plunder, and betrayal."

~ Simon Rosenberg

#Trump #shutdown #SNAP #food #EconomicElites #paychecks #HealthInsurance
/4

https://www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/with-our-elections-a-week-away-our

"And that’s to say nothing of the Nov. 1 date that open enrollment begins for Affordable Care Act health plans. That’s when people will start to see just how much their premiums are set to skyrocket because insurers aren’t confident Democrats and Republicans will reach a deal to extend enhanced tax credits before they expire at the end of the year — a central point of conflict amid the partisan shutdown impasse."

#Trump #shutdown #SNAP #food #EconomicElites #paychecks #HealthInsurance
/3

"Popular programs that provide nutrition assistance, early childhood education and air service to rural communities are now among those about to run out of money.

Thousands of federal employees will also miss their first full paychecks this week, so services like TSA screenings and air traffic control operations could be further stunted if those workers stop showing up…."

#Trump #shutdown #SNAP #food #EconomicElites #paychecks #HealthInsurance
/2

"The government shutdown gets uglier at the end of this week.

With President Donald Trump traveling abroad and Congress still deeply divided over a path to fund federal agencies, a pileup of deadlines on and around Nov. 1 is set to put many U.S. households at risk of new hardship:"

~ Jennifer Scholtes

#Trump #shutdown #SNAP #food #EconomicElites #paychecks #HealthInsurance
/1

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/27/government-shutdown-funding-programs-00622376

"In our new gilded age, everything is for sale. … When a Gilded Age name like Mellon is dominating the news, it’s hard to resist framing the current moment as runaway billionaire-ism."

~ David Kurtz

#Trump #EconomicElites #WhiteHouse #EastWing #EpsteinBallroom #ballroom #TimothyMellon #military #corruption
/9

https://morningmemo.talkingpointsmemo.com/p/in-our-new-gilded-age-everything

"- Threatened Argentine voters with consequences if they didn't support Javier Milei
- Said he doesn't care if Congress stays out of session for the rest of the year
- Refused to distribute legally required SNAP benefits to 40 million kids and families"

#Trump #WhiteHouse #EastWing #EpsteinBallroom #ballroom #EconomicElites #Venezuela #Argentina #Colombia #shutdown #SNAP #food
/8

"In the last 9 days, Trump:

- Demolished the East Wing without approval
- Told Congress he won't seek approval for boat airstrikes
- Said the US is considering land strikes in Venezuela
- Threatened war with Colombia
- Accepted $130 million in military funding from a billionaire"

~ Max Burns

#Trump Trump #WhiteHouse #EastWing #EpsteinBallroom #ballroom #EconomicElites #Venezuela #Argentina #Colombia
/7

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1982155036168802467.html

"Universities, law firms, news companies are buckling under the president’s threats, and billionaires are treated like members of the royal family."

#Trump #universities #immigrants #ICE #WhiteHouse #EastWing #EpsteinBallroom #ballroom #military #Pentagon #DOJ #EconomicElites
/7

"Donald Trump is persecuting his political rivals or supposed enemies and demanding the justice department hand over $230m. Armed military personnel are being sent into American cities on false pretexts. The Pentagon, relabeled the Department of War, has – in effect – rid itself of day-to-day journalistic scrutiny as it spends what could amount to nearly $1tn of taxpayer money."

#Trump #military #Pentagon #DOJ #EconomicElites
/6

"These days, in late October 2025, many of us barely recognize the nation we live in. People suspected of being illegal immigrants are rounded up and shoved into vans, sometimes denied due process. The East Wing of the 'people’s house' – the White House – is being destroyed for an obscene ballroom.

~ Margaret Sullivan

#Trump #immigrants #ICE #WhiteHouse #EastWing #EpsteinBallroom #ballroom #EconomicElites
/5

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/26/america-tragic-change-2024-election

"The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) said on Saturday that food benefits under one of the country’s biggest social assistance programs would not be issued in November amid the ongoing federal government shutdown. More than 41 million depend on the monthly payments, according to the USDA."

~ Nicola Slawson

#Trump #shutdown #SNAP #food #EconomicElites #FoodStamps
/4

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/27/first-thing-us-and-china-agree-framework-for-trade-deal-ahead-of-xi-trump-meeting

"Trump’s mask-off economic doctrine is on full display: Riches for friends, pain for enemies. Is it any wonder business leaders are falling in line?"

~ The Bulwark

#Trump #shutdown #SNAP #food #EconomicElites #FoodStamps #tariffs #TradeWar
/3

https://www.thebulwark.com/p/totally-brazen-comically-corrupt-painfully-dumb-trump-economic-policy-tariffs-canada

"As one food bank advocate in New York worried, 'The charitable food system was not designed to sustain the scope of services SNAP provides.'”

I'm a dancin' fool
Dancin' fool
I hear that beat I jump outta my seat
But I can't compete 'cause I'm a
Dancin' fool

#Trump #shutdown #SNAP #food #EconomicElites #FoodStamps
/2

"As food assistance runs out and a billionaire offers money for troops, Trump dances in Malaysia. ...

While Trump could be seen dancing like a fool on a red carpet in Kuala Lumpur over the weekend, actual patriots at food banks and other grassroots organizations were bracing to serve large populations in need."

~ Steven Beschloss

#Trump #shutdown #SNAP #food #EconomicElites #FoodStamps
/1

https://www.americaamerica.news/p/hunger-bribes-and-sociopathy

#Indiana #Republican Gov #MikeBraun called Monday for state lawmakers to return to Indianapolis for an emergency session to redraw the state’s congressional map.

#Trump has pressured Republican governors nationwide to draw new maps so the #GOP can keep control of the #House in the #midterms. While #Republicans in #Texas, #Missouri & #NorthCarolina moved quickly to obey their #DearLeader, Indiana lawmakers have been more hesitant.

#MafiaState #law #gerrymandering
https://apnews.com/article/indiana-redistricting-special-session-braun-63f3447efcc34529dfc363a96a763b6e?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-10-27-Breaking+News

#Trump has been forthright about his intention to bring about a #DeathPenalty renaissance, & now his efforts are coming to fruition. This yr has been a particularly lethal one for the #US’ #DeathRow prisoners. Together, #Alabama, #Arizona, #Florida, #Indiana, #Louisiana, #Mississippi, #Missouri, #Oklahoma, #SouthCarolina, #Tennessee, & #Texas have executed a total of 40 people in the past 10 months by injection, nitrogen hypoxia, & firing squad, surpassing 2024’s total of 25—a significant spike…

#GiftArticle

The Next Golden Age of the #DeathPenalty Is Beginning

#Trump & the #Republican Party are bringing #CapitalPunishment back to the forefront of American #criminal justice.

#law #US
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/10/death-penalty-golden-age-trump/684691/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxUVtWoT14LPwwRDqhowRGMc

Maybe a bit controversial statement, but has democracy not already died in the US? Congress has no effective oversight anymore, GOP only listens to Trump, democratic party is totally ineffective. Rule of law is severely damaged.
#USA #democracy #politics #trump

"Axios: 'The NYT reported in Aug that Bessent owns as much as $25 million worth of North Dakota corn and soybean farmland, which he rents out for more than $1 million a year in income. Bessent has delayed divesting his farm holdings, required under an ethics agreement in place since he took office, though he has said he will do so by the end of the year.'”

#Trump #Bessent #tariffs #agriculture #farmers #soybeans
/3

"From his perch as a long-time global currency trader on Wall Street, Bessent also invested $25 million in midwest land, which he leases out to actual farmers. He is not a 'soybean farmer,' he is the LANDLORD of some soybean farmers. And he’s claiming, with a net worth of $521 million, that he is also 'feeling the pain' of the trade just like the farmers he is putting out of business."

#Trump #Bessent #tariffs #agriculture #farmers #soybeans
/2

"Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent preposterously claimed on ABC that he is suffering with farmers going under because of Trump’s tariffs because he is also a soybean farmer: 'Martha, in case you don’t know it, I’m actually a soybean farmer, so I have felt this pain too.'"

~ Ron Filipkowski

#Trump #Bessent #tariffs #agriculture #farmers #soybeans
/1

https://www.meidasplus.com/p/this-weekend-in-politics-bulletin-eae

"And why will Trump have that third term? 'We have to finish what we started. We need him for at least one more term,' Bannon said, describing Trump as a 'vehicle of divine providence, he’s an instrument.'”

#Trump #autocrats #dictator #authoritarianism #religion #SteveBannon
/3

"In recent interviews with 60 Minutes and The Economist, Bannon made news (as intended) with his claim that there will be a Trump 2028 victory, regardless of the constitutional ban on third terms: 'He’s going to get a third term ... so Trump is going to be president in 2028. And people just ought to get accommodated with that,' Bannon told The Economist."

#Trump #autocrats #dictator #authoritarianism #religion #SteveBannon
/2

"It is telling that now, when reports of the profits Trump and his family are making from holding public office proliferate, and masked ICE agents beat up and kidnap people in the streets, Steven Bannon is taking to elite establishment media to spread this message [that Trump is a vehicle of divine providence]."

~ Ruth Ben-Ghiat

#Trump #autocrats #dictator #authoritarianism #religion #SteveBannon
/1

https://lucid.substack.com/p/tina-there-is-no-alternative-and

As previously reported, the #EEOC even moved to dismiss its own active lawsuits against companies that had been credibly accused of discriminating against #trans & #nonbinary workers. Seawright’s complaint says that the EEOC’s internal non-discrimination & inclusion policy regarding gender identity & sexual orientation, which has existed since at least 2009, was also rescinded by Lucas.

#Trump #law #LaborLaw #CivilRights #LGBTQ #discrimination

“The conditions of my employment have continued to deteriorate & I expect they will become worse as Acting Chair Lucas takes further steps to discriminate against #transgender employees,” his complaint said.

Meanwhile, elsewhere at the agency, #EEOC staff were instructed to stop processing complaints from workers alleging #LBGTQ+ #discrimination.

#Trump #law #LaborLaw #CivilRights

Seawright, who identifies as a queer trans man, has also served as an employee-elected board leader of the agency’s #LGBTQ+ employee resource group; that is, until the #Trump adminn’s newly appointed #EEOC chair, Andrea Lucas, disbanded it in January.

#law #LaborLaw #CivilRights

Under #Trump, Federal #Workplace Anti-Discrimination Agency Engaged in…Workplace #Discrimination

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (#EEOC) was established by the 1964 #CivilRights Act to enforce anti-discrimination laws in workplaces across the country. But under Trump, the federal agency tasked with helping workers who experienced hostile work environments became a hostile work environment itself, acc/to one judge’s recent ruling.

#law #LaborLaw #LGBTQ
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/10/under-trump-eeoc-discriminated-against-trans-man-marc-seawright/

The test, alongside a #nuclear drill last week, sends a message that #Russia, in Putin's words, will never bow to pressure from the West over the #war in #Ukraine as #Trump takes a tougher stance against Russia to push for a #ceasefire.

Russia's top general, Valery Gerasimov, chief of the general staff of Russia's armed forces, told #Putin the #missile travelled 14,000 km (8,700 miles) & was in the air for about 15 hours when it was tested on October 21.

#geopolitics #Europe #StandWithUkraine

“Bottom line, the well has run dry,” the #USDA said in a post on its website. "At this time, there will be no benefits issued November 01."

>41 million depend on the monthly payments…. In some states, like #NewMexico, dependence on the program is as high as 21% of residents…

The agency's announcement came after >200 #Democrats in the #House on Friday called on USDA to draw on its emergency reserves to fund Nov #food benefits.

#SNAP #FoodStamps #Trump #RFKJr #PublicHealth #plutocracy #USpol

#USDA says NO #food #aid benefits will be issued next month

The #US Dept of Agriculture said Saturday that food benefits under one of the country's biggest social assistance programs will not be issued next month amid the ongoing #government #shutdown.

The shutdown is now in its 25th day, w/ #Republicans refusing to negotiate w/ #Democrats in #Congress.

#SNAP #FoodStamps #Trump #RFKJr #PublicHealth #HealthyIfYoureWealthy #SocialCleansing #EconomicDiscrimination #USpol
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-department-agriculture-says-no-food-aid-benefits-will-be-issued-next-month-2025-10-26/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement