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“And therefore, we [would] have some additional powers that don’t exist right now,” Honey said in March, according to a recording reviewed by The New York Times from someone who joined the call, “and therefore, we can take these other steps without #Congress & we can mandate that states do things & so on.”
#Trump #law #ElectionLaw #coup #TrumpCoup2 #BigLie #propaganda #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny #UnitedStates
On a call with #FarRight activists in March, before her appointment to #DHS, Honey suggested that the new #Trump admin could declare a “national emergency” & justify dictating new rules to state & local governments. She said this could be based on an “actual investigation” of the 2020 election if it showed there had been a “manipulation” of the vote.
[There have been countless exhaustive investigations]
#law #ElectionLaw #coup #TrumpCoup2 #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #US
In the past few months, #Trump has elevated multiple proponents of his false fraud claims into high-level admin jobs. Now, as government insiders, these activists could wield their newfound power to discredit future results or rekindle old claims to argue for a federal intrusion into locally administered voting systems.
#law #ElectionLaw #coup #TrumpCoup2 #BigLie #propaganda #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny #UnitedStates
The ascent of Honey reflects how #Trump & his allies, despite a clear victory last year, remain consumed with the belief that the 2020 election was stolen — & how Trump is [ab]using the powers of the government to upend an electoral system that he falsely insists helped Joseph R. Biden Jr. take the White House.
Heather Honey, a leader in that movement until her appointment in August as deputy assistant secretary for *election integrity*, complained that her department’s #cybersecurity experts tasked with combating #disinformation about #elections had “strayed from their mission.”
#Trump #law #ElectionLaw #coup #TrumpCoup2 #BigLie #propaganda #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny #UnitedStates
The remark parroted a widespread view on the right that #CISA had sought to silence supporters of #Trump’s false fraud claims. Honey also repeatedly mentioned a false report often cited by #election conspiracists to support their claims that voting machines were rigged to favor Democrats, acc/to the people familiar with the call.
#law #ElectionLaw #coup #TrumpCoup2 #BigLie #propaganda #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny #UnitedStates
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"[Farmers] see that Donald Trump has to make a choice. And his choice is either: Is he going to screw over his billionaire friends in Argentina, or is he going to screw over the farmer? And he’s picking the billionaire."
~ Matt Hildreth of RuralOrganizing.org, whose family has farmed for genereations
#Trump #Argentina #EconomicElites #taxpayers #economy #farmers #agriculture #beef
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https://newrepublic.com/article/202097/trump-screwing-voters-badly-shocked-maga-farmer
"The cost of the Argentine bailout to United States taxpayers may grow to $40 billion. ...
Javier Milei, the President of Argentina, desperately needs an influx of dollars to prevent a rapid devaluation of the peso. Controlling the peso’s value is key to Milei’s plan to reduce inflation, which reached 200% in Argentina in 2023."
"A report this week by the Wall Street Journal details what is really happening. The group of banks assembled by Bessent to help Argentina, which includes JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Citigroup, and Goldman Sachs, is demanding 'some type of guarantee or pledge to ensure they will get their money back.'”
"Specifically, they are asking 'if Washington would plan to backstop the facility.' In other words, these banks are willing to lend Argentina money as long as they can keep the profits, while losses are shouldered by U.S. taxpayers. The Treasury Department did not dispute the Wall Street Journal’s report, saying only that talks with the banks 'remain ongoing' and details would be announced 'when these talks are complete.'”
Rather than offering assurances that the federal government’s #election protection programs would continue uninterrupted, the new official, #HeatherHoney, instead used portions of the meeting to echo rhetoric that has infused the #FarRight *election activist* movement that emerged since #Trump falsely claimed that his 2020 defeat was the result of widespread fraud, acc/to 5 people with knowledge of the call.
#law #ElectionLaw #TrumpCoup2 #BigLie #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny #US
#Election officials from nearly all 50 states gathered on a call last month with #DHS’s point person on “election integrity,” eager to hear how the woman filling a newly created #Trump admin position might help safeguard the #vote ahead of next year’s #midterms.
But many of them left alarmed.
#law #ElectionLaw #coup #TrumpCoup2 #BigLie #propaganda #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny #UnitedStates
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#Trump Empowers #ElectionDeniers, Still Fixated on False 2020 Grievances
Trump has placed proponents of his #BigLie into government jobs while dismantling systems built to secure voting, raising fears that he aims to seize authority over #elections ahead of next year’s #midterms.
#law #ElectionLaw #coup #TrumpCoup2 #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny #UnitedStates
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/us/politics/trump-election-deniers-voting-security.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
And that’s if you’re lucky enough to qualify for the #ACA. If not, you’re looking at #Medicaid [again if you qualify], paying for private #HealthInsurance which runs $6,000 – $20,000+ a year depending on coverage , or going entirely without.
#law #Trump #Republicans #OrchestratedShutdown #HealthInequality #EconomicDiscrimination #HealthyIfYoureWealthy
Premiums nationwide are set to rise by 18% on average, acc/to an analysis of preliminary rate filings by the nonpartisan #health policy group KFF. That, combined with the loss of extra subsidies, have left Americans with the worst year-over-year price hikes in the 12 years since the marketplaces launched.
Nationally, the average marketplace consumer will pay $1,904 in annual premiums next year, up from $888 in 2025, acc/to KFF.
#law #OrchestratedShutdown #Trump #GOP #HealthyIfYoureWealthy
#HealthInsurance sticker shock begins as #Trump & #Republicans keep the government #shutdown & refuse to negotiate #healthcare subsidies
Many states have shown rising premiums ahead of open enrollment for Affordable Care Act [#ACA] plans. #Congressional Republicans remain unmovable over extending covid-era subsidies that bring #health costs down.
#law #OrchestratedShutdown #HealthInequality #EconomicDiscrimination #HealthyIfYoureWealthy
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/10/22/obamacare-aca-enrollment-price-increases/
The letter came a day after Reuters disclosed that a review of government records showed that the interagency group drew dozens of officials from the #CIA, the #ODNI, the #DOJ, the #FBI & other departments.
The existence of the interagency group indicates the #Trump admin’s push to deploy government power against Trump’s perceived foes is broader & more systematic than previously reported.
#law #LegalEthics #RevengePolitics #WeaponizationOfGovernment
The Steady State, a rule-of-law advocacy group, issued its call for congressional inquiries into the Interagency Weaponization Working Group in a letter to the top #Republicans & #Democrats on the #Senate & #House #intelligence, #judiciary & armed services committees.
#Trump #law #LegalEthics #RevengePolitics #WeaponizationOfGovernment
https://steadystate1.substack.com/p/steady-state-letter-to-congress-reports
Update:
Former #US officials urge #Congress to examine 'weaponization' working group
A group of hundreds of former US #NationalSecurity officials late Tuesday urged lawmakers to examine an internal government group that has been coordinating #Trump's #retribution drive against his perceived enemies.
#law #LegalEthics #RevengePolitics #WeaponizationOfGovernment
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/former-us-officials-urge-congress-examine-weaponization-working-group-2025-10-21/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement
The memo was issued the same day the vast majority of #Pentagon #journalists exited the building rather than agree to the #Defense Dept’s new restrictions on their work….
Acc/to the memo, a copy of which was authenticated by a Pentagon official, “unauthorized engagements with #Congress by personnel acting in their official capacity, no matter how well-intentioned, may undermine Department-wide priorities critical to achieving our legislative objectives.”
Leaders at the #Pentagon have significantly altered how #military officials will speak with #Congress after a pair of new memos issued last week.
In an Oct 15 memo, #Defense Sec #PeteHegseth & his deputy, Steve Feinberg, ordered Pentagon officials—including the chair of the #JointChiefs of Staff—to obtain permission from the dept’s main legislative affairs office before they have ANY communication with Capitol Hill.
#law #democracy #accountability #oversight #Trump
https://apnews.com/article/defense-department-pentagon-hegseth-congress-c15a2050aa95998f28e31a6b5c1d287a
…Whether #Trump will get his payout is officially up to #DOJ’s Deputy Attorney General, or the Associate Attorney General who oversees the agency’s civil division. Those jobs are held respectively by #ToddBlanche, a former Trump lawyer who represented Trump on the Mar-a-Lago case, & #StanleyWoodward, who represented a Trump co-defendant in that case, along with various current Trump aides.
NYT reported Tues that #Trump “is demanding that the Justice Department pay him about $230 million in compensation for the federal investigations into him.” Those are #DOJ probes into connections between Trump’s 2016 campaign & #Russia’s intelligence activities intended to help him win that election, & Trump’s alleged violation of the #Espionage Act, & other laws, by evading DOJ efforts to recover highly #ClassifiedDocuments that Trump lifted from the White House….
#law
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/10/trump-justice-doj-settlement-230-million/
#Trump straight up robbing #taxpayers
Trump Demands #DOJ Pay Him $230 Million For Federal Investigations Into Him
Senior department officials who were defense lawyers for Trump & those in his orbit are now in jobs that typically must approve any such payout, underscoring potential ethical conflicts.
#law #LegalEthics #RevengePolitics #propaganda
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/us/politics/trump-justice-department-compensation.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
#Ethics #Watchdog Group Seeks Investigation Into Border Czar & Contracts Following ProPublica Report
The nonpartisan Campaign Legal Center has called on the #DHS inspector general to investigate potential conflicts of interest and & violations by border czar #TomHoman & his senior adviser Mark Hall.
#law #bribery #corruption #criminal #Trump
https://www.propublica.org/article/border-czar-tom-homan-mark-hall-conflicts-interest-ethics-investigation
#JohnBrennan, who led the #CIA during an investigation into Russian #ElectionInterference in 2016, has been historically critical of #Trump on #Russia. Just before his tenure as CIA director ended in 2017, he warned that he didn’t think Trump had “a full appreciation of Russian capabilities, Russia’s intentions & actions that they are undertaking in many parts of the world.”
#law #LegalEthics #RevengePolitics #propaganda #House #judiciary #Republicans
#JohnBrennan Becomes the Next Target in #Trump Revenge Quest
The #House #Judiciary Committee has referred the former #CIA chief to the #DOJ for criminal prosecution on the grounds that he “knowingly made false statements” to #Congress about Trump’s collusion with #Russia during a hearing in May 2023.
#law #LegalEthics #RevengePolitics #propaganda
https://newrepublic.com/post/202081/john-brennan-trump-revenge-justice-department
Judge questions whether #NewJersey Rep #LaMonicaMcIver was illegally targeted by #Trump admin
McIver attorney Paul Fishman argued McIver was prosecuted because she was a #Democrat, meanwhile Trump gave #pardons to hundreds of people who attacked police at the Capitol on #Jan6, 2021, & the #DOJ dropped numerous additional assault cases at Trump’s direction, despite video evidence of the attacks.
#law #LegalEthics #RevengePolitics
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/21/lamonica-mciver-hearing-trump-00617224
I should think so
#Trump pick to lead federal watchdog agency withdraws after sick #racist text messages were revealed
#PaulIngrassia, who was nominated to lead the Office of Special Counsel, had been scheduled to have his confirmation hearing this week.
#law #MAGA #GOP #Republicans #Nazis #antisemitism #racism #WhiteSupremacy #MaleSupremacy #WhiteChristianNationalism
https://apnews.com/article/trump-special-counsel-ingrassia-texts-d11db9dc83767040f56a16766a3c240b?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-10-21-Breaking+News
Simon Rosenberg shares the latest Economist/YouGov polling results, which shows Trump with a 21% approval rating among independent voters.
#Trump #Republicans #poll #ApprovalRating
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https://www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/stuart-stevens-discusses-his-trip
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Polling results from Economist/YouGov showing Trump with a 21% approval rating among indpendent voters
"This is what happens when corruption replaces competence. When narcissism replaces governance. When a con man mistakes the Oval Office for a casino floor."
#Trump #Republicans #poll #ApprovalRating #WhiteHouse #ballroom #corruption #narcissism
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"At the same time, the Wall Street Journal reported that the Treasury Department has quietly instructed its employees not to share photos of the ongoing 'ballroom construction' at the White House, a project that has already led to the demolition of parts of the East Wing. Treasury officials, whose building sits adjacent to the White House, reportedly have a front-row view of what can only be described as desecration."
#Trump #Republicans #poll #ApprovalRating #WhiteHouse #ballroom
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"The latest Gallup poll found that Americans now trust Democrats over Republicans to 'keep the country prosperous,' by a margin of 47% to 43%. Just a year ago, Republicans led that same question by 13 points. That’s a 17-point swing, a direct reflection of Trump’s disastrous leadership."
~ Ben Meiselas
#Trump #Republicans #poll #ApprovalRating
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https://www.meidasplus.com/p/breaking-afternoon-news-updates-102125
The #Trump admin is exploring moving the $15B program that supports #students w/ #disabilities to a different agency within the federal govt as it works to close the #Education Dept altogether, a department ofcl said Tuesday.
The effort comes on the heels of the agency’s decision this month to lay off the vast majority of employees working on #SpecialEducation services & months after *Education* Secy [pro wrestling promoter] Linda McMahon talked about moving the program to #HHS.
I am so afraid for the future
#Trump admin seeks to move #SpecialEducation to #RFKJr’s #HHS
The move would affect the $15 billion #IDEA program & comes as the admin seeks to close down the federal #Education Department
#law
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2025/10/21/trump-special-education-move/
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Predictable
The Trump admin said on Tuesday that there are “no plans” for #Trump & #Putin to meet in the immediate future, marking an abrupt postponement of a meeting Trump said a few days ago would happen in Hungary.
The statement came hours after #Russia’s top diplomat signaled a wide chasm between Moscow & Washington on ending the #war in #Ukraine.
#geopolitics
https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-putin-trump-1f22a02dda9adff079383370ee69f95c?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-10-21-Breaking+News
Trump played by Putin. No meeting, just canceled Tomahawks.
https://bbc.com/news/articles/c4gjp73gp41o
#trump #putin #zelensky #geopolitics @geopolitics a.gup.pe
I hope people realize this is a DIFFERENT leaked group chat with Republican leaders — not “young Republicans” — with many many serious racist slurs made by Trump’s nominee for the Office Of Special Counsel
#PaulIngrassia #Trump #law #MAGA #GOP #Republicans #Nazis #antisemitism #racism #WhiteSupremacy #MaleSupremacy #WhiteChristianNationalism
#NorthCarolina State Senate Approves New Congressional Map in Effort to Add a #Republican Seat
The #Trump admin has pushed #Republicans nationwide to redraw #House district maps before the midterm #elections next year.
#law #ElectionLaw #gerrymandering #redistricting #rigged #midterms #election
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/us/north-carolina-congressional-map-republicans.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
With the headline "Only the Best People," David Kurtz reports:
"A Trump-pardoned Jan. 6 rioter has been charged with threatening to kill House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) ahead of his a Monday speech to the Economic Club of New York."
#Trump #MAGA #HakeemJeffries #fascism #violence
https://morningmemo.talkingpointsmemo.com/p/lindsey-halligan-gets-her-very-own
Pedro Molina comments on the … strangeness … of Trump's belief that he deserves a Nobel Peace Prize as he puts out an AI video of homself as a king bombing his fellow citizens with excrement.
#Trump #MentalDecline #dementia #rage #dissociation #fascism #NoKings #ShitShow #NobelPrize
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https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/10/21/2349573/-Cartoon-Nobel-Peace-Prize-2026
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A political cartoon by Pedro Molina commenting on Trump's video showing him bombing his fellow citizens with excrement while he claims he deserves a Nobel Peace Prize
A month later, discussing why some #Republicans feel that Democrats make Black people into victims, the texts show #PaulIngrassia remarked:
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“Blacks behave that way because that’s their natural state … You can’t change them.” He then added, acc/to the chat: “Proof: all of Africa is a shithole, & will always be that way.” (In his 1st term, #Trump used the term “shithole countries” to describe some African nations & Haiti.)
#GOP #Nazis #antisemitism #racism #WhiteSupremacy #MaleSupremacy
…#PaulIngrassia made other #racist remarks, according to the chain.
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In January 2024, he wrote of former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy: “Never trust a chinaman or Indian” & then added: “NEVER,” the texts show. Ramaswamy, the son of Indian immigrants, declined to comment.
#Trump #MAGA #GOP #Republicans #Nazis #antisemitism #racism #WhiteSupremacy #MaleSupremacy #WhiteChristianNationalism
The existence of the messages comes as Ingrassia’s nomination to lead the Office of #SpecialCounsel — an agency that investigates federal employee #whistleblower complaints & #discrimination claims, among other sensitive work — is already in trouble. Earlier this month, POLITICO reported that #PaulIngrassia, 30, has been the subject of an internal investigation at DHS, where he works as WH liaison, after a #SexualHarassment complaint was filed against him.
“I do have a Nazi streak in me from time to time, I will admit it,” #PaulIngrassia responded, according to the chain. One of the people in the text group said in an interview that Ingrassia’s comment was not taken as a joke, & three participants pushed back against Ingrassia during the text exchange that day.
#Trump #MAGA #GOP #Republicans #Nazis #antisemitism #racism #WhiteSupremacy #MaleSupremacy #WhiteChristianNationalism
…In May 2024, the group was bantering about a #Trump campaign staffer who’d been hired in Georgia & was working on outreach to minority voters, when #PaulIngrassia suggested she didn’t show enough deference to the Founding Fathers being white, acc/to the chat.
“Paul belongs in the Hitler Youth with Ubergruppenfuhrer Steve Bannon,” the first participant in the chat wrote, referring to the paramilitary rank in #Nazi Germany & the #Republican strategist.
POLITICO interviewed 2 people in the chat & granted them anonymity after they expressed concerns about personal & professional repercussions. One retained the messages & showed the text chain in its entirety to POLITICO, which independently verified that the number listed on the chain belongs to #PaulIngrassia. The person said he came forward because he wants “the government to be staffed with experienced people who are taken seriously.”