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[?]Nonilex » 🌐
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This spring, Judge Matsumoto oversaw a revocation hearing for Braun during which a former live-in testified about an incident on Feb. 15 in which Braun entered her room & put her into a headlock. Then, she said, Braun moved her hand over his bare genitals & groped her breasts.

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

    After Braun was released, his bad behavior resumed, with a flurry of disturbing transgressions this year, prosecutors said.

    Braun remained free after each. Only in April, after he was charged with assaulting the , was he brought before Judge Matsumoto on charges of violating his supervised release. She ordered him detained.

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

      …Braun’s troubles began more than 15 years ago…. Not until May 2019 was Braun was sentenced by Judge Matsumoto to 10 years in prison; he reported in 2020. commuted his sentence just before leaving the presidency after Braun’s family had hired the lawyer , Trump’s ally & lawyer [also ] at the time, to lobby on his behalf.

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

        The Braun case demonstrates how has eschewed a longstanding process of formally reviewing clemency applications, instead handing out pardons & commutations in a freewheeling manner unlike any previous president. He has helped supporters, comparing their prosecutions to the *witch hunts* he says were waged against him [when a rich white male is held accountable].

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

          On Monday, Judge Matsumoto gave Braun 27 months, but he will have to serve only 20, because he was given credit for previous time in custody this year. The judge also said he must serve 3½ years of supervised release after his sentence, & undergo 6 months of residential treatment for drug abuse & mental illness.

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

            Holy shit! This muther f⁕⚠︎er was also accused of assaulting a 3-year-old !!, & was continuing to make usurious loans to struggling small businesses. Judge Kiyo A. Matsumoto of Federal District Court in Brooklyn found this year that he had violated the terms of his supervised release, & federal prosecutors asked that the judge sentence him to 5 years in .

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

              Braun, whose family used a connection to Trump’s son-in-law, , to obtain the commutation in Jan 2021, is at least the 8th to whom granted during his 1st term who has since been charged with a . Several others pardoned more recently after being convicted of committed during the , 2021, have also run into trouble with the .

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

                The sentencing of the man, Jonathan Braun, who had a long history of & in 2011 pleaded to & , demonstrates how ’s handling of & has allowed some convicts to return to criminality.

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

                  POS just doesn’t cover this

                  by Is Sentenced Again, This Time to 27 Months

                  A Brooklyn federal judge found that Jonathan Braun had violated the rules of his release by sexually assaulting a , swinging an IV pole at a , threatening a congregant at his , & dodging in his Lamborghini & Ferrari.


                  nytimes.com/2025/11/10/nyregio

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

                    The case, a potential blockbuster that asks to determine the meaning of “Election Day,” adds another high-profile fight over elections & to the court’s term. Already, the court’s docket includes a lawsuit over who can sue to challenge ’ mail-in ballot rules & a battle over the congressional district map that could gut a remaining pillar of the .

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

                      said Monday that it would hear a challenge to ’s counting of -in received after Election Day, a case that could upend mail-in ballot rules in dozens of , creating chaos leading up to the 2026 .

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

                        to Hear Major Challenge to In Laws

                        The justices agreed to hear a challenge to ’s , a case that could upend similar measures in dozens of before the 2026 .


                        nytimes.com/2025/11/10/us/poli

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

                          Allegations against Governor , which she denies, prompted to try to remove her from the central bank. The has brought charges of mortgage fraud against . James also denies the accusations & has pleaded not guilty.
                          
 has also remained close with Trump, at one point handing him a draft letter to fire Fed Chair , whom Pulte repeatedly attacks on social media for not lowering interest rates.

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

                            official fired workers who were looking into his ally
                            
The actions have also sowed uncertainty & undermined confidence in Pulte across the industry.

                            …Relatively unknown before joining the admin, Pulte has built tremendous influence since he was sworn in in March. He has also raised unproven claims of mortgage fraud against several of Trump’s perceived enemies.


                            washingtonpost.com/business/20

                              [?]Lobsters » 🤖 🌐
                              @lobsters@mastodon.social

                              A New Compact lobste.rs/s/vaxqh6
                              opensourcerer.eu/a-new-compact/

                                Gene Cowan 🏳️‍🌈 boosted

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

                                admin renews appeal to keep full payments frozen

                                The request is the latest in a flurry of legal activity over how a program that helps buy groceries for 42 million Americans should proceed during the historic US govt . Lower courts have ruled that the govt must keep FULL payments flowing, & SCOTUS asked the admin to respond after an appeals court ruled against it again late Sunday.


                                apnews.com/article/snap-food-b

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

                                  … himself did not attend the event, but his wife, the actor , received loud applause at a dinner Saturday night & headlined a roster of *luminaries* of what supporters call the “medical freedom” movement: Florida’s top ofcl who recently said the state would move to end most mandates, along with an array of *physicians* & activists who have been discredited by mainstream .

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

                                    A top ally rallied anti- activists over the wknd with an exhortation to stay strong in the face of attacks by the govt, media & mainstream figures.
                                    
“God is an anti-vaxxer, & he needs you to speak up,” said Del Bigtree, a fmr top RFKJr political adviser & head of the group Informed Consent Action Network. He urged the secy’s supporters to press their fight at a weekend-long celebration of their newfound Washington influence.

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

                                      People are fucking crazy

                                      ‘God is an anti-vaxxer’: Inside the conference celebrating .’s rise
                                      
Eliminating the schedule is among the goals for [formerly] fringe activists who now claim Washington power.


                                      washingtonpost.com/health/2025

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

                                        🚨🚨 rejects call to overturn its decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide 🚨🚨

                                        The on Monday rejected a call to overturn its landmark decision that legalized nationwide.

                                        The justices turned away an appeal from Kim Davis, the former Kentucky court clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses to couples after the high court’s 2015 ruling in v. Hodges.


                                        apnews.com/article/supreme-cou

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

                                          News said on Monday the broadcaster had received a letter from U.S. President Donald threatening legal action over the edit of a documentary broadcast a week before the presidential election.


                                          reuters.com/business/media-tel

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

                                            The admin has carried out more than a dozen strikes since Sept on vessels near ’s coast &, more recently, in the eastern , killing >70 people,…as it escalates a buildup in the Sea.

                                            The admin has alleged, WITHOUT EVIDENCE, that the boats it bombed were transporting drugs, but foreign leaders, members of Congress, legal experts & family members of those killed have called for proof.

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

                                              The admin again strikes alleged drug-carrying vessels in , killing 6

                                              The US struck 2 alleged drug-carrying vessels in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Sunday, killing 6 people on board, Secy said Monday, as calls mount for investigations into the strikes.


                                              reuters.com/world/us-strikes-a

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

                                                The Boston-based 1st US Circuit Court of Appeals declined to halt Thursday's decision by a RI judge requiring the to spend $4 billion set aside for other purposes to ensure Americans receive full benefits.

                                                The ruling by the 1st Circuit will have no immediate impact because on Friday Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson put a TEMPORARY hold on the lower court order by US Dist Judge John McConnell. Her temporary hold remains in place for 48hrs after the 1st Circuit decision.

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

                                                  Update

                                                  admin CANNOT withhold full for , US appeals court rules

                                                  A federal appeals court late on Sunday allowed a judge's order to stand that directs Trump's admin to FULLY fund this month's benefits for 42 million Americans during the ongoing US government shutdown.


                                                  reuters.com/world/us/trump-adm

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

                                                    Several also investigated the conspiracy, with some filing charges although charges in at least one state were dismissed.

                                                    Trump's pardons include 77 people but could include others not named, the document said. Presidential only apply to federal charges, & do not apply to state cases.

                                                    The list includes , , , among others. The pardon does not apply to , acc/to the document [why would it? He’s above the ].

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

                                                      INCLUDE AT
                                                      LEAST 77 PEOPLE

                                                      The had been investigating a conspiracy by & his supporters to submit alternative slates of state electors to reverse President Joe 's victory in the .

                                                      Trump was indicted over the conspiracy to seek backing his false claims that he won in 2020, but the case was dismissed after last year's election as prosecutors cited DOJ policy against prosecuting a sitting president.

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

                                                        Outrageous. Expected. Despicable.

                                                        has pardoned dozens of allies accused of trying to overturn his 2020 election loss, including , , & , a top official said Monday.

                                                        Trump, in a proclamation dated on Friday, said the move would end "a grave national injustice" & "continue the process of national reconciliation”


                                                        reuters.com/legal/government/t

                                                          [?]AmbientDread » 🌐
                                                          @ambientdread@toot.io

                                                          brain plasticity
                                                          of a turnip flirts with
                                                          brittle power play

                                                          dailyhaikuprompt Turnips Flirt

                                                            [?]Lobsters » 🤖 🌐
                                                            @lobsters@mastodon.social

                                                            The Ofcom Files, Part 2: IP Blocking the UK is Not Enough to Comply with the Online Safety Act lobste.rs/s/bcyczw
                                                            prestonbyrne.com/2025/11/06/th

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

                                                              “ has clearly been enacting unlegislated tax cuts,” said Kyle Pomerleau, a economist at the American Enterprise Institute, a right-leaning think tank. “ determines . Treasury undermines this constitutional principle when it asserts more over the structure of the tax code than Congress provides it.”

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

                                                                & congressional have attacked federal workers as instruments of the “deep state,” exercising power beyond anything authorized by the . Now the administration is doing the same thing, several experts said, undermining laws that hit the & big .

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

                                                                  With its various relief provisions, the admin is now effectively adding hundreds of billions of dollars in new breaks for big businesses & investors. The is empowered to write rules to help the carry out tax laws passed by . But the aggressive actions of the admin raise questions about whether it is exceeding its legal .

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

                                                                    But the succession of notices the & have issued beginning in summer means the could bring in a fraction of that.

                                                                    The breaks come in addition to the ~$4 trillion package of tax cuts that signed into in July. The , passed entirely by , heavily benefits & the . It is projected to add trillions of dollars to the federal & came with steep cuts to for the & for the poorest.

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

                                                                      The primary target: The admin is rapidly gutting a 2022 intended to ensure the country’s most profitable pay at least some federal income . The provision, the corporate alternative minimum tax, was passed by & signed into law by President . It sought to stop corporations from being able to report big profits to shareholders yet low tax liabilities to the federal government. It was projected to raise $222 billion over a decade.

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

                                                                        With little public scrutiny, the admin is handing out hundreds of billions of dollars in tax cuts to some of the country’s most profitable companies & wealthiest investors.

                                                                        The Dept & , through a series of new notices & proposed , are giving breaks to giant firms, companies, investors, providers & a variety of multinational .

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

                                                                          How the Administration Is Giving Even More to the

                                                                          The Department & are issuing rules that provide hundreds of billions of dollars in tax relief to big & the .


                                                                          nytimes.com/2025/11/08/busines

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

                                                                            Direct File, the electronic system for filing returns for , will not be offered next year, the admin has confirmed.

                                                                            An email sent Monday from IRS official Cynthia Noe to state comptrollers that participate in the program said that “IRS Direct File will not be available in Filing Season 2026. No launch date has been set for the future.”

                                                                            The program developed during ’s presidency was credited by users with making tax filing easy, fast & economical.

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

                                                                              Among the cases the justices are expected to consider is a longshot appeal from Kim Davis, the fmr Kentucky court clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples following the court’s 2015 ruling in v. Hodges.
                                                                              Davis is trying to get the court to overturn a lower court order for her to pay $360k in damages & attorney’s fees to a couple whom she denied a marriage license.
                                                                              could say as early as Monday what they’ll do.

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

                                                                                weighs longshot appeal to overturn decision legalizing nationwide

                                                                                A call to overturn the landmark Supreme Court decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide was on the agenda Friday for the justices’ closed-door conference.


                                                                                apnews.com/article/supreme-cou

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

                                                                                  Other career prosecutors in the office had also reached that conclusion, some of whom have since been fired. & James are both also pursuing motions seeking the dismissal of their cases on grounds that ’s appointment was . A judge has scheduled a hearing next week to weigh arguments on that front.

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

                                                                                    The filing hit many of the same notes as a similar motion filed last month by fmr FBI dir , who is charged w/ lying to Congress & has asked the judge overseeing his case to dismiss it.

                                                                                    Both Comey’s indictment & the one against were secured by the same prosecutor— , Eastern District of Virginia interim whom installed in the post after her predecessor, Erik Siebert, refused to move forward with the cases, citing a lack of evidence.

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

                                                                                      “Since his second inauguration, the President & his handpicked Department of Justice officials exhausted every avenue to secure the payback the President demanded,” defense attorneys Abbe Lowell & Andrew Bosse wrote. “The charges against AG James constitute unconstitutional vindictive & selective prosecution.”

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

                                                                                        In a court filing Friday, ’ attorneys maintained that the mortgage fraud case she’s facing in Virginia is nothing more than an effort at retaliation for the staggering civil judgment she won against & his real estate organization last year.

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

                                                                                          urges court to toss her case, calling it ’s
                                                                                          
New York Attorney General Letitia James has joined the list of targets seeking to dismiss criminal charges by arguing vindictive prosecution — because, let’s face it, it is.


                                                                                          washingtonpost.com/national-se

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

                                                                                            …[In addition to hiring the Zarkin,] hired Aaron Kofsky, a former advisor to Senator before Vance became VP, & later put him in charge of the ’s Division of Housing Mission & Goals. Last year, Vance fired Kofsky for posting online about using drugs including & , according to a story in Wired magazine, which first reported his posts.

                                                                                            [Only the best people]

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

                                                                                              The 2009 court order vacating the gave no reason for the decision. Legal experts expressed surprise at the ruling afterward & said it was unusual…for a court to vacate it. [$$?]

                                                                                              “Judges don’t usually vacate a sentence like this,” Jonathan Jones, a defense atty who has practiced in the area for >30 yrs, told Reuters. “If someone is informed that they’ll have to register as a , they generally can’t come back years later & say ‘I didn't realize it.’”

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

                                                                                                After he served his sentence & spent 9 yrs on the registry, Zarkin’s atty successfully petitioned the state court to vacate the conviction, arguing that his continued listing on the sex registry was excessive, acc/to the records. The atty argued that Zarkin, when he agreed to his plea deal, hadn’t realized he would remain on the registry for so long. Court records from the plea deal show that registering as an offender was an explicit part of Zarkin’s plea agreement.

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

                                                                                                  Court records reviewed by Reuters show that Zarkin pleaded no contest to an attempted third-degree sexual conduct charge in Macomb County, MI, in 1999. The plea followed a case in which investigators found Zarkin’s DNA during a “pelvic examination” of a woman, not yet of drinking age, who had been “mentally incapacitated” by alcohol & Valium, acc/to the records. In 2000, Zarkin was sentenced to 8 months in & 3 years’ , & ordered to register as a .

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

                                                                                                    Zarkin once pleaded no contest to a involving a sexual encounter with a “mentally incapacitated” woman, acc/to MI court records reviewed by Reuters, & has no significant experience in the housing sector. His felony conviction was later vacated, for reasons that weren’t explained by the judge. Separately, an ongoing MI lawsuit also accuses Zarkin of involvement in a plan to in exchange for the of an unidentified person in NY.

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