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[?]Nonilex » 🌐
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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 » 🌐
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    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 » 🌐
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      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

        [?]Nonilex » 🌐
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        Ellis noted she’s been “receiving emails from the public.” She shared them with lawyers in the suit that prompted ’s appearance in her courtroom this week & a earlier this month.

        “I do want to note that, certainly, any decision that I made to monitor the effectiveness & compliance of the [TRO] that I entered was based solely on the evidence submitted in this case. It was not, as the government asserts, based on anything outside of the record,”Ellis said.

          [?]Nonilex » 🌐
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          There’s still a chance could wind up spending more time in Ellis’ courtroom. The appeals court asked for additional briefing on the issue by the end of business Thursday.

          Bovino was also due to appear at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse on Thursday morning for a deposition behind closed doors. Ellis has said it could go as long as 5 hours.

            [?]Nonilex » 🌐
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            Though the appeals court called off ’s appearance, lawyers still met the judge in her courtroom, acc/to a transcript posted on the docket.

            “I did see Mr. Bovino’s interview on Fox News today, where he did state that he was excited to come to court & that this would not impede his activities or his ability to manage the operation at all. So I was a little surprised just to see that the government’s position…was directly contradicted by Mr. Bovino,”Ellis said.

              [?]Nonilex » 🌐
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              The federal judge who sought to meet with US boss Greg on a daily basis said Wednesday she “was a little surprised” to see the challenge that arrangement — especially after Bovino’s appearance on .

              District Judge Sara Ellis made the comment Wed evening, after the Appeals Court agreed to put a temporary hold on her standing appointment with the ’s commander-at-large.


              chicago.suntimes.com/immigrati

                [?]Nonilex » 🌐
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                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 » 🌐
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                  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 » 🌐
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                    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 » 🌐
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                      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 » 🌐
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                        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 » 🌐
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                          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 .

                            [?]Nonilex » 🌐
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                            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”.

                              [?]Nonilex » 🌐
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                              The memo, signed on 8 October by Maj Gen Ronald Burkett, the director of operations for the ’s bureau, sets thresholds for the size of the quick reaction force to be trained in each state, with most states required to train 500 national guard members, for a total of 23,500 troops nationwide.

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                                [?]Nonilex » 🌐
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                                A top US official has ordered the national guards of all 50 US states, DC & US territories to form “quick reaction forces” trained in “riot control”, including use of batons, body shields, Tasers & pepper spray, according to an internal Pentagon directive reviewed by the Guardian.

                                  [?]Nonilex » 🌐
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                                  As reported in August (see boosted thread)

                                  orders states’ National Guards to form ‘quick reaction forces’ for ‘crowd control’

                                  Pentagon memo details plan to train >20,000 members across the US to carry out ’s order on *subduing# civil *unrest*


                                  theguardian.com/us-news/2025/o

                                    [?]Nonilex » 🌐
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                                    “We’ll talk later about whether that’s ,” the judge responded to Lin Wednesday.

                                    For the next 3 days, Immergut will preside over a trial that’s expected to touch on a range of issues, from lofty legal arguments about the authority & limitations of presidential powers, to specific ways the Police Bureau has evolved its response to since 2020, & rising tensions between local & law enforcement officers.

                                      [?]Nonilex » 🌐
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                                      Jean Lin, special counsel for the , confirmed the deployment to the US District Court Judge Karin Immergut on Wednesday but provided few specifics — minutes before the trial began.

                                      Immergut issued a restraining order at 3:40PM on Oct 4, barring from federalizing the & blocking their deployment. Later, on Oct 5, she issued another order temporarily blocking Guard members from anywhere in the country from deploying to Oregon.

                                        [?]Nonilex » 🌐
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                                        Those emails were submitted to the court as a trial exhibit.

                                        opb.org/pdf/Ex%20201%20Rieger%

                                        “At 11:35 PDT today, a force of nine MPs arrived at the ICE facility in downtown Portland, Oregon where they assumed their first support mission,” wrote Col. Jeff Merenkov at 3:28 p.m. on Oct. 4.

                                        The email included a schedule that showed the troops’ “shift conclusion” was set for midnight.

                                          [?]Nonilex » 🌐
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                                          A federal trial in about Trump’s authority to deploy the to the city got off with a stunning revelation: Troops briefly deployed to a federal building in South Portland this month, appearing to defy a issued hours earlier blocking their deployment.

                                          Emails summarizing the federal response say 9 members of the Guard were sent to the facility in Portland & concluded their shift in the early hours of Oct. 5.

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                                            [?]Nonilex » 🌐
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                                            troops briefly deployed to despite judge’s order, federal trial reveals

                                            The revelation came to light Wednesday in federal court in Portland, where US District Court Judge Karin Immergut will decide if acted lawfully or violated the by trying to deploy the National Guard.


                                            opb.org/article/2025/10/29/ore

                                              [?]Nonilex » 🌐
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                                              Last week, it was widely approved by lawmakers from almost all ranks at the National Assembly, France’s lower house of parliament. The voted against it.

                                              The Senate’s approval is the last step before the bill becomes via official publication.

                                              rejoins many other European nations that have similar -based laws on , including neighboring , & .

                                              [?]Nonilex » 🌐
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                                              Senators voted 327-0 in favor of the bill, with 15 abstentions.

                                              The bill states that “any non-consensual sexual act constitutes sexual assault.”

                                              Consent is defined as “freely given, informed, specific, prior & revocable” & assessed “in the light of the circumstances.” The text says it “cannot be inferred solely from the silence or the lack of reaction of the victim.”

                                              [?]Nonilex » 🌐
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                                              France’s gave its final approval on Wednesday to a bill defining & other as any sexual act, a move that comes after the landmark drugging & rape trial that shook & turned into a global icon.

                                              The bill was presented in January following the conviction of 51 men for the rape & abuse of Gisèle Pelicot in a case which spurred a national reckoning over in France.


                                              apnews.com/article/france-cons

                                              [?]Nonilex » 🌐
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                                              calls for reduction in LEGAL at Turning Point event

                                              JD Vance advocated a slowdown in immigration Wednesday, saying, “We have to get the overall numbers way, way down.”
                                              Vance took questions from students at the University of Mississippi at an event organized by Turning Point USA, stepping into the role of debater that was *performed* by the organization’s founder, Charlie Kirk.


                                              apnews.com/article/jd-vance-ch

                                                [?]Nonilex » 🌐
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                                                In its order seeking additional briefing Wednesday, asked “whether the term ‘regular forces’ refers to the regular forces of the United States military, &, if so, how that interpretation affects the operation” of the .

                                                The justices set deadlines for the briefs that last through Nov 17, & the high court is unlikely to rule in the meantime.

                                                That means ’s deployment of troops in — already blocked for 20 days — will likely be blocked for at least 19 more.

                                                  [?]Nonilex » 🌐
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                                                  Perry’s order was originally temporary & set to expire after 2 wks. However, lawyers agreed last wk to let it stand until her final judgment, & pending ’ review.
                                                  Litigation over deployment in , & has centered on federal that allows the president to call into federal service members of any state’s Guard if there is an invasion or rebellion—or if the president is “unable with the regular forces to execute the laws of the United States.”

                                                    [?]Nonilex » 🌐
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                                                    Trump’s deployment of troops within will likely remain on hold through mid-November after sought more information from lawyers Wednesday.

                                                    The request ended 12 days of silence from the justices. The admin asked the high court on Oct 17 to undo an order from US District Judge April Perry that’s blocked the troop deployment since Oct 9.

                                                      [?]Nonilex » 🌐
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                                                      After 12 days of silence about the deployment of troops in , justices are now asking “whether the term ‘regular forces’ refers to the regular forces of the , &, if so, how that interpretation affects the operation” of the .


                                                      chicago.suntimes.com/2025/10/2

                                                        [?]Nonilex » 🌐
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                                                        No ruling imminent as asks for more briefs in deployment case

                                                        on Wednesday asked for more briefing in the ongoing fight over Trump’s ability to deploy National Guard troops to Illinois, signaling that the court’s highly anticipated ruling is still weeks away.


                                                        chicagotribune.com/2025/10/29/

                                                          [?]Nonilex » 🌐
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                                                          nominee at export withdraws amid scrutiny of ties
                                                          
Bryce McFerran is a former senior executive at a steel-trading business co-owned by one of Russia’s richest & is married to a member of a Russian family with extensive ties to the .


                                                          washingtonpost.com/world/2025/

                                                            [?]Nonilex » 🌐
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                                                            The & are negotiating over a final version of an policy bill, known as the Intelligence Authorization Act, & the proposal to overhaul operations, including the level of ’s involvement, remains one of the main sticking points, congressional officials said.

                                                              [?]Nonilex » 🌐
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                                                              The letter was the latest example of tensions between & her counterparts at other agencies, including the director of the FBI, . A bid by Joe Kent, a top Gabbard ally who leads the National Center, to investigate the circumstances of the conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s killing had already raised alarms at the FBI, after Kent went so far as to examine the bureau’s files.

                                                                [?]Nonilex » 🌐
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                                                                The disclosure, made in a pointed & unusual letter obtained by NYT, underscored the broader concern at other agencies, including the , over a bill that would empower , the director of national , to play a more prominent role in issues.

                                                                It also appeared to be an effort to undercut Gabbard, who planned to endorse the change in a separate letter, given that the bill would step into what has typically been the bureau’s purview.

                                                                  [?]Nonilex » 🌐
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                                                                  Opposes Push for Gabbard to Take Lead on

                                                                  The FBI made the disclosure in a pointed letter that underscored broader concern over a bill that would give more authority to [Russian asset] , the director of national .

                                                                  The FBI informed last week that it “strongly” opposed a proposal to make the the lead agency for the federal government….


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

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                                                                    deputy found of in the shooting of , a woman who called 911
                                                                    An Illinois jury on Wednesday convicted a former ’s deputy of second-degree murder in the shooting death of Sonya Massey, a Black woman who called 911 asking for help.
                                                                    Sean Grayson, 31, could be sentenced to up to 20 years in prison, or probation. Sentencing is scheduled for Jan 29.


                                                                    apnews.com/article/sean-grayso

                                                                      [?]Nonilex » 🌐
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                                                                      “This is a political prosecution & a gross attempt to silence , a right protected under the . This case is a major push by the administration to criminalize & punish anyone who speaks out against them,” Abughazaleh said in a video posted to BlueSky.

                                                                        [?]Nonilex » 🌐
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                                                                        A congressional candidate in has been indicted along with 5 others over blocking vehicles during outside a federal enforcement building in suburban , according to court documents.

                                                                        The indictment, filed last week by a special grand jury, accuses Kat Abughazaleh of blocking a federal agent outside the detention center.


                                                                        apnews.com/article/federal-enf

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                                                                          [?]Kent Pitman » 🌐
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                                                                          Denmark seems to be pursuing the idea of protecting people from "AI" deep fakes by addressing people's image as part of copyright law. [1]

                                                                          I applaud the idea of doing something about this, and this is a better approach than none at all, but it's not quite how I would pursue it.

                                                                          For one thing, there are a number of places where people are innocently captured in images that this will create complications for. And for another, I don't think it's powerful enough to address the real problem.

                                                                          The "MOO" community (MOO is MUD, Object-Oriented, and MUD is Multiple-User Dungeon, and Dungeon was one of the first text-based interactive fiction games, also called Zork), this came up a long time ago. Ironically, since MOO is entirely text, images were not involved. But there was still the issue of appropriating people's view of themselves for ill purposes, and this was richly discussed.

                                                                          MOO, which had its greatest popularity in the 1990's, before Second Life overshadowed it, functioned as a kind of textual sketch of things to come. It was a coarse level of detail because its technical layer doesn't allow for super-elaborate detailing, but that forced the social aspect to be the focus rather than the technology. Modern systems purport to capture reality, but they often get so side-tracked on making things photo-real visceral experiences that they give short shrift to the full complexity of human social interaction. So they're still catching up to some of the social issues MOO explored decades ago.

                                                                          In Julian Dibbell's fascinating book "My Tiny Life: Crime and Passion in a Virtual World", which you can and should buy if you can afford to, but which the author arranged to be freely downloadable as a PDF for those who could not afford it [2], the focus is on "A Rape In Cyberspace", he explores some of these issues. Originally published in The Village Voice and later adapted for a book, this story is, in the author's words, "a True Account of the Case of the Infamous Mr. Bungle, and of the Author's Journey, in Consequence Thereof, to the Heart of a Half-Real World Called LambdaMOO".

                                                                          This story will not tell you how to understand what Denmark is doing, but I think it informs my way of thinking about this issue.

                                                                          At its core, both situations--the issue in cyberspace and the modern issues in the real world--are not "infringements" (in the way copyright would talk about them) but "violations" in the way a person's sense of self matters.

                                                                          Some people will point to rape as a matter of physical violation, but just as others are quick to say it's not a crime of sex, it's a crime of violence, I would similarly say it's a crime of violation, of taking control of a person's sense of self. And that's what's in common with these other matters, like grabbing someone's image.

                                                                          We don't presently have a standard for this, and like many matters of human endeavor, there is extraordinary nuance. Fair use, one might say. Certainly parody is one place where people don't have complete say. The sitting President wants to go after critics for disparaging his good name, for example, and ordinarily the disparaging of someone's good name might be seen as a violation, but in certain realms of public discourse, especially for public figures, we allow and insist on it.

                                                                          This is partly true, too, because even underlying the issue of violation is the issue of power. The law is really at its core protecting those powerless to protect themselves. So, for example, while it might be a violation to appropriate the good work of an actor who's just struggling to eat, selling their image royalty-free, appropriating the name of a politician who can with the stroke of a pen cut the food supply of millions is not exactly exerting power over them, certainly not unconditionally dominating power.

                                                                          So we should be careful in our understanding of good law to understand that it seeks not a bright line of pain to itself become a weapon, but rather just an ability to tip power balances back toward the middle, making the world an even battle among people who are born into different levels of power and who cannot therefore fairly be expected to solve their own problems.

                                                                          I've swept through many issues here, but I have decades of thought underlying my reaction to Denmark's idea, informed by the lucky accident that I was there at the time LambdaMOO sketched the future.

                                                                          I sometimes note in conversations with people for whom a topic is new and hypothetical that they will say "I wonder what would happen if..." and I reply in the past tense saying "Oh, this is what happened." Because I don't have to speculate. I saw it. It mightn't happen reliably that way again. Many possibilities were in play. But even those were tangibly close to my experience. I have rich, detailed thought because I lived at least one version of it. Just wanted to share that.

                                                                          [1] weforum.org/stories/2025/07/de

                                                                          [2] epdf.pub/my-tiny-life-crime-an

                                                                            [?]Nonilex » 🌐
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                                                                            It was not immediately clear whether their suspensions would affect Taranto’s sentencing date or the government’s recommendation on the punishment he should receive.

                                                                              [?]Nonilex » 🌐
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                                                                              When Secret Service agents noticed Taranto in a wooded area near ’s residence, he fled. Investigators later found 2 & several rounds of in his van.
                                                                              Taranto faces sentencing Thursday, following his conviction earlier this year on counts of unlawful possession of firearms & ammunition & making false threats. In their sentencing memo, Valdivia & White recommended he serve 27 months in prison.

                                                                                [?]Nonilex » 🌐
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                                                                                Taranto said on video that he had outfitted his van with a car that he threatened to detonate outside the headquarters building. He also filmed himself driving around the city, saying he was searching for tunnels that would provide him access to the homes of president Barack & lawmakers, government court filings said.
                                                                                
Taranto filmed those last moves after had posted what he said was Obama’s address to social media.

                                                                                  [?]Nonilex » 🌐
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                                                                                  All charges related to Taranto’s conduct at the Capitol that day were dismissed as a result of ’s clemency orders.
                                                                                  
By that time, however, prosecutors had charged Taranto with additional stemming from a return trip he made to Washington in June 2023. He live-streamed himself making threats against several high-profile people & the headquarters of the National Institute of Standards & Technology, acc/to an arrest affidavit filed in his case.

                                                                                    [?]Nonilex » 🌐
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                                                                                    In court filings, they said Taranto had entered the building with the crowd of supporters & later tussled with MPD officers who were trying to repel the crowds. Once forced outside, court documents allege, Taranto also fought with other participants on the Capitol steps, using his cane to fend them off.

                                                                                      [?]Nonilex » 🌐
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                                                                                      Since then, the has dismissed or reassigned several of the prosecutors who led cases against those accused in the , particularly in the ’s office for , where Valdivia & White work.

                                                                                      Prosecutors charged Taranto, a 39-yo married father of 2, in 2023 with misdemeanors stemming from his role in the attack.

                                                                                        [?]Nonilex » 🌐
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                                                                                        Although Valdivia & White were the primary signatories to the sentencing memo in Taranto’s case, the document also bore the name of , who was nominated for the role by .

                                                                                        The suspensions follow efforts by Trump & allies to rewrite the narrative of the . Trump, in one of his first EOs after his return to the White House in January, pardoned hundreds of people who had been convicted of participating in the ….

                                                                                          [?]Nonilex » 🌐
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                                                                                          Assistant Carlos Valdivia & Samuel White were told they were being suspended just hours after they filed a sentencing recommendation in a case against Taylor Taranto, a Washington state man accused of participating in the who is now facing sentencing for unrelated charges, acc/to people familiar with the matter, who spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of .

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                                                                                            [?]Nonilex » 🌐
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                                                                                            The has placed 2 federal prosecutors in Washington on leave a day after they filed a document in court that referred to the , 2021, attack on the Capitol as a “riot” carried out by a “mob,” 2 people familiar with the matter said.

                                                                                            Imagine if they’d called it what it actually was, an carried out by .


                                                                                            washingtonpost.com/national-se

                                                                                              [?]Nonilex » 🌐
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                                                                                              Sen. Jim Risch (R-ID), chairman of the Committee, on Tuesday denounced the attacks on the city, & called for it to be designated as a foreign organization.

                                                                                              “The RSF has waged terror & committed unspeakable atrocities, genocide among them, against the Sudanese people,” he wrote on X.

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