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[?]Nonilex » 🌐
@Nonilex@masto.ai

senator blocks bill to all federal employees during

Sen (R-WI) objected to a request by Sen (D-MD) on Thursday for the to immediately consider & pass a bill to pay all , members of the & federal during the 2025 government shutdown.


thehill.com/homenews/senate/55

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

    is calling off, at least for now, plans that would have surged federal agents into this weekend. Mayor Daniel Lurie said Trump & Secy assured him in separate calls that agents would not be deployed to his city. Trump confirmed the decision in a social media post, writing that “friends of mine who live in the area” had asked him to reconsider.

    WTF? Why do & other cities have to endure his ?


    nytimes.com/live/2025/10/23/us

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

      Earlier this year, he pardoned the founders of exchange BitMEX in connection with similar anti-money laundering violations and the founder of electric truck company Nikola convicted of fraud. He has also commuted the sentence of the executive of now-defunct start-up Ozy Media.

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

        Trump's of paves the way for the mogul to return to the business he helped found in 2017. He has already served his time in prison after a judge sentenced him to four months.

        Zhao's is the latest in a series has doled out to executives convicted of white collar crimes.

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

          , one of the most powerful people in the world, had to step down as chief of when the company agreed to a $4.3 billion settlement with the U.S. government to end a years-long probe into misconduct at the world's largest crypto exchange.

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

            convicted founder

            In a statement, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Trump had "exercised his constitutional authority by issuing a pardon for Mr. Zhao, who was prosecuted by the Biden Administration in their war on cryptocurrency."


            reuters.com/world/us/trump-par

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

              Good! Fire with fire.

              Plan to Redraw Maps in Push

              The surprise move could give Democrats two or three additional House seats and is likely to scramble the last couple weeks of campaigning ahead of the Nov. 4 election.


              nytimes.com/2025/10/23/us/poli

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

                In addition to schemes, one of the indictments accuses some defendants of operating rigged games at locations on Lexington Ave & Washington Pl.

                Acc/to the indictment, the games were “on record”, & run with, “the express permission & approval of, members & associates of certain families of La Cosa Nostra, who provided support & protection for the games & collected owed debts from the games in exchange for a portion of the illegal proceeds.”

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

                  Nocella said that the sports betting scheme was focused on using non-public information about athletes & teams, such as when players would be sitting out or leaving a game early, to set up fraudulent bets. Most were prop bets, which are wagers on individual events or performances not linked to the outcome of a game. Those are easier to manipulate.

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

                    Joseph Nocella Jr., the US attorney, is now describing the schemes in detail. He says that the — members of several different families — became involved in the rigged games that the defendants were already participating in because of their preexisting control of illegal poker games in NYC.

                    Nocella says that other crimes stemmed from the scheme, including gunpoint & .

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

                      The indictments charge 2 different schemes:

                      1. a conspiracy that exploited confidential information

                      2. a nationwide scheme to rig games.

                      The first includes 6 defendants, the other more than 30.

                      3 individuals are charged in both indictments.

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

                        One indictment in the case lists 32 defendants, including the former guard & the coach , who are both charged with conspiracy & conspiracy, according to the docket sheet in the case.

                        Many of the other defendants also face those charges, along with counts accusing them of operating an illegal enterprise & conspiracies to commit & .

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

                          joker , in his opening remarks at the news conference, said that the 2 schemes enveloped both the & , & involved charges of , , & illegal .

                          Patel called the fraud “mind-boggling,” & said the schemes involved “tens of millions of dollars” in , fraud & .

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

                            For more than a year, federal prosecutors in Brooklyn have focused on illegal operations involving .

                            The charges against Rozier & Billups are potentially the biggest hit to the NBA’s reputation since 2007, when the referee Tim Donaghy was found to have bet on games.

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

                              Some people participated in both schemes…. One involved illegal games that were set up by families & also involved at least one coach & fmr players in the league….

                              The case is expected to involve more than two dozen defendants, according to two people with knowledge of the matter, & to involve charges of , & .

                              [guess Trump is pissed he was left out 😜]

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

                                Indictments against players & at least one coach are expected to be unsealed Thursday in one of the largest-scale investigations in over the past several years.

                                The case, which involves at least 2 criminal schemes… has been in the works for months but became public on Thursday morning when , a guard for the , & , the coach of the , were arrested….


                                nytimes.com/live/2025/10/23/ny

                                  [?]Emeritus Prof Christopher May » 🌐
                                  @ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us

                                  The problem with private prosecutions are myriad, best typified by the 918 'successful' private prosecutions by the Post Office against sub-postmasters (now revealed to be a major miscarriage of justice), but they also reflect a frustration with police failure to act in some areas of criminal activity (online fraud being a key area).

                                  But, as they use the same courts as the rest of the criminal justice system, they are also contributing to the logjam(s).


                                  theguardian.com/news/ng-intera

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

                                    The system, called “Harmony,” relies on a constellation of seabed sensors to detect entering Russian naval “bastions,” disrupting Western attempts to track or, if war broke out, destroy Russian submarines that exist to ensure can launch a strike even if its land-based missile silos are disabled, according to naval experts.

                                    Map of Russia's "Harmony" submarine-bastion surveillance system & military bases

                                    Alt...Map of Russia's "Harmony" submarine-bastion surveillance system & military bases

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

                                      All were integral to a secret, multiyear project to erect an invisible net across the Barents Sea & other frigid waters where Russian operate carrying intercontinental ballistic missiles [] in case of conflict with the , according to German court records as well as & Western officials and experts.

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

                                        Disguising its role in transactions through layers of front companies, was able to obtain sensitive sonar systems, an underwater drone capable of operating at depths up to 3,000 meters, sophisticated subsurface antennas & a fleet of ships that posed as commercial or research vessels while carrying out installation tasks for the Russian military, according to officials and documents.

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

                                          acquired to protect its submarine fleet

                                          Russia is protecting its nuclear submarine fleet in the with an undersea system built using high-tech equipment acquired from & companies through a secret procurement network, acc/to newly uncovered financial records, court documents & Western officials.


                                          washingtonpost.com/world/2025/

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

                                            “I’m the one that makes the decision & that decision would have to go across my desk,” said, “& it’s awfully strange to make a decision where I’m paying myself.”

                                            Trump is not, in the immediate instance, “the one that makes the decision.” That will be up to leadership—specifically, under DOJ’s procedures, the department’s No. 2 or No. 3, Deputy AG or Associate AG .

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

                                              The NYT reported yesterday that has filed paperwork claiming that the owes him roughly $230M in funds—damages that he claims are due to him in compensation for the federal investigations into his conduct related to the & his improper hoarding of at Mar-a-Lago. The is so obvious that even Trump himself seemed to acknowledge it when questioned by journalists about the Times’s reporting.

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

                                                to : Pay Up

                                                The goal is not just dictatorial power, but ostentatious performance.

                                                By Quinta Jurecic


                                                theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/

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

                                                  They’re admitting it now

                                                  will be torn down fully to make way for

                                                  The full East Wing of the White House will be torn down to make way for Trump's new ballroom, contradicting the former New York real estate magnate's pledge that the project would not interfere with the existing .


                                                  reuters.com/world/us/white-hou

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

                                                    Unbelievable. is demolishing the ENTIRE to make way for his , a construction project that is FAR MORE EXTENSIVE than he initially let on, a senior administration official said on Wednesday.

                                                    The tear-down should be finished by this weekend, according to the official, who was not authorized to speak publicly about the plans.


                                                    nytimes.com/2025/10/22/us/poli

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

                                                      It was the 9th known attack by Special Operations forces since the operation began in early September, bringing the officially acknowledged death toll to 37. The consecutive strikes in the mark an expansion of the campaign, which started in the , & highlights how the effort has evolved into a wider operation even as experts & lawmakers on Capitol Hill question the legal basis & strategic purpose.

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

                                                        “Three male narco-terrorists were aboard the vessel during the strike, which was conducted in international waters,” posted late Wednesday evening adding that the admin would not relent in its campaign against vessels they claim are bringing drugs destined for the . “We will find them & kill them, until the threat to the American people is extinguished.”

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

                                                          JFC

                                                          has to stop this!

                                                          The admin carried out another deadly strike against alleged drug traffickers on Wednesday, targeting a vessel in the eastern Ocean for the second straight day, Secy said in a social media post.


                                                          nytimes.com/live/2025/10/22/us

                                                            Gene Cowan 🏳️‍🌈 boosted

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

                                                            The , facing immense pressure from the White House, struck a deal with the admin on Wednesday that removed, at least temporarily, the threat of a federal *investigation*.

                                                            The announced the deal. It was the first time a public had cut a far-reaching agreement with the Trump admin, which is carrying out an extraordinary campaign to shift the ideological tilt of the higher system.


                                                            nytimes.com/2025/10/22/us/poli

                                                              Gene Cowan 🏳️‍🌈 boosted

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

                                                              announces a new corps after mass walkout
                                                              
A new crop of *conservative* & influencers — including the Gateway Pundit, the Post Millennial, Human Events & the National Pulse — signed an agreement with the Department.


                                                              washingtonpost.com/business/20

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

                                                                This was the 8th known strike that Special Operations forces have conducted since Sept 2, when the , on ’s orders, began people aboard boats they claim were smuggling drugs as if they were enemy combatants in a rather than suspects.

                                                                The admin has previously acknowledged 7 strikes, which it said have killed 32 people.

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

                                                                  The hit another vessel that the admin claimed was carrying drugs from , a US official said Wednesday. It was the first US strike on a vessel in the Ocean, expanding the military campaign beyond the Sea. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss operational matters, said the attack late Tuesday on a vessel off the coast of killed 2 or 3 people.


                                                                  nytimes.com/2025/10/22/us/poli

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

                                                                    has fired or reassigned about two dozen such top investigators, & he has moved to defund an umbrella group, the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity & Efficiency, further weakening the system that supports robust of operations. The defunding meant, among other things, the shutdown of websites for dozens of inspectors general that publish reports for review & hotline numbers where can submit complaints.

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

                                                                      But last week, she got a notice that had fired her, effective immediately. The reason? A vague line about the admin’s changing priorities, according to two people familiar with the matter [well that’s true. They want to commit & & their offices].

                                                                      Salehi was the latest casualty ofTrump’s mass purge of govt , the investigators assigned to agencies across the admin who act as the eyes & ears of & ensure dollars are not misused.

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

                                                                        was the kind of internal who had earned a strong reputation for digging up , & abuse during her 15 years in govt service. She had risen through the ranks at inspectors general offices at the Dept & , eventually taking over internal investigations at the of the US, where her office reported saving tens of millions of dollars.

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

                                                                          Nothing to see here, move along…

                                                                          Dismisses Yet Another , Fueling Alarms

                                                                          With the firing of the ’s inspector general, Trump has sidelined around two dozen of the who seek out & in .


                                                                          nytimes.com/2025/10/21/us/poli

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

                                                                            Aa separate effort that collects similar details, has been soliciting ofcls to upload information in bulk through a program it developed that checks status, acc/to docs released in a recent lawsuit & other docs viewed by NYT. election ofcls have long rebuffed attempts by DHS to access state voter rolls, warning that sharing this could expose sensitive like numbers, or be used to gain an uneven political advantage.

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

                                                                              But the admin has taken other aggressive steps to assert more sway over .

                                                                              , for instance, is compiling the largest set of national roll data it has ever collected, an effort to try to prove unsubstantiated claims that large numbers of undocumented immigrants have voted illegally, The Times previously reported.


                                                                              nytimes.com/2025/09/09/us/poli

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

                                                                                …The moves by to elevate deniers portends escalating battles over how much his admin wields over balloting across the country.

                                                                                Already this year, have affirmed that the president has no legal authority over , which have long been the domain of & governments. Judges have largely blocked an executive order that Trump issued in March requiring, among other changes, documentary proof of citizenship to vote.

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

                                                                                  These changes are unfolding as takes other steps to create more structural advantages for ahead of the 2026 , including pressuring led states to redraw congressional district lines to maximize the party’s chances of keeping control of the .

                                                                                  Now ofcls who have spent years trying to debunk false claims that the voting systems were tilted against Trump are assessing how to work with some of the most fervent proponents of those claims.

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

                                                                                    McCarthy’s appointment comes as nearly all of the experts at have been placed on administrative leave or reassigned this year amid a large-scale *downsizing* of the agency, which had played a leading role in deterring attacks on elections systems & combating about voting.

                                                                                      Ω 🌍 Gus Posey boosted

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

                                                                                      Another activist, , who spread debunked claims about voting machines in Georgia when she was the chairwoman of the DeKalb County Party, was named in May to be the director of public affairs at the & Infrastructure Security Agency, or , which is housed in .

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

                                                                                        …The idea of *reinvestigating* the 2020 election gained steam recently with the White House’s decision to hire , a lawyer who has been tasked with *examining* the 2020 vote & other matters, acc/to a White House official. The hiring of Olsen, who has worked closely for years with the pillow entrepreneur to promote false stolen-election , was first reported by WSJ.


                                                                                        wsj.com/politics/elections/whi

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

                                                                                          “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 & we can mandate that states do things & so on.”

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

                                                                                            On a call with activists in March, before her appointment to , Honey suggested that the new 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]

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

                                                                                              In the past few months, 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.

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

                                                                                                The ascent of Honey reflects how & 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.

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

                                                                                                  The remark parroted a widespread view on the right that had sought to silence supporters of ’s false fraud claims. Honey also repeatedly mentioned a false report often cited by conspiracists to support their claims that voting machines were rigged to favor Democrats, acc/to the people familiar with the call.

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

                                                                                                    Heather Honey, a leader in that movement until her appointment in August as deputy assistant secretary for *election integrity*, complained that her department’s experts tasked with combating about had “strayed from their mission.”

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