9 #witnesses in the #criminal cases against #Trump have received significant financial benefits, including large raises from his campaign, severance packages, new jobs, & a grant of shares & cash from Trump’s media co.
…#Trump’s attorney, David Warrington, sent #ProPublica a cease-&-desist letter demanding this article not be published. The letter warned that if the outlet & its reporters “continue their reckless campaign of defamation, President Trump will evaluate all legal remedies.”
…Johnson “has named Reps #ScottPerry PA) & #RonnyJackson (TX) to the House Intelligence Cmte. The #Intel Cmte oversees the entire intelligence community & gets some of the most sensitive intelligence about the #US & its allies.”
Both #ScottPerry & #RonnyJackson have grabbed headlines in recent yrs for all the wrong reasons. Jackson’s on-the-job behavior while working in the WH as #Trump’s physician led to headlines like this: “Rep Ronny Jackson made sexual comments, drank alcohol & took Ambien while working as White House physician, Pentagon watchdog finds.” Jackson was later demoted from retired admiral to retired captain by the #Navy due to the #Pentagon’s investigation into his behavior.
#ScottPerry, who coordinated w/ #Trump allies surrounding the #Jan6th attack on the US Capitol, was involved in his own scandal. “Federal judge orders texts, emails on Rep Scott Perry’s phone be turned over to prosecutors in 2020 election probe,” read a CBS headline from 2023. Perry & Jackson’s past scandals led commentators & journalists to react w/both surprise & scorn at #MikeJohnson’s decision to place them on the #Intelligence Cmte.
#Senate lawmakers careen toward failed vote on #Ukraine
Billions in additional #aid stuck as #Republicans push #border security, walk out of classified briefing Senators began blaming each other Tues for the looming potential failure to provide additional aid to Ukraine as fragile negotiations over a #NationalSecurity package continued to break down amid #Republican demands for far-reaching #immigration restrictions.
#Israel has agreed to daily, 4-hour pauses in operations inside #Gaza to allow more #civilians to leave the northern part of the enclave & facilitate an increase in #HumanitarianAid entering from #Egypt, the #WhiteHouse said Thurs. The pauses are to begin “today,” #NSC spox #JohnKirby said.
The Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) has a serious problem when it comes to sexual violence.
According to a recent report, the Canadian Special Operations Forces Command (CANSOFCOM), an elite branch of the CAF, has exposed a troubling culture of reticence and double standards when it comes to addressing misconduct.
This list does not include stuff coming within weeks from Fani Willis in Georgia AND
Jack Smith on January 6 (who already sent a target letter to trump) with charges of CONSPIRACY TO DEFRAUD THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA .
It's time for justice to catch up with Criminal Trump.
Powerful and Continuing #Nationalism
Fascist regimes tend to make constant use of #patriotic mottos, slogans, symbols, songs, and other paraphernalia. #Flags are seen everywhere, as are flag symbols on clothing and in public displays.
Disdain for the Recognition of #HumanRights
Because of fear of enemies and the need for security, the people in fascist regimes are persuaded that human rights can be ignored in certain cases because of “need.” The people tend to look the other way or even approve of torture, summary executions, assassinations, and long incarcerations of prisoners.
Supremacy of the #Military
Even when there are widespread #domestic problems, the military is given a disproportionate amount of government funding, and the domestic agenda is neglected. Soldiers and military service are glamorized.
Rampant #Sexism
The governments of fascist nations tend to be almost exclusively male-dominated. Under fascist regimes, traditional #gender roles are made more rigid. Opposition to #abortion is high, as is #homophobia and anti-#gay legislation.
Controlled #MassMedia
Sometimes the media is directly controlled by the government, but in other cases, the media is indirectly controlled by government regulation or by sympathetic media spokespeople and executives. Government #censorship and #secrecy especially in war time, are very common.
Obsession with #NationalSecurity
Fear of hostile foreign powers is used as a motivational tool by the government over the masses.
#Religion and Government are Intertwined
Governments in fascist nations tend to use the most common religion in the nation as a tool to manipulate public opinion. Religious rhetoric and terminology is common from government leaders, even when the major tenets of the religion are diametrically opposed to the government’s policies or actions.
Protection of #Corporate Power
The #industrial and business #aristocracy of a fascist nation often are the ones who put the government leaders into power, creating a mutually beneficial business/government relationship and power elite.
Suppression of #Labor Power
Because the organizing power of labor is the only real threat to a fascist government, labor #unions are either eliminated entirely, or are severely suppressed.
Disdain for #Intellectuals and the #Arts
Fascist nations tend to promote and tolerate open hostility to #HigherEducation and academia. It is not uncommon for professors and other #academics to be censored or even arrested. Free expression in the arts is openly attacked, and governments often refuse to fund the arts.
Obsession with #Crime and #Punishment
Under fascist regimes, the #police are given almost limitless power to enforce laws. The people are often willing to overlook police abuses and even forego #CivilLiberties in the name of patriotism. There is often a national police force with virtually unlimited power in fascist nations.
Rampant #Cronyism and #Corruption
Fascist regimes almost always are governed by groups of friends and associates who appoint each other to government positions and use governmental power and authority to protect their friends from accountability. It is not uncommon in fascist regimes for national resources and even treasures to be appropriated or even outright stolen by government leaders.
#Fraudulent#Elections
Sometimes elections in fascist nations are a complete sham. Other times elections are manipulated by #SmearCampaigns against or even assassination of opposition candidates, use of legislation to control #voting numbers or political district boundaries, and manipulation of the media. Fascist nations also typically use their judiciaries to manipulate or control elections.
This post is a summary of Fascism, Anyone? by Lawrence W. Britt published in 2003 by Free Inquiry magazine."
"The party of 'national security' is subordinating military readiness to snowflake cultural sensitivities. Specifically, Republicans are demanding that military personnel who refused orders to get vaccinated against COVID during the pandemic—and were discharged for their defiance—should be reinstated with back pay."
Compared to old telephone system, packet routed data networks are notoriously insecure. Routers are routinely hacked by not only nation states, but by “hobbyists” as well. This unsafe architecture makes end to end encryption not only desired, but necessary. Data leaks occur if they can occur, among others because of unworkable IT policies or government IT infrastructure not functioning properly. Humans are focused on their tasks which is not computer security. Hence, E2E encryption for the general public is a vital fallback in a multi layer defence against data leaks.
The only place to break properly implemented E2E is on the devices, before encryption or after decryption, i.e. on the device.
So, let’s look at the centralised collection of messages, pictures etc, detected with a lot of false positives, by the magical non-existing on-device AI that will not drain batteries in any way, this will be a high value target for criminal hackers, state sponsored hackers, etc. So instead of forcing the bad guys to spend a lot of resources on hacking individuals, they can focus on the single, very likely badly protected goldmine of intelligence which the central collection place will be.
On December 7, 2021, NAUTA found several of TRUMP’s boxes fallen and their contents spilled onto the floor of the Storage Room, including a document marked “SECRET//REL -- wow. #MAL#MarALago#trump#TrumpIndictment#NationalSecurity
"The escalation to war in Gaza comes at a time when the U.S. is facing a first in its history: the lack of a Speaker of the House. And over in the Senate, the antics of Senator Tommy Tuberville have left hundreds of key military positions unfilled."
Judge rules #SteveBannon must go to #prison by July 1 while appealing #contempt case
The former #Trump adviser is challenging a 4-month prison term for contempt of Congress after failing to appear before a House panel investigating the #Jan6, 2021, riot.
U.S. District Judge Carl J. Nichols agreed after a nearly hour-long hearing. “I don’t believe that the original basis for my stay of Mr. #Bannon’s sentence exists any longer. I no longer consider that his appeal raises substantial questions of #law of a kind likely to reverse his #conviction,” Nichols said, citing that panel’s ruling.
The U.S. launched an #airstrike on a facility in eastern #Syria linked to #Iranian-backed #militias, in retaliation for what has been a growing number of attacks on bases housing #UnitedStates troops in the region for the past several weeks, the #Pentagon said.
“House Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday appointed two far-right Republicans to the powerful House Intelligence Committee, positioning two close allies of Donald Trump who worked to overturn the 2020 presidential election on a panel that receives sensitive classified briefings and oversees the work of America’s spy agencies.” https://apnews.com/article/868039d95bc245634644514d2a5abe48
— #TheBigLie#NationalSecurity#congress
Not good. "The Proud Boys are back. Four years after the failed effort to overturn Trump’s 2020 electoral defeat, the violent all-male extremist group that led the storming of Congress on Jan. 6, 2021, is rebuilding and regaining strength as Trump campaigns to return to the White House..."
Pete Buttigieg PERFECTLY explains how Republicans ignore real problems to push bigoted laws, fascist, christian nationalist agendas. This Pride Month, let's remember we must push back harder than ever and fight for true equality. It's time to hold them accountable and vote them out this November!
Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg PERFECTLY explains how Republicans ignore real problems to push bigoted laws, hatful fascist, christian nationalist agendas. This Pride Month, let's remember we must push back harder than ever and fight for true equality. It's time to hold them accountable and vote them out this November! #vote
The new schedule reflects the array of #legal issues that #JudgeCannon has yet to resolve amid efforts by Trump’s legal team to #delay the #TrumpTrial.