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Kim Perales<p>"The Trump admin will move to cut all Fed ED funding from Maine K-12 schools. </p><p>If the state loses, it'll be the 1st time that a school --let alone a state --has lost all fed EDU$ over a <a href="https://toad.social/tags/civilrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>civilrights</span></a> case since 1990.</p><p>Earlier today, ME's AG affirmed in a letter to: US Dept of Ed -state will not change its policies on transgender student ath...<br>-T Kingkade</p><p>Trump's a mobster &amp; he thrives on retribution. Will <a href="https://toad.social/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> allow him to selectively punish states?</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Retribution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Retribution</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/TransRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TransRights</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Rights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rights</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>
jackhutton 🇺🇸<p>[NYTimes]: In Trump’s Second Term, Retribution Comes in Many Forms. By Michael S. Schmidt</p><p>President Trump’s campaign to exact revenge against his perceived foes has turned out to be far more expansive, creative, efficient — and for now, less reliant on the justice system — than anticipated.</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/us/politics/trump-biden-law-firms-revenge.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare&amp;sgrp=p&amp;pvid=385764E2-80BB-4818-BF06-6E27D5483E0A" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/04/07/us/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics/trump-biden-law-firms-revenge.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare&amp;sgrp=p&amp;pvid=385764E2-80BB-4818-BF06-6E27D5483E0A</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/retribution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retribution</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/lawlessness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lawlessness</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>In the process, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> has blurred the personal &amp; the political, making it difficult in some instances, like his targeting of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/academic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academic</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/cultural" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cultural</span></a> institutions, to distinguish between his grievances &amp; policy goals. [hint it’s all always about him, he couldn’t care less about policy]</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RevengePolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AbuseOfPower</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tyranny</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WeaponizationOfGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WeaponizationOfGovernment</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> </p><p>List: Who Trump Has Targeted for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Retribution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Retribution</span></a><br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/04/07/us/trump-revenge-list.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare&amp;sgrp=p&amp;pvid=66828DAC-72F7-4970-9008-14200628818D" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/interactive/2025/0</span><span class="invisible">4/07/us/trump-revenge-list.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare&amp;sgrp=p&amp;pvid=66828DAC-72F7-4970-9008-14200628818D</span></a></p>
Infinity Counter 🟦<p>US President slammed for ‘covertly’ withholding FEMA funds from blue states </p><p><a href="https://lor.sh/tags/CourthouseNewsService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CourthouseNewsService</span></a> <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/FEMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FEMA</span></a> <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/Retribution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Retribution</span></a> <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/BlueStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlueStates</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.courthousenews.com/trump-slammed-for-covertly-withholding-fema-funds-from-blue-states/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">courthousenews.com/trump-slamm</span><span class="invisible">ed-for-covertly-withholding-fema-funds-from-blue-states/</span></a></p>
WIST Quotations<p><a href="https://wist.info/horace/14901/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">A quotation from <b>Horace</b></a></p><blockquote>But he that touches me, (hands off! I cry, —<br>Avaunt, and at your peril come not nigh!)<br>Shall for his pains be chaunted up and down,<br>The jest and byeword of a chuckling Town.<br>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<i>[At ille,<br>Qui me conmorit (melius non tangere, clamo),<br>Fiebit et insignis tota cantabitur urbe.]</i></blockquote><p><b>Horace</b> (65-8 BC) Roman poet, satirist, soldier, politician [Quintus Horatius Flaccus]<br><i>Satires [Saturae, Sermones],</i> Book 2, # 1, “Sunt quibus in Satira,” l. 44ff (2.2.44-46) (30 BC) [tr. Howes (1845)]</p> <p>Sourcing, notes, alternate translations: <a href="https://wist.info/horace/14901/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">wist.info/horace/14901/</a></p><p><a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quotation</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=qotd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>qotd</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=derision" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>derision</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=mockery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mockery</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=retaliation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retaliation</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=retribution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retribution</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=ridicule" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ridicule</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=satire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>satire</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=satirist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>satirist</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=scorn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scorn</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=threat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>threat</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=warning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>warning</span></a></p>
Kim Perales<p>"Emails confirm: SSA CXL contracts with Maine as pol payback against Mills..."<br>-A Delaney</p><p>“I was upset at the gov’s treatment, &amp; I indicated in an email as such."<br>-Dudek</p><p>"I don’t know how it can stand in this country if we let someone remain in charge of a fed agency after finding out that he deliberately took actions that he knew would hurt Americans just to punish a pol opponent for not being nice enough to his boss."<br>-AR Melnick</p><p>Rep Connolly's letter to Dudek to resign:<br><a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Retribution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Retribution</span></a></p>
Kim Perales<p>The Trump admin is gaining power over criminal tax investigations.</p><p>Trump installed an Hunter Biden "whistleblower" as deputy of the criminal division.</p><p>Shapley was an IRS agent when he told Congress in 2023 that prosecutors slow-walked an inquiry into Hunter Biden for tax offenses. Shapley’s testimony made him a celeb figure on the R &amp; endeared him to advisers Trump, who mused about using tax investigations to🚨PERSECUTE HIS PERCEIVED POL ENEMIES.<br><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Retribution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Retribution</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/04/02/trump-administration-irs-politicization/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/business/20</span><span class="invisible">25/04/02/trump-administration-irs-politicization/</span></a></p>
Félicien Breton 🍉 🔻 🌱<p>Israel seeks to erase refugee camps from Jenin and Tulkarm: <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-seeks-erase-refugee-camps-jenin-and-tulkarm" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">middleeasteye.net/news/israel-</span><span class="invisible">seeks-erase-refugee-camps-jenin-and-tulkarm</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/israel" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>israel</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/palestine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>palestine</span></a></span> 🧵</p><p><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/collectivePunishment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>collectivePunishment</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Jenin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jenin</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/refugees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>refugees</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/militants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>militants</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/israelPalestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>israelPalestine</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palestine</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/WestBank" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WestBank</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Zionism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Zionism</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>israel</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/revenge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>revenge</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/retribution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retribution</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/warOnPalestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>warOnPalestine</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/OPT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OPT</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/DefundIsrael" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DefundIsrael</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/IDF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IDF</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/warCrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>warCrimes</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ethnicCleansing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ethnicCleansing</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/rightToReturn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rightToReturn</span></a></p>
Rich Stein (he/him)<p>Retribution tour —<br><a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/trump-roars-multiple-paths-retribution-vowed-targets-yield-120309815" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/tr</span><span class="invisible">ump-roars-multiple-paths-retribution-vowed-targets-yield-120309815</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retribution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retribution</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ElectionConsequences" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionConsequences</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ElectionsHaveConsequences" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionsHaveConsequences</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USIP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USIP</span></a> employees told WaPo that 200–300 people — nearly the entirety of USIP’s HQ staff — had been fired. The employees, who spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/retribution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retribution</span></a> from the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin, said some employees were offered severance &amp; one additional month of health insurance, in exchange for their signatures to WAIVE their RIGHTS to sue.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpCoup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpCoup</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpPurge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpPurge</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/diplomacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>diplomacy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tyranny</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Multiple sources at <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FSA</span></a> who could not speak publicly for fear of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/retribution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retribution</span></a> said they were blindsided by the news.</p><p>Logistical challenges aside, the role of the office of Federal <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Student" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Student</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Aid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Aid</span></a> as the administrator of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StudentLoan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StudentLoan</span></a> portfolio is protected by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a>. It's not clear how these responsibilities could be <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/legally" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>legally</span></a> moved w/o a vote of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a>. [not that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> cares]</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalAgencies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalAgencies</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Education</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StudentLoans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StudentLoans</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/regulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>regulation</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kleptocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a></p>
Kim Perales<p>"Owner of the Old Orchard Beach Inn in ME: “easily” 90% of their bus has disappeared as Canadian tourists CXL vacations in the US following Trump’s relentless attacks on CA.</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> is destroying America."<br>-Rs agst Trump</p><p>🚨$2.4T tourism to the US in 2023!</p><p>The UK, Germany... have increased their travel warnings for those entering the US amid the Trump admin’s IMG crackdown *may be liable to arrest or detention if you break the rules.</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Retribution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Retribution</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Tourism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tourism</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a><br><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/european-countries-issue-travel-warnings-for-us-over-trumps-crackdown/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thedailybeast.com/european-cou</span><span class="invisible">ntries-issue-travel-warnings-for-us-over-trumps-crackdown/</span></a></p>
Félicien Breton 🍉 🔻 🌱<p>"Gaza has the highest number of child amputees per capita and has been rendered incapable of taking care of them."<br>by Hadeel Awad, a writer and a nurse based in Gaza: <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2025/3/15/gazas-silent-epidemic" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">aljazeera.com/opinions/2025/3/</span><span class="invisible">15/gazas-silent-epidemic</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/palestine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>palestine</span></a></span></p><p><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/method" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>method</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/witness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>witness</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/%D8%B4%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%AF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>شهيد</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/shaheed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shaheed</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/healthCare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>healthCare</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/hospital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hospital</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/hospitals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hospitals</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/pediatrics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pediatrics</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/publicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/children" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>children</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/israelPalestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>israelPalestine</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/JewishSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JewishSupremacy</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/zionism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>zionism</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>genocide</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ongoingNakba" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ongoingNakba</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/revenge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>revenge</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/retribution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retribution</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/warOnGaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>warOnGaza</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/israelGaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>israelGaza</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/israelGazaWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>israelGazaWar</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ethnicCleansing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ethnicCleansing</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/warCrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>warCrimes</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/PalestinianLivesMatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PalestinianLivesMatter</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/terrorism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>terrorism</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/stateTerrorism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stateTerrorism</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/stateViolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stateViolence</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/GazaGenocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GazaGenocide</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/StopArmingIsrael" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StopArmingIsrael</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/CeasefireNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CeasefireNow</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palestine</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/StopFundingIsrael" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StopFundingIsrael</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/DefundIsrael" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DefundIsrael</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/stateViolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stateViolence</span></a></p>
Félicien Breton 🍉 🔻 🌱<p>Over 43,000 Palestinians have been forcibly displaced from their homes in Jenin and Tulkarem (Occupied Palestine Territories)<br><a href="https://thecradle.co/articles/jenin-camp-100-percent-destroyed-after-two-month-israeli-siege" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thecradle.co/articles/jenin-ca</span><span class="invisible">mp-100-percent-destroyed-after-two-month-israeli-siege</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/israel" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>israel</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/palestine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>palestine</span></a></span> 🧵</p><p><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/collectivePunishment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>collectivePunishment</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Jenin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jenin</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/refugees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>refugees</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/militants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>militants</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/israelPalestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>israelPalestine</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palestine</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/WestBank" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WestBank</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/terrorism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>terrorism</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/counterTerrorism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>counterTerrorism</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Zionism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Zionism</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>israel</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/JewishSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JewishSupremacy</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/revenge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>revenge</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/retribution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retribution</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/warOnPalestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>warOnPalestine</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/OPT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OPT</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/grievability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>grievability</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/DefundIsrael" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DefundIsrael</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/IDF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IDF</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/warCrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>warCrimes</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ethnicCleansing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ethnicCleansing</span></a></p>
Rich Stein (he/him)<p>"Less than three weeks after Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) sparred with President Donald Trump over his executive order prohibiting trans students from competing on school sports teams that align with their gender identity, the state has been hit with sudden cuts to funding and grants along with multiple investigations led by federal agencies and threats of more to come."<br><a href="https://www.washingtonblade.com/2025/03/12/maine-targeted-with-federal-probes-threats-after-guv-spars-with-trump/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonblade.com/2025/03/12</span><span class="invisible">/maine-targeted-with-federal-probes-threats-after-guv-spars-with-trump/</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Maine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retribution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retribution</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/revenge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>revenge</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpolitics</span></a></p>
jackhutton 🇺🇸<p>[Substack]: Trump’s Revenge: The Vindman Brothers Targeted. By Olga Lautman, March 13, 2025</p><p><a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/olgalautman/p/trumps-revenge-the-vindman-brothers?r=buqu&amp;utm_medium=ios" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">open.substack.com/pub/olgalaut</span><span class="invisible">man/p/trumps-revenge-the-vindman-brothers?r=buqu&amp;utm_medium=ios</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/vindman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vindman</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/retribution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retribution</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/defendDemocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>defendDemocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/edMartin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>edMartin</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a></p>
Rich Stein (he/him)<p>No, this is not evidence of the weaponization of the FBI or the EPA. 🙃</p><p>No, this is not evidence of the real deep state. 🙃</p><p>Oh, sure, this is all perfectly normal "business as usual." 🙃</p><p>"trump’s FBI Moves to Criminally Charge Major Climate Groups — The dishonest, vindictive, vengeful administration is targeting climate organizations that received a Biden-era grant."<br><a href="https://newrepublic.com/post/192660/trump-fbi-charge-climate-organizations" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">newrepublic.com/post/192660/tr</span><span class="invisible">ump-fbi-charge-climate-organizations</span></a><br>ht <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://historians.social/@carkner" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>carkner</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://historians.social/@carkner/114151638593609803" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">historians.social/@carkner/114</span><span class="invisible">151638593609803</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retribution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retribution</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/revenge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>revenge</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FBI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FBI</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GiftArticle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GiftArticle</span></a></p><p>‘People Are Going Silent’: Fearing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Retribution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Retribution</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> Critics Muzzle Themselves</p><p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/silence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>silence</span></a> grows louder every day</p><p>Fired <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalWorkers</span></a> worried about losing their homes ask not to be quoted by name. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/University" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>University</span></a> presidents fearing that millions in federal <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/funding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>funding</span></a> could disappear are holding their fire. Chief execs alarmed by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> that could hurt their businesses are on mute.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>autocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dissent</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/us/politics/trump-democracy.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare&amp;sgrp=p&amp;pvid=8DC43EDF-B11C-44E1-8C72-A910E200F459" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/03/06/us/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics/trump-democracy.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare&amp;sgrp=p&amp;pvid=8DC43EDF-B11C-44E1-8C72-A910E200F459</span></a></p>
Rich Stein (he/him)<p>Welp... <br><a href="https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3300915/trump-halts-all-us-military-aid-ukraine-after-clash-zelensky" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">scmp.com/news/world/europe/art</span><span class="invisible">icle/3300915/trump-halts-all-us-military-aid-ukraine-after-clash-zelensky</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retribution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retribution</span></a></p>
WIST Quotations<p><a href="https://wist.info/richard-ii/75301/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">A quotation from <b>Richard II</b></a></p><blockquote>You wretches, detestable on land and sea; you who seek equality with lords are unworthy to live. Give this message to your colleagues: rustics you were and rustics you are still: you will remain in bondage, not as before but incomparably harsher. For as long as we live we will strive to suppress you, and your misery will be an <i>example</i> in the eyes of posterity. How ever, we will spare your lives if you remain faithful and loyal. Choose now which course you want to follow.</blockquote><p><b>Richard II of England</b> (1367-1400) King of England (1377-1399) [Richard of Bordeaux]<br>Speech (1381-06-22) to the peasant followers of Wat Tyler at Walthamstow, <i>St Alban’s Chronicle</i></p> <p>Sourcing, notes: <a href="https://wist.info/richard-ii/75301/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">wist.info/richard-ii/75301/</a></p><p><a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quotation</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=classwarfare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>classwarfare</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=classism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>classism</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=equality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>equality</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=inequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inequality</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=oppression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oppression</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=rebellion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rebellion</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=retribution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retribution</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=threat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>threat</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tyranny</span></a></p>