Nonilex<p>“This is, as far as I know, the first allegation that someone in a ban state is providing an abortion in direct violation of abortion laws,” said Marc Hearron of the Center for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ReproductiveRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReproductiveRights</span></a>.</p><p>In a handful of cases, charges have been brought against people who provided <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/abortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abortion</span></a> pills to relatives, either with their knowledge or without.</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/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WomensHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WomensHealth</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MaleSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MaleSupremacy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/abortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abortion</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RoeVWade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RoeVWade</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BackAlleyAbortions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BackAlleyAbortions</span></a></p>
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Nonilex<p>…The bans on abortions around the country have largely relied on the threat of prosecution, w/few instances in which <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> cases have actually been filed. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Abortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Abortion</span></a> providers in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a> & other states w/ abortion bans ceased operations after the decision. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Women</span></a> seeking abortions have instead had to travel to states where the procedure remains legal or have received abortion medication through the mail.</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/ReproductiveRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReproductiveRights</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WomensHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WomensHealth</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MaleSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MaleSupremacy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/abortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abortion</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RoeVWade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RoeVWade</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The stmnt said that she had been “charged with the illegal performance of an abortion,” which has been a second-degree <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/felony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>felony</span></a> since the state’s near-total <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbortionBan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AbortionBan</span></a> took effect in 2022. She was also charged w/practicing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>medicine</span></a> without a license.</p><p>Court records released late Monday indicated that a person who worked w/Ms. Rojas, Jose Ley, 29, was also arrested & charged w/the same offenses.</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/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ReproductiveRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReproductiveRights</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WomensHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WomensHealth</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MaleSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MaleSupremacy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/abortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abortion</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RoeVWade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RoeVWade</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>A <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/midwife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>midwife</span></a> & an associate have been arrested & charged w/illegally performing abortions in greater <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Houston" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Houston</span></a>, acc/to court records & the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a> AG, apparently the first <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> arrests of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/abortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abortion</span></a> providers since <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> overturned <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RoeVWade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RoeVWade</span></a> in 2022.</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/ReproductiveRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReproductiveRights</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WomensHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WomensHealth</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MaleSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MaleSupremacy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BackAlleyAbortions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BackAlleyAbortions</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/us/politics/abortion-arrest.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=69B9A807-AD57-4712-B295-54FF457D615B" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/03/17/us/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics/abortion-arrest.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=69B9A807-AD57-4712-B295-54FF457D615B</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Following the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Jan6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jan6</span></a> attack, there was a wave of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/civil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>civil</span></a> cases & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> prosecutions that splintered the [domestic terrorist] orgs & sent many members to prison before sweeping <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/clemency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>clemency</span></a> from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>. Among them were group leaders named alongside >30 others in the city’s suit, including <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ProudBoys" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProudBoys</span></a> leader Henry “Enrique” Tarrio & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/OathKeepers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OathKeepers</span></a> founder Stewart Rhodes, both of whom juries <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/convicted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>convicted</span></a> of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SeditiousConspiracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeditiousConspiracy</span></a> for their part in trying to block the peaceful transition of power.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a></p>
Voting is Your POWER<p>Philippine police arrested former President Rodrigo Duterte in Manila on Tuesday and sent him by plane to the Netherlands to face charges of crimes against humanity at the International Criminal Court <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/philippines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>philippines</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/duterte" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>duterte</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/RodrigoDuterte" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RodrigoDuterte</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://apnews.com/article/rodrigo-duterte-manila-philippines-icc-9b9d08b8832b43282db53418535fb245" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/rodrigo-dut</span><span class="invisible">erte-manila-philippines-icc-9b9d08b8832b43282db53418535fb245</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>As he assailed the investigations into him, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> also heaped praise on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AileenCannon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AileenCannon</span></a>, the federal judge he appointed in Florida who dismissed the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> charges against him for mishandling <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ClassifiedDocuments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClassifiedDocuments</span></a>, calling her “the absolute model of what a judge should be.” [not that the 11th circuit repeatedly had to correct her judgments or anything 🙄]</p><p>“The case against me was bullshit,” Trump said keeping it classy, standing in the building where the charges were approved.</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/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> probes Columbia war protests for terrorism violations</p><p>The U.S. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Justice</span></a> Department is examining whether student protests at <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ColumbiaUniversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ColumbiaUniversity</span></a> over the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a> war violated federal terrorism laws, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s Deputy Attorney General & former <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> defense attorney <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ToddBlanche" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ToddBlanche</span></a> said on Friday.</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/FreedomOfAssembly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreedomOfAssembly</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RightToProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RightToProtest</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/NaziState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NaziState</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-justice-dept-probes-columbia-war-protests-terrorism-violations-official-says-2025-03-14/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/world/us/us-justic</span><span class="invisible">e-dept-probes-columbia-war-protests-terrorism-violations-official-says-2025-03-14/</span></a></p>
Ham on Wry<p>For decades, New Yorkers knew that Trump and the Trump family f..ked everybody over, stiffing everyone they dealt with from contractors to lawyers.</p><p>So why would anybody think he’s unwilling to continue doing the same with American businesses and allies?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ElbowsUp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElbowsUp</span></a></p>
Touaregtweet<p>Why Teddy Roosevelt’s face will remain on Mount Rushmore and Trump’s image will never be there or anywhere else</p><p><a href="https://substack.com/home/post/p-158891981" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">substack.com/home/post/p-15889</span><span class="invisible">1981</span></a> </p><p><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/felon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>felon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a></p>
Voting is Your POWER<p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Nazi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nazi</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/leon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>leon</span></a> and his fellow <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/nazis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nazis</span></a> must comply with public records requests, citing its “unprecedented” power and secrecy. </p><p>Judge Christopher Cooper found that the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Nazi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nazi</span></a> Regime falls under the Freedom of Information Act, and ordered the release of internal documents. </p><p>The <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Nazi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nazi</span></a> Regime must submit a report by March 20 estimating the number of relevant documents. <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/uspolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspolitics</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/uspoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspoli</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/elon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>elon</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/elonmusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>elonmusk</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crime</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>musk</span></a> <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-11/musk-s-doge-must-comply-with-public-records-requests-judge-says" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bloomberg.com/news/articles/20</span><span class="invisible">25-03-11/musk-s-doge-must-comply-with-public-records-requests-judge-says</span></a></p>
JiKo<p>Former PH president Duterte arrested for crimes against humanity.</p><p>What many Filipinos are feeling right now...</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Philippines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Philippines</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Asian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Asian</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ICC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ICC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Criminal</span></a></p>
JiKo<p>FAFO</p><p>The Philippines gets its own "fuck-around-and-find-out" moment.</p><p>Former PH president Rodrigo Duterte gets arrested for crimes against humanity. Thousands were killed (many innocent and without due process) during the drug war 2016-2022.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Philippines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Philippines</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/FAFO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FAFO</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Asian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Asian</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ICC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ICC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Crime</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Murder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Murder</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Criminal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Davao" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Davao</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Manila" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Manila</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@pinoy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>pinoy</span></a></span></p>
Nonilex<p>Under <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a>? Sure.</p><p>A lawyer who was asked to offer *independent* arguments on the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Justice</span></a> Dept’s motion to dismiss <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> charges against <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NYC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NYC</span></a> Mayor <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EricAdams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EricAdams</span></a> of told a judge on Friday that he should end the prosecution.</p><p>But the lawyer, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PaulClement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PaulClement</span></a>, said the judge should not allow the Trump admin to use the threat of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> charges to compel Adams’ political support.</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/QuidProQuo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>QuidProQuo</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DanielleSassoon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DanielleSassoon</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/nyregion/paul-clement-adams-case-dismissal.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=AD05C050-FABC-4A0E-B8CF-E411402E6B46" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/03/07/nyregio</span><span class="invisible">n/paul-clement-adams-case-dismissal.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=AD05C050-FABC-4A0E-B8CF-E411402E6B46</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>As part of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/clemency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>clemency</span></a> effort, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SBF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SBF</span></a>’s parents Mr. Bankman & Ms. Fried, who are <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Stanford" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Stanford</span></a> University <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> professors & longtime active <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a> [shame], are consulting w/Kory Langhofer, an AZ atty who worked for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s 2016 & 2020 presidential campaigns. Politically connected businesspeople & DC lobbyists have also received outreach from intermediaries who claim to be allies of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SamBankmanFried" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SamBankmanFried</span></a>….</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</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/felon47" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>felon47</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SEC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SEC</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fraud</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MoneyLaundering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MoneyLaundering</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/broligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>broligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/cryptobros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cryptobros</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/technocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>technocracy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>…The push appears intended to capitalize on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/transactional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transactional</span></a> approach to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/clemency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>clemency</span></a>. Trump favors <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/pardon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pardon</span></a> seekers w/connections to him—either personally or through lawyers & lobbyists—& claims of *prosecutorial misconduct* [perceived persecution] that echo his own <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/grievances" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>grievances</span></a> about the cases against him.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</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/felon47" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>felon47</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SBF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SBF</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SEC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SEC</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fraud</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MoneyLaundering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MoneyLaundering</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/broligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>broligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/cryptobros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cryptobros</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/technocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>technocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CryptoSummit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CryptoSummit</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Consulting with a lawyer who has ties to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>. Reaching out to Washington <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/lobbyists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lobbyists</span></a>. And sitting for a jailhouse interview with <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TuckerCarlson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TuckerCarlson</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SamBankmanFried" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SamBankmanFried</span></a>, the disgraced <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/cryptocurrency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cryptocurrency</span></a> mogul who was once a top <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Democratic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democratic</span></a> donor, has embarked on a campaign to secure a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/pardon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pardon</span></a> from Trump, 6 people with knowledge of the matter said.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</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/felon47" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>felon47</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SBF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SBF</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SEC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SEC</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fraud</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MoneyLaundering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MoneyLaundering</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/broligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>broligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/cryptobros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cryptobros</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/technocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>technocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CryptoSummit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CryptoSummit</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/technology/sam-bankman-fried-pardon-trump.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=192A242F-DC90-4B09-B637-04864D8EE473" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/03/07/technol</span><span class="invisible">ogy/sam-bankman-fried-pardon-trump.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=192A242F-DC90-4B09-B637-04864D8EE473</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>US <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Senate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Senate</span></a> confirms ex-Trump defense lawyer as Deputy Attorney General</p><p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republican</span></a>-controlled U.S. Senate on Wednesday confirmed <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>'s former <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> defense attorney <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ToddBlanche" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ToddBlanche</span></a> to serve as Deputy Attorney General, the No. 2 role at the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Justice</span></a> Department.</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/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicIntegrity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicIntegrity</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MafiaState</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-senate-confirms-ex-trump-defense-lawyer-deputy-attorney-general-2025-03-05/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/world/us/us-senate</span><span class="invisible">-confirms-ex-trump-defense-lawyer-deputy-attorney-general-2025-03-05/</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> is praising a bill that Sen John Thune, the majority leader, has pushed to criminalize online “<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePorn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RevengePorn</span></a>.” Then he says that he could make use of such a bill himself, because no one is treated worse online that he is.</p><p>He has no idea what he’s talking about.</p><p>If anything, Trump would be the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> offender in this scenario, not the freaking victim.<br>Jackass.</p><p>Note <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a> all applauded this bill.</p>
Nonilex<p>In its statement, Kraken said it appreciated the “new leadership” at the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WhiteHouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteHouse</span></a> & the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SEC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SEC</span></a> [a formerly <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/independent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>independent</span></a> agency] & credited them w/the case’s dismissal.<br>
“It ends a wasteful, politically motivated campaign, lifts uncertainty that stifled innovation & investment, & clears the path toward a stable, forward-thinking regulatory regime,” the company said.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/felon47" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>felon47</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/cryptocurrency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cryptocurrency</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</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/broligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>broligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/technocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>technocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/plutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plutocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fraud</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MoneyLaundering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MoneyLaundering</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a></p>
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