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#WeaponizationOfGovernment

Read Judge Burroughs’ grant of a restraining order against #DHS, #KristiNoem, #ICE, Todd Lyons, #DOJ, #PamBondi, #SEVP, Jim Hicks, Dept of #State, & #MarcoRubio

President & Fellows of #Harvard College v. DHS et.al.

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mad.285083/gov.uscourts.mad.285083.11.0_1.pdf

#law #immigration #Constitution #FirstAmendment #AcademicFreedom #Trump #RevengePolitics #WeaponizationOfGovernment #Authoritarianism #dictatorship #tyranny #AmericanAutocracy

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR A TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER For purposes of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 65(b), the President and Fellows of Harvard College (“Plaintiff”) has made a sufficient showing that it has provided notice to Defendants Department of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Todd Lyons, Department of Justice, Pamela Bondi, Student and Exchange Visitor Program, Jim Hicks, Department of State, and Marco Rubio (collectively, “Defendants”) and that, unless its Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order (“TRO”), [ECF No. 4 (the “Motion”)], is granted, it will sustain immediate and irreparable injury before there is an opportunity to hear from all parties. Thus, a TRO is justified to preserve the status quo pending a hearing and the Plaintiff’s Motion is GRANTED. Accordingly, Defendants, their agents, and anyone acting in concert or participation with Defendants are hereby enjoined from: A. Implementing, instituting, maintaining, or giving effect to the revocation of Plaintiff’s SEVP certification; B. Giving any force or effect to the Department of Homeland Security’s May 22, 2025 Revocation Notic

It is so ordered May 23, 2025 Allison D. Burroughs U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE

TYVM!

#Judge #Blocks #Trump Effort to Bar #InternationalStudents at #Harvard

Harvard sued & asked for a restraining order less than 24 hours after the Trump admin had said it would block current & future #international #students from attending the #university.

#law #immigration #Constitution #FirstAmendment #AcademicFreedom #RevengePolitics #WeaponizationOfGovernment #Authoritarianism #dictatorship #tyranny #AmericanAutocracy
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/us/harvard-sues-trump-international-students-garber.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=E8E75D91-B89D-41CC-8DAC-41F7CE0855AB

This whole thing is ridiculous. #DOJ is saying that after the congresswoman assaulted #ICE agents they then gave them a tour?

And why did it take 10 days for them to decide that Rep #LaMonicaMcIver had assaulted federal agents?

Oh right, because #KristiNoem started lying about it on TV. Got it.

#FactCheck #TrumpLies #law #WeaponizationOfGovernment #immigration #Trump #RevengePolitics #racism #sexism

…Paul J. Fishman, a lawyer for Rep. McIver, who previously served as #USattorney for the District of #NJ called the decision to charge the congresswoman “spectacularly inappropriate.”

“As a member of #Congress, she has the right & responsibility to see how #ICE is treating detainees. Rather than facilitating that inspection, ICE agents chose to escalate what should have been a peaceful situation into chaos.”

#law #WeaponizationOfGovernment #immigration #Trump #RevengePolitics #racism #sexism

“No one is above the law—politicians or otherwise,”[except #Trump] #AlinaHabba said in a statement. “It is the job of this office to uphold *justice* *impartially*, regardless of who you are. Now we will let the justice system work.”

In a statement on Monday, Rep #LaMonicaMcIver blamed federal law enforcement for instigating the clash, saying that “#ICE agents created an unnecessary & unsafe confrontation.”

#law #WeaponizationOfGovernment #immigration #RevengePolitics #racism #sexism

#DOJ charged a #NewJersey congresswoman w/ #assault of federal agents at a #Newark #immigration detention center & dropped the BS trespass charge against Mayor #RasBaraka from the same episode.

#AlinaHabba, interim #USattorney for #NJ & fmr #Trump defense atty, posted on X that congresswoman #LaMonicaMcIver was charged “for assaulting, impeding & interfering w/law enforcement.”

#law #racism #sexism #RevengePolitics #WeaponizationOfGovernment
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/19/nyregion/new-jersey-congress-ice-charges.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=A8431CAB-00E6-435B-B30C-FD2475D27BB2

BTWs this was the post. So threatening! #Trump is a weakling.

#SecretService spokesman Anthony Guglielmi, in a statement, said, “The Secret Service vigorously investigates anything that can be taken as a potential threat against our protectees.”

“We are aware of the social media posts by the former FBI Director [#JamesComey] & we take rhetoric like this very seriously,” Guglielmi said.

#FreeSpeech #FirstAmendment #law #RevengePolitics #DHS #DOJ #WeaponizationOfGovernment #StochasticTerrorism

James Comey’s deleted IG post shows seashells on sand form the digits “8647”

Jack Posbiec twitter post — not deleted — from 2022 reads: “86 46”

“He knew exactly what that meant,” #Trump said in an interview w/ FauxNews, a day after the #DHS & the #SecretService opened an investigation into Comey’s Instagram post.

“A child knows what that meant. If you’re the FBI director & you don’t know ... that meant ‘assassination,’” Trump said.

[BS I didn’t learn what 86 meant until I started waiting tables in HS]

#RevengePolitics #StochasticTerrorism #WeaponizationOfGovernment #law #DOJ #DomesticViolentExtremists #MAGA

Ridiculous

#Trump said Friday that former #FBI Director #JamesComey was “calling for the assassination of the president” in a since-deleted social media post that featured the numbers “8647.”

The numbers were quickly read by people in Trump’s cult as Comey calling for people to “86,” or get rid of, the 47th president of the United States — Trump.

#RevengePolitics #StochasticTerrorism #WeaponizationOfGovernment #law #DOJ #DomesticViolentExtremists #MAGA
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/05/16/trump-comey-8647-instagram-fox.html

This morning, Judge Cobb ordered the govt to respond to the plaintiffs filing by 5/21.

In the suit, #FBI agents are asking to destroy & enjoin publication of a list of agents who worked on #Jan6 investigations compiled by fmr Acting Deputy AG & fmr losing #Trump #criminal defense attorney #EmilBove in January.

#law #insurrection #RevengePolitics #WeaponizationOfGovernment #felon47

05/15/2025 514 NOTICE of Filing of Relevant New Information by FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION AGENTS ASSOCIATION, JOHN AND JANE DOES 1-9, John Does 1,3-4, Jane Does 1-3 (Donovan, Margaret) (Entered: 05/15/2025) 05/16/2025 MINUTE ORDER: The Court ORDERS that Defendants shall file a response to Plaintiffs' 51 notice by May 21, 2025. Signed by Judge Jia M. Cobb on May 16, 2025. (Icjmc2) (Entered: 05/16/2025)

#EdMartin said he knew that outing #FBI agents violated #policy, but didn't care:

“The system is stifling the truth from coming out because of some procedure.”

[the procedure is the law]

“We will name them. And we will name them & in a culture that respects shame, they should be people that are shamed.”

JFC talk about #RevengePolitics & #WeaponizationOfGovernment!

#law #insurrection #Jan6 #Trump

As relevant to the pending Motions, Mr. Martin expressed the following: It can't be that the system is stifling the truth from coming out because of some procedure. If it's in the manual, if it's the law, look. I'm the guy that stands here and tells you, the January 6 defendants, every one of them wants all their documents back. They want us to release all the video. We said that's not how that works. We have to be thoughtful and serious about how the system works. There is a path, if you are suing, there is a way, but we have to be serious about it, just like we have to be serious about getting to the truth. There are some really bad actors. Some people that did some really bad things to the American people. And if they can be charged, we'll charge them. But if they can't be charged, we will name them. And we will name them and in a culture that respects shame, they should be people that are shamed. And that's a fact. That's the way things work. And so, that's how I believe the job operates. C-SPAN, Acting U.S. Attorney Ed Martin Holds News Conference, May 13, 2025 (emphasis

#GiftArticle

“When citizens must think twice about criticizing or opposing the government because they could credibly face govt #retribution, they no longer live in a full #democracy.

“By that measure, #America has crossed the line into competitive #authoritarianism. The #Trump administration’s #WeaponizationOfGovernment agencies & flurry of punitive actions against critics has raised the cost of opposition for a wide range of Americans.”

#law #USpol #AmericanAutocracy
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/opinion/trump-authoritarianism-democracy.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Fk8.FdrP.pvuxCrXOS6Fj&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Last month, Federal Housing Finance Agency Director William Pulte, a #Trump appointee, sent a letter to the #DOJ alleging #NYAG #LeticiaJames “falsified records” to obtain favorable loans on a home she purchased in 2023 in Virginia & Brooklyn, the New York Post reported.

In a stmnt, James' lawyer Abbe Lowell called the allegations "baseless & long-discredited."

#law #dictatorship #RevengePolitics #WeaponizationOfGovernment

#NYAG #LeticiaJames has joined attorneys general from other states in challenging #Trump's second-term agenda. After Trump's first term in office, she brought a #civil #fraud lawsuit against him that resulted in hundreds of millions of dollars in penalties.

Trump has repeatedly called for the prosecution of James & New York State Justice Arthur #Engoron, the judge who oversaw that case.

#law #dictatorship #RevengePolitics #WeaponizationOfGovernment

#RevengePolitics

#FBI probes #NYAG #TishJames over *mortgage fraud* allegations

The FBI has opened a #criminal investigation into mortgage fraud allegations against #NewYork Attorney General #LetitiaJames, who #Trump has publicly targeted because she pursued legal action against him, several US media outlets reported on Thurs.

#law #dictatorship #WeaponizationOfGovernment
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/fbi-probes-new-york-ag-james-over-mortgage-fraud-allegations-media-reports-2025-05-08/

GOP: The IRS Should Never Target Organizations For Their Views… Until We’re In Power, Then Target Everyone

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2025/05/07/gop-the-irs-should-never-target-organizations-for-their-views-until-were-in-power-then-target-everyone/

The real #WeaponizationOfGovernment:

#Trump & #GOP ramp up investigations of #Democrats

Trump directed his AG to investigate fundraising platforms such as #ActBlue, the central fundraising apparatus of the #DemocraticParty — escalating his effort to use his power to target political opponents & —in this case — the core machinery of his opposition. 
#TrumpLies #Propaganda #Disinformation #ConspiracyTheories #Gaslighting #law #Incitement #Extremism #Radicalization
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/04/24/trump-act-blue-bondi-investigate-fundraising/

🚨#MafiaState!🚨

*Top* US Prosecutor in #NewJersey, a #Trump Loyalist, Targets Governor

#AlinaHabba said she was investigating Gov. Philip D. Murphy & the state’s attorney general [#NJAG] over #immigration policy. She called the inquiry a “warning for everybody.”

#law #intimidation #WeaponizationOfGovernment #EnemiesList #authoritarianism #autocracy #tyranny #federalism
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/nyregion/trump-justice-department-habba-immigration.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=BFE44020-29CA-4995-8D54-CCAD9494BA82

In many cases #Trump is relying on, or asserting, unilateral power rather than turning to the courts or federal agencies to carry out his demands. Many of his targets are those who prosecuted or challenged him politically, or are institutions & groups he sees as ideological impediments, like elite #universities.

#RevengePolitics #AbuseOfPower #law #tyranny #AntiIntellectualism #WeaponizationOfGovernment #USpol

Universities & News Organizations targeted by Trump

Companies, Public & Cultural Organizations targeted by Trump

In the process, #Trump has blurred the personal & the political, making it difficult in some instances, like his targeting of #academic & #cultural institutions, to distinguish between his grievances & policy goals. [hint it’s all always about him, he couldn’t care less about policy]

#RevengePolitics #AbuseOfPower #law #tyranny #WeaponizationOfGovernment #USpol

List: Who Trump Has Targeted for #Retribution
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/04/07/us/trump-revenge-list.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=66828DAC-72F7-4970-9008-14200628818D

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