Monday, May 19, 2025
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Ukraine's First Deputy Foreign Minister says Russians tried to intimidate Ukraine in Istanbul
This is the lowest level, these guys are worse than any mafia godfathers from bad movies.
This is yet another example of how brutalized and morally rotten Russian society has become.
https://newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/ukraine-s-first-deputy-foreign-minister-says-1747516418.html
#WarOfAggression #Europa #Ukraine #Istanbul #ForeignMinister #army #intimidate #Frontline #war #Russia #WarCriminal #occupiers #defenders
#перемогаYкраїни
#Russian #Baltic Sea provocations ‘increasing threat of accidental military incidents,’ #Latvian intelligence says
The purpose of the #provocations is most likely to #intimidate and test the potential opponent, while attempts to discredit the reactions and defense capabilities of the countries of the region are not excluded
These actions are "increasing the threat of accidental military incidents."
The #ExecutiveOrder is the latest attempt by #Trump to limit or #intimidate institutions he does not agree with, including #LawFirms, #universities & #media companies such as #CBS, which is being sued for $20B over a “#60Minutes” interview w/fmr VP #KamalaHarris during the 2024 presidential campaign.
#law #censorship #dictatorship #PublicBroadcasting #CPB #PBS #NPR #Congress
As #CivilRights prosecutors conducted the investigation #EmilBove demanded, they pushed back against steps he wanted taken, arguing they were either not justified by available facts or contrary to #law, or both.
At one point,Bove instructed #FBI agents on the NY joint terrorism task force to put on their raid jackets, go to #Columbia & stand in a phalanx near #protesters. Within the civil rights division, the instruction was viewed as deeply improper & a blatant attempt to #intimidate #students.
“Our job is to evaluate science & evaluate it in an unbiased fashion. That’s what we do & I think we do it well. The questions seem to suggest that there’s some bias in what we do—that’s where the vaguely threatening part comes in,”Dr. Rubin said.
Jeremy Berg, fmr editor of #Science, said he thought the letters were to “#intimidate journals…” to publish papers that align w/the #Trump admin’s beliefs—on #ClimateChange & #vaccines, for example—even if the quality of the #research is poor.
#Distract #Intimidate #Silence #Abuse
A psychopathic president.
‘Longwell estimated that Trump might be trying to get people to look in a different direction after he backed down on his trade war.
"…like a guy with a laser pointer and the media is a bunch of cats. Is he trying to get people to chase things so they stop talking about the fact that he caved and did a total about-face on the tariffs after telling us for days that he wasn't going to do a pause? And now he's suddenly pausing because the world economy is collapsing. Is he doing this as a distraction?"
She then noted that targeting people like this can scare others away from leaking information to the public.
"And what he's trying to do here, though, is to make people afraid of speaking out against him.
‘Trump is trying to intimidate his staff from speaking out during this administration, she continued
…I mean, this is some of the most insane authoritarian stuff we've seen out of him."
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https://www.wacoca.com/pets/363821/ 先輩猫は怖かった #ノルウェージャンフォレストキャット #メインクーン #cat #CuteCats #hiss #intimidate #MaineCoon #neko #NorwegianForestCat #メインクーン
More of this backbone…
“You can’t buy me off, scare me away, or #intimidate me into #resigning. I’m angry, spiteful, & resolute in holding the line…”
“The user also noted that he & 12 other coworkers would be wearing “Rebel Alliance” T-👕under their work clothes every Friday in the office.”
“They just created the imaginary deep state they convinced everyone they were fighting against…
Oh, the irony!”
“That’s the big question,” #RuthBenGhiat said, adding that it depends partly on #Trump’s ability to impose party #fealty, #intimidate critics & install competent bureaucrats who are effective at using levers of #power to advance his personal aims.
“It is about criminalizing #dissent,” she said. “There is a method to his madness in that he has taken people on a journey of #indoctrination.”
#law #autocracy #tyranny #authoritarianism #democracy #HarrisWalz2024
#Florida #voters who #oppose the state's 6-week #abortionban say they are being #visited by #police
#Critics accuse #Fascist #Florida #Governor #RonDeSantis of seeking to #intimidate #supporters of a #prochoice #referendum
"Attorney General #Paxton is using his position of authority to #harass & #intimidate #Latino non-profit organizations like #LULAC, LatinoLeaders & LULAC members," Juan Proaño, LULAC's CEO told CBS, calling the state AG's effort "point-blank" #VoterIntimidation. "It is evident through his pattern of lawsuits, raids, searches, & seizures that he is trying to keep Latinos from voting."
#democracy #ElectionLaw #law #AbuseOfPower #WhiteSupremacy #VoterSuppression #ElectionInterference
When the Real Goons Wear Uniforms: Protect and Serve Turns Into Intimidate and Extort
#RealGoonsWear #Serve #Intimidate #Extort #MastIndia #MastodonIndians #India @mastodonindians
https://reddit.com/r/bangalore/comments/1etk1i1/when_the_real_goons_wear_uniforms_protect_and/
@RememberUsAlways @palestine @israel
interesting you calling all those who support #anti-genocide racist. also, open #criticism of israel is NOT #racist. those who say it's racist are the ones who are racist to making it about race.
Typical tactic to #censor, #silence, #intimidate them is to call them racist, when no remark of race is mentioned. Do you call others openly criticising #Russia or #China racist? Why not? when those openly criticising israel for it's #oppression, #aggression, it's #HumanRights violations, its violations of #international rule of #law is no different when those openly criticising Russia. Zero difference. israel is NOT above international rule of law, even though they try to #brainwash many to believe they are. Those tactics may have worked in the past, but not now as people opened their eyes to realise how evil israel actually is and now not deterred from openly criticising israel.
Even #ICC remarked israel breaking #international law. Are you gonna call them racist too because they rule fairly against israel?
Read my post 6x carefully, there is zero mention of a race. Are you gonna label me racist now? if you are, then you are def a racist amateur clown auditioning to be taken seriously.
⬆️ 3 #FalseHopes
Emboldened by corrupt #SCOTUS decision on #PresidentialImmunity & FALSE hopes of #AmericanMonarchy under #Trump, #HeritageFoundation just fired opening salvo of #SecondAmericanRevolution based on another FALSE hope that it would be #bloodless — like the #GloriousRevolution that put William III of Orange on the #British Throne.
Knowing THAT hope is false, it is openly threatening #Democrats with #bloodshed, again FALSELY hoping to #intimidate us with its own #BrunswickManifesto.
@SubtleBlade "The show of unity for the court and its staff comes in the wake of revelations published by the Guardian about efforts by #Israel and its #intelligence agencies to undermine, influence and #intimidate the court as part of a nine-year campaign of #surveillance and #espionage
About the same as #israel does to its friends, neighbours and enemies.
Once again - why did this take 3 years to see the light? #Neighbors say #Alitos used #security detail car to #intimidate them after sign dispute. #EmilyBaden says after a disagreement over political lawn signs with the US #supremecourt justice’s wife, a black car began parking at her mother’s home - #harassment #threats #intimidation #legalresearch #SCOTUS #ImpeachAlito #ethics #MAGA #Jan6 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/31/samuel-alito-flag-neighbor-interview
#Hoffinger’s final question is an accusation: whether #RobertCostello’s testimony to Congress was meant to #intimidate #MichaelCohen as he testified in this trial. Costello asked her to repeat the question & then denied the accusation. “No,” he said. “Ridiculous.”
#Trump atty #Bove, is on redirect. Costello testifies that Cohen said in April 2018 that he would be “eternally grateful” for the help & guidance that Costello had given him in those difficult days.
