#extortion

Deborah RoseVietnam is making friendly overtures to Donald Trump. Last fall, before the election, Trump oversaw the signing of a private $1.5 billion contract to build a Trump golf club in Vietnam. The Vietnamese prime minister recently promised to fast-track the project and urged the Trump Organization to expand in Vietnam. His apparent goal was to head off huge Trump tariffs on Vietnamese exports to America. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Extortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Extortion</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TrumpRegime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TrumpRegime</a>

John Refior"Two major law firms are expected to ask separate judges on Wednesday to permanently block President Donald Trump’s executive orders that were designed to punish them and hurt their business operations."The firms — Perkins Coie and WilmerHale — have said the orders imposed in March are unconstitutional assaults on the legal profession that threaten their relationships with clients and retaliate against them based either on their past legal representations or their association with particular attorneys who Trump perceives as his adversaries..."The executive orders taking aim at some of the country’s most elite and prominent law firms are part of a wide-ranging retribution campaign by Trump designed to reshape civil society and extract concessions from perceived adversaries." <a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-law-firms-perkins-coie-wilmerhale-7dba5f0c38ac547bf3f2bb1f31a2ef38" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://apnews.com/article/trump-law-firms-perkins-coie-wilmerhale-7dba5f0c38ac547bf3f2bb1f31a2ef38</a><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/extortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#extortion</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#constitution</a>

Kim PeralesThe big box CEOs flat out told Trump the prices aren't going up, they're steady right now, but they'll go up. & this wasn't about food. But he was told that shelves will be empty" -an admin official. Another official briefed on the meeting said the CEOs told Trump disruptions could become noticeable in 2 weeks.Trump says the <a href="https://toad.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tariffs</a> on CN will be lower, but only that "they'll be north of zero." His "governing style" is that of a mob boss. <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Extortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Extortion</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Kleptocracy</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a href="https://www.axios.com/2025/04/23/trump-economy-tariffs-china-powell" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.axios.com/2025/04/23/trump-economy-tariffs-china-powell</a>

Nando161We made them a million last week. We got <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/McDonalds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#McDonalds</a> today in the break room<a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/fuckmcdonalds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fuckmcdonalds</a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/boycottmcdonalds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#boycottmcdonalds</a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/antimcdonalds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#antimcdonalds</a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/classwar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#classwar</a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/eattherich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#eattherich</a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/insults" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#insults</a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#capitalism</a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fascism</a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/ausgov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ausgov</a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/politas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#politas</a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/extortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#extortion</a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/exploitation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#exploitation</a>

Wokebloke for Democracy" The situation has raised concerns at FEMA that the White House is playing politics with critical emergency management funds. President Donald Trump and his allies have criticized FEMA for months as partisan, ineffective and unnecessary. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has said she will “eliminate FEMA” altogether."<a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/22/politics/fema-money-slowed-trump?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/22/politics/fema-money-slowed-trump?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub</a><a href="https://libretooth.gr/tags/FEMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FEMA</a> <a href="https://libretooth.gr/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Corruption</a> <a href="https://libretooth.gr/tags/Extortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Extortion</a> <a href="https://libretooth.gr/tags/KristiNoem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#KristiNoem</a> <a href="https://libretooth.gr/tags/HomelandSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HomelandSecurity</a>

Kim PeralesThe Trump WH is sabotaging itself with its unbridled hostility toward the <a href="https://toad.social/tags/courts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#courts</a>. The SC has been doing its best to defuse the looming clash w the admin.Form of govt we're living in right now: closest analogue is the Mafia -using <a href="https://toad.social/tags/extortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#extortion</a> to achieve his objectives.For Trump, law is nothing but politics -apply his tactics for pol battles in the legal realm: attack -never admit error -stoke griev...Openly, repeatedly: <a href="https://toad.social/tags/unconstitutional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#unconstitutional</a> viewp <a href="https://toad.social/tags/discrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#discrimination</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a href="https://www.thefp.com/p/is-donald-trump-breaking-the-law" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.thefp.com/p/is-donald-trump-breaking-the-law</a>

Catherine Schmidt# <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#politics</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/alt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#alt</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trump</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/harvard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#harvard</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/censorhip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#censorhip</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/extortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#extortion</a> Heather Cox Richardson Harvard Letter a Mistake. Harvard’s Response 4/20/25

NonilexSarah Kennedy-O’Reilly, a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Harvard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Harvard</a> spox, said the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/university" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#university</a> was aware of the letter, which she said “follows on the heels of our statement that Harvard will not surrender its independence or relinquish its constitutional rights. We continue to stand by that statement.”<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#immigration</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#privacy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Constitution</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeSpeech</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AcademicFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AcademicFreedom</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BrainDrain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BrainDrain</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AntiIntellectualism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AntiIntellectualism</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/extortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#extortion</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Gestapo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Gestapo</a>

NonilexThe sweeping request from Noem comes as hundreds of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/international" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#international</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/students" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#students</a> across the US have had their <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/visas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#visas</a> revoked in recent weeks, causing alarm on campuses & a string of federal lawsuits seeking to overturn the decisions. In other cases, ofcls from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ICE</a> have arrested students for protesting against Israel on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/college" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#college</a> campuses.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#immigration</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#privacy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Constitution</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeSpeech</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AcademicFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AcademicFreedom</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BrainDrain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BrainDrain</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AntiIntellectualism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AntiIntellectualism</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/extortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#extortion</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Harvard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Harvard</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Gestapo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Gestapo</a>

NonilexNoem also demanded info “regarding each <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/student" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#student</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/visa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#visa</a> holder’s maintenance of at least the minimum required coursework to maintain nonimmigrant student status.”“The failure to comply with the student records request will be treated as a voluntary withdrawal,” Noem wrote in the letter.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#immigration</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#privacy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Constitution</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeSpeech</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AcademicFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AcademicFreedom</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BrainDrain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BrainDrain</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AntiIntellectualism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AntiIntellectualism</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/extortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#extortion</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Gestapo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Gestapo</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> Threatens to Block <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/International" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#International</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Students" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Students</a> Unless <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Harvard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Harvard</a> Shares Student <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Data</a>The demand from the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DHS</a> is an escalation in Trump’s fight against Harvard, the country’s oldest & richest <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/university" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#university</a>.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#immigration</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#privacy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Constitution</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeSpeech</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AcademicFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AcademicFreedom</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BrainDrain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BrainDrain</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AntiIntellectualism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AntiIntellectualism</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/extortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#extortion</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Gestapo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Gestapo</a> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/us/politics/trump-harvard-international-students.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=2E43D607-08B2-4111-8D12-E96D119312A8" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/us/politics/trump-harvard-international-students.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=2E43D607-08B2-4111-8D12-E96D119312A8</a>

BronMason<a href="https://masto.ai/@Nonilex" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Nonilex</a> File Under: “Just when I thought I was out, they pulled me back in…”So it looks like Paul, Weiss; Skadden; Milbank; Willkie Farr; Kirkland & Ellis; A&O Shearman; Simpson Thacher; Cadwalader have all volunteered to be “Mob Lawyers!” <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/mobbedUp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mobbedUp</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/lawfirms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lawfirms</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RevengePolitics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/extortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#extortion</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MafiaState</a>

Peter N. M. HansteenThe slime also evolves, apparently. Today <a href="https://nxdomain.no/~peter/wankstortion/20250416_jevkisca@teksavvy.com_me@pmg-pub-smtp1.teksavvy.com.txt" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://nxdomain.no/~peter/wankstortion/20250416_jevkisca@teksavvy.com_me@pmg-pub-smtp1.teksavvy.com.txt</a> (<a href="https://nxdomain.no/~peter/wankstortion/20250416_jevkisca@teksavvy.com_me@pmg-pub-smtp1.teksavvy.com_original_base64.txt" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://nxdomain.no/~peter/wankstortion/20250416_jevkisca@teksavvy.com_me@pmg-pub-smtp1.teksavvy.com_original_base64.txt</a>) inboxed, as far as I can recall the first <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wankstortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wankstortion</a> message received here over <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IPv6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IPv6</a> (and likely inboxed for that reason, bypassing the IPv4 only <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spamd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#spamd</a>). See "The Despicable, No Good, Blackmail Campaign Targeting ... Imaginary Friends?" <a href="https://nxdomain.no/~peter/despicable_no_good_blackmail.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://nxdomain.no/~peter/despicable_no_good_blackmail.html</a> and links therein for some background <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cybercrime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cybercrime</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/scams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#scams</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sextortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sextortion</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bitcon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bitcon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bitcoin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bitcoin</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cryptotulips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cryptotulips</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cryptocurrency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cryptocurrency</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/extortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#extortion</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/teksavvy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#teksavvy</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/IRS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IRS</a> Is Actually Said to Be Considering Whether to Revoke <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Harvard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Harvard</a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TaxExempt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TaxExempt</a> Status — Cuz <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USA</a> Is An <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Autocracy</a> NowThe move would be a major violation of the law upon orders from the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> admin as it attempts to choke off federal money & support for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#research</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#academia</a> in US <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/universities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#universities</a>.[Jiminy Cricket am I editorializing & cursing in print more & more now that muther f⁕⚠︎er is in office!]<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AntiIntellectualism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AntiIntellectualism</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RevengePolitics</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/extortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#extortion</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MafiaState</a> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/us/politics/trump-irs-harvard.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=45189BD7-601D-485A-8FE9-6A8489FF334F" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/us/politics/trump-irs-harvard.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=45189BD7-601D-485A-8FE9-6A8489FF334F</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LawFirms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LawFirms</a> Made Deals With <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a>. Now He Wants More From Them. [say whaaaaaat?🤯]Trump, it turns out, has a far more expansive view of what those firms can be called on to do.Over the last week, he has suggested that the firms will be drafted into helping him negotiate <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/trade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trade</a> deals.He has mused about having them help with his goal of reviving the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/coal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#coal</a> industry.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RevengePolitics</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/extortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#extortion</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MafiaState</a> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/us/politics/law-firms-deals-trump.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=FB698862-49DE-444E-9516-7DCE2522A1C9" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/us/politics/law-firms-deals-trump.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=FB698862-49DE-444E-9516-7DCE2522A1C9</a>

NonilexHonestly, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> is sounding more & more deranged.Ignoring the bizarre word salad “terrorist inspired/supporting ‘Sickness?’”, what he is directing the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/IRS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IRS</a> / <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOJ</a> to do to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Harvard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Harvard</a> in his post breaks SEVERAL laws.He cannot direct either agency. It is outside his scope of power.Congress has the power of the purse.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AcademicFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AcademicFreedom</a> is essential to the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Constitution</a>’s guarantee of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeSpeech</a>.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#authoritarianism</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tyranny</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MafiaState</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/extortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#extortion</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a>’s $1 Billion Law Firm Deals Are the Work of His Personal Lawyer<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BorisEpshteyn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BorisEpshteyn</a>, who doesn’t work for the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#US</a> government, has *negotiated* with a series of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LawFirms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LawFirms</a> to cajole them into entering dealsTrump has reached around $1 billion in deals with the country’s top law firms in the past month, using the full weight of his presidency to threaten their business. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/extortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#extortion</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#criminal</a> <a href="https://archive.is/2025.04.14-090329/https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/trumps-1-billion-law-firm-deals-are-the-work-of-his-personal-lawyer-77bd7b8c" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://archive.is/2025.04.14-090329/https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/trumps-1-billion-law-firm-deals-are-the-work-of-his-personal-lawyer-77bd7b8c</a>

Nonilex"<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Harvard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Harvard</a>’s statement today reinforces the troubling entitlement mindset that is endemic in our nation's most prestigious universities & colleges–that federal investment does not come with the responsibility to uphold civil rights laws," said a dept task force on combating *antisemitism* [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeSpeech</a>] in a stmnt.The task force said it was freezing $2.2B in grants & $60M in contract value.[read Harvard’s letter: <a href="https://static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics/documenttools/092f8701fdf305fd/4d7d152d-full.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics/documenttools/092f8701fdf305fd/4d7d152d-full.pdf</a>] <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/extortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#extortion</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dictatorship</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#education</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tyranny</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> admin freezes about $2.3 billion in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/funding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#funding</a> to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Harvard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Harvard</a>The U.S. Department of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Education</a> said on Monday it was freezing about $2.3 billion in federal funds to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HarvardUniversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HarvardUniversity</a> over the school's decision to fight White House demands, including that it shut down <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/diversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#diversity</a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/equity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#equity</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/inclusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#inclusion</a> programs.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/extortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#extortion</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dictatorship</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeSpeech</a> <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-administration-freezes-about-23-billion-funding-harvard-2025-04-15/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-administration-freezes-about-23-billion-funding-harvard-2025-04-15/</a>

SilkesterLavrov: "It's not about territory. It's about people."Is it now? I saw Russia's handling of "voting" and "passports!" in occupied territory of Ukraine.Voting at gun point with identifiable choices is extortion. Forcing passports on people is not a choice. It's oppression, it's conquest by brute force.Russia you are on the wrong side of history here.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ukraine</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RussianOccupation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RussianOccupation</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WarOfAggression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WarOfAggression</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Extortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Extortion</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Lavrov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Lavrov</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#disinformation</a>

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