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" #DOJ attorneys are trying to bully their way out of a requirement to provide a federal judge with details about whether they violated a #court order blocking them from deporting hundreds of people without due process...

The standoff marks a stunning example of #Trump administration defiance of basic issues of Constitutional #government."
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Donald Trump Held Another Million-Dollar ‘Candlelight’ Dinner—With Elon Musk in Tow

Unlike the previous fundraiser, this event did not appear on Donald Trump’s official schedule.
wired.com/story/trump-million-

"business leaders could secure a one-on-one meeting with #Trump for $5 million at #MarALago. The $5 million meetings have become a “hot ticket” in the business community"

Duterte's strong disinformation network

At least 200 different Facebook accounts and pages that publicly posted an identical message that frames any potential arrest of Duterte as "kidnapping" and "illegal detention." Most were posted within the 12-hour window between Duterte's morning arrest and his late-night flight to The Hague, while a number were posted days before and after.

#Philippines #Asian #Facebook #Disinformation #Duterte #ICC #Crime

philstar.com/headlines/2025/03

Philstar.com · Inside the 12-hour Facebook blitz that framed Duterte's ICC arrest as 'kidnapping'By Cristina Chi

A friend asks, how can Trump abandon millions to invaders in Ukraine then complain about ‘Canada stooping so low as to use ELECTRICITY, that so affects the life of innocent people, as a bargaining chip and threat’?

Kōbō Abe, who wrote thoughtfully about crime in his dystopian, edge-of-society prose offers a helpful point:

‘The cleverest thief is the thief who pretends he’s been robbed.’

He Was Convicted Based on Allegedly Fabricated Bite Mark Analysis. Louisiana Wants to Execute Him Anyway.

Nine prisoners have walked free after evidence presented by members of a forensics team turned out to be wrong — yet one man still awaits execution based on their testimony.
propublica.org/article/louisia

ProPublicaHe Was Convicted Based on Allegedly Fabricated Bite Mark Analysis. Louisiana Wants to Execute Him Anyway.
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One Community Response Team officer swerved into a motorcyclist, killing him. Another needlessly stopped a pedestrian, then shoved him into a car window. A third hit a man and then kicked his head.
propublica.org/article/eric-ad

ProPublicaHow Eric Adams Has Backed a Secretive NYPD Unit Ridden With Abuses
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