Lead story in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung: Mar-a-Lago face. When we are not a threat to democracy and the world's security and economy, we are a laughingstock, thanks to them.
@jeffjarvis there is nothing like the revenge of a former friend to really hit where it hurts...
"Justice Department Says Filming Immigration Raids Is 'Domestic Terrorism'."
https://reason.com/2025/12/26/justice-department-says-filming-immigration-raids-is-domestic-terrorism/
This is the best evidence yet that the #Trump admin is turning the term "domestic terrorism" into an all-purpose pejorative for whatever it dislikes.
Three quick legal notes:
1. In the US, it is not a crime to video police making arrests, provided one does not interfere with their work. So said #SCOTUS in Glik v. Cunniffe (2011).
2. If an act is not already a crime, then even a high-level decision to call it "domestic terrorism" does not make it a crime.
3. Making an act a crime requires legislation (yea, constitutional legislation). In a country with no kings, an executive diktat does not suffice.
#EmptySignifier #FloatingSignifier #FirstAmendment #Terrorism #USLaw #USPol #USPolitics
One of the most important examples of #Trump #censorship to date:
"DOJ Deletes Study Showing Domestic Terrorists Are Most Often Right Wing."
https://archive.ph/Ow3FE
Thanks as always to the #WaybackMachine for preserving a copy.
https://web.archive.org/web/20250911165140if_/https://www.ojp.gov/pdffiles1/nij/306123.pdf
#DefendResearch #Takedowns #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics
"Justice Department Says Filming Immigration Raids Is 'Domestic Terrorism'."
https://reason.com/2025/12/26/justice-department-says-filming-immigration-raids-is-domestic-terrorism/
This is the best evidence yet that the #Trump admin is turning the term "domestic terrorism" into an all-purpose pejorative for whatever it dislikes.
Three quick legal notes:
1. In the US, it is not a crime to video police making arrests, provided one does not interfere with their work. So said #SCOTUS in Glik v. Cunniffe (2011).
2. If an act is not already a crime, then even a high-level decision to call it "domestic terrorism" does not make it a crime.
3. Making an act a crime requires legislation (yea, constitutional legislation). In a country with no kings, an executive diktat does not suffice.
#EmptySignifier #FloatingSignifier #FirstAmendment #Terrorism #USLaw #USPol #USPolitics
One of the most important examples of #Trump #censorship to date:
"DOJ Deletes Study Showing Domestic Terrorists Are Most Often Right Wing."
https://archive.ph/Ow3FE
Thanks as always to the #WaybackMachine for preserving a copy.
https://web.archive.org/web/20250911165140if_/https://www.ojp.gov/pdffiles1/nij/306123.pdf
#DefendResearch #Takedowns #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics
When even Republicans think Republicans are in trouble…
A wave of GOP members are retiring or resigning ahead of #2026, hinting at a rough midterm map. https://theconversation.com/who-thinks-republicans-will-suffer-in-the-2026-midterms-republican-members-of-congress-271285
When even Republicans think Republicans are in trouble…
A wave of GOP members are retiring or resigning ahead of #2026, hinting at a rough midterm map. https://theconversation.com/who-thinks-republicans-will-suffer-in-the-2026-midterms-republican-members-of-congress-271285
Bluesky, in yet another act of anti-Palestinian racism, has suspended the Palestinian filmmaker and activist Lexi Alexander.
Bluesky is not a safe platform for Palestinians, or (to a lesser extent) for people who advocate for Palestine. Every morning I wake up to notifications for replies from fundraising Palestinians, and by the time I'm awake enough to give them a proper look, the accounts have already been deleted.
The president’s party almost always loses seats in the midterms. Seeing the odds, more than two dozen Republican House members have already decided to retire.
https://theconversation.com/who-thinks-republicans-will-suffer-in-the-2026-midterms-republican-members-of-congress-271285
#USPolitics #election
Bluesky, in yet another act of anti-Palestinian racism, has suspended the Palestinian filmmaker and activist Lexi Alexander.
Bluesky is not a safe platform for Palestinians, or (to a lesser extent) for people who advocate for Palestine. Every morning I wake up to notifications for replies from fundraising Palestinians, and by the time I'm awake enough to give them a proper look, the accounts have already been deleted.
The president’s party almost always loses seats in the midterms. Seeing the odds, more than two dozen Republican House members have already decided to retire.
https://theconversation.com/who-thinks-republicans-will-suffer-in-the-2026-midterms-republican-members-of-congress-271285
#USPolitics #election
The woman lost her baby.
In his mind, it’s equivalent to the same thing. So sad and depraved. https://www.byteseu.com/1663807/ #PoliticalHumor #PoliticalHumor #Politics #USPolitics
