The ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner, the Japan Innovation Party, are set to step up talks on constitutional revision following the first meeting of their working-level forum on the matter. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/14/japan/politics/ldp-jip-constitutional-revision/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #ldp #nipponishinnokai #constitution #diet
Lisa Melton
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#Trump admin to fire worker for TV interview about #SNAP
The employee warned that the #shutdown could have negative impacts on the millions of Americans who rely on the #FederalGovernment to put #food on the table.
#censorship #authoritarianism #dictatorship #law #labor #Constitution #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/11/13/usda-worker-snap-benefits-interview/
The next day, #USDA informed Mei that the process to remove her from her position had begun. In correspondence reviewed by WaPo, an official in the USDA human resources dept told Mei that she will be let go 30 days after the #shutdown ends. The agency accused Mei of discussing USDA programs & funding “without prior approval.”
#Trump #law #labor #SNAP #Constitution #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech
…The threat of Mei’s dismissal has sparked concerns & outrage among other USDA workers & members of the Federal Unionists Network, who argue that the move is part of a concerted effort by the #Trump admin to chill #speech among federal employees.
At the time Mei spoke to MSNBC, the information she shared was publicly available through a variety of news articles & guidance from anti-hunger advocates, think tanks & organizations.
In the 4-min interview, Mei said she & her co-workers are “anxious because we’re hearing about the risk potentials & office closures that are looming over #USDA as this #shutdown kind of drags on.” She also explained that funding for key #FoodAssistance programs, including #SNAP — which feeds ~42M Americans monthly — would probably be available in October, but that “things might get a little dicey if this drags on into November.”
[gee such a fireable offense!]
The next day, #USDA informed Mei that the process to remove her from her position had begun. In correspondence reviewed by WaPo, an official in the USDA human resources dept told Mei that she will be let go 30 days after the #shutdown ends. The agency accused Mei of discussing USDA programs & funding “without prior approval.”
#Trump #law #labor #SNAP #Constitution #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech
#Trump admin to fire worker for TV interview about #SNAP
The employee warned that the #shutdown could have negative impacts on the millions of Americans who rely on the #FederalGovernment to put #food on the table.
#censorship #authoritarianism #dictatorship #law #labor #Constitution #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/11/13/usda-worker-snap-benefits-interview/
The employee, Ellen Mei, a program specialist at the #Food & #Nutrition Service who is furloughed, was interviewed on MSNBC on Oct 2, during the early days of the #shutdown, to talk about how the impasse in Washington would impact her team, as well as the work they do. Mei is also president of the National Treasury Employees #Union’s Chapter 255, which represents employees at #USDA’s Food & Nutrition Service in the Northeast.
#Trump #law #labor #SNAP #Constitution #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech
#Trump admin to fire worker for TV interview about #SNAP
The employee warned that the #shutdown could have negative impacts on the millions of Americans who rely on the #FederalGovernment to put #food on the table.
#censorship #authoritarianism #dictatorship #law #labor #Constitution #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/11/13/usda-worker-snap-benefits-interview/
“The Senators may not like being treated like the rest of America, but these phone-record subpoenas & non-disclosure orders are routine in grand jury investigations at the state & federal level. No one has an absolute right to be notified that their call records have been subpoenaed, much less the right to a million bucks if it happens. This provision would not give any Americans other than US Senators these rights,” #JamieRaskin said.
“If we believe that citizens should receive notice when the #government subpoenas their phone bill, great! Perhaps this revolutionary new policy—which #CivilLiberties groups would probably support—should be the law. But then the law should protect the civil liberties of all 320 million Americans, as the #EqualProtectionClause of the #Constitution demands, not just the 100 Americans in the #Senate,” #JamieRaskin added.
#law #Trump #Republicans #Jan6 #SeditiousConspiracy #shutdown
Since the start of a federal #immigration crackdown that has led to >3,200 arrests in the #Chicago metropolitan area, streets & storefronts in the city’s Latino neighborhoods have emptied out. Street vendors, fearing arrest, have been afraid to leave their homes to #work. Local restaurants have struggled as customers stay home.
#Trump #law #DueProcess #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #CivilRights #HumanRights #AbuseOfPower #fascism #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #ICE #CBP #Gestapo #WhiteSupremacy
But as fear spread, so did something else — neighbors stepping up for one another & finding creative ways to show up for vendors & restaurant owners. This includes a grassroots effort to organize so-called “buy out” events meant to allow vendors who fear being detained by #immigration agents to go home early.
#Trump #law #DueProcess #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #Constitution #CivilRights #HumanRights #AbuseOfPower #fascism #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #ICE #CBP #Gestapo #Sturmabteilung #WhiteSupremacy
#Beatings. #SexualAssault. #PsychologicalAbuse. These are some of the horrors endured by the >250 men the #UnitedStates sent to #ElSalvador on flimsy evidence of gang membership, acc/to a new comprehensive report released on Wednesday by #HRW & #Cristosal, a #HumanRights group focused on #CentralAmerica.
#Trump #law #Constitution #immigration #AlienEnemiesAct #Rendition #StateSponsoredAbduction #CECOT #DueProcess #InternationalLaw #HumanitarianLaw #CrimesAgainstHumanity
https://www.hrw.org/report/2025/11/12/you-have-arrived-in-hell/torture-and-other-abuses-against-venezuelans-in-el
Lisa Melton
and 5 others
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1-yr-old pepper-sprayed by federal agent in #Chicago
Video shows federal agents spraying chemical irritants from a moving vehicle at a line of cars waiting to leave a Cicero Sam’s Club Saturday morning. The action obviously violates a judge’s restriction on use of force.
#Trump #law #immigration #judiciary #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #Constitution #CivilRights #HumanRights #AbuseOfPower #fascism #MafiaState #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #ICE #CBP #Gestapo #WhiteSupremacy
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/11/09/1-year-old-pepper-sprayed-by-federal-agent-in-cicero
Alex Akselrod
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Here is #Chicago’s local coverage of the event:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjJb7LCEwvw
POS #Bovino was there. The ass that lied in court & then admitted he lied about protesters throwing a rock at him.
#Trump #law #immigration #ChildEndangerment #ChildAbuse #judiciary #DueProcess #ExcessiveForce #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #Constitution #CivilRights #HumanRights #AbuseOfPower #Authoritarianism #Autocracy #Dictatorship #fascism #Tyranny #MafiaState #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #ICE #CBP #Gestapo #WhiteSupremacy
Here is #Chicago’s local coverage of the event:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjJb7LCEwvw
POS #Bovino was there. The ass that lied in court & then admitted he lied about protesters throwing a rock at him.
#Trump #law #immigration #ChildEndangerment #ChildAbuse #judiciary #DueProcess #ExcessiveForce #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #Constitution #CivilRights #HumanRights #AbuseOfPower #Authoritarianism #Autocracy #Dictatorship #fascism #Tyranny #MafiaState #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #ICE #CBP #Gestapo #WhiteSupremacy
“I didn’t have to go through this, & my daughter didn’t have to go through this,” Veraza said. “We aren’t protesters, we weren’t going after them, we weren’t attacking them.”
Veraza said his family is considering legal action to help pay for specialist care that he said his daughter now requires.
#Trump #Chicago #law #immigration #judiciary #ExcessiveForce #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #Constitution #CivilRights #HumanRights #fascism #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #ICE #CBP #Gestapo #WhiteSupremacy
The video, filmed by Veraza’s wife in the passenger seat, shows a masked federal agent driving a black pickup truck & firing pepper spray into the open driver’s window of a vehicle. The video later shows his daughter, whose face is censored, crying as someone says, “You’re OK, Mama, you’re OK” & people wash out their eyes.
#Trump #Chicago #law #immigration #judiciary #PoliceBrutality #Constitution #CivilRights #HumanRights #fascism #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #ICE #CBP #Gestapo #WhiteSupremacy
A Berwyn family was driving with their 1-yr-old child Saturday when they were pepper-sprayed by federal agents, video shows.
…Rafael Veraza said his family was on its way to buy groceries at a Cicero Sam’s Club when they heard whistles & sirens.
Veraza attempted to leave the Sam’s Club parking lot when a federal agent drove alongside the line of cars exiting, spraying chemical irritants through open windows & striking occupants — including Veraza’s 1-yr-old daughter, Ariana.
“I didn’t have to go through this, & my daughter didn’t have to go through this,” Veraza said. “We aren’t protesters, we weren’t going after them, we weren’t attacking them.”
Veraza said his family is considering legal action to help pay for specialist care that he said his daughter now requires.
#Trump #Chicago #law #immigration #judiciary #ExcessiveForce #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #Constitution #CivilRights #HumanRights #fascism #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #ICE #CBP #Gestapo #WhiteSupremacy
1-yr-old pepper-sprayed by federal agent in #Chicago
Video shows federal agents spraying chemical irritants from a moving vehicle at a line of cars waiting to leave a Cicero Sam’s Club Saturday morning. The action obviously violates a judge’s restriction on use of force.
#Trump #law #immigration #judiciary #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #Constitution #CivilRights #HumanRights #AbuseOfPower #fascism #MafiaState #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #ICE #CBP #Gestapo #WhiteSupremacy
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/11/09/1-year-old-pepper-sprayed-by-federal-agent-in-cicero