Nonilex<p>Acting U.S. Attorney for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NewJersey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewJersey</span></a> [& <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s former personal defense attorney] <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AlinaHabba" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AlinaHabba</span></a> announced the grand jury <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/indictment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>indictment</span></a> in a post on X [of course].</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LaMonicaMcIver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LaMonicaMcIver</span></a>, a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Democrat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democrat</span></a>, had been charged in a complaint by Habba last month with two assault charges stemming from the May 9 visit to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Newark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Newark</span></a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DelaneyHall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DelaneyHall</span></a> — a 1,000-bed, privately owned facility that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a> uses as a detention center.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RevengePolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Oversight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oversight</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/House" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>House</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a></p>
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Nonilex<p>US Rep <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LaMonicaMcIver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LaMonicaMcIver</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/indicted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>indicted</span></a> on federal charges from skirmish at <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NewJersey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewJersey</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> center</p><p>Rep. LaMonica McIver was indicted Tuesday on federal charges alleging she impeded & interfered with immigration officers outside a New Jersey detention center while <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Newark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Newark</span></a>’s mayor was being arrested after he tried to join a congressional <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/oversight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oversight</span></a> visit at the facility. </p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RevengePolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/House" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>House</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> <br><a href="https://apnews.com/article/lamonica-mciver-assault-charge-alina-habba-immigration-7b6a5b0fc8079a9efd0606ab68e3f02d" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/lamonica-mc</span><span class="invisible">iver-assault-charge-alina-habba-immigration-7b6a5b0fc8079a9efd0606ab68e3f02d</span></a></p>
Joseph Lim :mastodon:<p>"AI already helps <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/clinicians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>clinicians</span></a> to make <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/diagnoses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>diagnoses</span></a>, triage critical cases & transcribe clinical notes.. But <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/regulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>regulation</span></a> of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/medical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>medical</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> products hasn't kept up w te rapid pace of adoption.. Unlike most other <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FDA</span></a>-regulated prods, AI tools continue to evolve aft approval as they r updated or retrained.. Tis raises te need for continuous <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/oversight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oversight</span></a>.. The discussion is especially timely amid recent signs tt te <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/federal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>federal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a> might <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/scaleback" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scaleback</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AIregulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AIregulation</span></a>"<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GenAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GenAI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ethics</span></a><br><a href="https://flipboard.com/@naturenewsteam/latest-science-news-d3hg9j0hz/-/a-MACPuxkMSDSPMkZ-O_K1pw%3Aa%3A166866041-%2F0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">flipboard.com/@naturenewsteam/</span><span class="invisible">latest-science-news-d3hg9j0hz/-/a-MACPuxkMSDSPMkZ-O_K1pw%3Aa%3A166866041-%2F0</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>“Having a senior official placed in any <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InspectorGeneral" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InspectorGeneral</span></a>’s office who reports to the agency head, in this case <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DNI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DNI</span></a>, would undermine the entire construct of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/independence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>independence</span></a> that is integral to the IG’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/oversight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oversight</span></a> mission,” said Mark Greenblatt, a former <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>-appointed Interior Department inspector general & former chairman of the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity & Efficiency [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CIGIE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CIGIE</span></a>].</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Project2025</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The adviser, Dennis Kirk, was placed within the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/watchdog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>watchdog</span></a> office on May 9, but reports to the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DNI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DNI</span></a>, acc/to one of the officials….<br>
Rep. Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA), the leading <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/House" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>House</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Oversight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oversight</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Democrat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democrat</span></a>, sent a letter to Acting <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Intelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Intelligence</span></a> Community <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InspectorGeneral" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InspectorGeneral</span></a> Tamara A. Johnson Thurs, demanding information about the appointment of Kirk, who was an adviser in the Office of Personnel Management during <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s first term & co-author of a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Project2025</span></a> chapter on the federal workforce.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a></p>
Oliver Schafeld<p>You may or may not want to let that sink in:</p><p>»Theoretically, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Palantir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palantir</span></a> could produce or present data in ways that support government claims—such as arguing that mass <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/deportations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deportations</span></a> did not cause labor shortages but did reduce crime rates—especially given the platforms’ ability to aggregate, analyze, and visualize data with little external <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/oversight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oversight</span></a>«</p><p><a href="https://www.perplexity.ai/search/how-many-people-of-foreign-des-bFfGudUAT.a.seuKSmKiKQ" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">perplexity.ai/search/how-many-</span><span class="invisible">people-of-foreign-des-bFfGudUAT.a.seuKSmKiKQ</span></a></p>
Reform UK<p><strong>Starting as they mean to go on: Kent’s Reform council cancels first oversight committee meetings</strong></p><blockquote><p><strong>Cancelled Committee Meetings in the first full month</strong></p><ul><li>Heath Overview and Scrutiny Committee</li><li>Kent and Medway Police and Crime Panel (postponed)</li><li>Planning Applications Committee</li><li>Governance and Audit Committee</li><li>Regulation Committee</li><li>Member Development Sub-Committee</li></ul><p>Via <a href="https://democracy.kent.gov.uk/mgCalendarMonthView.aspx?M=5&CID=0&OT=&C=-1&MR=0&DL=0&D=1&ACT=Later&DD=2025" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">democracy.kent.gov.uk</a></p></blockquote> <p><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://reform.ispants.com/tag/committee-meetings/" target="_blank">#committeeMeetings</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://reform.ispants.com/tag/crime/" target="_blank">#crime</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://reform.ispants.com/tag/health/" target="_blank">#health</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://reform.ispants.com/tag/kent/" target="_blank">#Kent</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://reform.ispants.com/tag/lazy/" target="_blank">#lazy</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://reform.ispants.com/tag/oversight/" target="_blank">#oversight</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://reform.ispants.com/tag/planning/" target="_blank">#planning</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://reform.ispants.com/tag/reform-inefficiency/" target="_blank">#ReformInefficiencyDepartment</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://reform.ispants.com/category/facts-and-figures/" target="_blank">#FactsAndFigures</a></p>
Kim Perales<p>Finally: “Every MOC should go visit within the next 10 days a private <a href="https://toad.social/tags/detention" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>detention</span></a> center,” Rep Ramirez told me, emphasizing the fact that lawmakers have the legal right to conduct <a href="https://toad.social/tags/oversight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oversight</span></a> of detn cens. “We're not going to stand for this intimidation of MOC, & coming after MOC to intimidate them so they don’t do oversight.”</p><p>The plan is to increase Dem visibility at detn cens. This plan has wide support & comes at the direction of various ldrs of sub-c-.<br><a href="https://toad.social/tags/DHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DHS</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://www.thebulwark.com/p/democrats-preparing-to-go-to-war-on-immigrant-detention-centers-mciver" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thebulwark.com/p/democrats-pre</span><span class="invisible">paring-to-go-to-war-on-immigrant-detention-centers-mciver</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The protections in place, known as the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FloresSettlement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FloresSettlement</span></a>, largely limit to 72hrs the amount of time that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/child" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>child</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigrants</span></a> traveling alone or with family & detained by the US Border Patrol can be kept in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CBP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CBP</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/custody" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>custody</span></a>. They also ensure the children are kept in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/safe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>safe</span></a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/sanitary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sanitary</span></a> conditions.</p><p>The Flores settlement is named for a Salvadoran girl, Jenny Flores, whose lawsuit alleging widespread mistreatment of children in custody in the 1980s prompted <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/oversight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oversight</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>“That responsibility is incompatible with at-will removal by the president, because such unfettered authority would make the board & its members beholden to the very authority it is supposed to oversee on behalf of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> & the American people,” wrote Judge Walton, an appointee of President George W. Bush.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AbuseOfPower</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/oversight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oversight</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ExecutiveOverreach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExecutiveOverreach</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SeparationOfPowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeparationOfPowers</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Lawmakers, the judge wrote, clearly intended to shield board members from arbitrary removal by a president before their terms were up. He noted that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> created the bipartisan panel to oversee government counterterrorism actions & policies on the recommendation of the commission that investigated the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.</p><p><a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.277733/gov.uscourts.dcd.277733.24.0.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">storage.courtlistener.com/reca</span><span class="invisible">p/gov.uscourts.dcd.277733/gov.uscourts.dcd.277733.24.0.pdf</span></a></p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AbuseOfPower</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/oversight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oversight</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ExecutiveOverreach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExecutiveOverreach</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SeparationOfPowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeparationOfPowers</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>A federal judge ruled on Wednesday that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> broke the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> when he fired members of an independent <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CivilLiberties" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CivilLiberties</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/watchdog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>watchdog</span></a> without cause in Jan, ordering the reinstatement of those challenging their removals in court.</p><p>In a 71-ph opinion, Judge Reggie B. Walton of the Federal District Court for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DC</span></a> said that Trump’s dismissal of Democratic-selected members to the 5-person Privacy & Civil Liberties Oversight Board was illegal.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/oversight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oversight</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ExecutiveOverreach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExecutiveOverreach</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/us/politics/civil-liberties-oversight-board-trump-firings.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=4C05E15D-0416-4286-90E4-7744A759AC85" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/05/21/us/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics/civil-liberties-oversight-board-trump-firings.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=4C05E15D-0416-4286-90E4-7744A759AC85</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The lawmakers visited the detention center May 9 to conduct an <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/oversight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oversight</span></a> visit. They said they were allowed inside to tour the 1,000-bed facility, which opened this month amid resistance from local ofcls who are opposed to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/deportation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deportation</span></a> efforts.</p><p>McIver & the other lawmakers, as well as the mayor’s supporters, formed a physical circle around Baraka, video shows, leading to jostling & a confusing scrum that the Trump admin has sought to cast as a violent mob attack on federal officers.</p>
Nonilex<p>“The charges against me are purely political—they mischaracterize & distort my actions, & are meant to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminalize" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminalize</span></a> & deter <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/legislative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>legislative</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/oversight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oversight</span></a>,” she said.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AlinaHabba" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AlinaHabba</span></a> also announced that she had dismissed a misdemeanor charge for trespass against <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RasBaraka" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RasBaraka</span></a>, the Democratic mayor of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Newark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Newark</span></a>, whose arrest had precipitated the flare-up w/federal agents after he sought to join the lawmakers on their tour of the detention center.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RevengePolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>racism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/sexism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sexism</span></a></p>
Kim Perales<p>“Ranking Members, Reps Jayapal, Crockett, Scanlon, Nadler, Johnson, and McBath, release a joint statement on the Department of Justice’s unfounded targeting of Rep McIves:</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Oversight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oversight</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>
Kim Perales<p>“International criminal groups are stealing as much as a trillion dollars a year from U.S. government programs but DOGE has done little to address the problem, accoring to a new report.”</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> intentionally didn’t investigate the real fraud. Republicans are largely responsible for oversight negligence.</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fraud</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Oversight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oversight</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/doge/rampant-federal-fraud-doge-done-little-stop-rcna206860" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nbcnews.com/politics/doge/ramp</span><span class="invisible">ant-federal-fraud-doge-done-little-stop-rcna206860</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NYC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NYC</span></a> has held onto its control of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RikersIsland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RikersIsland</span></a> w/white knuckles — struggling to show progress & reaching the brink of losing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/oversight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oversight</span></a> of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/jails" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jails</span></a> as critics of the system called for an outside authority. Conditions have not improved, acc/to lawyers for the plaintiffs & the federal monitor.</p><p>NYC has spent >$500k per inmate annually in recent years, acc/to city data, well beyond what other large cities have spent, & yet detainees still sometimes go without food or proper medical care.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The order comes nearly a decade after <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NYC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NYC</span></a>’s jails, which include the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RikersIsland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RikersIsland</span></a> complex, fell under <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/federal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>federal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/oversight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oversight</span></a> in the settlement of a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ClassAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClassAction</span></a> lawsuit. The agreement focused on curbing the use of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/force" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>force</span></a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/violence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>violence</span></a> toward both inmates & correction officers. A court-appointed monitor issued regular reports on the persistent mayhem.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PrisonReform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrisonReform</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/jail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jail</span></a></p>
wilfred<p>Extremely important work! Congrats <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://sfba.social/@sfchronicle" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>sfchronicle</span></a></span></p><p>“For an immersive and revelatory series that exposed the soaring death toll tied to police pursuits and detailed the near-total immunity that shields officers who initiate deadly chases.”</p><p><a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/accountability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>accountability</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>police</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/pulitzer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pulitzer</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/oversight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oversight</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.pulitzer.org/node/jennifer-gollan-and-susie-neilson-san-francisco-chronicle" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">pulitzer.org/node/jennifer-gol</span><span class="invisible">lan-and-susie-neilson-san-francisco-chronicle</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2058593/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2058593/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> What Could Actually Save the Pentagon Billions <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DepartmentOfDefense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DepartmentOfDefense</span></a>(DoD) <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/D%C3%B8d" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Død</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/oversight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oversight</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/pentagon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pentagon</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PeteHegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeteHegseth</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SecretaryOfDefense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SecretaryOfDefense</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Weapons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Weapons</span></a></p>
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