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Federal judge blocks #Trump effort to keep #Harvard from hosting #InternationalStudents
A federal judge on Friday granted a preliminary injunction blocking Trump’s efforts to keep #HarvardUniversity from hosting #international #students.
Judge Allison Burroughs’ order preserves Harvard’s ability to host foreign students while the case is decided. It marks another win for the #university as it fights multiple Trump sanctions amid a battle w/the admin.
#law
‘Wildly underprepared’: #NationalGuard troops sleeping on floors
The #troops — whose makeshift quarters are shown in photographs exclusively obtained by the Chronicle — arrived WITHOUT federal funding for #food, #water, #fuel, #equipment or #lodging, said the source, who was granted confidentiality under SF Chronicle policies. This person said #state ofcls & the #California National Guard were not to blame.
#Trump #law #democracy #RightToProtest #LosAngeles #immigration
https://www.sfchronicle.com/california/article/national-guard-california-photos-20368334.php
This device is designed only for killing a lot of people quickly.
#Trump's admin agreed on Friday to permit the sale & possession of devices that let gun enthusiasts convert #SemiautomaticRifles into weapons that can shoot as fast as #MachineGuns.
The agreement came in a #settlement announced by the #DOJ ending lawsuits brought under Trump's Democratic predecessor, Joe #Biden, after his admin banned certain "forced reset triggers."
#law #GunViolence #guns #extremism
Multiple #Trump ofcls have links to #antisemitic #extremists
Trump campaigned on a pledge [🤔] to fight #antisemitism.
"Antisemitic bigotry has no place in a civilized society," Trump said in 2024.
However, …antisemitism…found a place within his administration.
NPR has identified 3 Trump ofcls w/close ties to antisemitic extremists, including a man described by federal prosecutors as a "Nazi sympathizer," & a prominent #HolocaustDenier.
#FactCheck #TrumpLies
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/14/nx-s1-5387299/trump-white-house-antisemitism
This bright red #cardinal has been sitting in a tree directly over my head as I’ve been gardening today, just singing his heart out.
Whoa. I just played that back while taking a break & the cardinal heard himself singing & flew right at me to see where the source was!
Now he’s sitting in a different tree a bit confused.
#birds
https://s3.masto.ai/media_attachments/files/114/394/647/148/266/092/original/92a2170791ce8cb1.mp4
More of this please:
The #NY State #Education Dept issued a defiant response to #Trump’s threats to pull federal #funding from #PublicSchools over #diversity, #equity & #inclusion programs, a remarkable departure from recent conciliatory approaches of other institutions. A day earlier, the federal govt issued a memo to education ofcls across the nation, telling them to confirm the elimination of all programs it argues *unfairly* promote #DEI.
#law #democracy #FreeSpeech
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/us/politics/new-york-trump-dei-order.html?smid=url-share
#RFKJr Turns to a Discredited #AntiVaxxer for #Autism Study
#DavidGeier has been hired as a senior data analyst at #HHS. According to several people, he will examine any potential links between #vaccines & autism that were debunked long ago.
#science #medicine #research #USpol #Trump #ConspiracyTheories #PublicDisservice
I just found out about this & it’s starting soon.
#DEI #BOYCOTT PLAN Phase One
24 hr ECONOMIC BLACKOUT on FRIDAY FEB 28, from 12 AM to 11:59 PM
This is the first step to counter attacks on DEI.
Do not make any purchases.
Do not shop online, or in-store
No Amazon
No Walmart
No Best Buy
No McDonalds and other fast-food stores
No Gas
No Major Retailers
Do not use Credit or Debit Cards for non-essential spending.
#Trump #Musk #DOGE #USpol #Republicans
4 top #NYC ofcls are to #resign in the coming days, after the US atty for Manhattan accused #EricAdams of trading cooperation w/ #Trump’s #MassDeportation agenda for dismissal of his #criminal indictment….
The 4 ofcls — Maria Torres-Springer, the first deputy mayor, & Meera Joshi, Anne Williams-Isom & Chauncey Parker, all also #DeputyMayors — oversee much of NYC govt, & their departure is will be a major blow to the already wounded admin of Adams.
#law #immigration
#Pentagon protested #false #FoxNews report about fallen #Marine, emails show
The network quietly removed the story based on false claims from a #Republican member of #congress but did not apologize or run a correction.
#USMC #MarineCorps #Marines #Sergeant #NicoleLGee #Gee #Arlington #KabulAirport #Afghanistan #FOIA #congressman #CoryMills #GOP #FauxNews #Fox #JayWallace #PorterBerry #MichaelLee #lies
https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2023/08/26/fox-news-retracts-marine-story-nicole-gee/
#Trump Seeks to Review #Classified #Evidence at HIS Own Secure Facility *wink*wink* instead of a #secure location run by the federal #courts. (#SCIF)
Wed, #Trump’s Attys asked #AileenCannon — the #judge hearing Trump’s #ClassifiedDocuments case— if TFG could discuss the #classified #discovery #evidence in the case in the “secure facility” that he once used for classified material when he was in office.
(Umm, no.)
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A #Republican 2024 #Climate Strategy: More #Drilling, Less #CleanEnergy
#Project2025, a #conservative “battle plan” for the next #Republican president, would stop attempts to cut the #pollution that is heating the planet & encourage more #emissions.
#ClimateCrisis #GOP #ExtremeHeat #GlobalWarming