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Nonilex<p>…In 2021 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JustinEichorn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JustinEichorn</span></a> objected to a bill requiring <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Minnesota" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Minnesota</span></a> schools to teach about sexual <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/orientation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>orientation</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/gender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gender</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/identity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>identity</span></a>, saying “before you know it, they’ll be reading kids ‘50 Shades of Grey.’ This discussion is better had at a more mature age.”</p><p>…Eichorn also co-authored a bill to classify “Trump Derangement Syndrome” as a mental illness.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</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/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</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/pedophile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pedophile</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SexOffender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SexOffender</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StatutoryRape" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StatutoryRape</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SolicitingAMinor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SolicitingAMinor</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>“As a 40-year-old man, if you come … looking to have sex with someone’s child, you can expect that we are going to lock you up,” Bloomington Police Chief Booker Hodges said in the release. “I have always advocated stiffer penalties for these types of offenses … We need our state Legislature to take this case &amp; this type of conduct more seriously.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Minnesota" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Minnesota</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JustinEichorn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JustinEichorn</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</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/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</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/pedophile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pedophile</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SexOffender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SexOffender</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StatutoryRape" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StatutoryRape</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SolicitingAMinor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SolicitingAMinor</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Bloomington Police led <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JustinEichorn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JustinEichorn</span></a> 40, to believe he was talking to a 16-yr old girl &amp; then met the senator &amp; arrested him Monday…, acc/to a Bloomington PD press release.</p><p>…Eichorn was booked into the Bloomington PD jail &amp; will be transported to the Hennepin County Adult Detention Center, the release said. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Felony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Felony</span></a> charges of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SolicitingAMinor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SolicitingAMinor</span></a> to practice <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/prostitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>prostitution</span></a> are pending, Bloomington police said.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</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/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</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/pedophile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pedophile</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SexOffender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SexOffender</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StatutoryRape" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StatutoryRape</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>OMG</p><p>Yesterday, a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republican</span></a> state lawmaker in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Minnesota" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Minnesota</span></a> named <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JustinEichorn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JustinEichorn</span></a> introduced a new bill he coauthored to legally define "Trump Derangement Syndrome" as a "mental illness" in the state.</p><p>Later in the day, he was arrested. For what, you ask? </p><p>via <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://newsie.social/@bulwarkonline" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bulwarkonline</span></a></span>’s Adam Keiper </p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</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/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</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/pedophile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pedophile</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SexOffender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SexOffender</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StatutoryRape" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StatutoryRape</span></a> <br><a href="https://minnesotareformer.com/2025/03/18/gop-state-sen-justin-eichorn-arrested-for-suspicion-of-soliciting-sex-with-a-16-year-old-girl/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">minnesotareformer.com/2025/03/</span><span class="invisible">18/gop-state-sen-justin-eichorn-arrested-for-suspicion-of-soliciting-sex-with-a-16-year-old-girl/</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>“This is, as far as I know, the first allegation that someone in a ban state is providing an abortion in direct violation of abortion laws,” said Marc Hearron of the Center for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ReproductiveRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReproductiveRights</span></a>.</p><p>In a handful of cases, charges have been brought against people who provided <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/abortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abortion</span></a> pills to relatives, either with their knowledge or without.</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/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WomensHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WomensHealth</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MaleSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MaleSupremacy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/abortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abortion</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RoeVWade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RoeVWade</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BackAlleyAbortions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BackAlleyAbortions</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>…The bans on abortions around the country have largely relied on the threat of prosecution, w/few instances in which <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> cases have actually been filed. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Abortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Abortion</span></a> providers in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a> &amp; other states w/ abortion bans ceased operations after the decision. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Women</span></a> seeking abortions have instead had to travel to states where the procedure remains legal or have received abortion medication through the mail.</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/ReproductiveRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReproductiveRights</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WomensHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WomensHealth</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MaleSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MaleSupremacy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/abortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abortion</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RoeVWade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RoeVWade</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The stmnt said that she had been “charged with the illegal performance of an abortion,” which has been a second-degree <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/felony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>felony</span></a> since the state’s near-total <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbortionBan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AbortionBan</span></a> took effect in 2022. She was also charged w/practicing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>medicine</span></a> without a license.</p><p>Court records released late Monday indicated that a person who worked w/Ms. Rojas, Jose Ley, 29, was also arrested &amp; charged w/the same offenses.</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/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ReproductiveRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReproductiveRights</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WomensHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WomensHealth</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MaleSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MaleSupremacy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/abortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abortion</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RoeVWade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RoeVWade</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>A <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/midwife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>midwife</span></a> &amp; an associate have been arrested &amp; charged w/illegally performing abortions in greater <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Houston" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Houston</span></a>, acc/to court records &amp; the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a> AG, apparently the first <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> arrests of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/abortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abortion</span></a> providers since <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> overturned <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RoeVWade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RoeVWade</span></a> in 2022.</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/ReproductiveRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReproductiveRights</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WomensHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WomensHealth</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MaleSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MaleSupremacy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BackAlleyAbortions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BackAlleyAbortions</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/us/politics/abortion-arrest.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare&amp;sgrp=p&amp;pvid=69B9A807-AD57-4712-B295-54FF457D615B" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/03/17/us/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics/abortion-arrest.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare&amp;sgrp=p&amp;pvid=69B9A807-AD57-4712-B295-54FF457D615B</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Following the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Jan6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jan6</span></a> attack, there was a wave of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/civil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>civil</span></a> cases &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> prosecutions that splintered the [domestic terrorist] orgs &amp; sent many members to prison before sweeping <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/clemency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>clemency</span></a> from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>. Among them were group leaders named alongside &gt;30 others in the city’s suit, including <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ProudBoys" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProudBoys</span></a> leader Henry “Enrique” Tarrio &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/OathKeepers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OathKeepers</span></a> founder Stewart Rhodes, both of whom juries <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/convicted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>convicted</span></a> of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SeditiousConspiracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeditiousConspiracy</span></a> for their part in trying to block the peaceful transition of power.</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>As he assailed the investigations into him, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> also heaped praise on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AileenCannon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AileenCannon</span></a>, the federal judge he appointed in Florida who dismissed the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> charges against him for mishandling <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ClassifiedDocuments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClassifiedDocuments</span></a>, calling her “the absolute model of what a judge should be.” [not that the 11th circuit repeatedly had to correct her judgments or anything 🙄]</p><p>“The case against me was bullshit,” Trump said keeping it classy, standing in the building where the charges were approved.</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/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> probes Columbia war protests for terrorism violations</p><p>The U.S. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Justice</span></a> Department is examining whether student protests at <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ColumbiaUniversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ColumbiaUniversity</span></a> over the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a> war violated federal terrorism laws, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s Deputy Attorney General &amp; former <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> defense attorney <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ToddBlanche" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ToddBlanche</span></a> said on Friday.</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/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreedomOfAssembly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreedomOfAssembly</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RightToProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RightToProtest</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NaziState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NaziState</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-justice-dept-probes-columbia-war-protests-terrorism-violations-official-says-2025-03-14/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/world/us/us-justic</span><span class="invisible">e-dept-probes-columbia-war-protests-terrorism-violations-official-says-2025-03-14/</span></a></p>
Omar Moore<p>But of course, FT (Financial Times, front page today) - this was never about reducing govt spending. <a href="https://mas.to/tags/musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>musk</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/usa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>usa</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Under <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/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a>? Sure.</p><p>A lawyer who was asked to offer *independent* arguments on the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Justice</span></a> Dept’s motion to dismiss <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> charges against <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NYC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NYC</span></a> Mayor <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EricAdams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EricAdams</span></a> of told a judge on Friday that he should end the prosecution.</p><p>But the lawyer, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PaulClement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PaulClement</span></a>, said the judge should not allow the Trump admin to use the threat of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> charges to compel Adams’ political support.</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/QuidProQuo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>QuidProQuo</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/DanielleSassoon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DanielleSassoon</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/nyregion/paul-clement-adams-case-dismissal.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare&amp;sgrp=p&amp;pvid=AD05C050-FABC-4A0E-B8CF-E411402E6B46" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/03/07/nyregio</span><span class="invisible">n/paul-clement-adams-case-dismissal.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare&amp;sgrp=p&amp;pvid=AD05C050-FABC-4A0E-B8CF-E411402E6B46</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>As part of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/clemency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>clemency</span></a> effort, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SBF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SBF</span></a>’s parents Mr. Bankman &amp; Ms. Fried, who are <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Stanford" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Stanford</span></a> University <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> professors &amp; longtime active <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a> [shame], are consulting w/Kory Langhofer, an AZ atty who worked for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s 2016 &amp; 2020 presidential campaigns. Politically connected businesspeople &amp; DC lobbyists have also received outreach from intermediaries who claim to be allies of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SamBankmanFried" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SamBankmanFried</span></a>….</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</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/felon47" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>felon47</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SEC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SEC</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fraud</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MoneyLaundering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MoneyLaundering</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/broligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>broligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/cryptobros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cryptobros</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/technocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>technocracy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>…The push appears intended to capitalize on <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/transactional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transactional</span></a> approach to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/clemency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>clemency</span></a>. Trump favors <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/pardon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pardon</span></a> seekers w/connections to him—either personally or through lawyers &amp; lobbyists—&amp; claims of *prosecutorial misconduct* [perceived persecution] that echo his own <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/grievances" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>grievances</span></a> about the cases against him.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</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/felon47" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>felon47</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SBF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SBF</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SEC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SEC</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fraud</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MoneyLaundering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MoneyLaundering</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/broligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>broligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/cryptobros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cryptobros</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/technocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>technocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CryptoSummit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CryptoSummit</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>Consulting with a lawyer who has ties to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>. Reaching out to Washington <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/lobbyists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lobbyists</span></a>. And sitting for a jailhouse interview with <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TuckerCarlson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TuckerCarlson</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SamBankmanFried" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SamBankmanFried</span></a>, the disgraced <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/cryptocurrency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cryptocurrency</span></a> mogul who was once a top <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Democratic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democratic</span></a> donor, has embarked on a campaign to secure a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/pardon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pardon</span></a> from Trump, 6 people with knowledge of the matter said.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</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/felon47" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>felon47</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SBF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SBF</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SEC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SEC</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fraud</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MoneyLaundering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MoneyLaundering</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/broligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>broligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/cryptobros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cryptobros</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/technocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>technocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CryptoSummit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CryptoSummit</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/technology/sam-bankman-fried-pardon-trump.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare&amp;sgrp=p&amp;pvid=192A242F-DC90-4B09-B637-04864D8EE473" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/03/07/technol</span><span class="invisible">ogy/sam-bankman-fried-pardon-trump.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare&amp;sgrp=p&amp;pvid=192A242F-DC90-4B09-B637-04864D8EE473</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>US <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Senate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Senate</span></a> confirms ex-Trump defense lawyer as Deputy Attorney General</p><p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republican</span></a>-controlled U.S. Senate on Wednesday confirmed <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>'s former <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> defense attorney <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ToddBlanche" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ToddBlanche</span></a> to serve as Deputy Attorney General, the No. 2 role at the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Justice</span></a> Department.</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/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicIntegrity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicIntegrity</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/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MafiaState</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-senate-confirms-ex-trump-defense-lawyer-deputy-attorney-general-2025-03-05/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/world/us/us-senate</span><span class="invisible">-confirms-ex-trump-defense-lawyer-deputy-attorney-general-2025-03-05/</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> is praising a bill that Sen John Thune, the majority leader, has pushed to criminalize online “<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePorn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RevengePorn</span></a>.” Then he says that he could make use of such a bill himself, because no one is treated worse online that he is.</p><p>He has no idea what he’s talking about.</p><p>If anything, Trump would be the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> offender in this scenario, not the freaking victim.<br>Jackass.</p><p>Note <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a> all applauded this bill.</p>
Nonilex<p>In its statement, Kraken said it appreciated the “new leadership” at the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WhiteHouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteHouse</span></a> &amp; the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SEC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SEC</span></a> [a formerly <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/independent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>independent</span></a> agency] &amp; credited them w/the case’s dismissal.<br>
“It ends a wasteful, politically motivated campaign, lifts uncertainty that stifled innovation &amp; investment, &amp; clears the path toward a stable, forward-thinking regulatory regime,” the company said.</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/felon47" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>felon47</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/cryptocurrency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cryptocurrency</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kleptocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/broligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>broligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/technocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>technocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/plutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plutocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fraud</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MoneyLaundering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MoneyLaundering</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SEC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SEC</span></a> agreed to dismiss the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Kraken" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kraken</span></a> case w/ prejudice — meaning it CANNOT be reopened — w/ NO imposition of penalties by the SEC &amp; NO admission of wrongdoing by Kraken, the company said. This marks a turnaround from 2023, when the SEC charged the company w/acting as an unregistered securities exchange, broker, dealer &amp; clearing agency.</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/felon47" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>felon47</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/cryptocurrency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cryptocurrency</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kleptocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/broligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>broligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/technocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>technocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/plutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plutocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fraud</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MoneyLaundering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MoneyLaundering</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a></p>