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Dale Reardon'Shameful' NDIS provider jailed for fraudulently claiming $400,000 <a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-19/support-provider-paul-tilbury-jailed-for-ndis-fraud/105066780" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-19/support-provider-paul-tilbury-jailed-for-ndis-fraud/105066780</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Disability</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Sentencing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Sentencing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Courts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Courts</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Crime</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NDIS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NDIS</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Disability</a>

Valerie Sonh :verigold:Chief Justice Roberts criticizes Trump’s call for impeaching judge who ruled against his deportation plans <a href="https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2025-03-18/trump-calls-for-impeaching-the-federal-judge-who-ruled-against-his-deportations" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2025-03-18/trump-calls-for-impeaching-the-federal-judge-who-ruled-against-his-deportations</a> "Boasberg, an appointee of President Obama, is known for his mild manner, but he questioned whether that [Alien Enemy] law authorized deporting [Venezuelan] men with no hearing. However, his orders to halt the flights did not prevent the more than 200 men from being shipped to El Salvador." <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/courts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#courts</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/deportation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#deportation</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#uspol</a>

ABC FeedsNSW nurses who allegedly threatened Israeli patients appear in court By Jamie McKinnellAhmad Rashad Nadir, 27 and Sarah Abu Lebdeh, 26, were charged over a video where they allegedly made threats to Israeli patients.<a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-19/nsw-bankstown-nurses-first-court-appearance-video-israelis/105069608" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-19/nsw-bankstown-nurses-first-court-appearance-video-israelis/105069608</a><a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/Courts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Courts</a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/RaceRelations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RaceRelations</a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/Discrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Discrimination</a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/InternetCulture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#InternetCulture</a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/Crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Crime</a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/DoctorsandMedicalProfessionals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DoctorsandMedicalProfessionals</a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/WorldPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WorldPolitics</a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/JamieMcKinnell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JamieMcKinnell</a>

AnarchoNinaAnalyzesWhelp, the L's just keep coming for all those folks shouting "the courts will save us from fascism," don't they? A recent analysis by a respected advocacy group says Trump could issue lifetime appointments for hundreds more pro-fascist judges over the next four years:<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/18/trump-judge-appointments-analysis" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/18/trump-judge-appointments-analysis</a>Trump could reshape judiciary with 300 judge appointments, analysis shows"Demand Justice warns that Trump’s wave of judicial nominees would cement an extreme agenda through lifetime appointments of judges whose qualifications centre on their willingness to gut Medicaid, privatise social security, shred environmental protections, eliminate veterans’ benefits and demonstrate loyalty to the president.Last week, for example, Trump lavished praise on Aileen Cannon, a judge in Florida who repeatedly ruled in his favour during a case in which he was accused of mishandling classified documents. “Actually, she was brilliant, she moved quickly,” he said in a highly unorthodox speech at the justice department. “She was the absolute model of what a judge should be, and she was strong and tough.”I really don't have a lot to add here that isn't covered in the article, but I would like to assure you that I'm not mocking folks who've been waiting for the courts to ride in and save the day maliciously. If you're reading this, there's a pretty good chance we both already know Trump is a fascist, the MAGA/America First agenda is fascism, and these maggots have managed to stack a boatload of fascist judges throughout the judiciary branch; even the news that Trump stands poised to appoint more judges that will support his, again, fascist agenda probably doesn't come as a complete surprise to you. What I'm bitterly teasing you for is knowing all that, and still assuming a regime packed to the gills with literal nazis is going to give a flying fuck about what the referee says if those rulings go against them, and continuing to wait around hoping that at some point the nazis will start playing by the rules. The reality is that these fascist maggots don't care about your petitions, your angry phone calls, or even the authority of the American judiciary. The media isn't going to stop them, the opposition party isn't going to stop them, and the courts aren't going to stop them either. Shouting "have you no decency" at nazis who literally do not have any decency or even a real capacity for shame, has not historically stopped fascism so I think we can safely assume that's not going to work here either. If we want this fascist nightmare to end, we're going to have to literally shut this shit down, and that doesn't happen when you're playing by the rules and expecting fascists to follow suit. Letters to the editor, polite marches, and refusing to buy a Tesla isn't going to be enough; we're going to have to use our physical bodies to grind the gears of state and the larger fuck barrel to a halt, or none of this is going to stop and everything will get significantly worse. We need to make it impossible both to conduct fascist policy, and for the rich bastards behind all this to turn a profit while doing so. If you want a model for what that looks like, just study the anti-genocide protests on American college campuses, or the nationwide protests against racialized police violence after the execution of George Floyd; we need to do that, except bigger, more disruptive, and with a clearer eye towards not stopping until the society that gave these nazis the power to try this fascist bullshit works for the people, and not just rich nazis who'll gladly unleash Mussolini 2.0 on us all before they share power with those they consider mere commodities to be exploited - people like you and I. <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fascism</a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Resistance</a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Courts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Courts</a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/ClassWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ClassWar</a>

ABC FeedsMum of trans teen has 'had enough' of political meddling in healthcare By Janelle Miles and Emma PollardCarly loved dressing as a girl from an early age and was preparing to start puberty blockers when the Queensland government banned her and hundreds of others from receiving free treatment. Her mother is furious at politicians for "interfering" in Carly's healthcare.<a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-19/qld-gender-dysphoria-hormone-treatment-trans-puberty-blocker/105061976" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-19/qld-gender-dysphoria-hormone-treatment-trans-puberty-blocker/105061976</a><a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/HealthPolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HealthPolicy</a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/AdolescentHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AdolescentHealth</a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/LGBT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LGBT</a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/Teenagers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Teenagers</a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/DoctorsandMedicalProfessionals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DoctorsandMedicalProfessionals</a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/ReligiousLeaders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ReligiousLeaders</a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/ParentingTeenagers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ParentingTeenagers</a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/MedicalResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MedicalResearch</a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/Courts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Courts</a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/MentalHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MentalHealth</a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/FamilyandRelationships" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FamilyandRelationships</a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HumanRights</a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PublicHealth</a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/FederalGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FederalGovernment</a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/JanelleMiles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JanelleMiles</a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/EmmaPollard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EmmaPollard</a>

ABC Feeds'Shameful' NDIS provider jailed for fraudulently claiming $400,000 By Jordanna SchrieverOver two years, disability support provider Paul Kevan Tilbury falsely claimed more than $400,000 from the NDIS and used the cash to buy meals, jewellery, alcohol, tobacco and to install a home bar.<a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-19/support-provider-paul-tilbury-jailed-for-ndis-fraud/105066780" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-19/support-provider-paul-tilbury-jailed-for-ndis-fraud/105066780</a><a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/Courts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Courts</a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/Disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Disability</a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/Crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Crime</a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/Sentencing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Sentencing</a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/JordannaSchriever" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JordannaSchriever</a>

Kim Perales"WOW: A federal judge has ordered Elon MUSK and DOGE officials to reinstate basically all of USAID's functionality, saying DOGE's efforts likely violated the constitution in multiple ways." -K CheneyHow will the <a href="https://toad.social/tags/TrumpMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TrumpMusk</a> regime respond? Will they try to ignore the court order?<a href="https://toad.social/tags/USAID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USAID</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Courts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Courts</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DOGE</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Musk</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Constitution</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mdd.576293/gov.uscourts.mdd.576293.73.0.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mdd.576293/gov.uscourts.mdd.576293.73.0.pdf</a>

beSpacificCartoon by <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/AnnTelnaes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AnnTelnaes</a> titled <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#autocracy</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/freepress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#freepress</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#censorship</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#trump</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/maga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#maga</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/firstamendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#firstamendment</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#journalism</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#media</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#constitution</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#politics</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#government</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/precedent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#precedent</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/courts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#courts</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/attack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#attack</a>

William Lindsey :toad:"We're not stopping. I don't care what the judges think. I don't care what the left thinks. We're coming."~ ICE Director Tom Homan<a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fascism</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#authoritarianism</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ICE</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Homan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Homan</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/courts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#courts</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/RuleofLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RuleofLaw</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SupremeCourt</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/JohnRoberts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JohnRoberts</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/PresidentialImmunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PresidentialImmunity</a> /6<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc/post/3lklgjbbqio2w" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc/post/3lklgjbbqio2w</a>

William Lindsey :toad:"The Rule of Law, a centuries-old institution believed by some experts to be necessary for the functioning of democracy, was reportedly in critical condition at a Washington, DC hospital today, having been found bleeding and semi-conscious in a back alley behind the White House."~ Lewis Grossberger<a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fascism</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#authoritarianism</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/courts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#courts</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/RuleofLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RuleofLaw</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SupremeCourt</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/JohnRoberts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JohnRoberts</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/PresidentialImmunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PresidentialImmunity</a> /6<a href="https://grossbergerbulletin.substack.com/p/rule-of-law-spotted-in-er-on-life" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://grossbergerbulletin.substack.com/p/rule-of-law-spotted-in-er-on-life</a>

William Lindsey :toad:"Trump will contend that anyone acting on his orders is protected by his presidential immunity, and if any court, including the Supreme Court, says otherwise, Trump will pardon anyone who is found to have broken the law or is declared in contempt of court. In an authoritarian state, contempt for the law comes down from the top, and that is exactly where we find ourselves today."<a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fascism</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#authoritarianism</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/courts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#courts</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/RuleofLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RuleofLaw</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SupremeCourt</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/JohnRoberts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JohnRoberts</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/PresidentialImmunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PresidentialImmunity</a> /5

William Lindsey :toad:"It is apparent that Trump plans to take the position that the Supreme Court’s decision on presidential immunity allows him to do anything he wants so long as it is an official presidential act."<a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fascism</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#authoritarianism</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/courts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#courts</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/RuleofLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RuleofLaw</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SupremeCourt</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/JohnRoberts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JohnRoberts</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/PresidentialImmunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PresidentialImmunity</a> /4

William Lindsey :toad:"We have arrived at a place that I think it's safe to say the founders never contemplated. Donald Trump has crafted for himself a form of absolute rule by twisting the rule of law the founders thought they were writing into the Constitution."~ Lucian K. Truscott<a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fascism</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#authoritarianism</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/courts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#courts</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/RuleofLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RuleofLaw</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SupremeCourt</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/JohnRoberts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JohnRoberts</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/PresidentialImmunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PresidentialImmunity</a> /3<a href="https://luciantruscott.substack.com/p/how-trump-plans-to-get-away-with" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://luciantruscott.substack.com/p/how-trump-plans-to-get-away-with</a>

William Lindsey :toad:"Trump and Musk are treating judges as if they have no right to constrain them. Yet that’s precisely what judges are supposed to do if they find that the executive branch has exceeded its authority.Trump’s message this morning is chilling evidence that Trump and Musk want to intimidate judges into backing their wanton destruction of the United States government."~ Robert Reich<a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fascism</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#authoritarianism</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/courts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#courts</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/RuleofLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RuleofLaw</a> /2<a href="https://robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-further-descent-into-dictatorship" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-further-descent-into-dictatorship</a>

William Lindsey :toad:"Our federal courts form the last guardrail against autocratic rule in the U.S. And the Trump administration hates that about them. ...Over the weekend, the White House crossed the line and defied direct court orders, no matter what it claims now and no matter how it tries to spin it."~ Jay Kuo<a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fascism</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#authoritarianism</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/courts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#courts</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/RuleofLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RuleofLaw</a> /1<a href="https://statuskuo.substack.com/p/crossing-the-line" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://statuskuo.substack.com/p/crossing-the-line</a>

Wokebloke for DemocracyWhile the DOJ is appealing a number of rulings against illegal actions by the government, the courts have no recourse except sanctions and fines against some individuals, which may also be ignored. It'll be interesting to see if SCOTUS is willing to drive the final nail in the coffin for checks and balances.<a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/federal-judges-could-ignored-trump-120047473.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.yahoo.com/news/federal-judges-could-ignored-trump-120047473.html</a> <a href="https://libretooth.gr/tags/Immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Immigration</a> <a href="https://libretooth.gr/tags/Deportation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Deportation</a> <a href="https://libretooth.gr/tags/Courts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Courts</a> <a href="https://libretooth.gr/tags/CourtOrder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CourtOrder</a> <a href="https://libretooth.gr/tags/Democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Democracy</a>

Democracy Matters :verified:Today on TAP: The several cases in which Trump is defying court orders are coming to a head. We will soon learn whether the rule of law still applies in America—or whether we are too late.‘Oopsie … Too Late’ <a href="https://prospect.org/blogs-and-newsletters/tap/2025-03-17-oopsie-too-late-trump-defies-courts/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://prospect.org/blogs-and-newsletters/tap/2025-03-17-oopsie-too-late-trump-defies-courts/</a><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Courts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Courts</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EndTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EndTrump</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EndMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EndMusk</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DonaldKrasnov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DonaldKrasnov</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RepublicansOwnThis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RepublicansOwnThis</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GOPKakistocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GOPKakistocracy</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GOPWeirdos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GOPWeirdos</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NoRepublicansEverAgain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NoRepublicansEverAgain</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USPol</a>

William Lindsey :toad:I shared this statement by Lee Bollinger here previously, but want to highlight it again today as David Kurtz makes it his quote of the day:"We're in the midst of an authoritarian takeover of the U.S. government."<a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Musk</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/courts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#courts</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/RuleofLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RuleofLaw</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fascism</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#immigrants</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/migrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#migrants</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/deportations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#deportations</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#resistance</a> /16<a href="https://talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo/trumps-open-defiance-of-federal-courts-is-now-at-hand" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo/trumps-open-defiance-of-federal-courts-is-now-at-hand</a>

William Lindsey :toad:"Each time we show solidarity with others, or support those who are protecting the rule of law, helping the targeted, or exposing the lies and the corruption, we are standing up for democratic values of justice, accountability, equality, and more. In doing so, we model the behaviors the authoritarian state wants us to abandon."~ Ruth Ben-Ghiat<a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Musk</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/courts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#courts</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/RuleofLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RuleofLaw</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fascism</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#immigrants</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/migrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#migrants</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/deportations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#deportations</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#resistance</a> /15<a href="https://lucid.substack.com/p/we-are-living-through-moral-collapse" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://lucid.substack.com/p/we-are-living-through-moral-collapse</a>

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