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Kim Perales<p>Dem senators incl Elizabeth Warren sent a letter to the CEOs of Google/YouTube division -asking if Google has discussed settling Trump’s censorship lawsuit against YouTube “as a way🚨to garner more favorable treatment from the admin.” They point to the co’s litigation battles, incl ongoing <a href="https://toad.social/tags/antitrust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>antitrust</span></a> lawsuits.</p><p>“We're concerned about the possibility that Google could settle -in a <a href="https://toad.social/tags/QuidProQuo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QuidProQuo</span></a> arrng to avoid full accountability for violating fed competit..."<br><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a><br><a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/07/google-trump-settlement-democrats.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cnbc.com/2025/08/07/google-tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-settlement-democrats.html</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>While Judge Ho ultimately agreed to throw out the charges, he took a swipe at the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/credibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>credibility</span></a>, saying it appeared as though officials had used their <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/power" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>power</span></a> in a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/QuidProQuo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QuidProQuo</span></a> with <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EricAdams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EricAdams</span></a> to get him to support <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> crackdown in the city.</p><p>“Everything here smacks of a bargain,” he wrote. “Dismissal of the indictment in exchange for immigration policy concessions.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpLies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpLies</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>judiciary</span></a></p>
Ham on Wry<p>The same guy who claims he’s not in the file and that it’s a hoax is about to pardon Epstein’s former accomplice and girlfriend to buy her silence.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/epstein" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>epstein</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/EpsteinFiles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EpsteinFiles</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>republicans</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/doj" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>doj</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ghislainemaxwell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ghislainemaxwell</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/quidproquo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quidproquo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Sexualassault" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sexualassault</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a></p>
joe•iuculano :mastodon:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hear-me.social/@Tharpa" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Tharpa</span></a></span> <br>So they can pay him in advance for a possible favor. </p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/QuidProQuo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QuidProQuo</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Though Donlon accuses Mayor <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EricAdams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EricAdams</span></a> &amp; other <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>police</span></a> officials of various federal <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/crimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crimes</span></a> — &amp; even calls for an independent authority to oversee key decisions at the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NYPD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NYPD</span></a> — there is no indication that federal prosecutors in Manhattan will agree with his assessment &amp; many of his claims are uncorroborated for now.</p><p>…Broadly, the lawsuit echoes 4 others filed last week by fmr top police ofcls, which also accused Adams of enabling corruption in the NYPD.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/QuidProQuo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QuidProQuo</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EmilBove" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EmilBove</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>In his suit, Donlon claims in his brief time in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NYPD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NYPD</span></a> to have “uncovered systemic <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> conduct being perpetrated by the NYPD’s leadership.” He says that when he reported his findings to the mayor, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EricAdams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EricAdams</span></a> “condoned the misconduct,” allowing the wrongdoing to continue.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/QuidProQuo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QuidProQuo</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EmilBove" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EmilBove</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DanielleSassoon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DanielleSassoon</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The commissioner, Thomas G. Donlon, a fmr <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FBI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FBI</span></a> ofcl, was appointed in the fall of 2024 to stabilize a shaky <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NYPD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NYPD</span></a> that had been micromanaged by Mayor <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EricAdams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EricAdams</span></a>, a fmr captain on the force. Donlon stepped down weeks into the job after federal agents searched his home for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ClassifiedDocuments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClassifiedDocuments</span></a> in an unrelated investigation.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/QuidProQuo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QuidProQuo</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EmilBove" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EmilBove</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DanielleSassoon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DanielleSassoon</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Ex-Commissioner Sues, Saying <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EricAdams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EricAdams</span></a> Ran <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NYPD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NYPD</span></a> as a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Criminal</span></a> Enterprise</p><p>Thomas G. Donlon, who served only weeks, said in a lawsuit that New York’s mayor &amp; top department officials had manipulated the system for personal &amp; political gain.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/QuidProQuo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QuidProQuo</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EmilBove" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EmilBove</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DanielleSassoon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DanielleSassoon</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/nyregion/nypd-lawsuit-rico-donlon-eric-adams.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/07/16/nyregio</span><span class="invisible">n/nypd-lawsuit-rico-donlon-eric-adams.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>How a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> mission to push a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> *deal* in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Congo</span></a> unravelled</p><p>Three envoys went to Congo with a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/QuidProQuo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QuidProQuo</span></a> offer from Washington. The venture ended with them fleeing the country 2 days later in fear of arrest.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MafiaState</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/extortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>extortion</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/how-us-mission-push-trump-deal-congo-unravelled-2025-07-11/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/world/europe/how-u</span><span class="invisible">s-mission-push-trump-deal-congo-unravelled-2025-07-11/</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>…The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin recently ended <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/deportation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deportation</span></a> protections for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigrants</span></a> from countries including Haiti, Venezuela, Afghanistan, Honduras &amp; Nicaragua.</p><p>But immigrants from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElSalvador" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElSalvador</span></a> still have Temporary Protected Status [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TPS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TPS</span></a>], which shields some 200,000 people from deportation &amp; allows them to legally work in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a>. The privileges last until early September.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/QuidProQuo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QuidProQuo</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>In April, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/State" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>State</span></a> Dept upgraded <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElSalvador" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElSalvador</span></a>’s travel advisory to its highest rating, citing a “drop in violent crimes &amp; murders.”</p><p>While <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crime</span></a> has improved, El Salvador jumped to the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a>’ safest level, ahead of countries like France or Spain, whose rates of violent crime are the same or lower.</p><p>The new rating reflects a dramatic turnaround for a country that once had a soaring homicide rate &amp; “significant <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> issues,” acc/to the State Dept in 2023.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/QuidProQuo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QuidProQuo</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>“Other leaders &amp; countries are trying to emulate the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Bukele" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bukele</span></a> arrangement,” said Iván Espinoza-Madrigal, a director of Lawyers for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CivilRights</span></a>, a Boston-based group that has represented <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigrants</span></a> in lawsuits against the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin. Countries are increasingly “raising their hand to volunteer their incarceration facilities &amp; to facilitate the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/deportation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deportation</span></a> of people,” he added.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/rendition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rendition</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/QuidProQuo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QuidProQuo</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>4 fmr high-ranking <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>police</span></a> officers are suing Mayor <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EricAdams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EricAdams</span></a> of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NewYork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewYork</span></a>, accusing him of enabling <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NYPD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NYPD</span></a>, an agency where they said anyone who spoke out faced <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/retaliation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retaliation</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/humiliation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>humiliation</span></a>.</p><p>The separate lawsuits filed on Monday in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NY</span></a> State Supreme Court come as Adams, a fmr police captain, is running for re-election &amp; using falling crime numbers to bolster his campaign.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/QuidProQuo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QuidProQuo</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/nyregion/nypd-corruption-lawsuits-adams.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/07/08/nyregio</span><span class="invisible">n/nypd-corruption-lawsuits-adams.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>…<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EmilBove" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EmilBove</span></a> also faced sharp questions about his ordering the dismissal of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EricAdams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EricAdams</span></a>’ corruption case, which led to the resignation of a top prosecutor in New York &amp; several other <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> officials. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DanielleSassoon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DanielleSassoon</span></a>, then-interim <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USattorney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USattorney</span></a> for the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SDNY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SDNY</span></a>, cited her objections to what she called a political “<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/QuidProQuo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QuidProQuo</span></a>” with Adams’ legal team for the mayor to enforce <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> policies only if he was freed from the looming prosecution.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>judiciary</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SeparationOfPowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SeparationOfPowers</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a></p>
Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬<p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Pardoned" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pardoned</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Tax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tax</span></a> Cheat After Mother Attended $1 Million Dinner<br><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/PaulWalczak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PaulWalczak</span></a>’s pardon application cited his mother’s support for the president, including raising millions of dollars and a connection to a plot to publicize a Biden family diary.<br>Paul Walczak's recent <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/pardon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pardon</span></a> by President Trump spared him from having to pay nearly $4.4 million in restitution and serving 18 months in prison.<br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/us/politics/trump-pardon-paul-walczak-tax-crimes.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/05/27/us/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics/trump-pardon-paul-walczak-tax-crimes.html</span></a><br><a href="https://archive.ph/iZF2F" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.ph/iZF2F</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/QuidProQuo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QuidProQuo</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> reaches deal with <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Boeing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Boeing</span></a> to allow planemaker to avoid prosecution</p><p>DOJ said on Friday it has struck a deal in principle with Boeing to allow it to avoid prosecution in a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fraud</span></a> case stemming from 2 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/fatal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fatal</span></a> 737 MAX <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PlaneCrashes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PlaneCrashes</span></a> that killed 346 people.</p><p>The agreement allows Boeing to avoid being branded a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/convicted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>convicted</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/felon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>felon</span></a> &amp; is a blow to families who lost relatives in the crashes &amp; had pressed prosecutors to take the US planemaker to trial.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/QuidProQuo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QuidProQuo</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/felon47" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>felon47</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/us-justice-department-reaches-deal-with-boeing-allow-planemaker-avoid-2025-05-23/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/business/aerospace</span><span class="invisible">-defense/us-justice-department-reaches-deal-with-boeing-allow-planemaker-avoid-2025-05-23/</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> says <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> will end all <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/sanctions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sanctions</span></a> on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Syria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Syria</span></a> 1 day before meeting with their leader ‘to give them a chance at greatness’</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/transactional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>transactional</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/QuidProQuo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QuidProQuo</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/05/13/us/trump-news-saudi-arabia?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare&amp;sgrp=p&amp;pvid=1810533F-0985-49F9-AF16-552FC0858230" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/live/2025/05/13/us</span><span class="invisible">/trump-news-saudi-arabia?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare&amp;sgrp=p&amp;pvid=1810533F-0985-49F9-AF16-552FC0858230</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Just putting this out there: the “Trump presidential library” which is to inherit the $400 million jet from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Qatar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Qatar</span></a> is literally just a website. It does not exist. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> doesn’t read, why would he ever have a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/library" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>library</span></a>?</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/emoluments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>emoluments</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/QuidProQuo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QuidProQuo</span></a></p>
Kim Perales<p>“The Qatari Royals Give Trump a Plane.<br>It’s a <a href="https://toad.social/tags/BRIBE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BRIBE</span></a>‼️</p><p>The library isn’t the ex-president’s official office. It’s not owned by the president or like book his hotel reservations. Each president also get public to do just that, to have an official office, the formal entry from which he does his ex-presidenting. They’re acting like the library is his office. But it’s not.”</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Emoluments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Emoluments</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/QuidProQuo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QuidProQuo</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Corruption</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Republcans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republcans</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Traitors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Traitors</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p><p><a href="https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/qatari-royals-give-trump-a-plane" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/q</span><span class="invisible">atari-royals-give-trump-a-plane</span></a></p>
Kim Perales<p>“Disgusting, naked, open blatant <a href="https://toad.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a>. Whether it is crypto, Trump Media stock, real estate developments, licensing deals or jets, foreign govts continue to buy our presidency by bribing our criminal president.”<br>-R Filipkowski</p><p>“The Trump Org recently announced a new project in Qatar. </p><p>That means there’re now 20 open or in-progress Trump-branded projects in foreign countries—posing staggering possibilities for serious conflicts of interest.”</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/QuidProQuo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QuidProQuo</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a><br><a href="https://www.citizensforethics.org/reports-investigations/crew-reports/trump-foreign-development-tracker/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">citizensforethics.org/reports-</span><span class="invisible">investigations/crew-reports/trump-foreign-development-tracker/</span></a></p>