Later in the morning, the retail giant claimed that was not the plan at all.

"The team that runs our ultra low cost Amazon Haul store considered the idea of listing import charges on certain products," #Amazon spox Tim Doyle said in a statement. "This was never approved & is not going to happen."

#AmazonHaul is a part of the company's website that sells products costing $20 or less.

"I just got off the phone with the president about Amazon's announcement — this is a hostile & political act by Amazon," White House propagandist Karoline Leavitt told reporters.

It wasn't the only phone call about the issue on Tues: #Trump called #Amazon founder #JeffBezos after he learned about the news story laying out a plan to show tariff price hikes.

(b) Within 90 days of the date of this order, the Secy of #Defense, in coordination with the #AttorneyGeneral, shall determine how #military & #NationalSecurity assets, training, non-lethal capabilities, & personnel can most effectively be utilized to prevent crime.

New #regulations detailed in the memo will allow prosecutors in #criminal investigations to use #subpoenas, #CourtOrders & #SearchWarrants to compel "production of information & testimony by & relating to members of the #news #media," the memo stated.
“Safeguarding classified, privileged & other sensitive information is essential to effective governance & #law enforcement,” #Trump AG #PamBondi wrote in the memo.
#Constitution #FirstAmendment #FreePress #FreeSpeech #journalism #Autocracy #tyranny

“There is no basis to say that anything other than the most stringent #FirstAmendment protections apply to #medical journals,” she said. “It appears aimed at creating a type of fear & chill that will have effects on people’s expression — that’s a constitutional concern.”

It’s unclear how many journals have received these letters or the criteria that #EdMartin used to decide which publications to target.

Amanda Shanor, a #FirstAmendment expert at the University of Pennsylvania, said the information published in reputable #medical journals like #NEJM is broadly protected by the #Constitution.

In most cases, journals have the same robust rights that apply to newspapers — the strongest the Constitution provides, she added.

At least 3 other journals have received similar letters from #EdMartin, a Republican activist serving as interim #USAttorney in DC. Martin has been criticized for using his office to target opponents of the #Trump admin.

His letters accused the publications of being “partisans in various scientific debates” & asked a series of accusatory questions about bias & the selection of #research articles.

A federal prosecutor in Washington has contacted The New England Journal of Medicine, considered the world’s most prestigious #medical journal, w/questions that suggested without evidence that it was biased against certain views & influenced by external pressures.

Dr. Eric Rubin, the editor in chief of #NEJM, described the letter as “vaguely threatening” in an interview with NYT.

Judge Dugan was scheduled to appear before U.S. Magistrate Judge Stephen Dries at 10:30AM April 25 on the second floor of the Federal Courthouse in downtown Milwaukee, according to two federal sources.

Brady McCarron, spox for US Marshals Service in Washington, DC, confirmed Dugan was arrested at about 8AM at the Milwaukee County Courthouse & is in federal custody.

#law #tyranny #PostLaw #judiciary #SeparationOfPowers #AmericanAutocracy #Trump #immigration
https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/breaking/2025/04/25/milwaukee-county-judge-hannah-dugan-arrested-by-feds-at-courthouse/83270885007/

Acc/to reporting by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, #ICE agents arrived in Judge Dugan’s courtroom last Friday during a pre-trial hearing for Eduardo Flores Ruiz, a 30-yr-old Mexican national who is facing misdemeanor battery charges in Wisconsin.

Dugan asked the agents to leave & speak to the circuit court’s chief judge, the Journal Sentinel reported. By the time they returned, Flores Ruiz had left.

The post accused Judge Dugan of “intentionally misdirecting” federal agents who arrived at the courthouse to detain an immigrant who was set to appear before her in an unrelated proceeding.

“Thankfully, our agents chased down the perp on foot & he’s been in custody since,” #KashPatel wrote. “But the Judge’s obstruction created increased danger to the public.”