US President slammed for ‘covertly’ withholding FEMA funds from blue states
#CourthouseNewsService #USPol #FEMA #Retribution #BlueStates
https://www.courthousenews.com/trump-slammed-for-covertly-withholding-fema-funds-from-blue-states/
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"Emails confirm: SSA CXL contracts with Maine as pol payback against Mills..."
-A Delaney
“I was upset at the gov’s treatment, & I indicated in an email as such."
-Dudek
"I don’t know how it can stand in this country if we let someone remain in charge of a fed agency after finding out that he deliberately took actions that he knew would hurt Americans just to punish a pol opponent for not being nice enough to his boss."
-AR Melnick
Rep Connolly's letter to Dudek to resign:
#USPol #Retribution
The Trump admin is gaining power over criminal tax investigations.
Trump installed an Hunter Biden "whistleblower" as deputy of the criminal division.
Shapley was an IRS agent when he told Congress in 2023 that prosecutors slow-walked an inquiry into Hunter Biden for tax offenses. Shapley’s testimony made him a celeb figure on the R & endeared him to advisers Trump, who mused about using tax investigations to
PERSECUTE HIS PERCEIVED POL ENEMIES.
#Retribution #DOJ #USPol https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/04/02/trump-administration-irs-politicization/
The Washington Post · Hunter Biden tax informant set to control IRS criminal division
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Israel seeks to erase refugee camps from Jenin and Tulkarm: https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-seeks-erase-refugee-camps-jenin-and-tulkarm
Middle East EyeIsrael seeks to erase refugee camps from Jenin and TulkarmIsraeli military has started implementing plans to change architectural structure of camps
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#USIP employees told WaPo that 200–300 people — nearly the entirety of USIP’s HQ staff — had been fired. The employees, who spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of #retribution from the #Trump admin, said some employees were offered severance & one additional month of health insurance, in exchange for their signatures to WAIVE their RIGHTS to sue.
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Multiple sources at #FSA who could not speak publicly for fear of #retribution said they were blindsided by the news.
Logistical challenges aside, the role of the office of Federal #Student #Aid as the administrator of the #StudentLoan portfolio is protected by #law. It's not clear how these responsibilities could be #legally moved w/o a vote of #Congress. [not that #Trump cares]
"Owner of the Old Orchard Beach Inn in ME: “easily” 90% of their bus has disappeared as Canadian tourists CXL vacations in the US following Trump’s relentless attacks on CA.
#Trump is destroying America."
-Rs agst Trump
$2.4T tourism to the US in 2023!
The UK, Germany... have increased their travel warnings for those entering the US amid the Trump admin’s IMG crackdown *may be liable to arrest or detention if you break the rules.
#Tariffs #Retribution #Tourism #USPol
https://www.thedailybeast.com/european-countries-issue-travel-warnings-for-us-over-trumps-crackdown/
The Daily Beast · Closest Allies Issue New Travel Warnings about Travel to U.S.
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Over 43,000 Palestinians have been forcibly displaced from their homes in Jenin and Tulkarem (Occupied Palestine Territories)
https://thecradle.co/articles/jenin-camp-100-percent-destroyed-after-two-month-israeli-siege @israel @palestine 
thecradle.coJenin camp '100 percent destroyed' after two-month Israeli siegeOver 43,000 Palestinians have been forcibly displaced from their homes in Jenin and Tulkarem
"Less than three weeks after Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) sparred with President Donald Trump over his executive order prohibiting trans students from competing on school sports teams that align with their gender identity, the state has been hit with sudden cuts to funding and grants along with multiple investigations led by federal agencies and threats of more to come."
https://www.washingtonblade.com/2025/03/12/maine-targeted-with-federal-probes-threats-after-guv-spars-with-trump/
#Maine #retribution #revenge #USpol #USpolitics
Souviens Here come the Jack Booted Thugs... (Geheime Staatspolizei)
"In Justice Department speech, Donald Trump threatens opponents with jail
The US president took aim at journalists, judges, prosecutors and Biden officials in a speech calling for ‘accountability’"
#Nazi #Fascism #Authoritarianism #Hate #Retribution #Fear #News #USA #MAGA
No, this is not evidence of the weaponization of the FBI or the EPA. 
No, this is not evidence of the real deep state.
Oh, sure, this is all perfectly normal "business as usual."
"trump’s FBI Moves to Criminally Charge Major Climate Groups — The dishonest, vindictive, vengeful administration is targeting climate organizations that received a Biden-era grant."
https://newrepublic.com/post/192660/trump-fbi-charge-climate-organizations
ht @carkner
https://historians.social/@carkner/114151638593609803
#retribution #revenge #FBI
The New Republic · Trump’s FBI Moves to Criminally Charge Major Climate GroupsThe Trump administration is targeting climate organizations that received a Biden-era grant.
‘People Are Going Silent’: Fearing #Retribution, #Trump Critics Muzzle Themselves
The #silence grows louder every day
Fired #FederalWorkers worried about losing their homes ask not to be quoted by name. #University presidents fearing that millions in federal #funding could disappear are holding their fire. Chief execs alarmed by #tariffs that could hurt their businesses are on mute.
#law #FreeSpeech #democracy #USpol #autocracy #authoritarianism #dissent
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/us/politics/trump-democracy.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=8DC43EDF-B11C-44E1-8C72-A910E200F459
The New York Times · Fearing Retribution, Trump Critics Muzzle Themselves
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When #Tesla realized it was missing a crucial EPA certification it needed to qualify for the #loan days before Christmas, #Musk went straight to the top, urging then-EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson to intervene, acc/to people who spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of #retribution.
Nearly ⅔ of the $38B in funds have been promised to Musk’s businesses in the past 5yrs.
In 2024 alone, federal & local govts committed at least $6.3B to Musk’s companies, the highest total to date.
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“As a result of *those actions*, we’re now going to be suspending & putting under review #security clearances for employees at that firm & holding people responsible,” Scharf said.
[doing their jobs]
#Trump quipped that they would call the memo the “deranged Jack Smith signing,” invoking a pejorative he has frequently used to attack the former special counsel.
#Trump on Tues signed a memo suspending #security clearances for employees at a #law firm who assisted w/fmr special counsel #JackSmith’s investigation into the now-president.
WH staff secy Will Scharf said…that the memo targeted Washington, DC based law firm Covington & Burling, which provided pro bono #legal services to Smith in his probes of Trump that resulted in 2 #criminal indictments.
#petty #RevengePolitics #retribution #ClassifiedDocuments #Jan6 #insurrection
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5163942-trump-jack-smith-security-clearance/
I want my PM to publically say things that won't attract #Retribution from #Trump and that make it look like it's "business as usual".
But if #AlboMP and the #DefensePlanners actually believe that statement then they're dangerous, incompetent fools.
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In scores of his personal podcasts from Aug 2023 to this Jan, #EdMartin amplified #Trump’s claims, not supported by available evidence, that charges against him were made to damage him politically, & that prosecutors may have violated federal criminal conspiracy laws, #DOJ policies or legal #ethics rules. The conversations on Martin’s Pro-America Report podcast & related radio show often revolved around Trump’s desire for “#retribution” against current or fmr dept prosecutors.