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beSpacific3) Under city’s <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/HomeRuleAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HomeRuleAct</a>, <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/president" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#president</a> can take over <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/DC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DC</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#police</a> for up to 30 days by declaring “special conditions of an <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/emergency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#emergency</a> nature exist.” After that time, police would revert to local control unless <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Congress</a> passes a law allow a longer period of federal control. <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#trump</a> has been functioning without <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/congressional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#congressional</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/oversight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#oversight</a> since Jan 2025. There is no <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/congressional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#congressional</a> engagement <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#military</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/militarization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#militarization</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/EpsteinFiles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EpsteinFiles</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/coverup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#coverup</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/GhislaineMaxwell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GhislaineMaxwell</a>

beSpacificTop <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/House" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#House</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Oversight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Oversight</a> Cmte <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Democrat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Democrat</a> Demands <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Hearings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Hearings</a> for <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Epstein" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Epstein</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Victims" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Victims</a> Amid <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/CoverUp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CoverUp</a>. <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MAGA</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Republicans</a> are blocking victims, protecting#GhislaineMaxwell, and keeping Trump’s name out of the files. Rep. Robert Garcia joined me to discuss it all. Release the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/EpsteinFiles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EpsteinFiles</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/tapes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tapes</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/videos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#videos</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/documents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#documents</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/proof" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#proof</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#criminal</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#crime</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#corruption</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/sextrafficking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sextrafficking</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Courts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Courts</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/JimAcosta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JimAcosta</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ToddBlance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ToddBlance</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DOJ</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/facts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#facts</a> not <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/lies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#lies</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/girls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#girls</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/rape" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rape</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/abuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#abuse</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/gaslighting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gaslighting</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/JamesComer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JamesComer</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/blackmail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#blackmail</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/scotus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#scotus</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/supremecourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#supremecourt</a>

Headlines AfricaAfrica: Improving Oversight of Federal Grantmaking: [State Department] By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and to improve the process of Federal grantmaking while ending offensive waste of tax dollars, it is hereby ordered: <a href="http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TMMvZR" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TMMvZR</a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Africa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Africa</a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/FederalGrantmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FederalGrantmaking</a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Oversight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Oversight</a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/TaxDollars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TaxDollars</a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/GovernmentAccountability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GovernmentAccountability</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AnitaDunn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AnitaDunn</a> tells <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GOP</a> panel <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Biden</a> ‘aged physically’ but was fully in chargeDunn, a close advisor to President Biden, told the the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/House" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#House</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Oversight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Oversight</a> & Government Reform Cmte during an interview Thursday that despite aging in office, Biden made all of his own decisions.Dunn, the former senior adviser to the president for communications, described a “fully engaged” president who “aged physically during his time in office” but was able to “make well-informed decisions”.<a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5441011-biden-aging-office-decision-making/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5441011-biden-aging-office-decision-making/</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AnitaDunn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AnitaDunn</a>, a fmr top <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Biden</a> ofcl, is telling <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Congress</a> that he made all key decisions & was “fully engaged & clear” & “active” while in office.“His ability to probe, to find the weakness in an argument, & to make well-informed decisions, did not change during my time in the White House,”fmr snr adviser Dunn will say in opening remarks before the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/House" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#House</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Oversight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Oversight</a> Cmte. “The President made it clear that decisions rested with him, & White House staff brought issues to him for him to decide.”

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/House" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#House</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Oversight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Oversight</a> Cmte Chair <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JamesComer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JamesComer</a> issued numerous <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/subpoenas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#subpoenas</a> on Tues -- including one to the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DOJ</a> for the COMPLETE <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JeffreyEpstein" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JeffreyEpstein</a> files & another for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/depositions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#depositions</a> w/ President <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BillClinton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BillClinton</a> & fmr Secy of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/State" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#State</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HillaryClinton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HillaryClinton</a>.Comer said he wants the DOJ to turn over the "full, complete, unredacted Epstein Files" on or before Aug. 19.[note they’re subpoenaing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Democrats</a>, glaringly absent—of course—is <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> despite him hosting Epstein parties]<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/hypocrisy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hypocrisy</a> <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/house-oversight-committee-issues-subpoenas-epstein-files/story?id=124378317" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/house-oversight-committee-issues-subpoenas-epstein-files/story?id=124378317</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CivilRights</a> lawyers who have monitored the cases said the move is another sign of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> administration’s retreat from the department’s mission of protecting the rights of vulnerable groups. Since January, Trump’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DOJ</a> has dropped <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RacialDiscrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RacialDiscrimination</a> lawsuits, abandoned investigations of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PoliceMisconduct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PoliceMisconduct</a> & canceled <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/oversight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#oversight</a> of troubled <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LawEnforcement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LawEnforcement</a> agencies.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HumanRights</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Prisoners" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Prisoners</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MentalIllness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MentalIllness</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MentalHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MentalHealth</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TheCrueltyIsThePoint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TheCrueltyIsThePoint</a>

Kim PeralesSen Dems say the closure of 3 legally mandated oversight offices🚨endangers <a href="https://toad.social/tags/immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#immigrants</a>. CRCL staff were instructed to abandon ~550 active <a href="https://toad.social/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CivilRights</a> invs & 100s more pending reviews. Complaints incl allegations of religious & nat origin discrim by CBP, failure to accom indivs w disabilities, & pol motivated aid denials by FEMA.CRCL halted <a href="https://toad.social/tags/oversight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#oversight</a> of facial recog tech, TSA +CBP screening practices, & protections for <a href="https://toad.social/tags/DHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DHS</a> employees facing WP discrim. <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Rights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Rights</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a href="https://migrantinsider.com/p/not-our-job-anymore-dhs-stops-civil" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://migrantinsider.com/p/not-our-job-anymore-dhs-stops-civil</a>

beSpacific<a href="https://newsie.social/tags/House" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#House</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Oversight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Oversight</a> Committee on Tuesday declined a request from <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/GhislaineMaxwell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GhislaineMaxwell</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/lawyers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#lawyers</a> to grant her <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/immunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#immunity</a> in exchange for <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/testifying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#testifying</a> to <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Congress</a>. Maxwell's lawyers said in a letter Tuesday that Maxwell, an associate of the late financier Jeffrey Epstein, would be willing to testify if she received formal immunity, alongside other requests. Otherwise, she would assert her <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/FifthAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FifthAmendment</a> rights and decline to testify, they said. <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/legal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#legal</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/testimony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#testimony</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/coverup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#coverup</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/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#democracy</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GhislaineMaxwell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GhislaineMaxwell</a> wants <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#immunity</a>, questions in advance to testify for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Congress</a>  The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/House" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#House</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Oversight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Oversight</a> Committee has subpoenaed <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JeffreyEpstein" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JeffreyEpstein</a>’s imprisoned associate for a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/deposition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#deposition</a> on Aug. 11.<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/07/29/ghislaine-maxwell-wants-immunity-questions-advance-testify-congress/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/07/29/ghislaine-maxwell-wants-immunity-questions-advance-testify-congress/</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> Plans to Give <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AI</a> Developers a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Free" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Free</a> HandIn an “AI Action Plan,” the White House outlined steps it said would promote American dominance in the fast-growing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#technology</a>.The Trump admin said it planned to speed development of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ArtificialIntelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ArtificialIntelligence</a> in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UnitedStates</a>, opening the door for companies to develop the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tech</a> unfettered from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/oversight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#oversight</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/safeguards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#safeguards</a>, but added the AI needed to be free of “ideological bias.”[meaning: be <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/racist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#racist</a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/sexist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sexist</a> & pro-Trump]<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/technology/trump-ai-executive-orders.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/technology/trump-ai-executive-orders.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare</a>

NonilexThe <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/House" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#House</a> bill would also block the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/accountability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#accountability</a> office from suing the government to force the release of frozen funds, unless Dodaro & his successors obtain congressional support. That could make it harder for the office to conduct <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/oversight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#oversight</a> of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a>, though <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Senate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Senate</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Republicans</a> have not targeted the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GAO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GAO</a> as part of their own appropriations bill for 2026. A spox for Valadao did not respond to a request for comment.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ExecutiveBranch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ExecutiveBranch</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AbuseOfPower</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Project2025</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RussVought" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RussVought</a>

NonilexSince returning to office, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RussVought" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RussVought</a> has argued that the federal <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> limiting <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a>’s spending powers is unconstitutional. And Dodaro has acknowledged that the admin has “not been cooperative” in the investigations. The WH disabled a website this spring that had helped <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/oversight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#oversight</a> ofcls track <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/federal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#federal</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/spending" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#spending</a>, claiming it revealed sensitive info. The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GAO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GAO</a> described the move in April as disruptive & potentially <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/illegal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#illegal</a>, w/“implications” for “congressional oversight,” incl’g on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/impoundment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#impoundment</a>.

NonilexBut <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/oversight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#oversight</a> officials have recently found themselves in a direct & highly unusual confrontation with the White House over the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/power" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#power</a> of the purse. The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/watchdog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#watchdog</a> chiefly enforces a 1970s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> that prohibits the president from defying congressional instructions on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/spending" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#spending</a>. Since taking office, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> has sought to test that law, working swiftly to disband entire agencies & programs without lawmakers’ approval.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ExecutiveBranch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ExecutiveBranch</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AbuseOfPower</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Project2025</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RussVought" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RussVought</a>

Yonhap Infomax NewsBesant calls on the Federal Reserve to launch a comprehensive internal review of its non-monetary policy operations, highlighting the need for greater oversight and transparency. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/YonhapInfomax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#YonhapInfomax</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FederalReserve" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FederalReserve</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NonMonetaryPolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NonMonetaryPolicy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/InternalReview" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#InternalReview</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Oversight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Oversight</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Transparency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Transparency</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Economics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FinancialMarkets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FinancialMarkets</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Banking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Banking</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Securities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Securities</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Bonds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Bonds</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StockMarket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#StockMarket</a> <a href="https://en.infomaxai.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=73083" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://en.infomaxai.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=73083</a>

AnarchoNinaAnalyzesI don't know if its an artifact of cable news, cowardice, or genuine ignorance but there's a countercurrent developing in the discussion around the disgustingly-named "Alligator Alcatraz" migrant cages in the Florida Everglades and I think it's important to nip arguments that it's not *really* a "concentration camp" in the bud. So I cleaned up a post from earlier this week, threw some links in, and got into how the camp is run, the efforts Trump and DeSantis are undertaking to keep much of this a secret, and what conditions are like inside.<a href="https://www.ninaillingworth.com/2025/07/18/recommended-reading-yes-its-a-concentration-camp/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.ninaillingworth.com/2025/07/18/recommended-reading-yes-its-a-concentration-camp/</a>Recommended Reading: Yes, It’s A Concentration Camp"I think the debate over whether or not “Alligator Alcatraz” officially qualifies as a “real” concentration camp is both farcical and insulting. However you feel about longtime DNC minion Debbie Wasserman-Schultz as a politician, it is inarguable that she’s objectively describing a type of concentration camp. With dozens of brown bodies packed into small cages, inadequate access to washroom facilities and water, purposely reduced caloric counts inadequate for the preservation of healthy adults, exposure to elements and insects; what else would you call what we’re doing in the Florida swamp besides running a concentration camp? It’s not an accident Wasserman-Schultz references America’s dark history with the term “interment camps” but I think she’s still being too generous to the Trump regime here; this is a camp of cages for cruelly concentrating migrants without any concern for their wellbeing at all – a concentration camp, to be precise."<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/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/RonDeSantis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RonDeSantis</a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Florida" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Florida</a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GOP</a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ICE</a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/ConcentrationCamps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ConcentrationCamps</a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/AlligatorAlcatraz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AlligatorAlcatraz</a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HumanRights</a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Democrats</a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Oversight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Oversight</a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Immigration</a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Nazis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Nazis</a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Ethnonationalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ethnonationalism</a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/EthnicCleansing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EthnicCleansing</a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USPol</a>

NonilexThe efforts, which have not been previously reported, are part of a broader <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/deregulatory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#deregulatory</a> push by the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> admin, which has said it wants to spur economic *growth* [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fraud</a>] by slashing government <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/oversight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#oversight</a>.In a February executive order, Trump directed <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DOGE</a> officials at <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalAgencies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FederalAgencies</a> to identify <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/regulations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#regulations</a> the admin may seek to eliminate for any of a range of different reasons, such as imposing "undue burdens" or costs on businesses.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SEC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SEC</a>

beSpacificThe <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Truth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Truth</a> Always Finds a <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Leak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Leak</a>. When truth becomes a <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/threat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#threat</a>, <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/power" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#power</a> hides; <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/crackdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#crackdown</a> on <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/congressional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#congressional</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/oversight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#oversight</a> isn’t about <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/leaks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#leaks</a>—it’s about <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/silencing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#silencing</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/accountability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#accountability</a> before the questions even begin. <a href="https://www.meidasplus.com/p/the-truth-always-finds-a-leak" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.meidasplus.com/p/the-truth-always-finds-a-leak</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#democracy</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#constitution</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ruleoflaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ruleoflaw</a>

NonilexFrom near the conclusion of Justice Barrett's opinion for the Court, on behalf of the 6 conservatives:"<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalCourts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FederalCourts</a> do not exercise general <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/oversight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#oversight</a> of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ExecutiveBranch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ExecutiveBranch</a>; they resolve cases & controversies consistent with the authority <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Congress</a> has given them. When a court concludes that the Executive Branch has acted unlawfully, the answer is not for the court to exceed its <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/power" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#power</a>, too."TOTAL BS!<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SCOTUS</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#judiciary</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authority" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#authority</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BirthrightCitizenship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BirthrightCitizenship</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#immigration</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> 🧵

DoomsdaysCWExperts warn <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a>’s <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/nuclear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#nuclear</a> blitz could trigger ‘Next <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ThreeMileIsland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ThreeMileIsland</a>' by Brett Wilkins, Common Dreams May 24, 2025 "U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday signed a series of executive orders that will overhaul the independent federal agency that regulates the nation's nuclear power plants in order to speed the construction of new fissile reactors—a move that experts warned will increase safety risks."According to a White House statement, Trump's directives 'will usher in a nuclear energy renaissance,' in part by allowing Department of Energy laboratories to conduct nuclear reactor design testing, green-lighting reactor construction on federal lands, and lifting <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RegulatoryBarriers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RegulatoryBarriers</a> 'by requiring the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NRC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NRC</a>) to issue timely licensing decisions.""The Trump administration is seeking to shorten the yearslong NRC process of approving new licenses for nuclear power plants and reactors to within 18 months."White House Office of Science and Technology Director Michael Kratsios said Friday that 'over the last 30 years, we stopped building nuclear reactors in America—that ends now.'" 'We are restoring a strong American nuclear industrial base, rebuilding a secure and sovereign domestic nuclear fuel supply chain, and leading the world towards a future fueled by American nuclear energy,' he added. [And radioactive waste!!!]"However, the Union of Concerned Scientists (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UCS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UCS</a>) warned that the executive orders will result in 'all but nullifying' the NRC's regulatory process, 'undermining the independent federal agency's ability to develop and enforce <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/safety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#safety</a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#security</a> requirements for commercial nuclear facilities.'" 'This push by the Trump administration to usurp much of the agency's autonomy as they seek to fast-track the construction of nuclear plants will weaken critical, independent <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/oversight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#oversight</a> of the U.S. nuclear industry and poses significant safety and security risks to the public,' UCS added."<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EdwinLyman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EdwinLyman</a>, director of nuclear power safety at the UCS, said, 'Simply put, the U.S. nuclear industry will fail if safety is not made a priority.'" 'By fatally compromising the independence and integrity of the NRC, and by encouraging pathways for nuclear deployment that bypass the regulator entirely, the Trump administration is virtually guaranteeing that this country will see a serious accident or other <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/radiological" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#radiological</a> release that will affect the health, safety, and livelihoods of millions,' Lyman added. 'Such a disaster will destroy public trust in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NuclearPower</a> and cause other nations to reject U.S. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/nuclear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#nuclear</a> technology for decades to come.'"Friday's executive orders follow reporting earlier this month by NPR that revealed the Trump administration has tightened control over the NRC, in part by compelling the agency to send proposed reactor safety rules to the White House for review and possible editing."<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AllisonMacfarlane" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AllisonMacfarlane</a>, who was nominated to head the NRC during the Obama administration, called the move 'the end of independence of the agency.'" 'If you aren't independent of political and industry influence, then you are at risk of an accident,' Macfarlane warned."On the first day of his second term, Trump also signed executive orders declaring a dubious 'national energy emergency' and directing federal agencies to find ways to reduce regulatory roadblocks to 'unleashing American energy, including by boosting <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FossilFuels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FossilFuels</a> and nuclear power."The rapid advancement and adoption of artificial intelligence systems is creating a tremendous need for energy that proponents say can be met by nuclear power. The Three Mile Island nuclear plant—the site of the worst nuclear accident in U.S. history—is being revived with funding from <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Microsoft</a>, while <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Google</a> parent company <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Alphabet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Alphabet</a>, online retail giant <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Amazon</a>, and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Facebook</a> owner <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Meta</a> are among the competitors also investing in nuclear energy." 'Do we really want to create more <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RadioactiveWaste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RadioactiveWaste</a> to power the often dubious and questionable uses of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AI</a>?' <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/JohannaNeumann" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JohannaNeumann</a>, Environment America Research & Policy Center's senior director of the Campaign for 100% <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RenewableEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RenewableEnergy</a>, asked in December." '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BigTech</a> should recommit to solutions that not only work but pose less risk to our <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#environment</a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#health</a>,' Neumann added."<a href="https://www.rawstory.com/trump-nuclear-2672196220/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.rawstory.com/trump-nuclear-2672196220/</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RethinkNotRestart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RethinkNotRestart</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoNukes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NoNukes</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoNukesForAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NoNukesForAI</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BigTech</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnvironmentalRacism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EnvironmentalRacism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UraniumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UraniumMining</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearWaste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NuclearWaste</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TEPCOLies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TEPCOLies</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrumpLies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TrumpLies</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HoltecLies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HoltecLies</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WaterIsLife</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearPowerPlants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NuclearPowerPlants</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Datacenters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Datacenters</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AIPollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AIPollution</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MicrosoftSucks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MicrosoftSucks</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrumpSucks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TrumpSucks</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearIsNotCarbonFree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NuclearIsNotCarbonFree</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CancerRates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CancerRates</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Downwinders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Downwinders</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearPowerCorruptionAndLies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NuclearPowerCorruptionAndLies</a>

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