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Days after a female #Justice won a hotly contested seat on #Wisconsin high court, another so-called "conservative" justice relinquishes law license for 3 yr suspension, and loses judicial seat in discipline after admitting he violated state court #ethics laws in capricious and dishonest 2020 #GOP #ElectionDenier attempt to certify #DJT as winner of state.

washingtonpost.com/politics/20

The Washington Post · Former Wisconsin justice to give up law license over 2020 election reviewBy Patrick Marley

#USPol #Tariffs #NYTimes

It’s not about logic. This is a good explainer, but #DJT has never met a principle he wouldn’t sell out. It isn’t about what he believes. This is leverage for extortion. He wants to see what he can personally get from companies and countries.

nytimes.com/2025/03/31/opinion

The New York Times · Opinion | Trump’s Tariffs Make Absolutely No SenseBy Jason Furman

Redefining the history of #Slavery in #America, the #DJT admin has put its anti-#DEI thumb on the scales.

Under new #ExecutiveOrder edict to reshape the #Smithsonian #Museum and the #NationalParks, curators of historic sites are ordered to rewrite history of #CivilWar, delete references to #HarrietTubman. Teaching visitors to historic sites about #UndergroundRailroad has been legislatively mandated since 1998, but recent #Drumpf era ommissions have been removing references to that, as well as #JohnBrown from #HarpersFerry and deleting mentions of #AfricanAmericans, the practice of slavery and any "divisive narratives" ...

wapo.st/4jdXL8m #GiftLink #SharedLink
#History

**NINETY (90)** Harvard Law professors are raising the ALARM about #DJT 's administration posing a SEVERE risk to the RULE OF LAW because it is:

* TARGETING lawyers and law firms they don't like for retribution
* THREATENING law firms for their lawyers' prior work
* BACKING-OFF only if their targets capitulate or PAY $$$
* PUNISHING people for speaking out & protesting

How bad must the threat be if this diverse, esteemed group feels it has to so strongly CONDEMN the petty fear tactics of these bullies?

huffpost.com/entry/harvard-law

HuffPost · Harvard Law Professors Warn ‘Rule Of Law’ Is Buckling Under TrumpBy Dave Jamieson

What upsets me the most about #DJT saying that the world had "looted, raped, pillaged, ransacked and scavenged" the #US, is that for decades the US has helped out other countries in untold ways. We have never asked for anything back except to have our backs when the going got tough. We have been generous and kind (for the most part). But now we are acting as if the rest of the world owes us something. DJT has changed all of that so that now, the rest of the world has nothing but disdain for us.

"By 'built in America', I mean 'developed in collaboration w/a Chinese national who was indicted for fraud' (#JustinSun) and then deployed on the Chinese blockchain run by the Chinese company that got hit with a $4.3 billion fine for laundering money for criminals, terrorists, and rogue nuclear states (#Binance) right before that company's CEO was sent to prison".

Hard not to think that #WorldLibertyFinancial's #USD1 is a Chinese enterprise.

Trump Media (AKA "#TruthSocial") signs agreement to partner with #CryptoDotCom and launch ETFs.

(note that i'm having a bit of trouble confirming this, though I don't doubt it at all.)

I'm reminded of a tweet by #Tether CEO #PaoloArdoino a few years ago attacking #CryptoCom as being out of money and about to collapse, but either way CDC used to be and probably still is part of the Tether cartel with #JustinSun etc.

More on Crypto.com's financial woes a few years ago: cryptadamus.substack.com/p/cry