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“…tucked away in section 6B of #Trump’s day-one #ExecutiveOrder declaring a national emergency at the southern border was this pearl… :

‘Within 90 days of the date of this proclamation, the Secy of Defense & the Secy of Homeland Security shall submit a joint report…about the conditions … & any recommendations regarding additional actions that may be necessary…, including whether to invoke the #InsurrectionAct of 1807.’”

#immigration #law #AbuseOfPower
thebulwark.com/p/will-trump-in

The Bulwark · Will Trump Invoke the Insurrection Act of 1807 Next?By Adrian Carrasquillo

So, some Georgetown #Law School students made a google sheet about which law firms are capitulating to #fascism in #America.

It's great information, but a bit unwieldy. So, I turned it into a website: maga-collaborators.net

Please use this site, boost, and share it. The more folks who do, the more incentive I have to improve on it!

www.maga-collaborators.netHome page - MAGA Collaborator Tracker
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Not everything on the internet is real. Case in point: Your relationship with OnlyFans creators, it turns out. Two former subscribers from Illinois are suing the company because they thought they were talking directly to the platform’s stars rather than agencies hired to manage their messages. @404mediaco’s Samantha Cole explains more [Story may be paywalled].

404media.co/onlyfans-sued-afte

404 Media · OnlyFans Sued After Two Guys Realized They Might Not Actually Be Talking to ModelsA class action complaint claims OnlyFans is allowing fraud on its platform by letting models use agency chat service to talk to fans.
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When @ProPublica journalist Alec MacGillis first met lawyer Andrew Rabinowitz, the latter was representing a property management company owned by the Kushner family. McGillis was writing an article about the company’s aggressive approach to tenants. Eight years later, Rabinowitz is defending beleaguered tenants against their landlords. What happened?

propublica.org/article/kushner

ProPublicaA Lawyer Who Helped the Kushners Crack Down on Poor Tenants Now Helps Renters Fight Big Landlords
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