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High intensity. Big news cycle.
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🚨👮 The crackdown is here. Trump’s regime isn’t waiting for permission. They are punishing, blacklisting, and threatening anyone who resists.
A whistleblower gets drone-stalked. A protester was tased to cheers at Marjorie Taylor Greene’s town hall meeting on Tuesday night. The AP’s victory was short-lived because all wire services got punished. And court orders? Still ignored.
This isn’t politics. It’s authoritarian control in broad daylight.
20,000 IRS employees express interest in deferred resignation with pay to September 30.
April 15, 2025
Trump DOJ bans staff from posting about work, including titles or press releases, raising free speech and purge concerns.
April 15, 2025
NYC Council sues Mayor Adams over ICE’s return to Rikers, alleging corrupt bargain with Trump to drop charges.
April 15, 2025
Judge blocks Trump’s Labor Dept from forcing grantees to drop DEI programs, but allows ban on new equity-related grants to stand.
April 15, 2025
Judge orders immediate unfreezing of climate and infrastructure funds, says Trump can’t block laws in perpetuity.
April 15, 2025
Army and Air Force libraries ordered to review books for DEI content after Navy pulls nearly 400 titles.
April 15, 2025
Hunter Biden whistleblower set to become third IRS chief in 3 months after predecessor quits over ICE data deal.
April 15, 2025
Fourth judge blocks Trump’s retaliatory order targeting law firms, calls Susman case ‘immensely oppressive.’
April 15, 2025
Trump threatens Harvard’s tax-exempt status day after cutting $2B in funding, also demands school apologize.
April 15, 2025
Trump exempts nearly 70 coal plants from mercury and toxin pollution limits, including nation’s top polluter.
April 15, 2025
Hong Kong stops parcel shipments to U.S. after new 120% tariff ends tax-free exception under $800.
April 15, 2025
Trump administration sidelines AP from press pool despite federal court order by shrinking access for all wire outlets.
April 15, 2025