"When the US acts like a rulemaker rather than a #SHAKEDOWN ARTIST -buys something more valuable than fear: consent➡️turns hegemony into ldrshp &➡️a system: other states find preferable to the alts.
VZ➡️puts at risk *utter disregard for law, norms, alliances & diplomacy -break in Am fgn policy.
Trump would run VZ until a “transition”+take its oil *naked act of #aggression. Chilling to allies: US power: no longer used for democracy, coll sec, rules-bas-."
#Protest #USPol
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/01/09/venezuela-trump-leadership-norms-fear/
Flailing on #affordability, he blurts out an idea which he knows will be challenged in the courts so he can tell the masses "see I'm fighting for you but they won't let me", all while he also shakes down the credit card companies. 💳
https://us.cnn.com/2026/01/09/business/affordability-trump-cap-credit-card-interest-rates
Albert Fabrega (@AlbertFabrega):
Ya gira el Audi F1 de 2026. Es el primer equipo que pone el coche en pistaLa prima monoposto 2026 e’ Audi che sta girando al Montmelo’. #F1 #AudiF1 #ShakeDown https://t.co/5sNcSE2Bx9
#MafiaDon expands the visa #shakedown....
https://apnews.com/article/us-visa-restrictions-trump-bond-travel-7211e43ef4eb84144717c3331ab89e8e
The Trump administration has added seven countries, including five in Africa, to the list of nations whose passport holders are required to post bonds of up to $15,000 to apply for visas to enter the United States. Thirteen countries, all but two of them in Africa, are now on the list. It makes the process of obtaining a visa unaffordable for many but U.S. officials say it is an effective deterrent to prevent foreigners from overstaying their visas. The State Department last week quietly added Bhutan, Botswana, the Central African Republic, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Namibia and Turkmenistan to the list. Those designations took effect on Jan. 1. It’s the latest effort by the Trump administration to tighten requirements for visa applicants.
The Shakedown: Trump’s DOJ Pressured Lawyers To “Find” Evidence That UCLA Had Illegally Tolerated Antisemitism
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All Universities are now Trump University…
Or else.
Would be a real shame if something were to happen to those endowments and funding.
#KingOfAmerica
#Extortion
#Shakedown
#DeathToDemocracy
https://tldr.nettime.org/@remixtures/115335511270476483
"On Wednesday, the Trump White House sent a “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” to nine top U.S. universities. The memo offers these institutions a devil’s bargain: In exchange for a promise of preferential access to federal grants, universities must follow the administration’s dictates on admissions, tuition, grading, student discipline, campus speech and protest rules, faculty and staff hiring, athletics, and many other domains that go far beyond federal law. Any institution that yields to these broad and intrusive demands would give up its legal rights and would forever be subservient to the whims of the government. If the Justice Department decides that a signatory violated the vague terms of the agreement, that university would be forced to return all federal money it received in that year — along with any private donations at donor request. The government may not use its funding to compel speech or to force recipients to give up their constitutional rights. As faculty members at two of the universities that were reportedly “invited” to sign the initiative, we would personally benefit from the promises it makes. Both of us have received federal funding to support our research and the training of future scientists. But we strongly encourage all universities — including our own — to reject this “Compact” or any future version of it." https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-compact-universities-colleges-free-speech-rcna236003 #USA #Trump #Universities #HigherEd #FreeSpeech #AcademicFreedom
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