Mastodawn

"There’s No Escaping the Rot in This Justice Department":
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/29/opinion/doj-e-jean-carroll.html
#Trump #WorstPresidentEver #politics #AbuseOfAuthority #injustice #ethics

Opinion | There’s No Escaping the Rot in This Justice Department

How long can decent people continue to work for such a corrupted institution?

The New York Times

RonSupportsYou May 29

"This Is How to Stop Trump’s Vindictive Prosecutions" by Andrew Weissmann:
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/29/opinion/carroll-comey-trump-blanche.html
#Trump #WorstPresidentEver copy: @renewedresistance #politics #AbuseOfAuthority #injustice #ethics

Opinion | This Is How to Stop Trump’s Vindictive Prosecutions

We need a law that raises the legal standard for bringing federal criminal charges.

The New York Times

RonSupportsYou May 28

"35 former judges ask court to investigate Trump's deal with IRS":
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/05/27/former-federal-judges-trump-irs-weaponization-fund/90283762007/
"This settlement is a product of collusion and is itself a fraud on the Court"
#AbuseOfAuthority #ethics #criminality #accountability copy: @renewedresistance #politics

35 former judges ask court to investigate Trump's deal with IRS

Thirty-five former federal judges asked a court to investigate whether Trump's settlement with the IRS was an act of fraud against the court.

USA TODAY

CBC British Columbia Apr 29

VPD officer accused of abuse of authority in death of Myles Gray taken off hearing schedule
One of the Vancouver Police Department officers accused of abuse of authority in the 2015 beating death of Myles Gray was expected to testify this week at a hearing run by the Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner, but now the organization says there were "unanticipated scheduling iss...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/vpd-officer-schedule-death-myles-gray-hearing-9.7180443?cmp=rss

WIST Quotations Apr 20

A quotation from Montesquieu

It has eternally been observed that any man who has power is led to abuse it; he continues until he finds limits.

[C’est une expérience éternelle, que tout homme qui a du pouvoir est porté à en abuser; il va jusqu’à ce qu’il trouve des limites.]

Charles-Lewis de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu (1689-1755) French political philosopher
Spirit of Laws [The Spirit of the Laws; De l’esprit des lois], Book 11, ch. 4 (11.4) (1748) [tr. Cohler/Miller/Stone (1989)]

More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/montesquieu/83499/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #montesquieu #absolutepower #abuseofauthority #abuseofpower #authority #corruption #history #power

Montesquieu - Spirit of Laws [The Spirit of the Laws; De l’esprit des lois], Book 11, ch. 4 (11.4) (1748) [tr. Cohler/Miller/Stone (1989)] | WIST Quotations

It has eternally been observed that any man who has power is led to abuse it; he continues until he finds limits. [C’est une expérience éternelle, que tout homme qui a du pouvoir est porté à en abuser; il va jusqu’à ce qu’il trouve des limites.] See Acton (1887). (Source…

WIST Quotations

RonSupportsYou Jan 28

Trump failed again: "Not only had the White House failed to achieve its strategic objective — both the mass removal of immigrants from the #Minneapolis area and the suppression of the administration’s political opponents through force and the fear of force — it had also lost significant ground with the public on its most favorable issue":
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/opinion/minneapolis-ice-trump-gettysburg.html
#AbuseOfAuthority #TrumpLiedPeopleDied #politics copy: @renewedresistance

Opinion | Minneapolis May Be Trump’s Gettysburg

The White House has failed to achieve either its strategic or its tactical goals in Minnesota.

The New York Times

RonSupportsYou Jan 28

"How Trump Realized He Had a Big Problem in Minneapolis. Pres. Trump often blusters his way through a crisis, refusing to back down. Minneapolis tested the limits of that strategy":
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/us/politics/trump-minnesota-noem-bovino-homan-miller.html
#AbuseOfAuthority #TrumpLiedPeopleDied #politics

Nervous Allies and Fox News: How Trump Realized He Had a Big Problem in Minneapolis

President Trump often blusters his way through a crisis, refusing to back down. Minneapolis tested the limits of that strategy.

The New York Times

RonSupportsYou Jan 26

Sen. Amy Klobuchar: "Both the Minnesota Chiefs of Police Association and the International Association of Chiefs of Police have joined mayors, business leaders, and community voices in speaking out about the dangerous ICE surge in Minnesota. It’s clear that ICE needs to leave our state. Now."
#Trump #AbuseOfAuthority #SenselessViolence #politics

Ms. Que Banh Jan 26

This kinda shit isn't surprising to me because I've experienced a lot of racial profiling, illegal as fuck BS from both USA & Canada #BorderControl nazi fuckers. Both readily & regularly use abuses of power. Both target BIPOC people, indiscriminately.

This was recorded on 2nd hidden audio gear. It highlights how USA border patrol thugs believe they have any/all right to violate constitution & abuse/threaten people, at their will.

#Secret #Audio From #BorderPatrolCheckpoint They Didn’t Want You to Hear
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CjYbVM4RxKU&pp=0gcJCTMBo7VqN5tD

#USpol #RacialProfiling #KnowYourRights #AbuseOfAuthority #AbuseOfPower #RemoveQualifiedImmunity