Okay, get ready, I am going to curse . . .
HOLY MOTHER FUCKING FUCK !??!!
#Trump #Justice Department freezes ALL cases in #CivilRights division
The memo doesn’t state how long the freeze will last, but it essentially shuts down the civil rights division for at least the first weeks of the Trump administration.
#law #DOJ #HumanRights #tyranny #autocracy #Totalitarianism #Dictatorship #WhiteSupremacy #MaleSupremacy #Heterosexism #WhiteChristianNationalism #USpol
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/01/22/justice-civil-rights-freeze-shutdown/
Now is a great time to enthusiastically confirm your support for LGBTQ+ rights - particularly those of trans and enby folks at the moment - and the rights of women, BIPOC communities, and anybody else that the new US administration is actively trying to oppress.
I wholeheartedly support the rights of all of these people.
It shouldn't need to be said, but right now it _does_ need to be said. If you are able, consider donating to organisations that are trying to protect them.
Turns out Donald Trump isn't the only world leader with a tech billionaire "first buddy" who gets to serve as an unaccountable, self-interested de facto business regulator. UK PM Keir Starmer has just handed the keys to the British economy over to Jeff Bezos.
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