“The #DOJ looks forward to continued cooperation from companies that are re-evaluating their energy investments,” #StanleyWoodward, an associate AG, said in a statement.
#Interior Secy #DougBurgum said in a statement that offshore #wind projects made more financial sense under the #Biden admin, which offered lucrative #TaxCredits for wind turbines, #solar panels, #electric cars & other #green #technologies. The #Republican-controlled #Congress eliminated those incentives last summer [🖕🏻].

#Trump

#Trump said Wednesday that he would seek to delay the #Senate confirmation hearing for Jay Clayton his nominee for director of national intelligence [ #DNI], as he renewed pressure on #Congress to pass a #voting restrictions bill — a strict voter identification #law that does not have enough support among #Republicans to advance.

#VotingRights #VRA #CivilRights #elections #Constitution #democracy #VoterSuppression #TrumpCoup
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/17/us/politics/senate-intelligence-nomination-voter-restrictions.html?smid=url-share&smid=nytcore-ios-share&rsrc=cl-share

#G7 Leaders Praise #US - #Iran Deal, Then #Trump Threatens Tehran Again

Trump said that the United States would resume bombing Iran if “they don’t behave” in implementing the deal, even as he acknowledged “nobody knows what it is.”

#idiocracy #kakistocracy #TrumpsWar #IranWar #WarCrimes #RulesOfWar #InternationalLaw #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast #economy #inflation #affordability #CostOfLiving #oil #energy #EnergyCrisis
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/06/17/world/g7-summit-trump-france?smid=nytcore-ios-share

#Trump said Wednesday that he would seek to delay the #Senate confirmation hearing for Jay Clayton his nominee for director of national intelligence [ #DNI], as he renewed pressure on #Congress to pass a #voting restrictions bill — a strict voter identification #law that does not have enough support among #Republicans to advance.

#VotingRights #VRA #CivilRights #elections #Constitution #democracy #VoterSuppression #TrumpCoup
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/17/us/politics/senate-intelligence-nomination-voter-restrictions.html?smid=url-share&smid=nytcore-ios-share&rsrc=cl-share

Aaaand the NYT coverage∶

#Trump Breaks Up #Education Dept, Prompting Worries Over #CivilRights

#SpecialEducation programs & the Civil Rights office will be moved out of the Education Department, the most aggressive move yet by the Trump administration to dismantle the agency.

#law #Trump #idiocracy #education #IndividualizedEducation #LearningDifferences #IEDs #pedagogy #LearningModalities#legislation #Congress #SeparationOfPowers #ExecutiveOverreach
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/16/us/politics/education-department-civil-rights-trump.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

A $300 billion #private #fund [oh, JFC, another one of those] purportedly designed ​to trigger “investment” into #Iran is outlined in the #US-Iran framework agreement & more than half that sum has already been committed, a source with ‌direct knowledge told Reuters.

The fund is supposedly designed to give “both sides” an economic incentive to conclude a final deal….

#PalletsOfCash #Trump #hypocrisy #TrumpsWar #IranWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #economy #inflation #affordability #CostOfLiving

Ummm, what was that old chestnut #Trump likes to trod out . . . “ #PalletsOfCash”. Yeah, okay, sure, jackass.

Exclusive: #Iran “deal” includes $300 billion fund, more than half of which already committed, source says

[I’m not saying it isn’t owed, just pointing out the obvious #hypocrisy]

#TrumpsWar #IranWar #US #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast #economy #inflation #affordability #CostOfLiving #oil #energy #EnergyCrisis
https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/iran-deal-includes-300-billion-fund-more-than-half-which-already-committed-2026-06-16/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement

AP coverage∶

Trump’s administration is further dismantling the Department of Education, moving oversight of special education and civil rights to other agencies.

https://apnews.com/article/trump-civil-rights-special-education-3483478a51ea8001fcc70e8a77d08d9a

#law #Trump #idiocracy #education #SpecialEducation #IndividualizedEducation #LearningDifferences #IEDs #pedagogy #LearningModalities #CivilRights #legislation #Congress #SeparationOfPowers #ExecutiveOverreach

The Office of #SpecialEducation & #RehabilitativeServices, which oversees the Individuals With #Disabilities #Education Act, or #IDEA, will move to #RFKJr’s Department of Health and Human Services [ #HHS], these people said. The Office for #CivilRights will move to the #DOJ.…An Education Department spokeswoman did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

#Trump #idiocracy #law #legislation #Congress #SeparationOfPowers #ExecutiveOverreach

#idiocracy

The #US #Education Department plans to move the offices that oversee #SpecialEducation services & #CivilRights out of the agency, part of the #Trump admin’s effort to close the department by moving all its functions to other parts of the government… [& further divide the classes creating a dumb servile class & a wealthy educated elite class].

The announcement was expected later in the day.

#law #legislation #Congress #SeparationOfPowers #ExecutiveOverreach
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2026/06/16/education-dept-plans-move-special-ed-civil-rights-out-agency/

This month, #NewJersey sued #GeoGroup for refusing to allow #state #health inspectors full access to its #DelaneyHall facility, in #Newark, where the state says detainees have staged hunger strikes to protest being fed spoiled or rotten food & not being given access to basic #hygiene products. Geo’s lawyers have said in court filings that only #ICE can grant state inspectors access to the facility [wrong, #Congress can too].​

#law #Trump #immigration #HumanRights #CivilRights #PrivatePrisons

According to federal data released Monday, #US officials released another 8.9 million barrels from the #SPR last week alone.

That leaves the US #emergency #oil reserve with 340.3 million barrels of crude….

The last time the SPR had less oil than today was July 1983, when the Reagan admin was filling the reserve for the first time & when the US had a smaller #economy.

#TrumpsWar #IranWar #Trump #law #Congress #WarPowers #NationalSecurity #inflation #affordability #CostOfLiving #EnergyCrisis

#TrumpsWar #EnergyCrisis

#US emergency #oil stockpile tumbles to lowest since the Reagan administration

The amount of oil in the US Strategic Petroleum Reserve [ #SPR] plunged last week to the lowest level since 1983 as the #Trump admin continues to deploy emergency oil to minimize the damage from his #war with #Iran.

#IranWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #economy #inflation #affordability #CostOfLiving #oil #energy
https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/15/business/spr-lowest-since-1983

The #Constitution, Scharf wrote in his memo to #SusieWiles, the WH chief of staff, permits suspension of #HabeasCorpus only in cases of rebellion or invasion. #Courts have almost uniformly held that only #Congress can do it.

He added∶“Even where Congress has explicitly suspended habeas corpus rights, the Supreme Court has held that some alternative process must be provided to defendants, with procedural safeguards akin to a habeas corpus action.”

#Trump #law #ExecutivePower #Constitution

#Trump’s “version” has nothing to do with reality. This — once again — is most likely about #MarketManipulation. Let’s see what tomorrow brings before raising the peace flag. Just sayin.

#TrumpsWar #IranWar #US #Iran #Israel #war #ForeverWars #Trump #Netanyahu #WarCrimes #RegimeChange #RulesOfWar #InternationalLaw #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast #economy #inflation #affordability #CostOfLiving #oil #energy #EnergyCrisis

https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/14/world/live-news/iran-war-trump-israel?cid=ios_app

#Trump’s “version” has nothing to do with reality. This — once again — is most likely about #MarketManipulation. Let’s see what tomorrow brings before raising the peace flag. Just sayin.

#TrumpsWar #IranWar #US #Iran #Israel #war #ForeverWars #Trump #Netanyahu #WarCrimes #RegimeChange #RulesOfWar #InternationalLaw #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast #economy #inflation #affordability #CostOfLiving #oil #energy #EnergyCrisis

https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/14/world/live-news/iran-war-trump-israel?cid=ios_app

I’ll believe it when I see it

#Pakistan's prime minister says #Iran, #US have reached peace deal; accord to cover #Lebanon

Tomorrow will bring some other excuse for #Trump to carpet bomb Iranian #civilians or their essential #infrastructure

Until Trump is gone, nothing means anything. Words are falsehoods. Government is a scam.

#TrumpsWar #IranWar #Israel #war #ForeverWars #Netanyahu #WarCrimes #RulesOfWar #InternationalLaw #law #Congress #WarPowers #economy
https://apnews.com/article/iran-us-war-ceasefire-deal-e0a9e4e1152ea8da10ea066ad174a23a

Sen. #MitchMcConnell, a #Kentucky #Republican, was admitted to the #hospital Sunday morning, according to his spokesperson.

“Senator McConnell was admitted to the hospital this morning. He is receiving excellent care,” spokesperson David Popp said.

The statement did not address the cause of McConnell’s hospitalization or his condition.

#USpol #Congress #Senate
https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/14/politics/mitch-mcconnell-hospital

NEW: Lawmaker Pushes for Ban on Special Treatment for Convicted Drug Traffickers After ProPublica Report

When Trump pardoned Juan Orlando Hernández, prison officials had the former Honduran president's ICE hold lifted and he was driven to a posh New York hotel. That “can never be allowed to happen ever again,” said Rep. Norma Torres.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-bureau-prisons-pardons-juan-orlando-hernandez-norma-torres?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #ICE #Prison #Trump #Congress #Law #Crime #Journalism #Honduras