#Cameroon has, for more than 4 decades, been led by a strongman president, Paul Biya. The #Trump admin opted not to criticize his disputed re-election in October, & said nothing afterward when security forces waged a deadly crackdown on #protesters.

That gave the #US leverage weeks later, diplomats wrote, when it came time to negotiate a #deportation deal.

#law #immigration #rendition #MafiaState #CivilRights #HumanRights #DueProcess

The documents obtained by NYT include confidential #State Department correspondence & a funding memo, which connects the money transfer [ #bribe] to the #Cameroon #deportation arrangement. The files, coupled with confirmation from officials, reveal how the #US government used financial pressure [ #extortion] & political incentives to secure a deal that the deportees’ lawyer compared to “selling people.” [ #slavery]

#law #immigration #rendition #MafiaState #HumanRights #DueProcess #Trump

The deal is part of a broader #Trump admin campaign to coax countries to accept immigrants who cannot be legally deported from the #US to their home countries because they would likely face persecution. It is also the clearest example to date of the diplomatic horse-trading the US uses to engineer such agreements.

#law #immigration #rendition #MafiaState #StateSponsoredAbduction #Constitution #CivilRights #HumanRights #DueProcess #DualState #Judiciary

The #Trump admin this winter secured a secret deal with the government of #Cameroon to deport hundreds of immigrants after remaining silent about a deadly crackdown against #protesters there ‘ withholding $30 million from a local #UN office, acc/to officials & US government documents.

#law #immigration #rendition #MafiaState #CivilRights #HumanRights #DueProcess #DualState #Judiciary

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In Secret #Deportation Deal, US Leveraged Favors & Funds

In #Cameroon, the #Trump admin found a partner it could pressure into accepting covertly deported migrants.

#law #immigration #rendition #MafiaState #StateSponsoredAbduction #Constitution #CivilRights #HumanRights #DueProcess #DualState #Judiciary #AbuseOfPower
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/25/world/africa/in-secret-deportation-deal-us-leveraged-favors-and-funds.html?unlocked_article_code=1.WlA.9f1u.08JDzNwmeWqy&smid=nytcore-ios-share

Since the 1950s, the #federal govt has consistently operated as the predominant source of #research #funding for #universities, acc/to the #NSF.

One of the largest govt sources of research funding has been the #NIH, which disburses about $35 billion each year. The largest recipients of those NIH #grants are #MedicalSchools, acc/to the Association of American Medical Colleges.

#law #Constitution #AcademicFreedom #education #privacy #MafiaState #RevengePolitics #Trump #science #medicine

The government is seeking information about #MedicalSchool #applicants from each of the past 7 years, including test scores, home ZIP codes & any familial relationships to alumni or ties to university donors. The #Trump admin also demanded copies of any internal messages at the universities about #diversity, #equity & #inclusion & any correspondence between school officials & pharmaceutical companies about admissions policies.

#law #AcademicFreedom #education #privacy #MafiaState #science

Great. Let’s impede #medical #education./s

#Trump Admin Begins Investigations Into Three #MedicalSchools

The #DOJ’s demands for #admissions-related data from #Stanford, #OhioState & the University of California, San Diego [#UCSD], represent a flex of #federal #power.

#law #Constitution #FirstAmendment #AcademicFreedom #education #privacy #InfoSec #dictatorship #authoritarianism #MafiaState #RevengePolitics #science #medicine #PublicHealth

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https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/26/us/politics/trump-medical-schools-civil-rights.html?unlocked_article_code=1.WFA.pWJo.d0KT6obrI1V6&smid=nytcore-ios-share

With the #US focused on its own conflict with #Iran, #Trump is applying pressure to #Ukraine in an effort to bring a quick end to the 4-year war triggered by Russia's 2022 invasion, #Zelensky said.

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What?!? #Extortion!

Exclusive: #US links #security guarantees to #Ukraine giving up #Donbas, #Zelensky says

The US is making its ​offer of security guarantees for a peace deal in Ukraine conditional on Kyiv ceding all of the country's eastern region of Donbas to #Russia, President Volodymyr Zelensky told Reuters ‌in an interview.

#MafiaState #law #InternationalLaw #geopolitics #Europe #NATO #Trump #PutinsPuppet #StandWithUkraine
https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/us-links-security-guarantees-ukraine-giving-up-donbas-zelenskiy-says-2026-03-25/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement

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The #US Said It Helped Bomb a Drug Camp. It Was a Dairy Farm.

The Times visited a village where the United States & #Ecuador said they destroyed an armed group’s training camp. Residents said it was actually a dairy farm.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/world/americas/us-ecuador-drug-camp-bombing-dairy-farm.html?unlocked_article_code=1.VlA.db99.xaiigHX8ATfW&smid=nytcore-ios-share

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#Trump’s Eye Is Already on #Cuba

“ #RegimeChange is lined up,” awaiting the president’s signal, acc/to one admin ofcl.

…Trump’s goal appears to be to install more amenable leadership in Havana. Last week, he told reporters…that he believes he’ll have the “honor of taking Cuba,” adding∶ “Whether I free it, take it—I think I can do anything I want with it.”

#warmonger #MadWithPower #MafiaState #imperialism #sovereignty #geopolitics #law #Congress #WarPowers
https://www.theatlantic.com/national-security/2026/03/trump-plan-cuba/686497/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxVUrZhmpFhp9i0BYd3-2ink