„Three years after bursting on the scene in a blaze of orange, at the end of April we’ll be hanging up the hi vis.
Just Stop Oil’s initial demand to end new oil and gas is now government policy, making us one of the most #successful civil resistance campaigns in recent history. We’ve kept over 4.4 billion #barrels of oil in the ground and the courts have ruled new oil and gas licences #unlawful.
So it is the end of soup on Van Goghs, cornstarch on #Stonehenge and slow marching in the streets. But it is not the end of trials, of tagging and surveillance, of fines, probation and years in prison. We have exposed the corruption at the heart of our legal system, which protects those causing death and destruction while prosecuting those seeking to minimize harm. Just Stop Oil will continue to tell the truth in the courts, speak out for our political prisoners and call out the UK’s oppressive anti-protest laws.“
#unlawful
'#Delusional' #Trump Threatens to Send #Tesla #Vandals to Prison for 20 Years... in #ElSalvador
"If genuine steps are taken to remove U.S. citizens convicted of crimes to prisons in El Salvador," said one legal expert, "this removal would violate not only U.S. law but the U.S. Constitution."
Jon Queally, Mar 21, 2025
"President Donald Trump on Friday morning said anyone caught vandalizing Tesla cars or dealerships would be sent to the notoriously violent prisons of El Salvador for a 20-year sentence, a threat characterized by critics as 'delusional' as well as overtly #unlawful.
"'People that get caught sabotaging Teslas will stand a very good chance of going to jail for up to twenty years, and that includes the funders,' Trump stated overnight, adding in all caps: 'WE ARE LOOKING FOR YOU!!!'
"Several hours later, Trump took up the issue again on his TruthSocial platform, saying: 'I look forward to watching the sick terrorist thugs get 20-year jail sentences for what they are doing to #ElonMusk and Tesla. Perhaps they could serve them in the prisons of El Salvador, which have become so recently famous for such lovely conditions!'
"#CivilRightsAttorney #SherrilynIfill said the threat, which follows on Trump's highly controversial deportation of alleged gang members to El Salvador last week, should not be taken lightly.
"'Remember that this is where his discussions with El Salvador began,' said Ifill in response to Trump's rantings on Friday. 'The #MigrantDetentions there are the dry run. He wants to ship U.S. prisoners to El Salvador. We cannot sleepwalk through this.'
"The #TeslaTakedown movement has gained steam over recent weeks, with people nationwide angered by Elon Musk's wholesale assault on cherished government agencies and programs. The world's richest man, #Musk, has been empowered by Trump to spearhead his invented Department of Government Efficiency, or #DOGE.
"As Axios reports, in response to the popular anger directed at Tesla, "Trump has put the full weight of the U.S. government behind defending and promoting 'first buddy' Elon Musk's car company, which has seen both its sales and stock price slump."
Read more:
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-tesla-el-salvador
#USPol #CharacteristicsOfFascism #Oligarchy #Authoritarianism #CorporateFascism #ResistDOGE #Resistance
Where have we seen this movie before? I guess 1932 wasn't a warning enough. This #felon and #corruptGOP #administration will rest only after the complete #destruction of #USA.
#impeach #unlawful #illegal #TraitorMAGA #TraitorGOP #USPolitics #government
While Trump is enjoying immunity from his unlawful activities, everyone else involved don't necessarily have "I was following orders" as a defense.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp9yv1gnzyvo
#Trump #Deportations #Immigration #Unlawful #Legal #Venezuela #USA #ElSalvador
“My efforts to protect federal employees generally, & whistleblowers in particular, from #unlawful treatment will continue,” Dellinger added. …Judge #AmyBermanJackson had previously ordered Dellinger reinstated temporarily while she considered arguments from both sides. An appeals court rejected the #Trump admin’s emergency appeal of that order, prompting the admin to ask #SCOTUS to intervene. The justices delayed ruling on the admin’s request so that Jackson could hold a hearing w/the parties.
#CivilRights advocates & the plaintiffs argue the #law is meant to level the playing field, counter #discrimination & boost opportunity for people who have historically experienced discrimination. Work promoting #diversity, #equity & #inclusion furthers the law’s intent.
But under #Trump’s interpretation, these efforts are seen as #unlawful discrimination themselves because they consider #race. It relies in part on the 2023 #SCOTUS decision outlawing race consideration in college admissions.
“This Letter is an #unlawful attempt by the Department to impose this administration’s particular views of how #schools should operate as if it were the #law,” the suit says.
The letter & the lawsuit represent polar opposite interpretations of the 1964 #CivilRights Act, which bars #discrimination on the basis of #race in federally funded programs.
“But that optimism doesn’t extend to the consequences of removing the #military’s top judge advocates general [#JAG], the senior military professionals who interpret & enforce the Uniform Code of Military Justice, the rules that guide troops in the field. They have the independent #legal authority to tell any military commander or political appointee that an order from the #president or the secretary of #defense is #unlawful, cannot be given & should not be obeyed.”
The Musky mass terminations of "probationary" and other career #Gov workers may not pass legal muster as Office of Special Counsel find #DOGE dimwit moves " inconsistent with federal personnel laws".
Oversight agency has deemed at least some of mass firings of probationary period employees #unlawful, creating a pathway for some employees to regain their jobs despite animus of #RWNJ #beltway bad boys.
A #US judge extended an order on Friday blocking #Trump's admin from slashing #grant funding for #scientific #research that could devastate the budgets of thousands of universities & research institutions while she considers whether the National Institutes of #Health's new policy is #unlawful.
#law #NIH #DOGE #ElonMusk #PublicHealth #science #medicine #disease
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-judge-extends-order-temporarily-blocking-trump-research-funding-cuts-2025-02-21/
As #Israel uses #US-made #AI models in #war, concerns arise about tech’s role in who lives & who dies
"an #AP #investigation revealed new details of how #AIsystems select targets & ways they can go wrong, incl'g faulty data or #flawed #algorithms.. based on internal docs, data & exclusive interviews w curr & fmr #Israeli #officials & co employees.. is the 1st confirmation tt #commercialAI models r directly used in #warfare.. enabling tis type of unethical & #unlawful war”
https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-ai-technology-737bc17af7b03e98c29cec4e15d0f108
It suggests the idea that if someone acts in the interest of their country, their actions cannot be considered #illegal—regardless of whether they break the law.
This kind of reasoning falls under “ends justify the means” logic, often used by political figures, revolutionaries, and authoritarian leaders throughout history to rationalize #unlawful or controversial actions.
“When the president does it, that means it is not illegal” Richard #Nixon
"Blatantly #unlawful and horrifically #intrusive" #datacollection is everywhere – how to #fightback
President un-elect Musk can cause a lot of damage between now and May 31st. 
#specialgovernmentemployee
#elonmusk #damage #doge #coup #access #unlawful #lawandorder #gaslighting
→ “Torrenting from a corporate laptop doesn’t feel right”: Meta emails unsealed
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/02/meta-torrented-over-81-7tb-of-pirated-books-to-train-ai-authors-say/
“"The magnitude of Meta’s unlawful torrenting scheme is astonishing," the authors' filing alleged, insisting that "vastly smaller acts of data piracy—just .008 percent of the amount of copyrighted works Meta pirated—have resulted in Judges referring the conduct to the US Attorneys’ office for criminal investigation."”
Judge Just Fucking Says It: Trump Is Breaking The Law 
- #theFuckingNews #WhiteHouse #USDistrictJudge #Trump #Musk #Unlawful #JudgeJohnMcConnell
Emma Vigeland of The Majority Report discussing Elon Musk’s illegal access to our personal information. #themajorityreport #emmavigeland #samseder #elonmusk #treasury #illegalaccess #information #databreach #unlawful #dystopia
The #UK’s #surveillance apparatus creeps from the void like Cthulhu hungering for a midnight snack. Note that in this order it is #unlawful to reveal to the public that they’re doing it to us… and I mean us because that power extends outside of the UK. #dystopia https://mjtsai.com/blog/2025/02/07/uk-orders-apple-to-break-icloud-advanced-data-protection/
#ElonMusk #Power Grab Is #Lawless, #Dangerous, and—Yes—a Coup. If this were happening in any other country, we’d be calling it a #coup. #Federal #government is currently under relentless and #unlawful assault by a man no one elected to lead it. With Donald Trump’s blessing and enabling, Elon Musk and his confederates have laid siege to the executive branch in an onslaught whose appalling and far-reaching consequences have barely begun to be reported, much less understood. https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/02/elon-musk-power-grab-trump-coup.html
