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Daily Episode 122 - This Week in Fascism #18

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In an extraordinary and illegal move, Trump says he's transferring 10 billion dollars from the US government to his "Board of Peace," which he chairs and can therefore use the funds as he wishes : r/law

Turns Out There Was Voter Fraud in Georgia—by Elon Musk | The New Republic

Trump: "The Supreme Court has given me the unquestioned right to ... destroy foreign countries." Oh? Is that correct? : r/law

Can they actually do this? JD Vance: "We're announcing today that we have decided to temporarily halt certain amounts of Medicaid funding that is going to the state of Minnesota in order to ensure that the state of Minnesota takes its obligations seriously to be good stewards of the American people' : r/law

Former ICE instructor testifies agents were trained to discard constitutional rights : r/law

Musk's xAI, Pentagon reach deal to use Grok in classified systems

Pentagon pressures Anthropic on AI access

DOJ Withheld Epstein Files Including Allegations That Trump Sexually Abused a Minor: Report

The Epstein files arrest of former ‘Prince’ Andrew makes Trump’s Justice Department look pathetic | The Independent

Trump responds to question about Prince Andrew’s arrest: ‘I’m the expert… I’ve been totally exonerated.’ : r/law

Supreme Court rules that Trump’s sweeping emergency tariffs are illegal | CNN Politics

President Trump imposes a 10% global tariff under Section 122 and says all existing tariffs will remain in place, despite the recent Supreme Court ruling. : r/law

FedEx sues Trump administration for tariff refunds after ruling

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