It also asked for a search for 32 right-wing buzzwords related to #abortion, #immigration, #ElectionDenial, & #Jan6, suggesting a determined effort to find #State Dept staff who even just discussed such matters.
Multiple sources say State Dept employees raised alarms internally about the records requests.
Trump's recent executive order to "unleash" police in America is actually a paint-by-numbers recipe for an authoritarian police state operating under a perpetual condition of martial law; and given the Swine Emperor's history, that should alarm Americans more than their media is letting on.
Nina-Bytes: A Road to Martial Law
https://www.ninaillingworth.com/2025/05/02/nina-bytes-a-road-to-martial-law/
"Even if we didn’t know Trump is an unhinged fascist with a penchant for punitive violence, the combination of material state support for police criminality, arming up and training to occupy American communities, and the unification of military, police, and national security assets, including personnel apparently, into a single ad-hoc domestic security force would all be ominous signs of an impending dictatorship under martial law. If I’m being honest I don’t think the author of this piece is being alarmist enough given the scope of this executive order."
#Trump nominee #EdMartin’s ties to #antisemitic rioter in question
Martin, Trump's nom for #USattorney for the #DC, is trying to distance himself from a #convicted #Jan6 Capitol rioter known for #racist & antisemitic rhetoric. Federal prosecutors have described Timothy Hale-Cusanelli as a "#Nazi sympathizer."
#law
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/01/nx-s1-5380933/ed-martin-trump-hale-cusanelli-antisemitic
#joshhawley , a complete #jan6 coward, is proposing a bill in the Senate that I agree with.
Total ban on day trading stocks in #congress.
Watch the majority of #Senate and #Congress announce #retirement if this #unicorn passes and #Trump signs it.
Not likely.
#election2026
#2026election
#premarket
#investing
Question for #Trump: How does that apply to the law enforcement officers attacked on #Jan6 & your pardoning the perpetrators?
#law #AndrewWeissman
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/04/strengthening-and-unleashing-americas-law-enforcement-to-pursue-criminals-and-protect-innocent-citizens/
Defending Jan. 6 Rioters, Investigating Democrats: How Ed Martin Is Weaponizing the DOJ for Trump
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Since becoming interim U.S. attorney, Ed Martin has launched controversial investigations, rushed to defend Elon Musk’s DOGE and vowed to change how his office prosecutes crime in D.C. These are some of his most contentious actions.
https://www.propublica.org/article/who-is-ed-martin-career-dc-us-attorney?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
Probably the convicted felon Trump will pardon this motherfucker Santos, like he did with all the #jan6 criminals and his GOP-cronies.
And like this grifter earlier this week: Trump pardoned Michele Fiore, a former candidate for governor of Nevada after she was convicted of raising money for a memorial to slain police officers but spending the donations on plastic surgery, credit card payments and her daughter’s wedding.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-pardon-michele-fiore-nevada-fraud-cf56ef8b302b8111e47cf52d5a606d19
@TonyStark
Plus damaging buildings, breaking into computers, too many things in common with #Jan6
@todymotmot @gemelliz
@PrivacyDigest
@juliewebgirl Because they know Seattle will kick them to Texas. Read: They're Afraid.
#Police officers who joined #Jan6 rally ask #SupremeCourt for #anonymity
Four officers sued to prevent the disclosure of Seattle’s investigation into their attendance at the pro-Trump ‘Stop the Steal’ rally on Jan. 6, 2021.
#Trump #seattle #stopthesteal #j6 #maga #scotus
Four Seattle #police officers who attended #Trump's "Stop the Steal" rally on #Jan6, 2021, which preceded the attack on the United States Capitol that day, have petitioned the #SCOTUS to keep their names out of public records related to the #insurrection.
#law
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/seattle-officers-trump-jan-6-rally-supreme-court-petition-anonymous-public-records/
#SCOTUS this week:
The debate over #Religious #freedom & #ParentalRights is back at the #SupremeCourt.
Justices will consider whether #PublicSchools can stop parents removing students from lessons using #LGBTQ+ themed #books. The issue has divided a #Maryland community.
Justices will weigh the future of #free #PreventiveCare today.
And #police officers who joined the rally before the #Jan6, 2021, #insurrection asked justices for anonymity.
Some Jan. 6 rioters pardoned by Trump are now embraced as heroes and candidates for office
“It is, I think, a mainstreaming, a growing acceptance on the right of political violence, as long as it’s done in the service of Trump and his ongoing election lie,” Dallek said.
Shed A Tear For The Pillow Guy
'I'm in ruins!': Trump ditched his most loyal ally, now he's broke and desperate
Trump's most loyal follower squandered his millions spouting Trump's lies about the 2020 election.
Boo hoo
LOL! Yeah, I have no sympathy for you. I hope you lose everything and end up in the gutter... but I'm sure the welfare system will help you --- whoops - your pal donnie is going to kill that too.
Related #EdMartin news:
#DOJ / Ed Martin are opposing #Jan6 defendant Ryan Zink’s effort to publicly release prosecutors’ massive evidence database, saying it would create a “dangerous opportunity” that could harm *national security* [how???] & put *victims* at risk.
Martin calls Jan 6 “important to our history as a nation.”
…#EdMartin’s …appearances on #RT surged again in 2021, when he did roughly 60 spots, compared w/ 50 over the prior 4½ years. He was often asked about #Jan6, 2021, Capitol riot prosecutions, 3 of whose defendants HE REPRESENTED, & mounting federal & state investigations of #Trump, which he strongly & repeatedly criticized.
…Asked about #EdMartin’s pro-#Russia stances & media role, a #WhiteHouse official said: “President #Trump made a brilliant choice in selecting Ed Martin to serve a full, permanent term as United States Attorney for the District of Columbia. With a distinguished record of service, Ed is the perfect leader to restore #law & order & make our Nation’s Capital safe & beautiful once again.” 
People can disagree over US #ForeignPolicy, said Joseph Cirincione, a nuclear policy & #NationalSecurity expert who has advised US presidents & supports US military #aid to #Ukraine, “but repeatedly helping #Russia advance its #propaganda aims by echoing its views on its state-directed media, that should be #disqualifying.”
#EdMartin’s brief tenure as top federal prosecutor in Washington has stoked controversy. Democrats accuse Martin — a #Trump “Stop the Steal” organizer who has called the 2020 election & #Russia’s 2016 #ElectionInterference investigation “hoaxes” — of violating the #law & legal #ethics in threatening to investigate or prosecute lawmakers, protesters, journalists & others whom he perceives as undermining Trump’s agenda.
