#Trump’s DC #USAttorney pick appeared on #Russia state media over 150 times
Nominee #EdMartin did not disclose his #RT & #Sputnik appearances from 2016 to 2024 to the #Senate. The #State Dept has said the networks act like arms of #RussianIntelligence.
#law #NationalSecurity #FarRight #ConspiracyTheories #RussianDisinformation #WhiteSupremacy #Jan6
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DOJ files lawsuit against Maine claiming the state violated Title IX by "by failing to protect women in women's sports" (Kaia Hubbard/CBS News)
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DOJ files lawsuit against Maine claiming the state violated Title IX by "by failing to protect women in women's sports"
Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Wednesday that the Justice Department is filing a civil lawsuit against Maine's Department of Education, claiming it violated Title IX.Kaia Hubbard (CBS News)
🚨BREAKING: Trump's IRS nominee Billy Long just had his personal debt paid off by donors whose firms have business before the tax agency he’d lead, according to documents reviewed by The Lever.
If confirmed, Long would be able to do favors for the donors. levernews.com/trump-irs-pick-w…
Trump IRS Pick Was Just Enriched By Tax Schemers
New documents show Billy Long’s $130,000 personal debt was suddenly paid off by donors at firms policed by the tax agency he’d lead.The Lever
Arlind Qorri for Albania?
Arlind Qorri gets Mr. Lord, I have a question for you youth; You will vote? https://i.redd.it/toygu8apn6ve1.jpegPosted by yikollaBYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
Maar begrijp ik nu goed dat ze waarschuwen voor het eten van eieren terwijl er in vis en water meer (kans) op pfas is?
Patrick Murphy comments on how quickly the violent attack on the family of Pennsylvania governor Josh Shapiro receded from the news, and what this says about us:
"Perhaps the most dangerous thing about political violence today isn’t the violence itself. It’s how quickly we scroll past it.
That’s what happened this past weekend in Pennsylvania."
#JoshShapiro #Pennsylvania #Passover #arson #violence
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What the arson attack on Governor Josh Shapiro’s home reveals about our broken country.
Fear and division are being profited on while our democracy pays the pricePatrick J. Murphy (From the Desk of Honorable Patrick J. Murphy)
"This was not a random act. This was a planned assassination attempt on a sitting governor.
Not just any governor. A Jewish governor. During Passover. In a house full of children. ...
Whatever the final report concludes, it will never fully explain the image of a Jewish family, asleep after a sacred ritual, being burned out of their home in the dead of night."
#JoshShapiro #Pennsylvania #Passover #arson #violence
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"It is the kind of story that, not long ago, would’ve frozen the entire country. Instead, for most, it feels like background noise.
That’s what’s most alarming. Not just the violence, but how ordinary it now feels. We’ve been trained to accept political violence as if it’s just another day."
Fascist regimes feed on and breed violence. Violence is their raison d'être. They extend violence by normalizing it, making it appear everyday.
#JoshShapiro #Pennsylvania #Passover #arson #violence
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In November 2019 the Serbian government claimed that Ghana withdrew Kosova’s recognition. However today on April 2025, the Presidential Envoy of Kosova, met with the President of Ghana to reaffirm bilateral relations. After Sierra Leone, now Ghana claims
In November 2019 the Serbian government claimed that Ghana withdrew Kosova's recognition. However today on April 2025, the Presidential Envoy of Kosova, met with the President of Ghana to reaffirm bilateral relations.BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
WTO verwacht krimpende wereldhandel door Trumps heffingen
Al die aankondigingen van invoerheffingen van Donald Trump – ze zijn amper bij te houden. De tarieven, de pauzes en de contra-tarieven doen een mens duizelen.Mark Beunderman (NRC)
New research by Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) has revealed that UK universities hold investments worth £456 million in companies that are implicated in Israel’s military occupation, system of apartheid and genocide against Palestinians.
This information adds impetus to the growing divestment campaigns led by students and academics that have won significant concessions from university authorities in the past 18 months.
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UK universities invested half a billion pounds in Israel's genocide
New research from PSC has revealed the shocking extent to which UK universities investment programmes fund IsraelThe Canary
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Day 4 – The municipality with the most up votes will be deleted. Fellas, i see a pattern.
Aracinovo ChairSarajhttps://i.redd.it/xok1ahmc86ve1.jpegPosted by reptile_snake_mkBYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
British politicians have slammed Foreign Secretary David Lammy for holding an unannounced meeting with the Israeli foreign minister on Tuesday.
The secretive nature of the meeting with a representative of a government accused of widescale human rights abuses has drawn heavy criticism from opposition MPs and politicians.
Independent MP Ayoub Khan told MEE that "it is utterly disgraceful and profoundly disappointing" that Lammy met Saar.
I just learned about something fascinating that I _have_ to integrate into a #ttrpg campaign some day:
The city of #Verona had swimming mills.
#technology #engineering #mill
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Bigoted “Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Wed that DOJ is filing a civil lawsuit against #Maine 's Dept of Education for "discriminating against women by failing to protect women in women's sports" in what she alleged is a violation of Title IX.” #LGBTQ
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DOJ files lawsuit against Maine claiming the state violated Title IX by "by failing to protect women in women's sports"
Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Wednesday that the Justice Department is filing a civil lawsuit against Maine's Department of Education, claiming it violated Title IX.Kaia Hubbard (CBS News)
#Halo of the Cat's Eye
#Astronomy #Picture of the Day
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APOD: 2025 April 16 – Halo of the Cats Eye
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
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A 19 -year -old Andorra young man is killed at a bar in Braga in a massive fight
A 19 -year -old Andorra young man is killed at a bar in Braga in a massive fighthttps://digitalandorra.com/successos/un-jove-de-19-anys-dandorra-es-assassinat-a-la-porta-dun-bar-a-braga-en-una-baralla-multitudinaria/Posted by apocalypse_thenBYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
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in reply to Nonilex • • •Hours before #Trump announced US missile strikes on #Syria in response to a chemical attack that killed 90 civilians in April 2017, Ed Martin said on the Russian state television network #RT America that Syrian President Bashar al-#Assad might not be to blame. Instead, Martin told viewers, the situation was “engineered” in Washington “by the people that want war in Syria.”
#law #DC #USAttorney #Russia #NationalSecurity #FarRight #ConspiracyTheories #RussianDisinformation #WhiteSupremacy #Jan6
Nonilex
in reply to Nonilex • • •In early 2022, #EdMartin told an interviewer on the same arm of #RT’s global network that “there’s no evidence” of a Russian military buildup on #Ukraine’s borders, criticizing US officials as warmongering & ignoring #Russia’s security concerns. Russia invaded 9 days later, igniting a war that continues today.
Martin is now interim #USAttorney for #DC & #Trump’s pick to serve full time in the role.
#law #NationalSecurity #FarRight #ConspiracyTheories #RussianDisinformation #WhiteSupremacy
Nonilex
in reply to Nonilex • • •But as a *conservative* activist & fmr #Missouri Republican ofcl, #EdMartin appeared >150 times on #RT & #Sputnik — networks funded & directed by the Russian govt — as a guest commentator from August 2016 to April 2024, acc/to a search of their websites & the #InternetArchive’s database of TV broadcasts.
#law #DC #USAttorney #Russia #NationalSecurity #FarRight #ConspiracyTheories #RussianDisinformation #WhiteSupremacy #Jan6
Nonilex
in reply to Nonilex • • •#EdMartin did not disclose the appearances last month on a #Senate #Judiciary Cmte questionnaire, which asks nominees to list all media interviews. Analysis of television archives suggests he went on #RT & #Sputnik more often than on any major cable network during that span.
#law #DC #USAttorney #Russia #NationalSecurity #FarRight #ConspiracyTheories #RussianDisinformation #WhiteSupremacy #Jan6
Nonilex
in reply to Nonilex • • •#EdMartin’s frequent appearances, reviewed by WaPo, drew rebukes from some #NationalSecurity analysts, who accused him of amplifying anti-American #propaganda on Russian outlets that the #State Dept last year said had moved beyond #disinformation to engage in covert #influence activities aimed at undermining democracies worldwide for President Vladimir #Putin’s regime.
#law #DC #USAttorney #Russia #FarRight #ConspiracyTheories #RussianDisinformation #WhiteSupremacy #Jan6
Nonilex
in reply to Nonilex • • •#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.
#DC #USAttorney #NationalSecurity #ConspiracyTheories #disinformation #Jan6
Nonilex
in reply to Nonilex • • •Fmr US #NationalSecurity ofcls & analysts said #EdMartin’s #RT & #Sputnik appearances, & his failure to disclose them, raise questions about his judgment & candor. The #DC #USAttorney’s office is the largest in the country & has wide jurisdiction to prosecute important national security offenses. Its leader should be alert to the threats & risks posed by #Russia & other #influence operations from overseas, such as the ones the office has prosecuted in recent years….
#law #RussianDisinformation
Nonilex
in reply to Nonilex • • •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 #law #DC #USAttorney #FarRight #ConspiracyTheories #RussianDisinformation #WhiteSupremacy #Jan6
Nonilex
in reply to Nonilex • • •…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.” 🤦🏼♀️
#DC #USAttorney #NationalSecurity #FarRight #ConspiracyTheories #RussianDisinformation #WhiteSupremacy #Jan6
Nonilex
in reply to Nonilex • • •…If confirmed, #EdMartin would…direct an office that prosecuted advisers to #Trump — including Martin allies #RogerStone & #MikeFlynn — as well as Dem atty Gregory B. Craig in past federal investigations into #Russia #influence ops.
…Martin has posed a challenge for the #Senate #Judiciary Cmte, not only bc of his lack of experience as a prosecutor or trial #lawyer but also bc of the volume of his statements on social media & in traditional media, & the unusual extent of his omissions.
#law
Nonilex
in reply to Nonilex • • •…#EdMartin has omitted far more from his nomination materials than other recent #USAttorney nominees, 2 people familiar w/the process said, one of them estimating [his] omissions [to be] about 350 events, interviews & media appearances.
By comparison, only about 3 of roughly 80 such nominees from 2021 through 2024 left out published writings & public statements in supplemental committee disclosures, & none missed more than 4 items….
#Trump #law #DC #Russia #NationalSecurity #disinformation
Nonilex
in reply to Nonilex • • •…Since 2017 & 2018, the #DOJ [under #Trump 1.0] has required #RT & #Sputnik to register as #ForeignAgents, reflecting #Russian government control over their operations. 5 months after #EdMartin’s final appearance last April, the #UnitedStates, #Canada & #Britain announced new sanctions on RT & several employees meant to cripple funding for… #disinformation operations around the world.
#law #DC #USAttorney #Russia #NationalSecurity
Nonilex
in reply to Nonilex • • •…Now, #Trump’s 2nd admin is pushing US #ForeignPolicy ofcls to find ways to partner w/ #Putin’s #Russia, signaling that he is willing to part ways w/ #allies, including by staking claims to #Greenland & #Canada, pressing #Ukraine to seek peace, & shifting US resources from #Europe to focus on #China.
#EdMartin’s views in some ways track those of VP #JDVance & #DNI #TulsiGabbard, who have criticized the exercise of US military power overseas.
#law #DC #USAttorney #NationalSecurity
Nonilex
in reply to Nonilex • • •…#Trump risks abandoning leadership of a liberal democratic order that spreads American values & global prosperity, siding instead w/ #autocratic #strongman govts.
#EdMartin advocated greater #US - #Russia cooperation before Trump’s 1st meeting as pres w/ #Putin, in Germany in July 2017, saying on #RT that he expected Trump to come away w/ “some affinity w/Putin.” He struck the same note just after the #Ukraine invasion, as the US imposed sanctions on Putin personally.
#law #NationalSecurity
Nonilex
in reply to Nonilex • • •“We needed to be allies w/ nuclear powers like #Russia,” #EdMartin told #Sputnik in March 2022, suggesting a missed opportunity under #Trump’s first term. “What Trump knew was you want to be allies with the toughest dudes on the street. And he was ready to be allies with #NorthKorea & with #Putin & everybody.”
#law #DC #USAttorney #NationalSecurity #RussianDisinformation #autocracy
Nonilex
in reply to Nonilex • • •Nonilex
in reply to Nonilex • • •“We want to use these terms carefully, but this is a kind of #ForeignInfluence,” FilterLabsAI founder & CEO Jonathan Teubner said, adding that #RT is cultivating relationships w/American #conservative #influencers & micro-influencers as #Trump emerges as a leading figure in a #global wave of hard-line conservative #populism, inspiring #nationalist parties in #Europe & elsewhere.
#EdMartin #law #DC #USAttorney #Russia #NationalSecurity #FarRight #ConspiracyTheories #RussianDisinformation
Nonilex
in reply to Nonilex • • •#EdMartin has been a prolific user of social & other media to defend #Trump & his policies. His presence on #Russia #StateMedia puts a twist on Trump’s frequent tapping of TV personalities to stock his 2nd admin.
Martin appeared as a panelist or commentator on more than a dozen #RT or #Sputnik programs beginning in Aug 2016, often introduced as a #Republican strategist….
#law #DC #USAttorney #NationalSecurity #FarRight #RussianDisinformation
Nonilex
in reply to Nonilex • • •#EdMartin was invited by several [#Russia] networks to discuss the 2016 presidential election after writing a book making the conservative case for #Trump w/ #antifeminist icon #PhyllisSchlafly.
Over time, Martin appeared as a solo guest discussing the #Ukraine crisis & was described as a “co-host” on one show episode in December 2023.
#law #DC #USAttorney #NationalSecurity #FarRight #RussianDisinformation
Old Man in the Shoe
in reply to Nonilex • • •Nonilex
in reply to Old Man in the Shoe • • •@jenzi
Pretty sure he was a collaborator not a victim
Old Man in the Shoe
in reply to Nonilex • • •Nonilex
in reply to Nonilex • • •#Russia #StateMedia at the time promoted #EdMartin’s critiques in headlines such as one on #Sputnik International’s website in April 2023, “‘Trumped-Up’ Charges Against Former US President ‘Embarrassing’ to US,” & another in December 2023, “GOP Activist: ‘Stupid’ US Leaders Will ‘Throw Money’ at #Ukraine Unless Stopped by House.”
#Trump #law #DC #USAttorney #NationalSecurity #FarRight #RussianDisinformation
Nonilex
in reply to Nonilex • • •…last Sept #US authorities charged 2 #RT employees w/ allegedly funneling $10M to bankroll *unknowing* pro-#Trump #influencers to publish thousands of videos that pushed #Kremlin #propaganda. Dual Russian-American citizens Dimitri Simes & his wife, Anastasia, were charged w/ violating economic sanctions, in part for his paid work for another #Russia state television network.…
…AG #PamBondi shut down the #FBI task force investigating #ForeignInfluence….
#law #DC #USAttorney #NationalSecurity
Nonilex
in reply to Nonilex • • •…#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.
#law #DC #USAttorney #Russia #NationalSecurity #FarRight #ConspiracyTheories #RussianDisinformation #WhiteSupremacy
Nonilex
in reply to Nonilex • • •In Oct 2021, Martin on his podcast & on Twitter promoted #RT; Margarita Simonyan, editor in chief of RT & #Sputnik; & an RT host over US authorities & social & traditional media.
#law #NationalSecurity
Nonilex
in reply to Nonilex • • •…On Dec 9, 2024, one day before #Trump announced that #EdMartin would join his new admin, Martin wrote about #Putin on the website of his #PhyllisSchlafly Eagles group. He decried the dismantling of Western civilization by “our ruling elites” & their “weak, incompetent” servants. These “mediocre” American men “despise figures like Vladimir Putin,” Martin said, “not because he’s an enemy of the West, but because he reminds them of their inadequacies.”
#law #DC #USAttorney #NationalSecurity
My Head’s Exploding 🤯 💥
in reply to Nonilex • • •Jay 🇺🇦
in reply to Nonilex • • •No wait, I do. It's frustrating.
troy_friz_zell
in reply to Nonilex • • •Every Democrat that votes for one of these Nazis needs a primary opponent.
No exceptions.
Robin Barton
in reply to Nonilex • • •(((Cindy Weinstein)))
in reply to Nonilex • • •Nonilex
in reply to (((Cindy Weinstein))) • • •@CindyWeinstein
I believe so. It may simply be a “financial disclosure” form where they similarly can omit things.
(((Cindy Weinstein)))
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