Will #Bunch reflects in the Philadelphia Enquirer about the daily reports of #Orwellian questioning, detainment, or deportation of travelers who once would have entered the #USA without hassles.
However, the article is not about those human right #violations but about the consequences for those who perpetrate these #crimes.
From the #Geneva Convention violation(s) by Kristi #Noem, to everyday Americans who enthusiastically take part in this evil banality and cruelty.
“If even the Daily Mail is running these kinds of HLs, it shows you how much the Trump admin is losing the PR war to try to convince the world that they didn’t massively screw up when they sent innocent people to El Salvador.”
-A Reichlin-Melnick
What’s really depraved is that Trump’s CAB & enablers gleefully laud Trump, esp Noem, Rubio, & Homan, for not just deporting these men to CECOT, but his willingness to send US citizens there.
#USPol #DueProcess #Crimes #Sadism
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14600433/cop-venezuelan-makeup-artist-el-salvador-prison-charles-cross-jr.html
“Breaking: lawyers, researchers submit war crimes dossier vs 10 British citizens involved in Gaza genocide”
by Skwawkbox @skwawkbox
“Met Police war crimes unit’s jurisdiction extends to war crimes and crimes against humanity outside UK territory”
#Press #UK #Gaza #WarCrimes #Genocide #Dossier #BritishNationals #IDF #MetPolice #SO15 #PCHR #Metropolitan #Police #Counter #Terrorism #Command’s #War #Crimes #Team
Opposition leader #PeterDutton is seeking to emulate the #US president by deporting those who are critical of #war #crimes perpetrated by #Israel.
_The Evening Post_, 26 March 1925:
BURGLAR CAPTURED
EXCITING CHRISTCHURCH INCIDENT
A BOLD BID FOR LIBERTY
…
CHRISTCHURCH, 25th March.
Masked by a silken scarf Whitefoord Jukes #Curtis, aged 17 years, was arrested while crouching behind a counter in the premises of the New Zealand Farmers’ Co-operative Association of Canterbury, Ltd., at 3.30 a.m. to-day. Curtis, though handcuffed, made a great bid for his liberty, but was recaptured after a splendid break, which traversed several blocks and ended at the back of the municipal chambers. It was found, eventually, that Curtis was arrested on his third job, as the information he gave to the police led to the recovery of a large quantity of stolen property, associating him with the operations at two other business premises.
[Details of his capture, escape and recapture are recounted].
… Eventually Curtis was cornered after a long chase, and even then he unsuccessfully endeavoured to break away again. Curtis appeared in the Court this morning charged with theft, and was remanded for a week. The #police said that there were other charges to be preferred against him.
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19250326.2.134
Who would have guessed that the first head of government from the past decade who would be arrested for #humanrights #crimes wouldn't be #Putin, #Trump, #Netanyahu #MinAung #Myanmar or (one can dream) #Xi, but #Duterte #Philippines!
Hopefully (but unlikely), the start of a trend
This is absolutely outrageous. 
During a hearing on #SanctuaryCities today, Republican #JamesComer of #Kentucky refuses to let Democrat Congresswoman #AyannaPressley of #Massachusetts to enter into the record an article correctly reporting that US citizens commit #crimes far in excess of crimes committed by #immigrants. He refuses to even allow her to enter the title of the article. This is #censorship. This is #oppression. This is #WhiteMaleSupremacy. F*** Comer & f*** #HouseRepublicans.
Robert Reich
Democrats: Wake Te Hell Up!
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/democrats-wake-the-hell-up?r=x25r4
…At the heart of the controversy is the vague language of #Trump’s mass #pardons for #Jan6 *rioters*. He granted #clemency to anyone “convicted of offenses related to events that occurred at or near the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021.”
Jan 6 defendants have repeatedly argued that the language is so broad it covers other #crimes that have nothing to do w/Jan 6 but were discovered during the vast #criminal probe stemming from the Capitol attack.
The abrupt reversal prompted a federal judge — now weighing Wilson’s last-minute effort to avoid prison for the #gun conviction — to demand answers from the #Trump admin on Wed: Who exactly did Trump mean to #pardon when he signed his sweeping #clemency order last month, & for what #crimes?
During a 2-hr hearing in her federal courtroom, US District Judge Dabney Friedrich—a Trump appointee—grilled a #DOJ atty about the matter & appeared to leave with more questions than answers.
3 weeks ago, the #DOJ was emphatic: #Trump may have pardoned Kentuckian Dan Wilson for #crimes he committed at the Capitol on #Jan6, but that #pardon did not extend to his unrelated conviction for illegally storing #firearms at his home.
Then, on Tues, the US atty in DC [#EdMartin] reversed course, saying it had “received further clarity” about Trump’s true intent, which included pardoning Wilson for the #gun case. Prosecutors did not explain how they arrived at this new “clarity.”
@heidilifeldman what paper? the #Financial #Crimes?
The former defence force lawyer sent to prison for exposing #war #crimes in #Afghanistan has filed an appeal, the outcome of which is important to us all.
"The scale and severity of sexual #violence inflicted upon #women, #girls, and even #men in the region reveal a deliberate strategy aimed at inflicting maximum #suffering and dismantling the #social fabric of #Tigrayan #society.
The intent behind these #crimes extends beyond physical violation; it is a calculated attempt to break the spirit of the #people, erase Tigrayans’ cultural identity, and exert destructive control over their future."
Some #military officers worry that #PeteHegseth could turn a blind eye to #US #WarCrimes
As a #FauxNews contributor, he persuaded #Trump to intervene in the cases of 3 service members accused of #crimes. Would he do it again as #DefSec?
#NationalSecurity #Defense #USpol #InternationalLaw #law #geopolitics
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/military-officers-worry-pete-hegseth-turn-blind-eye-us-war-crimes-rcna183732
Ukraine Daily summary - Thursday, January 23 2025
In photos: Grinding war in Donetsk Oblast through the lens of photojournalist-turned-soldier -- Russia issued ultimatum to Ukraine in 2022 to replace Zelensky with Medvedchuk -- Russia lacks manpower for major breakthrough in Ukraine, top NATO general says -- [vblog] Russian economy after 3 years of sanctions -- EU to allocate $36 billion of financial support to Ukraine -- and more
The chief of the #DOJ’s #PublicIntegrity section, Corey Amundson, is also being removed from his post, acc/to people familiar…. The section oversees #election #crimes & investigations into #PublicOfficials, & its chief is a #nonpartisan career official, according to the Justice Department website.…
On Mon night, hours after #Trump’s inauguration, the DOJ removed at least 4 top ofcls from the part of the agency that operates the nation’s heavily backlogged #immigration courts.
What to Know About #Trump’s Broad Grant of #Clemency to #Jan6 *Rioters* [#insurgents]
He issued [full] formal #pardons to >1,550 *rioters* charged w/a wide range of #crimes &…commuted the sentences of 14 members of 2 #FarRight groups, the #ProudBoys & the #OathKeepers militia.
#criminal #law #Felon47 #insurrection #PoliticalViolence #SeditiousConspiracy
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/20/us/politics/trump-pardons-jan6.html?unlocked_article_code=1.q04.YlGa.SQDI64UgxNnn&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
#Trump & his new admin have prepared a list of #pardons for people #convicted of #crimes related to the #Jan6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. Pardoning Jan 6 defendants has been a frequent campaign-trail promise for Trump, who called the violent attack a “day of love” on multiple occasions.
#law #democracy #insurrection
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/live-blog/trump-inauguration-2025-live-updates-rcna184510/rcrd69700?canonicalCard=true
The indictment describes what must be the stupidest #crimes imaginable, & he totally got away with them.
The temptation might be to write this matter off as a lesser concern, akin to the byzantine case that branded #Trump a felon in NY. Apologists have noted that other officials, including Joe Biden, also mishandled #ClassifiedDocuments. Resist the siren call of these rationalizations.
