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Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JeffSessions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JeffSessions</span></a> later effectively banned federal prosecutors from using <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/consent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>consent</span></a> decrees in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/policing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>policing</span></a> or other investigations, saying their “wide-ranging &amp; long-term obligations” improperly overrode local control.
<br>Gunston, who left the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> in 2018, said she considered Sessions’s move “a complete abdication of our responsibility.”<br>
The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Obama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Obama</span></a> admin entered into 15 consent decrees w/ local <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>police</span></a> depts.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>justice</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HarrisWalz2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HarrisWalz2024</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>A week before Trump took office, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Chicago" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chicago</span></a> &amp; the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> arrived at an agreement in principle, pledging to negotiate <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/reforms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reforms</span></a>.<br>
After <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> was sworn in, however, AG <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JeffSessions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JeffSessions</span></a> ended that work, calling the DOJ’s findings “pretty anecdotal &amp; not so scientifically based,” while acknowledging he’d read only a summary of the report. Trump <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Justice</span></a> ofcls unsuccessfully sought to block then-Mayor <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RahmEmanuel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RahmEmanuel</span></a> (D) from entering into a consent agreement w/the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Illinois" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Illinois</span></a> AG.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>justice</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HarrisWalz2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HarrisWalz2024</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MichaelCohen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MichaelCohen</span></a> says he told David <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Pecker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pecker</span></a>, fmr publisher of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalEnquirer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalEnquirer</span></a>, that he had been told that the federal investigation Cohen faced would be “taken care of” by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JeffSessions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JeffSessions</span></a>, then the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AttorneyGeneral" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AttorneyGeneral</span></a>. Cohen testifies that it was <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> who told him that.</p><p>Cohen testifies he continued to deal w/ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StormyDaniels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StormyDaniels</span></a> in early 2018 w/Trump’s backing &amp; blessing. He says that the president asked him to get a temporary restraining order against Daniels.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpTrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpTrial</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Parker served as an asst AG under <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JeffSessions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JeffSessions</span></a> [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RussianAsset" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RussianAsset</span></a>], who went on to become US AG in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin. He was an aide to [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/rapist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rapist</span></a>] <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RoyMoore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RoyMoore</span></a> on the state Supreme Court in 2000 until Moore was dismissed in 2003 for ignoring a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/federal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>federal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CourtOrder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CourtOrder</span></a> to remove a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TenCommandments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TenCommandments</span></a> monument he had installed in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/judicial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>judicial</span></a> bldg.<br>After Parker was elected to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Alabama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alabama</span></a>’s high court…, he went to DC to take the oath of office. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> Justice <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ClarenceThomas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClarenceThomas</span></a>, one of his role models, presided.<br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a></p>
Art Smart<p>Although <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> is a pathological liar, I don't think he's lying when he threatens to sic the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> against his perceived enemies. He already tried it with <a href="https://mas.to/tags/JeffSessions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JeffSessions</span></a>, <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BillBarr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BillBarr</span></a> and <a href="https://mas.to/tags/JeffreyClark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JeffreyClark</span></a>. He'll succeed next time. Count on it.</p><p><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2023/11/trump-plot-military-election/675922/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theatlantic.com/newsletters/ar</span><span class="invisible">chive/2023/11/trump-plot-military-election/675922/</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>For those who don’t remember, from June 2020:<br>“The head of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/civil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>civil</span></a> division told staff members… that he planned to resign after nearly 2 yrs in the post…, making him the 3rd top ofcl at the dept to step down in the past week.<br>“The official, Joseph Hunt, who previously was chief of staff to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JeffSessions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JeffSessions</span></a> when he was the AG, did not say why he was leaving….<br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/16/us/politics/justice-department-jody-hunt.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2020/06/16/us/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics/justice-department-jody-hunt.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>…<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Lieu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lieu</span></a> asked <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Wray" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wray</span></a> about <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RogerStone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RogerStone</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElliottBroidy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElliottBroidy</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MichaelCohen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MichaelCohen</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PaulManafort" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PaulManafort</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RickGates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RickGates</span></a>, &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GeorgePapadopoulos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GeorgePapadopoulos</span></a>, all of whom were found <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/guilty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>guilty</span></a> of various <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/crimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crimes</span></a> in federal court.</p><p>Lieu pointed out that all of the advisers were prosecuted by Trump appointees: <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BillBarr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BillBarr</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MatthewWhitaker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MatthewWhitaker</span></a>, &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JeffSessions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JeffSessions</span></a>. Wray, who was already leading the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FBI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FBI</span></a> at the time, is also a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpAppointee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpAppointee</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ChrisWray" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChrisWray</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Justice</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HouseJudiciaryCommittee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HouseJudiciaryCommittee</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WeaponizationOfGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WeaponizationOfGovernment</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PerformancePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PerformancePolitics</span></a></p>
Cory Doctorow<p><a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/10yrsago" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>10yrsago</span></a> Xbox One will divide EU into different markets <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130621012434/http://copyfight.corante.com/archives/2013/06/14/msft_to_regionlock_xbox_one_on_launch.php" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">web.archive.org/web/2013062101</span><span class="invisible">2434/http://copyfight.corante.com/archives/2013/06/14/msft_to_regionlock_xbox_one_on_launch.php</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/5yrsago" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>5yrsago</span></a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/CambridgeAnalytica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CambridgeAnalytica</span></a>’s key staffers formed a new company that’s working on Trump 2020 <a href="https://apnews.com/article/north-america-technology-ap-top-news-elections-donald-trump-96928216bdc341ada659447973a688e4" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/north-ameri</span><span class="invisible">ca-technology-ap-top-news-elections-donald-trump-96928216bdc341ada659447973a688e4</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/5yrsago" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>5yrsago</span></a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/StephenColbert" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StephenColbert</span></a> explains Jesus’ position on ripping children from their parents to <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/JeffSessions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JeffSessions</span></a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4KaLkYxMZ8" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=j4KaLkYxMZ</span><span class="invisible">8</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/5yrsago" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>5yrsago</span></a> Eye tracking and fMRI confirm that we don’t even perceive <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/SecurityWarnings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SecurityWarnings</span></a> before clicking past them <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180606114714/https://neurosecurity.byu.edu/media/Vance_et_al._2017_MISQ.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">web.archive.org/web/2018060611</span><span class="invisible">4714/https://neurosecurity.byu.edu/media/Vance_et_al._2017_MISQ.pdf</span></a></p><p>4/</p>
Cory Doctorow<p><a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/5yrsago" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>5yrsago</span></a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/JeffSessions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JeffSessions</span></a> tells border guards to separate kids from parents <a href="https://www.alternet.org/2018/05/jeff-sessions-says-border-agents-will-separate-undocumented-kids-their-families" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">alternet.org/2018/05/jeff-sess</span><span class="invisible">ions-says-border-agents-will-separate-undocumented-kids-their-families</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/5yrsago" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>5yrsago</span></a> An upcoming Supreme Court ruling could force all workers into <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/ForcedArbitration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ForcedArbitration</span></a>, deprived of the right to class lawsuits <a href="https://www.epi.org/blog/the-supreme-court-is-poised-to-make-forced-arbitration-nearly-inescapable/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">epi.org/blog/the-supreme-court</span><span class="invisible">-is-poised-to-make-forced-arbitration-nearly-inescapable/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/5yrsago" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>5yrsago</span></a> Welsh police deployed <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/FacialRecognition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FacialRecognition</span></a> tech with a 92% false positive rate, but they’re sure it’s fine <a href="https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/05/uk-police-say-92-percent-false-positive-facial-recognition-is-no-big-deal/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20</span><span class="invisible">18/05/uk-police-say-92-percent-false-positive-facial-recognition-is-no-big-deal/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/5yrsago" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>5yrsago</span></a> Should I use an algorithm here? EFF’s 5-point checklist <a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/05/math-cant-solve-everything-questions-we-need-be-asking-deciding-algorithm-answer" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">eff.org/deeplinks/2018/05/math</span><span class="invisible">-cant-solve-everything-questions-we-need-be-asking-deciding-algorithm-answer</span></a></p><p>11/</p>