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Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Brazil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Brazil</span></a> is not about to announce reciprocal <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Lula" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Lula</span></a> said. Nor will his govt give up on cabinet-level talks. But Lula himself is in no rush to ring the White House.<br>"The day my intuition says <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> is ready to talk, I won't hesitate to call him," Lula said in an interview from his presidential residence in Brasilia. "But today my intuition says he doesn't want to talk. And I'm not going to humiliate myself."<br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/sovereignty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sovereignty</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/trade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trade</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/extortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>extortion</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MafiaState</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Bolsonaro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bolsonaro</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Exclusive: <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Lula" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Lula</span></a> rejects 'humiliation' of calling <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a></p><p>As <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> on Brazilian goods jumped to 50% on Wednesday, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Brazil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Brazil</span></a> President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva told Reuters in an interview that he saw no room for direct talks with Trump which he believes would turn into a "humiliation" for him.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/sovereignty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sovereignty</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/trade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trade</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/extortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>extortion</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MafiaState</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Bolsonaro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bolsonaro</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/lula-rejects-humiliation-calling-trump-over-us-brazil-tariff-2025-08-06/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/world/americas/lul</span><span class="invisible">a-rejects-humiliation-calling-trump-over-us-brazil-tariff-2025-08-06/</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/State" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>State</span></a> Department is proposing requiring applicants for business &amp; tourist <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/visas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>visas</span></a> to post a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/bond" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bond</span></a> of up to $15,000 to enter the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a>, a move that may make the process unaffordable for many. </p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/extortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>extortion</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MafiaState</span></a> <br><a href="https://apnews.com/article/state-department-visa-bond-d532b186abf6e39c621d1bd0995d7509" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/state-depar</span><span class="invisible">tment-visa-bond-d532b186abf6e39c621d1bd0995d7509</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The stark difference is that four years later, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> returned to power, while <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Bolsonaro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bolsonaro</span></a> is now facing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/prison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>prison</span></a>. [Trump immediately used his reassumed <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/power" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>power</span></a> to throw out the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> cases against him &amp; to punish those involved — however peripherally.]</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MafiaState</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> has said that he sees his own legal fight in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> trial against <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Bolsonaro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bolsonaro</span></a>.</p><p>Trump &amp; Bolsonaro — 2 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/politicians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politicians</span></a> with strikingly similar <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/political" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>political</span></a> styles — both lost re-election &amp; then both denied having lost. Their subsequent efforts to undermine the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/vote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vote</span></a> culminated in mobs of their supporters storming their nations’ capital buildings, in failed bids to prevent the election winners from assuming the presidency.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MafiaState</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>“The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democratic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democratic</span></a> state of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> for us is a sacred thing,” <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Lula" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Lula</span></a> said…. “Because we have already lived through <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dictatorships" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dictatorships</span></a>, &amp; we don’t want any more.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> has gone after <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Brazil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Brazil</span></a> to come to the aid of his ally, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Bolsonaro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bolsonaro</span></a>. His proposed 50% <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> would be among the highest levies he has issued against any country, &amp; they appear to be the only ones driven by overtly <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/political" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>political</span></a> reasons &amp; not <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/economic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>economic</span></a> ones.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MafiaState</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>“This came from us?” <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JeromePowell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JeromePowell</span></a> said, then figuring out that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> was including the renovation of the Martin Building that was finished 5 years ago.</p><p>“Do you expect any more additional cost overruns?” Trump asked.</p><p>“Don’t expect them,” Powell said.</p><p>Trump said in his career as a real estate developer he would fire someone for cost overruns. The president joked that he would back off Powell if he lowered interest rates.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalReserve" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FederalReserve</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/independence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>independence</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MafiaState</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> Administration Sues <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NewYorkCity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewYorkCity</span></a> Over <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SanctuaryCity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SanctuaryCity</span></a> Laws</p><p>Mayor <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EricAdams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EricAdams</span></a>, who was spared from a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> investigation so he could help with the administration’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/deportation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deportation</span></a> program, is among the defendants.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RevengePolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MafiaState</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/nyregion/trump-new-york-sanctuary-suit.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/07/24/nyregio</span><span class="invisible">n/trump-new-york-sanctuary-suit.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GiftArticle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GiftArticle</span></a></p><p>What a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Democrat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Democrat</span></a> Could Do With Trump’s [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Appropriated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Appropriated</span></a>] <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Power" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Power</span></a></p><p>In this 1st year of his 2nd term, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> has claimed broad powers to unilaterally restructure much of how the US govt functions. Some…have gone completely unchallenged. Others have been litigated, &amp; although lower courts have been skeptical of many of these efforts, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> has been more approving.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RevengePolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MafiaState</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/07/democrats-undo-trump-supreme-court/683615/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxTNLwkgkUY6LEdwhSqGVM10" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/</span><span class="invisible">2025/07/democrats-undo-trump-supreme-court/683615/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxTNLwkgkUY6LEdwhSqGVM10</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/State" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>State</span></a> Dept has started screening social media accounts of student visa applicants. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MarcoRubio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MarcoRubio</span></a> has also stated that the State Dept would target <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/visas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>visas</span></a> held by Chinese students, an initiative complicated by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s announcement that Chinese students are welcome to study in America as part of his trade deal with Beijing.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AcademicFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicFreedom</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RevengePolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MafiaState</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dictatorship</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Autocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tyranny</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Since those talks started, the Depts of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Education</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HHS</span></a> both opened challenges to the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/university" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>university</span></a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/accreditation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>accreditation</span></a>, which could someday jeopardize the ability of Harvard <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/students" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>students</span></a> to receive federal <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StudentAid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StudentAid</span></a>. And <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a> has served subpoenas to Harvard w/sprawling demands that included payroll records, years of disciplinary files &amp; any videos <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Harvard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Harvard</span></a> had of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InternationalStudents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InternationalStudents</span></a> protesting on campus since 2020.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AcademicFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicFreedom</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MafiaState</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Autocracy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Officials from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Harvard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Harvard</span></a> &amp; the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin have exchanged multiple offers since last month as they have explored a potential deal over the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a>’s role in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/admissions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>admissions</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/hiring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hiring</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/curriculum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>curriculum</span></a>. The details of the negotiations remain unclear as talks continue.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AcademicFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicFreedom</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RevengePolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MafiaState</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dictatorship</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Autocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tyranny</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MarcoRubio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MarcoRubio</span></a> gave <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Harvard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Harvard</span></a> a one-week deadline to produce a lengthy list of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/university" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>university</span></a> records related to the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StudentVisa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StudentVisa</span></a> program. He said the department plans to interview university staff associated with the program &amp; also may want to speak with <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/visa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>visa</span></a> holders.</p><p>A Harvard spokesman did not immediately comment. A <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/State" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>State</span></a> Department spokeswoman declined to comment.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AcademicFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicFreedom</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RevengePolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MafiaState</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dictatorship</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Autocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tyranny</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>For crying out loud. This is beyond ridiculous now.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/State" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>State</span></a> Dept Opens Investigation Into <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Harvard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Harvard</span></a>’s Use of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/International" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>International</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Visas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Visas</span></a></p><p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin has continued to pressure the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/university" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>university</span></a> despite continuing talks to settle a monthslong dispute over the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FederalGovernment</span></a>’s role in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HigherEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HigherEducation</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AcademicFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicFreedom</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RevengePolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MafiaState</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dictatorship</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Autocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tyranny</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/us/politics/state-department-trump-harvard.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/07/23/us/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics/state-department-trump-harvard.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> court filings last week by lawyers for &gt;100 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Venezuelans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Venezuelans</span></a> challenging their <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/deportations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deportations</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/imprisonment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>imprisonment</span></a> in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElSalvador" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElSalvador</span></a> included an acknowledgment by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Bukele" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bukele</span></a> officials that the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a>, not <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElSalvador" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElSalvador</span></a>, has “the jurisdiction &amp; legal responsibility” for them.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/rendition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rendition</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Venezuela" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Venezuela</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MafiaState</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>When a federal judge in Maryland ordered <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/KilmarAbregoGarc%C3%ADa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KilmarAbregoGarcía</span></a> returned, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin claimed it had no <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/power" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>power</span></a> to do so, since all of the deportees were now under the “custody of a foreign nation” &amp; the matter was out of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> hands [liars].</p><p>[And yet] Abrego, a MD resident, was returned to the US last month, only to face federal charges of human smuggling, which he denies.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElSalvador" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElSalvador</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Venezuela" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Venezuela</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MafiaState</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Grenell told <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> he had persuaded <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Maduro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Maduro</span></a> to resume suspended<br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/deportation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deportation</span></a> flights to Caracas in return for release of the Americans. The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/State" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>State</span></a> Dept eventually resumed talks leading to the final deal.</p><p>For the returned <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Venezuelans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Venezuelans</span></a>, the agreement ended 4 months of confinement in what both Salvadoran &amp; US <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> groups have called one of the most brutal facilities in the hemisphere, deprived of access to lawyers or their families.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElSalvador" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElSalvador</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Venezuela" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Venezuela</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MafiaState</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Maduro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Maduro</span></a> had demanded the return of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Venezuelans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Venezuelans</span></a>, whom he charged had been “kidnapped,” as a point of national honor, after <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Bukele" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bukele</span></a> offered in April to send them home if Maduro would free all <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> citizens he was holding + dozens of imprisoned domestic political opponents.
<br>But an exchange being negotiated by the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/State" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>State</span></a> Dept in May was scotched when it collided w/separate negotiations being secretly conducted by presidential envoy Richard Grenell…</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MafiaState</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>…The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin said, without presenting <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/evidence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>evidence</span></a>, that many were violent criminals. As the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Venezuelans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Venezuelans</span></a> simply <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disappeared" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disappeared</span></a>, none was given an<br>opportunity challenge their <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/detention" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>detention</span></a> or *<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/deportation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deportation</span></a>* &amp; family members were not informed. Inmates at the prison are not allowed any contact with the outside world.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElSalvador" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElSalvador</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Venezuela" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Venezuela</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MafiaState</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>…Even before Jair <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Bolsonaro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bolsonaro</span></a> was charged in February with a plot to violently cling to power after his 2022 election loss, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Moraes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Moraes</span></a> had emerged as an adversary of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> allies for his judicial campaign against <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/misinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>misinformation</span></a> on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/socialmedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>socialmedia</span></a>. Moraes has ordered the takedown of more than 100 accounts, alleging they violated Brazilian <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a>. Trump &amp; his allies have accused him of violating the free speech rights of users in US territory.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>justice</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/felon47" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>felon47</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>judiciary</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>coup</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tyranny</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MafiaState</span></a></p>