Notices by Steve Thompson PhD (stevethompson@mastodon.social)

Lawyer says student was 'deported in shackles'

https://abcnews.go.com/US/lawyer-student-removed-despite-court-order-deported-shackles/story?id=128016773

The attorney representing 19-year-old college student Any Lucia Lopez Belloza, who was removed to Honduras, despite a court order, while on her way home for Thanksgiving break, said his client was "deported in shackles like she's a murder suspect."

"They deported a child alone in shackles and handcuffs a few days before Thanksgiving," attorney Todd Pomerleau told ABC News.

#Trump #GOP #Republicans #highered #press

Trump advisor ought to face 'espionage and treason' charges: ex-GOP strategist

https://www.rawstory.com/steve-witkoff-2674354408/

A former Republican strategist suggested Friday that a top advisor for President Trump ought to face prosecution for spying and treason.

Steve Witkoff has worked closely with the White House on a controversial 28-point peace plan for Ukraine and engaged in friendly dialogue with Russia.

#Trussia #Witkoff #Trump #Russia #Putin #GOP #Republicans #Ukraine #press

US health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr., who once likened gender-affirming care to ‘mutilation,’ is currently undergoing… gender-affirming care.

https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/27/robert-f-kennedy-jr-hormone-replacement-therapy-hrt/

The 71-year-old Republican is reportedly taking hormone replacement therapy medication despite his repeated criticism of the medical treatment, which is an often life-saving way to affirm trans people’s gender identity.

#RFKJR #REPUBLICANS #HYPOCRISY #GENDER #PRESS

Doubt it will matter negatively. Media and society in The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum are what we have today. People want to believe a lie.

America Is Finally Starting to See Trump for the Bullsh*t Artist He Is | The New Republic

https://newrepublic.com/article/203574/trump-lies-media-voters-economy

#Trump #Truth #Illusion #MAGA #GOP #Republicans #media #Press

Trump Cancels Release of Crucial Economic Report to Hide His Failures

https://newrepublic.com/post/203619/donald-trump-cancels-release-gdp-economic-report

Donald Trump has now blocked three economic data reports.

#Trump #economy #MAGA #GOP #Republicans #press

DOGE is no more, and in its wake, only chaos

https://www.theverge.com/news/827390/doge-is-no-more-and-in-its-wake-only-chaos

#technology #press

Huckabee visit with spy fuels MAGA's Israel divide

https://www.axios.com/2025/11/21/mike-huckabee-meeting-spy-israel-maga

MAGA activists tore into Huckabee, a devout evangelical and Israel supporter, accusing him of putting support for Israel over U.S. national security.

"Completely indefensible," posted activist Mike Cernovich.

Huckabee "has been totally out of control," Steve Bannon said on his show Friday.

"You can't sit down with traitors," right-wing podcaster and former Navy intelligence officer Jack Posobiec added on his show.

As Federal Prisons Run Low on Food and Toilet Paper, Corrections Officers Are Leaving in Droves for ICE

https://www.propublica.org/article/ice-bop-federal-prisons-corrections-officers

Trump Begs Lauren Boebert to Take Her Name Off Epstein Files Petition | The New Republic

https://newrepublic.com/post/203100/donald-trump-lauren-boebert-epstein-files-petition

The president called at least two of his congressional allies on Tuesday in an effort to get them to remove their names from a discharge petition that will force a vote on releasing details of the investigation into the pedophilic sex trafficker and his associates.

#TrumpStein #GOP #Republicans #Trump #Epstein #WH #Boebert #petition #Congress #press

'Who gives a f— about ethics': Trump-appointed judge disbarred after quitting amid misconduct scandal, will have to take classes if he wants his license back

https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/federal-judge-who-resigned-in-disgrace-stripped-of-his-law-license-and-ordered-to-take-ethics-classes/

An Alaska attorney appointed by President Trump to a lifetime federal judgeship in 2020, who quit his job rather than facing possible impeachment amid a sexual harassment and misconduct scandal, has been stripped of his law license and ordered to take ethics classes...

#TRUMP #GOP #ETHICS #REPUBLICANS #PRESS

Marjorie Taylor Greene Calls on Mike Johnson To Seat Democrat Elected Adelita Grijalva To House Six Weeks Ago: ‘She Should Be Sworn In’

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/marjorie-taylor-greene-calls-mike-031201796.html

The congresswoman-elect would be the key 218th vote in favor of a discharge petition that would force a vote on a resolution compelling the Department of Justice to release its files on deceased child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.

#GOP #MTG #JOHNSON #REPUBLICANS #EPSTEIN #MAGA #PRESS

Today's Consumer Recall

ByHeart baby formula recalled amid 10-state outbreak of infant botulism - https://www.nbcnews.com/health/recall/byheart-baby-formula-recalled-state-outbreak-infant-botulism-rcna242783

#TCR #babies #recall #press

Good. Enough of this nonsense. Release the Epstein files.

Judge's 'permanent injunction' bars National Guard troops in Portland

https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2025/11/08/Ore-Portland-federal-judge-permanently-blocks-National-Guard/3291762610651/

#Trump #Portland #distraction #MAGA #GOP #Epstein #press

ExxonMobil accuses California of violating its free speech

https://www.theverge.com/news/807357/exxon-lawsuit-california-greenhouse-gas-climate-reporting-laws

#1a #ca #exxon #freespeech #press

Trump Lashes Out at ABC Reporter After Disastrous Vance Interview

https://newrepublic.com/post/201760/trump-refuses-answer-abc-reporter-jd-vance-interview

“You’re ABC fake news, I don’t take questions from ABC fake news,” Trump said. “After what you did with Stephanopoulos to the vice president of the United States—I don’t take questions from ABC fake news.”

Stephanopoulos didn’t “do” anything to Vance—he simply called him out regarding the $50,000 cash bribe the FBI caught current White House border czar Tom Homan accepting.

#Trump #lies #Vance #press

Diesel is a killer. Thousands of people die each year in metropolitan areas from sudden respiratory failure, and diesel exhaust has a major role in it all.

‘Little lungs are paying’: 1.6m claimants head to high court as carmakers finally face punishment for Dieselgate | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/oct/10/dieselgate-scandal-air-pollution-cars

#diesel #pollution #health #press

New Details On Rutgers Professor Who Received Death Threats; Some Want Turning Point USA Banned From Campus

The Rutgers faculty union backs professor Mark Bray; meanwhile, some Rutgers students want Turning Point USA banned from campus.

https://patch.com/new-jersey/newbrunswick/new-details-rutgers-professor-who-received-death-threats-professor-gives

#GOP #Republicans #Rutgers #education #press

Bank of England Warns of an AI Bubble Burst https://gizmodo.com/bank-of-england-warns-of-an-ai-bubble-burst-2000669588

'Let her be a kid': A girl's life two years on from Hamas captivity

https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/article-869676

Avigail was three years old when Hamas terrorists rampaged through her kibbutz Kfar Aza. Her parents were among the 1,200 people killed on that day.

#Hamas #terrorists #murderers #oct7 #massacre #israel #gaza #hostages #press

Hungary: Banned Pride march draws thousands

https://www.dw.com/en/hungary-banned-pride-march-draws-thousands/a-74238309

The rally in the city of Pecs defied a police ban under a law passed this year by Viktor Orban's right-wing government that prohibits LGBTQ+ demonstrations.

#Orban #pride #lgbtq #press #humanrights