mastodon.world is one of the many independent Mastodon servers you can use to participate in the fediverse.
Generic Mastodon server for anyone to use.

Server stats:

12K
active users

#DOJ

48 posts34 participants0 posts today

#pambondi #SIGNAL #signalgate #doj

She is ignorant or stupid or both ?

“Add one more to the number of Trump officials who don’t understand how digital security works.

In an interview with Fox News Thursday evening, Attorney General Pam Bondi claimed that the encrypted retail messenger app Signal is a “very safe way to communicate.”

“I don’t think foreign adversaries are able to hack Signal, as far as I know,” Bondi said.

But that’s all wrong, as pointed out by Representative Jimmy Gomez, who took a moment to publicly school the Justice Department chief on the matter.

“Hackers don’t need to hack Signal, they can hack your phone. Then they can see your screen and even access your camera and microphone,” the California Democrat posted Thursday night. “So Pam, if you can read your messages on signal, then China and Russia can read your messages on signal.”

newrepublic.com/post/193318/do

The New Republic · Trump’s Attorney General Has Bonkers Excuse for Using SignalYet another one of Donald Trump’s officials has no clue about data privacy.
Continued thread

The govt is threatening to end the flow of billions to #universities across the country, many of which are facing inquiries from agencies that range from the #DOJ to #HHS.

But #Trump’s punitive approach…is playing out most acutely at #Columbia. The university, a hub of last spring’s campus #protest movement against the war in #Gaza, has spent months confronting accusations that it *condoned* *antisemitic* behavior, permitted *lawlessness* to dominate, & stifled #academic & #political #speech.

Continued thread

Lawyer Paul Clement argued on the #LawFirm #WilmerHale’s behalf that it was “clear as day” that the #Trump #ExecutiveOrder against the firm violated the #FirstAmendment. He said the chilling effect on the firm’s business had been immediate.

#DOJ lawyer Richard Lawson urged Judge Leon not to issue a temporary restraining order #TRO, arguing the specific limitations for Wilmer Hale had not been decided, so there was no reason to rush a court decision.

the #TrevorMilton (#Nikola Motor fraudster) pardon is not going over well with the #MAGA crypto bros, many of whom were scammed by... Trevor Milton (which should be unsurprising - these are gullible people who love trading meme stocks, AKA “the primary market for #NKLA shares”).

Tesla bros are also pissed, because Milton's whole scam was basically pretending to be Elon Musk for trucks.

"[Trevor Milton] did nothing wrong and he's a good person." - Donald Trump

"Trevor Milton donated $1.8 million to Trump and his lawyer is #PamBondi's brother." - me

video: x.com/AutismCapital/status/190

Continued thread

The #DOJ in a filing asked #SCOTUS to lift DC-based US District Judge James #Boasberg's March 15 order calling for a temporary halt of the summary removals of the #Venezuelans while a legal challenge to #Trump’s invocation of the #AlienEnemiesAct to justify the #deportations plays out. The 18th century #law historically has been used only in wartime [& expressly states the #US must be at #war w/a foreign #nation for its use].

#immigration #DueProcess #CivilRights
documentcloud.org/documents/25

www.documentcloud.org24A931

The fraudster behind Nikola Motors (the fake electric truck company that made the famous video purporting to be their flagship tractor trailer moving under electric power that turned out to be just an empty truck chassis rolling down a hill) has been pardoned by Donald Trump.

[edit] The famous "gravity powered truck" video: youtube.com/watch?v=yBCxCcICgt

[edit] Trevor Milton just posted a video thanking #DonaldTrump for the pardon and blasting the #SEC and #DOJ: x.com/nikolatrevor/status/1905

#NIKOLA#NKLAQ#NKLA

The #DOJ is considering merging the lead agencies enforcing #drug & #gun laws in a major shakeup as it moves to follow #Trump's instructions to sharply *streamline* the govt.

In addition to merging the Drug Enforcement Agency #DEA & Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives #ATF, DOJ leaders are considering eliminating field offices that handle #antitrust & #environmental cases, according to a March 25 memo seen by Reuters.

#law #idiocracy #kakistocracy
reuters.com/world/us/us-justic