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WenDaphne Caruana Galizia, do not forgetHarassed by the Maltese state and murdered by people paid by those who were embarrassed by her exposure of widespread criminality, incompetence and corruption within the state.A short piece by her sone, detailing the venality of the Maltese state and its politicians.<a href="http://archive.today/2025.06.14-102341/https://www.ft.com/content/3f5012a6-a358-48a9-a72f-9d2ae530878b" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">http://archive.today/2025.06.14-102341/https://www.ft.com/content/3f5012a6-a358-48a9-a72f-9d2ae530878b</a><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Malta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Malta</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Corruption</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MafiaState</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Galizia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Galizia</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Collapse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Collapse</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/RuleOfLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RuleOfLaw</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Journalism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/FinancialTimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FinancialTimes</a>

Nonilex…Citing news media reports, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Harvard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Harvard</a>’s amended complaint said that the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> admin had convened a group of senior officials to brainstorm additional ways to punish Harvard, even after Judge Burroughs issued an order on May 23 banning <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DHS</a>’s initial plan.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/vendetta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#vendetta</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RevengePolitics</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MafiaState</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AcademicFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AcademicFreedom</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#immigration</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InternationalStudents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#InternationalStudents</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StudentVisas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#StudentVisas</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AbuseOfPower</a>

NonilexBut despite his tough rhetoric, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> has sparked controversy by pardoning a growing number of convicted <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DrugDealers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DrugDealers</a>, including this week's move to grant clemency to Larry Hoover, 74, who was serving multiple life sentences in federal <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/prison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#prison</a> for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/crimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#crimes</a> linked to his role leading the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Chicago" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Chicago</a>-based <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GangsterDisciples" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GangsterDisciples</a>.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#criminal</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MafiaState</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/pardons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pardons</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#US</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DrugWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DrugWar</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/cartels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cartels</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/pardons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pardons</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DrugKingpins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DrugKingpins</a> even as he escalates <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#US</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DrugWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DrugWar</a> rhetoricTrump has long called for escalating the US drug war against Mexican <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/cartels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cartels</a> & wants tougher penalties for dealers selling <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/fentanyl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fentanyl</a> & other street <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/drugs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#drugs</a> in American communities. "I am ready for it, the death penalty, if you deal drugs," Trump said during a meeting with state governors in Feb, where he said dealers are too often treated with a "slap on the wrist."<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#criminal</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MafiaState</a> <a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/05/31/nx-s1-5415939/trump-pardons-drug-kingpins-even-as-he-escalates-the-u-s-drug-war" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.npr.org/2025/05/31/nx-s1-5415939/trump-pardons-drug-kingpins-even-as-he-escalates-the-u-s-drug-war</a>

NonilexOn Feb. 5, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DOJ</a> said it was closing the investigation into the diary. Ms. Fago & Ms. Walczak were not charged, nor was anyone from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ProjectVeritas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ProjectVeritas</a>.In the meantime, a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/pardon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pardon</a> application was submitted on Mr. Walczak’s behalf. It suggested that Donald Trump Jr., as well as Ms. Guilfoyle & other Trump allies, supported his clemency.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#criminal</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MafiaState</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/plutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#plutocracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#kleptocracy</a>

NonilexKurlander & Harris would later plead <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/guilty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#guilty</a>, admitting to conspiring to steal, transport & sell the diary to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ProjectVeritas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ProjectVeritas</a>. Ms. Harris was sentenced to one month in prison. Mr. Kurlander is scheduled to be sentenced next month.When <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> won the presidency for a second time, it offered hope to Project Veritas, Ms. Fago & Mr. Walczak.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#criminal</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MafiaState</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/plutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#plutocracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#kleptocracy</a>

Nonilex…The scrutiny of the diary matter continued when <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Biden</a> took office.In Nov 2021, investigators obtained a search warrant related to a Project Veritas official that sought information about “potential co-conspirators,” including communications with Ms. Fago, Ms. Walczak, Mr. Kurlander, Ms. Harris and others “about obtaining, transporting, transferring, disseminating or otherwise disposing of Ashley Biden’s stolen property.”<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#criminal</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MafiaState</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/plutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#plutocracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#kleptocracy</a>

NonilexThe <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DOJ</a> during <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a>’s first term opened an investigation into the matter after a representative of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Biden</a> family reported to federal authorities before the 2020 election that several of Ms. Biden’s personal items had been stolen in a burglary.Ms. Fago & other family members spent election night 2020 at a White House watch party. After Trump lost, they were invited back the next month to attend a White House Christmas party.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#criminal</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MafiaState</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/plutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#plutocracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#kleptocracy</a>

NonilexThe <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FBI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FBI</a> did not retrieve the diary [because it was stolen FFS]. Instead, Kurlander & Harris entered negotiations to provide it to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ProjectVeritas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ProjectVeritas</a>, a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a>-allied undercover *media* group [foumd in a court to not be media] that had been tipped to the diary’s existence by Stephanie Walczak, Ms. Fago’s daughter.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#criminal</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MafiaState</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/plutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#plutocracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#kleptocracy</a>

Nonilex“So I go back there, I start reading through it, & there was just unbelievable stuff,” Wren recalled last year on a podcast. “I contacted the campaign attorneys, & then that campaign attorneys said, ‘Be very careful, don’t take possession of this.’ They wrote up a whole memo & then they contacted the FBI & said, ‘You need to come pick this up immediately.’”<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#criminal</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MafiaState</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/plutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#plutocracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#kleptocracy</a>

NonilexKurlander & Harris brought Ms. Biden’s diary to a September 2020 fund-raiser at Ms. Fago’s home in the exclusive Admirals Cove community of Jupiter, FL. The featured guests were <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a>’s son Donald Trump Jr. & the younger Trump’s girlfriend at the time, Kimberly Guilfoyle.At the fund-raiser, the diary was shown to Caroline Wren, the campaign finance consultant who helped organize the event.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#criminal</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MafiaState</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/plutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#plutocracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#kleptocracy</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VonDerLeyen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VonDerLeyen</a>, in a separate social media post on Sunday, said that she had a “good call” with <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> & had conveyed that the EU needed extra time to reach a trade deal. She said that talks would advance “swiftly & decisively.”“The EU & the US share the world’s most consequential & close trade relationship,” she wrote.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/securities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#securities</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Extortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Extortion</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MafiaState</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> has expressed *frustration* over negotiations with the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EU</a>, saying that the union has been slow to offer <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/trade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#trade</a> *concessions* during a 90-day window to reach a deal that satisfies the admin.“The Commission President said that talks will begin rapidly,” Trump claimed in a post. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/securities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#securities</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Extortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Extortion</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MafiaState</a>

NonilexThat lawsuit targets the Department of Homeland Security for what the states say are sweeping new requirements on federal grant programs that force states to reroute their own police resources to federal <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#immigration</a> enforcement — or risk losing billions of dollars in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/funding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#funding</a> for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disaster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#disaster</a> relief & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/emergency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#emergency</a> preparation.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/extortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#extortion</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MafiaState</a>

Nonilex“By hanging a halt in this critical funding over states like a sword of Damocles, defendants impose immense harm on states, forcing them to choose between readiness for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disasters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#disasters</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/emergencies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#emergencies</a>, on one hand, & exercising their judgment about how to best use scarce resources to investigate & prosecute crimes on the other,” the states claim in a draft of one of the complaints, reviewed Tuesday by Courthouse News. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#immigration</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/extortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#extortion</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MafiaState</a>

NonilexIn these cases, 2 coalitions of states claim that the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ExecutiveBranch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ExecutiveBranch</a> is unlawfully using those cuts to strong-arm states into complying with <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MassDeportation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MassDeportation</a> agenda. And that threatens to upend the states’ emergency preparedness & vital transportation infrastructure, they claim.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#immigration</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/extortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#extortion</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MafiaState</a>

NonilexMore than a dozen states slapped the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> admin w/2 new lawsuits on Tues, accusing it of withholding funding for both <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/emergency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#emergency</a> relief & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/transportation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#transportation</a> in retaliation for the states’ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#immigration</a> policies. The pair of lawsuits, both filed in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RhodeIsland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RhodeIsland</a> federal court, are the latest of several dozen state challenges to the admin’s unprecedented cuts to federally approved <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/funding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#funding</a> for state <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/aid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#aid</a>.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/extortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#extortion</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MafiaState</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Extortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Extortion</a>States say the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> Admin is holding <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/emergency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#emergency</a> relief & transit funds "hostage" in retaliation for not complying with <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#immigration</a> directives. "More cars, planes, & trains will crash, & more people will die as a result."<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MafiaState</a> <a href="https://www.courthousenews.com/states-accuse-trump-administration-of-holding-emergency-relief-hostage-over-immigration-policy/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.courthousenews.com/states-accuse-trump-administration-of-holding-emergency-relief-hostage-over-immigration-policy/</a>

NonilexProspects of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Saudi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Saudi</a> ties to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Israel</a> elusive as <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> seeks $1 trillion bonanzaWhen Trump lands in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Riyadh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Riyadh</a> on Tues, he will be greeted w/opulent ceremonies, gilded palaces & the prospect of $1 trillion in investments. But, the raging <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/war" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#war</a> in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Gaza</a> has denied him one goal he has long craved: Saudi-Israel normalization.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#geopolitics</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UnitedStates</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#US</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#corruption</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/greed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#greed</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SelfInterest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SelfInterest</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SelfEnrichment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SelfEnrichment</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EmolumentsClause" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EmolumentsClause</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Kleptocracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Plutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Plutocracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MafiaState</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AmericanAutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AmericanAutocracy</a> <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/prospects-saudi-ties-israel-elusive-trump-seeks-1-trillion-bonanza-2025-05-11/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.reuters.com/world/prospects-saudi-ties-israel-elusive-trump-seeks-1-trillion-bonanza-2025-05-11/</a>

Nonilex…On Wed, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#US</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ukraine</a> signed the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/minerals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#minerals</a> deal. While it does not explicitly mention <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#security</a> guarantees for Ukraine, it ensures the *possibility* of shipments of American weapons to Ukraine if a peace deal is not reached w/ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Russia</a>.While Ukraine is still receiving weapons authorized under <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Biden</a>, those supplies are expected to end this summer.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/extortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#extortion</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MafiaState</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#geopolitics</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StandWithUkraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#StandWithUkraine</a> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/world/europe/ukraine-minerals-deal-trump.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=A6A39B0D-D4B2-4539-B91E-0A3649EFDA8D" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/world/europe/ukraine-minerals-deal-trump.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=A6A39B0D-D4B2-4539-B91E-0A3649EFDA8D</a>

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