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#erikprince

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DoomsdaysCW

@LukefromDC And once again, #ErikPrince's bloody fingerprints are all over that contract!

Erik Prince: How El Salvador Became a Model for Law and Order under #PresidentBukele.

August 28, 2024
A New Model of Security

"Prince highlighted the critical role of the government’s new #HighSecurity #prison, capable of holding 40,000 gang members. The facility’s stringent security measures, including full-body x-rays, extreme isolation protocols, and the removal of gang hierarchies, have broken the gangs’ control over the population. According to Prince, this prison has become a symbol of Bukele’s no-tolerance approach to crime."
elsalvadorinenglish.com/2024/0
#HumanRights #HumanRightsViolations #ICEDetention #IllegalDeportations #USPol

El Salvador in English · Erik Prince: How El Salvador Became a Model for Law and Order under President Bukele.Erik Prince, founder of Blackwater, praised El Salvador’s security improvements under President Bukele, crediting aggressive law enforcement for reduced gang control. Economic challenges pers…
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DoomsdaysCW

#SupremeCourt blocks order requiring #Trump administration to reinstate workers

By Mark Sherman, April 8, 2025

WASHINGTON (AP) — "The Supreme Court on Tuesday blocked an order for the Trump administration to return to work thousands of federal employees who were let go in mass firings aimed at dramatically downsizing the federal government.

"The justices acted in the administration’s emergency appeal of a ruling by a federal judge in California ordering that 16,000 probationary employees be reinstated while a lawsuit plays out because their firings didn’t follow federal law.

"The effect of the high court’s order will keep employees in six federal agencies on paid administrative leave for now. Justices #SoniaSotomayor and #KetanjiBrownJackson said they would have kept the judge’s order in place.

"It’s the third time in less than a week that the justices have sided with the administration in its fight against federal judges whose orders have slowed President Donald Trump’s agenda. The court also paused an order restoring grants for teacher training and lifted an order that froze deportations under an 18th century wartime law."

apnews.com/article/supreme-cou
#USPol #SCOTUS #SCOTUSIsCompromised #ImpeachClarenceThomas #ImpeachSamuelAlito #ErikPrince #ErikPrinceColonialism #Fascism #Authoritarianism

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QOTCA 💛

Erik just hanging back, half erect, salivating. Curtis Yarvin drooling and rolling his eyes around the corner.

#InsurrectionAct #ErikPrince #WestMichigan

"..but better for Trump if there were scenes of bloody street fights. If his opponents don’t hand it to him, prepare for him to egg on already twitchy counter-protesters or use agent provocateurs. Violence in the streets feeds Trump’s strongman image."

"If they can’t bait the movement into violence, then they’ll almost certainly instigate it. In 1990’s Serbia, Slobodan Milošević called upon the paramilitary to show up at the same date and location of planned opposition protests. When inevitable violence happened, he’d order the military to crackdown severely on protesters. This seems like a playbook Trump would know how to follow."

journa.host/@lolgop/1143030361

Journa.hostlolgop (@lolgop@journa.host)"So, when we first hear about the Insurrection Act, it may trigger our alarmism. But better to face it now, before it comes, than learn about it on-the-fly." https://wagingnonviolence.org/2025/04/what-to-do-if-the-insurrection-act-is-invoked/
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Wendy Siegelman

Blackwater founder Erik Prince joins security operation in Ecuador

The country’s Defense Minister Gian Carlo Loffredo said Prince and his team are providing training and advice to Ecuador’s security forces – but added that their scope of action could be expanded.

#ErikPrince #Ecuador

cnn.com/2025/04/05/americas/er

CNN · Blackwater founder Erik Prince joins security operation in EcuadorBy Abel Alvarado
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Nonilex

#Noboa has said #Ecuador will not receive deported migrants of other nationalities but that it will always welcome citizens, & he criticized Venezuela's president for briefly rejecting flights of Venezuelan migrants deported from the United States.

Noboa has also announced a "strategic alliance" w/ #ErikPrince - a prominent #Trump supporter & founder of private #military firm #Blackwater - to take on crime & narcoterrorism in the country of 17 million.

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DoomsdaysCW

Statement of #IndependentTrialMonitors
On Verdict in #GreenpeaceUSA Trial:

"It is our collective assessment that the jury verdict against Greenpeace in #NorthDakota reflects a deeply flawed trial with multiple due process violations that denied Greenpeace the ability to present anything close to a full defense. Attorneys on our team monitored every minute of the proceedings and found multiple violations of #DueProcess that denied Greenpeace its right to a fair trial. The problems included a jury that was patently biased in favor of #EnergyTransfer, with many members working in the #FossilFuel industry; a judge who lacked the requisite experience and legal knowledge to rule properly on the complex #FirstAmendment and other evidentiary issues at the center of the case; and incendiary and prejudicial statements by lawyers for Energy Transfer that tried to criminalize Greenpeace and by extension the entire #ClimateMovement by attacking constitutionally-protected advocacy.

"Our fear that this was an illegitimate #corporate-funded #SLAPP harassment case was confirmed by our observations.

"We will be issuing a full report documenting these violations and larger flaws in the case in the coming weeks.

"While the trial court verdict is in, the case is far from over. Greenpeace has a right to appeal to the North Dakota Supreme Court and ultimately to the #USSupremeCourt. Our committee will continue its work monitoring this critically important case that raises troubling concerns for all advocates in the country."

— #MartyGarbus | #NataliSegovia | #JeanneMirer | #TerryCollingsworth | #StevenDonziger | #NadiaAhmad | #ScottWilsonBadenochJr. | #PaulPazYMiño | #AyishaSiddiqa | #WadeMcMullen | #KipHale | #SimonTaylor

Read individual statements:
trialmonitors.org/statement-of
#NorthDakota #EnergyTransferPartners #StandWithStandingRock #NoDAPL #SLAPPs #ViewerSupportedNews #GreenpeaceUSA #SLAPPsLawsuits #CriminalizingDissent #NorthDakota #StandingRockSiouxTribe #StandingRockReservation #CorporateColonialism #BigOilAndGas #EnvironmentalRacism #WaterIsLife #KelcyWarren #ArrestKelcyWarren #ErikPrince #Blackwater #ACAB #FreeSpeech

Energy Transfer v. Greenpeace Trial Monitoring CommitteeStatement of Independent Trial Monitors On Verdict in Greenpeace Trial — Energy Transfer v. Greenpeace Trial Monitoring Committee
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#CriminalizingDissent: #Greenpeace Ordered to Pay $667M to #DakotaAccessPipeline Firm over #Protests

#DemocracyNow, March 20, 2025

"A jury in #NorthDakota has ordered Greenpeace to pay more than $660 million in damages for defaming #EnergyTransferPartners, the corporation behind the Dakota Access Pipeline. The Texas-based pipeline company accused Greenpeace of orchestrating criminal behavior by training and providing funds to the #Indigenous-led protests at #StandingRock. Greenpeace and its supporters, including other #nonprofits and #advocacy groups, argued that the lawsuit is part of a conspicuous attempt by #corporations to destroy the right to #FreeSpeech. Longtime #HumanRights and #environmental lawyer #StevenDonziger, who was part of the independent trial monitoring team observing the trial, says it was purposely held in a region of the country with deep ties to the #FossilFuel industry. Donziger said most of the jurors in the case were connected to the industry and were 'predisposed' to rule in favor of Energy Transfer despite the 'false narratives' presented at the trial. Greenpeace plans to appeal the ruling."

Watch / listen / read transcript:
democracynow.org/2025/3/20/gre
#StandWithStandingRock #NoDAPL #SLAPPs #ViewerSupportedNews #GreenpeaceUSA #SLAPPsLawsuits #CriminalizingDissent #NorthDakota #StandingRockSiouxTribe #StandingRockReservation #CorporateColonialism #BigOilAndGas #EnvironmentalRacism #WaterIsLife #KelcyWarren #ArrestKelcyWarren #ErikPrince #Blackwater #ACAB

Democracy Now! · Criminalizing Dissent: Greenpeace Ordered to Pay $667M to Dakota Access Pipeline Firm over ProtestsBy Democracy Now!
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DoomsdaysCW

Boo hiss...! Jury Finds #Greenpeace at Fault, Awards #Pipeline Developer Hundreds of Millions

By Mary Steurer, North Dakota Monitor, via #CensoredNews

"Breaking news from the courtroom
A Morton County jury on Wednesday ordered Greenpeace to pay hundreds of millions of dollars to the developer of the #DakotaAccessPipeline, finding that the #environmental group incited illegal
behavior by anti-pipeline #protesters and defamed the company in the late 2010s.

"During closing arguments on Monday, the lead attorney representing #EnergyTransfer told jurors that Greenpeace’s actions caused between $265 million and $340 million in damages to the company. He asked the jury to award Energy Transfer that amount plus additional punitive damages.

"The nine-person jury delivered a verdict in favor of Energy Transfer on most counts. The verdict brought to a close a more than three-week trial in Mandan.

"The jury began deliberating Monday afternoon after hearing testimony from dozens of witnesses, including current and former Greenpeace employees, #IndigenousActivists, Energy Transfer representatives and law enforcement.

"This story will be updated.

"Thank you to the non-profit media #NorthDakotaMonitor for sharing their coverage with other media."

bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2025/03
#StandWithStandingRock #GreenpeaceUSA #SLAPPs #SLAPPsLawsuits #SilencingDissent #CriminalizingDissent #NorthDakota #StandingRockSiouxTribe #StandingRockReservation #BigOil #CorporateColonialism #BigOilAndGas #EnvironmentalRacism #StandingRock #SLAPPs #NoDAPL #WaterIsLife #UnicornRiot #ACAB #Blackwater #ErikPrince

bsnorrell.blogspot.comJury Finds Greenpeace at Fault, Awards Pipeline Developer Hundreds of MillionsCensored News is a service to grassroots Indigenous Peoples engaged in resistance and upholding human rights.
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Wendy Siegelman

War-torn Congo has a deal for Trump: President Tshisekedi wants help kicking out rebels in exchange for access to minerals used by US high-tech firms through the US Sovereign Wealth Fund launched last month

President Tshisekedi is also in negotiations with Trump ally and Blackwater founder Erik Prince to help collect and secure taxes from mining operations

#Trump #ErikPrince #Congo #Minerals #USSoverignWealthFund

wsj.com/world/africa/war-torn-

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Wendy Siegelman

From yesterday - Ecuador's president Daniel Noboa, who is seeking re-election, has enlisted Trump supporter and Blackwater founder Erik Prince as an ally in ‘war’ on crime

#ErikPrince

mastodon.social/@wendysiegelma

And from a few weeks ago - story a plan circulated by a group led by Erik Prince - that had a plan to deport 12 million people, that called for ‘processing camps’ and private citizen ‘army’ and a blueprint that would cost $25 billion

politico.com/news/2025/02/25/d

MastodonWendy Siegelman (@wendysiegelman@mastodon.social)Ecuador's president Daniel Noboa, who is seeking re-election, has enlisted Trump supporter and Blackwater founder Erik Prince as an ally in ‘war’ on crime Noboa announced on X "a strategic alliance to strengthen our capabilities in the fight against narco-terrorism and to protect our waters from illegal fishing" #ErikPrince #DanielNoboa #Ecuador #Blackwater https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/12/ecuador-president-blackwater-alliance?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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Wendy Siegelman

How notorious military contractor Erik Prince maneuvered his way back inside Trump’s orbit

Behind paywall TLDR: Prince has pitched proposals to use private contractors for deportations, to combat terror groups abroad & secure mineral deposits.

Prince has powerful allies in Trump admin including Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard.

Per sources Prince is angling to join two key Defense advisory boards

#ErikPrince

cnn.com/2025/03/13/politics/er

CNN · The return of Erik Prince: How a notorious military contractor maneuvered his way back inside Trump’s orbitBy Zachary Cohen
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Wendy Siegelman

Ecuador's president Daniel Noboa, who is seeking re-election, has enlisted Trump supporter and Blackwater founder Erik Prince as an ally in ‘war’ on crime

Noboa announced on X "a strategic alliance to strengthen our capabilities in the fight against narco-terrorism and to protect our waters from illegal fishing"

#ErikPrince #DanielNoboa #Ecuador #Blackwater

theguardian.com/world/2025/mar

The Guardian · Ecuador enlists founder of Blackwater private army as ally in ‘war’ on crimeBy Tom Phillips
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