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I suspect it's going to get harder and harder to pursue these malicious and politically inspired cases. The DOJ has no credibility and likely very little evidence for these cases. And if these "retributions" are supposed to be distractions, that's not working well, either.

WaPo reports this no-bill was the Cassidy Hutchinson case www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Well done, John Roberts. Well done.

Just In: Israel’s election ended with no clear winner, exit polls indicate, likely setting off weeks of jockeying before a prime minister is declared or another round of elections is scheduled.

Every Texas bar has that one guy. He’s loud. He’s obnoxious. He makes all the women feel uncomfortable. He adds his drink to your tab when you’re not looking. That’s Ken Paxton — and I don’t know about y’all, but I’m done picking up his tab.

"Journalists often use the words 'unsubstantiated' or 'uncorroberated' when referring to the allegations victims have levied against powerful men, like Trump. Instead of saying these women’s accounts are not corroborated, maybe it’s time we say they were not investigated in spite of clear patterns."

ICE has caged a mentally ill guy with a Florida birth certificate since January bc they want to believe his rantings. To be fair, they're using to believing Stephen Miller's rantings. apnews.com/article/ice-...

I emailed Patrick Healy, assistant managing editor for standards and trust at NYT, to ask why their story about a House report with new details of rape allegations against the President of the United States included neither those details, nor a single use of the word "rape." archive.is/1s9AM

A reminder for Corporate Democrats: New research from Yale found that Medicare for All would save over 114,000 lives and $1 trillion a year. It's no surprise why the majority of Americans — including 90% of Democratic voters — support it.

Margaret Donovan is the lawyer for a bunch of FBI agents Kash fired. This ... won't go well.

Bounties, threat letters, lawsuits -- That’s what panic looks like Trump & his cronies are scared of voters & they should be--34M early votes are in & a record midterm is in sight Civil rights groups, democracy groups & election officials have voters’ backs, & Trump won’t get away w/ it @ms.now👇

His lawyer was Todd Blanche

Aaron is a national treasure and you should support him and the work he does.

Trump calls Ken Paxton on stage. He speaks for a total of under 20 seconds.

There are absolutely video clips of him pronouncing these countries' names with no problem at all and I look forward to the supercut dunking on this pandering racist.

Completely bonkers day in the District Court for the District of Columbia !!

Michael Cohen is starting off for California, calling the feds' evidence "demonstrably unreliable" and noting the Trump administration's "bullying" of local elections officials in its efforts.

Witt says he had concerns that this would be a distraction from other cases, that it would be viewed as "political." Especially because of statement by Trump the night before (on July 16). In that address, Trump said he was directing the FBI to investigate people.... www.cnn.com/interactive/...

Okay we're back. Margaret Donovan is starting her cross examination of FBI agent Witt on behalf of Nikki Floris. She starts by asking how this investigation came about. Witt: Director Patel directed investigation. July letter referenced several potential crimes...18 USC 1512 was one (tampering).

Trump’s DOJ has no business in California’s election & the 9th Circuit told them so yesterday Ballots are going out. A junk list from Washington doesn’t change who runs the vote @democracydefendersfund.org & partners make that case in court today & @ms.now got the preview -TN

Safer: You investigate drug dealers and human traffickers. You know how important history, credibility is...Before you came into court to accuse these public servants, wasn't it important to do a little research on their background? Witt: I was instructed to investigate this specific issue

Hinderaker, a Trump appointee, is not playing cute here. He is stating his problems upfront and, I think smartly, focusing on Soliman now. Any contempt questions can follow his return which is, rightly, Hinderaker's priority now — even if it does not appear to be the priority of DOJ or DHS.

Good question - we’re at the point now that even extracting oil gets complicated. The oil is held in salt caverns and water is pumped in at the bottom to displace oil upwards. At 70M barrels, oil water ratio is too low. Water can enter extraction devices and even start eroding the caverns.

They’re not sending their best

BREAKING: In a blistering order, Judge Hinderaker details how the Trump admin only has done anything in the case of Ahmed Soliman when ordered to do so. As such, he now orders DOJ to address each of the 11 steps he sees as being needed to bring Soliman back to the U.S.

lmao right-wing oppo is like, "can you believe that these democrats fuck??!?!?"

Oh, FFS, he's a Yale Law School graduate, he's visited the region multiple times, and he's met with dignitaries from there. Spare me the faux populism.

Yeah but he's a jerk

A man whose utter lack of charisma leads him to depths of such casual immorality that it is easy to conclude that he must be excised from public life.

The amazing @kyla.bsky.social has a new podcast and -- for some reason -- asked me to be on it. Give a listen/watch! www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kh_...

The small handful of Democrats running anti-trans ads should be embarrassed now and will be embarrassed in time. I've been saying it and still think it — www.lawdork.com/p/dangerous-... — and people who compromise in this way will change or won't be leaders, even if they are in office.

The US census has included demographic questions—including on race and ethnicity—since 1790. A new proposal would remove some of them. We launched an investigation seeking records on who orchestrated the unprecedented changes, along with LDF and the NAACP. americanoversight.org/press-releas...

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A California voter shares this pic of all the campaign mail they've received -- in just 2 weeks.

Also, he's a jerk

The common dunk on Vance here is Yale educated etc. But he's acting like he wasn't literally dispatched to help end the war, or that he has been extremely hands on with intel, or that he spoke at a summit with Pakistan and Qatar where he (correctly) pronounced the name of the Pakistani field marshal

NEW: In the golf course case, Judge Reyes will hold a hearing Friday or Monday, ordering Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward to attend. In addition to the show-cause order raised in her Monday opinion, Reyes now wants answers regarding Trump's Truth social post issued later Monday as well.

Safer next focuses on this exchange from Benavides '23 testimony (after he left FBI). Questions focus on tense -- he's being asked if the FBI *is* in possession of the laptop. But Benavides had left FBI by then, yes? So he wouldn't know whether FBI *is* in possession of a laptop at that time?

This goes to the heart of the MAGAt fever dreams behind this case: Grassley, Johnson, and John Solomon are all furious that they weren't allowed to use Andrii Telizhenko bc of this briefing. They're trying to rehab him. But if they say it pertained to the laptop, then the laptop is RU disinfo.

✅Check your voter registration status EARLY and OFTEN.✅ The regime knows the only way they can win is through voter suppression and purging voter rolls. www.vote411.org/

Does anyone know who the "William Barr" is who is mentioned in the FBI chart on page 22 of the House Dem staff Epstein report? democrats-judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...

Okay before I scarf down a Prettyman courthouse cafeteria caesar salad...one more cheeky reminder to consider supporting our work if you value live threads like this! givebutter.com/journalism/a...

UPDATE: In addition to hearing Democrats' request for expedited discovery in this case, the court will also consider their request for a temporary block of the Trump administration's actions at Thursday's 2 p.m. hearing.

Ousted dictators used to flee to Moscow. Now, apparently, they flee to the United States. www.cnn.com/2026/10/27/a...

You heard 'em. GO VOTE! jacksonformaine.com/vote

Trump just threatened to withhold federal disaster relief from North Carolina if the state votes Democratic in the midterms. Let me remind you again: no president in history has politicized and weaponized natural disasters the way Trump has.

The data center buildout could cause a massive increase in gas prices as companies scramble for limited supplies and infrastructure fails to meet demand.

Justin J Pearson’s republican opponent sent unsolicited dick pics to multiple recipients when he was as old as 53. He admits to it, but calls his behavior “youthful indiscretion” and a “distraction.” www.nashvillescene.com/news/pithint...

The Environmental Protection Agency is lowering standards meant to keep methane from leaking from oil and gas infrastructure. www.theverge.com/policy/10196...