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LMFAO -- Trump is holding an event at the White House right now but there's no audio because the press pool isn't there. The Newsmax host notes that this is an example of Trump's attacks on the press "backfiring just a little bit"

Minnesota US Attorney Daniel Rosen Indicted 15 People over a Few Dents emptywheel.net/2026/06/16/d...

We have *never* before seen consumer sentiment this low.

Because I am an idiot, I spent this beautiful morning reading through the transcript of yesterdays hearing on the Chicago 6. The good stuff starts on page 22, line 4. cst.brightspotcdn.com/95/75/a403b7...

Among much else, note the disconnect between paragraph A and paragraph C. No basis for Blanche to issue this! He doesn’t even try try to articulate one that makes any sense! We discuss it (amid much else) here: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...

DOJ should be required to post this transcript with its hiring announcements. “Hey, 3Ls with no practice experience! Do you want to be publicly castigated for being soft on child porn and forcibly removed from courtrooms because your bosses don’t know what they’re doing? Come join the DOJ!”

As the House prepares to fight over how much of DHS to shut down, I encourage you to pick your favorite factoid from this @vermontgmg.bsky.social report on CBP/ICE criminality and send it to your MoC. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/accountabi...

(1/17 🧵) Here's my further analysis of the recent journalist arrests, for those not inclined to hunt down my posts elsewhere. While this is a political flash point, I do not believe it is a partisan issue. It is part of a pattern perpetrated by, and that hurts, both parties:

David French: This is not a drill www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/o...

Unmarked car, no lights or police insignia. Masked armed men leap out. Victim not in the act of committing any crime. This is not how a serious federal law enforcement agency acts in a free society. How is this not supposed to be a “right wing paramilitary force loyal to the regime”?

Unreal. He’s shutting down the Kennedy Center, after his flunkies caused mass defections of artists? Everything the man touches turns to ash. Our cultural heritage; destroyed. Our national treasures; plundered.

This is what insider trading looks like.

welcome to america, the country that makes you watch executions in the street frame by frame a few times a month just to stay up in current events

pretty wild statement re: Republican Chris Madel drop from race for MN governor: "Saying he cannot support the national GOP's 'stated retribution on citizens of our state, nor can I count myself a member of a party that would do so."

This was just me making this comparison yesterday, but today the Korean news is calling Minnesota "America's Gwangju" and have human rights lawyers explaining how America is now living through the dictatorship Korea once had.

I knew MN DOC had debunking Greg Bovino's false claims abt the target of the snatch CBP was doing when they murdered Alex Pretti. I didn't realize they created an entire website to debunking DHS lies. mn.gov/doc/about/ne...

"Separate analyses by The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Associated Press, CBS News and other organizations all concluded that the videos contradict the Trump administration’s description of the killing." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/o...

One of the best things I’ve read in a while:

By the way this is the crime that they executed him for. They abhor being watched and they think if you do anything they dislike you must be crushed under their boot.

Since July, I've tracked at least 2,300 cases in which federal judges have ruled ICE has illegally detained people without bond or due process. This is one that stands out: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

NEWS: The Social Security Administration has referred two DOGE employees for Hatch Act violations after discovering contacts with a political group seeking SSA data to overturn election results. www.politico.com/news/2026/01...

Ask yourself: If Donald Trump was intentionally trying to destroy the United States, how could you tell the difference?

As resignations like this take place, we're ending up with a harder and harder core of fbi/doj willing to do whatever the president wants, no matter how egregious.

Trump: "The woman driving the car was very disorderly, obstructing and resisting, who then violently, willfully and viciously ran over the ICE officer. ... It is hard to believe [the ICE officer] is alive but he is now recovering in the hospital." All lies.

Newsmax: "ICE agent in hospital after car ramming attack"

Minneasota's AG on today's murder of a US citizen by DHS agents

Protesters have now started to storm government buildings in Iran. aje.io/77do6o

"Bart" Kavanaugh makes an effort to walk back his sloppy embrace of "Kavanaugh stops." In the wake of it all, he seems even more foolish and unprofessional than ever before. slate.com/news-and-pol...

The US dollar is heading for its steepest annual drop since 2017, with Wall Street banks predicting further weakness next year as the Federal Reserve presses ahead with interest rate cuts. The greenback has slumped 9.5% against a basket of major currencies this year, after Trump’s trade war sparked

If appropriations bills are not seen as enforceable contracts, why should any Member of Congress vote to fund any part of the federal government under Donald Trump? You're voting to provide money for lawlessness. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/there-is-n...

A SAR at Treasury identifies the following persons as the key figures in Jeffrey Epstein's operation: (1) Darren K. Indyke; (2) Richard D. Kahn; (3) Harry Beller; (4) Erika Kellerhals; (5) Jes Staley; (6) Leon and Debra Black; (7) Les, Abigail and Bella Wexner; (8) Alan Dershowitz; 1/2

Can now confirm: We have canceled our long-time subscription. There's no longer any reason for any of us to support this fascist-enabling news organization. Please join me in un-subscribing to the Post and using any savings to support independent journalists #CancelThePost

This is good from the AP.

Far-right influencers and violent extremists are posting identifying details about people they view as celebrating or glorifying the murder of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk. www.wired.com/story/right-...

Caught in a series of brazen lies, the Pam Bondi DOJ simply abandons its case. This is happening on a recurrent basis now. Courts are well advised to take note of this phenomenon when examining implausible and unsupported factual claims by federal prosecutors.

We have the Opus Dei court, and of course it's the intellectually weakest and most dishonest court in modern history. Which makes this possible. www.politico.com/news/2025/09...

Just last month the FBI forced out its top agent in Salt Lake City, a Pakistani American woman whom a former FBI agent describes as a “legendary case agent who was involved in some of the most significant national security cases of the last two decades.” www.msnbc.com/msnbc/amp/rc...

News just broke that the Venezuelan boat that Trump struck was not, in fact, headed to the U.S. with drugs. But this story is disturbing for other reasons, and you need to know why. It's another sign of Trump's growing lawlessness. And it's bad counter-narcotics strategy.

After a political firing. What a time not to have a “legendary FBI Agent” in Utah. “She’s absolutely the best — truly a humble servant leader who treats co-workers like family,” said former Agent O’Leary, a national security expert who worked with Fired Agent Syed. www.msnbc.com/msnbc/amp/rc...

Now, keep in mind, ORR sent these notices *AFTER THEY ALREADY DETERMINED THAT THE CHILDREN MET THE CRITERIA* Meaning, in other words, that ORR expected attorneys to "affirmatively protest" the child's reunification w/ a parent in Guatemala BEFORE THEY EVEN KNEW ABOUT IT bsky.app/profile/anna...