What in the crispy fried fuck

Seeing lots of people post clips from Sinatra in "The House I Live In" as a response to Stephen Miller being a racist about Sinatra. Just a random reminder that "The House I Live In" is in the public domain. Every once in a while it's good to remember the public domain is good...

We don't want anyone embarrassed. We want EVERYONE prosecuted and imprisoned for the rest of their natural lives.

ICE detain father shopping on Christmas Eve—then steal his family's groceries. Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves. "Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks. "No, guess he should've complied," agent says. Yakima, Washington

The justices suggested the president is misinterpreting "the regular forces," a key phrase in the statute on which he is relying.

And yes, that means that House Democratic leadership is lying to you: "The effort traditionally requires a comprehensive investigative process, the collection and review of thousands of documents..." Lies.

Does anyone know the exact text of the impeachment article that got Andrew Johnson impeached? Here it is: "Resolved, That Andrew Johnson, President of the United States, be impeached of high crimes and misdemeanors." That's it.

DON’T. PRINT. LIES. IN. THE. NEWSPAPERS. Every damn day. It’s exhausting.

I worked for DOJ. I don't think people realize how dangerous it is for the White House to takeover the daily operations of the Justice Department.

It’s Christmas Eve. I’m tired of being called Radical Left Scum by Donald Trump. I’m a veteran, a 20+ year sworn law enforcement officer, and unlike him, not a f’ing felon. So, how about America starts pushing back when he attacks everyday people who know what a psychopath he is?

Imagine being so utterly incapable of joy

Note the two new things happening here: • This is a challenge brought by patients that was granted. • DOJ has started scaling back the subpoena requests in light of the growing losses in court. Law Dork:

What in the Epstein...?

I had a college professor tell us to Google in complete sentences, over a decade ago. It was (usually) wrong then, because keywords brought the relevant results most effectively. It's true now, because Google has gotten so much worse.

We are all just going through the same exact motions we are for every insane political scandal. The only way we can escape the doom loop is actually demand our members of congress remove these people from power.

Today, the SC denied the US Justice Department’s request to lift a judge’s order in October that blocked the deployment of National Guard personnel to Chicago. Saying I wouldn’t deploy to the streets of Chicago was the easiest statement I’ve ever made. We do not want troops in our streets.

I didn't stutter. I won't back down. I won't be bought by special interests.

“It’s the new Jeffrey Epstein jet.” Kristi Noem “posting a fun video in front of caged, tatted men.” Look how Bari Weiss’ The Free Press wrote about CECOT — the El Salvador megaprison Trump shipped people to — just months before she stopped the 60 Minutes segment on it: zeteo.com/p/bari-weiss...

the inexplicable reality of Gorsuch has always been that he has a deep well of empathy for the victims of atrocities as long as those atrocities are at least 150 years old and no interest in stopping exactly the same behavior if it’s happening currently.

lot of correct discussion today about Kavanaugh today but I’m still struck but how much Gorsuch is fully cooked. libertarian streak entirely gone. textualist entirely gone. he’s just WASP Alito now.

Um, holy fuck, they appear to be trying to rename immigration judges "deportation judges"---this ad just showed up in my Facebook feed

When is Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov going to make up his mind? First he's for impeachment; now he's apparently against it, which just makes things more confusing. The whole thing is screaming perfomative. #MD08 #impeach

Finally, the Supreme Court stops Trump open.substack.com/pub/robertre...

People keep waiting for the smoking gun with Epstein and maybe there is actual photo evidence of Trump with an underage girl. But I don’t know what to tell people. What more do you need? Stop waiting for the next files and start saying 2+2=4.

"National Security" is how everyone from Trump to Congress justifies the absolutely worst bills. It's about time voters wise up and stop letting them.

A couple thoughts on reading this: - Epstein was a snake who when he wrote this in 2019 knew trying to make his links to Trump prominent would be an embarrassment for the admin, so it’s possible this was an elaborate ruse to seek a better plea deal. - Jesus Christ this is bad.

Imagine interviewing a victim of torture and independently confirming the details of his torture and then being told you can’t broadcast it because the people who ordered the torture wouldn’t give their side of the story.

Rob hasn’t held a single town hall in 9 years. Meanwhile, I’ve held two in the last 7 weeks with a third happening next Friday. This guy has got to go.

This is as easy a test of your belief in the American system as is conceivable: Should this be an acceptable argument from a president?

DOJ briefly uploaded this letter from Jeff Epstein to serial child molester Larry Nassar: "Our president shares our love of young, nubile girls. When a young beauty walked by he loved to 'grab snatch,' whereas we ended up snatching grub in the mess halls of the system."

“I made a writing garden. It's full of weeds. It's messy. Nothing is polished. It's not perfect. We have cookies.” Read this. It made me cry. Thank you Robert Kingett @weirdwriter.caneandable.social.ap.brid.gy sightlessscribbles.com/the-coloniza...

I've been looking for an excuse to make myself a redaction detection tool based on the open source FreeLaw project. This give me the perfect document to test. github.com/freelawproje...

Elections/consequences

BREAKING: We are suing Trump & his cronies to restore the Kennedy Center’s lawful name We @democracydefendersaction.org are proud to represent Kennedy Center Trustee @repbeatty.bsky.social w/ our friends at Washington Litigation Group Congress named the Kennedy Center & only they can change it

Ok. Now had a chance to check and, well, at least some docs do appear to be straight up classic redaction fail. And there are some *interesting* bits here. www.justice.gov/multimedia/C...

Oh

Damned if you do; damned if you don't. The government spent months turning immigration court into a deportation trap.

As I explained in my newsletter, this is because Trump's team has reinvented millennia of math to invert what "percentage of change" means. www.howtoreadthisch.art/its-beginnin...

What about the murder and child rape and kidnapping and torture though?

BREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...

"Can we give both sides of the argument about why we sent people to a foreign prison where they were tortured?"

Found the actual men in women's bathrooms assaulting women.

@rokhanna.bsky.social: "Massie and I are drafting articles of impeachment as we speak about Pam Bondi and Blanche."

"energy independence"

ICE agents illegally break into a woman's bathroom in a NY nutrition bar manufacturing plant. "Pull up your pants," says a male agent. The agents only had a warrant to review employer documents. They didn't have a warrant to search for, detain, or arrest anyone there.

I can’t even with this. “Battleships”? “Golden Fleet”? Honest to Pete what is happening

Dec. 22, 1925: For the first time in New York City history, a Black person presides over its legislative body. John William Smith, who represents Harlem, is given the gavel at the final session of the Board of Aldermen.

I'm also tired of politicians constantly lying to us. That's why we can't replace Steny Hoyer with another career politician who's beholden to PACs and lobbyists. I’m a small business owner and a volunteer firefighter, and I hope to earn your vote in the Democratic primary on June 23, 2026.

This has always been a Bluesky-first campaign. But as of today, we will no longer be using Twitter. At all. And I'm calling on other candidates to follow suit.

Let's fix this headline: Pressure Grows on DOJ to Follow the Law