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Former DOJ, author of Plunder: Private Equity’s Plan to Pillage America. Contact:
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Nancy
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Lawyers for former FBI Director
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Letitia Jame challenged the appointment of Lindsay Halligan as interim U.S. attorney.
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Comey, James prosecutions 'send a signal' to those who challenge Trump: Ex-DOJ official
YouTube video by MSNBC
https://youtu.be/L5J96zBf5pE?si=xRZHVMjpd5GMCOS3
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Scott MacFarlane
6 days ago
NEW: Ghislaine Maxwell plans to ask Trump to commute prison sentence, House Democrats say
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Ghislaine Maxwell plans to ask Trump to commute prison sentence, House Democrats say
Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking co-conspirator, is planning to apply for a commutation of her 20-year prison sentence, House Judiciary Committee Democrats say.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ghislaine-maxwell-to-ask-trump-to-commute-prison-sentence-letter/
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They’re building a paramilitary force loyal to the president but beyond the reach of the law.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/o...
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
12 days ago
😎😎😎😎 GOOD THINGS CAN STILL HAPPEN 😎😎😎😎
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Mamdani putting up John Lindsay numbers: New Yorkers demand a mayor who is hot.
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Bobby Big Wheel
17 days ago
A common theme of Trump II is an utterly cowardly class of elites while everyday regular people have risen to the occasion
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Tim Onion
18 days ago
Kat is being federally charged by the FBI for protesting at Broadview. This is a flagrant political prosecution by the Trump administration, which is trying to prevent free speech and free association. I am proud of Kat. Her movement is being targeted by the government. She needs your support.
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The administration is doing this because Jan. 6 is the original sin of this administration: Donald Trump tried to overthrow American democracy, a fact that his supplicants try so hard to erase. I’m so sorry for the prosecutors going through this.
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Lea Woods
18 days ago
Sometimes I think people’s political apathy is a defense against how overwhelming everything feels these days, but there are always ways to help. Attend a town hall, join a union, find a mutual aid network, donate to a food bank. Hope isn’t just a feeling, it’s a practice
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Kat Abughazaleh
18 days ago
I have been charged in a federal indictment sought by the Department of Justice. This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
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I spoke at the Society for the Rule of Law (
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jr5v...
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Panel VII – "Politics and Prosecutors: How Bad is the Damage to the DOJ and FBI?"
YouTube video by Society for the Rule of Law
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jr5vATtH2oA
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Scott MacFarlane
20 days ago
TOMORROW: DC police officer Daniel Hodges, a hero of the Jan 6 response at the Capitol, will testify at a Senate subcommittee hearing on "Politically Violent Attacks: A Threat to Our Constitutional Order" Invited witness of Sen. Peter Welch (D-VT)
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Ultimately, it’s the corruption of this administration that will destroy it. So many people believe that, whatever his flaws, Trump fights for them. When they realize he fights only for a tiny elite that connection may break.
x.com/matthewamill...
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Matthew Miller on X: "This would be the most corrupt act in presidential history. No complicated schemes, no outside actors, just a straight up looting of the taxpayers to put $230 million in Trump's pocket. https://t.co/lX0tfgMEL9" / X
This would be the most corrupt act in presidential history. No complicated schemes, no outside actors, just a straight up looting of the taxpayers to put $230 million in Trump's pocket. https://t.co/lX0tfgMEL9
https://x.com/matthewamiller/status/1980706798010016066?s=46
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Scott MacFarlane
26 days ago
EXCLUSIVE: Pardoned Jan 6 rioter is charged with threatening to kill Hakeem Jeffries Let me walk you thru the charging document ====>
www.youtube.com/shorts/xVwhk...
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EXCLUSIVE: Pardoned Jan 6 rioters charged with making terroristic threat against Rep Hakeem Jeffries
YouTube video by Scott MacFarlane CBS
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/xVwhkeYGtQE
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David Zaslav is a one man private equity firm. After merging two companies for no apparent benefit, he collected $50 million in compensation in one year, based on a formula that encouraged cost cutting. He's now set to ride off into the sunset after a yet larger merger.
www.wsj.com/business/med...
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Warner Bros. Discovery Explores Sale in Potential Industry Shake-Up
The company said it is exploring a potential sale of all or some of its media holdings, which include the Warner Bros. movie and television studios, HBO and cable networks including CNN and TNT.
https://www.wsj.com/business/media/warner-bros-discovery-begins-strategic-review-amid-acquisition-interest-d884bf69?mod=hp_lead_pos1
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This interview with Jack Smith was surprisingly moving. Especially for anyone who's served in government, the way he talks about the thrill of public service resonates, and feels so wildly dissonant from the attitude of current government officials.
youtu.be/DR79GW6SvxE?...
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The State of the United States: A Conversation with Jack Smith
YouTube video by UCL Laws
https://youtu.be/DR79GW6SvxE?t=4766
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Scott MacFarlane
about 1 month ago
For everyone who is grinding through each day .,. CBS Mornings captures the joy of the relentless 24/7 news cycle
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While the traditional guardrails to protect democracy--Congress, the Supreme Court--are failing, ordinary citizens are stepping up. A reason for hope.
news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/g...
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Grand Jury Declines to Indict Two Chicago-Area ICE Protesters (3)
Charges were dropped against two Chicago-area protesters accused of assaulting law enforcement agents after a grand jury declined to indict them.
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/grand-jury-declines-to-indict-two-chicago-area-ice-protesters
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I agree with my public defender friends that Democratic senators would benefit from having some defense lawyers coach them on how to do these sorts of cross-examinations. Sens. Hirono and Whitehouse were effective.
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Dem Sen slams Bondi for answering questions with 'irrelevant far-right internet talking points'
Senators questioned Attorney General Pam Bondi about FBI firings, Tom Homan, the Epstein files, and more today at a Judiciary Committee hearing. MSNBC Senior Capitol Hill Correspondent Ali Vitali and ...
https://www.msnbc.com/ana-cabrera-reports/watch/dem-sen-slams-bondi-for-answering-questions-with-irrelevant-far-right-internet-talking-points-249278021825
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DO NOT REPEAT THIS POPEHAT
about 1 month ago
It’s important to flood social media and news channels with news about how ICE lies, so that potential jurors see it.
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Jamal Greene
about 2 months ago
Now might be a good time for Democrats to remind people that when they return to power they will not hesitate to prosecute people who murder civilians.
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Chris Geidner
about 2 months ago
For those following along at home, we've now reached the "DOJ is losing unopposed motions at the DC Circuit" level.
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Glo
about 2 months ago
Pres.Trump is escalating the pressure on the DOJ to go after his political opponents. Fmr federal prosecutor
@brendanballou.bsky.social
joins Michel Martin to discuss how far this campaign could go
youtu.be/CpudvY-yHhw?...
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Trump Pressures DOJ to Target Political Enemies: "Unprecedented” | Amanpour and Company
YouTube video by Amanpour and Company
https://youtu.be/CpudvY-yHhw?si=b9MHbp8odnETsJcq
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Where our expected guardrails against autocracy are failing, I do think people are stepping up: in grand juries, in lawsuits, and in protests. There are reasons to hope.
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Trump Pressures DOJ to Target Political Enemies: "Unprecedented” | Amanpour and Company
YouTube video by Amanpour and Company
https://youtu.be/CpudvY-yHhw?si=aMJy5sCQwvtvHHTF
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perhaps unsurprisingly, Tom Homan does not appear to have separately reported his $50,000 on his official financial disclosures.
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
Here's a primer on the consequences:
www.citizen.org/article/pers...
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https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Homan-Thomas.pdf
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Since DOJ won’t pursue this apparent corruption, state investigators should see whether Homan reported this payout on his taxes.
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/amp/rc...
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Tom Homan investigated for accepting $50,000 from FBI agents. Trump's DOJ shut it down.
The FBI and Justice officials closed the investigation, which a Justice Department appointee had called a “deep state” probe in early 2025.
https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/amp/rcna232568
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
about 2 months ago
Disney/ABC have a responsibility to refuse to participate in corruption. Kimmel must be reinstated. If Disney/ABC agree to this extortion then perhaps creatives + workers should consider collective action to push back. Same w/buying park + cruise tickets if they bow. People have power. Ask Target
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Matt Belloni
about 2 months ago
LOST writer-producer Damon Lindelof says he won’t work with Disney unless Kimmel js reinstated. I’m hearing other talent weighing similar pledges.
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Harry Dunn
about 2 months ago
Absolutely! We are literally in the process of suing to get the plaque hung.
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It's wild to watch the Supreme Court invent a "Federal Reserve only" exception to their new rule that the president can fire anyone for any reason. Everyone benefits when the president has limits. But the Court seems to recognize this only when it helps companies.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/u...
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Trump Asks Supreme Court to Allow Removal of Fed Governor
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/us/politics/trump-supreme-court-fed.html
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Grateful for the chance to appear: the Epstein story is important, both on the merits, and because it’s illustrative of how this administration will go to enormous lengths to defend the powerful.
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jamelle
about 2 months ago
i think that if the FCC threatened to revoke ABC’s license unless it replaced Jimmy Kimmel with Kevin Hart to diversify the network, Ilya Shapiro would be able to identify the issue here
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jamelle
2 months ago
trump’s numbers are tanking and there is a palpable desire in the electorate for a real alternative and yet the only money in democratic politics is for doing starmerism
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One of the things I didn’t have time to raise in this hit was that the Epstein/Maxwell story is really the ur story for this administration: if you are rich enough and powerful enough, this administration will stand with you.
www.msnbc.com/the-weeknigh...
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'We've never seen an FBI director behave this way': Analyst slams Kash Patel
As Donald Trump’s visit to the U.K. is met with protests and images of him with Jeffrey Epstein projected onto Windsor Castle, FBI Director Kash Patel faces blistering questioning on Capitol Hill over...
https://www.msnbc.com/the-weeknight/watch/-we-ve-never-seen-an-fbi-director-behave-this-way-analyst-slams-kash-patel-247819845547
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It’s kind of amazing how quickly these companies are folding, and to a president who is wildly unpopular. A small handful of businesses can’t have this much power over our lives.
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Harry Dunn
about 2 months ago
Myself and Daniel Hodges
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filed our lawsuit in June... to provide a brief update, the Architect of the Capitol has until Sept 30th to respond to our complaint. PUT THE DAMN PLAQUE UP!!
www.cnn.com/2025/06/12/p...
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Police officers who defended Capitol on January 6 sue to have memorial installed | CNN Politics
Two police officers who defended the US Capitol building during the January 6, 2021, attack by a pro-Donald Trump mob are suing to have a congressional memorial installed to honor law enforcement caug...
https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/12/politics/police-officers-defending-capitol-on-january-6-sue-to-have-memorial-installed
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Governor JB Pritzker
about 2 months ago
A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say. This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand. All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.
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Carl Quintanilla
2 months ago
* ORACLE, SILVER LAKE, ANDREESSEN TO CONTROL TIKOK IN US: WSJ $ORCL
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Brendan Nyhan
2 months ago
Just since yesterday, the President has engaged in more extrajudicial killings, promised to use the federal government's power to repress the political opposition, threatened to prosecute a reporter for asking him a question, and filed a baseless lawsuit to try to intimidate a leading news outlet.
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Reed is going to run the kind of campaign necessary to defeat oligarchy. It’s great policy and great politics—please consider supporting him!
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Jordan Fischer
2 months ago
Federal arrest records for adults are not normally expunged, even when defendants are later acquitted. But at least one magistrate judge in D.C. has suggested expungement may be appropriate for surge cases that have been dismissed within weeks of their filing.
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Brendan Nyhan
2 months ago
The president is intentionally killing non-combatants who pose no direct threat in violation of domestic, international and military law and his VP and chief policy adviser are promising an authoritarian crackdown on his political opponents. Just today. Democracy and the rule of law are on the line
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Brendan Nyhan
2 months ago
Unprecedented corruption "Steve Witkoff advocated to give the Emirates access to the chips at the same time that his and Mr. Trump’s family business was landing the crypto investment"
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Prasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD
2 months ago
“Mr. Van Hollen saw a different lesson [from his role in the Abrego Garcia case]. ‘This finger in the wind stuff has got to end. We also need to stop deluding ourselves that the problem is all about messaging, or about volume, or style. We don’t just need to fight. We need to fight for something.’”
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This is genuinely thrilling: it’s enough that this will change the live of thousands of children and parents. But it’s also really good politics. Go go go!
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CNN
2 months ago
Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s breezy suggestion that Americans who are roughed up by ICE can sue agents in federal court is drawing pushback from civil rights attorneys. They note that the Supreme Court’s conservative majority has made those cases nearly impossible to win in recent years.
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Kavanaugh faces blowback for claiming Americans can sue over encounters with ICE | CNN Politics
Justice Brett Kavanaugh's breezy suggestion this week that Americans who are roughed up by ICE can sue agents in federal court is drawing pushback from civil rights attorneys who note the Supreme Court's conservative majority has in recent years made th...
https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/10/politics/kavanaugh-blowback-ice?Date=20250910&Profile=CNN&utm_content=1757496660&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
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Chris Geidner
2 months ago
BREAKING: Federal judge blocks Trump’s effort to fire Lisa Cook as a governor of the Federal Reserve Board during litigation.
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Harry Dunn
2 months ago
Happy to join
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We only survive this TOGETHER. 🫶🏽
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