Lawyers for former FBI Director @jamescomey.bsky.social & @newyorkstateag.bsky.social Letitia Jame challenged the appointment of Lindsay Halligan as interim U.S. attorney. @lawofruby.bsky.social @anthonycoley.bsky.social @brendanballou.bsky.social

NEW: Ghislaine Maxwell plans to ask Trump to commute prison sentence, House Democrats say www.cbsnews.com/news/ghislai...

They’re building a paramilitary force loyal to the president but beyond the reach of the law. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/o...

😎😎😎😎 GOOD THINGS CAN STILL HAPPEN 😎😎😎😎

Mamdani putting up John Lindsay numbers: New Yorkers demand a mayor who is hot.

A common theme of Trump II is an utterly cowardly class of elites while everyday regular people have risen to the occasion

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.

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.

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

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.

I spoke at the Society for the Rule of Law (@greggnunziata.bsky.social), a coalition of conservative anti-Trump lawyers. I found it a surprisingly moving experience: these are folks who I disagree with a *lot.* But we're united by a deeper commitment to democracy. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jr5v...

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)

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...

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...

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...

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?...

For everyone who is grinding through each day .,. CBS Mornings captures the joy of the relentless 24/7 news cycle

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...

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. www.msnbc.com/ana-cabrera-...

It’s important to flood social media and news channels with news about how ICE lies, so that potential jurors see it.

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.

For those following along at home, we've now reached the "DOJ is losing unopposed motions at the DC Circuit" level.

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?...

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. youtu.be/CpudvY-yHhw?...

@kendilanian-nbc.bsky.social 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...

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...

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

LOST writer-producer Damon Lindelof says he won’t work with Disney unless Kimmel js reinstated. I’m hearing other talent weighing similar pledges.

Absolutely! We are literally in the process of suing to get the plaque hung.

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...

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.

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

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

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...

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.

Myself and Daniel Hodges @semperwry.bsky.social 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...

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.

* ORACLE, SILVER LAKE, ANDREESSEN TO CONTROL TIKOK IN US: WSJ $ORCL

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.

Reed is going to run the kind of campaign necessary to defeat oligarchy. It’s great policy and great politics—please consider supporting him!

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.

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

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" www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/u...

“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.’”

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!

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.

BREAKING: Federal judge blocks Trump’s effort to fire Lisa Cook as a governor of the Federal Reserve Board during litigation. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Happy to join @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social We only survive this TOGETHER. 🫶🏽