This order is a real doozy: “In short, this charade of Ms. Halligan masquerading as the United States Attorney for this District in direct defiance of binding court orders must come to an end.”

I hope these images haunt Brett Kavanaugh & his Supreme Court accomplices forever.

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Nonsensical question: when Trump pardoned 1,500 J6 co-conspirators & Congress didn’t bat an eye, white flag was raised on our democracy. We’ve been sliding deeper ever since. IDK where we go from here, possibly civil war, but GQP has already abdicated all responsibility: we & world are on our own.

Embittering lesson in how law enforcement is treated as accordion, expanded to ensnare some, contracted to give others pass. But not new: powerless have had their justice windpipe stepped on for decades—it’s just open now & w larger class victimized. 👉🏾*If we survive, let’s have rule of law for all.*

My God in heaven, not only is Trump’s insane war barking, well, insane, it’s also drawn ire of Catholic church, an institution itself again shocking us lapsed Catholics w but a second papacy marked by quaint notions of Christianity & decency. Maybe Trump really was sent by God to restore our faith?🤔

💯For anyone reading the news closely, nothing new in this marvelous summary of Trump’s assault on our democracy & rule of law. But ably done & conveniently curated in one place, another NYT gem. (No paywall—shld be free anyway: *we’re in democracy crisis, ppl.*) www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

💯This right here. Also, freshly minted crusaders for rule of law, who suddenly care abt how powerful abuse system & powerless are mocked by it: welcome to the resistance. Happy to share how both parties for decades have been united in keeping the marginalized marginalized & the predators predatory.

💯This is, paradoxically, a beautiful, poignant story. God bless the Lawees, I hope they get their property back. We may never untear the fabric of Iraqi Arab Jewish relations, an essential part of larger, once gorgeous Arab tapestry. But families like this yearn for Babylon, like many Iraqi exiles…

1/2 Michael Cohen is a study in capacity for change, from Trump’s inept, crime-enabling lackey to fallen lawyer (whom Trump stupidly abandoned, unleashing Cohen’s vindictiveness), to someone capable of redemption. This is the first serious thing I’ve read by him. open.substack.com/pub/therealm...

I think Seattle is one of the most beautiful cities in the world with some of the loveliest ppl. This shot of Puget Sound in the evening before tonight’s Seahawks-49’ers playoff game is breathtaking.

Every Dem shld be featuring these (& other) damning Trump self-enrichment facts in every upcoming election & contrasting it to how badly the 99% are being cheated by a rigged system.

😂😂😂 He really is crazy. Let’s see if anyone in his party rescues him & talks him off the ledge.

I think offering Danish pastries is hitting below the belt: how can Trump compete with that? Free Big Macs & fries?🤔

This is bonkers. There have been funny movies that worked only bc this is so ludicrous it's comical—Canadian Bacon, Wag the Dog, etc. Casting Archie Bunker or Rodney Dangerfield as Prez is also funny. But we have a real-life nut-job abt to start a f'ing war w our NATO allies & it's not at all funny.

Cannot emphasize enough: Pro Publica reports 40 instances of ICE thugs using chokeholds: intersection of run amok arrest policies & poorly trained punks eager to try out MMA holds they saw on TV or learned in fake martial arts classes. These goons belong in prison & nowhere near law enforcement.

153 Dems. *153 Dems.* Once again for those in denial: US public did not elect the antichrist twice bc they’re idiots. They did so bc Dem leadership is worthless. If they keep this up, King Donald will impose Trump monarchy. This vote is beneath contempt: we need credible Dem Party, not this garbage.

There is something charming, if quaint, abt these US security old hands creating this movement. They see existential crisis engulfing nation & are speaking out. They don’t yell or hyperventilate. Their craft taught them calm, even in our 5-alarm fire. Worthwhile podcast—Steve Cash is sober voice.

25 years, to the day that the first prisoners arrived at #Guantanamo, #NeverForget 9/11 suspects MIGHT go to trial. Makes me nostalgic for the days when #JusticeDelayed = #JusticeDenied was a thing — when #RuleOfLaw mattered Due to #torture: #JusticeDeceived seems a more descriptive representation

As a historic artifact, must see.

Across the pond, distant mirror on our own troubles. When purported champion of working class abandons all principles, sucks up to oligarchs, fuels genocide, embraces kick-down sham “austerity” (for those who toil but orgy excess for billionaires), far-right fills vacuum unless alternative rises up.

Such a mystery why everyone hates them.🤔

Reads so good: lovely WSJ piece on John Mellencamp, Hoosier football, & giving in era of polluted college sports. www.wsj.com/sports/footb...

Such a mystery why everyone hates them.🤔

ICE is getting ready to raise the caliber of its hires, by recruiting in Russian prisons.

UNICEF: a child has been killed every day in Gaza by Israel since the start of the 'ceasefire.' “These children are killed from airstrikes, drone strikes, including suicide drones. They’re killed from tank shelling, they’re killed from live ammunition, they’re killed from quadcopters.”

I shudder at what’s happening to our country. These ppl are basically singing Deutschland Deutchland Uber Alles & their crackpot movement is gaining steam as violence grows.

I think ppl shld stop mocking our President’s foreign policy. He’s making America great again. Including leaked plans for invading Greenland &, here, Canada. youtu.be/4jf8Bt4gD9Y?...

Our gov is run by delusional sycophants kissing hem of emperor’s new robe & telling him whatever he wants to hear. Beyond kleptocracy & Idiocracy, we now have gov by flattery & pandering—these court jesters make the Soviet politburo look like an independent body of truth-telling mavericks.

I shudder at what’s happening to our country. These ppl are basically singing Deutschland Deutchland Uber Alles & their crackpot movement is gaining steam as violence grows.

•Fishing skiffs are bombed, survivors murdered •Foreign leaders are kidnapped to US for trial •Masked thugs enter ppl’s homes like occupiers •Denmark/Greenland are under threat •WH runs crypto fraud empire—but Jerome Powell is investigated •Gov service for 99% are upended •Oligarchs run wild:

For years I’ve said these hate groups cld be pursued under anti-coercion laws. But never, ever imagined AG James wld act on it. This marks sea change in US/NY law enforcement. Am awestruck—& others ought to beware too. I abhor most AG’s but my hat is off to James here: *bravo.*

For years I’ve said these hate groups cld be pursued under anti-coercion laws. But never, ever imagined AG James wld act on it. This marks sea change in US/NY law enforcement. Am awestruck—& others ought to beware too. I abhor most AG’s but my hat is off to James here: *bravo.*

Mayor Bitcoin rides off into the sunset…🤡🤡🤡

•Fishing skiffs are bombed, survivors murdered •Foreign leaders are kidnapped to US for trial •Masked thugs enter ppl’s homes like occupiers •Denmark/Greenland are under threat •WH runs crypto fraud empire—but Jerome Powell is investigated •Gov service for 99% are upended •Oligarchs run wild:

💯“It’s so peaceful here. And he says Denmark isn’t protecting Greenland. From what?”

Welcome to CBS, where this pathetic candya** is now the face of NFL gameday. Dokoupil & his family shld be in a tent in Gaza, let the sociopath experience what he cavalierly wishes on others.

This is so beautiful.

I love Philly. Truly do. PA politicians? They all suck (Krasner is not one of them). But man, Philly, what a city...

If you buy a former NFL player's Super Bowl ring at a pawn shop, you retroactively become a Super Bowl champion and are automatically admitted into the Hall of Fame.

I see ICE is opening up recruiting stations at anger management clinics.

One, win the g.d. mid-term, a matter of survival & not going over cliff. Two, *immediately* repair Dem Party so it’s worth a damn, or we’ll be over the cliff anyway (if it’s not already too late: Biden/Harris/Blinken/Garland & their genocidal henchmen may have already ended all hope).

We need a bang-head-against-wall emoji.

ICE’s mascot: Kyle Rittenhouse

From today’s @michellegoldberg.bsky.social piece. This is just sickening: what kind of sociopath brags abt how many bullet holes he put into a victim? More here: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/o...

Rubio wld be an excellent addition to any quality football program, as a tackling dummy.

This is a MUST WATCH - you won't regret it. youtu.be/_FKcP8j010o

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💯Brilliant interview of brilliant, courageous man. Please, ppl, look what Pappas describes: dismantling of rule of law, just like Nazis pursued, starting w hollowing out judiciary. Long read but details are essential: they are deliberately destroying our judicial system & we’re allowing it.

“Absolute immunity?” WTF is he even talking abt? There’s no such thing—he got this from the same cereal box that that idiot Noem got her habeas corpus definition. We are being governed by chimpanzees.