64 days in Chicago: The story of Operation Midway Blitz. Our team fanned out to cover the before, during and after of the federal government’s months-long raid on an American city. This is worth your time to understand the United States today www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/28/c...

JUST IN: Defense attorneys say DOJ is trying to stall a hearing Tuesday where evidence against the man charged with alleged DNC/RNC bomb planting could be tested. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

New, from me: The NYT reporter who specializes in profiles of beleaguered right-wingers on campus went to New College...and found out that things were going ok! So let me explain some pretty massive errors of omission: 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-nyt-re...

New College in Sarasota is not doing ok. It has suffered a hostile ideological takeover and is failing fast - can't hold onto the new students it has recruited and its educational standards have dropped. From honors college to dishonor in the Florida system.

Julie K. Brown is a reporter for the Miami Herald who did groundbreaking work on Epstein beginning in 2018, including groundbreaking work on the disgusting coverup by Alex Acosta. Her travel itinerary was released with some of the Epstein files. It appears the DOJ was monitoring her in 2019.

Looking back over the year, there was much more protest than Americans have been given credit for -- because much of it was local even if some of it was nationally coordinated. Yes, Americans are ready to fight for their democracy! thepeopledissent.substack.com/p/55000-acts...

Page A2 of today's Washington Post

Zuckerberg & Meta execs agreed on Thu to settle $8B shareholder lawsuit alleging company’s directors failed to prevent billions of dollars in fines and legal costs stemming from repeated Facebook user privacy violations. FTC (2019) fined FB $5B in the wake of Cambridge Analytica data harvesting.

America's richest 10% now hold 60% of the nation's wealth. The bottom half of America? It holds just 6%. Wealth inequality is eating this country alive.

The U.S. research community has an interest to help ensure the integrity of scientific leadership at our public institutions. We are pleased to share this guest blog from @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social and Shiv Prasad, writing in their personal capacities. open.substack.com/pub/sciencea...

JUST IN: Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly (Clinton) won't let feds search Comey friend Daniel Richman's data for potentially classified info beyond 1 document they've deemed low-level classified. But gives govt more time to certify handover of data. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

Imagine it being easier to just pay the 8 billion dollars and it won't affect you in the slightest. Man what have we done lol

Jan-Werner Müller explains how Carl Schmitt’s Nazi-era thinking on international law and global order illuminates U.S. foreign policy today.

That we as Jews are being treated as a carpet to walk on towards Christian supremacy in the US now seems unassailable

We are getting to the point where white collar criminals are thinking, "why take the plea deal my high-priced lawyer negotiated when I can just bribe the President and skip jail altogether?" donmoynihan.substack.com/p/pardon-the...

Law enforcement has more tools than ever to track your movements and access your communications. Here’s how to protect your privacy if you plan to protest.

More news (not good) from NIH The renewal request from National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke Director Walter Koroshetz has been denied. I guess the NIH_leadership™ needed another position to fill with their time-tested recruitment process.

"This administration has been governing in a way that is on a collision course with the Constitution." Our CEO @skyeperryman.bsky.social in @theguardian.com on the Trump-Vance administration's illegal and unconstitutional agenda. www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

A discussion of my recent court victory by Harry Littman, a former US Attorney and Deputy Assistant Attorney General. youtu.be/aflAC8nuOLY?...

I had missed this latest delirium by Adrian Vermeule on birthright citizenship 'Common law?! NAH, it's the Roman law of adoption that should govern the interpretation of the 14th Amendment of the US Constitution!' thenewdigest.substack.com/p/immigratio...

This is perfect. The DOJ's embarrassing snafu with disappearing redactions was the fault of Elon Musk. Musk cancelled government subscriptions to Adobe programs that would have made the redactions permanent. What a pack of fools.

A federal judge this week canceled the trial of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Salvadoran man who was mistakenly deported, and scheduled a hearing on whether the prosecution is being vindictive in pursuing a human smuggling case against him. apnews.com/article/kilm...

Don’t let the holidays hide this story Here’s part of the plot to steal the midterms. stateline.org/2025/12/18/t...

I don't think there's any understanding of the First Amendment under which this ("our Savior") is constitutional. Yet they don't care, and they've eliminated all the attorneys who would've objected. Kudos to the Goldwater and Cato Institutes for condemning it. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/a...

Legend Imran Ahmed (CEO of CCDH) just sued the U.S. Government for the wildly inappropriate visa sanctions. The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York just granted a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) against this inappropriate government action. What a Christmas gift!

Jack Smith is calling for the House Judiciary Committee to release the recording of his full closed-door deposition before the panel. "Doing so will ensure that the American people can hear the facts directly from Mr. Smith, rather than through second-hand accounts."

The DOJ is lying when it says they *just now* received Epstein files from the Southern District of New York.

"Judges who ruled against Trump say harassment & threats have changed their lives. More than 100 pizzas were delivered to the homes of judges & their families this year, some with signs of foreign involvement. Judges say the message is clear: We know where you live." www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...

I don’t see how EU and national leaders can go on publicly pretending that everything is normal for another 3.5 years and beyond.

The US govt wants to make the world safe for disinformation spread by US oligarchs. This is not about free speech.

Thanks much, Leah. I think it's noteworthy that *no* Justices thought that the SG's unconvincing alternative argument that Trump had properly invoked the *rebellion* provision of 12406 was even worthy of discussion or refutation; and ... [1]

Big ups to Marty Lederman @martylederman.bsky.social who flagged this argument that SCOTUS relied on (that regular forces refer to military forces, not federal law enforcement).

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

Former CIA Director Brennan asks Chief Judge in SDFla to stop govt from steering grand jury probe to Judge Aileen Cannon, citing "irregular activity" & Cannon's "demonstrated pattern of favoring ... Trump's litigation positions." By @charliesavage.bsky.social . (gift) www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/u...

Courts are using originalist arguments to expand executive power, weaken long-standing rights and protections, and entrench inequality. It’s crucial that lawyers push back. Our new guide shows you how. bit.ly/4iQ1v0B Art Credit: Adrià Fruitos

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Other things found to cause radar interference include the judiciary, Black people, impossible burgers, NPR, immigrants, people who are rude to me in restaurants, being banned from seeing my grandchildren, Black people again, free and fair elections, and people who refuse to follow me on Twitter.

When someone asks “what can I do?”, here’s the answer: open.substack.com/pub/cmarmita...

A phenomenal piece by Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social in The Atlantic @theatlantic.com that explains the racial and class hierarchies that are part of the Republican Party, including the Supreme Court's, vision for the Constitution. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

Going where 60 Minutes fears to tread . . .

Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:

Todd Blanche’s appearance on Meet the Press was disgraceful but clarifying. The “Department of Justice” is Donald Trump’s defense team. There can be no presumption they’re acting in good faith. One has to approach them as one approached a Soviet “Department of Justice”—as propaganda, not justice.

The latest Atlas poll shows that people really don't trust corporate media. So come check out some indie media today at Noon PT / 3 PM ET on the @meidastouch.com YouTube channel. Here's a link. I'll be interviewing Epstein Survivor Annie Farmer. See you there! www.youtube.com/live/IToZ_0r...

“The white supremacist, anti-14th Amendment, post-Brown movement has the complicity or active engagement of all three branches of government as it works to undo the constitutional infrastructure of Reconstruction and the legacy of the Civil Rights Movement.” open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...

“Coverups are difficult in free societies. They are routine for authoritarian governments. The Epstein coverup will be an indicator of how far we are down the road to authoritarianism. The success of such a coverup would take us much further down that road.” www.thebulwark.com/p/why-the-ep...

I trust major news organizations, members of Congress, and public interest groups are publicizing their secure tip lines so DOJ and FBI employees with knowledge of political interference in the Epstein files review process, can explain safely and confidentially what they saw.

How it started vs. How it’s going NOW 👀 LA tow truck driver who towed ICE’s car found NOT GUILTY 🦸🏽‍♂️

This was a human being. What the fuck is wrong with you?