In a statement, Steve Sadow—Trump's lead defense counsel in Georgia—signaled confidence that the charges will be dismissed. "We remain confident that a fair and impartial review will lead to a dismissal of the case against President Trump," he said.

In a statement, Skandalakis said that his appointment “reflects my inability to secure another conflict prosecutor to assume responsibility for this case.” He contacted several prosecutors, each of whom declined to take the case, per statement.

BREAKING: Pete Skandalakis, executive director of the Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia, has appointed himself to prosecute the case against Trump and others in Fulton County. The move follows a court ruling that disqualified Fani Willis from pursuing the case.

Skandalakis’s appointment doesn’t mean that the Trump prosecution will move forward anytime soon—if ever. He could decline to move forward with some or all of the charges filed against Trump and others. He previously declined to prosecute “alternate” elector Burt Jones.

This is both A) incredibly suspicious, and B) within what I would accept as normal levels of government incompetence. So, you know, we'll see how the judge takes it.

Federal CJA defense attys haven’t gotten paid since July, now some are facing eviction as they continue to defend poor people for free Prosecutors want judges to force attorneys to work unpaid, but defense lawyers say thats unconstitutional and “deeply insulting” Reports @latimes.com @nacdl.org

my takeaway from this letter is that glenn youngkin, rector sheridan and their flunkies on the board are deeply dishonest people who are engaged, with the trump administration, in a mob-style shakedown against the university of virginia

A federal judge just ordered the Trump administration to release over 600 people they abducted in Chicago. ICE officials are also forbidden from pressuring people to agree to be deported.   This is what happens when we stick together and speak out. Keep up the pressure!

I will continue fighting every single day to protect our kids, our rights, and our history. We should all recommit to honoring Ruby and her bravery by ensuring that all our children, regardless of background, have access to a fair, just, and equal education. (3/3)

Now, we're witnessing an administration attempt to drag us back. Here are the facts: Trump and his billionaire buddies have cut HBCU funding, limited Pell grants, and attacked DEI. (2/3)

It's ONLY been 65 years since six year old Ruby Bridges walked through the halls of William Frantz Elementary as the first Black child to attend an all white school. Met with mobs and hate, her bravery and courage helped change the course of history for this nation. (1/3)

The Ethicist | My husband was sentenced to 30 years in prison for defrauding homeless orphans on Medicaid. His lawyer says we should appeal, but is it okay to skip straight to mass-purchasing Trump crypto to get a pardon?

I'm starting to think that what news consumers think is newsworthy and what reporters think is newsworthy is very different and not in a way that reflects well on reporters.

Not a peep about Trump and Epstein in the run-up to 2016. Not. A. Peep. bsky.app/profile/erli...

The same NYT that published any and everything about Hillary Clinton and applied little to none of that same scrutiny to Trump? How ever could we come to that conclusion Emily? Man SYBAU.

her daughter is 14.

Ironically you can see this very dynamic in the Epstein emails themselves, where the power elite all email each other absurd rumors and semi-literate political scuttlebutt and theorizing. The boys’ club exposed in those messages is the same one that controls the brains of the top Times editors.

Ultimately the problem is this: the paper is controlled not by scrupulous reporters but by a clique of Leonhardt types, who surround themselves with chattering class nitwits, cogitate on the news mostly through insular group chats and similar, and always think the GOP has at least half a point

Remember, the controversy over Hillary Clinton's emails wasn't about what was in them. It was about what COULD have been in them. And the media helped turn the words "her emails" into a phrase that signaled every misogynistic bit of distrust we have for powerful, smart women seeking promotions.

At the same time the New York Times was running nonstop stories on Hillary's email server, they were sitting on this emails (and photos of Trump with Epstein victims, apparently). bsky.app/profile/data...

Meanwhile, here's an example of the horrendous things found in Hillary Clinton's emails—the only story worth covering for any serious news outlet in 2016, apparently. This email is also regarding a child who suffered abuse from a grown man.

At the same time the NY Times was hyping Hillary Clinton's emails, it had a reporter with emails from Jeffrey Epstein that were highly damaging to Trump. The more NYT apologists try to minimize this the clearer it becomes that they don't understand why much of the public doesn't trust legacy media.

Not that the Times hasn't been making a lot of decisions that made its objectivity questionable but what is the recourse for being this compromised?

NEW: Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, and tell local cops whether to contact ICE about the person, while also removing apps designed to warn communities about ICE officials. “Google wanted to ‘not be evil’ back in the day. Well, they're evil now."

The really funny part is that the hate for Clinton came from her daring to try to reform healthcare in the 1990s. And then 25 years later when she runs for President, the debunked right wing lies told about her get regurgitated by the left because she beat Sanders in the primary.

Mandatory comparison. Note, it was a choice to not include a four column wide photo of Trump looking like shit in his only press appearance yesterday when he refused to answer questions about Epstein.

This isn’t just burying the lede. This is injecting the lede with arsenic, garroting the lede with a rope, setting the lede on fire, thwacking the lede with the back of a hoe, and distributing the remains of the lede over the Pacific Ocean, 250 miles from the nearest coastline

Media standards: 1) No Democratic scandal on par with Trump-Epstein, so it’d be biased and unfair to five it much attention. 2) Trump wouldn’t be shamed into resigning and his cult of personality wouldn’t abandon him, so Trump-Epstein wasn’t worth pursuing. Way too many think that’s journalism.

Not only was the Times obsessed with Hillary Clinton's emails while ignoring emails about Donald Trump sent to its own reporter, but since then it has constantly attacked anyone who dared look into questions of Trump's character. All with sanctimony. Now we know it was all a big lie.

To recap: Jeffrey Epstein offered a NY Times reporter photos taken in Epstein's kitchen of Donald Trump and girls in bikinis *and* implored the NYT reporter to put this information in the public discourse in 2015 What did the NY Times editors know about this offer?

The NYT reporter in question in this email, Thomas Landon, resigned from the NYT in 2019, after it was revealed he solicited a $30,000 charitable donation from Epstein. He revealed it, after being asked by his editors to interview Epstein about if he was advising Elon Musk at Tesla re a board hire.

Maybe if we don’t report macroeconomic data, people won’t notice that they’re paying more for stuff and people are losing jobs? 🤔

The Kremlin disguised a nearly $100 mn payment to Trump in the form of a brokered real estate deal... and both Jeffrey Epstein and William Pulte were involved in the deal. That's very interesting.

Well…

just opening up the new Epstein docs at random:

House Republicans just voted to give millions of taxpayer money to Senators investigated after January 6th. This is corruption, plain and simple.

Oh.

Fall 2017: Then-NYT reporter literally warning Epstein that someone is "digging around again."

Yeah. He’s all over these emails.

nothing to see here, just Donald Trump's top henchmen summoning members of congress to a secure room where they can't be record that is sometimes used for ordering people killed in order to persuade them not to release the Epstein files

As of this morning, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (AKA: SNAP, Food Stamps or EBT) recipients STILL have not received their benefits. Meaning, they are unable to buy food. Because I h been both a SNAP recipient and a state caseworker who processed SNAP applications, I thought I should do

This is basically objectively true and somehow got me called a doomer by a former mutual, lol

Epstein: I’m best friends with this pedo running for President, here’s a bunch of stories about how big a pedo he is NYT: but her emails

One of the defining feelings in American life, for decades now, is elites doing plainly criminal shit and nothing at all happening as a result. It is deranging in a way that virtually nothing else is. Media fixates on perceived street lawlessness but shit like this matters much more in my opinion.

turns out the emails we should have been reading in 2016 were from the NYT

While Americans are getting slammed by higher health care costs and SNAP cuts, Senate Republicans slipped a payout for themselves into the funding bill. 8 senators tied to Jan. 6 will each get *at least* $1 million taxpayer-funded checks. We’re voting NO on this egregious and utterly corrupt deal.

I’m voting no on this spending bill that will put basic health care further out of reach for millions of families.

BREAKING: Despite Mike Johnson’s attempts to delay her from taking office, Adelita Grijalva is now the tie-breaking 218th signature on the discharge petition to force a vote to release the Epstein files. Americans deserve the truth. Release the Epstein files.