Apologies if I offended — have great respect for the Montessori movement and understand its value — was just making what I assumed was an innocuous joke…

NEWS: Trump is seriously considering appointing Emil Bove — the DOJ official responsible for many of the departments strong-arm policy and personnel moves — to a vacant federal circuit court judgeship in Pennsylvania or NJ. Me and @charlie_savage www.nytimes.com/2025/05/19/u...

NEWS: The DOJ prosecutor who questioned Trump admin's decision to deport a Maryland man to El Salvador has been placed on indefinite paid leave for a “failure to zealously advocate” for the department — less than 24 hours after defending the gov’t in federal court. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/05/u...

NEWS: Ed Martin--far-right agitator w/no experience who tried to indict Chuck Schumer, purged J6 prosecutors & ppl who defied orders they deemed improper--WON'T have to face confirmation hearing to be US atty in DC and appears likely to be confirmed, per multiple sources.

NEWS: In any other administration, the FBI and DOJ would be investigating the Trump cabinet Signal fiasco — but Trump loyalists Pam Bondi and Kash Patel are (thus far) taking a pass (after demanding Hillary’s prosecution over emails). www.nytimes.com/2025/03/25/u...

hungry hungry hippa

Judge Boasberg: "The government has not been forthcoming with information, but I will get to the bottom of whether they violated my order and what the consequences will be."

NEWS: DOJ is asking a federal court to unseal F.B.I. surveillance records of Martin Luther King Jr. -- over objections from the civil rights group he founded which fears the release is intended to tarnish his legacy. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/u...

Starting to post stories here, so forgive repeats/or stuff that's a few days old...

NEWS: Ed Martin, interim US atty in DC, quietly pushed a plan to impanel a grand jury to investigate a bellicose comment Chuck Schumer made (& retracted) in 2020, per sources. DOJ balked. But it underscored his plan to use fed law enforcement to target Trump’s foes. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/03/u...

I’ve seen a whole lotta rapid response full court presses over the years and if the GOP response to the Zelenskyy fiasco isn’t the biggest and fastest it’s def up there

I haven’t worn a suit in 6 years

How do I break this to u…?

Federal prisons are keeping thousands of people incarcerated for longer than the law allows. The ACLU just sued to fix it. The people impacted should be home with their families for Christmas but for an illegal bureaucratic move. Via @glennthrush.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2024/12/20/u...

1992 me

This site feels like a small college town

Contrast the transparency demanded by House Republicans to make public every aspect of the Hunter Biden case with their approach to airing information about Gaetz, who is asking to run the nation's most powerful law enforcement agencies.

Tks!

I wish I could transfer all of the folks I follow on the other site to here so I don’t have to spend weeks rebuilding a functional feed

On

I am this platform. Here’s a picture of my dog.