Brandi Buchman

Brandi Buchman

@brandibuchman.bsky.social

Legal/Justice Reporter, HuffPost. Writer covering Jan. 6; Proud Boys trial for emptywheel; Oath Keepers trial and Jan. 6 reporting at Daily Kos; former WH, Congressional Correspondent Courthouse News; Law&Crime; Reporter at The Southampton Press/27east.

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Steve Vladeck
@stevevladeck.bsky.social

Not that long ago, three major lower-court rulings against the executive branch on three unrelated topics would’ve been a busy *month,* and outlets would’ve rushed to write up such a run of adverse rulings. Now, it doesn’t feel unusual when we get three on the same *day.* It’s all … exhausting.

Brandi Buchman
@brandibuchman.bsky.social

This makes me obscenely happy that this is being pointed out.

Molly Reynolds@mollyereynolds.bsky.social

This is a near perfect article whose only defect is the fact that it refers to them as Dan Sullivans rather than the correct Dans Sullivan. www.washingtonsun.com/national/dan...

washingtonsun.comIs There a Reason There Are So Many Dan Sullivans in Alaska? An Investigation.Alaska’s unusual demographics could explain part of its Dan glut in state politics.
Brandi Buchman
@brandibuchman.bsky.social

You know every year I said aloud was going to be a good year, "I could feel it", ended up being some of the worst years of my life. So 2027 you and the horse you will ride in on can get bent. I expect nothing but suffering and misery.

Brandi Buchman
@brandibuchman.bsky.social

I used to be a happy, really, genuinely optimistic young lady with a lot of patience. Now I am an ancient crone with crooked fingers who would like to burn down the entire village before taking flight into the dark wood.

Brandi Buchman
@brandibuchman.bsky.social

Give me more people in media who have real life and real work experience vs the elite ivy sons and daughters who treat journalism as a hobby between trips abroad

Byron Tau@byrontau.bsky.social

Also, the D.C. Cheesecake Factory-to-National Media pipline is real, having produced me, Ashley Parker of the Atlantic and Lynsea Garrison of the NYT. Kids, go wait tables or sling drinks at a bar for a summer or a year. It's a great bit of life experience with transferable skills. Not even kidding.

Brandi Buchman
@brandibuchman.bsky.social

"Following the assault, according to Keul’s report, Trump sat her on the edge of the bed, repeated his promises to arrange for a visa and NYU admission, and made her promise she would keep quiet, saying, “[T]he show must go on.”

Brandi Buchman@brandibuchman.bsky.social

www.huffpost.com/entry/beatri...

huffpost.comWoman Describes ‘Brutal’ Rape By Donald Trump In Interviews With DemocratsFormer beauty pageant contestant Beatrice Keul previously said Trump tried to force himself on her but she rebuffed him.
Brandi Buchman
@brandibuchman.bsky.social

From the Dems House Judiciary report:

Brandi Buchman@brandibuchman.bsky.social

Katie Johnson, 13, reported Epstein and Trump argued over who would take her virginity, and Epstein became angry and violently raped her when he learned that Donald Trump had done so. As shown by official FBI interview notes, Johnson, through her attorney, reported these alleged crimes to the FBI.

Brandi Buchman
@brandibuchman.bsky.social

Katie Johnson, 13, reported Epstein and Trump argued over who would take her virginity, and Epstein became angry and violently raped her when he learned that Donald Trump had done so. As shown by official FBI interview notes, Johnson, through her attorney, reported these alleged crimes to the FBI.

Brandi Buchman@brandibuchman.bsky.social

Report: democrats-judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...

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emptywheel
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Someday we'll need to do a study about how much the GOP focused on trans attacks that haven't worked in the past bc they were paid to do so.

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Chris Ingraham
@cingraham.bsky.social

Kavanaugh stops in action: ICE tackled a non-verbal kid near his school, left him with injuries requiring surgery, and then left the scene when they realized he wasn't the person they were looking for www.independent.com/2026/10/23/i...

independent.comICE Detains Special Needs Student, U.S. Citizen Near Santa Maria High SchoolRapid Response volunteers witnessed the student being tackled and left with injuries requiring surgery.
Brandi Buchman
@brandibuchman.bsky.social

of course

steven monacelli@stevanzetti.bsky.social

Incidentally, Chris Hilton is the lawyer who represents Elon Musk in his defamation lawsuit against Media Matters. Musk is the single largest political donor to Paxton and has repeatedly attacked Talarico on the transgender issue in recent weeks.

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steven monacelli
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To clarify, Texas Transgender Student Union is the bogus anonymous LLC registered in Wyoming, not the real transgender advocacy group it attempted to impersonate.

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steven monacelli
@stevanzetti.bsky.social

NEW: Transgender Texas Student Union has retained counsel in response to the Travis County filing related to the fake transgender mailers. It's Chris Hilton, who previously worked for Ken Paxton at the Texas Attorney General's office and left temporarily to defend Paxton in his impeachment trial.

Brandi Buchman
@brandibuchman.bsky.social

White supremacist nonsense

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com

RFK: "There's five hundred million Arabs in the world. And yet they don't produce science. They don't win the Nobel Prize. They don't win the Fields Prize. They don't win the Wolf Prize. They don't produce literature."

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Ben Collins
@bencollins.bsky.social

Congrats to Lula on overcoming Mark Zuckerberg and Donald Trump to defeat Hospital Pervert Jr., even as his opposition literally blocked off roads and turned off bus service during election day. Fascists are scary but they are always, 100% of the time, ultimately gigantic fucking losers.

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Ben Collins
@bencollins.bsky.social

Check out how easy this is.

BeshearStan@beshearstan.bsky.social

Kansas Dem Sen. nominee Adam Hamilton on trans rights: “I don’t think we should take a small group of people and bully them, pick on them, and hurt them. I understand one thing really clearly when it comes to transgender people, and that is Jesus told me I was to love my neighbor as I love myself”

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CAC
@myconstitution.bsky.social

From the congressional "power of the purse" to state-level investigations, there are many ways to hold Trump accountable. Read more from CAC's Praveen Fernandes' conversation with @brandibuchman.bsky.social in @huffpost.com: www.huffpost.com/entry/democr...

huffpost.comTrump's DOJ Is Openly Hostile To Congressional Oversight. Here's How Dems Outsmart Them if They Win In November.Trump’s DOJ has been retooled with loyalists and personal lawyers, all ready to stand in the way of Democratic legal efforts against the president.

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emptywheel
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Jack Smith named Jeffrey Clark a co-conspirator bc he told Trump if Trump made him AG he would knowingly commit crimes to try to steal GA. John Roberts told Smith he couldn't do that. So now Blanche is doing the very same thing Clark did. Offer to use DOJ to steal an election.

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emptywheel
@emptywheel.bsky.social

Something that's not being said. The REASON why Blanche and Bill Essayli are so defiantly violating the Constitution is bc John Roberts said they can't be prosecuted so long as they're following Trump's illegal orders. Blanche's criminality arises DIRECTLY out of Trump v. US.

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Tom Joscelyn
@tomjoscelyn.bsky.social

Christian nationalist Mike Johnson falsely smears the “other side” as “Marxists.” This is one asymmetry that deserves a lot more of a response: Extremist Rs are constantly smearing Ds as extremists while there is little focus on the very real extremism of the Rs.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Q: Why do you think Americans tell us over & over they don't like the direction of the country? MIKE JOHNSON: Look, it's a hostile media environment. Most of the mainstream media of course is advancing the false narrative of the other side -- the Democrats & the Marxists. They're on the other team

Brandi Buchman
@brandibuchman.bsky.social

Breaking: The house is viciously divided 3-2 over the soup. An insider confirmed it wasnt the preparation, which is "always flawless, are you kidding me?" A man on the scene said he thought he liked barley but was actually thinking of orzo.

Brandi Buchman@brandibuchman.bsky.social

Soup news; its sausage barley. Late breaking developments: bread pudding.

Brandi Buchman
@brandibuchman.bsky.social

Man! Its almost like the country shouldnt have elected insurrectionists.

Jeff Stein@jeffstein.bsky.social

Scoop: White House lawyers are weighing preemptive mass pardons for junior staff, sources says Under discussion: Pardoning everyone involved in deportation, war, or trade policy www.washingtonsun.com/whitehouse/w...

washingtonsun.comWhite House Is Weighing Mass Pardons for Junior StaffConservative groups influential with the Trump administration have pressed for the preemptive acts of clemency.

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unraveled
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Video shared to social media by rapid response shows ICE agents abducting a man this A.M. from inside the Bridgeview Courthouse. Outside, Cook County Sheriff’s deputy Gigliotti #19013 daps it up with one of the agents. Asked about IL law preventing arrests at courthouses, deputy Glover shrugs.