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New Yorker, Retired lawyer, loves books, movies and tv, animals , cooking, MahJongg, Mexico, I'm a foodie, and maybe retired politics junkie.
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In the 9th Circuit hearing now on DOJ's appeals to have LA segregate ballots, all 3 judges are running rings around DOJ lawyer on facts ( or lack of), procedural issues and credibility of their affirmations. www.ca9.uscourts.gov/cases/stream...
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Fuck Elon Musk. Fuck Donald Trump. Traitors to this country. Traitors to the free world.👇
TELEGRAPH: Trump & Musk conspired to throttle Starlink and make Ukraine more vulnerable to Russian attacks — then Musk tried to blame only Trump. Putin wins again, as usual. Russia was never a hoax. www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...
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“Trump’s October preëlection surprise is that he’s finally decided to begin openly helping Vladimir Putin in Russia’s war of conquest against Ukraine,” Susan B. Glasser writes. Read her latest column: newyorkermag.visitlink.me/y76eLM
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The lead for every network news broadcast should be the president falling asleep in the middle of a press conference in the Oval Office for the umpteenth time. But it won’t be and likely won’t be mentioned or shown. Again. What a joke network news is. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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"There remain serious unresolved questions about potential criminal violations of the laws prohibiting political interference in the tax system that may have occurred in the development of the sweetheart deal..." taxlawcenter.org/blog/stateme...
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I believe John Gleeson is the same person who was appointed a friend to the court in the dismissal of Mike Flynn's case - because both Mike Flynn and the DOJ at the time were on the same side. I'm hoping we see something like this in the motion to vacate the charges against the Oath Keepers, too.
JUST IN: Judge Kathleen Williams (Obama/FLSD) appoints 3 law firms as friends of the court to advise her on Trump's suit v. IRS. She earlier suggested parties aren't adverse enough to proceed. www.politico.com/news/2026/04...
Whoever runs on the Democratic ticket in 28 for President must not shy away from increasing SCOTUS justices. The republicans on the court are destroying our democracy.
The Supreme Court just turned its back on one of the most sacred promises in American democracy—the promise that every voice counts. My statement on the Supreme Court's decision dealing a devastating blow to the Voting Rights Act:
Melania's command of the language is so poor, and Trump's command of satire is non existent, that I think neither actually got the joke that pregnant women ( expectant mothers) are described as glowing - hence expectant widow described as glowing.
I think it #BeBest if Melania didn't mindlessly parrot the hyperbolic nonsense about Jimmy Kimmel that her husband's lying administration is rotely churning out today. She should do something that *helps* the people in the United States—if only for the novelty.
Someone explain, what do we have to lose by trying to impeach? But how to choose from the scores of high crimes and misdemeanors?
As I have been saying for a while this is going to happen and we need to start talking about it and pushing for it. We have to MAKE it happen If we take the defeatist approach that some Dems take—that he'll just magically disappear, or that we can just wait until Jan. 2029, ... (1/3)
Good on The Atlantic for continually posting its promo on the Kash Patel lunatic story in the wake of the federal complaint against it. It sends a strong message: "we've got the goods."
Kash Patel’s colleagues are alarmed by what they say is erratic behavior and excessive drinking, Sarah Fitzpatrick reports. More than two dozen people she spoke with described his management failures and conduct that could harm national security.
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He wants the press for the filing the lawsuit to "protect his reputation," - and then, nothing more. I trust The Atlantic has the goods. The real question is why the President and DOJ don't care that he's a loose cannon and substance abuser.
It’s adorable that the widely ridiculed doofus Kash Patel is working under the quaint misapprehension that his already ruined reputation can still be destroyed.