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Dohrmann continues: Whether incompetence or simply cruelty, it's inexcusable to comply with the most basic requirement that complaint be sworn....Raises serious concerns about credibility of the government's case.

The complaint added obstruction counts against Floris and Benavides... But, weirdly, the affidavit was unsworn. And it was by a different FBI agent. And the case is in DC, with the predicate acts all occurring in DC, but the agent is based in Phoenix storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Despite the agency's human resources department saying he hadn’t even been onboarded, Jeremy Lewin oversaw the destruction of USAID. It’s not clear he had the legal authority to do so.

Jeremy Lewin killed hundreds of thousands without a signed employment agreement.

UPDATE: Republicans are supporting the "reasonableness" of the DOJ's legal effort to force California to set aside mail ballots from 20k voters it alleges are noncitizens. The filing comes hours before a judge will hear arguments on the DOJ's request to force the state to set aside the ballots.

Incidentally, little known fact: At least one of the Jan6ers (a MAGA tourist), a Brazilian, made sure to get proof of pardon so he could continue to pursue his asylum case that his prosecution would have precluded.

Wow. Stephen Miller is about the change the rules on who can claim asylum.

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Minnesota Star Tribune: Pretti family accuses federal government of ‘shielding Alex’s killers’

Inside Donald Trump Jr’s Mongolian hunting trip with a Kremlin-linked businessman www.ft.com/content/f41f...

COMING UP: Preliminary hearing before magistrate judge Faruqui in the criminal case of former FBI agents charged with false statements to Congress and obstruction. Things could get very interesting... I'm here in the media room for @lawfaremedia.org. Follow along!

it's confounding and infuriating that absolute losers loudly complained their way into somehow positioning themselves as Strong Manly Men, even though the entire right wing platform is entirely constructed from incessant whining

if you are in new york i'm going to be talking about citizenship and the 250th at an event at NYU. register if you're interested!

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Nicki Minaj is a Trinidadian citizen and permanent U.S. resident, making her ineligible to vote in U.S. elections. Her husband, Kenneth Petty, is a registered sex offender following a 1995 conviction.

Omg this is exactly the same

he wore a tan suit once and every single republican in congress and media acted like he dug up george washington and punched him in the face, shit was wild

this man is a gotdamned patriot

WaPo ed board: Buying a cardboard box should not require a senator’s help wapo.st/4jIkgWq

America must put an end to this gross abuse of power. Blanche must be held accountable for this blatant prosecutorial misconduct & complicit DOJ officials held in contempt.

Robert F. Kennedy Sr. spent his time in government fighting *against* racist bigots who said these exact same things, except their rants were against “Africans”

Beyond a new rape allegation, the @democrats-judiciary.house.gov report implicates current Attorney General Todd Blanche, stating he "may have engaged in criminal obstruction of justice while acting on a mission to protect Trump," referring to an interview with Ghislaine Maxwell. Seems like news!

Trump: "We'll never be a manufacturing c**t, company -- uh -- country again"

JD Vance tries to say Kansas but it comes out "Sexus"

he saw an ottoman in the crowd and lost his train of thought it happens

LA Taco did Memo so dirty and he has the receipts

I did not want to do this, but they called me out. substack.com/@memotorres/...

Alaska authorities strongly oppose the Trump DOJ’s attempted “interference” in the election. This is significant because there were concerns the state—which sought to DQ the second Sullivan—would take the same side. But it didn’t. Quite the contrary. buff.ly/EJHtDpX

Here's my report at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com/p/appeals-co...

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I spend all day worrying about what to cover and making sure that important stories don’t get left behind, and Politico is assigning three reporters to write a story to keep the police union happy? What a fucking joke.

Note: The “preliminary hearing” scheduled for today could be quite interesting & consequential. It’s not an initial appearance—it’s a probable cause hearing in which the magistrate decides whether to dismiss the complaint. Witnesses could be called, with cross examination by the defense.

Bill Maher said “fuck you” and called us bitches for being upset he dined with Trump. Then Trump tore into Maher on Truth Social calling him a lying, losery coward. That’s funny to me.

Yes. (Sorry, I originally wrote 10p ET, then "fixed" it — but only halfway.) And, now, that deadline has passed with no filing. I also have received no notice of any Supreme Court filing. So, it appears we are back where we started: Judge Carter has set a TRO hearing for Tuesday.

Here's the schedule for briefing in Trump's attempt to steal Mary Petola's win. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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.

New episode

Feels like a metaphor for Elon Musk

I'm going to learn more about this story by Googling "Tim Scott sexuality rumors"

Russia is not winning

The NYT story does not even include the word rape. Not once.

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The right can't seem to see the distance between "I just see trans people as people" and "I will force everyone to become trans whether they want to or not, so help me God"

🚨BREAKING: Federal prosecutors ordered Washington state in letters Monday to set aside ballots from over 400 people they alleged, without evidence, were noncitizens illegally registered to vote. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...