William Snyder

Newspeak. Say our words or you are an enemy of the state! That is now freedom of speech of Trump’s America.

BREAKING: 174 bipartisan former judges are calling on the 8th Circuit to toss DOJ’s misconduct complaint against the Minnesota judges DOJ wants them investigated & some barred from DHS cases, all for saying ICE violated 210 court orders @democracydefendersfund.org is proud to stand w/ them👇 -TN

JUST IN: Judge Gleason in Alaska sounds deeply skeptical of DOJ's 11th hour lawsuit there to halt certification if Sen. Dan Sullivan loses. She grants Dems' motion for expedited consideration and notes DOJ waited four months to sue over the ballot. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/28...

NEW: James Comey’s 3rd criminal case alleges he authorized disclosure of classified info in 2016 about Yahoo adapting its spam filter to aid FBI surveillance requests. Comey says the 10-year statute of limitations expired on Oct. 5. w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2026/10...

New charges against Jim Comey, now for alleged disclosure of classified information in 2016. I can’t tell you anything about the merits, because the language is so vague, but I can see that this is an information, not an indictment issued by a grand jury. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command."

$1,000,000 !!! Obviously they don't expect many convictions. How many million dollar awards are there for murderers?

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White nationalism or the U.S. Constitution.

Trump: Anybody that would like to come into our country from Denmark, I'm all for it. Somalia, I've had it with them. Sweden, Norway, I don't think so, because I didn't get the Nobel Prize.

Trump: Norway has become a shithouse country.

Does no one care about the Constitution anymore?

Trump says he doesn’t want immigrants from Norway because he didn’t get the Nobel Peace Prize. “Norway sucks. Norway has become a shithouse country.”

Somebody is lying. Wall Street Journal right now versus DJT a few hours ago. They can't both be true.

BRENNAN: The DOJ lawsuit demands the Alaska result not be certified if voters are confused. The confusion is defined as Sen. Sullivan not winning. BLANCHE: That's not what it says BRENNAN: I'm quoting from it. You are telling them not to certify it. What right does the federal govt have?

This is not correct. Courts have divided on whether the 5th Amendment privilege blocks access to compelled passwords and compelled non-biometric unlocking, and they agree there's no privilege against biometrics if the govt picks the biometric. wapo.st/4sjAmYM

When the government queries a massive database for a small amount of responsive data, what exactly is "searched," constitutionally speaking? The whole digital haystack? Just the needle? Courts are divided. I offered my take in this recent article: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Trump doesn't pay taxes. So why should you? Trump pulled in $1.4bn from crypto grifts in 2025, plus more than $200mn from real estate, and faced a projected tax bill north of $500mn. So his company donated the "development rights" to his Jupiter, Florida golf course to a land trust, argued the

As Trump Witch Hunts Go, the Cassidy Hutchinson One Is the Worst Yet newrepublic.com/article/2166... via @newrepublic.com

Former NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg: “Our support for Ukraine is not charity. “It is an investment in our own security and in the future of a democratic and peaceful Europe. “We cannot allow Russia to succeed. The fight for freedom must continue.”

Govt succinctly lays down its marker: POTUS can gut any citizen's lawsuit to enforce federal environmental laws, despite Congress's express intent. (From filing to dismiss NAACP's Clean Air Act suit against Musk's gas-turbine-powered Colossus datacenter near Memphis.)

Donald Trump's diesel deal with Vladimir Putin has created a major rift between Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy at precisely the moment Ukraine needs renewed, focussed support from its allies.

The bigger question is how Musk can hold a security clearance or oversee the operations of a company with supersensitive and classified government contracts. Several FBI agents bluntly asked that question. They all got fired or reassigned and their supervisors were unable to answer their questions.

Desperation days before election: Two former FBI senior execs have been arrested on a Complaint - not a grand jury indictment, by Jeanine Pirro’s office in connection with - wait for it, Hunter Biden’s laptop: www.cnn.com/2026/10/23/p...

Q: Do you think it's right for the richest man in the world to have so much power over what goes on in a war because Russia and Ukraine? TRUMP: Well, I don't think he does. First of all, he's a very good person. He's not gonna do anything wrong. Elon will never do anything wrong.

The security threat in the Arctic from Russia is growing. In the last decade, Russia has established a new Arctic command and established new Arctic military bases. Read @mgmessmer.bsky.social and @patricksch.bsky.social's latest analysis for Chatham House.

Should we blame the schools or the Internet?

The FBI finally figured out how to catch spies in a globalized, tech-driven world. Then Kash Patel came along. A longread from the archives:

Trump: "They cheated us on the second one, because I won it three times, so I think I have the right to run again"

What?!

Trump on the Iowa Senate race: "I don't even understand why they are having the election, to be honest with you"

Two years later, DOJ still fighting over whether Trump's blanket pardon for Jan. 6 defendants inadvertently swept in other egregious crimes committed by Jan. 6 defendants. Kelley was convicted by a jury of conspiring to murder his investigators. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/28...

Trump’s personal Attorney General Todd Blanche doesn’t rule out challenging election certifications in various states (You are not alarmed enough)

literally illegal

Imagine being so cloistered in the MAGA echo chamber that you think Renee Good and Alex Pretti were illegal immigrants!! And, "probably the worst of the worst," too!

The ICC has outstanding arrest warrants against two national leaders for war crimes. One of whom the Trump administration just lauded as a "humanitarian" and the other one President Trump endorsed for reelection. And of course the Trump administration is trying to destroy the ICC.

Very valuable and very sober analysis www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-puti...

Carte blanche for Trump

TRUMP: We gave nothing in exchange for Stephen. We never give anything in exchange for hostages. TRUMP LITERALLY MOMENTS LATER: If I implemented sanctions on Russia, Steven wouldn't be coming out right now.

Attorney General Blanche: They accuse me of not being independent from the White House. I'm not. I work for Trump.

"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command."

That would be the notoriously reclusive, camera-shy Donald J Trump, I presume?

Republican Sen. Thom Tillis: “WTF, Steve? Look up the definition of “humanitarian.” What an embarrassing and outrageous thing to say.”

"A belief in military force as the sole ingredient for success has enabled a lazy and destructive foreign policy that ignores the will and motivations of both allies and adversaries. Such thinking also elevates tactics above strategy." Great piece by @jkdemp.bsky.social

Claims of voter fraud have a long history. While only citizens can and should vote, it’s an old trick to file charges on the eve of an election — just in time to influence voters and too late for the outcome of the cases to be known before Election Day. joycevance.substack.com/p/the-reoccu...

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"Virtually unprecedented," but remember: the District attorney noted that "Under AG Blanche and his predecessor, the DOJ has repeatedly functioned as an attack arm for people the President perceives as enemies". [Gift link] share.inquirer.com/rwbCOz

Don’t look away from how shocking this is. Yes, unsurprising. Still shocking.

NEW: Lindsay Graham and Jim Clyburn were under FBI investigation for bribery. Then Trump dismantled the DOJ & FBI public corruption units. The investigation died. We unearthed it: www.propublica.org/article/nava...