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Trump DOJ Shows CRACKS as Secret SCHEMES Are EXPOSED
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Trump is targeting his political enemies for criminal prosecution, using law lackeys to do his dirty deeds.
@preetbharara.bsky.social joins me for a deep dive on the grand jury process a la Comey, and for a reflection on just how dark our times have become for justice.
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Principled conservative jurists ARE concerned.
The 6-3 majority thinks they can put their thumbs on electoral scales to stop Dems from getting a turn again, and if worst comes to worst, just change the rule again.
Scott Fenstermaker@scottfenstermaker.bsky.social
I’m hoping someone like @kenwhite.bsky.social can explain why conservative jurists are unconcerned about Dems availing themselves of all this unitary executive power when it’s their turn. My guess is that safeguarding rights takes constructive action, and firing ppl is a destructive power.
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Dear lord this footnote about Kari Lake: her "brazen disinterest in the unambiguous statutory obligations implicates her competence to implement the President’s directives in a manner consistent with fundamental tenets of administrative law."
![1 So far as Defendant Lake supposes that her testimony “answer[s]” the Court’s ongoing concerns “to the best of [her] ability,” Lake Dep. at 422:10–13, her brazen disinterest in the unambiguous statutory obligations implicates her competence to implement the President’s directives in a manner consistent with fundamental tenets of administrative law, see Exec. Order No. 14,238, 90 Fed. Reg. 13043, 13044 (Mar. 14, 2025) (directing the downsizing of USAGM “consistent with applicable law”), to say nothing of the statutes regulating USAGM’s operations. Indeed, the text of President Trump’s order reflects a foundational principle under the separation of powers: that “the President may not decline to follow a statutory mandate or prohibition simply because of policy objections,” let alone apathy. In re Aiken Cnty., 725 F.3d 255, 259 (D.C. Cir. 2013) (Kavanaugh, J.); see also Clinton v. City of New York, 524 U.S. 417, 438 (1998) (“There is no provision in the Constitution that authorizes the President to enact, to amend, or to repeal statutes.”). Despite her pugnacious assertions of authority in connection with this case, Defendant Lake certainly wields no more power than the President in this regard.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreigie7bw3mldojxbz3eguykmum2oktw7tnrl2xpolp6pyjd5xxlluu@jpeg)
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NEW: A rather blustery day at Pam Bondi's DOJ.
In a new ICE-focused memo implementing Trump's "domestic terrorism" directive, the attorney general says a lot of nothing.
Tonight, at Law Dork:
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A rather blustery day at Pam Bondi's DOJ
In a new ICE-focused memo implementing Trump's "domestic terrorism" directive, the attorney general says a lot of nothing.
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A bunch of four-star generals and admirals being lectured on the "warrior ethos" by a decrepit old draft dodger and a smarmball who somehow made it to major in the National Guard.
Randi Mayem Singer@rmayemsinger.bsky.social
Imagine you're a career military general being summoned for a pentagon strategy lecture by a former game show host and a former weekend talk show host.
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for viewers just tuning in, judge lamberth's most famous use of the contempt power resulted in a law review article titled this: scholarship.law.gwu.edu/f….
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There's no supremacy clause problem with state bribery laws encompassing payment of bribes to federal officials, and California's statute does, it's not limited to state government bribes. They can and should open a criminal investigation. Not wait for some future DOJ, do a state one right now.
Mark Lemley@marklemley.bsky.social
Another craven act of surrender by Big Tech. There is exactly zero merit to this lawsuit. For Google to pay Trump off adds it to the long list of companies that have decided to be complicit in his attack on free speech www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Judge Lamberth, a Reagan employee, slams the govt's "disrespect" for his orders.
He says contempt proceedings would be warranted, but he doesn't order them because nobody asked for them.
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I talked to the Canadian Press about the UofA situation.
www.ctvnews.ca
Alberta professor reinstated after put on leave over Charlie Kirk social media posts
The University of Alberta says a law professor is back on the job after being placed on leave over social media posts surrounding the death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
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NEWS
A federal judge SUSPENDS the reduction in force announced by Kari Lake of 500+ U.S. Agency for Global Media workers, largely from Voice of America.
Ruling storage.courtlistener.com….
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Yes: Directionally right, but underestimated the speed and scale of the collapse.
Main error: assuming SCOTUS would defend the law, maintain guardrails.
Jonathan V. Last@jvl.bsky.social
My thesis is that no matter how doomer you were in Nov. 2024, we're probably past your worst-case scenario for the first 9 months of this administration. It's very strange for me to realize I wasn't pessimistic enough. www.thebulwark.com/p/we-are-in-...
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when it comes to the specifics, there is a lot I did not anticipate (DOGE) or got wrong (kind of surprised there hasn't been more of an anti-gay marriage push). but overall, "authoritarian LARPing unconstrained by competence" is basically where I thought we would end up
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this is more or less what I expected
Jonathan V. Last@jvl.bsky.social
My thesis is that no matter how doomer you were in Nov. 2024, we're probably past your worst-case scenario for the first 9 months of this administration. It's very strange for me to realize I wasn't pessimistic enough. www.thebulwark.com/p/we-are-in-...
www.thebulwark.com
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What Pritzker's saying and doing isn't some particularly nuanced one neat trick kind of strategy. Most of it's fairly obvious. He's just the only one using the real constitutional crisis playbook against a consolidating authoritarian regime, meanwhile most other Dems aren't even on the right field.
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He stands out not because he's any kind of radical but because he seems to understand the escalation ladder we're on here, and how many steps up it we already are. He's not just being hardline on principle, he's escalating because he's actually thought about the strategy of how this plays out.
Radley Balko@radleybalko.bsky.social
I’m really grateful for Pritzker. But that he’s so good at this also makes clear just how badly most other Democrats are failing to meet the moment.
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A small break from the usual doom and gloom:
We decided to wallpaper a bathroom today. And feel like we could not have picked a better time to embrace whimsy.
It may be small, but I think I’ll smile every time I come in here and for a second forget about [waves hands at all this].
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you know, one possible outcome of Trump crashing the Generals Sesh is that Trump develops a new mancrush on a new man in uniform
Sanho Tree@sanho.bsky.social
“While he has reportedly always been temperamental, two staffers claim the former Fox News star’s mental state has reached new, frenzied heights after the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk earlier this month.” Hegseth may have given himself 800 more reasons to be paranoid.😂
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This "literature" is peer reviewed by....checks notes...nobody. In this instance, recency is not an asset since there is a mountain of research reaching the opposite conclusion. But when the literature does not say what you want, manufacture it through SSRN and launder it through a NYT oped.
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try to read this without involuntarily sniffing, as if your sinuses had become inflamed by some unknown irritant
Jason "Red5" Lyall@jaylyall.bsky.social
They said Hegseth is becoming increasingly “obsessed” with his own security and exhibits frenzied behavior, such as fidgeting and pacing during meetings. “Dude is crawling out of his skin,” another source said.
www.thedailybeast.com
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When what's happening is not actual binding legislation and appropriations, but a fake rubber stamp for lawless tyranny, nothing Trump and his GOP can or will pretend to offer is worth giving them the cover of constitutionally legitimate normalcy or bipartisan agreement.
@theunpopulist.net
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Democrats Should Do the Honorable Thing and Refuse to Fund an Authoritarian Administration
Selling out democracy in exchange for petty subsidies is an affront to the Constitution and the freedom of Americans
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yeah you know what have fun with it, Durbin sucks
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33 years ago today, this episode of "Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego" aired:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=G….
Spoiler alert: I didn't win.
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WiTWICS | Blarney Burglary (1992)
YouTube video by Jon ACME
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torn between wanting to defend against what I think is a misreading of Durbin and my general sense that Durbin is the best Dem for people to be mad at
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He came here at age 13 more than 20 years ago. He got his first ever criminal arrest in August this year, a DUI arrest which got him on ICE’s radar. And they’re treating him like this.
Clara Jeffery@clarajeffery.bsky.social
A victim of the shooting at the ICE facility is UNCONSCIOUS, in critical care, may not survive, his wife is about to give birth, and ICE IS KEEPING HIM SHACKLED TO HIS HOSPITAL BED: I just unlocked a new level of rage. www.npr.org/2025/09/27/n...
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