Brendan Ballou
@brendanballou.bsky.social
Former DOJ, author of Plunder: Private Equity’s Plan to Pillage America. Contact: [email protected]
Netflix will fund the acquisition of WBD with $59 billion in debt. Executives will get a huge payout at the cost of the company’s viability. Steward Health, Hertz, Toys R Us: it’s the same story over and over…
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Netflix Is Borrowing $59 Billion to Acquire Warner Bros. That's Among the Largest Debt Burdens Ever
But a bridge loan from 2015 still outpaces it by almost $20 billion.
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December 6, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Netflix will fund the acquisition of WBD with $59 billion in debt. Executives will get a huge payout at the cost of the company’s viability. Steward Health, Hertz, Toys R Us: it’s the same story over and over…
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On @weeknightmsnow.bsky.social around 7:15 PM to talk about Kash Patel allegedly ordering FBI agents to chauffeur his girlfriend’s drunk friend. Not a good use of FBI money.
The Weeknight on MS NOW (@weeknightmsnow.bsky.social)
Tune in Mondays through Fridays at 7pm ET for "The Weeknight," hosted by Symone Sanders Townsend, Michael Steele, and Alicia Menendez.
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December 5, 2025 at 10:56 PM
On @weeknightmsnow.bsky.social around 7:15 PM to talk about Kash Patel allegedly ordering FBI agents to chauffeur his girlfriend’s drunk friend. Not a good use of FBI money.
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It's good—very good, and very important—that district courts keep issuing these 100-page rulings upholding the law. It must be incredibly dispiriting to see them overturned in a two-page, lawless, unsigned order, but please, keep them coming. They expose SCOTUS' corruption like nothing else.
December 5, 2025 at 12:41 AM
It's good—very good, and very important—that district courts keep issuing these 100-page rulings upholding the law. It must be incredibly dispiriting to see them overturned in a two-page, lawless, unsigned order, but please, keep them coming. They expose SCOTUS' corruption like nothing else.
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DAY AHEAD: Pardon controversies unfold
Former Justice Dept official warns: “It’s going to be very hard to get the credibility back”
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Former Justice Dept official warns: “It’s going to be very hard to get the credibility back”
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Justice Dept official warns: “It’s gonna be very hard to get the credibility back” to pardon system
YouTube video by Scott MacFarlane CBS
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December 4, 2025 at 12:34 PM
DAY AHEAD: Pardon controversies unfold
Former Justice Dept official warns: “It’s going to be very hard to get the credibility back”
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Former Justice Dept official warns: “It’s going to be very hard to get the credibility back”
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ALERT: At US House Homeland Security Committee about violence against law enforcement, Democrats have put the January 6th plaque on a stand behind the Democratic members of panel
(House leadership has declined to hang the plaque at Capitol by mandated 2023 deadline)
(House leadership has declined to hang the plaque at Capitol by mandated 2023 deadline)
December 3, 2025 at 5:14 PM
ALERT: At US House Homeland Security Committee about violence against law enforcement, Democrats have put the January 6th plaque on a stand behind the Democratic members of panel
(House leadership has declined to hang the plaque at Capitol by mandated 2023 deadline)
(House leadership has declined to hang the plaque at Capitol by mandated 2023 deadline)
Thanks for the members of Congress here who are trying to make sure history doesn’t get rewritten.
ALERT: At US House Homeland Security Committee about violence against law enforcement, Democrats have put the January 6th plaque on a stand behind the Democratic members of panel
(House leadership has declined to hang the plaque at Capitol by mandated 2023 deadline)
(House leadership has declined to hang the plaque at Capitol by mandated 2023 deadline)
December 3, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Thanks for the members of Congress here who are trying to make sure history doesn’t get rewritten.
As we prepare to start suing over the administration's corruption, it's incredible to read about these cases: in the name of fighting "DEI," the Trump administration killed a lawsuit against a company allegedly emitting toxins in underserved Louisiana communities.
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Justice Department Dismisses Suit Against Denka, Delivering on President Trump’s Mandate to End Radical DEI Programs
The Justice Department, on behalf of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), dismissed a lawsuit against Denka Performance Elastomer LLC (Denka) concerning its neoprene manufacturing facility in La...
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December 2, 2025 at 5:00 PM
As we prepare to start suing over the administration's corruption, it's incredible to read about these cases: in the name of fighting "DEI," the Trump administration killed a lawsuit against a company allegedly emitting toxins in underserved Louisiana communities.
www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justi...
www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justi...
It’s a small comfort knowing this will someday be an exhibit in the civil lawsuit against Hegseth
December 1, 2025 at 2:45 AM
It’s a small comfort knowing this will someday be an exhibit in the civil lawsuit against Hegseth
I'll be on MSNOW around 2:45 PM ET today to talk about the Trump administration's killings of alleged drug smugglers. One point I try to make: in a world where Trump will presumably pardon all his key subordinates, we need to find civil/local/professional routes to accountability.
November 30, 2025 at 6:46 PM
I'll be on MSNOW around 2:45 PM ET today to talk about the Trump administration's killings of alleged drug smugglers. One point I try to make: in a world where Trump will presumably pardon all his key subordinates, we need to find civil/local/professional routes to accountability.
The corruption is staggering.
November 30, 2025 at 3:44 PM
The corruption is staggering.
Speaking on MS NOW in a few minutes to talk about what the government will—and won’t—disclose in the Epstein files.
November 28, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Speaking on MS NOW in a few minutes to talk about what the government will—and won’t—disclose in the Epstein files.
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Private equity is looting our malls, doctors' offices, and nursing homes.
Heck, you name it, and private equity has probably already bought it.
Their scheme spares no one. I’m fighting to stop it.
Heck, you name it, and private equity has probably already bought it.
Their scheme spares no one. I’m fighting to stop it.
November 20, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Private equity is looting our malls, doctors' offices, and nursing homes.
Heck, you name it, and private equity has probably already bought it.
Their scheme spares no one. I’m fighting to stop it.
Heck, you name it, and private equity has probably already bought it.
Their scheme spares no one. I’m fighting to stop it.
Boasberg is legendarily efficient. Absent further stays from the appeals court, we could actually hear testimony on why the government defied a court order
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Judge Boasberg to resume criminal contempt inquiry into Trump officials involved in Alien Enemies Act deportation flights | CNN Politics
Judge James Boasberg plans to “promptly” move ahead with an effort to find out which Trump administration officials were responsible for flouting his orders in a high-stakes immigration case – and whe...
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November 19, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Boasberg is legendarily efficient. Absent further stays from the appeals court, we could actually hear testimony on why the government defied a court order
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🚨 January 6th Plaque Lawsuit Update:
The courts have given the government lawyers the length of the shutdown (44 days) plus ten days to respond. So we're looking at a December response. Good thing is this case is open and shut. The law says the plaque will be hung. Hang the plaque or change the law
The courts have given the government lawyers the length of the shutdown (44 days) plus ten days to respond. So we're looking at a December response. Good thing is this case is open and shut. The law says the plaque will be hung. Hang the plaque or change the law
November 19, 2025 at 3:14 PM
🚨 January 6th Plaque Lawsuit Update:
The courts have given the government lawyers the length of the shutdown (44 days) plus ten days to respond. So we're looking at a December response. Good thing is this case is open and shut. The law says the plaque will be hung. Hang the plaque or change the law
The courts have given the government lawyers the length of the shutdown (44 days) plus ten days to respond. So we're looking at a December response. Good thing is this case is open and shut. The law says the plaque will be hung. Hang the plaque or change the law
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Billionaire companies are bankrolling Trump’s ballroom and it stinks of bribery.
That’s why @robertgarcia.house.gov and I introduced a bill to crack down on this potential corruption.
That’s why @robertgarcia.house.gov and I introduced a bill to crack down on this potential corruption.
November 18, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Billionaire companies are bankrolling Trump’s ballroom and it stinks of bribery.
That’s why @robertgarcia.house.gov and I introduced a bill to crack down on this potential corruption.
That’s why @robertgarcia.house.gov and I introduced a bill to crack down on this potential corruption.
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Who does this benefit other than the major airline CEOs?
November 18, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Who does this benefit other than the major airline CEOs?
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It'd be helpful to see if student borrowers have a reliance interest in not having their loans sold to third parties -- it might be a basis to enjoin these potential sales. Anyone with a current federal student loan contract, feel free to DM me.
It'd be helpful to see if student borrowers have a reliance interest in not having their loans sold to third parties -- it might be a basis to enjoin these potential sales. Anyone with a current federal student loan contract, feel free to DM me.
Warren urges Trump administration to 'immediately cease' student loan selloff plans
Sen. Elizabeth Warren is attempting to stop the reported selloff of the $1.6 trillion student loan portfolio to private companies.
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November 18, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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It'd be helpful to see if student borrowers have a reliance interest in not having their loans sold to third parties -- it might be a basis to enjoin these potential sales. Anyone with a current federal student loan contract, feel free to DM me.
It'd be helpful to see if student borrowers have a reliance interest in not having their loans sold to third parties -- it might be a basis to enjoin these potential sales. Anyone with a current federal student loan contract, feel free to DM me.
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BREAKING: Moving quickly, Chief Judge Boasberg orders the Trump administration and challengers in the Alien Enemies Act case before him to be ready “to discuss next steps in this Court's contempt inquiry” in two days, at a hearing in the broader case already set for Wednesday.
November 17, 2025 at 3:07 PM
BREAKING: Moving quickly, Chief Judge Boasberg orders the Trump administration and challengers in the Alien Enemies Act case before him to be ready “to discuss next steps in this Court's contempt inquiry” in two days, at a hearing in the broader case already set for Wednesday.
This not a “fluid mingling of politics with profit” — it’s corruption.
November 17, 2025 at 12:06 PM
This not a “fluid mingling of politics with profit” — it’s corruption.
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Lawyers for former FBI Director @jamescomey.bsky.social & @newyorkstateag.bsky.social Letitia Jame challenged the appointment of Lindsay Halligan as interim U.S. attorney. @lawofruby.bsky.social @anthonycoley.bsky.social @brendanballou.bsky.social
Comey, James prosecutions 'send a signal' to those who challenge Trump: Ex-DOJ official
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November 13, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Lawyers for former FBI Director @jamescomey.bsky.social & @newyorkstateag.bsky.social Letitia Jame challenged the appointment of Lindsay Halligan as interim U.S. attorney. @lawofruby.bsky.social @anthonycoley.bsky.social @brendanballou.bsky.social
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NEW: Ghislaine Maxwell plans to ask Trump to commute prison sentence, House Democrats say
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Ghislaine Maxwell plans to ask Trump to commute prison sentence, House Democrats say
Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking co-conspirator, is planning to apply for a commutation of her 20-year prison sentence, House Judiciary Committee Democrats say.
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November 10, 2025 at 10:12 AM
NEW: Ghislaine Maxwell plans to ask Trump to commute prison sentence, House Democrats say
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They’re building a paramilitary force loyal to the president but beyond the reach of the law.
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November 10, 2025 at 8:26 PM
They’re building a paramilitary force loyal to the president but beyond the reach of the law.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/o...
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😎😎😎😎 GOOD THINGS CAN STILL HAPPEN 😎😎😎😎
November 5, 2025 at 5:22 AM
😎😎😎😎 GOOD THINGS CAN STILL HAPPEN 😎😎😎😎
Mamdani putting up John Lindsay numbers: New Yorkers demand a mayor who is hot.
Mamdani cracks 1M votes, the first NYC mayor to do so since John Lindsay in 1969
November 5, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Mamdani putting up John Lindsay numbers: New Yorkers demand a mayor who is hot.
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A common theme of Trump II is an utterly cowardly class of elites while everyday regular people have risen to the occasion
French bakery in Bed-Stuy offers free breakfast to SNAP card holders
French bakery in Bed-Stuy offers free breakfast to SNAP card holders
Beginning Nov. 1, when SNAP benefits are expected to be suspended, Je T’aime Patisserie will offer free breakfast to anyone who presents their EBT card from 7:30-10 a.m.
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October 30, 2025 at 7:56 PM
A common theme of Trump II is an utterly cowardly class of elites while everyday regular people have risen to the occasion