Eric Lisann
@ericlisann.bsky.social
Lawyer, former federal and state prosecutor, independent legal analyst and contributor France24, adjunct HEC Paris. Father, loud spectator of college tennis matches. Same handle on the former Twitter.
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Eric Lisann
@ericlisann.bsky.social
· Aug 11
'Attack on Democrat-run cities: Trump takes DC crackdown to new level, flexing new-found authority'
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Here's my lowdown on the latest power machinations extending federal control, lawfully or otherwise, on what has become a plant local DC government. With France24 English Sharon Gaffney.
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Most of these Trumpian accusations hurled at Jack Smith are premised on the late filing of charges in the case, which they claim was done to impede Trump politically rather than for investigatory reasons. They also claim the late filing shows a lack of interest by Garland, which is ironically true.
January 22, 2026 at 8:04 PM
Most of these Trumpian accusations hurled at Jack Smith are premised on the late filing of charges in the case, which they claim was done to impede Trump politically rather than for investigatory reasons. They also claim the late filing shows a lack of interest by Garland, which is ironically true.
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Of course, there's no mention of the 200+ degree programs she cut or consolidated to help pay for this historic football win (by tripling the football budget).
January 22, 2026 at 2:11 AM
Of course, there's no mention of the 200+ degree programs she cut or consolidated to help pay for this historic football win (by tripling the football budget).
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr is now pushing a new law requiring equal time for political parties on tv news. Where is this coming from?
www.nbcnews.com/politics/ele...
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Late-night and daytime talk shows must offer equal time for candidate interviews, FCC says
Democratic Commissioner Anna Gomez said the guidance contrasts with the FCC's long-standing view that such programs are entitled to editorial discretion based on newsworthiness, not political favoriti...
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January 22, 2026 at 12:45 PM
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr is now pushing a new law requiring equal time for political parties on tv news. Where is this coming from?
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This move to piggyback the Maxwell case by Massie and Khanna was always a longshot. Their legislation should have contained its own enforcement mechanism. They can still file their own lawsuit, and push for congressional oversight, which they have yet to do.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/n...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/n...
Court Denies Lawmakers Seeking Independent Monitor of Epstein Files
www.nytimes.com
January 21, 2026 at 6:13 PM
This move to piggyback the Maxwell case by Massie and Khanna was always a longshot. Their legislation should have contained its own enforcement mechanism. They can still file their own lawsuit, and push for congressional oversight, which they have yet to do.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/n...
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Even the strategy itself seems inexplicable. Jeffries (at least in this reporting) seems to be saying that voting against continued full DHS funding - in a standalone bill that actually would have only symbolic effect - could jeopardize Democratic incumbents in swing districts. Is that true?
To quote one source:
“They’re terrified of being labeled anti–law enforcement. They want this to go away so they can talk about the cost of living more. Problem is, it’s not going away.”
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“They’re terrified of being labeled anti–law enforcement. They want this to go away so they can talk about the cost of living more. Problem is, it’s not going away.”
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Jeffries Won’t Whip Vote Against ICE Funding - The American Prospect
While the House Democratic leader announced personal opposition to a funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security, he won’t pressure his colleagues to do the same.
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January 22, 2026 at 12:40 AM
Even the strategy itself seems inexplicable. Jeffries (at least in this reporting) seems to be saying that voting against continued full DHS funding - in a standalone bill that actually would have only symbolic effect - could jeopardize Democratic incumbents in swing districts. Is that true?
The US Circuit Court for the 8th Circuit hath wrought this by unleashing Bovino, without explanation, from the modest restraints imposed by the Minnesota trial judge.
U.S. Customs and Border Patrol Cmdr. Greg Bovino is seen deploying a gas canister at Mueller Park in south Minneapolis this afternoon.
Video by Ben Luhmann.
Video by Ben Luhmann.
January 22, 2026 at 12:15 AM
The US Circuit Court for the 8th Circuit hath wrought this by unleashing Bovino, without explanation, from the modest restraints imposed by the Minnesota trial judge.
Theoden: Alas, that these evil days should be mine.
Gandalf: Breathe the free air again, my friend. Your fingers would remember their old strength better — if they grasped your sword.
Gandalf: Breathe the free air again, my friend. Your fingers would remember their old strength better — if they grasped your sword.
“I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo. "So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
January 21, 2026 at 11:23 PM
Theoden: Alas, that these evil days should be mine.
Gandalf: Breathe the free air again, my friend. Your fingers would remember their old strength better — if they grasped your sword.
Gandalf: Breathe the free air again, my friend. Your fingers would remember their old strength better — if they grasped your sword.
US Courts of Appeals have their shadow dockets too, and wield them to inexplicably and unaccountably shield Trump just as the Supreme Court has taught them to do.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/u...
Appeals Court Stays Restrictions on Federal Tactics in Minnesota
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January 21, 2026 at 11:11 PM
US Courts of Appeals have their shadow dockets too, and wield them to inexplicably and unaccountably shield Trump just as the Supreme Court has taught them to do.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/u...
Democrats balk at impeachment even in the face of blatant illegality and corruption while Trump lackeys controlling government jump at it to demonstrate contempt for the rule of law.
Speaker Mike Johnson now supports the push inside his party to bring impeachment articles against judges perceived as antagonistic of President Donald Trump’s agenda, a notable shift for the Louisiana Republican.
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‘I’m for it’: Johnson endorses impeachment for judges who rule against Trump
The speaker was previously cool to the conservative push to oust judges who rule against the administration.
www.politico.com
January 21, 2026 at 11:02 PM
Democrats balk at impeachment even in the face of blatant illegality and corruption while Trump lackeys controlling government jump at it to demonstrate contempt for the rule of law.
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Also helps explain some of his other posturing over the past several months.
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All due respect to Michael Cohen who paid his dues but he continues to facilely assume the actual guilt and ease of proving guilt against Comey, James and Trump's political enemies, even saying their conduct is equivalent to Trump's criminal conviction. Dangerous misinformation.
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January 21, 2026 at 6:56 PM
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This move to piggyback the Maxwell case by Massie and Khanna was always a longshot. Their legislation should have contained its own enforcement mechanism. They can still file their own lawsuit, and push for congressional oversight, which they have yet to do.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/n...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/n...
Court Denies Lawmakers Seeking Independent Monitor of Epstein Files
www.nytimes.com
January 21, 2026 at 6:13 PM
This move to piggyback the Maxwell case by Massie and Khanna was always a longshot. Their legislation should have contained its own enforcement mechanism. They can still file their own lawsuit, and push for congressional oversight, which they have yet to do.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/n...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/n...
Great that Newsom is at Davos to counter Trump. He should not be the only elected US official doing this.
Trump’s rambling, nonsensical, bullying speech hopefully woke up Europeans to what’s been sadly normalized over here.
January 21, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Great that Newsom is at Davos to counter Trump. He should not be the only elected US official doing this.
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Jones: All you do is keep people fearful because you get paid 45 million a year to keep people fearful so they don’t pay attention to the CEOS taking their healthcare. You don’t care about the American people. You want them to be afraid of immigrants because all you have is fear.
January 21, 2026 at 2:55 AM
Jones: All you do is keep people fearful because you get paid 45 million a year to keep people fearful so they don’t pay attention to the CEOS taking their healthcare. You don’t care about the American people. You want them to be afraid of immigrants because all you have is fear.
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Insane — a French judge says Trump’s goons tried to pressure her over Le Pen’s prosecution and she was so “taken aback” she told the French foreign office
“There’s a political project behind all this and we must be vigilant”
“There’s a political project behind all this and we must be vigilant”
January 21, 2026 at 4:32 AM
Insane — a French judge says Trump’s goons tried to pressure her over Le Pen’s prosecution and she was so “taken aback” she told the French foreign office
“There’s a political project behind all this and we must be vigilant”
“There’s a political project behind all this and we must be vigilant”
Court finds that Halligan is indeed "masquerading" as US Attorney but is too inexperienced to bother referring for attorney disciplinary investigation. So Bondi and Blanche pull the plug on this act of the Trump clown show.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
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Trump loyalist Lindsey Halligan leaves her post as a top federal prosecutor
She departs the same day a judge warned her against "masquerading" as the top prosecutor in the Eastern District of Virginia.
www.nbcnews.com
January 21, 2026 at 4:31 AM
Court finds that Halligan is indeed "masquerading" as US Attorney but is too inexperienced to bother referring for attorney disciplinary investigation. So Bondi and Blanche pull the plug on this act of the Trump clown show.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
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Trump is going to continue to play whack-a-mole with tariffs - while the Supreme Court may strike one basis for them, Trump will conjure up a different pretext and exploit the slow court process to invalidate the new pretext, unless the courts call this out.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/u...
Trump’s Trade Negotiator Says Response to Court Loss Would Be Immediate
www.nytimes.com
January 20, 2026 at 12:13 AM
Trump is going to continue to play whack-a-mole with tariffs - while the Supreme Court may strike one basis for them, Trump will conjure up a different pretext and exploit the slow court process to invalidate the new pretext, unless the courts call this out.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/u...
Trump is going to continue to play whack-a-mole with tariffs - while the Supreme Court may strike one basis for them, Trump will conjure up a different pretext and exploit the slow court process to invalidate the new pretext, unless the courts call this out.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/u...
Trump’s Trade Negotiator Says Response to Court Loss Would Be Immediate
www.nytimes.com
January 20, 2026 at 12:13 AM
Trump is going to continue to play whack-a-mole with tariffs - while the Supreme Court may strike one basis for them, Trump will conjure up a different pretext and exploit the slow court process to invalidate the new pretext, unless the courts call this out.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/u...
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Danish Parliament Deputy Speaker Lars-Christian Brask:
"If I could come with some advice, it would be for the Senate & House to start to take control of political power in America because with this erratic & mad behaviour, you have to ask the question, is the President capable of running the US?"
"If I could come with some advice, it would be for the Senate & House to start to take control of political power in America because with this erratic & mad behaviour, you have to ask the question, is the President capable of running the US?"
January 19, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Danish Parliament Deputy Speaker Lars-Christian Brask:
"If I could come with some advice, it would be for the Senate & House to start to take control of political power in America because with this erratic & mad behaviour, you have to ask the question, is the President capable of running the US?"
"If I could come with some advice, it would be for the Senate & House to start to take control of political power in America because with this erratic & mad behaviour, you have to ask the question, is the President capable of running the US?"
Until now, every fatal shooting by a federal law enforcement officer has been investigated by DOJ. DOJ has decided to stop that practice with this shooting. They have presumptively deemed the shooting appropriate.
BREAM: Is the FBI investigating the ICE agent who shot Renee Good?
BLANCHE: What happened has been reviewed by millions of Americans bc it was recorded. We investigate when it's appropriate. That is not the case here. We are not going to bow to pressure. So no, we are not investigating.
BLANCHE: What happened has been reviewed by millions of Americans bc it was recorded. We investigate when it's appropriate. That is not the case here. We are not going to bow to pressure. So no, we are not investigating.
January 18, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Until now, every fatal shooting by a federal law enforcement officer has been investigated by DOJ. DOJ has decided to stop that practice with this shooting. They have presumptively deemed the shooting appropriate.
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And Democrats are where exactly when all these outrageous lies are delivered?
Dems need daily shadow WH briefings, led by their strongest communicator, to counter all the lies.
And threaten any credible media that doesn't show up or report accurately with restricted access when they take over.
Dems need daily shadow WH briefings, led by their strongest communicator, to counter all the lies.
And threaten any credible media that doesn't show up or report accurately with restricted access when they take over.
January 18, 2026 at 5:01 PM
And Democrats are where exactly when all these outrageous lies are delivered?
Dems need daily shadow WH briefings, led by their strongest communicator, to counter all the lies.
And threaten any credible media that doesn't show up or report accurately with restricted access when they take over.
Dems need daily shadow WH briefings, led by their strongest communicator, to counter all the lies.
And threaten any credible media that doesn't show up or report accurately with restricted access when they take over.
Typically when this Supreme Court sits on a case this long that would curtail an abuse of Trump's power, it has been a deliberate decision. The public has learned this through reporting on the Court's processes. There are at least some Justices trying to bolster him.
It’s time for the Supreme Court to finally issue a ruling on tariffs. The Court has already recognized that tariffs function as a tax on the American people. A president cannot unilaterally impose new taxes on American citizens that power belongs to Congress alone.
January 18, 2026 at 6:19 PM
Typically when this Supreme Court sits on a case this long that would curtail an abuse of Trump's power, it has been a deliberate decision. The public has learned this through reporting on the Court's processes. There are at least some Justices trying to bolster him.
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BREAM: Is the FBI investigating the ICE agent who shot Renee Good?
BLANCHE: What happened has been reviewed by millions of Americans bc it was recorded. We investigate when it's appropriate. That is not the case here. We are not going to bow to pressure. So no, we are not investigating.
BLANCHE: What happened has been reviewed by millions of Americans bc it was recorded. We investigate when it's appropriate. That is not the case here. We are not going to bow to pressure. So no, we are not investigating.
January 18, 2026 at 4:24 PM
BREAM: Is the FBI investigating the ICE agent who shot Renee Good?
BLANCHE: What happened has been reviewed by millions of Americans bc it was recorded. We investigate when it's appropriate. That is not the case here. We are not going to bow to pressure. So no, we are not investigating.
BLANCHE: What happened has been reviewed by millions of Americans bc it was recorded. We investigate when it's appropriate. That is not the case here. We are not going to bow to pressure. So no, we are not investigating.
Fear and Loathing in Missouri.
NEW: President Donald Trump’s redistricting arms race is wreaking havoc across the country, leaving a trail of destruction in its wake.
But in Missouri, the fight has grown into something that threatens to cut democracy to the bone. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/in-...
But in Missouri, the fight has grown into something that threatens to cut democracy to the bone. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/in-...
In battling a GOP gerrymander, Missouri voters are fighting for American democracy
Read about the fight for democracy from activists, elected officials, legal experts and others.
www.democracydocket.com
January 17, 2026 at 8:10 PM
Fear and Loathing in Missouri.
This is blatantly illegal and a functioning Supreme Court would have ruled on the pending case already that would have prevented this.
Trump slaps tariffs on European allies in an effort to strongarm them into letting him seize the territory of a NATO member whose population does not want to be part of the United States. @shawnmccreesh.bsky.social @anaswanson.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/u...
Trump Announces 10 Percent Tariff on European Countries in Standoff Over Greenland
www.nytimes.com
January 17, 2026 at 7:18 PM
This is blatantly illegal and a functioning Supreme Court would have ruled on the pending case already that would have prevented this.
Trump and the quisling leadership of FIFA have broken the World Cup.
Are we honestly doing the World Cup over there? For real?
January 17, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Trump and the quisling leadership of FIFA have broken the World Cup.