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It’s striking how many of the most mundane features of American democracy, built centuries ago to protect against remembered tyrants from centuries prior, are still the bulwark against Trumpian fascism, while all the newfangled modern institutions simply collapsed on first contact with him
JUST IN: Assistant U.S. Attorney Jeffrey Snell just confirmed, at the prodding of U.S. Magistrate Judge Keri Holleb Hotaling, that this motion for dismissal followed a "no bill" from a grand jury.
That means the grand jury refused to indict.
That means the grand jury refused to indict.
U.S. prosecutors in Chicago are dropping another case tied to Operation Midway Blitz, "without prejudice."
It's USA v. Nathan Griffin. Below is the motion, followed by excerpts from the complaint.
The feds don't say why they're dropping it, but they had until today to secure an indictment.
It's USA v. Nathan Griffin. Below is the motion, followed by excerpts from the complaint.
The feds don't say why they're dropping it, but they had until today to secure an indictment.
December 10, 2025 at 4:57 PM
It’s striking how many of the most mundane features of American democracy, built centuries ago to protect against remembered tyrants from centuries prior, are still the bulwark against Trumpian fascism, while all the newfangled modern institutions simply collapsed on first contact with him
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It's frustrating how Russia has built this entire myth of invincibility around itself. It lost the Crimean war, a war with Japan in 1905, the first world war, an invasion of Poland in 1920, and in Afghanistan. It won the second world war only with Allied logistical support.
December 10, 2025 at 9:45 PM
It's frustrating how Russia has built this entire myth of invincibility around itself. It lost the Crimean war, a war with Japan in 1905, the first world war, an invasion of Poland in 1920, and in Afghanistan. It won the second world war only with Allied logistical support.
I’ve never had a unique experience in my life
December 11, 2025 at 4:48 AM
I’ve never had a unique experience in my life
Me too! I was so disturbed as a child. I used to rewind the last scene to see if he was in it right before the credits rolled.
It genuinely upset me so badly I had to find him in the ending ensemble numbers just so I knew he’d survived
December 11, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Me too! I was so disturbed as a child. I used to rewind the last scene to see if he was in it right before the credits rolled.
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I think @froomkin.bsky.social nailed it better than any press critic has done. There is no middle ground between truth and lies
December 10, 2025 at 5:16 PM
I think @froomkin.bsky.social nailed it better than any press critic has done. There is no middle ground between truth and lies
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I indeed would have more sympathy for the AI industry writ large around public perception if there hadn’t been years now of genuinely constant attempts at the highest level to make everyone who isn’t an upper-level manager terrified that AI will destroy their livelihoods
December 10, 2025 at 12:00 AM
I indeed would have more sympathy for the AI industry writ large around public perception if there hadn’t been years now of genuinely constant attempts at the highest level to make everyone who isn’t an upper-level manager terrified that AI will destroy their livelihoods
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I continue to have no sympathy left for whinging about how the public are rude about AI and feel threatened by it when the biggest players in the AI space have spent years very vocally and constantly *threatening the public*
December 9, 2025 at 11:59 PM
I continue to have no sympathy left for whinging about how the public are rude about AI and feel threatened by it when the biggest players in the AI space have spent years very vocally and constantly *threatening the public*
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She is absolutely preaching 😂
I have been laughing at this for the last 10 minutes. She is not wrong though. She's absolutely correct!
December 11, 2025 at 4:14 AM
She is absolutely preaching 😂
So many people who travel with nothing more than a toothbrush and aluminum-free deodorant. Do you not STINK to high heaven
Trying to pare my to-go bag, and my god all popular one-bag travel gear is hideous, tech-bro nonsense.
December 11, 2025 at 12:15 AM
So many people who travel with nothing more than a toothbrush and aluminum-free deodorant. Do you not STINK to high heaven
Trying to pare my to-go bag, and my god all popular one-bag travel gear is hideous, tech-bro nonsense.
December 11, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Trying to pare my to-go bag, and my god all popular one-bag travel gear is hideous, tech-bro nonsense.
When *it* finally happens I'm throwing a party
December 11, 2025 at 12:13 AM
When *it* finally happens I'm throwing a party
high blood pressure for all
December 11, 2025 at 12:13 AM
high blood pressure for all
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I refuse to treat an adult like a child which is exactly why I'm making sure my kids are experiencing every drop of their childhoods and staying in a child's place.
December 10, 2025 at 4:50 AM
I refuse to treat an adult like a child which is exactly why I'm making sure my kids are experiencing every drop of their childhoods and staying in a child's place.
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This man looks like they rent him out to hunt for truffles
Christian nationalist pastor Joel Webbon calls on his fellow Christians to use the slur "faggot" in the fight against LGBTQ rights: "No, stop it, faggots. No, you will not convert my children. You're degenerates, you're predators, and you're evil." www.peoplefor.org/rightwingwat...
December 10, 2025 at 9:00 PM
This man looks like they rent him out to hunt for truffles
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We're just getting started.
December 10, 2025 at 10:07 PM
We're just getting started.
How are these people allowed to continue practicing law?
December 10, 2025 at 10:19 PM
How are these people allowed to continue practicing law?
The legal community hasn’t been gatekeeping those licenses enough tbh
December 10, 2025 at 10:19 PM
The legal community hasn’t been gatekeeping those licenses enough tbh
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'Serious Escalation' As US Seizes Oil Tanker Off Coast of Venezuela
'Serious Escalation' As US Seizes Oil Tanker Off Coast of Venezuela
US military seizes oil tanker off Venezuela coast, escalating tensions. Trump boasts about "largest one ever seized."
www.commondreams.org
December 10, 2025 at 8:47 PM
'Serious Escalation' As US Seizes Oil Tanker Off Coast of Venezuela
I’m going to say something extremely unpopular but it’s not just white people. Witness all the folks “of color” groups who crash out when they move to the US and are scandalized to learn that they no longer hold the racial and social status they held in their home country.
December 10, 2025 at 10:14 PM
I’m going to say something extremely unpopular but it’s not just white people. Witness all the folks “of color” groups who crash out when they move to the US and are scandalized to learn that they no longer hold the racial and social status they held in their home country.
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See, this right here is the problem with many white people. They've never had to struggle for anything. They've never lived in a country in which they weren't the apex. And now that shit's gone south, they are crashing out. PBO said *we* are the ones we've been waiting for. Bootstrap time, folks.
December 10, 2025 at 7:35 PM
See, this right here is the problem with many white people. They've never had to struggle for anything. They've never lived in a country in which they weren't the apex. And now that shit's gone south, they are crashing out. PBO said *we* are the ones we've been waiting for. Bootstrap time, folks.
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His impeachment and REMOVAL should be called for every single day.
Incredible scam. Charge $1M for citizenship then deport them anyway.
December 10, 2025 at 10:07 PM
His impeachment and REMOVAL should be called for every single day.
Incredible scam. Charge $1M for citizenship then deport them anyway.
December 10, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Incredible scam. Charge $1M for citizenship then deport them anyway.
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Donald Trump directly selling US citizenship for $1M apiece, while he bodily kidnaps other immigrants, stuffs them in black sites, and then ships them to our new gulag archipelago around the world
December 10, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Donald Trump directly selling US citizenship for $1M apiece, while he bodily kidnaps other immigrants, stuffs them in black sites, and then ships them to our new gulag archipelago around the world
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If I didn’t see this myself on Truth Social I’d assume it was some phishing site
December 10, 2025 at 7:58 PM
If I didn’t see this myself on Truth Social I’d assume it was some phishing site
My favorite theaters are the ones where you can eat / drink and they charge $17 a cocktail. Kees the riffraff out
December 10, 2025 at 10:02 PM
My favorite theaters are the ones where you can eat / drink and they charge $17 a cocktail. Kees the riffraff out