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"There are times when you must speak. Not because you are going to change the other person, but because if you don't speak they have changed you." - Unknown
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"There are times when you must speak. Not because you are going to change the other person, but because if you don't speak they have changed you." - Unknown
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The office of Israel’s president, Isaac Herzog, has denied a claim by Donald Trump that Benjamin Netanyahu, who is on trial on corruption charges, would soon receive a pardon.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Israeli president’s office denies Trump’s claim Netanyahu pardon is ‘on its way’
Isaac Herzog’s spokesperson says he has not spoken to Trump since US president wrote to urge him to stop trial
www.theguardian.com
December 30, 2025 at 4:13 PM
The office of Israel’s president, Isaac Herzog, has denied a claim by Donald Trump that Benjamin Netanyahu, who is on trial on corruption charges, would soon receive a pardon.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
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And of course, silence from Trump and all the so-called hawkish Republicans
Meanwhile, China is literally shooting missiles over Taiwan in its exercises. Maybe Trump will go hide under Putin’s desk 🤷🏼♀️
Meanwhile, China is literally shooting missiles over Taiwan in its exercises. Maybe Trump will go hide under Putin’s desk 🤷🏼♀️
December 30, 2025 at 4:36 PM
And of course, silence from Trump and all the so-called hawkish Republicans
Meanwhile, China is literally shooting missiles over Taiwan in its exercises. Maybe Trump will go hide under Putin’s desk 🤷🏼♀️
Meanwhile, China is literally shooting missiles over Taiwan in its exercises. Maybe Trump will go hide under Putin’s desk 🤷🏼♀️
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Border czar Tom Homan didn't receive a normal background check for his role while his bribery probe was still ongoing:
Justice officials felt sure Homan would not be able to obtain a security clearance based on the evidence gathered. It remains unclear how Homan was eventually granted clearance.
Justice officials felt sure Homan would not be able to obtain a security clearance based on the evidence gathered. It remains unclear how Homan was eventually granted clearance.
Border czar Tom Homan didn’t receive normal background check during bribery probe
President-elect Trump initially balked at submitting names of likely nominees to the FBI for background checks, a basic step intended to flag possible financial conflicts or ethical problems.
www.ms.now
December 30, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Border czar Tom Homan didn't receive a normal background check for his role while his bribery probe was still ongoing:
Justice officials felt sure Homan would not be able to obtain a security clearance based on the evidence gathered. It remains unclear how Homan was eventually granted clearance.
Justice officials felt sure Homan would not be able to obtain a security clearance based on the evidence gathered. It remains unclear how Homan was eventually granted clearance.
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You can almost see how desperate Trump and Jared Kushner are to take over Gaza and build those beachfront condominiums
Netanyahu would of course be completely on board with that plan
Netanyahu would of course be completely on board with that plan
the US delegation for Trump's meeting with Netanyahu includes Witkoff, Jared Kushner, and Stephen Miller
December 29, 2025 at 7:25 PM
You can almost see how desperate Trump and Jared Kushner are to take over Gaza and build those beachfront condominiums
Netanyahu would of course be completely on board with that plan
Netanyahu would of course be completely on board with that plan
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The biggest loser in the Russian war against Ukraine is the United States of America.
When MAGA Comes to Christmas Dinner
A glimpse of what Trump’s movement does to its supporters.
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December 29, 2025 at 7:30 PM
The biggest loser in the Russian war against Ukraine is the United States of America.
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OK, a little pie-in-the-sky goal here: Any chance we could get Law Dork 549 new subscribers — free or paid — before the new year?
That would give Law Dork 80,000 total subscribers!
If you've relied on my work this year, share this with your recommendation!
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That would give Law Dork 80,000 total subscribers!
If you've relied on my work this year, share this with your recommendation!
www.lawdork.com
December 29, 2025 at 7:27 PM
OK, a little pie-in-the-sky goal here: Any chance we could get Law Dork 549 new subscribers — free or paid — before the new year?
That would give Law Dork 80,000 total subscribers!
If you've relied on my work this year, share this with your recommendation!
www.lawdork.com
That would give Law Dork 80,000 total subscribers!
If you've relied on my work this year, share this with your recommendation!
www.lawdork.com
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NEW: Alan Dershowitz tells Jeffrey Epstein prosecutor "You are a real mensch:" Newly released emails show that Florida federal prosecutors had "social" meetings with Epstein's lawyers as they worked to mitigate the sex trafficker's sentence. www.miamiherald.com/news/local/a...
As Epstein’s cushy jail sentence raised concerns, his lawyers went on charm offensive
The Epstein Files show how his attorneys mixed personal and business relationships with prosecutors who had agreed to settle Epstein’s case.
www.miamiherald.com
December 25, 2025 at 11:53 AM
NEW: Alan Dershowitz tells Jeffrey Epstein prosecutor "You are a real mensch:" Newly released emails show that Florida federal prosecutors had "social" meetings with Epstein's lawyers as they worked to mitigate the sex trafficker's sentence. www.miamiherald.com/news/local/a...
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Trump's DOJ was monitoring all the movements of the Miami Herald reporter who was covering the Epstein case.
December 28, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Trump's DOJ was monitoring all the movements of the Miami Herald reporter who was covering the Epstein case.
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Trump claimed Putin is “serious” about peace and suggested Ukraine’s strikes inside Russia match Russia’s — despite Ukraine targeting fuel depots, not civilians. He avoided details on Ukrainian security guarantees, promising only a “strong” deal.
euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/28/t...
euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/28/t...
Trump still claims Putin is “serious about peace” and downplays Russian strikes
At Mar-a-Lago, he drew a parallel between Russia’s deliberate bombing of homes and Ukraine’s hits on military fuel sites.
euromaidanpress.com
December 28, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Trump claimed Putin is “serious” about peace and suggested Ukraine’s strikes inside Russia match Russia’s — despite Ukraine targeting fuel depots, not civilians. He avoided details on Ukrainian security guarantees, promising only a “strong” deal.
euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/28/t...
euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/28/t...
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DOJ official Todd Blanche promised to dump his crypto holdings no later than 90 days after his Senate confirmation in March.
But about a month into the job — before divesting — he ordered an end to investigations into crypto companies.
By @coreygjohnson.bsky.social @shaw.al
But about a month into the job — before divesting — he ordered an end to investigations into crypto companies.
By @coreygjohnson.bsky.social @shaw.al
Top DOJ Official Todd Blanche Shut Down Crypto Enforcement While Holding Crypto Assets
The second-highest official at the DOJ, Todd Blanche rose to prominence as Trump’s personal defense attorney. His actions violated the federal conflicts of interest law and his ethics agreement, exper...
www.propublica.org
December 28, 2025 at 2:30 AM
DOJ official Todd Blanche promised to dump his crypto holdings no later than 90 days after his Senate confirmation in March.
But about a month into the job — before divesting — he ordered an end to investigations into crypto companies.
By @coreygjohnson.bsky.social @shaw.al
But about a month into the job — before divesting — he ordered an end to investigations into crypto companies.
By @coreygjohnson.bsky.social @shaw.al
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Context you rarely hear: global stocks are up about 30% over the past year. U.S. stocks? Around 18%. That means American investors underperformed the world by about 12 percentage points, even while headlines called it a “fantastic year.”
December 27, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Context you rarely hear: global stocks are up about 30% over the past year. U.S. stocks? Around 18%. That means American investors underperformed the world by about 12 percentage points, even while headlines called it a “fantastic year.”
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"Jabo is not known for terrorist activity and that local Christians coexist peacefully with the Muslim majority"
edition.cnn.com/2025/12/26/a...
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Fear and confusion in Nigerian village hit in US strike, as locals say no history of ISIS in area | CNN
A day after part of a missile fired by the United States hit their village, landing just meters from its only medical facility, the villagers of Jabo in northwest Nigeria are in a state of shock and c...
edition.cnn.com
December 27, 2025 at 11:21 AM
"Jabo is not known for terrorist activity and that local Christians coexist peacefully with the Muslim majority"
edition.cnn.com/2025/12/26/a...
edition.cnn.com/2025/12/26/a...
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You guys caught this too, right?
“Donald J. Trump had raped her along with Jeffrey Epstein.” ███████ noted some girl with a funny name “took me into a fancy hotel or building, that’s how it happened.”
Also this: she was advised to call the police. But she replied, “I can’t, they will kill me.”
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“Donald J. Trump had raped her along with Jeffrey Epstein.” ███████ noted some girl with a funny name “took me into a fancy hotel or building, that’s how it happened.”
Also this: she was advised to call the police. But she replied, “I can’t, they will kill me.”
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December 25, 2025 at 7:09 PM
You guys caught this too, right?
“Donald J. Trump had raped her along with Jeffrey Epstein.” ███████ noted some girl with a funny name “took me into a fancy hotel or building, that’s how it happened.”
Also this: she was advised to call the police. But she replied, “I can’t, they will kill me.”
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“Donald J. Trump had raped her along with Jeffrey Epstein.” ███████ noted some girl with a funny name “took me into a fancy hotel or building, that’s how it happened.”
Also this: she was advised to call the police. But she replied, “I can’t, they will kill me.”
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Jack Smith is calling for the House Judiciary Committee to release the recording of his full closed-door deposition before the panel.
"Doing so will ensure that the American people can hear the facts directly from Mr. Smith, rather than through second-hand accounts."
"Doing so will ensure that the American people can hear the facts directly from Mr. Smith, rather than through second-hand accounts."
December 24, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Jack Smith is calling for the House Judiciary Committee to release the recording of his full closed-door deposition before the panel.
"Doing so will ensure that the American people can hear the facts directly from Mr. Smith, rather than through second-hand accounts."
"Doing so will ensure that the American people can hear the facts directly from Mr. Smith, rather than through second-hand accounts."
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The “60 Minutes” we have known is dead. The fearless program that many of us grew up with was strangled by corporate titans seeking favor with the Trump White House. I don’t know what is next for the storied franchise, but it will never be the same. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/60-m...
“60 Minutes” Obeyed in Advance
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 24, 2025 at 6:56 PM
The “60 Minutes” we have known is dead. The fearless program that many of us grew up with was strangled by corporate titans seeking favor with the Trump White House. I don’t know what is next for the storied franchise, but it will never be the same. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/60-m...
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The Trump administration has stopped outsourcing its incompetence and lying to the DOJ. It will now do it directly.
Axios has learned the White House has begun managing the DOJ's account on X to respond to posts highlighting mentions of Trump in the Epstein files.
In typical administrations, there is a wall between the White House and what is supposed to be an independent Justice Department.
In typical administrations, there is a wall between the White House and what is supposed to be an independent Justice Department.
Scoop: Trump administration expects Epstein files release could last another week
The White House has begun managing the DOJ's account on X, an effort to finish out the year and the Epstein file disclosure requirements set by Congress.
www.axios.com
December 24, 2025 at 5:40 PM
The Trump administration has stopped outsourcing its incompetence and lying to the DOJ. It will now do it directly.
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A small (personal) example of this book’s intellectual dishonesty:
My father-in-law is reading In Covid’s Wake, and excitedly told me he found a passage where I’m quoted. The quote in question is me saying the FBI worked to censor speech on social media.
Huh? When did I say that?!
My father-in-law is reading In Covid’s Wake, and excitedly told me he found a passage where I’m quoted. The quote in question is me saying the FBI worked to censor speech on social media.
Huh? When did I say that?!
December 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
A small (personal) example of this book’s intellectual dishonesty:
My father-in-law is reading In Covid’s Wake, and excitedly told me he found a passage where I’m quoted. The quote in question is me saying the FBI worked to censor speech on social media.
Huh? When did I say that?!
My father-in-law is reading In Covid’s Wake, and excitedly told me he found a passage where I’m quoted. The quote in question is me saying the FBI worked to censor speech on social media.
Huh? When did I say that?!
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I don’t wanna sound partisan but I think it’s bad when the president keeps raging publicly about free speech and late night comedy he doesn’t like and threatening state censorship all the time, and also using language that is easily construed as calling for someone’s death
December 24, 2025 at 3:20 PM
I don’t wanna sound partisan but I think it’s bad when the president keeps raging publicly about free speech and late night comedy he doesn’t like and threatening state censorship all the time, and also using language that is easily construed as calling for someone’s death
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About those Venezuelan immigrants Trump cruelly sent to CECOT
A judge ordered that the administration must facilitate their return to the United States so they can pursue their removal claims “with hearings that satisfy the requirements of due process”
A judge ordered that the administration must facilitate their return to the United States so they can pursue their removal claims “with hearings that satisfy the requirements of due process”
December 24, 2025 at 3:40 AM
About those Venezuelan immigrants Trump cruelly sent to CECOT
A judge ordered that the administration must facilitate their return to the United States so they can pursue their removal claims “with hearings that satisfy the requirements of due process”
A judge ordered that the administration must facilitate their return to the United States so they can pursue their removal claims “with hearings that satisfy the requirements of due process”
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Atty @markzaidesq.bsky.social, whose security clearance was rescinded in retribution for representing the whistleblower who reported Trump’s "favor" call to Zelenskyy, leading to 1st impeachment, WINS prelim injunction invalidating rescission ...
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Memorandum & Opinion – #52 in ZAID v. EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT (D.D.C., 1:25-cv-01365) – CourtListener.com
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER. Plaintiff's 9 motion for preliminary injunction is granted in part and denied in part. Defendants' 22 motion to dismiss is denied. See document for details. Defendants sh...
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December 24, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Atty @markzaidesq.bsky.social, whose security clearance was rescinded in retribution for representing the whistleblower who reported Trump’s "favor" call to Zelenskyy, leading to 1st impeachment, WINS prelim injunction invalidating rescission ...
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Want to see how they lie? I published this last week: Matt and his assistant Andrew Lowenthal cutting emails in half and lying about what they said to spin up the antivax rage machine. The Twitter Files were a propaganda campaign. And here we are now.
open.substack.com/pub/reneedir...
open.substack.com/pub/reneedir...
The Many Lies of Andrew Lowenthal
Pulling receipts: what a cropped email & sworn declaration reveal in the ongoing saga of a smear campaign
open.substack.com
December 23, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Want to see how they lie? I published this last week: Matt and his assistant Andrew Lowenthal cutting emails in half and lying about what they said to spin up the antivax rage machine. The Twitter Files were a propaganda campaign. And here we are now.
open.substack.com/pub/reneedir...
open.substack.com/pub/reneedir...
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The US State Department is now going to be deporting people and/or revoking visas over Benz, Taibbi, and Shellenberger’s “censorship industrial complex” hoax.
Let that sink in. This is what the Twitter Files pretext was actually about. Water boys for authoritarians.
www.state.gov/releases/off...
Let that sink in. This is what the Twitter Files pretext was actually about. Water boys for authoritarians.
www.state.gov/releases/off...
Announcement of Actions to Combat the Global Censorship-Industrial Complex - United States Department of State
The State Department is taking decisive action against five individuals who have led organized efforts to coerce American platforms to censor, demonetize, and suppress American viewpoints they oppose....
www.state.gov
December 23, 2025 at 8:13 PM
The US State Department is now going to be deporting people and/or revoking visas over Benz, Taibbi, and Shellenberger’s “censorship industrial complex” hoax.
Let that sink in. This is what the Twitter Files pretext was actually about. Water boys for authoritarians.
www.state.gov/releases/off...
Let that sink in. This is what the Twitter Files pretext was actually about. Water boys for authoritarians.
www.state.gov/releases/off...
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Here is the order and opinions: www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
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December 23, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Here is the order and opinions: www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
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Genuinely shocked at a rule-of-law based result from this Court.
NEW: By a 6-3 vote, the Supreme Court blocks Trump’s deployment of the National Guard to Chicago to assist immigration agents. A majority holds that he likely lacks authority to do so. Thomas, Alito, and Gorsuch dissent. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
![The Government asked this Court to stay the District Court's order. After the response and reply were filed, JUSTICE BARRETT referred the application to the Court. We directed the parties to file supplemental letter briefs on an issue that the District Court had addressed but the parties' initial briefs had not: the meaning of the term "regular forces" in §12406(3). In its supplemental brief, the Government argues that the term refers to civilian law enforcement officers, such as those employed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement or the Federal Protective Service.
Respondents, echoing the District Court, maintain that the term refers to the regular forces of the United States mili-tary.
We conclude that the term "regular forces" in §12406(3) likely refers to the regular forces of the United States mili-tary. This interpretation means that to call the Guard into active federal service under §12406(3), the President must be "unable" with the regular military "to execute the laws of the United States." Because the statute requires an assessment of the military's ability to execute the laws, it likely applies only where the military could legally execute the laws. Such circumstances are exceptional: Under the Posse Comitatus Act, the military is prohibited from "execut[ing] the laws" "except in cases and under circumstances expressly authorized by the Constitution or Act of Congress."
18 U. S. C. §1385. So before the President can federalize the Guard under §12406(3), he likely must have statutory or constitutional authority to execute the laws with the regular military and must be "unable" with those forces to perform that function.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6h7b2i6ttw3l4t7pvbvxdith/bafkreiftbhzwvn3vgwhqsi7k2paizvdw4t26ailljvovso3chqupnmj364@jpeg)
December 23, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Genuinely shocked at a rule-of-law based result from this Court.