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New: FBI Director Kash Patel Waived Polygraph Security Screening for Dan Bongino, Two Other Senior Staff www.propublica.org/article/fbi-...
FBI Director Kash Patel Waived Polygraph Security Screening for Dan Bongino, Two Other Senior Staff
As the FBI’s deputy director, Bongino receives some of the country’s most sensitive secrets, including the President’s Daily Brief. His ascent to that position without passing a standard bureau backgr...
www.propublica.org
November 14, 2025 at 4:49 PM
New: FBI Director Kash Patel Waived Polygraph Security Screening for Dan Bongino, Two Other Senior Staff www.propublica.org/article/fbi-...
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WOW. A federal judge says he's going to issue a Temporary Restraining Order requiring ICE to make changes at the Broadview facility in Chicago, a facility that until January was only for stays under 12 hours "absent exceptional circumstances," but has become, in Judge Gettleman's words, "a prison."
U.S. Robert Gettleman is now giving his thoughts. He says, "I think the evidence has been pretty strong that this facility is no longer just a temporary holding facility. …
"It has really become a prison."
"It has really become a prison."
DOJ's Jana Brady steps up next but says she'll largely "rest on our brief that we filed."
She wants any TRO to not "interfere with the executive branch."
She wants any TRO to not "interfere with the executive branch."
November 4, 2025 at 10:29 PM
WOW. A federal judge says he's going to issue a Temporary Restraining Order requiring ICE to make changes at the Broadview facility in Chicago, a facility that until January was only for stays under 12 hours "absent exceptional circumstances," but has become, in Judge Gettleman's words, "a prison."
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Q: Some smugglers have survived these strikes and been sent back to their home countries. If they're terrorists, why not arrest and detain them?
TRUMP: *immediately punts question to Hegseth*
TRUMP: *immediately punts question to Hegseth*
October 23, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Q: Some smugglers have survived these strikes and been sent back to their home countries. If they're terrorists, why not arrest and detain them?
TRUMP: *immediately punts question to Hegseth*
TRUMP: *immediately punts question to Hegseth*
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Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker suggested that President Donald Trump was acting out his own unresolved psychological issues.
'All due respect': J.B. Pritzker blames childhood trauma for Trump's Chicago vendetta
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker suggested that President Donald Trump was acting out his own unresolved psychological issues.The Democratic billionaire is locked in a battle with the president over National Guard troop deployments in Chicago to assist in often violent crackdowns by masked Immigration and ...
bit.ly
October 17, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker suggested that President Donald Trump was acting out his own unresolved psychological issues.
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Virginia Giuffre's family reacts to SCOTUS denying Ghislaine Maxwell's petition:
"We are committed to ensuring that convicted child sex trafficker Maxwell serves out the entirety of her 20-year sentence in prison, where she belongs."
Full statement below
"We are committed to ensuring that convicted child sex trafficker Maxwell serves out the entirety of her 20-year sentence in prison, where she belongs."
Full statement below
October 6, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Virginia Giuffre's family reacts to SCOTUS denying Ghislaine Maxwell's petition:
"We are committed to ensuring that convicted child sex trafficker Maxwell serves out the entirety of her 20-year sentence in prison, where she belongs."
Full statement below
"We are committed to ensuring that convicted child sex trafficker Maxwell serves out the entirety of her 20-year sentence in prison, where she belongs."
Full statement below
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No self-respecting reporter or news organization should misinform the public by referring to government agencies and officials by their pretend names and titles to humor, placate or curry favor with those in power.
This footnote to Illinois and Chicago's lawsuit against Trump is an important reminder:
* There is no Department of War or Secretary of War, which are make-believe names for the actual agencies created by Congress.
Doc storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
* There is no Department of War or Secretary of War, which are make-believe names for the actual agencies created by Congress.
Doc storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
October 6, 2025 at 5:01 PM
No self-respecting reporter or news organization should misinform the public by referring to government agencies and officials by their pretend names and titles to humor, placate or curry favor with those in power.
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BREAKING:
A federal judge ORDERS an evidentiary hearing to determine whether Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been vindictively prosecuted.
Abrego’s lawyers carried their burden of demonstrating enough evidence to warrant it.
A federal judge ORDERS an evidentiary hearing to determine whether Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been vindictively prosecuted.
Abrego’s lawyers carried their burden of demonstrating enough evidence to warrant it.
October 3, 2025 at 8:25 PM
BREAKING:
A federal judge ORDERS an evidentiary hearing to determine whether Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been vindictively prosecuted.
Abrego’s lawyers carried their burden of demonstrating enough evidence to warrant it.
A federal judge ORDERS an evidentiary hearing to determine whether Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been vindictively prosecuted.
Abrego’s lawyers carried their burden of demonstrating enough evidence to warrant it.
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You can read the full ruling here END/ storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com
October 3, 2025 at 8:25 PM
You can read the full ruling here END/ storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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BREAKING: A federal judge finds that there is evidence Kilmar Abrego was VINDICTIVELY PROSECUTED. The judge GRANTS Abrego's motion for discovery and a hearing, and the government must now PROVE it did not vindictively prosecute Mr. Abrego. 1/
October 3, 2025 at 8:25 PM
BREAKING: A federal judge finds that there is evidence Kilmar Abrego was VINDICTIVELY PROSECUTED. The judge GRANTS Abrego's motion for discovery and a hearing, and the government must now PROVE it did not vindictively prosecute Mr. Abrego. 1/
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JUST IN: Jimmy Kimmel to return to both Nexstar and Sinclair's ABC affiliates, bringing the show back to the markets where it was blacked out for more than a week.
Jimmy Kimmel to return to Nexstar and Sinclair's ABC affiliates Friday
The company claimed its decision to preempt the show was "independent of any government interaction or influence."
trib.al
September 26, 2025 at 9:07 PM
JUST IN: Jimmy Kimmel to return to both Nexstar and Sinclair's ABC affiliates, bringing the show back to the markets where it was blacked out for more than a week.
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Highly normal. Nothing to see here, folks.
September 26, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Highly normal. Nothing to see here, folks.
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The richest man on earth owns X.
The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
September 24, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The richest man on earth owns X.
The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
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"A New York Times investigation found that a significant factor in Elon Musk’s rupture with his father stems from accusations against Errol Musk of child sex abuse. The allegations have repeatedly spilled over into Elon Musk’s life as relatives have contacted him for help ...
Elon Musk’s Father, Errol Musk, Accused of Child Sexual Abuse - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/world/africa/elon-musk-father-errol-child-abuse.html?unlocked_article_code=1.oE8.p76O.8ysADeut-lLu&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
t.co
September 23, 2025 at 9:04 PM
"A New York Times investigation found that a significant factor in Elon Musk’s rupture with his father stems from accusations against Errol Musk of child sex abuse. The allegations have repeatedly spilled over into Elon Musk’s life as relatives have contacted him for help ...
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Utah is among the most permissive in the country with firearms, including on college campuses, says Clark Aposhian, the chair of the Utah Shooting Sports Council.
Yes, open carry is legal on Utah college campuses: Breaking down Utah gun law after Charlie Kirk shooting
Utah is among the most permissive in the country with firearms, including on college campuses, says Clark Aposhian, the chair of the Utah Shooting Sports Council.
www.sltrib.com
September 11, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Utah is among the most permissive in the country with firearms, including on college campuses, says Clark Aposhian, the chair of the Utah Shooting Sports Council.
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It is entirely clear that until courts actually start levying contempt charges against Trump officials, all of these funding blocks will continue.
The Crimson, scooping every news outlet not run by undergraduates working in between classes, gets into how court orders mandating return of research funding have been flaunted, and makes a clear case for contempt proceedings against DOGE officials. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
September 8, 2025 at 3:33 PM
It is entirely clear that until courts actually start levying contempt charges against Trump officials, all of these funding blocks will continue.
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Trump the all-time-great subtext-to-text translator in American politics. Rotting brain just popping off random confessions like this while he can't even comb his own hair.
Trump minimizes domestic abuse during a talk at the Museum of the Bible: "Things that take place in the home, they call crime ... If a man has a little fight with the wife, they say this was a crime, see?"
September 8, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Trump the all-time-great subtext-to-text translator in American politics. Rotting brain just popping off random confessions like this while he can't even comb his own hair.
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The laws have not changed, the precedent has not changed.
What has changed is that you have a President who says "I have an Article 2 where I have the right to do whatever I want as president' and a Supreme Court who agrees.
What has changed is that you have a President who says "I have an Article 2 where I have the right to do whatever I want as president' and a Supreme Court who agrees.
Supreme Court, via an order issued by the Chief Justice, allows Trump to fire FTC member in direct contravention of a 1935 ruling that is still on the books:
www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...
Supreme Court allows Trump to fire FTC commissioner
Trump's actions are in direct tension with a 1935 ruling that upheld restrictions on the president's ability to remove FTC commissioners without cause.
www.nbcnews.com
September 8, 2025 at 3:11 PM
The laws have not changed, the precedent has not changed.
What has changed is that you have a President who says "I have an Article 2 where I have the right to do whatever I want as president' and a Supreme Court who agrees.
What has changed is that you have a President who says "I have an Article 2 where I have the right to do whatever I want as president' and a Supreme Court who agrees.
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The court also rejected Trump’s argument that the Supreme Court’s decision last year affording presidential immunity for official acts barred a finding of liability in Carroll’s lawsuit.
The unsigned ruling by a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit was unanimous.
The unsigned ruling by a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit was unanimous.
Appeals Court Upholds Carroll’s $83 Million Judgment Against Trump
www.nytimes.com
September 8, 2025 at 2:13 PM
The court also rejected Trump’s argument that the Supreme Court’s decision last year affording presidential immunity for official acts barred a finding of liability in Carroll’s lawsuit.
The unsigned ruling by a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit was unanimous.
The unsigned ruling by a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit was unanimous.
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After a shouting match with Elon Musk, Treasury secretary Scott Bessent reportedly threatened to beat up Trump’s Housing Finance head, Bill Pulte, at a party.
Scott Bessent Really Wants to Beat Up His Co-workers
After a shouting match with Elon Musk, Treasury secretary Scott Bessent reportedly threatened to beat up Trump’s Housing Finance head, Bill Pulte, at a party.
nymag.com
September 8, 2025 at 2:55 PM
After a shouting match with Elon Musk, Treasury secretary Scott Bessent reportedly threatened to beat up Trump’s Housing Finance head, Bill Pulte, at a party.
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Can't wait for Roberts to dump "Equal Dignity of the States" even faster than he abandoned "Major Question" doctrine.
September 2, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Can't wait for Roberts to dump "Equal Dignity of the States" even faster than he abandoned "Major Question" doctrine.
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If it’s under Title 32 authority, the Texas guard remains under state control.
That would mean that one state is deploying armed forces into the territory of a non-consenting state.
And that’d clearly be a violation of the principle that states are co-equal, territorially limited sovereigns.
That would mean that one state is deploying armed forces into the territory of a non-consenting state.
And that’d clearly be a violation of the principle that states are co-equal, territorially limited sovereigns.
this is almost certainly under Title 32 authorities (meaning the TX guard will be nominally under TX state control but on a federal mission), meaning the posse comitatus issues that came up in California will not apply. that said, it raises a whole lot of other legal problems
BREAKING: Gov. JB Pritzker says the Trump administration has sent the Texas National Guard to Great Lakes Naval Base outside Chicago, awaiting orders to deploy to Chicago.
Trump administration officials will target Mexican Independence Day (Sept. 16) celebrations. @wttw.bsky.social
Trump administration officials will target Mexican Independence Day (Sept. 16) celebrations. @wttw.bsky.social
September 2, 2025 at 9:50 PM
If it’s under Title 32 authority, the Texas guard remains under state control.
That would mean that one state is deploying armed forces into the territory of a non-consenting state.
And that’d clearly be a violation of the principle that states are co-equal, territorially limited sovereigns.
That would mean that one state is deploying armed forces into the territory of a non-consenting state.
And that’d clearly be a violation of the principle that states are co-equal, territorially limited sovereigns.
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New: A federal appeals court reversed a first-in-the-nation ruling by a Trump-appointed judge holding that a federal ban on possessing machine guns was unconstitutional, saying it remained valid even after a major Supreme Court decision in 2022 expanded gun rights www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
US appeals court upholds machine gun ban, reversing trial judge
A U.S. appeals court reversed a first-in-the-nation ruling holding that a federal ban on possessing machine guns was unconstitutional, saying it remained valid even after a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in 2022 expanded gun rights.
www.reuters.com
September 2, 2025 at 9:51 PM
New: A federal appeals court reversed a first-in-the-nation ruling by a Trump-appointed judge holding that a federal ban on possessing machine guns was unconstitutional, saying it remained valid even after a major Supreme Court decision in 2022 expanded gun rights www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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NEW: judge box of wine’s office fails to secure yet another indictment from a grand jury. www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
D.C. grand jury declines to indict another defendant amid Trump's crime crackdown
Grand juries have declined to indict at least six times in recent weeks as part of President Donald Trump's federal policing in Washington.
www.nbcnews.com
September 2, 2025 at 3:33 PM
NEW: judge box of wine’s office fails to secure yet another indictment from a grand jury. www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
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If the Democratic Party intends to win this fight, it must stop functioning solely as a party & instead step into its moment in history: to lead a pro-democracy movement capable of confronting this authoritarian threat.
https://www.lincolnsquare.media/p/stand-up-america-the-time-for-a-pro?r=2lckc
https://www.lincolnsquare.media/p/stand-up-america-the-time-for-a-pro?r=2lckc
The Time for a Pro-Democracy Movement Is Now
The Democratic Party must stop functioning solely as a political party and instead step into its moment in history: to lead a pro-democracy movement capable of confronting this authoritarian threat.
www.lincolnsquare.media
August 28, 2025 at 3:30 PM
If the Democratic Party intends to win this fight, it must stop functioning solely as a party & instead step into its moment in history: to lead a pro-democracy movement capable of confronting this authoritarian threat.
https://www.lincolnsquare.media/p/stand-up-america-the-time-for-a-pro?r=2lckc
https://www.lincolnsquare.media/p/stand-up-america-the-time-for-a-pro?r=2lckc