We've all seen that movie scene. It's usually written that way to indicate who the antagonists are.

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Jury Refuses To Indict Chicago ICE Protesters In Latest Revolt Against Trump Overreach talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things...

"We took the freedom of speech away," says the president

Yesterday's Syria strike puts US combat actions during the second Trump administration at:

—1,000+ air strikes in Yemen (March-April)
—75+ air strikes in Somalia
—7 air strikes and 3 JSOC ground raids in Syria
—4 air strikes in the Caribbean
—B-2 strikes on 3 sites in Iran
—1 air strike in Iraq

But then you couldn't play it!

The evidence presented in this case is so undeniably 2025.

Camera footage, screenshots, GPS coordinates, cell tower records, Facebook Messenger, Uber transactions, and even AI prompts.

You may call the next witness.

The United States calls ChatGPT.

New Yorker profile of a small group of Los Angeles activists ("Peace Patrol") who videorecord ICE vehicles entering and exiting around Terminal Island at the city's port where the agency has a complex. /1

And if you happen to be wondering — today of all days — why Biden didn't pardon Comey...

Here's a piece from my colleague:

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“Milei basked in the adulation, throwing his leather-clad arms into the air, and took a sip of water before proceeding with his nine-track set of mostly 1980s rock anthems. “I’m human,” he told the packed stadium. “It might not seem like it, but I am.””

They’re all ridiculously whiny.

The Comey case is about to heat up — and split up.

1. The main one that could get dismissed for vindictive prosecution before Comey's January trial.

2. An attempt to disqualify US Attorney Lindsey Halligan.

Historic? Yes. Confusing? Also yes. Unprecedented? Always.

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Breaking news: Jim Comey has a trial set for January 5, 2026 — but his lawyers will try to disqualify Lindsey Halligan, the attorney President Trump appointed at the very last minute to indict the former FBI director.

Comey's team will try to have the case dismissed for "vindictive prosecution."

I am at the Virginia federal courthouse where former FBI director James Comey will be arraigned today.

I will be reporting for NOTUS. There are no electronics allowed, so you'll all hear from me afterward.

Pope Leo tells US bishops to address Trump's immigration crackdown

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Good reporting on the South Shore raid from South Side weekly here.

Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race

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Yeah, this hits the spot.

I spoke to a Venezuelan woman who was arrested in this raid and later released with her 4yo son. She said agents broke down their door, pointed guns at them and made sexualized remarks about Venezuelan women. When she returned to her apartment it was boarded up and all her possessions were gone.

Jim Comey's arraignment is tomorrow. Let me just do some resear–

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“First of all, is there a tape that has audio and video of the transfer of the fifty thousand?” Senator Welch asked.

“You would have to talk to Director Patel about that,” Bondi responded.

“No, I’m talking to you,” he said.

@notus.com:

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Vermont Senator Peter Welch asks why the attorney general of the United States has zero apparent interest in figuring out what happened to the $50,000 undercover FBI agents gave border czar Tom Homan.

She... doesn't take it well.

Today, Josh Hawley -- who voted to overturn the 2020 election after fanning the Big Lie that the election was stolen from Trump, the same lie that fueled the Jan. 6 insurrection that Hawley was egging on -- is outraged the FBI reportedly analyzed some GOP senators' phone records in its Jan. 6 probe.

Asked about the Texas state troops invading Illinois against that state's wishes, AG Bondi just testified that the National Guard is "on its way" to Chicago right now, along with FBI Director Kash Patel and Deputy AG Todd Blanche.