Katie Crane
@katiecrane.bsky.social
An ex-DC type who remains a political junkie and sometimes yearns for the good old days in our nation’s capitol.
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At this point, it's not clear if Pirro could get a grand jury to indict an unmasked man caught on camera, flashing his passport while holding a gun to a teller's head, and yelling, "Hello, my objective this morning is to rob this bank, which is a federal felony under 18 U.S.C. § 2113."
D.C. grand jury declines to indict another defendant amid Trump's crime crackdown 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 5:29 PM
At this point, it's not clear if Pirro could get a grand jury to indict an unmasked man caught on camera, flashing his passport while holding a gun to a teller's head, and yelling, "Hello, my objective this morning is to rob this bank, which is a federal felony under 18 U.S.C. § 2113."
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This is what happens when they finally sit down with someone who knows how to do an interview, which is extremely rare. bsky.app/profile/atru...
"So the tariff is paid in this country by the importer, is that right?" -- Eugene Robinson guides Scott Bessent into acknowledging that tariffs are in fact paid in the United States, not by foreign governments
August 7, 2025 at 3:46 PM
This is what happens when they finally sit down with someone who knows how to do an interview, which is extremely rare. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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In reviewing denials of asylum applications, the circuit courts have held that the State Department human rights reports are highly probative evidence and a reliable source of information on conditions in foreign nations.
I expect those precedents will be discarded eventually.
I expect those precedents will be discarded eventually.
By striking out any reference to human rights abuses in El Salvador or persecution of LGBTQ+ individuals in Russia, the Trump admin is firmly placing its finger on the scale and trying to get judges and asylum officers to deny asylum for some countries and for disfavored groups.
August 7, 2025 at 3:42 PM
In reviewing denials of asylum applications, the circuit courts have held that the State Department human rights reports are highly probative evidence and a reliable source of information on conditions in foreign nations.
I expect those precedents will be discarded eventually.
I expect those precedents will be discarded eventually.
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Hello journalists. If you report this you gotta say that under the Constitution he has no power to do it. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
August 7, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Hello journalists. If you report this you gotta say that under the Constitution he has no power to do it. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
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"I remember a time when a Texas governor would never allow the president of the United States to mess with Texas. Those days are gone. We now have a governor who is bending the knee to Donald Trump."
ICYMI, @jamestalarico.bsky.social joins @johnavlon.bsky.social:
ICYMI, @jamestalarico.bsky.social joins @johnavlon.bsky.social:
August 7, 2025 at 4:05 PM
"I remember a time when a Texas governor would never allow the president of the United States to mess with Texas. Those days are gone. We now have a governor who is bending the knee to Donald Trump."
ICYMI, @jamestalarico.bsky.social joins @johnavlon.bsky.social:
ICYMI, @jamestalarico.bsky.social joins @johnavlon.bsky.social:
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Goodbye to All That www.lawfaremedia.org/article/good...
Goodbye to All That
My resignation from the FBI.
www.lawfaremedia.org
July 4, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Goodbye to All That www.lawfaremedia.org/article/good...
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Although “people in China are acutely conscious of the limits of permissible speech,” Lavender Au writes, Chinese students living in the United States never expected to be contending with similar worries: https://theatln.tc/s5PrFxuS
July 4, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Although “people in China are acutely conscious of the limits of permissible speech,” Lavender Au writes, Chinese students living in the United States never expected to be contending with similar worries: https://theatln.tc/s5PrFxuS
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Hours after Putin spoke to Trump
And a few days after the US announced it would cut supplies of Ukrainian air defense
And a few days after the US announced it would cut supplies of Ukrainian air defense
July 4, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Hours after Putin spoke to Trump
And a few days after the US announced it would cut supplies of Ukrainian air defense
And a few days after the US announced it would cut supplies of Ukrainian air defense
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America's most important holiday celebrates our refusal to endow any one person with the powers of a king.
And then the MAGA Supreme Court and push-over Congress turn around and do exactly that.
Shameful. And so very un-American.
And then the MAGA Supreme Court and push-over Congress turn around and do exactly that.
Shameful. And so very un-American.
July 4, 2025 at 5:19 AM
America's most important holiday celebrates our refusal to endow any one person with the powers of a king.
And then the MAGA Supreme Court and push-over Congress turn around and do exactly that.
Shameful. And so very un-American.
And then the MAGA Supreme Court and push-over Congress turn around and do exactly that.
Shameful. And so very un-American.
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The 4th of July should always be a reminder to us that, in America, no one is above the law.
Not even a white supremacist game show host with a bankrupt necktie business.
Not even a white supremacist game show host with a bankrupt necktie business.
July 4, 2025 at 5:25 AM
The 4th of July should always be a reminder to us that, in America, no one is above the law.
Not even a white supremacist game show host with a bankrupt necktie business.
Not even a white supremacist game show host with a bankrupt necktie business.
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If any Democratic president used a military audience as partisan prop, Republicans would melt down. The press would melt down. It was considered unthinkable until Trump showed R's and the media that oligarchic rule was within their reach.
Trump goads the troops into booing California Gov. Gavin Newsom and LA Mayor Karen Bass and attacks them as "incompetent"
June 10, 2025 at 9:29 PM
If any Democratic president used a military audience as partisan prop, Republicans would melt down. The press would melt down. It was considered unthinkable until Trump showed R's and the media that oligarchic rule was within their reach.
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We should never let ourselves get desensitized to this. It can’t be overstated how outrageously unpresidential and un-American it is for Donald Trump to speak to the US military like they’re his partisan personal army.
Trump goads the troops into booing California Gov. Gavin Newsom and LA Mayor Karen Bass and attacks them as "incompetent"
June 10, 2025 at 9:22 PM
We should never let ourselves get desensitized to this. It can’t be overstated how outrageously unpresidential and un-American it is for Donald Trump to speak to the US military like they’re his partisan personal army.
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NEW: Federal watchdog finds Trump admin wrongly impounded federal infrastructure aid, defying Congress after it halted funding for electric vehicle charging stations.
The finding has significant legal implications, as Trump maintains he should be able to impound.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/u...
The finding has significant legal implications, as Trump maintains he should be able to impound.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/u...
Trump Administration Wrongly Impounded Infrastructure Aid, Watchdog Finds
www.nytimes.com
May 22, 2025 at 3:39 PM
NEW: Federal watchdog finds Trump admin wrongly impounded federal infrastructure aid, defying Congress after it halted funding for electric vehicle charging stations.
The finding has significant legal implications, as Trump maintains he should be able to impound.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/u...
The finding has significant legal implications, as Trump maintains he should be able to impound.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/u...
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Records show well-timed trades by executive branch employees and congressional aides.
Even if they had no insider information, ethics experts say such trading undermines faith in government and the markets.
Even if they had no insider information, ethics experts say such trading undermines faith in government and the markets.
More Than a Dozen U.S. Officials Sold Stocks Before Trump’s Tariffs Sent the Market Plunging
Records show well-timed trades by executive branch employees and congressional aides. Even if they had no insider information, ethics experts say such trading undermines faith in government and the…
www.propublica.org
May 23, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Records show well-timed trades by executive branch employees and congressional aides.
Even if they had no insider information, ethics experts say such trading undermines faith in government and the markets.
Even if they had no insider information, ethics experts say such trading undermines faith in government and the markets.
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Foreign students studying at American universities scored a legal victory today when a federal judge barred the Trump administration from revoking the students' legal status while their lawsuit proceeds.
Trump administration can't yank foreign students' visas, judge says
The injunction comes the same day the administration targeted Harvard's ability to enroll foreign students.
www.axios.com
May 23, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Foreign students studying at American universities scored a legal victory today when a federal judge barred the Trump administration from revoking the students' legal status while their lawsuit proceeds.
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"This is really not that functionally different than if those guests showed up with satchels of cash or briefcases with stacks of bill and then just dumped it all into a big bucket physically held by the President of the United States," says @chrislhayes.bsky.social on Trump's crypto dinner.
May 23, 2025 at 12:21 AM
"This is really not that functionally different than if those guests showed up with satchels of cash or briefcases with stacks of bill and then just dumped it all into a big bucket physically held by the President of the United States," says @chrislhayes.bsky.social on Trump's crypto dinner.
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“It’s absurd for anyone to insinuate that this president is profiting off of the presidency,” @PressSec said, before Trump headed to his golf club to dine with 220 people who bought his memecoin, which generates fees for a Trump business entity.
Winners of Trump’s Memecoin Contest Begin to Gather for Dinner
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May 23, 2025 at 12:27 AM
“It’s absurd for anyone to insinuate that this president is profiting off of the presidency,” @PressSec said, before Trump headed to his golf club to dine with 220 people who bought his memecoin, which generates fees for a Trump business entity.
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Trump cares so much about antisemitism.
Empowering it, that is.
Empowering it, that is.
Remember — saying you don’t like carpet bombing children is anti-Semitic, but owning assets called “FUCK THE JEWS” and “Swastika Coin” is absolutely not.
May 22, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Trump cares so much about antisemitism.
Empowering it, that is.
Empowering it, that is.
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As you contemplate that Donald Trump used pro-terrorism conduct as his baseless pretext to prohibit foreign students from attending Harvard, remember that on his first day on the job, Trump freed some adjudged terrorists from prison.
May 23, 2025 at 12:44 AM
As you contemplate that Donald Trump used pro-terrorism conduct as his baseless pretext to prohibit foreign students from attending Harvard, remember that on his first day on the job, Trump freed some adjudged terrorists from prison.
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The most corrupt administration in American history by far, we are only 4 months in, and he hasn’t come close to the depths of depravity he is mining.
But tune into CNN for updates on a dinner party in 2023 where Biden used the wrong fork.
But tune into CNN for updates on a dinner party in 2023 where Biden used the wrong fork.
May 23, 2025 at 12:48 AM
The most corrupt administration in American history by far, we are only 4 months in, and he hasn’t come close to the depths of depravity he is mining.
But tune into CNN for updates on a dinner party in 2023 where Biden used the wrong fork.
But tune into CNN for updates on a dinner party in 2023 where Biden used the wrong fork.
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i think it is bad that high level public officials do not respect the offices they hold or the public they are supposed to serve
The Secretary of Homeland Security responds to the voluntary dismissal of an immigration lawsuit: "Suck it."
May 23, 2025 at 12:23 AM
i think it is bad that high level public officials do not respect the offices they hold or the public they are supposed to serve
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USDA’s illegal demands for states & 3rd-party vendors to turn over the personal data of SNAP recipients must be stopped. That’s why we filed a lawsuit against the USDA w/ @studentdefense.bsky.social & @nclej.bsky.social on behalf of @Epic.org & @mazonusa.bsky.social.
Protecting SNAP beneficiaries from government overreach
We filed a complaint in federal court challenging a demand from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for states to turn over the personal data of tens of millions Americans.
protectdemocracy.org
May 23, 2025 at 1:00 AM
USDA’s illegal demands for states & 3rd-party vendors to turn over the personal data of SNAP recipients must be stopped. That’s why we filed a lawsuit against the USDA w/ @studentdefense.bsky.social & @nclej.bsky.social on behalf of @Epic.org & @mazonusa.bsky.social.
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A new Louisiana law demands that every voter registration applicant submit proof of U.S. citizenship, but doesn’t clarify what counts as proof. A lawsuit challenging the law calls it vague and unconstitutional.
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Louisiana Sued Over Vague Proof-of-Citizenship Voting Law
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
May 23, 2025 at 1:01 AM
A new Louisiana law demands that every voter registration applicant submit proof of U.S. citizenship, but doesn’t clarify what counts as proof. A lawsuit challenging the law calls it vague and unconstitutional.
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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