What has happened to Jonathan Turley? Specifically, why does he seem intent and content to echo the talking points of Laura Ingraham and Fox News more broadly? He's always been a bit of a contrarian, but it seems more intentional as of late. Is it money? Any insight is appreciated.

Now it's a misdemeanor--same 111 charge, but DOJ has lost a number of these cases, bc what counts an assault becomes problematic to prove (that's what happened with Sandwich Guy, for example).

Meanwhile, the original AUSA wants nothing to do with it.

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The rumored Trump pick to be U.S. Attorney for New Jersey has under five years of legal experience but is proficient in Microsoft Excel and Office

Remember that midnight raid in Chicago supposedly to arrest Tren del Aragua members? Newly revealed court docs show that the raid was facilitated by the building owners who are now accused of using the raid to evict tenants. DHS never mentions TDA in their filings: www.propublica.org/article/chic...

NOTUS actually shamed the White House to take down DHS' lies. Now to get Karolyin to explain why she can't get credible information -- and whether she gets these lies from Stephen Miller.

www.notus.org/whitehouse/w...

2 weeks ago, the El Paso Medical Examiner ruled the death of a Cuban ICE detainee a homicide.

This time, when a 32-year-old Nicaraguan man died, ICE bypassed the county medical examiner in favor of a military facility. They won’t publicly release a ruling.

www.texastribune.org/2026/02/03/t...

5) Judicial Warrants Are Necessary and Administrative Warrants Are Not a “Skip the Constitution” Card
6) Officers should be civilly and personally liable for wrongfully detaining bona fide US citizens

I heavily pushed @vermontgmg.bsky.social's testimony on CBP's long-term criminality. Here, he lists 6 ways to fix DHS:

1) Basic Uniform and Identification Standards
2) Use of Force
3) Enforcement Standards and Restrictions
4) Restore DHS’s “Sensitive Locations” Restrictions
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Gonna write this up at more length.

But if you believe Trump's goons will not follow the law, if you believe Trump will reverse November's election.

Your job is NOT to doom monger. It is to treat people-in-the-streets as the one remaining measure.

The CIA World Factbook, a reliable source of information about the countries of the world, has been publicly available since 1997. It is now going away.

Please consider supporting @wikipedia.org and @ourworldindata.org. The world desperately needs trustworthy data.

www.cia.gov/stories/stor...

As expected, #SCOTUS denies the emergency application to block California’s congressional redistricting—with no public dissents.

Among other things, this is also a good addition to the “be cynical but not nihilistic about the Court” file.

AI take on Tillis, and why he can be honest:
1. He’s a senator, not a House member
2. He’s not trying to be a Trump-style politician
3. North Carolina is not deep red
4. He’s already survived backlash
5. He usually criticizes on process, not personality
6. He still mostly votes with Republicans

I read Thom Tillis' takedown of Noem and Miller on X, and watched him being interviewed by Politico. How is he able to be (seemingly) more honest than most Republicans dare to be about the administration? Can he be cloned?

Reup: A quarter of the people Bondi was so aroused about arresting last week were charged in significant part bc of felony spitting.

emptywheel.net/2026/01/31/p...

Jake Tapper posted the following and said the DOJ has now deleted this info.