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Mike Scarcella @mikescarcella.bsky.social · 7h

Patel has taken only about a dozen personal trips since assuming the role of FBI director in February, a spokesperson told WSJ www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Kash Patel’s ‘Effin Wild’ Ride as FBI Director

In just one week in October, he ticked off his bosses with premature comments about a terror investigation squeezed in a trip to the ‘Boondoggle Ranch’ on the bureau jet.

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Mike Scarcella @mikescarcella.bsky.social · 1d

US Supreme Court rejects bid to overturn same-sex marriage right www.reuters.com/world/us-sup...

US Supreme Court rejects bid to overturn same-sex marriage right

The U.S. Supreme Court rejected on Monday a bid by a former Kentucky county official to overturn its landmark 2015 ruling legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide, as the justices steered clear of the contentious case some 3-1/2 years after its conservative majority reversed abortion rights.

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Mike Scarcella @mikescarcella.bsky.social · 4d

"This Court finds the following: The vast majority of protesters were peaceful and did not carry weapons." Judge notes testimony about costumes, dance parties and naked bike rides storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... /// www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

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Mike Scarcella @mikescarcella.bsky.social · 4d

New: US judge rules Trump illegally ordered National Guard to Portland, Oregon www.reuters.com/legal/govern... Ruling - storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Mike Scarcella @mikescarcella.bsky.social · 5d

US judge rejects government's riot claims, restricts federal agents' use of force in Chicago www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

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Mike Scarcella @mikescarcella.bsky.social · 5d

US won’t ask Supreme Court to hear lawsuit over pandemic ban on evictions - billions in damages sought www.reuters.com/legal/govern... #SCOTUS

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Mike Scarcella @mikescarcella.bsky.social · 5d

Washington sandwich-thrower cleared of assaulting US agent www.reuters.com/world/washin...

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Mike Scarcella @mikescarcella.bsky.social · 5d

"I am so happy that justice prevails in spite of everything happening," Sean Dunn said outside the DC federal courthouse. "That night I believe I was protecting the rights of immigrants." www.reuters.com/world/washin...

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Mike Scarcella @mikescarcella.bsky.social · 5d

Washington sandwich-thrower cleared of assaulting US agent www.reuters.com/world/washin... from @agoudsward.bsky.social

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Mike Scarcella @mikescarcella.bsky.social · 5d

Border patrol agent who shot Chicago woman boasted about it in text messages www.reuters.com/world/us/bor...

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Reuters Legal @legal.reuters.com · 6d

Tesla's auto insurance unit was sued in federal court in Arizona over allegations that it has systematically underpaid millions of dollars in claims by withholding required coverage for uninsured and underinsured motorists @mikescarcella.bsky.social reut.rs/4olRSJ3

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Andrew Couts @couts.bsky.social · 7d

NEW: Even the FBI thinks unidentified masked ICE agents is a bad idea. @dell.bsky.social and @carolinehaskins.bsky.social with the scoop. No paywall bc FOIA: www.wired.com/story/fbi-wa...

FBI Warns of Criminals Posing as ICE, Urges Agents to ID Themselves

In a bulletin to law enforcement agencies, the FBI said criminal impersonators are exploiting ICE’s image and urged nationwide coordination to distinguish real operations from fakes.

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Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social · 7d

JUST IN: Unusual filing in Tish James case. DOJ says it isn't complying with judge's order to turn over discovery on selective prosecution issue. Usual procedure would be move to reconsider the order but prosecutors file 'notice' telling judge no. Doc: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

#46 in United States v. James (E.D. Va., 2:25-cr-00122) – CourtListener.com

NOTICE Of Reasons for Not Providing Pre-Vindictive/Selective Prosecution Motion Related Discovery by USA as to Letitia A. James (Keller, Roger) (Entered: 11/04/2025)

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Reuters @reuters.com · 7d

Sandwich-hurling man on trial for 'throwing stuff' at federal agent in Washington reut.rs/47nt39J

Sandwich-hurling man on trial for 'throwing stuff' at federal agent in Washington

The trial of a former U.S. Justice Department staffer who hurled a sandwich at a federal agent during President Donald Trump’s police crackdown in Washington D.C. began on Tuesday with a federal prosecutor telling a jury, “You can’t go around throwing stuff."

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Mike Scarcella @mikescarcella.bsky.social · 12d

US judge praises prosecutors who were suspended after referring to January 6 'mob' www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...

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Mike Scarcella @mikescarcella.bsky.social · 13d

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#1 in State of Colorado, The v. Trump (D. Colo., 1:25-cv-03428) – CourtListener.com

COMPLAINT against Department of Defense, Department of the Air Force, Pete Hegseth, Troy Meink, Donald J. Trump (Filing fee $ 405,Receipt Number ACODC-10634936)Attorney David Z. Moskowitz added to par...

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Mike Scarcella @mikescarcella.bsky.social · 13d

Colorado sues Trump administration over Space Command HQ move to Alabama www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

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Mike Scarcella @mikescarcella.bsky.social · 13d

Two US prosecutors suspended after calling January 6 defendants 'mob of rioters,' www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

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Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · 15d

Will any lawyer rise to this occasion?

Mike Scarcella @mikescarcella.bsky.social · 15d

'Costumes optional' for this Friday hearing in Manhattan before US District Judge Arun Subramanian

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Mike Scarcella @mikescarcella.bsky.social · 15d

Musk could leave Tesla if $1 trillion pay plan is rejected, chair warns www.reuters.com/legal/transa...

Musk could leave Tesla if $1 trillion pay plan is rejected, chair warns

Elon Musk could leave Tesla as CEO if his proposed $1 trillion pay package was not approved, Chair Robyn Denholm warned in a letter to shareholders on Monday.

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Mike Scarcella @mikescarcella.bsky.social · 15d

DC and three states balk at private settlements in RealPage price-fixing case www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

States balk at private settlements in RealPage price-fixing case

Attorneys general from the District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey and Kentucky have urged a federal judge to reject $141 million in proposed price-fixing settlements between renters and major property managers, arguing the deals could undermine ongoing state enforcement actions.

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Mike Scarcella @mikescarcella.bsky.social · 15d

'Costumes optional' for this Friday hearing in Manhattan before US District Judge Arun Subramanian

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Mike Scarcella @mikescarcella.bsky.social · 15d

Software developer asks SCOTUS to revive lawsuit over Mike Lindell’s $5M election challenge - Petition: tmsnrt.rs/3X3h76R Earlier: www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

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Mike Scarcella @mikescarcella.bsky.social · 18d

Washington lawyer on furlough lives out dream of running a hot dog cart www.reuters.com/world/us/was...

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Reuters Legal @legal.reuters.com · 18d

Google agreed to pay up to $190 million in legal fees to private law firms representing Texas as part of a $1.375 billion consumer privacy settlement with the state. The company said it would also pay $71 million in legal fees to the Texas AG’s office as part of the May settlement reut.rs/47sM4Gx

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