M Gabriel
@mjgabriel.bsky.social
Yes, I read the order.
January 20, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Yes, I read the order.
They are making her do it to test whether they can bully the courts. That’s why Bondi and Blanche are on the filing. It’s a power play. Halligan is a pawn, a dupe
January 20, 2026 at 8:37 PM
They are making her do it to test whether they can bully the courts. That’s why Bondi and Blanche are on the filing. It’s a power play. Halligan is a pawn, a dupe
You are right that the legal profession is struggling to respond to the shameless lawlessness of some of Trump's lackeys. It used to be enough to threaten someone professional reputation and standing to bring them to their senses. Not so with Bové and others.
January 20, 2026 at 8:32 PM
You are right that the legal profession is struggling to respond to the shameless lawlessness of some of Trump's lackeys. It used to be enough to threaten someone professional reputation and standing to bring them to their senses. Not so with Bové and others.
He treated her like a child. And did you notice the use of the word "miscreant" to include her?
January 20, 2026 at 8:30 PM
He treated her like a child. And did you notice the use of the word "miscreant" to include her?
This is a screwed up view without relationship to the reality of US prosecutors before Trump.
January 20, 2026 at 8:28 PM
This is a screwed up view without relationship to the reality of US prosecutors before Trump.
I know it looks like just an opinion. For lawyers, these are severe consequences. You never want to be called out by a judge like this. It follows you around for the rest of your professional career.
January 20, 2026 at 8:27 PM
I know it looks like just an opinion. For lawyers, these are severe consequences. You never want to be called out by a judge like this. It follows you around for the rest of your professional career.
The judge also threatens any other attorney, including Bondi and Blanche, with immediate discipline if they do it again.
January 20, 2026 at 7:58 PM
The judge also threatens any other attorney, including Bondi and Blanche, with immediate discipline if they do it again.
Oh, these are immediate consequences. These are significant immediate consequences. A judicial opinion that states that you are excused from a referral for discipline for "inexperience" is a very definite immediate consequence.
January 20, 2026 at 7:57 PM
Oh, these are immediate consequences. These are significant immediate consequences. A judicial opinion that states that you are excused from a referral for discipline for "inexperience" is a very definite immediate consequence.
IT is insane that we have come to this.
January 20, 2026 at 6:36 PM
IT is insane that we have come to this.
Babies for the Führer. WTF
January 16, 2026 at 4:12 PM
Babies for the Führer. WTF
"Wer zu spät kommt, den bestraft das Leben." 😀
January 15, 2026 at 9:23 PM
"Wer zu spät kommt, den bestraft das Leben." 😀
But you could not have done it without Solidarność in Poland, Victor Orban (god what happened to him) and the Hungarians, the Czech pressure on the border... And Gorbatchev said no to Honnecker when he wanted to deploy tanks.
January 15, 2026 at 8:52 PM
But you could not have done it without Solidarność in Poland, Victor Orban (god what happened to him) and the Hungarians, the Czech pressure on the border... And Gorbatchev said no to Honnecker when he wanted to deploy tanks.
"Tear down this wall" had a very mixed reaction among the Western European allies, to whom it sounded unserious and pompous, and weird after the Pershing II push.
January 15, 2026 at 8:49 PM
"Tear down this wall" had a very mixed reaction among the Western European allies, to whom it sounded unserious and pompous, and weird after the Pershing II push.
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Are you implying that anti-fascism became a thing during the rise of fascism? I’m shocked.
November 20, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Are you implying that anti-fascism became a thing during the rise of fascism? I’m shocked.
It was an epic, defining failure by Mitch McConnell to not impeach Trump after January 6th: a political calculous the chose partisan power over the welfare of the nation, in the starkest terms. History will not be kind to him; he betrayed the nation, while knowing better.
November 5, 2025 at 4:53 AM
It was an epic, defining failure by Mitch McConnell to not impeach Trump after January 6th: a political calculous the chose partisan power over the welfare of the nation, in the starkest terms. History will not be kind to him; he betrayed the nation, while knowing better.
“A pro-American tilt” has never actually been a tilt toward American values of liberty and openness.
October 21, 2025 at 8:28 PM
“A pro-American tilt” has never actually been a tilt toward American values of liberty and openness.
This is a solid ruling: 'Congress left little doubt about the importance of an independent MSPB and Special Counsel free from “any control or direction by the President.” .... [they] “exercise statutory responsibilities independent of any Presidential directives.”' (citing legislative history)
June 3, 2025 at 9:48 PM
This is a solid ruling: 'Congress left little doubt about the importance of an independent MSPB and Special Counsel free from “any control or direction by the President.” .... [they] “exercise statutory responsibilities independent of any Presidential directives.”' (citing legislative history)
Annoying sloppiness: Horowitch sees anti-conservative bias in the fact that in 2023 98% of faculty donations at Yale went to Democrats. But there was no conservative alternative. Republicans have abandoned conservatism. Not donating to the GOP in 2023 is anti-autocracy, not anti-conservative bias.
May 29, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Annoying sloppiness: Horowitch sees anti-conservative bias in the fact that in 2023 98% of faculty donations at Yale went to Democrats. But there was no conservative alternative. Republicans have abandoned conservatism. Not donating to the GOP in 2023 is anti-autocracy, not anti-conservative bias.
Idiotic. If the excess of other branches consist in the law breaking and defying the constitution, it is precisely the role of the judiciary to check those excesses.
May 21, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Idiotic. If the excess of other branches consist in the law breaking and defying the constitution, it is precisely the role of the judiciary to check those excesses.