Philip Rotner
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Trump’s Phony “Karma Defense”
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Trump’s Phony “Karma Defense”
The claims that he was a victim of inappropriate “lawfare” are wildly inflated, and don’t justify his government’s lawsuits against his critics.
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October 21, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Trump’s Phony “Karma Defense”
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Reining in Rogue Presidents
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How ambiguities in the law gave Trump power he could seize - and what a future Congress can do about it
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How ambiguities in the law gave Trump power he could seize - and what a future Congress can do about it
Reining in Rogue Presidents
How ambiguities in the law gave Trump power he could seize—and what a future Congress can do about it.
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September 17, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Reining in Rogue Presidents
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How ambiguities in the law gave Trump power he could seize - and what a future Congress can do about it
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How ambiguities in the law gave Trump power he could seize - and what a future Congress can do about it
Why the Huge Conflicts of Interest Among Trump’s Epstein Team Matter
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Why the Huge Conflicts of Interest Among Trump’s Epstein Team Matter
His former personal lawyers are overseeing the Department of Justice.
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July 25, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Why the Huge Conflicts of Interest Among Trump’s Epstein Team Matter
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NEW: A lot of media outlets reported that the DOJ memo about Epstein said there is no "client list." But that's NOT what the memo actually says, if you read it carefully. Check this out:
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Case Closed on Epstein? Not So Fast
Take a closer look at what the Justice Department memo says—and doesn’t say—about the sexual predator’s “client list.”
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July 10, 2025 at 9:47 PM
NEW: A lot of media outlets reported that the DOJ memo about Epstein said there is no "client list." But that's NOT what the memo actually says, if you read it carefully. Check this out:
www.thebulwark.com/p/case-close...
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Case Closed on Epstein? Not So Fast
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Case Closed on Epstein? Not So Fast
Take a closer look at what the Justice Department memo says—and doesn’t say—about the sexual predator’s “client list.”
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July 10, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Case Closed on Epstein? Not So Fast
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Ignoring Substance, SCOTUS Permits Lawlessness
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Ignoring Substance, SCOTUS Permits Lawlessness
. . . and hands Trump dangerous victories.
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June 28, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Ignoring Substance, SCOTUS Permits Lawlessness
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The Supreme Court has given the Trump administration the go-ahead to continue acting with blatant disregard for the limits of its statutory authority and for constitutional protections.
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SCOTUS to Trump: Deport, Deport, Ignore the Courts
Right-wing justices give the president a green light for the deportation programs lower courts have found unlawful.
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June 25, 2025 at 1:11 PM
The Supreme Court has given the Trump administration the go-ahead to continue acting with blatant disregard for the limits of its statutory authority and for constitutional protections.
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SCOTUS to Trump: Deport, Deport, Ignore the Courts
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SCOTUS to Trump: Deport, Deport, Ignore the Courts
Right-wing justices give the president a green light for the deportation programs lower courts have found unlawful.
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June 25, 2025 at 12:18 PM
SCOTUS to Trump: Deport, Deport, Ignore the Courts
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We shouldn’t accept how even friendly media reports on Kilmar Abrego Garcia. He’s not being held “by” El Salvador, he’s being held “by” the US and warehoused “in” El Salvador. El Salvador hasn’t charged him with anything. And he hasn’t been “deported,” he’s been disappeared and imprisoned.
April 14, 2025 at 3:29 PM
We shouldn’t accept how even friendly media reports on Kilmar Abrego Garcia. He’s not being held “by” El Salvador, he’s being held “by” the US and warehoused “in” El Salvador. El Salvador hasn’t charged him with anything. And he hasn’t been “deported,” he’s been disappeared and imprisoned.
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The American Age Is Over
Emergency Triad: The United States commits imperial suicide.
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April 3, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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Trump’s Divisive Edict on English as an Official Language
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Trump’s Divisive Edict on English as an Official Language
The president rejects our nation’s multilingual birthright for a mess of nativist pottage.
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March 17, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Trump’s Divisive Edict on English as an Official Language
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The Human Faces of the USAID Shutdown
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The Human Faces of the USAID Shutdown
The agency’s sudden closure is a betrayal both of the hardworking civil servants who carried out its mission and the people around the world whose good it served.
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February 21, 2025 at 3:51 PM
The Human Faces of the USAID Shutdown
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With Gaetz off the AG board the question is: Is there blood in the water, or has the beast been fed? Does tanking Gaetz embolden the GOP fence-sitters to resist other unqualified nominees, or do they declare victory and roll over on everybody else?
November 21, 2024 at 7:39 PM
With Gaetz off the AG board the question is: Is there blood in the water, or has the beast been fed? Does tanking Gaetz embolden the GOP fence-sitters to resist other unqualified nominees, or do they declare victory and roll over on everybody else?
November 21, 2024 at 7:18 PM