Dwight Holton
@roguedew.bsky.social
Fighting for better behavioral health care, former US Attorney for Oregon & prosecutor in Brooklyn & OR, dad to two embarrassed kids, husband to a bad ass wife.
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Happy to amplify it here.
Ironic given that the story was already there but not pulling attention. @frontlinepbs.bsky.social and @propublica.org posted their version on the subject three days ago. m.youtube.com/watch?v=Lku5...
Surviving CECOT (full documentary) | Deported to a Maximum-Security Prison | FRONTLINE + ProPublica
YouTube video by FRONTLINE PBS | Official
m.youtube.com
December 22, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Happy to amplify it here.
It turns out that the Trump/Bondi justice department can neither indict nor convict a ham sandwich!
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
Jury acquits D.C. 'sandwich guy' charged with chucking a sub at a federal agent
Sean Dunn faced a single misdemeanor after federal grand jurors refused to indict him on the felony charge sought by prosecutors.
www.nbcnews.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:57 PM
It turns out that the Trump/Bondi justice department can neither indict nor convict a ham sandwich!
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
This sums up the first year of the Trump Admin Part II nicely.
October 28, 2025 at 9:44 PM
This sums up the first year of the Trump Admin Part II nicely.
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This is why they’re deleting studies
September 16, 2025 at 11:50 PM
This is why they’re deleting studies
I often post @theonion.com account of God’s post 9/11 press conference on the anniversary of the attacks - but the fundamental messages of “thou shalt not kill” and “love thy neighbor” seem especially urgent again …
theonion.com/god-angrily-...
theonion.com/god-angrily-...
God Angrily Clarifies 'Don't Kill' Rule
NEW YORK—Responding to recent events on Earth, God, the omniscient creator-deity worshipped by billions of followers of various faiths for more than 6,000 years, angrily clarified His longtime stance ...
theonion.com
September 11, 2025 at 6:56 PM
I often post @theonion.com account of God’s post 9/11 press conference on the anniversary of the attacks - but the fundamental messages of “thou shalt not kill” and “love thy neighbor” seem especially urgent again …
theonion.com/god-angrily-...
theonion.com/god-angrily-...
Hey @asharangappa.bsky.social , any clue why the online BOP locator shows Maxwell as “not in custody”?
Is she in such a low security facility that BOP considers it non-custodial?
Or maybe Bondi wiped her from the database trying to avoid getting caught moving her?
Never seen that before…
Is she in such a low security facility that BOP considers it non-custodial?
Or maybe Bondi wiped her from the database trying to avoid getting caught moving her?
Never seen that before…
August 2, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Hey @asharangappa.bsky.social , any clue why the online BOP locator shows Maxwell as “not in custody”?
Is she in such a low security facility that BOP considers it non-custodial?
Or maybe Bondi wiped her from the database trying to avoid getting caught moving her?
Never seen that before…
Is she in such a low security facility that BOP considers it non-custodial?
Or maybe Bondi wiped her from the database trying to avoid getting caught moving her?
Never seen that before…
Trump DOJ says Maxwell answered “every question.” But did she admit to managing the most notorious child sex trafficking ring in American history? Because that has been proven in court.
And if she doesn’t admit it, then you can’t believe a thing she says.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
And if she doesn’t admit it, then you can’t believe a thing she says.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Ghislaine Maxwell ‘answered every single question’ in two days of interviews, lawyer says
President Donald Trump said he was not contemplated granting clemency to Maxwell, an associate of deceased financier Jeffrey Epstein.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 26, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Trump DOJ says Maxwell answered “every question.” But did she admit to managing the most notorious child sex trafficking ring in American history? Because that has been proven in court.
And if she doesn’t admit it, then you can’t believe a thing she says.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
And if she doesn’t admit it, then you can’t believe a thing she says.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Emil Bove lacks the character, commitment to rule of law and devotion to justice essential to be a federal judge.
900 Ex-Justice Dept. Lawyers Urge Senate Not to Confirm Bove as Federal Appeals Judge www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/u...
900 Ex-Justice Dept. Lawyers Urge Senate Not to Confirm Bove as Federal Appeals Judge www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/u...
900 Ex-Justice Dept. Lawyers Urge Senate Not to Confirm Bove as Federal Appeals Judge
www.nytimes.com
July 17, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Emil Bove lacks the character, commitment to rule of law and devotion to justice essential to be a federal judge.
900 Ex-Justice Dept. Lawyers Urge Senate Not to Confirm Bove as Federal Appeals Judge www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/u...
900 Ex-Justice Dept. Lawyers Urge Senate Not to Confirm Bove as Federal Appeals Judge www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/u...
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Please read and share this statement from Sophie and Colin Hortman, children of Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark.
(via WCCO reporter Caroline Cummings on X)
(via WCCO reporter Caroline Cummings on X)
June 17, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Please read and share this statement from Sophie and Colin Hortman, children of Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark.
(via WCCO reporter Caroline Cummings on X)
(via WCCO reporter Caroline Cummings on X)
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Friends from DOJ + friends with DOJ fam/friends - pls make sure you follow/share about @justiceconnection.bsky.social. Justice Connection shares DOJ news and has free resources for DOJ folks who recently left the Department or who remain courageously but may still need assistance. Major resource!
Justice Connection offers free support to help you recover and navigate this uncertain time. Please visit our resources page to access help today.
Resources - Justice Connection
www.thejusticeconnection.org
June 16, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Friends from DOJ + friends with DOJ fam/friends - pls make sure you follow/share about @justiceconnection.bsky.social. Justice Connection shares DOJ news and has free resources for DOJ folks who recently left the Department or who remain courageously but may still need assistance. Major resource!
Thinking of all those who fought to save the world from fascism.
June 6, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Thinking of all those who fought to save the world from fascism.
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NEW: The mother of an Arizona man who died after being unable to find mental health treatment is suing his health insurer, saying it broke the law by publishing false information that misled its customers.
By @maxblau.bsky.social
By @maxblau.bsky.social
He Died Without Getting Mental Health Care He Sought. A New Lawsuit Says His Insurer’s Ghost Network Is to Blame.
The mother of Ravi Coutinho, the subject of a recent ProPublica investigation, is suing Centene for publishing “misleading” information that gave her son a false impression about the kinds of mental h...
www.propublica.org
June 2, 2025 at 12:15 PM
NEW: The mother of an Arizona man who died after being unable to find mental health treatment is suing his health insurer, saying it broke the law by publishing false information that misled its customers.
By @maxblau.bsky.social
By @maxblau.bsky.social
@thatbilloakley.com , call your office !
May 28, 2025 at 11:58 PM
@thatbilloakley.com , call your office !
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Vote Diane Seltzer for DC bar!
Overheard in DC:
“I never voted in the DC Bar election before, but Pam Bondi’s brother was running, so every lawyer I know voted this time. I don’t know who this Diane Seltzer is, but we all voted for her.”
“I never voted in the DC Bar election before, but Pam Bondi’s brother was running, so every lawyer I know voted this time. I don’t know who this Diane Seltzer is, but we all voted for her.”
a man wearing a purple vest and bow tie is sitting at a desk .
ALT: a man wearing a purple vest and bow tie is sitting at a desk .
media.tenor.com
May 10, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Vote Diane Seltzer for DC bar!
Impossible to overstate the power of Judge Howellʻs rebuke of the Big Law Capitulators in her opinion nullifying the Exec Order that attacked Perkins Coie.
Judge Howell in essence said two things:
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Judge Howell in essence said two things:
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May 3, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Impossible to overstate the power of Judge Howellʻs rebuke of the Big Law Capitulators in her opinion nullifying the Exec Order that attacked Perkins Coie.
Judge Howell in essence said two things:
1/4
Judge Howell in essence said two things:
1/4
Judge Howell eviscerates the cowardly big law firms who back down in the face of challenge from Trump - and spells out the risk to rule of law inherent in such cowardice.
She’s an EDNY alum, of course !
She’s an EDNY alum, of course !
Howell drips with disdain for the firms who capitulated to the White House and says of those who resisted "will be the models lauded when this period of American history is written." ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...
May 3, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Judge Howell eviscerates the cowardly big law firms who back down in the face of challenge from Trump - and spells out the risk to rule of law inherent in such cowardice.
She’s an EDNY alum, of course !
She’s an EDNY alum, of course !
The Trump Economy …. Really sucks.
March 14, 2025 at 5:42 AM
The Trump Economy …. Really sucks.
I wrote to my kids re: DOJ. Punchline:
People in life will want you to compromise your integrity. They will likely find someone who is fool enough, or coward enough to do so - but always make it clear that it was never going to be you.
cc: @asharangappa.bsky.social @joycewhitevance.bsky.social
People in life will want you to compromise your integrity. They will likely find someone who is fool enough, or coward enough to do so - but always make it clear that it was never going to be you.
cc: @asharangappa.bsky.social @joycewhitevance.bsky.social
February 17, 2025 at 12:11 AM
I wrote to my kids re: DOJ. Punchline:
People in life will want you to compromise your integrity. They will likely find someone who is fool enough, or coward enough to do so - but always make it clear that it was never going to be you.
cc: @asharangappa.bsky.social @joycewhitevance.bsky.social
People in life will want you to compromise your integrity. They will likely find someone who is fool enough, or coward enough to do so - but always make it clear that it was never going to be you.
cc: @asharangappa.bsky.social @joycewhitevance.bsky.social
Friggen geniuses
National Nuclear Security Administration officials are attempting to notify some employees who had been let go that they are now due to be reinstated — but they're struggling to find them because they don't have their new contact information. nbcnews.to/4104StF
February 15, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Friggen geniuses
If you don’t want judge stopping you, don’t do illegal shit
It’s really pretty simple.
It’s really pretty simple.
February 15, 2025 at 1:54 AM
If you don’t want judge stopping you, don’t do illegal shit
It’s really pretty simple.
It’s really pretty simple.
The response by acting DAG Emil Bove is the most disgraceful letter ever published on @USDOJ letterhead.
It is an unvarnished attack on the rule of law & embrace of the exercise of authoritarian power in the service of political gain.
I hope those committed to Justice prevail.
It is an unvarnished attack on the rule of law & embrace of the exercise of authoritarian power in the service of political gain.
I hope those committed to Justice prevail.
This former US Atty supports the courage of Danielle Sassoon, the acting US Atty in SDNY, who put service ahead of self & refused to let politics interfere with prosecutions. True American hero. Thank you for your service, Danielle. You are the best of us. Who's with me?
Incredibly proud of her and my old office. Integrity and decency still exist in incredibly hard circumstances. I hope every former US Attorney and DOJ official from both parties support her publicly.
February 14, 2025 at 5:26 AM
The response by acting DAG Emil Bove is the most disgraceful letter ever published on @USDOJ letterhead.
It is an unvarnished attack on the rule of law & embrace of the exercise of authoritarian power in the service of political gain.
I hope those committed to Justice prevail.
It is an unvarnished attack on the rule of law & embrace of the exercise of authoritarian power in the service of political gain.
I hope those committed to Justice prevail.
This is disgraceful. If you flatter the President, you are effectively immune to federal prosecution. Real Bannana republic stuff …
Everything stated here about why DOJ is ordering SDNY to drop uts case against Adams is a total pretext. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/n...
Justice Dept. Seeks Dismissal of Federal Corruption Case Against Adams (Gift Article)
The New York City mayor cultivated a close relationship with President Trump, who said they had both been persecuted.
www.nytimes.com
February 11, 2025 at 1:00 AM
This is disgraceful. If you flatter the President, you are effectively immune to federal prosecution. Real Bannana republic stuff …
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Received a letter from POTUS today purporting to remove me as Commissioner and Chair of the FEC. There's a legal way to replace FEC commissioners-this isn't it. I've been so fortunate to serve the American people and stir up some good trouble along the way. That's not changing anytime soon.
February 6, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Received a letter from POTUS today purporting to remove me as Commissioner and Chair of the FEC. There's a legal way to replace FEC commissioners-this isn't it. I've been so fortunate to serve the American people and stir up some good trouble along the way. That's not changing anytime soon.
