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  • Russ Vought Threatens to Do What He Already Did

    Thus far, Republicans seem intent on using the shutdown to demonstrate in more visible fashion the need for it. 

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  • Why DOJ Might Be Pushing for Lindsey Halligan to Get No Billed

    One possible explanation for the flood of leaks about EDVA's disastrous case against Jim Comey is that everyone would be better off if Lindsey Halligan gets no-billed.

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  • What Trump’s UNGA Speech Tells the World

    In one speech, Donald Trump gave the world a lot to think about, and none of it was good. Especially if you are Secretary of State/National Security Advisor/Archivist of the United States Marco Rubio

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  • Scott Bessent Links Bailout of Argentina to Trump’s Election Interference, Even as Argentina Poaches US Soybean Markets

    In a tweet laying out all the welfare he plans to give so-called libertarian Javier Milei, Scott Bessent confirmed the tie between the bailout and Trump's election interference.

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  • Sinclair Makes Itself Visible

    Yesterday's return of Jimmy Kimmel to ABC is not a time to declare victory. Now is the time to use the notoriety that the censoring screeds have acquired to push back on their efforts to extort control over free speech. 

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Russ Vought Threatens to Do What He Already Did

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September 25, 2025
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Thus far, Republicans seem intent on using the shutdown to demonstrate in more visible fashion the need for it. 
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Why DOJ Might Be Pushing for Lindsey Halligan to Get No Billed

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September 25, 2025
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One possible explanation for the flood of leaks about EDVA's disastrous case against Jim Comey is that everyone would be better off if Lindsey Halligan gets no-billed.
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What Trump's UNGA Speech Tells the World

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September 24, 2025
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Peterr
In one speech, Donald Trump gave the world a lot to think about, and none of it was good. Especially if you are Secretary of State/National Security Advisor/Archivist of the United States Marco Rubio
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Scott Bessent Links Bailout of Argentina to Trump's Election Interference, Even as Argentina Poaches US Soybean Markets

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September 24, 2025
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In a tweet laying out all the welfare he plans to give so-called libertarian Javier Milei, Scott Bessent confirmed the tie between the bailout and Trump's election interference.
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Sinclair Makes Itself Visible

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September 24, 2025
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Yesterday's return of Jimmy Kimmel to ABC is not a time to declare victory. Now is the time to use the notoriety that the censoring screeds have acquired to push back on their efforts to extort control over free speech. 
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Donald Trump Wants a $5 Billion Premium for Confessing His Weaponization Claims Are Bullshit

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September 23, 2025
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Trump's now dismissed lawsuit against NYTimes did not dispute a bunch of damning claims laid out in the Peter Baker story he cites, including that Trump weaponized government against his adversaries.
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Time to Win the Shutdown

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September 22, 2025
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Betting markets say we're probably going to have a government shutdown. It's time to start messaging to win the shutdown.
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Coping With Existentialist Ambiguity

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September 21, 2025
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Ed Walker
The infantile, the sub-man, and serious people
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Trump Can't Even Weaponize DOJ Competently

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September 20, 2025
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Trump's ouster of Erik Siebert, who refused to charge Tish James for fraud without evidence she engaged in fraud, will create big headaches for Todd Blanche.
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Fridays with Nicole Sandler

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September 19, 2025
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We talked a lot about Jimmy Fallon.
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The "Boo Boos" and Bovino Bullshit DHS Uses to Criminalize Scrutiny

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September 19, 2025
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emptywheel
From coast to coast, the lies that DHS is telling in an attempt to criminalize scrutiny of its actions are falling apart. But that didn't prevent DOJ from trying to sustain the effort to do the same against LaMonica McIver.
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Speech

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September 18, 2025
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emptywheel
Jimmy Kimmel's suspension and the little-noticed continued effort to deport Mahmoud Khalil for his speech demonstrates the urgency of setting up alternative media outlets to bypass the oligarch-owned and multinational media companies susceptible to Trump's censorship.
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Chuck Grassley Complains that DOJ Investigated Why TPUSA Sent 80 Busses to a Riot

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September 17, 2025
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The document Chuck Grassley released as part of a distraction appears to be dated.
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Todd Blanche's Sex Predator PR Service

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September 17, 2025
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Among other things Todd Blanche told Kaitlan Collins when she asked him a single simple question about his "proffer" with convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell is that he did not vet the answers she gave before he moved her to comfier digs at a Camp Fed.
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Todd Blanche Exposes Trump's Pardon Auto-Pen Scandal

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September 17, 2025
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In the midst of an effort to rebut a selective prosecution claim from LaMonica McIver, a badly-conflicted prosecutorial team describes what DOJ claims happened with the January 6 pardons, which is not reflected by the plain language of the pardon itself.
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Tyler Robinson: Guns, Gaming, and Gay

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September 16, 2025
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Tyler Robinson's sole stated motive for killing Charlie Kirk, per the charging document, was Kirk's hatred.
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Trump's Homeland Security Advisor Denies Victims of Far Right Shooting Equal Protection

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September 16, 2025
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Trump Homeland Security Advisor Stephen Miller announced yesterday that rather than doing the most basic things to try to prevent further school shootings, he will target people who had nothing to do with the shooting of Charlie Kirk.
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Lawsuit Alleges that Laura Loomer Illegally Got Ghislaine Maxwell's Prosecutor Fired

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September 15, 2025
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The stated hypothesis in a new lawsuit for why DOJ illegally fired Jim Comey's daughter is that Laura Loomer made it happen. DOJ might have to choose whether to adopt that hypothesis or explain that Maurene Comey's continued employment at SDNY would make it harder for Todd Blanche to silence Ghislaine Maxwell.
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The White House Bid to Turn the Charlie Kirk Murder into Their Anti-Trans Jihad

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September 14, 2025
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We don't yet know what allegedly motivated Tyler Robinson to kill Charlie Kirk. We do know the motivations of the White House sourcing claims about a trans roommate, so we should be very cautious about believing what they're peddling.
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Fridays with Nicole Sandler

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September 13, 2025
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We talked about Jair Bolsonaro, Charlie Kirk, and Jeffrey Epstein.
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