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Since day 1, Pam Bondi has treated DOJ like a political weapon That’s why we @democracydefendersfund.org & a coalition of legal experts have filed a complaint with the FL Bar The nation’s top lawyer must be held to the highest standards—no Trumpery allowed!

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Today in Politics, Bulletin 145. What a wild day today! Here is my full recap of the Trump-Musk feud which I followed for 5 hours straight, plus everything else that happened today in politics. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...

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Uh oh. I wonder if Chris and Tony the Pollster still have that sweet, sweet eight-figure gig with @elonmusk's SuperPAC? Will @realdonaldtrump allow them to stay after he made them SO much money? Can Elon ever trust them? www.politico.com/news/2025/06...

submitted 21 hours ago • 36 comments

Cutting half a billion dollars of funding for cybersecurity is a recipe for disaster, and leaves Americans more vulnerable to attacks from Russia or China.

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As I predicted, we are now entering an era where we cannot necessarily trust data coming from the federal govt on things like inflation. Something to watch VERY closely for GDP, unemployment, everything. www.wsj.com/economy/cpi-...

submitted 1 day ago • 524 comments

A top coronavirus vaccine adviser at the CDC has resigned, citing concerns that she could no longer help vulnerable people after officials rescinded recommendations to immunize children and pregnant women.

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Stephen Miller is privately raging over deportation numbers he deems too low. So he's shifting huge amounts of law enforcement resources away from fighting serious crimes and into his immigration crackdown. If voters knew about this, they'd recoil. 1/ (new piece) newrepublic.com/article/1961...

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submitted 3 days ago • 228 comments

NYT, Page One: “Within hours, he had an email from China, offering to move his lab to ‘any city, any university I want,’ he said, with a guarantee of funding for the next 20 years.” @nytimes.com

submitted 2 days ago • 412 comments

www.nytimes.com/2025/06/02/u...

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This is refreshing. www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...

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"According to three witnesses who spoke to NBC News, a tank fired on Palestinians crowding around an aid distribution center near Rafah." www.nbcnews.com/world/middle...

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Get the sense that attack in Colorado was the work of a single individual and thus hard to prevent. But worth recalling how how many FBI have already been pulled off counterterrorism and other forms of crimes for immigrant round up duty.

submitted 5 days ago • 136 comments

Not only are parks profitable, they inject billions to local economies and welcome 300+ million people a year. This is yet more wealth extraction to private interests not just from all of us as a nation but hundreds of communities and small businesses.

submitted 5 days ago • 43 comments

This Weekend in Politics, Bulletin 142. Everything you need to know about what happened this weekend in politics. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...

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With the degradation of the FBI and other national security institutions, we are sitting ducks for a major terrorist attack on U.S. soil. I gifted this article to you. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/01/u...

submitted 5 days ago • 52 comments

Awkward way for Joni Ernst to find out she isn’t funny. Let’s stop sending people like Joni Ernst and Lindsey Graham to the Senate.

submitted 6 days ago • 216 comments

Conway: A lot of right wing hacks joined the federalist society in these past several years thinking this is the way to get a job in the next trump administration or to get a judgeship. And they made a mistake there. Trump does not like the federalist society

submitted 7 days ago • 148 comments

All MAGA hat, no cattle cuz government is hard — but they damaged the regulators who scrutinized them and it’s not clear how they plundered our data systems. At some point, there should be a massive investigation into what these fly by nights did. www.wired.com/story/nicole...

submitted 8 days ago • 94 comments

The federal government is trying to make it harder for veterans whose civil rights have been violated to get their day in court. We filed briefs in defense of the veterans pushing back on this attempt.

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“The Trump administration has dealt a sharp blow to work on H.I.V. vaccines, terminating a $258 million program whose work was instrumental to the search for a vaccine.” Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/h...

submitted 7 days ago • 98 comments

Unreal. www.notus.org/health-scien...

submitted 7 days ago • 140 comments

Trump Administration Knew Vast Majority Of Venezuelans Sent To Salvadoran Prison Had Not Been Convicted Of US Crimes talkingpointsmemo.com/news/deporte...

submitted 7 days ago • 35 comments

Way beyond Nixon’s dealing with ABA review of judgeships…

submitted 7 days ago • 51 comments

this is a very good column and dare i say it is bouie-esque in construction and tone?

submitted 7 days ago • 75 comments

A junkie unmoored from reality destroyed our govt: "The drug has psychedelic properties and can cause dissociation from reality. Chronic use can lead to addiction and problems with bladder pain...Mr. Musk told people that his ketamine use was causing bladder issues" www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/u...

submitted 7 days ago • 133 comments

Today in Politics, Bulletin 141. It was a crazy busy news day and this one is packed so buckle up! Here is everything that happened today. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...

submitted 8 days ago • 62 comments

Trump goes to war with Leonard Leo?

submitted 7 days ago • 82 comments

Rep. Ashley Hinson mentioned Donald Trump and his spending bill—and the town hall crowd erupted.

submitted 9 days ago • 39 comments

Russian fascist who has been dubbed ‘Putin’s Brain’ is sad to see Musk leave govt, but appreciates what he was able to do for them in the time he was there.

submitted 8 days ago • 143 comments

TACO Trump. Big talker, no deals.

submitted 8 days ago • 102 comments

Perfect…

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The updated total is that TACO Trump has now pardoned NINE former Republican members of Congress convicted of crimes.

submitted 8 days ago • 164 comments

The Trump admin seems to have adopted the approach that if they just do all the criming right out in the open brazenly then nobody can accuse them of covering anything up.

submitted 10 days ago • 192 comments

JUST IN; Judge Paula Xinis benchslaps DOJ for waiting until today to ask for usually routine extension of deadline to answer complaint in Kilmar Abrego Garcia deportation lawsuits. Doc: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

submitted 10 days ago • 52 comments

Not a doctor. Not a scientist. A conspiracy theorist and a charlatan. More people will die because of this charlatan.

submitted 10 days ago • 68 comments

Today in Politics, Bulletin 140. Everything you need to know about what happened today in politics. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...

submitted 10 days ago • 32 comments

May 26, 2025 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

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Stand Up to the Bully open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

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Kristi Noem doesn't know anything. It shows. (By me.) fallows.substack.com/p/kristi-noe...

submitted 11 days ago • 11 comments

I wonder how much Trump crypto you have to buy for a pardon as a dirty cop who got 10 years after getting caught on video accepting $75K in bribes from businessmen who wanted to buy badges?

submitted 11 days ago • 363 comments

Fifty years after he was graduated from Princeton University, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell delivered the baccalaureate address at his alma mater. This is how he ended the speech:

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BREAKING: Scott Pelley just risked everything to make one thing clear: The attack on free speech isn’t coming—it’s already here. Journalists are being silenced, critics are being punished, and most of the media’s playing dead. This is state-sponsored suppression. This is dictatorship in real time.

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Today in Politics, Bulletin 139. Everything you need to know about what happened today in politics. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...

submitted 11 days ago • 15 comments

Trump says he’s not happy that Putin is bombing civilians every day. But only because his dream of a Nobel Peace Prize isn’t happening. He won’t do anything about it though - except say he’s unhappy. Then back to golf.

submitted 12 days ago • 126 comments