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my endorsement for any democratic presidential candidate who promises to send the entire DOGE team to prison

Personally, I think it should be front page news for at least a month if a sitting US President is using falsified evidence to try and deny due process to a man who has committed no crime, but that’s just me

Happy 250th Anniversary of Lexington and Concord from the Supreme Court of the United States

this is such good news. i think it is also an opportunity for democrats to state forthrightly that when they win power again everyone responsible for this crime will be held accountable to the fullest extent of the law and will face the american people to answer for their lawlessness

Serious question: Given how jelly-kneed these law firms have shown themselves to be in their deals with Trump, why would you want them to represent you in a case that involves the US government, or another well-resourced adversary? www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/u...

So looking forward to this. Krennic is, indeed, the villain we deserve in these times.

Marco Rubio just announced 10 more people were sent to be imprisoned in CECOT. They were flown there from Gitmo to be imprisoned potentially for life based not on any crime for which they were convicted, but on unproven allegations of gang membership with no due process. This is not lawful.

Kirkland & Ellis, Allen Overy Shearman Sterling, Simpson Thatcher, and Latham & Watkins should be viewed as administration shills now. It would be a mistake to engage them in any matter in which your interests and positions are not congruent with this administration’s.

BREAKING: The 4th Circuit has *denied* the Trump administration's effort to resist an order to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the United States by midnight tonight. Judge Xinis' order is still in effect. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25...

Judge Harvie Wilkinson, a Reagan nominee to the 4th Circuit who for years has been one of the most reliable feeders of clerks to SCOTUS conservatives, calls out the absolute craziness of what the Trump administration wants here.

Should risk factors in securities offerings now include something about how the President is a lunatic who may smash the economy for unknown reasons at any given moment?

Let's check in how the "make plaintiffs post a Rule 65(c) bond to keep from from suing the Administration" gambit is going. From Judge AliKhan's recent ruling on the Inter-American Foundation. ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...

There are no tariffs being put on Russia. Hmmm

How long will it take for the media to report that the column showing foreign tariffs “including Currency Manipulation and Trade Barriers” is subjective, made-up bullshit?

I just don't believe Morrissey knows how Joan of Arc felt

This administration is out of control. JFC

BREAKING: I'm placing a hold on President Trump's nominee for U.S. Attorney in DC. For the past few weeks, Ed Martin has been a one-man wrecking ball. Threatening political opponents, firing public servants, and using his office to chill free speech. His nomination must be blocked.

moving forward I would like to see dems gum up the works every way possible. No unanimous consent, full votes on every tiny piece of business. I don't expect everyone to have the stamina to do a Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, but many lengthy floor speeches. Just slow everything down to a crawl.

We have had nearly two decades of panic about Free Speech on Campus and not a single case, not even the ones they made up, were as bad as what's happening now

🚨This. Is. How. You. Do. It. 🚨

It is a sad day for the legal industry. Paul Weiss, didn't just bend a knee, it set a new standard for shameful capitulation. This is a stain on the firm, every one of its partners, and the entire legal profession.

🚨BREAKING: It seems very clear that the Administration decided not to abide by the court's order. The question now is what will the judge do. Does he proceed with contempt or something short of that to defuse. Upping the stakes is the fact that the AG and her senior staff signed this notice.

Chuck Schumer got the wrong message from this cartoon.

[if Chuck Schumer replaced Liam Neeson in Taken] CHUCK SCHUMER: [on phone] I don’t know who you are or what you want, but I will find you and I will help you kill my daughter

TODAY: There will be a hearing at 2:00 pm ET in Perkins Coie's lawsuit against the Trump administration challenging a recent executive order targeting the law firm. ☎️ Call in to listen: 833-990-9400, Meeting ID: 491822013 Background:

The hearing tomorrow in Judge Howell's courtroom is likely to be a total smackdown of the government. These are the same judges (district judges in DC) who tried the Jan 6 cases only to have Trump pull the rug out fr under them. And these orders v law firms are stunning assaults on the whole system.

Funny, stupid, illegal, terrifying, and just plain cretinous -- not necessarily in that order.