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“Egregious Behavior:” Alina Habba Confesses She Must Prosecute Donald Trump
Alina Habba says that under her tenure, the New Jersey US Attorney's Office will prosecute threats against judges of the type her client and boss made and makes all the time.

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Fridays with Nicole Sander, Going, Going, Gone Fishing Edition
We talked a lot about the horrible Supreme Court decisions.

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Open Thread: End of 2024-2025 Term, The Last Decisions
The Supreme Court's last batch of decisions for the 2024-2025 term will be issued this morning.

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How the Newslettification of News Reifies Trump’s Power Rather than Exposing His Lies
The NYT's newsletter structure turned Donald Trump, not Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough, the primary actor in MacDonough's serial rulings throwing out many of the worst provisions of the Big Ugly reconciliation bill.

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The Republican Hundred Year War On Democracy
The Republican attack on democracy has come out into the open under Trump, with major help from John Roberts

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"Egregious Behavior:" Alina Habba Confesses She Must Prosecute Donald Trump

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June 28, 2025

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Alina Habba says that under her tenure, the New Jersey US Attorney's Office will prosecute threats against judges of the type her client and boss made and makes all the time.

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Fridays with Nicole Sander, Going, Going, Gone Fishing Edition

24 Comments

June 27, 2025

emptywheel

We talked a lot about the horrible Supreme Court decisions.

SCOTUS

Open Thread: End of 2024-2025 Term, The Last Decisions

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June 27, 2025

Rayne

The Supreme Court's last batch of decisions for the 2024-2025 term will be issued this morning.

emptywheel

How the Newslettification of News Reifies Trump's Power Rather than Exposing His Lies

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June 27, 2025

emptywheel

The NYT's newsletter structure turned Donald Trump, not Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough, the primary actor in MacDonough's serial rulings throwing out many of the worst provisions of the Big Ugly reconciliation bill.

Trump 2.0

The Republican Hundred Year War On Democracy

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June 26, 2025

Ed Walker

The Republican attack on democracy has come out into the open under Trump, with major help from John Roberts

SCOTUS

Open Thread: SCOTUS Decisions, End of Term Ahead

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June 26, 2025

Rayne

This is the last week of the 2024-2025 term for the Supreme Court. SCOTUS is expected to release multiple decisions at least twice this week; what follows is the first batch.

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Judge Stringer Bell: Emil Bove Confirms Erez Reuveni's Allegation that He Tried to Avoid Paper Trails

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June 25, 2025

emptywheel

While Emil Bove dodged a lot of questions in his short confirmation hearing, he confirmed one thing alleged by both Danielle Sassoon and Erez Reuveni: He doesn't like when his lawyers take notes on a criminal fucking conspiracy.

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DOJ's Past Lies Continue to Backfire

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June 25, 2025

emptywheel

DOJ has made its problems so much worse by refusing to do the right thing with Kilmar Abrego Garcia . And because they've charged him, that may actually finally backfire.

Artificial Intelligence

What We Talk About When We Talk About AI (Part Three)

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June 23, 2025

Quinn Norton

Proteins, Factories, and Wicked Solutions Part 3- But What is AI Good For? (Go to Part Two) There are many frames and metaphors to help us understand our AI age. But one comes up especially often, because it is useful, and perhaps even a…

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John Thune's Flopsweat about Funding Stephen Miller's Gulag

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June 23, 2025

emptywheel

John Thune has taken up Susie Wiles' marching orders to get the Big Ugly bill done by July 4. The time pressure may come from immigration pressures, not financial ones.

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Does Stephen Miller Know Pam Bondi Is Harboring Criminal Aliens?

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June 22, 2025

emptywheel

Pam Bondi may let the two guys who allegedly directed Kilmar Abrego Garcia to smuggle migrants out of prison and into the country so she can sustain a claim that Abrego Garcia is a terribly dangerous threat for doing what they directed him to do.

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When Hegemons Backslide

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June 22, 2025

emptywheel

Trump's military parade failed to give him the psychological fulfillment he sought, and so Bibi Netanyahu was able to sell him on an illegal invasion of Iran that would fill that need instead.

Foreign Policy, Trump 2.0, War

Without a Doubt, Worse than Nixon

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June 22, 2025

Rayne

Yet another abuse of office today, this one similar to Nixon's secret bombing of Cambodia. At least Nixon eventually resigned.

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What WSJ Said about Stephen Miller at 9PM on a Friday

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June 21, 2025

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In a profile of Stephen Miller posted in the Friday night news black hole, some untold number of Republican sources tested whether it's okay, yet, to start dishing on Trump's consigliere.

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Fridays with Nicole Sandler

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June 20, 2025

emptywheel

We talked a lot about Gavin Newsom's trolling.

SCOTUS

Open Thread: SCOTUS Decisions, Friday Edition

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June 20, 2025

Rayne

SCOTUS released six decisions today ahead of the end of its term next week. Here's an open thread to discuss decisions released today.

Making Good Trouble, Trump 2.0, Trump Administration

National Park Visitors Are Not Impressed With Trump's Revisionism

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June 20, 2025

Peterr

Trump wants to rewrite American history, and Doug Burgum wants the public to help. The National Park-going public is having none of it.

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Gavin Newsom's Troll Wars as a Check against "Usurpation or Wanton Tyranny"

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June 20, 2025

emptywheel

Gavin Newsom's legal challenge to Donald Trump's invasion of California has gotten most of the press attention. But he has also been waging a pretty funny trolling challenge as well.

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The Golden Teapot Dome: Mark Kelly Warns "This Is a Very Hard Physics Problem"

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June 19, 2025

emptywheel

The newest spectacular failure of SpaceX raises the stakes on an exchange between Mark Kelly and Pete Hegseth yesterday. Kelly described, first, that the physics that Trump's planned Golden Dome would require are nearly impossible to pull off. And then he observed that Hegseth just fired the people who would have demonstrated the physics were impossible.

SCOTUS

Open Thread: SCOTUS Decisions

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June 18, 2025

Rayne

The Supreme Court's term ends this month; the court will release a number of key decisions between now and the end of the month. Here's an open thread to discuss decisions released today.

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“Egregious Behavior:” Alina Habba Confesses She Must Prosecute Donald Trump

Fridays with Nicole Sander, Going, Going, Gone Fishing Edition

Open Thread: End of 2024-2025 Term, The Last Decisions

How the Newslettification of News Reifies Trump’s Power Rather than Exposing His Lies

The Republican Hundred Year War On Democracy

"Egregious Behavior:" Alina Habba Confesses She Must Prosecute Donald Trump

Fridays with Nicole Sander, Going, Going, Gone Fishing Edition

Open Thread: End of 2024-2025 Term, The Last Decisions

How the Newslettification of News Reifies Trump's Power Rather than Exposing His Lies

The Republican Hundred Year War On Democracy

Open Thread: SCOTUS Decisions, End of Term Ahead

Judge Stringer Bell: Emil Bove Confirms Erez Reuveni's Allegation that He Tried to Avoid Paper Trails

DOJ's Past Lies Continue to Backfire

What We Talk About When We Talk About AI (Part Three)

John Thune's Flopsweat about Funding Stephen Miller's Gulag

Does Stephen Miller Know Pam Bondi Is Harboring Criminal Aliens?

When Hegemons Backslide

Without a Doubt, Worse than Nixon

What WSJ Said about Stephen Miller at 9PM on a Friday

Fridays with Nicole Sandler

Open Thread: SCOTUS Decisions, Friday Edition

National Park Visitors Are Not Impressed With Trump's Revisionism

Gavin Newsom's Troll Wars as a Check against "Usurpation or Wanton Tyranny"

The Golden Teapot Dome: Mark Kelly Warns "This Is a Very Hard Physics Problem"

Open Thread: SCOTUS Decisions

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