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  • When Even the German Far-Right Thinks You’ve Gone Too Far . . .

    The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) is filled with neo-Nazis with whom Stephen Miller would feel right at home. Until today.

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  • Fridays with Nicole Sandler

    The invasion of Minnesota has only gotten more bleak--but civil society is stepping up to the challenge.

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  • “Epstein Is Dead:” Pam Bondi Is Neglecting Live Sex Trafficking Prosecutions to Criminalize Democrats

    Between witch hunts targeting Trump's enemies, Stephen Miller's assault on immigration, and Pam Bondi's need to replicate the Jeffrey Epstein review she ordered last March, current sex trafficking prosecutions are being neglected, to say nothing of national security cases.

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  • DOJ Continues to Let DHS Pick and Choose Screen Shots Pertaining to Their Assaults

    Because DHS allows its goons to use personal cell phones during operations and doesn't properly archive the resulting communications, defendants are increasingly struggling to get relevant evidence in discovery.

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  • Chekhov’s Back Door Gate Appears in the David Huerta Assault Saga

    In the affidavit he wrote to retroactively get an arrest warrant for David Huerta, Ryan Ribner emphasized that he only knew of one gate when he staged a confrontation in front of one. It turns out that claim, like so much else in the David Huerta prosecution, is unreliable.

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Foreign Policy, Greenland, Trump Administration

When Even the German Far-Right Thinks You've Gone Too Far . . .

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January 17, 2026
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Peterr
The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) is filled with neo-Nazis with whom Stephen Miller would feel right at home. Until today.
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David Huerta prosecution, Immigration, Weaponized DOJ

Fridays with Nicole Sandler

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January 16, 2026
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emptywheel
The invasion of Minnesota has only gotten more bleak--but civil society is stepping up to the challenge.
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Epstein, Immigration, Weaponized DOJ

"Epstein Is Dead:" Pam Bondi Is Neglecting Live Sex Trafficking Prosecutions to Criminalize Democrats

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January 16, 2026
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emptywheel
Between witch hunts targeting Trump's enemies, Stephen Miller's assault on immigration, and Pam Bondi's need to replicate the Jeffrey Epstein review she ordered last March, current sex trafficking prosecutions are being neglected, to say nothing of national security cases.
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David Huerta prosecution, emptywheel, Surveillance, Weaponized DOJ

DOJ Continues to Let DHS Pick and Choose Screen Shots Pertaining to Their Assaults

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January 15, 2026
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emptywheel
Because DHS allows its goons to use personal cell phones during operations and doesn't properly archive the resulting communications, defendants are increasingly struggling to get relevant evidence in discovery.
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David Huerta prosecution, emptywheel, Immigration, Weaponized DOJ

Chekhov's Back Door Gate Appears in the David Huerta Assault Saga

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January 14, 2026
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emptywheel
In the affidavit he wrote to retroactively get an arrest warrant for David Huerta, Ryan Ribner emphasized that he only knew of one gate when he staged a confrontation in front of one. It turns out that claim, like so much else in the David Huerta prosecution, is unreliable.
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Immigration, Weaponized DOJ

Bill Essayli Has an Identity Crisis

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January 14, 2026
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emptywheel
In his attempt to rebut motions to dismiss a conspiracy to dox case, F.A. [Fucking Asshole] Bill Essayli tried to rewrite the statute to criminalize shaming someone for doing a shameful job.
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emptywheel, Left Theory, SCOTUS

This Is Not A Constitutional Moment

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January 13, 2026
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Ed Walker
This is Trump claiming to be all-powerful and SCOTUS agreeing.
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emptywheel, Financial Fraud, Weaponized DOJ

The Jerome Powell Clusterfuck Is a Clusterfuck of Pam Bondi's Own Making

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January 13, 2026
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emptywheel
The Public Integrity Division at DOJ, which Pam Bondi destroyed last May, was designed to prevent the kind of clusterfuck that Jeanine Pirro created with her investigation of Jerome Powell.
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2024 Presidential Election, Economics, Financial Fraud, Weaponized DOJ

Where We Go from Here

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January 13, 2026
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emptywheel
This page summarizes progress on using Trump's conspiracism and grievance against him.
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2024 Presidential Election, January 6 Insurrection, Jim Comey prosecution, Leak Investigations, Weaponized DOJ

On Same Day Robert McBride's Firing Is Reported, Stan Woodward "Errs" His Grievances

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January 13, 2026
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emptywheel
In an attempt to blame Dan Richman's lawyers for delaying resolution of Richman's request to get his data back, Stanley Woordward "erred" grievances of his own manufacture.
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Democrats, Department of Justice, emptywheel, Immigration, Weaponized DOJ

DHS Assaulting Protesters Because Goons Believe They Are "Vicious, Horrible People"

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January 12, 2026
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emptywheel
On the collapsing criminal case against SEIU CA President David Huerta.
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DOGE, Immigration, Weaponized DOJ

Stephen Miller's Big Shift: Mother-Shooting Goons Replace VA Nurses and Psychologists

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January 11, 2026
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emptywheel
Donald Trump is taking services away from veterans, and then hiring them to invade blue cities as if they were Fallujah.
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State Department, Venezuelan Coup

No One Could Have Anticipated, Venezuelan Edition

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January 10, 2026
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Peterr
Trump is ready to send US oil companies' employees into Venezuela after the US seized Nicolás Maduro. Somehow, it appears the colectivos are not ready to welcome them. Who could have anticipated . . .
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Immigration, Venezuelan Coup

Fridays with Nicole Sandler

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January 9, 2026
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emptywheel
There were a few bits of good news between the unlawful invasions and killings.
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Immigration, Venezuelan Coup

Todd Blanche Takes Stephen Miller's Ham Sandwich to the Fifth Circuit

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January 9, 2026
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emptywheel
Remember how I predicted that DOJ would use the very thin allegation that Tren de Aragua head Hector Rusthenenford Guerrero Flores to renew their Alien Enemies Act ploy? It took just two days for them to do that.
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2024 Presidential Election, Press and Media

Annals of Sanewashing: NYT Labels Trump's Confession of Psychological Unfitness as Leadership

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January 9, 2026
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emptywheel
The NYT committed literal sanewashing in the latest of its series of stories bragging that four journalists got to watch Trump ramble for two hours: It described Trump's pathological need to possess things as instead a vision of leadership.
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2016 Presidential Election, 2024 Presidential Election, Drug War, Energy Policy, Venezuelan Coup

The Bankrupt Premise of Trump's Venezuela Colony

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January 8, 2026
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emptywheel
Trump's efforts to make up Colonialism 2.0 on the fly have all the trappings of the kind of con jobs that have left him bankrupt over and over in his career.
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Time to Ask if Stephen Miller Has Authorized Assault and Murder of Peaceful ICE Observers

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January 7, 2026
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emptywheel
Given how consistently Greg Bovino is at the scene of unjustified violence against ICE observers, including today's shooting, and given Bovino's refusal to answer whether Stephen Miller has given him instructions about violence against protestors, it's time to ask whether Miller has ordered this violence.
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Drug War, emptywheel, Guns, Venezuelan Coup

Stephen Miller Has Similar Plans for Colombia and Columbia

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January 7, 2026
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emptywheel
It's only day four in Trump's takeover attempt of Venezuela. We have yet to see how any of multiple interested parties will respond. And most of them have guns.
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2020 Presidential Election, Financial Fraud, January 6 Insurrection

January 6 Was a Violent Insurrection; It Was Also a Fraud Against the GOP Faithful

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January 6, 2026
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emptywheel
Republicans spent much of Jack Smith's deposition asking him about subpoenas targeted toll records. They asked no question about subpoenas targeting Trump's fraudulent grift.
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