Banging on a Gate: Pam Bondi Found a Cyber Investigator Who Doesn't Check Phone Logs!

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emptywheel
Pam Bondi's DOJ first assaulted and injured, then charged, a very important labor leader, CA SEIU President David Huerta, with a conspiracy the evidence for which they didn't even bother to look for. Yet.
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How Can Pete Hegseth Invade California without a Babysitter?

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emptywheel
We're getting closer to the moment when the White House will have to admit that Pete Hegseth is manifestly unfit for his job. At the moment, the White House is struggling to find him any aides who might help compensate for his lack of relevant experience. And that's the guy that Trump just put in charge of leading an invasion of Los Angeles?
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No, Trump Voters Did Not Vote for This

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emptywheel
Prominent Republicans want to -- correctly -- blame Stephen Miller for the lies he has told about immigration and the chaos that has erupted. Let them!
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Stone Cold Liar: Trump Incited Riot after Threatening to Cancel Funding for CA

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emptywheel
In describing how Trump pivoted every time he tried to discuss Los Angeles in a conversation late Friday night, Gavin Newsom made clear, "there's no working with the President. There's only working for him. And I will never work for Donald Trump." And then Trump sent in armed forces.
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The Big Ugly: Stephen Miller Uses His War on Home Depot to Invade California

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emptywheel
Stephen Miller is transparently using the chaos he created by his demand for impossible arrest numbers from ICE to, first, federalize response to mostly-peaceful protest and, in turn, use the chaos created by that to call for passage of the Big Ugly Bill that would codify it all.
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War And Peace And Trump

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Ed Walker
Tolstoy would despise TACO Trump.
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The Kilmar Abrego Garcia Indictment

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emptywheel
The trafficking indictment is a conspiracy case that relies on the testimony of at least two co-conspirators.
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Fridays with Nicole Sandler

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emptywheel
We talked a lot about the bad Musk break-up.
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Lefty Pundits Continue to Drown Out Democratic Actions with their Complaints about Democratic Inaction

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emptywheel
Lefty pundits have spent the week complaining about a comment Hakeem Jeffries made on Sunday, and in the process drowned out a bunch of things elected Dems are doing on immigration.
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ProPublica Explains How DOGE's AI Cut Support for Veterans Care

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emptywheel
ProPublica reviewed that shoddy AI that led DOGE to cancel critical Veterans care.
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The Tax Elon Solution and Other Actual Reporting Not Included in the Frenzy

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emptywheel
If you need a list of ways that Trump could use the power of the presidency to retaliate against Elon Musk, you're better off reading Elizabeth Warren's list of 130 ways Elon exploited his access than NYT's naive list of four.
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Trump Muskmageddon Open Thread

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emptywheel
Trump and Elon Musk are having a catfight.
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Perhaps Stephen Miller (Also) Believes in the Efficacy of a Deportation Gulag as a Tool to Usher in Fascism

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emptywheel
Stephen Miller pursues his deportation gulag for more than just his uncontrolled racism. It's also a means for him, to chip away at due process enjoyed by all Americans.
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Could Elon's Disgusting Abomination Create Opportunities for Other Migrants?

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emptywheel
The possibility that Elon Musk's complaints about the Big Ugly Bill will destabilize (and possibly even thwart) its passage provides an opportunity to make a much bigger stink about the draconian expansion of Stephen Miller's gulag approved by the bill.
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The Art of War, Ukraine Edition

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Rayne
Details of Ukraine's Operation Spiderweb seem rather specific, as if they contained a message.
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Trump's Trade War with China Risks Sending Production To China

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emptywheel
China's hardball with rare earth metals export licenses become a bigger issue may explain why Scott Bessent's description of negotiations with China sounded like a hostage video.
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Kristi Noem Combats Claimed Antisemitism by Trying to Deport 61 Israeli Students, and Other Tales of Harvard Derangement

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emptywheel
Donald Trump is making American troops less safe from biohazards, attempting to deport 61 Israeli students in the name of combatting antisemitism, and shutting down research to find cancer cures that taxpayers have funded for years as part of his attempt to destroy Harvard University.
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Hard Lines on Legal Capitulation

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emptywheel
How the value proposition in hiring a law firm that will stand up to a bully may help save civil society.
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