No Kings Thread

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emptywheel
About 400 people and at least six frogs turned out to the American Embassy in Ireland to call for No Kings today.
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Eagle Ed Martin and George Santos Just Proved Tish James' Vindictive Prosecution Claim

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emptywheel
At the very same time Eagle Ed was stalking Tish James up and down the Eastern Seaboard, desperately trying to find some crime to charge her with. he was also busy finding a way to free George Santos, a much bigger, confessed fraudster from prison.
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Jim Comey Prepares to Prevail at SCOTUS

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emptywheel
Jim Comey has added the kind of lawyers to his defense team that signals he expects to have to break new appellate ground on politicized prosecutions.
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Fridays with Nicole Sandler

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emptywheel
There were a bunch of newsworthy detentions this week -- and not all that news was bad!
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The Bolton Indictment

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emptywheel
The indictment against John Bolton charges him with sending, and then retaining, eight documents containing classified information.
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Revenge of the "Lib Tard:" Jeanine Pirro Wins First Humiliating Acquittal

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emptywheel
After fuck-up after fuck-up, Jeanine Pirro's prosecutors got an embarrassing acquittal in their effort to jail Sydney Reid for filming an ICE arrest.
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Tick Tock, Tick Tock: Lindsey Halligan's Filter Follies

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emptywheel
Lindsey Halligan's loaner prosecutors decided they'd ask for a filter protocol to access already seized material the day after Judge Nachmanoff ordered they provide all discovery to Jim Comey that same day. That may work out poorly for them.
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How City of Chicago Beat Back Stephen Miller's Shoddy Propaganda ... So Far

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emptywheel
How the efforts of everyday Chicagoans managed to defeat Stephen Miller's propaganda ... so far.
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France's Political Crisis: Sebastian Lecornu Goes All In

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Quinn Norton
Yesterday, French Prime Minister Sebastian Lecornu gave the speech of his life. Tomorrow, he'll find out if it worked. Update: It worked. Sebastian Lecornu survived the No Confidence vote. Next come the hard part: governing France.  Something…
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The Fascist Dragnet To Avenge Charlie Kirk's Honor

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emptywheel
It's bad enough that the State Department using free speech about Charlie Kirk to exclude purported visa holders. It's still worse that two of six claimed accounts don't do what State accuses. But the dragnet they must have used to get this far is pure fascism.
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Mayor Ras Baraka Reaffirms Malicious Prosecution Claim

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emptywheel
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka is not backing down from his claim he was falsely arrested by Ricky Patel.
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"Sensitivities and Exposure:" Six Stupid Things about Lindsey Halligan's First Filing

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emptywheel
Lindsey the Insurance lawyer and her two loaner AUSAs didn't do so well on their first filing.
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We're in La Plus Stupide Ligne de Temps

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Quinn Norton
Every Manny for Himself (Apologies for the delay, Macron ran out my work day, went into my Saturday, but damn it, this is still France) After a mean girl spat, in which the leader of the ever-more-trending-hard-right Le Republicans, Retailleau,…
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Prosecutors Sucking Lemons in Their Vindictive Prosecution of Jim Comey

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emptywheel
Unless prosecutors find a way to make the Jim Comey prosecution go away, in nine days, we'll get details (in the Vindictive and Selective Prosecution motion) of the efforts Trump has already made to prosecute Jim Comey, and how those efforts failed until the moment he unlawfully installed his own defense attorney as US Attorney at EDVA. 
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Fridays with Nicole Sandler

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emptywheel
Trump's authoritarianism is drowning out coverage of the shutdown.
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The Nativists Are Getting Restless: How the Rhythm of the Comey Prosecution May Backfire

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emptywheel
The two prosecutors DOJ found to prosecute the case against Jim Comey have no understanding of the case, much less the wider ethically fraught context. At least on Wednesday, that made it easier for Pat Fitzgerald to appears as the one prosecuting a case.
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Next Up, Tish James

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emptywheel
Tish James was indicted on two counts by Trump's personal lawyer.
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More Madness of Macron: An Endless Crisis

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Quinn Norton
Another Season, Another French Prime Minister Blowing in the Wind. Back when we last visited the Dysfunctional 5th Republic of France, The young and fairly talented Gabriel Attal was the Prime Minister of the country as it went into Macron's…
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Greg Bovino's September 27 "Shitshow:" Batting 9% [Updated]

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emptywheel
Of the eleven people the government charged in conjunction with a "shitshow" Chief Custom and Border Patrol Greg Bovino staged at Chicago's ICE facility on September 27, the publicly filed charges against just two defendants have survived.
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