Nonilex<p>Other elite <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> firms have been hit w/similar sanctions, leaving them to choose whether to fight the orders or cut a *deal* w/ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> to remove the restrictions, even as a judge has already blocked one of the orders because it is likely to be unlawful.</p><p>The order said Trump was in part punishing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WilmerHale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WilmerHale</span></a> for the firm’s connections to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Mueller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mueller</span></a>, who led an inquiry that the order described as “one of the most partisan investigations in American history.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>autocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tyranny</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MafiaState</span></a></p>
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Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> Targets <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WilmerHale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WilmerHale</span></a>, Citing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LawFirm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LawFirm</span></a>’s Connection to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RobertMueller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RobertMueller</span></a></p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Mueller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mueller</span></a>, who worked at WilmerHale before retiring in 2021, had investigated the Trump campaign’s ties to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> during Trump’s first term.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RevengePolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>autocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tyranny</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MafiaState</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TheRealWeaponizationOfGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheRealWeaponizationOfGovernment</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/us/politics/trump-wilmerhale-law-firm-mueller.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=EB968B02-59E6-44C9-B0A7-4057762D4A42" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/03/27/us/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics/trump-wilmerhale-law-firm-mueller.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=EB968B02-59E6-44C9-B0A7-4057762D4A42</span></a></p>
Bytes Europe<p>Biden prisons chief tapped to fix California prisons’ mental health care <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/846615/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">byteseu.com/846615/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>California</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CaliforniaPrison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CaliforniaPrison</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/care" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>care</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/case" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>case</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ColettePeters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ColettePeters</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CourtFinding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CourtFinding</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Health</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/inmate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inmate</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/lawyer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lawyer</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/mueller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mueller</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/order" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>order</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PrisonChief" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrisonChief</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/receiver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>receiver</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/state" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>state</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/year" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>year</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>But even the facts <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Mueller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mueller</span></a> was able to produce, despite noncooperation from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s top lieutenants, were astonishing. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Putin</span></a> dangled a Moscow building deal in front of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpOrganization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpOrganization</span></a> worth hundreds of millions of dollars, & Trump lied about it, giving Putin leverage over him. Trump’s campaign chair, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PaulManafort" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PaulManafort</span></a>, was in business w/a Russian <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/intelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>intelligence</span></a> officer.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Zelensky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Zelensky</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NewWorldOrder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewWorldOrder</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/allies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>allies</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ForeignPolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ForeignPolicy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RevengePolitics</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> was not explaining why a deal w/ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> would advance <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/America" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>America</span></a>’s interests, or why honoring it would advance Russia’s. He was defending Russia’s integrity by vouching for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Putin</span></a>’s character.</p><p>In recent yrs, the kinship between Trump & Putin has become somewhat unfashionable to point out. After <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Mueller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mueller</span></a> disappointed liberals by failing to prove a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/conspiracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conspiracy</span></a> btwn the Trump campaign & Russia, conventional wisdom on much of the center & left…came to treat the scandal as overblown.</p>
Mike. 🩼🇨🇦<p>Anyone remember the numerous times trump sided with Russia over the <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a>? Remember when <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/Mueller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mueller</span></a> said he was a Russian agent? Remember when the Steele dossier said trump was a Russian agent? Remember when trump's own kid said he was a Russian agent? Remember the first time he tried to get russia back into the G7? Remember when he tried to lift sanctions against Russia? Remember when trump got impeached for blackmailing Ukraine?</p><p>It's been widely known for 9 years now</p><p><a href="https://disabled.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a></p>
Chuck Darwin<p>On December 5, right-wing culture warriors instructed lawmakers attending the <br>American Legislative Exchange Council’s ( <a href="https://c.im/tags/ALEC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ALEC</span></a> )<br> "States and Nation Policy Summit"<br>in Washington, D.C., <br>on the steps their states can take to upend policies and practices <br>designed to help address the unfolding climate emergency and diversify workforces.</p><p>CRC Advisors Senior Vice President 💥<a href="https://c.im/tags/Mike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mike</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Thompson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Thompson</span></a> 💥led the workshop<br> “Battles Won, War Continues: <br>The Left, ESG and State Policy,” <br>according to materials obtained by the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD). </p><p>In 2020, <a href="https://c.im/tags/Greg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Greg</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Mueller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mueller</span></a> and <a href="https://c.im/tags/Leonard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Leonard</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Leo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Leo</span></a>, who played an integral role in Trump’s effort to pack the federal judiciary with right-wing judges, <br>founded CRC Advisors <br>— the group Thompson represents <br>— to “funnel big money and expertise across the conservative movement.”</p><p>Although not as well known as Leo, <br>Thompson, a member of ALEC’s private sector advisory board, <br>is an important Christian Right operative <br>who plays multiple leadership roles in campaigns and communications.</p><p>Thompson’s public relations skills were on full display in his remarks <br>demonizing the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ), <br>“a global coalition of leading financial institutions committed to accelerating the decarbonization of the economy” <br>in order to preserve the planet from further destruction.</p><p>Thompson argued that large asset managers and banks that participate in GFANZ <br>— including BlackRock, State Street, Wells Fargo, City Bank, Morgan Stanley, Chase, and Bank of America <br>— are breaking antitrust law by utilizing sustainable investment strategies.</p><p>Thompson provided an example of a lawsuit against BlackRock, State Street, and Vanguard <br>filed last month by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) and 10 other Republican attorneys general <br>— all active members of the fossil-fuel backed "Republican Attorneys General Association" ( <a href="https://c.im/tags/RAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RAGA</span></a> ) <br>— alleging that the three companies violated antitrust law in colluding to raise electricity prices through their investments.</p><p>“The states have filed an antitrust lawsuit and they detail in it all of the evidence where those three companies were colluding to keep coal in the ground and from coming to market, <br>thus, driving up the price and violating antitrust law,” <br>Thompson told workshop participants.</p><p>The PR professional neglected to mention that CRC Advisors is a paid consultant of RAGA <br>or that his boss Leo’s "Concord Fund" has funneled $3.5 million to the pay-to-play group this year <br>and $20.3 million since the organization was founded in 2014, according to CMD’s analysis of its tax filings.</p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/Sal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sal</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Nuzzo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nuzzo</span></a>, the first workshop presenter, is executive director of <br>"Consumers Defense", <br>the sister organization of Consumers’ Research, <br>which is a vice-chairman sponsor of ALEC’s summit and a driver of the right-wing’s manufactured crisis around “woke” capitalism.</p><p>Nuzzo argued that reaching net zero carbon emissions by 2050 through renewable energy production would force Americans to cede <br>“two-thirds of [the] U.S. electricity generation supply chain to the Communist Party of China.” </p><p>He didn’t cite a source for this claim, nor does the group’s website provide any research substantiating it.</p><p>Nuzzo also attempted to raise the alarm with lawmakers from states that depend on agriculture <br>by claiming that the Left has “shifted their attacks and tactics into the agriculture space” <br>in response to anti-ESG legislation passed over the last three legislative cycles <br>and has moved to prevent farmers from getting access to loans.</p><p>“The [Left’s] coordinated attacks on agriculture are occurring at all levels. <br>They’re at the producer level. <br>They’re at the distributor level. <br>They’re at the consumption and sales level,” <br>Nuzzo claimed. </p><p>“If farming interests cannot get financing, [farmers] cannot operate.”</p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/Paul" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Paul</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Watkins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Watkins</span></a>, founder of "Fusion Law" and both a senior legal fellow at "Consumers’ Research"<br> and a special counsel with "Heritage Action", made a number of claims in his presentation <br>based on his belief that diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives are discriminatory, <br>and therefore illegal. </p><p>As a member of ALEC’s "Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force", he is involved in drafting and voting on most of the group’s pro-fossil fuel policies alongside lawmakers and polluting industry lobbyists.<br><a href="https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2024/12/07/top-leonard-leo-lieutenant-leads-alec-bootcamp-against-woke-capitalism" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">exposedbycmd.org/2024/12/07/to</span><span class="invisible">p-leonard-leo-lieutenant-leads-alec-bootcamp-against-woke-capitalism</span></a></p>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>⬆️ <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@aquarius1842" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>aquarius1842</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@davidaugust" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>davidaugust</span></a></span> </p><p>>> … trump is compromised.</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@emptywheel" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>emptywheel</span></a></span> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LiftedTheFog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LiftedTheFog</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.emptywheel.net/2024/11/12/russia-attempts-to-collect-its-winnings/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">emptywheel.net/2024/11/12/russ</span><span class="invisible">ia-attempts-to-collect-its-winnings/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> is trying to collect while it still can, and could still sink <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>, at least until inauguration. <br> <br><a href="https://www.emptywheel.net/2018/08/02/lawfare-missing-the-kompromat-for-the-pee-glee/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">emptywheel.net/2018/08/02/lawf</span><span class="invisible">are-missing-the-kompromat-for-the-pee-glee/</span></a> </p><p>Trump’s behavior at the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Helsinki" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Helsinki</span></a> summit reflects lashing from Putin after Rod <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Rosenstein" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rosenstein</span></a> slyly alerted Putin that <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mueller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mueller</span></a> knew certain things that Trump wouldn’t fully understand.</p><p>Putin has receipts. </p><p>Mueller hinted he knew what some of them are.</p>
janhoglund<p>In 2008, Epstein received a mere eighteen-month sentence for soliciting, molesting, and raping underage girls. The sentence was the result of a strange and disturbing plea deal between Mueller’s FBI…and Alexander Acosta, who was then the US Attorney for South Florida and who became Trump’s secretary of labor.<br>—Sarah Kendzior, Hiding in Plain Sight<br><a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/epstein" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>epstein</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/mueller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mueller</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/acosta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>acosta</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a></p>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>⬆️ <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@emptywheel" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>emptywheel</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@tobie1" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>tobie1</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://universeodon.com/@KathyLK" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>KathyLK</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://toad.social/@davetroy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>davetroy</span></a></span></p><p>>> By "Garland" you mean, "holy hell I couldn't figure out how to spell Jeffrey Rosen."</p><p>No, I really meant <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Garland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Garland</span></a>, as in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MerrickGarland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MerrickGarland</span></a> (R), appointed by <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JoeBiden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JoeBiden</span></a> (D) as US Attorney General in 2021 after <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> was evicted by the People, and per OLC memo, became eligible for prosecution of potential crimes that <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mueller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mueller</span></a> was neither able to exonerate Trump of nor prosecute him for when Bill Barr & Jeffrey Rosen were in charge</p><p><a href="https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/where-justice-department-trump-obstruction-offenses" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">lawfaremedia.org/article/where</span><span class="invisible">-justice-department-trump-obstruction-offenses</span></a></p>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>⬆️ <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@tobie1" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>tobie1</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://universeodon.com/@KathyLK" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>KathyLK</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://toad.social/@davetroy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>davetroy</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@emptywheel" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>emptywheel</span></a></span></p><p>>> …start from the bottom and work your way up. And that is what's apparently happened in the Jan 6 investigation, which is why there's a case pending in Judge Chutkan's court. </p><p>The case in Judge <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Chutkan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chutkan</span></a>'s court is for the TOP.</p><p>In a bottoms-up, collaborators in Congress would come before <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>.</p><p>>> Do you really believe Jack Smith started from scratch rather than inherited an investigation?</p><p>He only inherited <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mueller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mueller</span></a> investigation & let evidence rot</p>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>⬆️ <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@tobie1" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>tobie1</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://universeodon.com/@KathyLK" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>KathyLK</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://toad.social/@davetroy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>davetroy</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@emptywheel" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>emptywheel</span></a></span></p><p>>> Garland even let SS texts re Trump/Pence get Epsteined instead of impounding the exec dept property 😡</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Garland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Garland</span></a> also let <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mueller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mueller</span></a> evidence rot and expire instead of prosecuting <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> for crimes that Mueller had not "exonerated" him for.</p><p>Not sure when Garland started J6 investigation but it seems like <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/J6Committee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>J6Committee</span></a> "jolted" him into action.</p><p>Least he could've done is immediately impound SS texts which as Exec branch property didn't require subpoenas.</p>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>⬆️ <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@GreenFire" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>GreenFire</span></a></span> </p><p>>> People blaming <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Garland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Garland</span></a> are wrong </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MemoryHoled" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MemoryHoled</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Revisionist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Revisionist</span></a> IMO</p><p>Has anybody heard any explanation about why Garland did not put people on a blanket notice to not destroy evidence related to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Jan6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jan6</span></a> as soon as he was appointed?</p><p>Or why he wasted so much time on "pretty please" in classified docs case, or failed to prosecute it in DC where the crime occurred?</p><p>Or let <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mueller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mueller</span></a> evidence rot and expire until they were time-barred for admission?</p><p>None of these are 1st Am issues.</p>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>⬆️ <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@GreenFire" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>GreenFire</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mas.to/@barney" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>barney</span></a></span></p><p>>> Sadly, you either believe that a POTUS is a king or you know you are lying</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/POTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>POTUS</span></a> is not king, but the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OLC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OLC</span></a> memo that hamstrung <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mueller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mueller</span></a> came from the executive branch, not from the Constitution. If SOMEONE can make a memo that lets a treasonous attack go unprosecuted, then SOMEONE should be able to rescind that memo — not saying POTUS has to do that</p><p>In any case, 1 wk before the most consequential election of our lives is not the best time to call a fellow dem a liar 🙂</p>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>⬆️ <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@GreenFire" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>GreenFire</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mas.to/@barney" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>barney</span></a></span></p><p>Whole lot of words to defend <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MerrickGarland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MerrickGarland</span></a> who also scattered evidence collected by <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mueller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mueller</span></a> to the winds, letting them expire due to statute of limitations</p><p>If Garland had started prosecuting <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> on his first days, he would announce that and put all concerned on notice to not destroy evidence. This includes US Secret Service. He would have made some move on Mueller evidence, when the latter said Trump was not exonerated. SOMEONE would change DOJ POLICY on prosecution…</p>
Mike. 🩼🇨🇦<p>No matter what shenanigans <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a>, <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/Cannon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cannon</span></a> or <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/Merchan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Merchan</span></a> try to pull, no matter how many delays they allow in order to try to help trump rig the election, <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/TrumpIsToast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpIsToast</span></a>. I've been saying this forever, and even though <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/Mueller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mueller</span></a> turned out to be a pile of shit, <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/JackSmith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JackSmith</span></a> is a professional.</p><p>Smith and <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/Chutkin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chutkin</span></a> are pushing forward with a winning case. Trump and the GOP have already started <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/StopTheSteal2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StopTheSteal2</span></a>, but good luck with that when trump's in court for #1</p><p><a href="https://disabled.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.palmerreport.com/analysis/jack-smith-just-dropped-a-legal-bomb-on-donald-trump/58394/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">palmerreport.com/analysis/jack</span><span class="invisible">-smith-just-dropped-a-legal-bomb-on-donald-trump/58394/</span></a></p>
Chuck Darwin<p><a href="https://c.im/tags/Leonard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Leonard</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Leo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Leo</span></a>’s status as the world’s third most powerful figure soon made him a rich man. </p><p>During his time at the Federalist Society, <br>he had hardly been a pauper, <br>bringing in around $400,000 a year. </p><p>But with six children attending The Heights and Oakcrest, the two Opus Dei schools that charged up to $30,000 tuition annually per student, <br>and a burgeoning taste for good food and expensive wines, <br>it didn’t take long to burn through his salary. </p><p>But his life had taken a lavish turn after Trump’s victory <br>and his appointment as an unpaid advisor to the president on judicial appointments. </p><p>The dramatic uptick in his personal fortune dovetailed with his joining a for-profit entity called "CRC Advisors", alongside another CIC board member <a href="https://c.im/tags/Greg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Greg</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Mueller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mueller</span></a>. </p><p>Mueller had spearheaded the "National Organization for Marriage" vitriolic public relations strategy, <br>and <a href="https://c.im/tags/CRC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CRC</span></a> quickly established itself as the go-to advisory firm for the dark-money network of nonprofit entities that Leo had helped set up over the years. </p><p>Once again, the Corkery name was all over the money flow. </p><p>The majority of CRC’s income came from <br>👉 "The 85 Fund", <br>a dark money non-profit that <br>⚠️ Leo repurposed to fund conservative causes nationwide, <br>and <br>💥that fund paid $34 million in fees to his new advisory firm over a single two-year period. </p><p>As the money rolled in, Leo began to enjoy some of the same luxuries as the billionaires he had spent years courting. </p><p>For most of his three decades in Washington, Leo had led a modest home life, <br>living for years in a small apartment in the Randolph Towers complex in downtown Arlington, <br>before moving to a single-story five-bedroom family home in suburban McLean in 2010. </p><p>But in the years since 2016, he had spent millions of dollars on two new mansions in Maine, <br>bought four new cars, <br>and hired a wine buyer and locker at Morton’s, an upscale steakhouse three blocks from the Catholic Information Center. </p><p>It was only a foretaste of what was to come. </p><p>➡️ In 2020, Leo stepped back from his duties at the Federalist Society to focus on the <br>dark-money network he had fostered as a side hustle during his time there. </p><p>With him, he took one of the Federalist Society’s biggest donors: <br>a manufacturing billionaire from Chicago called <br><a href="https://c.im/tags/Barre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Barre</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Seid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Seid</span></a>, who was Jewish by heritage but who shared many of Leo’s conservative views. </p><p>🧨Over two decades, Seid had pumped at least $775 million into campaigns for libertarian and conservative causes, <br>quietly transforming himself into one of the most important donors on the political right. </p><p>Almost ninety, Seid had decided to leave his money continuing that work <br>— and concluded that Leo was the man to oversee that largesse. </p><p>🔥Leo had betrayed his bosses, who had tasked him with wooing the billionaire as a potential donor for the Federalist Society. </p><p>Instead, Leo had cultivated him for his own network. </p><p>Seid signed his business over to Leo, giving him control over a <br>🔥$1.6 billion war chest and <br>👉transforming him from a proxy for<br> dark-money donors into a donor himself.</p>
OUR COMMON GROUND<p>Things We Knew and</p><p>U.S. District Judge <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ReggieWalton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReggieWalton</span></a> Walton sharply rebuked Attorney General William Barr’s handling of the special counsel’s Russia report, saying Barr had made “misleading public statements” to spin the investigation’s findings in favor of <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> showing a “lack of candor.”<br>. . . issued an order directing the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> to provide him with an unredacted version of the report </p><p>From Fresh Air</p><p><a href="https://one.npr.org/?sharedMediaId=1201394720:1259260110" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">one.npr.org/?sharedMediaId=120</span><span class="invisible">1394720:1259260110</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Mueller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mueller</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Putin</span></a> <br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BillBarr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BillBarr</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a></p>
Kevin Russell<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@DemocracyMattersALot" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>DemocracyMattersALot</span></a></span> </p><p>Too SLOW, too mild.</p><p>Add 6 Justices in a row, starting in January, finish by December. <br>Set eaerly retirement dates, divided by the number of of unreported gifts during job.</p><p>Dont "Mueller" Court Reform.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Mueller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mueller</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/CorruptCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CorruptCourt</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Rights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rights</span></a></p>
the cranky hermit🌻<p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ballOfThread" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ballOfThread</span></a> 6| The <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Mueller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mueller</span></a> Referral <br><a href="https://podcastaddict.com/ball-of-thread/episode/182696680" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">podcastaddict.com/ball-of-thre</span><span class="invisible">ad/episode/182696680</span></a></p>
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