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Extraordinary, powerful and heart-wrenching.
Active duty Marine Colonel Zach Schmidt, speaking in his personal capacity, about Khalil, an Afghan national whose family helped U.S. forces in Afghanistan.
Khalil was deported by the U.S. on Friday to a conflict zone.
Active duty Marine Colonel Zach Schmidt, speaking in his personal capacity, about Khalil, an Afghan national whose family helped U.S. forces in Afghanistan.
Khalil was deported by the U.S. on Friday to a conflict zone.
August 29, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Extraordinary, powerful and heart-wrenching.
Active duty Marine Colonel Zach Schmidt, speaking in his personal capacity, about Khalil, an Afghan national whose family helped U.S. forces in Afghanistan.
Khalil was deported by the U.S. on Friday to a conflict zone.
Active duty Marine Colonel Zach Schmidt, speaking in his personal capacity, about Khalil, an Afghan national whose family helped U.S. forces in Afghanistan.
Khalil was deported by the U.S. on Friday to a conflict zone.
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I learned how to write courtroom dispatches by studying good sports reporting—the play-by-play zip, the punchy verbs, etc.
But honestly, sports journalists could learn a thing or two from legal journalists, too.
Lesson for both: always read the local rules!!!
But honestly, sports journalists could learn a thing or two from legal journalists, too.
Lesson for both: always read the local rules!!!
did any sports journalists even raise article 27 as a possibility before now?
every source i read after the game seemed to be like “there is no way balogun will be able to play against belgium bc FIFA rules don’t provide a way to challenge/appeal the red card”
every source i read after the game seemed to be like “there is no way balogun will be able to play against belgium bc FIFA rules don’t provide a way to challenge/appeal the red card”
I like how FIFA says "this is in line with Article 27 of our disciplinary code" and you expect it to be something about the specific reasons when they can undo improper VAR decisions or a review of the specific play
but its just "we can undo suspensions if we decide to undo suspensions" lmao
but its just "we can undo suspensions if we decide to undo suspensions" lmao
July 5, 2026 at 7:34 PM
I learned how to write courtroom dispatches by studying good sports reporting—the play-by-play zip, the punchy verbs, etc.
But honestly, sports journalists could learn a thing or two from legal journalists, too.
Lesson for both: always read the local rules!!!
But honestly, sports journalists could learn a thing or two from legal journalists, too.
Lesson for both: always read the local rules!!!
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Best Twitter riposte of the day.
June 29, 2026 at 3:29 AM
Best Twitter riposte of the day.
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Wow.
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) floor speech on Trump Admin. corruption has now received 1 million views
He opens the remarks by arguing that Trump has turned the White House into a 24/7 corruption operation
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaQ_...
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) floor speech on Trump Admin. corruption has now received 1 million views
He opens the remarks by arguing that Trump has turned the White House into a 24/7 corruption operation
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaQ_...
This Is What 500 Days of Trump's Corruption Looks Like
YouTube video by Senator Chris Murphy
www.youtube.com
June 28, 2026 at 2:44 PM
Wow.
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) floor speech on Trump Admin. corruption has now received 1 million views
He opens the remarks by arguing that Trump has turned the White House into a 24/7 corruption operation
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaQ_...
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) floor speech on Trump Admin. corruption has now received 1 million views
He opens the remarks by arguing that Trump has turned the White House into a 24/7 corruption operation
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaQ_...
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A federal judge has just ordered DOJ to turnover five categories of items from the Epstein Files that it previously failed to disclose by July 2 in a lawsuit brought by Katie Phang. Read the details here:
joycevance.substack.com/p/finally-a-...
joycevance.substack.com/p/finally-a-...
June 26, 2026 at 3:26 AM
A federal judge has just ordered DOJ to turnover five categories of items from the Epstein Files that it previously failed to disclose by July 2 in a lawsuit brought by Katie Phang. Read the details here:
joycevance.substack.com/p/finally-a-...
joycevance.substack.com/p/finally-a-...
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This is indispensable reading -- what judges are saying about the Trump Administration's behavior in court.
NEW searchable database:
Immigration Habeas Tracker: Government Obstruction, Judicial Trust, and Accountability
Over 800 cases where courts find government violating orders, giving false information, evading habeas review.
Plus: tracks court contempt hearings, sanctions on officials, and more.
Immigration Habeas Tracker: Government Obstruction, Judicial Trust, and Accountability
Over 800 cases where courts find government violating orders, giving false information, evading habeas review.
Plus: tracks court contempt hearings, sanctions on officials, and more.
Immigration Habeas Tracker: Government Obstruction, Judicial Trust, and Accountability
Tracking immigration habeas litigation in the second Trump administration and how courts responded to protect judicial authority and individual rights.
www.justsecurity.org
June 22, 2026 at 12:46 PM
This is indispensable reading -- what judges are saying about the Trump Administration's behavior in court.
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It’s been five years since Alex Jones lost InfoWars to the Sandy Hook families.
As the verdict came down, he asked: “Do these people actually believe they’re getting any money?” He hasn't paid them a penny.
Well, The Onion is going pay them anyway.
The new InfoWars begins July 2nd at 8 p.m. ET.
As the verdict came down, he asked: “Do these people actually believe they’re getting any money?” He hasn't paid them a penny.
Well, The Onion is going pay them anyway.
The new InfoWars begins July 2nd at 8 p.m. ET.
The Onion says it won’t wait for the courts, will launch Infowars to pay Sandy Hook families
The Onion’s staff is tired of waiting for the courts to settle its pending takeover of Alex Jones’ brand, so the new Infowars will launch next month.
www.ms.now
June 18, 2026 at 5:28 PM
It’s been five years since Alex Jones lost InfoWars to the Sandy Hook families.
As the verdict came down, he asked: “Do these people actually believe they’re getting any money?” He hasn't paid them a penny.
Well, The Onion is going pay them anyway.
The new InfoWars begins July 2nd at 8 p.m. ET.
As the verdict came down, he asked: “Do these people actually believe they’re getting any money?” He hasn't paid them a penny.
Well, The Onion is going pay them anyway.
The new InfoWars begins July 2nd at 8 p.m. ET.
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Pin this
Q: President Trump said yesterday he was gonna blame you if the talks with Iran go sideways. Are you worried he's gonna make you the fallguy?
JD VANCE: No, not at all. I think the president was joking
JD VANCE: No, not at all. I think the president was joking
June 18, 2026 at 3:42 PM
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Yesterday, the Haitian plaintiffs trying to preserve their temporary protected status, & who won in courts below, SCOTUS to drop review in light of new evidence showing, they say, "deliberate" misrepresentations by Secy Noem & DHS.
www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25...
www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25...
June 17, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Yesterday, the Haitian plaintiffs trying to preserve their temporary protected status, & who won in courts below, SCOTUS to drop review in light of new evidence showing, they say, "deliberate" misrepresentations by Secy Noem & DHS.
www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25...
www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25...
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I think it's important for people to read the kind of comments a judge has to make to extremely vulnerable people in order to get sanctioned.
June 15, 2026 at 10:12 PM
I think it's important for people to read the kind of comments a judge has to make to extremely vulnerable people in order to get sanctioned.
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Listen. The message of this weekend! www.lawdork.com/p/kennedy-ce...
June 14, 2026 at 4:09 AM
Listen. The message of this weekend! www.lawdork.com/p/kennedy-ce...
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They tried to hide but I got em anyway
June 13, 2026 at 8:05 AM
They tried to hide but I got em anyway
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NEW IMAGE: Worker removes a letter from Donald Trump’s name on the Kennedy Center. There is a tarp covering the building at this time. His name had to come down last night after a court order.
June 13, 2026 at 12:38 PM
NEW IMAGE: Worker removes a letter from Donald Trump’s name on the Kennedy Center. There is a tarp covering the building at this time. His name had to come down last night after a court order.
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As we wait on decisions in the slush fund & cage fighting cases, read up on a Florida case where a federal judge appointed by Donald Trump bench slapped the government out of court for its misbehavior joycevance.substack.com/publish/post...
Today’s Legal Update
This is one of those everything, everywhere, all at once weeks.
joycevance.substack.com
June 12, 2026 at 5:27 AM
As we wait on decisions in the slush fund & cage fighting cases, read up on a Florida case where a federal judge appointed by Donald Trump bench slapped the government out of court for its misbehavior joycevance.substack.com/publish/post...
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Re the Broadview protest case:
As a defense attorney, I don’t think the media is doing a good enough job of expressing how egregiously out of line this series of events is for prosecutors. These guys play fast and loose with the law a whole fucking lot, but this is well above and beyond that. They literally broke every rule.
June 10, 2026 at 5:11 AM
Re the Broadview protest case:
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Extraordinary Letter to Senate Intel.
Points to Bill Pulte appointment as national security danger.
"The undersigned include twenty-eight former service secretaries and retired general and flag officers who
collectively served under every president from John F. Kennedy to Joseph R. Biden, Jr."
Points to Bill Pulte appointment as national security danger.
"The undersigned include twenty-eight former service secretaries and retired general and flag officers who
collectively served under every president from John F. Kennedy to Joseph R. Biden, Jr."
June 5, 2026 at 6:55 PM
Extraordinary Letter to Senate Intel.
Points to Bill Pulte appointment as national security danger.
"The undersigned include twenty-eight former service secretaries and retired general and flag officers who
collectively served under every president from John F. Kennedy to Joseph R. Biden, Jr."
Points to Bill Pulte appointment as national security danger.
"The undersigned include twenty-eight former service secretaries and retired general and flag officers who
collectively served under every president from John F. Kennedy to Joseph R. Biden, Jr."
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A YouGov poll has the percentage of US adults who identify as MAGA as just 18% of citizens.
However they account for 57% of Republicans.
Both percentages are much lower than you would expect from the noise they make.
However they account for 57% of Republicans.
Both percentages are much lower than you would expect from the noise they make.
June 1, 2026 at 9:37 AM
A YouGov poll has the percentage of US adults who identify as MAGA as just 18% of citizens.
However they account for 57% of Republicans.
Both percentages are much lower than you would expect from the noise they make.
However they account for 57% of Republicans.
Both percentages are much lower than you would expect from the noise they make.
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President Ulysses S. Grant created our nation’s first national park. President Theodore Roosevelt expanded them. And incompetent President Donald Trump is destroying them.
May 31, 2026 at 7:29 PM
President Ulysses S. Grant created our nation’s first national park. President Theodore Roosevelt expanded them. And incompetent President Donald Trump is destroying them.
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I have never had a doctor ask me to take a cognitive test. Why? Because they have never seen signs of cognitive decline that needed to be gauged and monitored.
Doctors have asked Donald Trump to take FOUR of these tests in the past two years. Why? Because they are VERY concerned about his decline.
Doctors have asked Donald Trump to take FOUR of these tests in the past two years. Why? Because they are VERY concerned about his decline.
May 30, 2026 at 6:20 PM
I have never had a doctor ask me to take a cognitive test. Why? Because they have never seen signs of cognitive decline that needed to be gauged and monitored.
Doctors have asked Donald Trump to take FOUR of these tests in the past two years. Why? Because they are VERY concerned about his decline.
Doctors have asked Donald Trump to take FOUR of these tests in the past two years. Why? Because they are VERY concerned about his decline.
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There was a time when an obviously rapidly deteriorating president could get away with lying to the public about being in excellent health—it was before video cameras and televisions were invented.
May 31, 2026 at 12:35 AM
There was a time when an obviously rapidly deteriorating president could get away with lying to the public about being in excellent health—it was before video cameras and televisions were invented.
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On this day May 30, 2024 Donald John Trump was found guilty by a jury of his peers of 34 Felonies.
At that point, he should have been ineligible to hold any political position in the entire country.
And yet….here we are!
At that point, he should have been ineligible to hold any political position in the entire country.
And yet….here we are!
May 30, 2026 at 8:36 AM
On this day May 30, 2024 Donald John Trump was found guilty by a jury of his peers of 34 Felonies.
At that point, he should have been ineligible to hold any political position in the entire country.
And yet….here we are!
At that point, he should have been ineligible to hold any political position in the entire country.
And yet….here we are!
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GOP priorities on full view:
May 30, 2026 at 8:51 PM
GOP priorities on full view:
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"The most underappreciated aspect of the Trump era is the extent to which Trump demonstrated the inadequacy of law as a mechanism for protecting the government from unscrupulous presidents." We published this *before* Trump began his second term.
Trump, Magic Beans, and the $100,000 Watch
Trump’s watch scheme is an arrangement specifically designed to defeat bribery laws.
lnk.thebulwark.com
May 31, 2026 at 4:00 AM
"The most underappreciated aspect of the Trump era is the extent to which Trump demonstrated the inadequacy of law as a mechanism for protecting the government from unscrupulous presidents." We published this *before* Trump began his second term.
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Donald Trump would have us believe that he “needs” a billion dollar ballroom to be safe. And yet the next big event he’ll attend will be outdoors on the White House lawn. Maybe he’s lying about “needing” a ballroom . . .
May 30, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Donald Trump would have us believe that he “needs” a billion dollar ballroom to be safe. And yet the next big event he’ll attend will be outdoors on the White House lawn. Maybe he’s lying about “needing” a ballroom . . .