Accountability, please. No more memos.
November 7, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Accountability, please. No more memos.
“Among many questionable OLC memos issued both under Gaiser’s name and under his office is the memo used to justify the boat-strike murders…A former federal prosecutor has written that this could be ‘worse’ than the Torture Memos issued by OLC during the George W. Bush administration.”
NEW: A look at how the three branches are reacting to last week’s elections.
Hegseth impeachment articles in the House, an alarming new Trump judicial nominee, and a SCOTUS order allowing a Trump border project to proceed.
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Hegseth impeachment articles in the House, an alarming new Trump judicial nominee, and a SCOTUS order allowing a Trump border project to proceed.
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A look at how the three branches are reacting to last week’s elections
Impeachment articles in the House, an alarming Trump judicial nominee, and a SCOTUS order allowing a Trump border project. And, for paid subscribers: Closing my tabs.
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November 10, 2026 at 4:51 AM
“Among many questionable OLC memos issued both under Gaiser’s name and under his office is the memo used to justify the boat-strike murders…A former federal prosecutor has written that this could be ‘worse’ than the Torture Memos issued by OLC during the George W. Bush administration.”
Flashback
Senator Ted Cruz:
"It would be a grave mistake to confirm Mr. Barron without meaningful access to the documents he authored."
Senator Ted Cruz:
"It would be a grave mistake to confirm Mr. Barron without meaningful access to the documents he authored."
Fate of Barron appeals court nomination unclear as White House offers drone memos
David J. Barron nominated to serve on a federal appeals court -- but senators want to see memos he wrote justifying drone strikes on American citizens.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 9, 2026 at 5:14 PM
Flashback
Senator Ted Cruz:
"It would be a grave mistake to confirm Mr. Barron without meaningful access to the documents he authored."
Senator Ted Cruz:
"It would be a grave mistake to confirm Mr. Barron without meaningful access to the documents he authored."
I'm just going to assume this is about his insistence on using British spelling in internal memos.
November 10, 2026 at 3:21 PM
I'm just going to assume this is about his insistence on using British spelling in internal memos.
As far as I know, Picard never used the ship's computer to auto-summarize Starfleet memos on new governance structures, performance metrics or budget cuts
I do not hate AI, at least not in principle. But I do hate that we got computers answering every question before we got Star Trek communism
November 8, 2026 at 11:35 AM
As far as I know, Picard never used the ship's computer to auto-summarize Starfleet memos on new governance structures, performance metrics or budget cuts
Flashback
"Sen. Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa), the ranking Republican on the Judiciary panel, said Thursday that senators wouldn't be able to completely consider Barron's nomination 'without complete access to his writings.'"
"Sen. Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa), the ranking Republican on the Judiciary panel, said Thursday that senators wouldn't be able to completely consider Barron's nomination 'without complete access to his writings.'"
Fate of Barron appeals court nomination unclear as White House offers drone memos
David J. Barron nominated to serve on a federal appeals court -- but senators want to see memos he wrote justifying drone strikes on American citizens.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 9, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Flashback
"Sen. Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa), the ranking Republican on the Judiciary panel, said Thursday that senators wouldn't be able to completely consider Barron's nomination 'without complete access to his writings.'"
"Sen. Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa), the ranking Republican on the Judiciary panel, said Thursday that senators wouldn't be able to completely consider Barron's nomination 'without complete access to his writings.'"
More of Gaiser’s banger legacy — he gave Hegseth the legal green light for the Caribbean boat strikes
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Remember the Torture Memos? The Boat Strike Memos May Be Worse.
The Trump administration needs to release the legal analysis underpinning its controversial military campaign.
www.politico.com
November 10, 2026 at 1:24 AM
More of Gaiser’s banger legacy — he gave Hegseth the legal green light for the Caribbean boat strikes
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Who exactly is gonna be left at DoJ to answer these memos anyway
November 8, 2026 at 1:59 PM
Who exactly is gonna be left at DoJ to answer these memos anyway
"Why should I read intel memos? That's for suckers and losers."
Q: When exactly were you made aware of the intelligence around Jensen Huang?
TRUMP: Oh, I'd have to check
Q: But there are reports that Rubio put out an intelligence memo last year. Did you read it?
TRUMP: It could have been mentioned. Certainly it didn't make much of an impact on me.
TRUMP: Oh, I'd have to check
Q: But there are reports that Rubio put out an intelligence memo last year. Did you read it?
TRUMP: It could have been mentioned. Certainly it didn't make much of an impact on me.
November 9, 2026 at 10:17 PM
"Why should I read intel memos? That's for suckers and losers."
Former aide claims memos had to be written in 'Trump’s absurd voice' #AlterNet
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Former aide claims memos had to be written in 'Trump’s absurd voice'
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November 10, 2026 at 12:39 AM
Former aide claims memos had to be written in 'Trump’s absurd voice' #AlterNet
In the George W Bush administration, OLC gave us torture memos.
In Trump 2.0, OLC gave us a murder memo.
In Trump 2.0, OLC gave us a murder memo.
November 8, 2026 at 12:07 AM
In the George W Bush administration, OLC gave us torture memos.
In Trump 2.0, OLC gave us a murder memo.
In Trump 2.0, OLC gave us a murder memo.
Trump wants a lifetime judgeship for Elliot Gaiser, the lawyer who wrote the secret memos blessing the boat strikes and the Iran war. Reward the guy who papered over the killing with a robe for life? Hell no. Senate Democrats, no vote until every memo is public.
Secret DOJ memos threaten to turn Trump’s court pick into a ‘self-own for the ages’
President Donald Trump’s latest judicial pick could hand senators an opening to pry loose secret legal memos behind his administration’s most controversial military operations.Talking Points Memo call...
www.rawstory.com
November 10, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Trump wants a lifetime judgeship for Elliot Gaiser, the lawyer who wrote the secret memos blessing the boat strikes and the Iran war. Reward the guy who papered over the killing with a robe for life? Hell no. Senate Democrats, no vote until every memo is public.
Under ordinary circumstances, this would go without saying, but then I recall how quickly the authors of the Torture Memos were accepted and even rewarded.
Sure would be nice if Senate Republicans demanded the public release of the secret OLC opinion that Gaiser wrote authorizing the (deadly) boat strikes in the Caribbean and the Eastern Pacific before even *considering* whether he should receive a judicial commission.
Alas, I'm not holding my breath.
Alas, I'm not holding my breath.
UPDATE: And another one going: Office of Legal Counsel head T. Elliot Gaiser has been nominated by Trump to a district court judgeship in the Northern District of Texas, per a Senate aide.
November 9, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Under ordinary circumstances, this would go without saying, but then I recall how quickly the authors of the Torture Memos were accepted and even rewarded.
As expected. One of the authors of the torture memos was also rewarded with a federal judgeship.
November 9, 2026 at 3:34 PM
As expected. One of the authors of the torture memos was also rewarded with a federal judgeship.
Ooh weee . I know here memos to the rest of Congress are gonna be works of art
Last year, Hegseth abruptly removed Nancy Lacore from command. No public explanation was provided.
Afterwards, she ran for office and has flipped a seat in South Carolina’s 1st Congressional District.
She will now have the constitutional authority to investigate and oversee his department.
Afterwards, she ran for office and has flipped a seat in South Carolina’s 1st Congressional District.
She will now have the constitutional authority to investigate and oversee his department.
November 5, 2026 at 10:40 PM
Ooh weee . I know here memos to the rest of Congress are gonna be works of art
Harvard has too many disgusting graduates to rank, but I'm always "proud" (not) that my class included John Yoo, who wrote the torture memos for Bush, and David Barron, who wrote the drone memos for Obama. Bipartisan!
With Duke grad Stephen Miller news today I’m wondering who the worst human being to graduate from every school is.
November 7, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Harvard has too many disgusting graduates to rank, but I'm always "proud" (not) that my class included John Yoo, who wrote the torture memos for Bush, and David Barron, who wrote the drone memos for Obama. Bipartisan!
This is incredible. Like y'all, Sam Forstag campaigned with AOC here. He's good on so many issues. Unabashed progressive that clearly never got the consultant memos to hate trans people
November 5, 2026 at 3:39 PM
This is incredible. Like y'all, Sam Forstag campaigned with AOC here. He's good on so many issues. Unabashed progressive that clearly never got the consultant memos to hate trans people
Secret DOJ memos threaten to turn Trump’s court pick into a ‘self-own for the ages’ #RawStory
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Secret DOJ memos threaten to turn Trump’s court pick into a ‘self-own for the ages’
twp.ai
November 10, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Secret DOJ memos threaten to turn Trump’s court pick into a ‘self-own for the ages’ #RawStory
Pathetic old man was too busy tweeting from the toilet to be bothered reading intelligence memos.
November 9, 2026 at 10:42 PM
Pathetic old man was too busy tweeting from the toilet to be bothered reading intelligence memos.
Bombardeen la puta IA y tres hostias a los memos que la usan voluntariamente o que obligan a sus empleados a usarla.
November 9, 2026 at 12:25 PM
Bombardeen la puta IA y tres hostias a los memos que la usan voluntariamente o que obligan a sus empleados a usarla.
Someone please explain to that dipshit that executive orders are just memos
WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump signs a proclamation that he says will prevent future changes to the Oval Office and Cabinet Room.
November 5, 2026 at 10:53 PM
Someone please explain to that dipshit that executive orders are just memos
Why This Trump Lame-Duck Judicial Nomination Could be a Self-Own for the Ages talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...
Why This Trump Lame-Duck Judicial Nomination Could be a Self-Own for the Ages
At Stake: Secret OLC Memos The worst of the Trump II foreign...
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November 10, 2026 at 5:40 PM
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John Yoo, a Berkeley Law professor known for the “torture memos” during George W. Bush
November 7, 2026 at 3:53 PM
John Yoo, a Berkeley Law professor known for the “torture memos” during George W. Bush