Very good news, because the DOJ was arguing that SCOTUS rulings allowed it to pervert the civil service system. Comey was arguing that internal appeals processes were simply no longer functional because they have been so politicized.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-art-an...
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-art-an...
October 26, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Very good news, because the DOJ was arguing that SCOTUS rulings allowed it to pervert the civil service system. Comey was arguing that internal appeals processes were simply no longer functional because they have been so politicized.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-art-an...
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-art-an...
A look at Connect with Jacob Soboroff, MS NOW's newsmagazine produced out of its first LA studio, which helped push overall weekend viewership up by 23% YoY (Kyle Paoletta/Columbia Journalism Review)
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October 22, 2026 at 9:55 PM
A look at Connect with Jacob Soboroff, MS NOW's newsmagazine produced out of its first LA studio, which helped push overall weekend viewership up by 23% YoY (Kyle Paoletta/Columbia Journalism Review)
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Compared to Opus Dei Leonard Leo funding, Opus Dei Kevin Roberts leadership and Opus Dei anti woman, antiglbtq Roger Severino (husband of Leo dark money launderer Carrie Severino) Vought, overseen by Leo capo Mark Paoletta, was small potatoes.
October 22, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Compared to Opus Dei Leonard Leo funding, Opus Dei Kevin Roberts leadership and Opus Dei anti woman, antiglbtq Roger Severino (husband of Leo dark money launderer Carrie Severino) Vought, overseen by Leo capo Mark Paoletta, was small potatoes.
October 20, 2026 at 7:33 PM
#OnThisDay in 1780 Pauline Bonaparte, Duchess of Guastalla, was born as the daughter of Letizia Ramolino and Carlo Buonaparte.
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October 20, 2026 at 3:14 PM
#OnThisDay in 1780 Pauline Bonaparte, Duchess of Guastalla, was born as the daughter of Letizia Ramolino and Carlo Buonaparte.
TY @thelisagraves.bsky.social
Read both of these extraordinarily written pieces consecutively and would someone explain to me why so many of these "dots connecting dots" aren't above the fold news every day? Notable names, Leonard Leo, Russell Vought, Mark Paoletta, Ginni Thomas ad nauseum..
Read both of these extraordinarily written pieces consecutively and would someone explain to me why so many of these "dots connecting dots" aren't above the fold news every day? Notable names, Leonard Leo, Russell Vought, Mark Paoletta, Ginni Thomas ad nauseum..
October 19, 2026 at 11:45 PM
TY @thelisagraves.bsky.social
Read both of these extraordinarily written pieces consecutively and would someone explain to me why so many of these "dots connecting dots" aren't above the fold news every day? Notable names, Leonard Leo, Russell Vought, Mark Paoletta, Ginni Thomas ad nauseum..
Read both of these extraordinarily written pieces consecutively and would someone explain to me why so many of these "dots connecting dots" aren't above the fold news every day? Notable names, Leonard Leo, Russell Vought, Mark Paoletta, Ginni Thomas ad nauseum..
Members National Capital Planning Commission
• Mark Paoletta (Chair)
• Stuart Levenbach (Vice-Chair
• Michael Blair
• Muriel Bowser (Mayor DC)
• Phil Mendelson (Chair DC Council)
• Pete Hegseth (DOD)
• Doug Burgum (Interior)
• Ed Forst (GSA)
• Rand Paul
• James Comer
Arrington Dixon
Linda K. Argo
• Mark Paoletta (Chair)
• Stuart Levenbach (Vice-Chair
• Michael Blair
• Muriel Bowser (Mayor DC)
• Phil Mendelson (Chair DC Council)
• Pete Hegseth (DOD)
• Doug Burgum (Interior)
• Ed Forst (GSA)
• Rand Paul
• James Comer
Arrington Dixon
Linda K. Argo
October 19, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Members National Capital Planning Commission
• Mark Paoletta (Chair)
• Stuart Levenbach (Vice-Chair
• Michael Blair
• Muriel Bowser (Mayor DC)
• Phil Mendelson (Chair DC Council)
• Pete Hegseth (DOD)
• Doug Burgum (Interior)
• Ed Forst (GSA)
• Rand Paul
• James Comer
Arrington Dixon
Linda K. Argo
• Mark Paoletta (Chair)
• Stuart Levenbach (Vice-Chair
• Michael Blair
• Muriel Bowser (Mayor DC)
• Phil Mendelson (Chair DC Council)
• Pete Hegseth (DOD)
• Doug Burgum (Interior)
• Ed Forst (GSA)
• Rand Paul
• James Comer
Arrington Dixon
Linda K. Argo
A long but good article about progressivism in rural Kansas, Nebraska, and Iowa.
harpers.org/archive/2026...
harpers.org/archive/2026...
Barn Burners, by Kyle Paoletta
Can the Democrats harness the new prairie populism?
harpers.org
October 15, 2026 at 4:15 PM
A long but good article about progressivism in rural Kansas, Nebraska, and Iowa.
harpers.org/archive/2026...
harpers.org/archive/2026...
“While it seemed clear that progressives have a golden opportunity to reconnect with the heartland this year, everyone I spoke with was trying to determine what a populist revival might look like.” —Kyle Paoletta
buff.ly/CISgoW0
buff.ly/CISgoW0
Barn Burners, by Kyle Paoletta
Can the Democrats harness the new prairie populism?
buff.ly
October 13, 2026 at 9:00 PM
“While it seemed clear that progressives have a golden opportunity to reconnect with the heartland this year, everyone I spoke with was trying to determine what a populist revival might look like.” —Kyle Paoletta
buff.ly/CISgoW0
buff.ly/CISgoW0
trump admin lawlessness & destruction of DC is going viral.
trump’s legal point man on all this shit?
Mark Paoletta. Far right Catholic & Leonard Leo consiglieri.
All this shit eventually gets rubber stamped by Leonard Leo Catholic SCOTUS.
See how that works?
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/26/u...
trump’s legal point man on all this shit?
Mark Paoletta. Far right Catholic & Leonard Leo consiglieri.
All this shit eventually gets rubber stamped by Leonard Leo Catholic SCOTUS.
See how that works?
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/26/u...
October 12, 2026 at 9:05 PM
trump admin lawlessness & destruction of DC is going viral.
trump’s legal point man on all this shit?
Mark Paoletta. Far right Catholic & Leonard Leo consiglieri.
All this shit eventually gets rubber stamped by Leonard Leo Catholic SCOTUS.
See how that works?
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/26/u...
trump’s legal point man on all this shit?
Mark Paoletta. Far right Catholic & Leonard Leo consiglieri.
All this shit eventually gets rubber stamped by Leonard Leo Catholic SCOTUS.
See how that works?
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/26/u...
BTW it is THAT Mark Paoletta as in the attorney for THAT Ginni THOMAS during the Jan6 hearings. (TY @5gw.bsky.social 4 THAT )
and @jamiepeppard.bsky.social
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and @jamiepeppard.bsky.social
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x.com
October 13, 2026 at 1:52 AM
BTW it is THAT Mark Paoletta as in the attorney for THAT Ginni THOMAS during the Jan6 hearings. (TY @5gw.bsky.social 4 THAT )
and @jamiepeppard.bsky.social
x.com/gal_suburban...
and @jamiepeppard.bsky.social
x.com/gal_suburban...
Change is ever-present in the margins. When the heartland becomes the burnt-over country then change is almost certain to happen.
Barn Burners, by Kyle Paoletta
Can the Democrats harness the new prairie populism?
harpers.org
October 13, 2026 at 12:54 AM
Change is ever-present in the margins. When the heartland becomes the burnt-over country then change is almost certain to happen.
I have the many bookmarked threads from old Twitter that supports this. Unfortunately too many of them have either closed their accounts, are suspended or restricted who can see them before I understood how "following" functioned.
Mark Paoletta was the first name that came to mind from the start.
Mark Paoletta was the first name that came to mind from the start.
October 13, 2026 at 12:12 AM
I have the many bookmarked threads from old Twitter that supports this. Unfortunately too many of them have either closed their accounts, are suspended or restricted who can see them before I understood how "following" functioned.
Mark Paoletta was the first name that came to mind from the start.
Mark Paoletta was the first name that came to mind from the start.
Hey Scott - Did you know that Leonard Leo consiglieri Mark Paoletta is trump point man on all the DC destruction? Not relevant? Dont know who Leonard Leo is? Google him. Connect the dots.
October 11, 2026 at 9:42 AM
Hey Scott - Did you know that Leonard Leo consiglieri Mark Paoletta is trump point man on all the DC destruction? Not relevant? Dont know who Leonard Leo is? Google him. Connect the dots.
Fvck DC legacy media. No one will report that trump legal chief heading this shit in Mark Paoletta, Leonard Leo consiglieri. Leo is the guy who picked all six far right Catholics in Supreme Court, the Opus Dei guy who picked Kevin Roberts to run Heritage…etc
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/10/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/10/u...
More Than 500 Trees to Be Cut Down at D.C. Golf Course That Trump Wants to Redo (Gift Article)
The National Park Service notified a court of the plan as part of continuing litigation over the president’s proposal to create a “champion-level” course.
www.nytimes.com
October 11, 2026 at 1:08 AM
Fvck DC legacy media. No one will report that trump legal chief heading this shit in Mark Paoletta, Leonard Leo consiglieri. Leo is the guy who picked all six far right Catholics in Supreme Court, the Opus Dei guy who picked Kevin Roberts to run Heritage…etc
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/10/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/10/u...
Natalie Pudim, Jacqueline Bryk, Nathan Paoletta, Eclipse, Jason Morningstar, Alexis Bontemps, Naomi Torres-Ortiz, Jay Dragon, Isabelle Ruebsaat. These are the people who make me question where I could be going with my work, what do I want to achieve now, am I pushing my own preconceived boundaries
October 9, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Natalie Pudim, Jacqueline Bryk, Nathan Paoletta, Eclipse, Jason Morningstar, Alexis Bontemps, Naomi Torres-Ortiz, Jay Dragon, Isabelle Ruebsaat. These are the people who make me question where I could be going with my work, what do I want to achieve now, am I pushing my own preconceived boundaries
Theyve got numbers & votes. 💯 But in Holy War on democracy, Evangelicals are infantry. The generals are MAGA Catholic.
Vought followed Opus Dei run, written & funded Project 2025 & was overseen by Leonard Leo capo Mark Paoletta.
Hegseth damage can be easily undone.
medium.com/@thcarter123...
Vought followed Opus Dei run, written & funded Project 2025 & was overseen by Leonard Leo capo Mark Paoletta.
Hegseth damage can be easily undone.
medium.com/@thcarter123...
Doug Wilson vs Leonard Leo
Evangelical Christian Nationalism or MAGA Catholic Integralists.
medium.com
October 9, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Theyve got numbers & votes. 💯 But in Holy War on democracy, Evangelicals are infantry. The generals are MAGA Catholic.
Vought followed Opus Dei run, written & funded Project 2025 & was overseen by Leonard Leo capo Mark Paoletta.
Hegseth damage can be easily undone.
medium.com/@thcarter123...
Vought followed Opus Dei run, written & funded Project 2025 & was overseen by Leonard Leo capo Mark Paoletta.
Hegseth damage can be easily undone.
medium.com/@thcarter123...
“Coover’s unlikely bid to seize a congressional seat that his Republican opponent won by 19 percent two years ago was only one indication this summer that a new sort of rural progressivism was beginning to stir across the Great Plains.” —@kpaoletta.bsky.social
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Barn Burners, by Kyle Paoletta
Can the Democrats harness the new prairie populism?
buff.ly
October 8, 2026 at 10:01 PM
“Coover’s unlikely bid to seize a congressional seat that his Republican opponent won by 19 percent two years ago was only one indication this summer that a new sort of rural progressivism was beginning to stir across the Great Plains.” —@kpaoletta.bsky.social
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buff.ly/cGam011
Who is Mark Paoletta?
The guy sitting on the statue in the middle.
The guy sitting on the statue in the middle.
October 6, 2026 at 12:39 PM
Who is Mark Paoletta?
The guy sitting on the statue in the middle.
The guy sitting on the statue in the middle.
Seriously, Paoletta has to be one of the biggest ass kissing dipshits in Trump 2.0 along with his pal, Russ Vought who dumped his wife & had the Heritage Foundation pick up his alimony.
October 7, 2026 at 7:42 PM
Seriously, Paoletta has to be one of the biggest ass kissing dipshits in Trump 2.0 along with his pal, Russ Vought who dumped his wife & had the Heritage Foundation pick up his alimony.
This is why I repeatedly mocked Paoletta trying to be one of the guys on X. He & Vought suck at retail politics. Imagine thinking you could install environmental lawyer Jeffrey Clark as Acting US AG with Ken Klukowski as his "senior advisor" reporting directly to you? Fucking morons.
October 7, 2026 at 3:08 PM
This is why I repeatedly mocked Paoletta trying to be one of the guys on X. He & Vought suck at retail politics. Imagine thinking you could install environmental lawyer Jeffrey Clark as Acting US AG with Ken Klukowski as his "senior advisor" reporting directly to you? Fucking morons.
Yup I remember and even bookmarked threads about this when they were "tweets".
After the announcement trump made yesterday about "Vought's surprise" it is essential we expose Paoletta for his role, after all he's the legal mind, also Ginni's counsel for Jan6 hearings. In the painting with L.Leo.
After the announcement trump made yesterday about "Vought's surprise" it is essential we expose Paoletta for his role, after all he's the legal mind, also Ginni's counsel for Jan6 hearings. In the painting with L.Leo.
October 7, 2026 at 5:25 PM
Yup I remember and even bookmarked threads about this when they were "tweets".
After the announcement trump made yesterday about "Vought's surprise" it is essential we expose Paoletta for his role, after all he's the legal mind, also Ginni's counsel for Jan6 hearings. In the painting with L.Leo.
After the announcement trump made yesterday about "Vought's surprise" it is essential we expose Paoletta for his role, after all he's the legal mind, also Ginni's counsel for Jan6 hearings. In the painting with L.Leo.
Adding this to "trump's Vought big surprise".
Mark Paoletta the legal counsel for Ginni Thomas' Jan6 hearing.
The "key" "The Trump administration’s boldest moves against the bureaucracy share a common thread: Mark Paoletta’s signature."
(12/12/25)
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
Mark Paoletta the legal counsel for Ginni Thomas' Jan6 hearing.
The "key" "The Trump administration’s boldest moves against the bureaucracy share a common thread: Mark Paoletta’s signature."
(12/12/25)
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
The lawyer behind Vought’s bureaucracy crackdown
The Trump administration’s boldest moves against the bureaucracy share a common thread: Mark Paoletta’s signature.
www.politico.com
October 7, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Adding this to "trump's Vought big surprise".
Mark Paoletta the legal counsel for Ginni Thomas' Jan6 hearing.
The "key" "The Trump administration’s boldest moves against the bureaucracy share a common thread: Mark Paoletta’s signature."
(12/12/25)
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
Mark Paoletta the legal counsel for Ginni Thomas' Jan6 hearing.
The "key" "The Trump administration’s boldest moves against the bureaucracy share a common thread: Mark Paoletta’s signature."
(12/12/25)
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...