You know who else famously used paid informants to infiltrate extremist groups?

The Justice Department.

"City prosecutor Marcus McDowell said it wasn’t a free speech case but argued 'no one has a Constitutional right to dress up as an erect penis and stand on the side of the road.'"

(For the record, the costume had, erm, somewhat deflated by the time of the arrest.)

The May 1 general strike is in only 10 days

There's been zero mainstream media coverage in the last week, about something that will take Herculean levels of planning

Did "No Kings" make its first goof? Should I write a column about this?

8 children killed in Louisiana mass shooting The alleged gunman was killed after a police chase, according to police.

BREAKING: Eight children were killed in an "extensive" mass shooting in Shreveport, Louisiana, police say. The suspected shooter is also dead.

This man is the son and namesake of Rodney Mims Cook, Sr., who was a rare racial liberal in 1960s Atlanta. If you've read WHITE FLIGHT, he was one of the leading voices against the Peyton Wall and one of the few legislators to back seating Julian Bond.

Now his son is building a monument to a racist

NEW LINCOLN PROJECT AD: Trump for Pope YouTube video by The Lincoln Project

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All this talk of eliminating DEI in the Pentagon yet Pete Hegseth is still taking the job of a more qualified black man

Wow! I love this. Thanks for an educational post. Sorry it took me so long to get back to you.

When your life becomes a case study in karma.

After Trump’s Attack on Pope Leo, a Bomb Threat Came for His Brother in Suburban Chicago John Prevost is a retired Catholic school principal who plays Wordle with his brother the pope every morning. On Wednesday night, police evacuated his neighborhood.

After Trump’s Attack on Pope Leo, a Bomb Threat Came for His Brother in Suburban Chicago

John Prevost is a retired Catholic school principal who plays Wordle with his brother the pope every morning. On Wednesday night, police evacuated his neighborhood.

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Caught in the Crackdown: As Arrests at Anti-ICE Protests Piled Up, Prosecutions Crumbled ProPublica and FRONTLINE found more than 300 protesters and bystanders who were arrested on charges like assaulting an immigration agent or interfering with law enforcement. Over and over, the accusat...

A DOJ press release accused Heather Morrow of assaulting an ICE agent.

When video showed Morrow hadn't attacked anyone and was tackled by an officer, prosecutors dropped the felony charges but promptly filed a misdemeanor case against her.

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Would you care to translate this delightful argot into ordinary prose? I have never heard of O'gangers, or bird farms, or Nuc Snipes, so am a bit lost. It sounds interesting, though!

❗️NEW: Governor Hochul announced an updated immigration proposal that would give police officers wide discretion to collude with ICE if they claim to have probable cause to detain someone.

This proposal makes a mockery of due process and will endanger countless immigrant New Yorkers.

In a normal administration all these people would be gone months ago

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Defendant’s supervisor, an assistant field-office director for ICE, informed investigators that neitherDefendant nor M.V-C. had reported this incident.

In a follow-up interview with investigators, after Victim 1 was informed that Defendant was an ICE agent,Victim 1 noted there were no markings on the Expedition or on Defendant’s clothing to indicate thatDefendant was affiliated with law enforcement. Instead, at the time of the incident, Victim 1 was led tobelieve only that there was a “crazy person driving down the road aiming guns at people, .... the type ofindividual that should [not] be out there but they are.”

Two key details from the Hennepin charges.

1) The ICE goon did not file a use of force form, which will make it harder for him to claim this was in course of duty.

2) The victim didn't know the goon was ICE, and described his behavior perfectly.

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Pete Hegseth just compared the news media to a group of villains from the Bible — and placing Trump in the role of Jesus.

"The Pharisees came … to see whether He, Jesus, would heal him on the Sabbath, so that they might accuse Him ... I thought, 'These press are just like these Pharisees.'"

Can confirm

Pam Bondi didn’t show up for her hearing today, despite our subpoena. We’re going to begin contempt proceedings. It’s time to hold these people accountable to the laws we passed in Congress.

Wouldn't it be nice if you could say goodbye to TurboTax and file your taxes for free, online, and directly with the IRS?

I have a bill to get that done.

🧊✈️ VENEZUELA ⛓️🌎

👉 MESA CLEANOUT⁉️

In the wake of multiple reports of overcrowding and unsanitary conditions at the ICE Mesa facility, a widebody Omni 777 (tail: N819XA) departs Arizona early on Wednesday morning, transporting chained humans to Caracas 🇻🇪

Today, Pamela Jo Bondi, our most recent head of the Department of Justice, is blithely ignoring a valid, legal subpoena requiring her to testify before Congress.

We are not a nation of laws. We are a nation of some people can get away with anything.

EPA proposes gutting rules for handling toxic coal ash, a move that threatens groundwater The Trump administration on Thursday proposed weakening rules for the disposal of ash produced by burning coal that can contain hazardous heavy metals and contaminate groundwater.

Lost in the news the past few days is the Trump administration proposing to weaken rules that limit how coal companies handle toxic waste that can reach groundwater.

The new rule would let states grant exemptions from standards that keep contaminants like mercury & lead away from your water supply.

👇🏼 voted for an adjudicated rapist

Illiberalism Is Not Inevitable If Viktor Orbán can lose, then his Russian and American admirers can lose too.

How did Magyar win? A long running grassroots campaign in rural and small town Hungary; a refusal to be distracted by government propaganda; a focus on economic issues and corruption; a central promise to bring back democracy and the rule of law

Italy Implements a New Labor Leave that Allows Workers to Care for Sick Pets - Italy Italy has implemented a new labor policy that allows employees to request leave to care for their sick pets. In specific cases, the leave will be paid.

Italy has become the first in the world to legally recognize that caring for a domestic animal can justify an authorized absence, in some cases, a paid one.

Roger Sollenberger: Péter Magyar, the new Hungarian prime minister, says CPAC was paid by the Hungarian government and will not be any longer

Oh my what a Schlapp in the face this is

I wish they would suffer that ultimate punishment. They have it coming.

That gets a follow.

JD Vance is on a historic roll:

He campaigns for AfD in Germany - they lose.

Invited the Pope to come to US for Trump’s big event - Pope refuses.

Leads peace negotiations with Iran - fails miserably.

Campaigns in Hungary for Orbán - who gets smoked.