Sledgehammer was released 40 years ago today!

Kevin Warsh just lost me. He argues he's going to be an independent Fed Chair, but refuses to acknowledge that Trump lost the 2020 election. If you can't state simple facts when you're in the political spotlight, you aren't independent. You're a coward.

Telling Ozzie about number retirement made his former player more nervous than any at-bat This story was excerpted from Scott Merkin’s White Sox Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox.

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"Shut the Fuck Up, Stephen" - Lawyers, Guns & Money President Trump evidently viewed the US military as his own personal militia, to be used to attack his political enemies: The President would highlight videos that showed law enforcement getting physi...

Not J6 related, but this line ranks right up there:
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Articles about Jared Kushner's diplomatic role with Iran that mention Kushner has received billions from the Saudi government (2/28-4/19):

NYT: 5 of 58
WashPost: 1 of 43
WSJ: 0 of 40
AP: 0 of 26
CNN Wire: 0 of 18
NY Post: 0 of 17
Chicago Tribune: 0 of 4
LA Times: 0 of 4
Boston Globe: 0 of 2

And classless even if that weren't the case.

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The Inside Story of Five Days That Remade the Supreme Court

Everyone should read this description of how the Roberts Court abused the Supreme Courts own rules and traditions to turn the previously rarely used "shadow docket" into a tool for legislating a right wing agenda from the bench.

These "interim rulings" aren't interim; they are policy. Gift article.

Everything the Ellison family could own if Paramount buys Warner Bros:

Paramount+
CBS
CNN
Showtime
HBO
Warner Bros
TNT
TBS
MTV
DC Studios
Nickelodeon
Comedy Central
Cartoon Network
And more...

This is a rotten deal that the Trump regime has rubber stamped.

State AGs must step in and block it.

"Concept of a deal" has replaced "two weeks" in Trumpspeak."

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Ossoff: "Never before have we seen so little effort to hide so much corruption."

That's the message.

Every faction of the anti-Trump coalition, however divided, can rally around one thing:

Accountability, investigation, and when convicted, jail time.

Make this the focus.

Hostage video.

🔥SEN. @ossoff.senate.gov : “Ivanka’s husband Jared Kushner’s on the Saudi payroll for $2 BILLION— as he leads 🇺🇸 diplomacy + asks sheikhs for billions more… Never have we seen so little effort to hide so much corruption. The Mar-a-Lago mafia taking corruption to spectacular new heights.”

The FBI Director Is MIA Kash Patel has alarmed colleagues with episodes of excessive drinking and unexplained absences.

EXCLUSIVE: Kash Patel’s colleagues are alarmed by what they say is erratic behavior and excessive drinking. I spoke with more than 2 dozen people with knowledge of his conduct, some of whom described it as a national security vulnerability. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

The FBI Director Is MIA Kash Patel has alarmed colleagues with episodes of excessive drinking and unexplained absences.

On multiple occasions Patel’s security detail had difficulty waking him because he was seemingly intoxicated, according to info supplied to DOJ and White House officials. A request for “breaching equipment”was made because Patel had been unreachable behind locked doors

Who is Erica Knight, the FBI's so-called "Kash Whisperer?" An FBI media adviser has emerged as one of Kash Patel's fiercest public defenders and promoters of the bureau under his leadership.

"Now, Raskin tells CBS News, he has questions about Patel's PR arrangement with Knight. Raskin has called on the FBI to disclose how much she is being paid. 'Why should an FBI Director have to hire a taxpayer-funded PR fixer to spin away public criticism[?]' "
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If there are any Democrats who are thinking of running for the presidency on 2028 on anything less than a clear agenda of widespread prosecution for this administration's corruption and fundamental structural changes to ensure it can't happen again, they should just stop right there.

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I feel like clawing back the money the Trump family stole from taxpayers should be a live topic in this summer’s campaigning.

U.S. Government Agrees to $1.25 Million Settlement in Michael Flynn Suit Lawfare obtained the settlement document through a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit filed in federal court earlier this year.

NEW: We obtained the government’s settlement agreement with Michael Flynn.

As previously reported, DOJ agreed to pay $1.25 million to settle Flynn’s claims that he was wrongfully prosecuted.

But docs suggest a separate settlement could be in the works: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/u.s....

One of numerous examples these days.

186. When Can States Prosecute Federal Officers? Stephen Miller claims that ICE officers have "immunity" for anything they do while enforcing immigration law. Even as an argument about *state* criminal prosecutions, that claim is overstated at best.

Here's my explainer from last October on the scope and limits of "Supremacy Clause immunity" (the *qualified* defense that federal officers may have against state criminal prosecutions arising out of on-the-job misconduct):

www.stevevladeck.com/p/186-when-c...

Other local prosecutors take note.
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ICE agent charged with two felonies for pointing his gun at motorists during Operation Metro Surge Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty said a nationwide warrant has been issued in the first criminal charges against an ICE agent for on-duty actions during the surge.

A nationwide warrant has been issued in the first criminal charges against an ICE agent for on-duty actions during the enforcement surge in Minnesota.