Harmeet probably just misspelled James O'Keefe's name when filling out the complaint.

She's sloppy that way.

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Mazie Hirono: Are you telling me you have a handle on Strait of Hormuz?

Chris Wright: Can you repeat the question?

Hirono repeats.

Wright, not answering the question: I've been discussing since day I was sworn in.

Hirono, points out Wright invented a nuke background he does not have.

Debunked: Fringe commentator from US spreads false rumour of stabbing at Connolly Station An accident which left a thick trail of blood appears to have prompted the story.

@thejournal.ie calls out Jack Posobiec's brother's conspiracy tourism.

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Todd Blanche Puts Dmitry Firtash's Onetime Lawyer In Charge of Criminalizing the Russian Investigation - emptywheel The biggest reason Joe DiGenova is a wildly inappropriate person to lead an attempt to criminalize the Russian investigation is his past efforts to get paid by Russian-backed Ukrainians to do the same...

Explained in more detail here.

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Joe DiGenova Back in the Criminal Frame YouTube video by emptywheel

Again, did this video to explain why it is to scandalous that Todd Blanche put Joe DiGenova in charge of criminalizing investigating Russians.

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And .. here come the Freedom of Information Act requests for Kash Patel records

DC watchdog group Democracy Forward has formally requested Patel's calendars & any messages from security detail that include words "drinking", "hungover", "inebriated"

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In Lawsuit Not Mentioning the Olympics, Kash Patel Swears He's Not a Drunk - emptywheel If Kash Patel's lawsuit against The Atlantic is an attempt to silence claims he's a drunk, it doesn't do much to rebut the key allegations against him.

"Patel’s chugging a beer at the Olympics may not strike him as excessive drinking, but the context of it made it unseemly. and that’s an allegation—the key one—about which Kash is completely silent" @emptywheel.bsky.social emptywheel.net/2026/04/20/i...

Lizards.

Her latest NPR interview, she gushed about how the Federal Society was just a big ole fun social club. She met her husband through it! And her neighbors met each other through it! And its just so collegial and just a social club and nothing untoward, no agenda, just fun!
Yeah. Ok.

I’ll bet she laments the bloodbath at the DOJ during Trump 2.0 without any introspection about the fact that she was the one who first opened the door for blatant political retribution against federal law enforcement back in 2017

Don’t forget she led the leaking of FBI agents’ private messages for Trump’s smearing and propaganda purposes

Hard pass with a side of gag

sarah isgur and brett kavanaugh mugging for the camera together

Brett Kavanaugh officiated Sarah Isgur's wedding and is helping her promote her book, which is all about how good and noble the Supreme Court is. There is no reason to take seriously anything this person says about her very powerful, life-tenured friends. Seriously, have some respect for yourself.

The basic challenge with discussing Sarah Isgur is that she's just not interesting. She is a Supreme Court fangirl who makes money by praising conservative justices in public. There are lots of conservative lawyers like her, and the next time one of them says anything insightful will be the first.

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On a global basis, he has a chance of being right if he dies in the next 10 years. What he doesn’t say is that coal’s share of electricity production has been falling and that trend will continue.

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GENTEXT/Remarks: 1. Te) Directive: Demobilize National Guard personnel on Title 10 (T-10) status assigned to Federal Protective Missions (FPMs) in Portland, Los Angeles, and Chicago per SEWAR's verbal order of 31 December 2025. 1.A. hE» Los Angeles FPM: Demobilize the remaining 104 (+) Soldiers on T-10 status. 1.B. «CuT) Portland FPM: Demobilize the remaining 109 (+) Soldiers on T-10 status. 1.C. » Chicago FPM: Demobilize the remaining 314 (+) Soldiers on T-10 status. 2.7 → Demobilization planning: 2.A. 40H5) USNORTHCOM will coordinate with 1st Army to execute the demobilization of FPM forces in Los Angeles, Portland, and Chicago IAW SEWAR's VOCO and receipt of this GENADMIN. 2.B. ( Guard personnel sourced from Texas will remain on T-10 status until further notice.

NEW: In a court filing today, it was detailed that Pete Hegseth verbally ordered an end to National Guard mobilization in Los Angeles, Portland, and Chicago on December 31, 2025—the day that Trump announced on Truth social that the deployment would be ending. The written directive was dated 1/1/26.

Woman with family ties to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt says she hasn’t seen her son since ICE detainment | CNN Bruna Ferreira had rushed out of her Massachusetts home, shoelaces untied, and was driving to pick up her 11-year-old son from school when she was approached by unmarked vehicles and a “swarm of peopl...

On Leavitt's brother's baby mama (like Ungaro, also a Brazilian).

edition.cnn.com/2025/12/12/u...

This is the third high profile alleged case of this:

Karolyin Leavitt's brother's baby mama
Amanda Ungaro (baby mama to Paolo Zampolli
And this

Leavitt's brother's effort to deport his son's mother thus far has failed AFAIK.

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I also describe the twin acute psychological dilemmas Trump is facing, which may be why he's crashing:

1) To actually win the Iran war he has to turn on Putin.
2) Any deal will require conceding Obama was superior to him.

"Because Trump turned to culture war before joining an evil axis, because Ukraine and the rest of the world got time to adjust to the shift in American loyalties, the efficacy of Trump’s betrayal will be significantly diminished."

Marcy on how bad it all is & how dick-stepping gives us some grace.

While DC journos all rush to WHCD, @philinvestigates.com just keeps reporting on the far right in TN.

Be like Phil!

@philinvestigates.com is awesome!

GOLDMAN DESK:

“.. We think investors should tilt their U.S. equity portfolios toward secular growth companies with idiosyncratic earnings tailwinds and limited AI disruption risk — such as firms tied to investment in power infrastructure — rather than stocks levered to broad economic growth.”

* VANCE’S TRIP TO ISLAMABAD ON HOLD: NYT

(FT) - Lufthansa has cancelled 20,000 flights between May and October to save fuel, one of the largest cuts by global airlines as jet fuel prices double following the Iran war.

@financialtimes.com $JETS
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