Mary Cahalane

I know invoking Latin terms can be a bit esoteric, and "dementia" is fine and accurate, but I think there's real merit in zeroing in on the relevant legal concept: he is non compos mentis. Not just that he's a batty old man, he is debilitated in a concrete legal sense, fit for conservatorship.

Screenshot of a tweet from @DHSgov dated 7 October 2025. It shows a video of federal agents, under the text "We’re having an All Night Revival"

Yesterday brought news that country star Zach Bryan is dropping a song critical of ICE.

Today, the official DHS account trolls him by using one of his songs (without permission, one strongly presumes) over the kind of cinematic footage Trump loves, of masked federal agents clashing with Americans.

Sen. PADILLA: This Justice Department fired a 15-year career prosecutor who put away sex traffickers and transnational terrorists. She was marched out of her office. Why? Because she had the audacity to remind Border Patrol that it should follow court orders.

truthout.org 6 Former Surgeons General Say RFK Jr. Is Endangering the Health of the Nation

6 Former Surgeons General Say RFK Jr. Is Endangering the Health of the Nation

Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

This bastardisation of our 4th Amendment has been brought to you by our friends at Wells Fargo

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What are in the Epstein files that is worth keeping the government shutdown?

When my dad was 56, he lost his job – and our health insurance with it. Then, just months before becoming eligible for Medicare, my mom had a heart attack. Their hospital bill was equivalent to the value of our home. (1/4)

Welch: "Is there a tape of Mr. Homan that has audio and video of the transfer of the $50,000?"

Bondi: "I don't know the answer."

Welch: "You do know the answer."

Bondi: "Don't call me a liar!"

Welch: "I didn't call you a liar?"

Bondi: "You just said I know the answer!"

PADILLA: Do you believe govt officials are obligated to follow court orders whether they agree with them or not, yes or no?

BONDI: I wish you loved your state of California as much as you hate President Trump

PADILLA: I asked a simple yes or no question

Why the right-wing media apparatus is suddenly yelling about Jack Smith supposedly spying on GOP senators

Most Americans think Jan. 6 was quite bad; unfortunately that group does not include the president, the top federal law enforcement officials, virtually all GOP politicians, and the media megaphone supporting them all.
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He’s the only Republican there. He sent all the rest of them home again to avoid a vote on the Epstein files. Since Johnson has become Speaker they have probably been in recess at least 3 out of every 4 days. And they’ve done NOTHING on health care for years. bsky.app/profile/atru...

There's no defending what Speaker Johnson and Republicans are doing.

They're turning their backs on @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social's constituents and every American seeking justice for Epstein's victims.

An effective piece by Molly Jong-Fast how "Democrats need to empower messengers that the establishment is scared of, people who don’t delight megadonors. Democrats need to stake their claims on a set of strong beliefs ... They need to stop being lawyerly and timid."

Free link: archive.ph/6EwAC

They set Greta Thunberg free. She looks like she's ready to rumble, and honestly, I'm right there with her. Keep the comments civil, folks.

ICE GASSED Chicago Police — Feds Lose Control Tear gas meant for protesters blew back on CPD — exposing federal chaos in Chicago’s streets.

ICE gassed Chicago police.

Fuck this.

This is nothing but red meat for Trump’s base. A federal law that *Trump* signed into law guarantees backpay to furloughed workers. There’s no disputing this.

I Refuse to Stay Silent. Will You? Read more here.

I refuse to let hopelessness prevail. This may just be one essay, by a lawyer few have heard of, in a newsletter read by a fraction of the public. But I will not stay silent.

Will you?
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/i-re...

Jake Tapper, who eviscerated Biden for the sin of growing older, has done everything but help install a chair lift in the White House to cover up Trump's deepening dementia and utter feebleness.

Charlie Kirk’s legacy. Radicalised boys and dead girls.

Trump's Crusaders: Christian Nationalists Are Gaining a Solid Foothold in Washington U.S. President Donald Trump has opened the doors of power to far-right Christian nationalists. Their goal: an American theocracy. The separation of church and state in America is at risk.

I begged @spiegel.de to translate Jörg Schindler's excellent reporting on America's fall into theocracy and they did. As I keep saying, German journalists are doing a better job covering America's fall than American journalists. 1/
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Donald Trump is full on attacking our shared values, common decency and the law. He is making us less safe.

Time for a contempt of Congress charge or two?

I’m a career prosecutor who took a $25,000 check from an affiliated entity of Donald Trump’s while investigating Trump University and later left my lobbying firm to become Donald Trump’s personal impeachment lawyer, White House aide, and Attorney General. So don’t you DARE question my integrity.

Worth remembering Bondi is performing for an audience of one here, and he gets off on open displays of contempt for Democrats and Congress.

Durbin is retiring, but this is a classic "Dem leaders are old" line.

Most conservatives now think Nixon did nothing wrong. Do people born after 1990 know what Nixon did? Doubtful

Just as a reminder, Bondi’s origin story in Trump world is that she said she was going to investigate Trump University, Trump sent her a $25K check and the investigation disappeared. She later became Trump’s personal defense lawyer. So yeah, don’t challenge her integrity.

Dick Durbin: Did you consult with ethics officials before you okayed the flying bribery palace?
Bondi: How dare you say I cut law enforcement?!?!?!