Dahlia Lithwick

Of course they did.👇

The filing, which is not public, was submitted to the inspector general’s office in electronic form on May 2, and a longer, printed version that included documentary evidence was delivered on May 5, according to people familiar with the filing. The inspector general appears to have done nothing with the information for more than two months, and many in that office did not realize they even had the material until a day or two before the full Senate voted on Mr. Bove’s nomination. He was confirmed Tuesday by a razor-thin margin, 50 to 49. Last Friday, when the whistle-blower group went public about the filing’s existence, the inspector general’s office told lawmakers that it had no such complaint, according to people familiar with the case, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe private conversations. The office only found the documents after lawyers for the whistle-blower presented electronic and FedEx delivery receipts for them. The implications of that inaction are potentially significant, given that Republicans have cast skepticism on another Justice Department whistle-blower, Erez Reuveni, describing his account as part of a politically timed effort by Democrats to scuttle a Trump nomination. That someone appears to have come forward about Mr. Bove’s conduct well before his nomination was known would undercut those claims. The complaint, according to people familiar with it, outlines a set of allegations that largely tracks with Mr. Reuveni’s account.

Oh boy.

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/u...

“The past was erased, the erasure was forgotten, the lie became the truth.”

www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...

170. DOJ's (Ridiculous) Misconduct Complaint Against Chief Judge Boasberg DOJ's complaint that Chief Judge Boasberg engaged in "misconduct" would be laughably stupid if it didn't reflect such a transparently obvious and dangerous attempt to delegitimize the federal courts.

@stevevladeck.bsky.social on the insupportable "complaint" filed by DOJ against Judge Boasberg

the onion 2 months ago

From a Harvard psychology professor - to his great credit

Harvard Is Said to Be Open to Spending Up To $500 Million to Resolve Trump Dispute

"resolve dispute" is a bizarre way to describe extortion.

They’re threatening the refs because they don’t like their calls.

Bove's nomination not yet derailed by new whistleblower complaint Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) says he'll still vote for Emil Bove to serve on the Third Circuit.

A 3rd Whistleblower has come forward saying Rapist Trump's pick Emil Bove did Indeed advise Trump to "not listen to any Judges Rulings and furthermore tell the Judges to Fuck off."
He cannot be confirmed. But then neither should have Gabbard, RFK Hegseth, Bondi...
www.politico.com/live-updates...

We have work to do and grateful for @dahlialithwick.bsky.social

Exclusive | RFK Jr. to Oust Advisory Panel on Cancer Screenings, HIV Prevention Drugs The task force determines which preventive services insurers must cover at no cost to patients.

RFK Jr. has fired all members of the Preventive Services Task Force, which requires insurance companies to cover certain treatments. The Supreme Court ruled he could do so in June.

Likely next step: Appointing quacks who will end mandatory insurance coverage for PrEP.
www.wsj.com/health/healt...

There’s a Playbook for Authoritarianism. Trump Is Speed-Running It. Why a free pass undermines accountability.

With @maya4rights.bsky.social on plans to make it impossible to express your will through your vote, and what you can do about it. On the Plus episode @mjsdc.bsky.social and @jaywillis.net on Columbia's capitulation
slate.com/podcasts/ami...

Supreme Court allows Trump to fire 3 Democrats on consumer safety panel The decision further limits a 90-year-old high-court precedent that was aimed at protecting the independence of certain regulatory agencies.

The decision further limits a 90-year-old high-court precedent that was aimed at protecting the independence of certain regulatory agencies.

Incredible. Federal prosecutors are seeing many cases of people accused of assaulting Border Patrol agents being turned down by grand juries!

Los Angeles federal prosecutors are privately saying it’s because CBP agents are just “arresting first and asking questions later.”

Fantastic! @contrariannews.org @aclu.org @legaldefensefund.bsky.social @dahlialithwick.bsky.social @mjsdc.bsky.social

Opinion | JD Vance Claims One of Our Worst Traditions as His Own

1/ Fantastic @jamellebouie.net column today on Vance's rather selective invocation of the Civil War as it pertains to citizenship. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/o...

U.S. deportees, freed from Salvadoran prison, describe ‘horror movie’ Three Venezuelans, released last week from the Terrorism Confinement Center, said they were repeatedly beaten and denied access to lawyers.

Sharing this GIFT LINK so people can’t say they didn’t know what’s been happening in our name.

wapo.st/3GZuXCW

Opinion | I Watched It Happen in Hungary. Now It’s Happening Here.

"As the most recent U.S. ambassador to Orban’s Hungary, I’m often asked if the Trump administration’s tactics feel familiar. The short answer is yes. But the more important—and unsettling—question is this: Does the way Americans are responding feel familiar, too?"

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/o...

I have Axios blocked on here to spare me from accidentally reading their bullshit, so I only get exposed to them through screenshots like this and hooooo boy that’s enough.

Whoa

thank you

thank you. Leigh is just the best

thank you Sam

Breaking:

Federal judges in the district of New Jersey have rejected Alina Habba's effort to extend her appointment as interim U.S. attorney.

he is the very best of us Scott.

Another sure sign that the fix is in.

Ghislaine Maxwell's attorney, David Oscar Markus on X:

"We are grateful to President Trump for his commitment to uncovering the truth in this case."

And says they're already in discussions with the administration.

This was my favorite part of closing arguments. But the government brought this ridicule on themselves. If you’re going to wax historic or literary with an 84-year-old judge, you best not miss.

Here’s the full context, which I wrote about here: www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

Epstein Coverage Largely Ignores Trump’s Assault on E. Jean Carroll This seems like relevant context

mainstream media is writing about trump & epstein...but those articles don't inform readers that trump was held liable for sexual assault.

that's because they're covering epstein as a MAGA rift story, not as a story about trump's character or fitness. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/epstein-co...

At this point, these NASA employees fully understand that signing a letter like this means the Trump administration will likely fire them and even perhaps go after them personally

Yet rather than remain silent, they chose to speak up

They are heroes, one and all