William Burnet

Stonking sunspots photobombed by a departing flight this lunch break #Seestar 😎🔭. #AR4294

And so the NASCAR bungalow was born.

Sen. Kelly: “[Trump] is ignorant to the Constitution and has no regard for the rule of law…I will not be intimidated by this president. I am not going to be silenced by this president or the people around him because I've given too much in service to this country to back down to this guy.”

1. US Senator Mark Kelly is one of six Democrats with national security backgrounds who released a video reminding military personnel they are obligated by law to refuse to obey illegal orders.

Miller: Cite a statute, I dare you.
Sellers: The due process clause in the US Constitution
M: (makes face like she smells something foul and proposes an hyperbolic hypothetical to derail debate)
S: Umm, ridiculous but still a due process issue.

Seriously, have a safe and happy day with your family, your chosen family, friends pets, neighbors, sympathetic employees, obnoxious aunts, obnoxious uncles, childhood pals, cul de sac buddies, besties, or whoever you chose to spend it with. Just know I’m grateful for you.
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#Pinks #ProudBlue

This is a deeply unprofessional and illegal partisan statement from the Trump hack who's currently director of the CIA.

It's also deeply dishonest, because the decision to grant the shooter asylum here was made by the Trump administration.

Chaos and lies in US diplomacy & media: Marco Rubio now denies the US had any input into the savage 28-point ultimatum to Ukraine - says it's from Russia. But Axios reporters Barak Ravid and David Lawler, who got the leak, claimed it was written by the US, by Steve Witkoff and... Marco Rubio! 1/

White House blew past legal concerns in deadly strikes on drug boats The Trump administration sidestepped skeptical lawyers across national security agencies as it pursued a military campaign against alleged narcotraffickers, officials say.

On the patently unlawful boat strikes

It's hard for USGs to claim ‘mistake of law’ or ‘advice of counsel’ – when they’re firing lawyers who wouldn't sign off on the strikes.

WaPo's new revelations on firings or removals:

1) CIA General Counsel
2) NSC Legal Adviser
3) CIA Mission Center’s lawyer
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Yes. One small amendment “…knowing their old friends in the journalism business will pump it.” They know the machine works without extra effort.

Was this written by Stephen Miller?

5 Given the shifting factual assertions by the government to Judge Vaala, Judge Currie, Judge Fitzpatrick and this Court as to how the putative indictment was returned—including how many votes were taken by the grand jury—it is ironic that the government is questioning the integrity of judicial officers attempting to navigate its various accounts.

Oof.

Comey calls out Lindsey's Loaner AUSAs for questioning Magistrate Judge William Fitzpatrick's integrity.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

As a lifelong Catholic, I keep hearing what the pope and the bishops are saying about the treatment of illegal aliens. But are they ever going to say anything about how illegals are treating us American citizens?

you get the feeling that PEG and Jack Posobiec will not handle an outright papal encyclical on immigration well

A little taste of freedom from the dictatorship can shock the system. Doubt it will last long.

Breaking: Judge Boasberg says "justice requires" him to continue contempt inquiry into Trump admin “I certainly intend to find out what happened on that day,” Boasberg said of the March 15 Alien Enemies Act flights. He plans to begin hearings on Dec. 1.

BREAKING: Judge Boasberg says "justice requires" him to continue contempt inquiry into Trump admin.

“I certainly intend to find out what happened on that day,” Boasberg said of the March 15 Alien Enemies Act flights. He plans to begin hearings on Dec. 1.

New, at Law Dork:

Good line. Comey case is the "four seasons total landscaping of prosecutions."

This might be his post with highest lie density. The lies are practically at a per character level.

I expect there will be the usual crowd and cameras as he runs his mouth about how this is another huge achievement.

Montage of 19 clips of Trump insulting, berating, demeaning and attacking female reporters over the past few months. Part 1.

I'm a big fan of George, but I want Jack to take that seat.

This could have been prevented if he were in prison where he belongs. Very fine people.

News so bad… they won’t even be honest about what it is.

This administration is driving our economy off a cliff and trying to hide it from Americans.

The facts are complicated, but here’s a summary of what appears to have happened based on the filings and today’s hearing:

Why do these stories grab my complete attention?

someone really does need to confiscate the hard-drive of every adult who was in Nuzzi’s life when she was 16

Makes "Nevertheless, she persisted" seem almost statesmanlike.

Order on Motion to Dismiss for Failure to State a Claim – #66 in United States v. State of New York (N.D.N.Y., 1:25-cv-00744) – CourtListener.com MEMORANDUM-DECISION AND ORDER granting 11 Motion to Dismiss for Failure to State a Claim: The Court hereby ORDERS that Defendants' motion to dismiss (Dkt. No. 11) is GRANTED; and the Court further ORD...

Last night a federal judge rejected the Trump Administration's challenge to NY's Protect Our Courts Act, a law prohibiting ICE officers from making immigration arrests in NY's courthouses.

The ruling is a very significant one for a few reasons /?

www.courtlistener.com/docket/70522...

I noticed this is getting engagement so folks must be talking about Olivia Nuzzi again

The Court recognizes that the relief sought by the defense is rarely granted. However, the record points to a disturbing pattern of profound investigative missteps, missteps that led an FBI agent and a prosecutor to potentially undermine the integrity of the grand jury proceeding. Therefore, in this case, “the Court has before it a rare example of a criminal defendant who can actually make a ‘particularized and factually based’ showing that grounds exist to support the proposition that irregularities may have occurred in the grand jury proceedings and may justify the dismissal of one or more counts of the indictment.” See Naegele, 474 F. Supp. 2d at 10 (citations omitted). Accordingly, the defense request for all grand jury materials is granted.

A federal judge ORDERS the disclosure of James Comey's grand jury minutes to the defense, citing a "disturbing pattern pattern of profound investigative missteps" and casting doubt on Lindsey Halligan's declaration about the gap in the record.

Background www.allrisenews.com/p/halligan-c...