Chad Williams

I don't know about anyone else, but in terms of my life, this is some impactful shit right here. Thank you, Joel, Trace, Josh, Kevin, and Jim.

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Multiple judges call out DOJ's methods of defending its invasive trans care subpoenas A trio of public rulings, including one on Friday, all side with providers. Two rulings also raised sharp questions about DOJ's moves in recent months.

NEW: Multiple judges call out DOJ's methods of defending its invasive trans care subpoenas.

A trio of public rulings, including one on Friday, all side with providers. Two rulings also raised sharp questions about DOJ's moves in recent months.

Tonight, at Law Dork:

New: A rare judicial misconduct complaint filed by the U.S. Department of Justice that accused a judge of bias in her handling of a challenge to President Donald Trump's ban on transgender troops has been dismissed. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

The New York Times, where the popular mayor-elect of their city is a fringe figure, but the QAnon podcaster who asked him a racist question comes out as a "winner"

This newspaper hates its readers as much as Republicans hate their voters. And if you're still supporting either, you deserve it.

He literally tweeted this out.

“SHOULD ORDERS AND THE LAW EVER CONFLICT, OUR OFFICERS MUST OBEY THE LAW.”

This plaque is displayed at West Point. It’s the law. Not sedition.

This, yes. Now.

***Two more weeks! Two more weeks! Two more weeks!***

they are not playing 3D chess. they are fucking idiots.

OPINION AND ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO DISMISS INDICTMENT (ECF NO. 60) On September 25, 2025, Lindsey Halligan, a former White House aide with no prior prosecutorial experience, appeared before a federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Virginia. Having been appointed Interim U.S. Attorney by the Attorney General just days before, Ms. Halligan secured a two-count indictment charging former FBI Director James B. Comey, Jr. with making false statements to Congress and obstructing a congressional proceeding. Mr. Comey now moves to dismiss the indictment on the ground that Ms. Halligan, the sole prosecutor who presented the case to the grand jury, was unlawfully appointed in violation of 28 U.S.C. § 546 and the Constitution's Appointments Clause. As explained below, I agree with Mr. Comey that the Attorney General's attempt to install Ms. Halligan as Interim U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia was invalid. And because Ms. Halligan had no lawful authority to present the indictment, I will grant Mr. Comey's motion and dismiss the indictment without prejudice.

NEW: Judge Currie finds that Lindsay Halligan was UNLAWFULLY APPOINTED and dismisses the James Comey and Letitia James indictments without prejudice. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

1. I do not think this is going to go well for them, because it is going to be just as clown shoes as everything they've tried to throw at Comey or James

2. "we can go after ex-military congressmembers for things they say in public" is really not a pandora's box the GOP wants opened

LOLOLOLOLOLOL

I don’t know what the Supreme Court will do, but I am confident that at the District Court level it is still the case that the Pentagon cannot recall a sitting US Senator to active duty in order to court martial him for something he said. Article 1, Section 6, among other constitutional provisions.

Navy pilot, astronaut, Senator, wife almost killed and serious disabled from assassination attempt while she was a Congressperson, none of that matters to these corrupt chickenhawk fuckers

Good. Pile on the feed for the leopards.

Just want to remind everyone that Mike Flynn told a crowd of rabid QAnon troglodytes in no uncertain terms that the military should conduct a coup in order to reinstall Trump as an unelected dictator, and he never once was subject to the penalties that the UCMJ demands for that sort of thing

The Trump administration is abusing the military justice system to target its political opponents. A despicable new low for a group that strives everyday to find the moral bottom.

This is all kinds of fucked up.

Ex-GOP analyst issues dire warning about Trump after midterm: 'He is planning a siege' President Donald Trump appears to be staring down lame-duck status as the 2026 midterm election approaches, but that doesn't mean his administration will be any less dangerous, even if the GOP gets th...

He literally has talked about the Insurrection Act.

People still aren't paying attention.

www.rawstory.com/rick-wilson-...

If they want to prosecute Mark Kelly in a military court for proposing military personnel follow all lawful orders that should make for very good fun

Recalling a sitting U.S. Senator for a show military tribunal with a pre-determined outcome of life in Leavenworth is certainly a choice.

$150M is a HUGE number. The only film this year that may go higher (may not, because of its massive length) is Avatar 3.

Truths

I cannot imagine the contortions necessary to reach this "conclusion" in the face of every single known fact of the last 15 years of American politics.

interesting fact: noah smith is part of an ongoing experiment designed to see how much you could smooth a person’s brain out before they can no longer function

We talk of refusing unlawful orders, but really that's a very high bar. It's only for orders that are manifestly unlawful, something *obviously* illegal on the face of it. And the core example of that is refusing an order to wantonly murder noncombatants, which is exactly what they are doing.

(waiting for Elon's phone to finish its unfunny roast of me)

(pulling out my phone and calling an actual human friend)

Trump’s rapid escalation—from calling Members of Congress “traitors” to urging supporters to “focus all energy” on unfounded claims of election fraud—fits an authoritarian pattern: when power feels threatened, the response is to inflame fear, erode democratic processes, and frame dissent as criminal