Stephen Gutowski

'UNIMAGINABLE CRUELTY': Judge Gary Brown, a Trump appointeee from NY, thrashes DHS' treatment of a man who came to the US at 9 as an abuse/neglect victim, has no criminal record and became a college grad.

"The laws of decency condemn such villainy." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

The Pentagon has ID four of the six killed this weekend (other two were "previously unaccounted for" with IDs expected later). They were all part of an Army Reserve sustainment unit deployed to Kuwait.

Georgia father Colin Gray found guilty in connection with school shooting his son is accused of Gray's son, Colt Gray, is charged with killing four people at Apalachee High School in 2024.

The father of the 14 year-old who shot up a school in Georgia, killing four, has been found guilty of second-degree murder and cruelty to children for not restricting his son's access to the murder weapon.

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Exclusive | Inspector General Says Kristi Noem’s DHS Has ‘Systematically Obstructed’ Its Work Letter outlines 11 instances of the Department of Homeland Security allegedly blocking information, including in a criminal inquiry.

Exclusive: The inspector general for the Department of Homeland Security said the agency’s leaders had “systematically obstructed” its work, including in a federal criminal investigation. on.wsj.com/4aQauNi

Republican Sen. Thom Tillis publicly blasted Kristi Noem, called for her resignation to a standing ovation, and warned he would block President Trump’s nominees unless she stops stonewalling Congress.

An update on how the Iranians are fairing. We're seeing lots of hits on stationary abandoned launchers, which implies either a high missile failure rate or Iranian crews are simply abandoning launchers after firing.

Pentagon releases names of first U.S. service members killed in Iran war Six American service members have been killed in the U.S.-Iran conflict, U.S. Central Command said.

BREAKING: The Pentagon releases the names of the first U.S. service members killed in the ongoing war with Iran.

Veterans Affairs Department Cut Thousands of Roles for Doctors and Nurses The Trump administration has eliminated health care positions left vacant after a wave of resignations and retirements at the V.A. last year.

The head of the Veterans Affairs Department has said that the agency needs to hire more doctors and nurses, even as President Trump seeks to shrink the federal government. But the VA has cut thousands of medical positions that were left vacant after a wave of resignations and retirements last year.

Kuwait says two army personnel killed on Monday fell as a result of Iranian attacks Kuwait said ​the two Kuwaiti ‌army personnel who were ​killed ​on Monday fell as ⁠a ​result of Iran's ​attacks against the country, the ​government media ​office said on ‌Tuesday, ⁠relaying its letter to the secretary ​general ​of ⁠the U.N. and ​the Security ​Council ⁠president.

Kuwait says two army personnel killed on Monday fell as a result of Iranian attacks reut.rs/4l4aMmV

SCOOP: A suspected Iranian drone attack hit the CIA’s station in Saudi Arabia in what would amount to a significant symbolic victory for the Islamic Republic as it lashes out at U.S. targets and personnel across the Middle East, sources tell Ellen Nakashima and me

All I can think about is Jeff Bezos saying that he slashed jobs at the Washington Post — including those of foreign correspondents in the Middle East — based on "the data," and a few weeks later a whole war breaks out in the Middle East that these laid off folks would have covered as true experts.

We've renamed the DOD the Department of War. Our troops are Warfighters. No of course we're not "at war" you dumb lib

To be fair, who among us hasn't made plans that snuck up on us unexpectedly, leaving hundreds of people entrusted to our care stranded overseas as bombs rain down on 10 countries, closing airports and sending energy prices soaring worldwide, and instantly destroying billions in market value?

Well that certainly changes the outlook of the NL East

BREAKING: Georgia father found criminally responsible for his son's alleged school shooting.

A Georgia jury held Colin Gray criminally responsible for the alleged actions of his teenage son, Colt, in the 2024 Apalachee school shooting, which left two classmates and a pair of teachers dead.

Kash Patel Is Testing FBI Norms Olympic partying is the latest break from generations of reserved bureau directors.

"An FBI spokesman... declined to say how Patel obtained his seat in the arena or how much, if anything, he paid for it." www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...

I've been in the law business for quite a while and I've never heard of something like this. I'm guessing someone didn't tell POTUS about dropping the appeal and when he found out he blew a gasket about looking weak. Gift link to NYT piece:
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Michael S. Schmidt • @nytmike x.com NEW and BREAKING: In a major reversal, the Trump admin is NOW trying to walk back its decision to walk away from defending the law firm executive orders in court. DOJ just notified the four fighting law firms that it now intends to continue defending the legality of the orders in court. A day ago, DOJ had a very different position.

You gotta be kidding me

This week's YouGov survey gives Trump his worst approval rating (-21) since November 2017.

In our tracker, he's down to -19, lower than any point in his first term: www.economist.com/interactive/...

A man pardoned by Donald Trump for January 6th was just charged with threatening a cop at a January 6th memorial event. www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...

Scenes from a personalist regime

Netanyahu to the U.S. Congress, 2002: "If you take out Saddam, Saddam's regime, I guarantee you that it will have enormous positive reverberations on the region."

'Blanket immunity': Sex trafficking charges dropped, lives ruined, but St. Paul officer still on force Federal courts make it all but impossible to win suits against police officers who are working as part of federal operations.

"Ahmed was among 23 Somali Americans who sued officer Heather Weyker for allegations that led them to spend a collective 44 years behind bars for crimes of which they were never convicted" www.startribune.com/false-accusa...

Man awarded $29.5K for illegal arrest, search by St. Paul police who tricked way into apartment A federal judge said the officers violated the David Elgersma's constitutional rights.

More than 20 civil lawsuits have been filed against Officer Heather Weyker. In 2023, for instance, a man was awarded $30k after Weyker and other officers tricked their way into his apartment to arrest him and search his apartment without a warrant. www.startribune.com/man-awarded-...

Supreme Court Declines to Hear Hamdi Mohamud’s Case Against St. Paul Officer Who Framed Her - Institute for Justice Today, the U.S. Supreme Court denied a petition for certiorari filed by the Institute for Justice (IJ) on behalf of Hamdi Mohamud. The petition asked the […]

A St. Paul police officer fabricated a massive sex trafficking case and had multiple people locked up under false charges. The Supreme Court yesterday affirmed a ruling that she can't be sued by her victims. She appears to still be employed by the St. Paul PD. ij.org/press-releas...

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Capitol Hill to answer questions for the first time since federal agents shot and killed two U.S. citizens in Minneapolis

As Iran Retaliates, U.S. Closes Embassies in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait The State Department also ordered nonessential staff in the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, Jordan and Iraq to to leave amid further retaliation from Iran.

The U.S. closed its embassies in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait on Tuesday and ordered nonessential staff in several other countries to evacuate as Iran expanded its retaliatory attacks on U.S. targets in the Gulf region.

Trump says he's in place to fight his/Israel's war against Iran for a very long time.

NEW: Multi-drone attack collapsed roof at US embassy in Saudi Arabia and contaminated the inside with smoke, per State Dept. alert obtained by The Post. US personnel “continue to shelter in place" www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...

These tweets are 8 months apart.