Christine Walker

'Never good news': Expert flags unusual judge demand in James Comey case For a second time, U.S. District Court Judge Cameron McGowan Currie has ordered the Department of Justice to turn over transcripts from the grand jury that indicted former FBI Director James Comey aft...

On Tuesday, the judge revealed that the DOJ had handed over the transcripts, but had stripped out all of Halligan's remarks.

'Never good news': Expert flags unusual judge demand in James Comey case

'Can’t believe this is real!' Expert enraged by 'sickening' new White House website A legal expert is enraged by the Trump White House's new Myspace spoof website launched during the government shutdown, saying "I can't believe this is real" and calling the move "disgusting."Eliza Or...

This is puerile and disgusting... this is how far the White House has fallen...

'Can’t believe this is real!' Expert enraged by 'sickening' new White House website

In case anyone has forgotten how we went from clutching our pearls and impeaching over a BJ job and turning a blind eye to daily corruption without missing a beat! This is the GOP now. Shameless!

What if Trump’s tariffs are illegal? It’s everybody’s problem. Even if the Supreme Court strikes down Donald Trump’s tariffs on countries, he has other legal options to impose similar duties.

Yes, it is happening now but...
The court then has until the end of its term next July to issue a ruling...JULY 2026.
What if Trump’s tariffs are illegal? It’s everybody’s problem.

A confidential manifesto lays out Isaacman's sweeping new vision for NASA The former, and possibly future, nominee for the space agency said he did not intend for the document’s public release.

Oopsie... The former, and possibly future, nominee for the space agency said he did not intend for the document’s public release.
A confidential manifesto lays out Isaacman's sweeping new vision for NASA politi.co/4ojp5ov via @politico

Cartoon: The man who knew too little The Kickstarter has ended, but good news for procrastinators:�late pledges remain open for a little while longer. You can see some of my photos from the Zohran Mamdani rally at Forest Hills Stadium ....

oh hey it's monday morning again

www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

What’s a Scandal When Everything Is Outrageous Trump’s ballroom blitz is blatantly corrupt. The fact that no one seems to care shows just how low the standards of behavior have fallen in Washington.

Trump’s ballroom blitz is blatantly corrupt. The fact that no one seems to care shows just how low the standards of behavior have fallen in Washington.

Enjoy CarPlay While You Still Can The auto industry is at war with Apple.

Enjoy Car Play while you can...
Last month, General Motors CEO Mary Barra announced that new cars made by the auto giant won’t support CarPlay and its counterpart, Android Auto.

World must fight Israel’s genocide in Gaza like it did apartheid, pioneering South African judge says The longest-serving high commissioner for human rights in UN history, Navi Pillay recognises the life of a pioneer is often lonely and isolated

World must fight Israel’s genocide in Gaza like it did apartheid, pioneering South African judge says
Former UN inquiry chair Navi Pillay says ‘what’s so unusual about this genocide’ is that ‘we are all witnesses to it’

Israel top military lawyer arrested after she admitted leaking video of soldiers’ abuse Rightwing politicians and pundits have called the soldiers accused of attack on Palestinian detainee ‘heroes’ and military investigators traitors

Israel’s top military lawyer arrested after she admitted leaking video of soldiers’ abuse
Rightwing politicians and pundits have called the soldiers accused of attack on Palestinian detainee ‘heroes’ and military investigators traitors

Taunts as ex-Dem governor lands backhanded Trump endorsement in hotly contested election Democratic New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani on Monday taunted top rival Andrew Cuomo for receiving a decidedly backhanded endorsement from President Donald Trump.During an interview on C...

Now THAT'S an endorsement!!
“I’m not a fan of Cuomo one way or the other,” the president said. “But if it’s gonna be between a bad Democrat and a communist, I’m gonna pick the bad Democrat all the time, to be honest with you.”

CBS News heavily edits Trump 60 Minutes interview, cutting boast network ‘paid me a lotta money’ Trump said Paramount’s sale to David and Larry Ellison was ‘greatest thing that’s happened in a long time’ for free press

CBS News heavily edits Trump 60 Minutes interview, cutting boast network ‘paid me a lotta money’
Trump said Paramount’s sale to David and Larry Ellison was ‘greatest thing that’s happened in a long time’ for free press
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

New CR date under discussion, Johnson says “We’re very mindful of the calendar," the speaker said Monday.

Speaker Mike Johnson said Monday that GOP leaders are discussing ways to deal with the rapidly approaching Nov. 21 expiration date of the continuing resolution that passed the House last month and is now stalled in in the Senate.
New CR date under discussion, Johnson says

Trump admin quietly funds some nutrition aid for low-income moms and babies Officials moved $450 million in emergency funds for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children on Friday.

Officials moved $450 million in emergency funds for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children on Friday.

Trump administration says SNAP will be partially funded in November President Donald Trump’s administration says it will partially fund the SNAP food aid program in November after two federal judges required the payments to continue.

Trump administration says SNAP will be partially funded in November

A clear trail of clues betrays Trump's ultimate plot Will the 2028 election even happen, or are we watching the slow-motion rehearsal for its cancellation? Every signal from Trump’s orbit points to a deliberate strategy to turn fear, chaos, and manufact...

A clear trail of clues betrays Trump's ultimate plot

Supreme Court won't stop Trump's tariffs. Deal with it, officials say U.S. factory equipment maker OTC Industrial Technologies has long used low-cost countries to supply components - first China and later India - but President Donald Trump's blitz of tariffs on numerous trade partners has upended the supply chain math for CEO Bill Canady.

Supreme Court won't stop Trump's tariffs. Deal with it, officials say

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Top 10 US billionaires’ collective wealth grew by $698bn in past year – report Oxfam warns Trump policies risk driving inequality to new heights – but Democrats have also exacerbated wealth gap

Oxfam warns Trump policies risk driving inequality to new heights – but Democrats have also exacerbated wealth gap

YouTube video by 60 Minutes President Donald Trump's extended 60 Minutes interview

The FULL interview
youtu.be/dAvuTHIyUTo

US accused of threatening EU diplomats during bid to kill green shipping rules Negotiators at shipping talks in London were told both they and their countries could be punished unless they voted with the U.S.

“People being summoned to the U.S. Embassy in London — intimidation, threats of cessation of business, threats of family members losing visas.”
US accused of threatening EU diplomats during bid to kill green shipping rules

He doesn't need a ball room. He needs a Dixie cup.

What to know as Nigeria rejects US military threat over alleged Christian killings A Nigerian government official says the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump cannot unilaterally carry out any military operation in Nigeria over its claims of Christian persecution in the We...

The U.S. cannot unilaterally carry out any military operation in Nigeria over its claims of Christian persecution in the West African country, a Nigerian presidential spokesman told The Associated Press Sunday.

Trump says China's Xi has assured him that he won't take action on Taiwan during Republican's term President Donald Trump says Chinese President Xi Jinping has given him assurances that Beijing would take no action toward its long-stated goal of unifying Taiwan with mainland China while the Republi...

Do you believe him? President Donald Trump says that Chinese President Xi Jinping has given him assurances that Beijing would take no action toward its long-stated goal of unifying Taiwan with mainland China while the Republican leader is in office.

Who loses most from redistricting? Clue: it's not Dems or the GOP By David Patterson Soule, Lecturer of Economics, and Kyle Redican, Director of the Spatial Analysis Laboratory, Department of Geography, Environment, and Sustainability, University of Richmond After t...

Do ANY of them care (Ds and Rs)? Studies have shown that districts contorted for political purposes make it more difficult for constituents to know who their representatives are, reduces representative-citizen interactions and lowers voter participation in elections.

'They may be arrested': ICE makes startling admission on election monitoring operation With millions of voters expected to descend to the polls Tuesday in a series of off-year elections, including in California where voters will vote on a constitutional amendment to redraw the state’s c...

Please tell me, in detail, how are they going to determine this?
“If a dangerous criminal alien is near a polling location, they may be arrested as a result of that targeted enforcement action,” the statement read, as reported by the Times.