Tori Rose (she/her)

Alito's Appeal to Heaven Flag
The flag has been adopted by right-wing Christian nationalists and was notably carried by participants in the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Dutch Sheets repopularized the flag in 2013 for a movement seeking to infuse the U.S. government w/Christianity

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In shift, Trump says House should vote to release Epstein files Lawmakers pushing for the release of more files are planning a news conference at the Capitol on Tuesday alongside victims of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

"shift" "reversal"

Bullsh*t. Trump CAVED.

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Powerful.

If he has nothing to hide he doesn’t need a House vote. He can just release everything.

LAW dork = I am certain that someone thought this was particularly witty when they came up with the name, but it's honestly one of the more offensive possibilities these hateful authoritarians could have used. Even on its face, using the name of a beloved children's book as the name of your anti-immigrant, mass-arrest operation is appalling. But, to use a book authored by E.B. White as your name is an offense to history. White was a leading voice for American democracy and freedom and against fascism and tyranny. Abusing his life's work like this cannot stand without a response.

When DHS dared to call its anti-immigrant racial profiling weekend in Charlotte, North Carolina, “Operation Charlotte’s Web,” I knew I was going to have to write about it.

Tonight, at Law Dork, here it is: www.lawdork.com/p/gregory-bo...

What is Bannon’s standing with maga now that it’s been revealed how cozy he was with Epstein? Any changes?

Justice Department official told prosecutors that U.S. should 'just sink' drug boats NPR interviews with current and former officials reveal more of the backstory around the military's strikes in the Caribbean.

"Nine current and former U.S. officials who worked to combat transnational crime....

They questioned the legality of the deadly strikes — many referred to them as murder. ... Several of them said it may ultimately prove counterproductive."

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The Saudis are meeting with Trump tomorrow. There is a lot they want from the US govt. And they have been enriching Trump and his family over the past several months with one deal after another to make sure they get it. Something tells me they will get what they want.

Ex-prosecutor who resigned in protest amid DOJ purge now poised to lead Seattle City Attorney office Erika Evans will begin her term as elected city attorney of Seattle on Jan. 1.

NEW: Ex-prosecutor who resigned in protest amid Justice Dept purge is now poised to lead Seattle City Attorney office and pushback on Trump Admin

Just filed to ⁦‪@CBSNews‬⁩

www.cbsnews.com/news/erika-e...

UN Security Council to vote on Trump peace plan for Gaza The US draft authorises decommissioning Hamas weapons - though the group has not said it will disarm.

UN Security Council to vote on Trump peace plan for Gaza

My pitch at COP in Belem:

1. Trump doesn't speak for our country on climate; he's the agent of fossil fuel - indeed, the corrupt agent. He speaks for them, his big donors, not for Americans.

Why does Trump need to support the House vote to release the Epstein files? Can't he just order their release himself?

We finally solved that pesky problem of too many college graduates getting jobs

So proud of the incredible work by my
@propublica.org colleagues lately. It's truly inspiring. Some examples:

The second paragraph of every article about Trump freeing House Republicans to vote to release the Epstein files should make it clear that he could order them released himself and chooses not to.

Trump Administration Removes Report on Missing and Murdered Native Americans, Calling It DEI Content - Oklahoma Watch The Trump administration removed a congressionally mandated report on missing and murdered Native Americans from the DOJ website, citing compliance with an executive order against DEI. Senators who ch...

Jaw dropped. Trump Administration Removes Report on Missing and Murdered Native Americans, Calling It DEI Content

Trump administration will require SNAP participants to reapply for benefits Food aid recipients are already required to recertify their information regularly. But the move is part of USDA chief Brooke Rollins’ effort to overhaul the program.

Yikes. I had missed this. What a brazen scheme to weaponize administrative burden against those who can least afford it. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...

193. The "War" on Judges Deputy Attorney General Blanche's attack on lower courts is an impressive combination of light on substance; shamelessly hypocritical; and profoundly dangerous. More people should be condemning it.

There have been at least 154 cases in which federal district courts have issued preliminary relief against a Trump administration policy.

Those rulings have come from 121 *different* judges appointed by seven presidents (including 15 appointed by Trump) sitting in 29 district courts in 10 circuits:

BREAKING: Magistrate orders DOJ to turn over grand jury materials to Comey, finding real prospect that "government misconduct" may have tainted the case.

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...

My question is who is doing all the Epsteining for these powerful wealthy men now?

November 16, 2025 On Thursday, November 13, Michael Schmidt reported in the New York Times the story of the 17-year-old girl the House Ethics Committee found former representative Matt Gaetz (R-FL) likely paid to have ...

November 16, 2025

L - Two days ago.

R - Today.

Coons: "Trump ran on lowering costs, making America health again, & avoiding new foreign wars. He's broken the first, broken the second, & seems to be sleepwalking into breaking the third. It's causing concern not just throughout Congress, but in the MAGA base that Trump is marching us toward war."

Justice Department official told prosecutors that U.S. should 'just sink' drug boats NPR interviews with current and former officials reveal more of the backstory around the military's strikes in the Caribbean.

No surprise that Mr. "We May Need to Tell the Courts 'Fuck You'" was also pushing the administration's campaign of extrajudicial killings.
www.npr.org/2025/11/17/g...

Feature, Not Bug Dept.

“.. Law enforcement can’t cope with the overwhelming amount of illicit activity in the space,” said Julia Hardy. “It can’t go on like this.”

@nytimes.com #crypto
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