Ric Fouad

It’s almost like the media outlets are prejudiced or something.

In Allen v Milligan, Supreme Court FedSoc cabal pulled opposite stunt, *intervening to lift a stay despite open-&-shut merits favoring stay,* thereby giving GQP extra Congressional seat while maintain razor-thin House majority: this is now utterly blatant partisanship & needs to be called out.

Insulting the Mayor Is Nothing New. But This Was Shocking.

Right on cue: “Still, Mr. Rosenberg’s words underlined an unpleasant truth about political discourse around religious groups in New York, where Muslims in particular remain a population that some, even in the top ranks of media & politics, feel emboldened to insult.” www.nytimes.com/2026/03/04/n...

2/2 This is how 20K children were slaughtered, live-streamed to our phones, as we watched in horror & Dem leaders abetted despite overwhelming majority of party angrily objecting. Dem leaders can have their ugly bigotry or the base’s support, but not both: call out this hoodie-clad monster.

1/2 FFS, ppl, this is Dem Senator & blatantly Islamophobic slur, but worthless Dem leaders do nothing. Imagine trashing any other faith? Dem leaders are craven, bigoted cowards, ferociously policing every syllable uttered by Tlaib/Omar but groveling or joining when attacks are on Muslims or Arabs.

You're not allowed to ask questions unless you're willing to challenge Secretary Hair Gel to a pushup contest. We are a very serious nation led by serious ppl, not sissy wokesters.

We keep killing their kids, after we've utterly dehumanized them, & rationalize doing so—we have Congressmen/women who regularly insult their entire religion & demonize them, accusing them of trying to impose their faith on us, & after they bury their children we ludicrously wonder why they hate us.

“Almost all the 165 people killed in the attack were girls aged between seven and 12, according to local officials. There were around 170 girls at the school in southern Iran’s Minab at the time.“

A double-tap strike on little girls at school.

Disgusting.

Beautiful. Friend speaks for me...

😂 (I'm ashamed of myself for laughing, but who cld resist?)

12/12 to commit flagrant rule violations, as Erez Reuveni & others have credibly alleged, & as a number of courts are starting to find.

One thing is certain: this attempt to halt all state disciplinary proceedings in favor of DOJ self-investigation is another alarming step toward authoritarianism.

11/ licenses (but given time they'll get to that too).

My own view has been that we need our federal judges to step up, enforce applicable state ethical rules (Notice mangels this part too), & duly sanction DOJ & DOJ attys: these judges cld empty DOJ of its leadership for *directing" subordinates

10/ have shown restraint & acted punctiliously or gone easy on DOJ; e.g., FL authorities declined to act on bar complaint against Bondi, citing political implications. And who is most likely to commit abuses? Of course MAGA gang who've weaponized every legal mechanism save only issuing dog-catcher

9/ state disciplinary authorities, at least as a pause, & even if the attys are ultimately disbarred later by states.

In DOJ's defense, one cld imagine disciplinary proceedings being "weaponized" by bad-faith actors, but there's really no evidence of that (& Notice cites none). Rather, most states

8/ some judges f**k you!" is hardly one that inspires state ethical authority reliance on internal (OPR/PMRU) disciplinary action.

There is a lot more wrong w this Notice/proposal but I'll stop there, other than to point out the obvious: Bondi/Trump DOJ is trying to put its lawyers beyond reach of

7/ subject of proceeding, including former DOJ atty where conduct was on behalf of DOJ. Notice argues this is necessary bc of surfeit of state bar complaints against DOJ attys.

They have a point but ignore why this is so: a DOJ where Deputy AG reportedly tells subordinates "We might have to tell

6/ adopt same disciplinary measures as State B: State B can disbar atty while State A only suspends them. (This is ethics 101, apologies if pedantic.)

What DOJ seeks here is replacing that *voluntary* comity/reciprocity w *legal mandate* to halt state disciplinary proceedings when DOJ atty is

5/ limitations of state disciplinary authorities.

This is true & reflects broader comity, reciprocity, & reliance by states on fact-findings from parallel disciplinary bodies; e.g., State A typically relies on State B fact-finding as concerns alleged atty wrongdoer, even if it does not necessarily

4/ fraud, or abuse beyond OPR authority.)

Here's the rub: *historically,* OPR & state disciplinary authorities have demonstrated comity & reciprocity. Notice doesn't give details, just says broadly that state authorities have deferred to OPR/PMRU findings, explaining this is due largely to resource

3/ internally reviews misconduct allegations. If meritorious, hands off to PMRU (Professional Misconduct Review Unit), which investigates & makes determinations—& refers matter to respective state bar, if appropriate. (Office of Inspector General also acts as overlay where misconduct involves waste,

2/ it contains background on how DOJ has handled ethical matters historically (including summary of tug of war over whether state ethics rules bind all DOJ attys, answered definitively "yes" by McDade-Murtha Amendment in 1999).

TLDR? DOJ's OPR (Office of Professional Responsibility)

1/ My goodness, this is fascinating, in a law geek kind of way (including genuine LOL moment, at p.7 of Notice, when they make clear their game: this is *entirely* abt trying to stop or delay state ethical rule enforcement—have to laugh to read MAGA-speak creep into Notice). But pls do read Notice,

The more time we spend in this insane asylum, the more this former patient looks reasonable.

Trump Says He Will Endorse in Texas Senate Race President Trump said he will ask whomever he does not endorse between Senator John Cornyn and Attorney General Ken Paxton to drop out. The winner will face James Talarico, a Democratic state lawmaker. Texas Senate >95% of votes in N.C. Senate Dem. Primary › Pct. Talarico O 52% Crockett 46 N.C. 4th Texas 18th Rep. Primary › Cornyn* Paxton Hunt >95% of votes in Advanced to runoff Texas 2 Pct. 41.9% 40.7 13.5 *Incumbent

This is delusional: why wld Trump believe either wld ever listen? He’s actually helping Talarico here, will dispirit GQP base.

Also at involuntary commitment proceedings.

Fair point. I hadn’t paid close attn to how Starmer trying to thread needle—seems trapped by wanting to neither anger nor encourage rogue Trump, but too pusillanimous to call out illegality/recklessness. Iran may have given Starmer (& others) wiggle room. My disgust w him colors my view of his acts.

As Josh Shapiro seeks reelection, his business-friendly brand has drawn millions from CEOs — including some with interests in Harrisburg Dozens of CEOs in industries ranging from coal mining to gambling to real estate are helping to bankroll Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro’s campaign. His fundraising could invite scrutiny ahead of 2028.

Josh Shapiro: Follow the money. (No Paywall.)

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UK will allow US to use bases to strike Iranian missile sites, says Starmer The prime minister says it remains the case that the UK will "not join offensive action now".

Well the BBC & other UK outlets say otherwise: www.bbc.com/news/article...

I don’t believe goal ever was regime change: I believe Israel’s goal was utter destruction & balkanization—Trump is too stupid w too short an attn span to think of any “goal.” IDK where this ends politically for Iran but militarily, economically, & infra, it’s rubble. Kahanism=nihilism, forever war.