Chris Perez (Law&Crime)

Charlie Kirk’s Murder Opens America’s Door to Power Without Limits Charlie Kirk’s murder has been framed not only as a crime but as a crisis — a familiar pattern in which mourning becomes mandate and tragedy becomes pretext for centralization.

On September 10, 2025, Charlie Kirk was shot while speaking at Utah Valley University. Within hours, candlelight vigils rose in grief and solidarity. In Washington, however, the framing shifted.

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Jan. 6 rioter says he was 'wrongly' injected with 'massive levels of estrogen' behind bars A Jan. 6 rioter claims he is "permanently injured, disfigured, and sterile" after being injected with "massive levels of estrogen and other improper drugs" while locked up for the U.S. Capitol attack.

NEW TODAY: #Jan6 rioter claims he was 'wrongly' injected with 'massive levels of estrogen' while behind bars for 2021 Capitol attack...

"This caused Taake to develop female breast tissue and leak breast milk," lawyers for Andrew Taake say in a complaint...

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Jan. 6 defendant refuses to learn from other rioters who asked for restitution refunds Another federal judge has swatted down a request from a Jan. 6 defendant seeking a refund of restitution after being pardoned by President Donald Trump, marking the fifth time it's happened this year.

'DOES NOT MAKE AMENDS FOR THE PAST': Jan. 6 defendant refuses to learn from other rioters who requested restitution refunds after #Trump pardon...

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'Remorseless' Jan. 6 defendant deserves life in prison for FBI murder plot, DOJ says After refusing to drop his conviction, the Trump administration now wants a Jan. 6 defendant who was found guilty last year of plotting to kill FBI agents to spend the rest of his life behind bars.

NEW TONIGHT: 'Remorseless'Jan. 6 defendant deserves life in prison as he 'continues to believe he was justified' for plotting to kill #FBI agents as a self-proclaimed 'patriot,' #DOJ says...

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Windows being boarded up at the federal government's César E. Chávez Memorial Building in #Denver ahead of the #NoKingsProtest on Saturday...

Judge refuses to give Jan. 6 defendant Trump pardon treatment, keeps gun conviction On the same day a federal judge in Baltimore applied President Donald Trump’s mass pardon for Jan. 6 defendants to a man's gun charge, another in Tennessee did the exact opposite.

Judge refuses giving Jan. 6 defendant Trump pardon treatment

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My exact thoughts

Judge blocks Noem from 'shredding' TSA bargaining deal and 'likely' violating due process A judge in Seattle has thrown a legal wrench into Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s plans to blow up a union contract that protects TSA workers, saying she "afforded no notice or process."

"UNDERTAKEN TO PUNISH":

ICYMI: Federal judge scolds and blocks #KristiNoem from "shredding" #TSA collective bargaining deal and for "likely" violating workers’ due process rights...

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'Habitual cemetery thief' stole items from graves to use as landscaping art at her home: Cops Cops in Florida arrested a woman after she allegedly stole mementos from graves so she could use them as lawn art at her home.

Oh, #Florida! "Habitual cemetery thief" stole grave markers to decorate her own lawn. (Bet she had a great Halloween display.) lawandcrime.com/crime/habitu... via @chrispereznews.bsky.social

Driver who allegedly fled cops after crash offers shocking justification for hitting woman The judge reportedly noted in the bond hearing that Gomez allegedly said it was "just a homeless person that I hit" and "it's just an accident." Gomez denied making the statement.

A #Florida woman is behind bars after cops say she fatally struck a pedestrian with her BMW before driving away and then tried to minimize her actions by saying the victim was “just a homeless person.” lawandcrime.com/crime/just-a... via @chrispereznews.bsky.social

Adult daughter shoots dad while watching him do custody exchange with younger kids: Cops A Florida woman allegedly shot her own father outside a sheriff’s office on Sunday, blasting him in front of his four kids during a child custody exchange with his estranged wife, police say.

A #Florida woman shot her own dad in the back outside a sheriff’s office, blasting him in front of his younger kids during a child custody exchange with his estranged wife. The younger kids didn't want to get out of the car. lawandcrime.com/crime/shot-h... via @chrispereznews.bsky.social

Trump improperly added plaintiffs to pollster lawsuit to keep case in state court: Judge Trump improperly added an Iowa congresswoman and former senator to his lawsuit against the Des Moines Register to "destroy" the court's jurisdiction and keep his case local, a judge ruled Friday.

‘NO LEGITIMATE RATIONALE’:

#Trump improperly added plaintiffs to Iowa pollster lawsuit to keep case local and ‘destroy’ court’s jurisdiction, federal judge rules...

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SCOTUS order letting Trump remove leaders 'favors the president over our precedent': Kagan Justice Elena Kagan says the Supreme Court ruling that lets POTUS remove two Biden-appointed agency heads "effectively blesses" Trump's attempts to boot them "without a legitimate reason."

'PRESIDENT OVER OUR PRECEDENT’:

Justice Kagan roasts #Trump and his ‘subservient’ administration in fiery dissent after #SCOTUS gives him green light to purge Biden-appointed agency heads...

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#NuggetsIn7

Nurse gets license suspended after allegedly having sex with 15-year-old stepson, officials say A Florida woman had her nursing license suspended last week as she faces criminal charges for allegedly having sex with her 15-year-old stepson, according to state records.

#Florida man catches his wife, a nurse, having sex with 15-year-old stepson. She has now lost her nursing license. lawandcrime.com/crime/while-... via @chrispereznews.bsky.social

VIDEO: Aerial view of today's #HandsOff protest in Denver as thousands of demonstrators made their way toward the #Colorado state capitol building on 14th ave...

Trump's decision to 'unlawfully impound funds' for USAID was unconstitutional, judge rules A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to fork over nearly $2 billion in foreign aid that it owes for existing contracts and grants formed by the USAID and authorized by Congress.

‘UNBRIDLED VIEW OF EXECUTIVE POWER’:

#Trump’s decision to ‘unlawfully impound funds’ appropriated by Congress for #USAID was unconstitutional, judge rules...

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Are you at the courthouse? Or know of any reporters who are?

Judge fears Trump will kill Consumer Financial Protection Bureau before she can stop him A judge in Washington, D.C., refused to mince words Monday when responding to arguments made over a firing sweep that President Trump has carried out at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

‘Choked out of its very existence’: Judge fears Trump will dismantle Consumer Financial Protection Bureau completely before she can stop him. lawandcrime.com/high-profile... - Follow me for daily updates of his many antics.

Reality vs. 'Don't Look Up'

YouTube video by The Intellectualist GOP Lawmaker Proposes Placing Trump's Face on $250 Bill - An Illegal Act

GOP Lawmaker Proposes Placing Trump's Face on $250 Bill - An Illegal Act

🚨GOP lawmaker proposes placing Trump on a $250 bill, defying U.S. law and reinforcing a cult of personality, a practice historically seen in North Korea and Stalin’s USSR.
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Judge calls out Trump for running to SCOTUS as she extends lifeline for Biden ethics enforcer With a possible Supreme Court showdown lurking, a federal judge in Washington, D.C, on Wednesday weighed whether she should toss another lifeline to Biden ethics enforcer Hampton Dellinger.

'WE'RE IN SOME OTHER WORLD NOW':

Judge calls out #Trump DOJ for running to #SCOTUS over ‘unappealable TRO’ and asks if ‘only what the current president wants’ is law now...

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This is epic 😂

CBS says Trump must fork over personal financials if '60 Minutes' lawsuit reaches discovery Lawyers for CBS say they plan to demand that President Trump fork over his personal finance information to the network, should he follow through with his $20 billion "60 Minutes" lawsuit against it.

NEW TODAY: #Trump must fork over his personal financials if he follows through with Kamala Harris ’60 Minutes’ lawsuit, #CBS says...

“Defendants believe discovery is needed."

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Trump's order on transgender medical care 'oversteps the president’s authority': Judge "A cisgender teen could obtain puberty blockers from a federally funded medical provider as a component of cancer treatment, but a transgender teen with the same cancer care plan could not."

NEW TODAY: Judge says #Trump transgender care order is "unconstitutional" and blocks kids from treatments "completely unrelated" to gender identity...

"It oversteps the President’s authority and invades an arena of lawmaking reserved to the states."

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Two of my favorite books of all time, and they're banned in a lot of places/schools now 😪

Oh wow. That's serious shit.

Jan. 6 videos vanish from public database, prompting lawsuit and federal judge to step in A federal judge has demanded that the Trump administration stop removing video or court records from government websites after news outlets noticed that online databases were being scrubbed this week.

NEW TODAY: Jan. 6 footage disappears from public database, prompting lawsuit and order from judge to stop...

"Videos are immutable and represent the truth, no matter how the events of January 6 are described by those charged or their allies," the suit says.

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