Criminal defense, civil rights, and occasionally civil, trial atty. Former Emptywheel legal and sports writer, husband, father and generally cranky observateur.
Oh jfc, Nina Turner is on
@CNN
exhibiting her deep "concern" about the search warrant executed on Michael Cohen and equating it with FBI actions on MLK. It takes a LOT to out stupid Rick "Man On Dog" Santorum, and Turner effortlessly passed that mark by a mile. What a nutbag.
Dear
@SenFeinstein
If this is true, there is no way you should consent to Rachel Mitchell serving in this capacity. No way whatsoever. I've practiced in Maricopa County for decades, and can't think of a worse choice than Rachel. cc:
@SenatorLeahy
@SenWhitehouse
@KamalaHarris
This is complete bullshit. And it is heinous. It you consider yourself a First Amendment protector in the US, or elsewhere, then you ought to scream about what appears to be happening to
@ggreenwald
RIP Curly Neal. He and the Trotters brought great joy to a kid in the 60's, and to lots of kids for a very long time. He and Meadowlark Lemon were the Globetrotters in that day.
Harlem Globetrotters icon Fred 'Curly' Neal dies at 77 years old
If you are a media person, and think Emmet Flood is leaving "because the investigations are over with the exoneration of the Mueller Report", you need to rethink your career.
Flood is bailing.
Hey
@realDonaldTrump
were you concerned about how police and Prosecutor Morgenthau treated the Central Park 5, even with completely questionable evidence?
No, you were ignorant and wanted them executed even after conclusively proved innocent. Why are your criminals different??
The Phony Witch Hunt continues, but Mueller and his gang of Angry Dems are only looking at one side, not the other. Wait until it comes out how horribly & viciously they are treating people, ruining lives for them refusing to lie. Mueller is a conflicted prosecutor gone rogue....
@AOC
@trevortimm
This is absolute bullshit. She is in segregated detention fort her own safety. It is not torture. And she most certainly is NOT there for "whistleblowing". She is there because she is unconscionably refusing a lawful+proper subpoena to testify with full immunity.
This is a sick verdict. But, until people understand the smoke and haze used to protect cops in criminal trials, it will always be thus:
Jury finds cop who shot man with arms raised was negligent but dismisses felonies
In about an hour, it will be exactly 19 years since the first plane, AA-11, hit the North Tower.
Pat Tillman gave up millions of dollars and NFL fame to become an Army Ranger, serve his country and die.
Trump thinks he is a loser and sucker. He is not.
Honestly, this Atlantic article by
@Popehat
is pretty much perfect. People are not wrong to flinch at how Ellis sentenced Manafort. In fact they should. But the bigger picture is so much more complicated than that. Ken paints that as well as can be done:
This is a horrible, and silly, article. Women defense lawyers are exactly what that means: defense lawyers. They get paid for giving criminal defendants their constitutionally guaranteed defense, whether said clients are male or female. It is what they do. Jeebus.
Apparently Chef Jose Andres is making an appearance at tonight's festivities.
@POTUS
Biden should give Andres a Medal of Freedom for all he has sone, and continues to do.
Listen
@MalcolmNance
, I don't always agree with
@ggreenwald
's views on this subject but calling him an "agent of Trump and Russia" and stating that
@Snowden
is a "defector" is straight up asinine.
👇🏽 READ: Glen Greenwald shows his true colors as an agent of Trump & Moscow. now we know why he helped Snowden defect, covers for Wikileaks attack on Democracy & shills for Fox News. He’s deep in the Kremlin pocket.
There is more evidence that
@Jim_Jordan
participated in a sexual abuse scheme at Ohio State than there is that Pete Strzok did in an anti-Trump scheme at FBI
@JamesSurowiecki
@mikethemadbiol
Uh, this is not a 1A issue, it is a tort law issue. Depp did not sue the press. What I believe in is juries, and since they saw every second and ounce of evidence, who are you to second guess them? And the verdicts are not inconsistent in the least if you know the facts and law.
At this point, I kind of think this is likely right. Trump is not going to substantively defend impeachment. Just treat it as a "hoax" and have Graham, Cruz and McConnell et. al do his dirty work. And maybe he can't even afford to pay real lawyers.
The Mesa police union's move to oust Batista shows what happens when a chief tries to reform toxic departmental culture. A survey obtained by New Times shows Mesa cops excoriating the chief for starting "irrelevant" implicit bias & de-escalation training
the president mocking asian people by mimicking their accents at a fundraiser in front of 500 people isn’t even the headline or lead of this story because apparently that is totally fine now.
@wjmcgurn
@ddayen
First Rule of Everywhere Else: Ed Whelan is a FedSoc piece of extremist shit. And, here, he is unethically WAY out over his scurrilous skis.
What kind of nation wants to be associated with a mass murder of men asked Trump. The asshole who just hired an advocate of the mass murder of people without just cause, John Bolton.
Actor Jim Caviezel appeared at a right-wing COVID conspiracy theorist conference yesterday and promoted the QAnon blood-harvesting conspiracy theory () about "the adrenochroming of children." (clip 1/2)
Jesus, this is an insane recommended departure. Hunter screwed over the government every inch of the way, how in the world is this the suggestion. Gobsmacked.
Jeebus, the
@CNN
anchors are flat out accusing the
@MnDPS_MSP
of racism for arresting their correspondent of color and not the white one. And they are correct in doing so. The Minnesota State Police should be disbanded immediately.
#Trumpland
@MollyMcKew
@jimsciutto
@CNN
Starr was absolutely disgusting. And, I think we should add in on International Women's Day that Starr also aided and abetted a serious rape culture at Baylor University and relentless covered it up.
Sen. Susan Collins backed Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s plan to maybe, later, consider the possibility of calling witnesses in Trump’s impeachment trial. via
@HuffPostPol
@sharinyles
@CNN
Nina Turner does not represent any competent political group. Whay in the world
@CNN
and
@CNNSotu
keeps fostering her on to the American public is beyond explanation. It is almost to the point of intentional bullshit, same as with Rick Santorum. Both puke inducing.
This post by
@emptywheel
is both critical and crucial:
Have Mark Judge Testify Along with Christine Blasey Ford (and Kavanaugh)
Note the quote from the one and only Brett Kavanaugh in the past re: Clinton. Goose-----> Gander:
Yes,
@ThePlumLineGS
has a good point here. Barr is neither crazy nor delusional. He is evil and very determined, but he knows exactly what he is doing.
Stop calling Bill Barr crazy and delusional. This is a serious conceptual error. He is a deliberate propagandist who is methodically helping Trump actively weaponize the government in numerous corrupt ways, all serving the end of keeping him in power:
DECISION: Nevada judge denies petition by a GOP congressional candidate to toss out and re-do the election in Clark County.
The Trump campaign wasn't involved in this case but it could have helped him, if successful, b/c Clark is a heavily Democratic county.
Trump's pressers at NATO are simply embarrassing. No other leader has used time to vent personal grievances. And, frankly, the US press are being jerks for insisting he have the opportunity to do so. This is screwed up and exactly why the Europeans think Americans are ugly.
Betty Shelby, who killed Terence Crutcher is teaching a class on "Surviving the Aftermath" of killing a Black person.
Assuming cops like her will keep killing Black folks, Shelby will teach them how to survive "financially, legally & emotionally."
The Federalist Society is a sick cancer on America that, in the long run, will make the NRA look like pikers. And this is a very good article by
@emptywheel
:
Leo’s Lane: Balls and Strikes versus Checks and Balances
The consequences of attacking the Ukraine whistleblower: concerned officials go to the media instead of proper channels. When you take away the proper route through vindictive retribution, you cannot then complain about leaks.
Trump’s campaign manager is a felon.
His deputy campaign manager is a felon.
His national security advisor is a felon.
His foreign policy advisor is a felon.
His personal lawyer is a felon.
His long time advisor is a felon.
It’s not a campaign, it’s a criminal enterprise.
The President of the United States urges elected officials, representing actual citizens, to lie, cheat, and steel. It is literally the only thing he knows.
NEW: White House physician says President Trump "is no longer considered a transmission risk to others" and that advanced diagnostic tests show "there is no longer evidence of actively replicating virus"; does not mention when last negative Covid-19 test was.
If I just heard MSNBC correctly, there will be no live feed of Trump getting out of WH and onto Marine One. It will be taped only. Not sure I heard that right, but if so, that is troubling.
@mjs_DC
Maybe because textualism versus originalism is one of the most fraudulent dichotomies in history. It is all a ruse to get to where the SCOYUS majority wants to go. Treating either with one iota of respect is a joke.
The New York Times Trump whisperer, Maggie Haberman, is still on the job. At what point does this complete bullshit stop? How does the Times propagate this flatulence?
Carter gets a lot of gruff, but he is one of the finest men to ever serve asPresident, and he appointed some of the most kick ass judges ever including the famous liberal lions. Sadly, the Carter Lions are almost all gone now. It is time for some new lions.