Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly Demands Someone at DOJ Put Ethical Skin in the Game
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The current Russian regime--& much of E European instability--arises out of the gangster state that filled the vacuum left when the wall fell (and, let's be honest, the West didn't do enough).
Trump is effectively BEGGING for that state in the W Hemisphere, even while much migrations stems from it
@mikaelthalen.bsky.social got Whiskey Pete Hegseth's new AI to confirm that his boat strikes are illegal.
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The Richman docket has descended into a bunch of errors. The DOJ ones (on Docket 12 and 13) are of interest bc DOJ is going to GREAAAAAAAAAT length to avoid having people noticed in a way that they can be held accountable.
https://oyster.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:bbp2b224lro3bfnzcqwwnkfo&cid=bafkreie3raourbi7ax3flc5iupii6vlx5bjkwbbijqkhyx2wce2s4pj4haHere's the Defense One story that claims there's a longer version of the NSS that advocated:
>Drawing Eastern Europe away from EU
>Creating a C5 incorporating authoritarian countries to replace G7
>Disclaiming hegemony
www.defenseone.com/policy/2025/...
βMake Europe Great Againβ and ...
@ldfreedman.bsky.social's take on the National Security Strategy (presumably posted w/o looking at Defense One's latest claims) looks at how unfinished the NSS was and speculates maybe Stephen Miller dutifully finished after Michael Anton left.
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https://oyster.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:bbp2b224lro3bfnzcqwwnkfo&cid=bafkreibxizcafurwrqczvyttv2vh2ac2nltsv3dl7mqdkpfm5kzjpt5hzuDonald Trump's longer NSS completely delivers on Russia's demands. As I feared would happen in the transition when Russia was calling in his debts, he's ceding Europe to Putin.
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βMake Europe Great Againβ and ...
DOJ Withheld Proof They Knew Their Assault of LaMonica McIver Was "Bad" before They Charged Her
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In a new filing, LaMonica McIver revealed that DOJ only turned over DHS texts linking this video saying it was "bad" on November 25, AFTER Judge Semper had ruled on her motion to dismiss for legislative immunity.
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I think of that the same way Trump always fucks up (intentionally, it now seems) the meaning of asylum -- his believe that migrants all broke out of insane asylums. I suspect it's just like the wall, something someone told him but now won't stop him from saying.