Originally published at: Acting DC US Attorney Ed Martin Is Out Of Control
A lot of things happened. Here are some of the things. This is TPM’s Morning Memo. Sign up for the email version. Criminalizing Higher Education In another reckless, unethical, and highly politicized move, acting D.C. U.S. Attorney Ed Martin is implicitly threatening Georgetown Law School with criminal investigation and explicitly blackballing its students unless the university ends…
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Also in Ukraine - posted earlier elsewhere.
Zelensky: US citizens in Ukraine hotel struck by Russia
Four people were killed when a Russian missile struck a hotel in Volodymyr Zelensky’s home town but some American humanitarian volunteers survived the attack.
The strike came a day after the Trump Administration paused sharing intelligence with Ukraine as it applies pressure on Kyiv over peace negotiations with Russia.
Huh.
“All night, a rescue operation continued in Kryvyi Rih at the site of a Russian missile strike,” Zelensky posted on X.
Good, gives Elon a chance to label it as false, block it, and ban Zelenskyy from X!
If only Zelenskyy had just let the Russians have what they wanted, this wouldn’t have happened. It’s all his fault!
The hotel housed UK citizens as well.
Adding a kitty:
Robotic kitty for people with Alzheimers.
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Morning Memo: Acting DC US Attorney Ed Martin Is Totally Out Of Control.
[As it was intended from the beginning.]
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Criminalizing Higher Education
In another reckless, unethical, and highly politicized move, acting D.C. U.S. Attorney Ed Martin is implicitly threatening Georgetown Law School with criminal investigation and explicitly blackballing its students unless the university ends all DEI efforts.
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Attacking students who did nothing to Martin. How foul is that?
Getting an education is not illegal…yet.
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Surely Georgetown Law School will take that memo and file a lawsuit against DOJ… I hope.
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It appears that the official Republican policy is now “Burn it all down.” There’s still a few Congress people that are a little worried, but after a few more threats to their families’ safety, they should come on board. 
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The assault on the First Amendment rights of a private, religious university by a federal prosecutor
Hey, religious leaders, I told you. You too will be investigated for compliance with Trump.
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Some US allies are considering reducing the amount of intelligence they share with Washington in response to the Donald Trump administration’s conciliatory approach to Russia. They fear the transfer of data to Moscow, NBC News reports.
According to the sources, the allies are considering this step because of concerns about protecting foreign agents whose identities could be inadvertently revealed.
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“It is with baubles that men are led.” -Napoleon.
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Sorry, don’t know where the cat is.
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Whatever the “it” is, it’s about to get a whole lot worse.
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The one thing I know about my congressman, based on a memory from high school, is that he is a cancer survivor.
I doubt that’ll be enough to convince him to break with Elon Musk, but goddamn it should be.
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Hey Lindsey, time to treat musk the same way Felon47 treated you. Publish his phone number.
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trump and putin like every abuser: “Look what you made me do!”
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We could easily afford to end all homelessness (and hunger) in the US, we just choose not to.
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majority consisting of Chief Justice John Roberts, Justice Amy Coney Barrett, and the three liberal justices.
Please name the three people. They deserve it.
Sonya Sotomayor … Elena Kagan … Ketanji Brown Jackson.
They are individuals who embody the ideals of American law and justice. Name them. Please.
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"Trump’s tariffs seem like the perfect opportunity for him to grant corrupt dispensations, exceptions and carveouts. "
And that’s what it’s all about. What needs to be done, by the still supine media or the pleaders themselves, is to publicize and detail THE PRICE they had to pay His Satanic Majesty for their dispensation.
I want to see it in black & white – or whatever color pixels the web page uses! Tell ALL. “We went to him, and when we finally got up to $100 million into his pocket – oh, pardon! His ‘library’ – he gave us 30 days. We’re scrambling for next month’s kickback.”
You know. Like that.
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OT, but I’m guessing this is leading to the market being slammed right now: https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/06/economy/us-jobs-report-february-preview/
Not sure where businesses got the idea that the economy is tanking and that they should cut back or anything…
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