Originally published at: Rogue DOJ Probe Of Columbia Protestors Alarmed Federal Judge
A lot of things happened. Here are some of the things. This is TPM’s Morning Memo. Sign up for the email version. Never Seen This Before In an important new story, the NYT reveals for the first time that senior Trump DOJ official Emil Bove directed the Civil Rights Division to investigate pro-Palestinian protestors at Columbia University.…
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When investigations don’t work, Kent State type antics start.
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wether America’s oldest university meets these tests.
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Rep. Tom Cole is not happy with Russell Vought.
Today’s Difficult Budget Negotiations Will Be Far More Difficult as Shelves Go Bare - emptywheel
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Mirabile dictu! Yesterday it was Biden’s economy!
(Assuming Trump hasn’t ordered the books cooked.)
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26 USC 7217
a)Prohibition
It shall be unlawful for any applicable person to request, directly or indirectly, any officer or employee of the Internal Revenue Service to conduct or terminate an audit or other investigation of any particular taxpayer with respect to the tax liability of such taxpayer.
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President Trump issued a new executive order Thursday purporting to cut off federal funding
Having zero authority to fund or defund any branch of government or organization – only Congress can do that – how is it possible that the monies are being immediately(?) withheld on the basis of an essentially meaningless Executive Order?
Can someone 'splain this to me?
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Better to acknowledge victory than those suckers and losers. What was in it for them, right?
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Check out those socks. 
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Tin soldiers and Nixon coming
We’re finally on our own
This summer I hear the drumming
Four dead in Ohio
---- Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young - June, 1970
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Trump fired him in the aftermath of the 2020 election for declaring it to have been the most secure in history.
A terrible crime. Lying that elections were fair? Awful.
An insult to the beacon on a hill in El Salvador.
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We need to see ‘character socks’ listed in the DSM-5 as an indicator for sociopathy.
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I wonder what would happen if I requested the IRS conduct an investigation of the tax exempt status of the Federalist Society?
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TBH, 177K doesn’t look all that great to me.
Commenter:
Biden Q1 2024, the U.S. economy added 802,000 jobs.
Fat Donald’s Q1 2025 saw only 456,000 new jobs, (a 43% decrease from the same period under Biden).
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All those Adderall-induced young Christian fascists ready to pull the trigger too.
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