Originally published at: The Most Important Nomination the Senate Has Ever Considered
How Far Is Too Far? By formally nominating Todd Blanche as attorney general, President Trump set the stage for a late summer tableau in which Republican senators — in the midst of a midterm election — will be asked to ratify the unprecedented corruption of the DOJ by the Trump White House. It fits a…
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LOrd I hope not.
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Late breaking weaponization - VP edition:
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Sorry, I’ll take Blanche never gets a hearing for $200 Alex. As much as I would love the spectacle, Trump will be forced to withdraw his Harriet Miers like pick.
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He told reporters late on Monday that the US was “in the final throes of what will be a very, very good deal”.
Is there a way to short that on Polymarket?
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Insiders have also raised concerns about the department reportedly canceling election integrity training sessions for its prosecutors and FBI agents, deleting a 281-page guide to prosecuting election offenses from the DOJ website, and not replacing the head of the Election Crimes Branch Rob Heberle after his resignation in February 2025.
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Throes is usually preceded by death not peace.
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It was a bad day for Putin.
RUSSIAN PUNDITS AND JOURNALISTS ABROAD HAD CHOICE WORDS to describe the just-concluded St. Petersburg International Economic Forum: “A freak show.” “A fake.” “A Potemkin village.” For that matter, even the quasi-dissident Russian businessman Dmitry Potapenko, who still lives in Russia and was in attendance at the event, remarked in a YouTube interview that there was “more cringe” (yes, “krindzh ” is now a Russian word) than usual—perhaps the perfect way to describe this year’s installment a once-prestigious event dating back to 1997.
Among the American guests? Candace Owens and Andrew Tate.
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How can Tate travel? WTF is wrong here?
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Raskin lays it all out there.
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Trump went on, “We expect the death rattle of triumph to come any minute now.”
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Voter integrity is not undermined. What is exposed is the Republican Party’s abusive relationship with the truth.
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Oh, Blanche will absolutely get confirmed. It would be great if the four GQP Senators that were snubbed by the First Felon in their primaries would take the same position as John McCain did and tell the POTUS to shove it up sideways, but then you have Fetterman and who knows how many more Dems that will water it all down.
We’re in for a very bumpy midterm election with this guy in charge of the law.
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And the response from the talking heads at Faux Noise that are still angling for Cabinet positions:
”But Joe Biden…….
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Apparently this is a Beast exclusive
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A prominent Republican attorney who worked for Donald Trump’s cherished social media company is facing a multimillion-dollar lawsuit over his role in a bizarre international spying escapade.
Ted Kittila, who was recently hired by the Republican National Committee, has been hit with a $120 million suit accusing him of fraud, civil conspiracy, and extortion on behalf of agents of an abusive foreign regime.
The Daily Beast can reveal that the Delaware-based lawyer has been named in a complaint, filed in late April in his home state’s federal court, for his work on behalf of representatives of an authoritarian Middle Eastern government that sought to obtain sinister surveillance software in the U.S.
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I knew Trump would jinx the Knicks last night at MSG. If the Knicks lose this series this is all on Trump and the Knicks owner Dolan for inviting the jinx. Whatever Trump touches turns to sh*t…
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