Originally published at: Trump DOJ Refuses To Give Judge Info On Alien Enemies Act Flights
A lot of things happened. Here are some of the things. This is TPM’s Morning Memo. Sign up for the email version. ‘My Offer Is This: Nothing’ The Trump administration took the extraordinary step of invoking the state secrets privilege rather than answer a federal judge’s questions about whether it violated his order blocking deportations under the…
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Hegseth is a fine, fond fool, as Will Shakespeare would say. And he’s a preening drunk.
Stole this somewhere:
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Are both cats named Schrodinger?
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The drunken fool denied that the messages happened . . . after the WH had already confirmed them. The incompetent clowns can’t even get their lies straight.
What’s next? We find out they’re holding NSA meetings on Grindr?
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“Never interfere with your enemy while he’s in the process of destroying himself.” — attributed to Napoleon, no doubt being gleefully thought by Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un
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Time to change title of this piece to “Mourning Memo”.
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If there was no classified info in the chat then Goldberg is free to publish the entire chat, right?
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Perhaps I overlooked it, but I had not seen this part very prominently.
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If one holds contempt for the court, and expresses such contempt in explicit terms in court filings, is that contempt of court?
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Hegseth and company are not in the process of destroying themselves. Trump could shoot someone and remain free. Any talk of repubs destroying themselves is really nonsense, as they are thriving, and this will continue forever.
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The through line of the Republican party and Donald Trump is to remove all the social and economic stabilizers the government provides the country, from FEMA to health, to education, to economic predictability.
The number one function of any government for its citizenry is to provide a functional and stable environment for the public.
Destroying itself indeed.
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“She will replace John Giordano, who had been in the role for a mere three weeks and is being nominated for ambassador to Namibia”
Wonder who he pissed off?
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Trump IS the DOJ now. And he is not to be defied. Those in his employ will do exactly as he instructs, and that includes performing whatever actions he commands, regardless of legality or rulings by the Judicial branch. There may be a few rare resignations by those fearing they’re committing a crime. But Trump can merely promise to pardon them if that is a concern. And Trump will just go down the chain of people in his various policy forays until someone does as he dictates.
The Judicial branch will slowly awaken to the fact they are no longer relevant. Trump is King.
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There have been some bad ones, but she strikes me as the worst Press Secretary ever.
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I would assume that to be case. I’d still talk to Zaid first, though.
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“The Court has all of the facts it needs” the administration argued
I agree. Time to sanction the lawyers for violating his Court order.
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