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The Legal Accountability Center filed bar complaints on Tuesday accusing U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro and two lieutenants of violating their ethical duties in seeking to charge six Democratic lawmakers. A federal judge has re-blocked the Trump administration's executive order curtailing mail in voting after the Supreme Court lifted her previous block last week. Three journalists dismissed from Stars and Stripes are suing the Pentagon accusing the government of violating their First Amendment rights and asking the courts to stop their termination. Two election monitors from the Justice Department tried to interview voters and examine voting machines at polling places during Wyoming's primaries last week, drawing pushback from the state's Republican governor. Plus listener questions. Do you have questions for the pod or something for HITMEINTHEHEADWITHABAT? Check out other MSW Media podcastshttps://mswmedia.com/shows/ Follow AGMueller, She Wrote SubstackMueller She Wrote on Blueskyhttps://twitter.com/MuellerSheWrotehttps://twitter.com/dailybeanspodMore from Andrew McCabeThe Real McCabe on Substack@therealmccabe.com on BlueskyThe Threat: How the FBI Protects America in the Age of Terror and Trump This Show is Available Ad-Free And Early For Patreon and Supercast Supporters at https://patreon.com/thedailybeansOr when you Subscribe on Apple Podcastshttps://apple.co/3YNpW3P Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Michael discusses the recently released DOJ notes that show Trump pushing the Justice Department to declare the election corrupt and “leave the rest to me.” In the wake of this bombshell news, first reported by the NYT, expect subpoenas to fly for Jim Jordan, Kevin McCarthy and many more. We could be witnessing the true, beginning of the end for Donald Trump as a politician with this latest smoking gun. Later, former SDNY prosecutor Harry Littman, host of the Talking Fed Podcast joins Mea Culpa.To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policyLearn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
John is joined by Democracy Forward CEO Skye Perryman to discuss Donald Trump, Todd Blanche, and the threats they pose to America's elections and the rule of law. Perryman explains why, for all Trump's talk about federalizing or even canceling the midterms, he has no legal authority to do anything of the kind; why Blanche is such a dangerous deviation from past Attorneys General; and the lasting damage being done to the Justice Department by Trump 2.0. She also talks about her new book, “Ordinary People, Extraordinary Times: How to Reclaim Your Power, Fight for Freedom, and Reimagine Democracy,” which lays out practical steps citizens can take to beat back the authoritarian tide.
You don't need to be a lawyer or a judge or even familiar with the code of ethics that governs lawyers and judges to know that judges are supposed to be independent and impartial. Judges can't be partisans, especially not political partisans. Especially in this day and age when the Republican Party and the Democratic Party are in court fighting one another - all day every day. But, of course, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has blow through those ethical rules and prohibitions.One of the main reasons that the Democrats need to take back the House come the midterms is so they can launch the long-overdue impeachment inquiries into these corrupt Justices.Find Glenn on Substack: glennkirschner.substack.comSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Howie Kurtz on the WSJ report that the Justice Department may drop its contempt effort against Anthony Fauci, the shifting political debate over America's $40 trillion national debt, and CBC instructing staff not to use the word "terrorist" to describe 9/11. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Story of the Week (DR):Meta settles social media addiction case with California, other states for $16.7 billion MM5 Reasons to Be HappyAn $18 billion payout sets a historic legal precedent against Big Tech, directing billions in state funding toward youth mental health, counseling, and digital literacy programs.Instagram and Facebook must enforce default two-hour daily usage limits and completely block account activity between midnight and 6 a.m. for users under 18. Teens and parents gain the explicit right to disable addictive engagement algorithms in favor of a non-personalized, chronological feed.The settlement prohibits harmful beauty filters (such as cosmetic surgery simulators), hides "like" counts by default, and silences app notifications during school hours.Meta tied $5.3 billion of the payout to whether TikTok and YouTube adopt similar safety rules, forcing an industry-wide overhaul rather than penalizing just one app.5 Reasons to Be AngryPaid out over 10 years, the settlement amounts to roughly 10 days of Meta's annual profit, meaning Mark Zuckerberg's financial empire remains virtually unscathed.Meta's $17 billion child-safety settlement is the biggest tech payout ever—or 3x what it paid to acquihire a 28-year-old AI superstarTo put it in perspective, the $17.1 billion number is a little more than three times the roughly $5 billion personal stake that Alexandr Wang held in Scale AI, a data-labeling company that supplies the human-annotated training data AI models are built on. Last year, Meta paid $14.3 billion for a 49% stake in the company and brought in Wang to lead its AI efforts of its new Superintelligence Labs, reporting directly to Mark Zuckerberg.Meta legally denies all wrongdoing, dodging true legal accountability for intentionally engineering addictive, mentally harmful features.The agreement alters user interface features and screen time, but leaves Meta's underlying data-harvesting business model completely untouched.Critical safeguards—like switching off algorithmic feeds—are opt-in settings rather than permanent defaults, shifting enforcement onto parents.Meta only pays 70% ($12.7 billion) upfront; the remaining $5.3 billion is contingent on competitors settling on identical terms, giving Meta a potential financial discount if rivals refuse. Worst headline of the week: Meta's $17.1 billion settlement will be over 12-times larger than the second largest big tech privacy settlement in the past four yearsMeta's $18 billion settlement leaves out the child protections New Mexico already won at trial, its Attorney General says: including a direct ban on romantic and sexualized AI chatbot interactions with minors and stronger safeguards against adults targeting kids in private messagesMM: Settlement gapsAge assurance:Meta may elect to use one or more Proprietary Age Assurance Methods. In such event, Meta shall not benefit from the presumption of compliance set forth in Section II.A.3.a. Additionally, Meta will maintain continuous oversight of any Proprietary Age Assurance Method sufficient to ensure that the method is functioning as intended.Tax deductibleThe Settling States shall cause to be completed and timely filed a Form 1098-F with the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) that identifies not less than 50% of the amounts paid to the Settling States as compensatory restitution and remediation within the meaning of 26 U.S.C. § 162(f)(2)(A)THEY BUNDLED CAMBRIDGE ANALYTICA INTO THE SETTLEMENT$459m of the $17bn is the “Cambridge payout” - they can now put that behind them tooIs there a reason not to literally take Meta all the way? Why settle at all! Midterm elections? TAKE EVERYTHING! Meanwhile, while you settle this: Meta's creepy smart glasses are part of a much bigger plan“At the same time, Meta is using the content generated across its ecosystem to support Mark Zuckerberg's vision of a pervasive, AI-driven future. Zuckerberg's 2026 manifesto describes a world where personal AI agents will do your bidding. But building those systems requires more than conventional AI models. It also requires enormous amounts of data about human behavior, much of it generated and shared through Instagram, Facebook, and other Meta apps, or captured through hardware such as phones, smart glasses, and EMG Neural Band devices.”“We become “algorithm chow,” feeding the models intended to realize Zuckerberg's vision.”'We Know We Got This Wrong': Target Apologises and Pulls 'Offensive' Halloween Costume After Racist BacklashAn apology from us: We pulled an offensive Halloween costume that should never have been part of our assortment. It is no longer for sale. As a company, we got this wrong, and we are deeply sorry. We know this is especially hurtful for our Black guests, team members and partners. Removing the costume is an important first step, and the company is looking closely at how this happened and what needs to change to ensure this won't happen again.Target Statement on Offensive Halloween Costume: As a company, we know we got this wrong, and we are deeply sorry. The costume is offensive and should never have been part of our assortment. It is no longer available for sale. We know this is especially hurtful for our Black guests, team members and partners. Removing the costume is an important first step, and the company is looking closely at how this happened and what needs to change to ensure this won't happen again.The statement comes directly from Target's Corporate Communications department speaking on behalf of the entire enterprise, rather than a single individual like the CEO or Board Chair. Corporate apologies are deliberately released without a human signature for several strategic and legal reasons:Legal Personhood: Legally under U.S. law, Target Corporation is treated as a single legal entity (often called "corporate personhood"). It can sign contracts, hold liability, and issue official statements as an institution rather than as individual people.Leaving executive names off the statement prevents media coverage from focusing on a specific person (e.g., "CEO Brian Cornell Apologizes"). It keeps the focus on the company's operational changes and prevents individual leaders from becoming personal lightning rods for public backlash.These statements are rarely drafted by an executive. They are heavily scrubbed by legal counsel, crisis PR managers, and corporate strategy teams. Attaching a CEO's signature to a text engineered by a dozen lawyers and communications staff can actually feel less authentic internally.Phrasing the apology around "we" and "the company" establishes institutional accountability. It signals that the failure occurred in corporate vetting systems, not just from one bad decision-maker.In January 2025, Target Corporation announced the termination of its REACH initiative and restructuring of its Supplier Diversity program, marking one of the largest corporate DEI rollbacks in recent history. This decision has triggered public backlash, legal scrutiny, and investor uncertainty.Callaway Golf CEO apologizes after Good Good ad showing male golfer shoving woman sparks backlashCallaway Golf CEO Chip Brewer on Tuesday apologized for an advertisement that sparked an online backlash for its depiction of a male golfer shoving a female golfer to the ground when she attempts to use his driver."That approval should never have happened. Mistakes were made, and we are taking the matter very seriously," Brewer wrote on Tuesday. "I want to make it clear that we sincerely apologize for the video." Callaway released a statement Thursday explaining its reasoning behind ending the brand partnership: "Over the last several days, we have reflected deeply on the hurt and disappointment caused by the video we reposted. We heard from individuals who shared personal experiences related to violence against women, and their stories were powerful reminders that this issue touches the lives of far too many people. Unequivocally, violence against women is unacceptable and should never be trivialized, normalized, or used as entertainment.""In this instance, our content review process was not comprehensive enough …We have taken appropriate internal corrective actions and significantly strengthened our approval procedures to help ensure this does not happen again."The brand added that it would donate $1 million to organizations that aim to "prevent violence against women, provide resources to survivors, and advance education and awareness efforts."The online video ad, which was released online and has since been pulled, sparked criticism for depicting violence against women, while some consumers said they planned to stop buying products made by Callaway.Brewer said the ad, created by Good Good Golf, was released last week to promote a co-branded driver and had been approved by Callaway before the spot was posted online. The ad featured Good Good co-founder Garrett Clark telling Alexis Miestowski, a former Division I female golfer, in a menacing voice, "Do not touch my new driver," after he shoves her to the ground.Good Good is an American sports YouTube channel and company based in Frisco, Texas. Founded in 2020 by Garrett Clark, Stephen Castaneda, CEO Matt Kendrick, and Matt Scharff.Owner: Scoreboard ventures: co-founders Nahid Giga and Brian DickLead Investor: Creator Sports Capital — a firm co-founded by former YouTube executive Benjamin Grubbs and investment executive Brian Kabot.Good Good's CEO went nuclear on Callaway after the brand cut ties over an ad scandal"Interesting that @CallawayGolf asks us to make an ad then approves it then asks us to take the fall then drops us in a coordinated media blitz and covers it up by giving a million dollars away thinking everyone will be ok with it," Matt Kendrick wrote in a post on X.The ad fallout has had major repercussions for Good Good's business beyond the loss of its Callaway partnership. Dick's Sporting Goods yanked Good Good products from shelves, and the golf group pulled out as a title sponsor for a PGA Tour event in the fall. The reverberation has spread to the Golf Channel, which scrapped the upcoming season of its reality golf series "Big Break," whose grand prize was entry into the PGA Tour event that Good Good was supposed to have sponsored.FFA:14% have merit2 women! (combined 6% influence)Director Thomas Dundon 56% influence and 10% sharesDirector Nominee Skills Matrix includes “Golf Enthusiast” (9/9)Consumer Products Experience: 5/9Bill Gates Warns Humanity About AI: ‘We Do Not Have the Luxury of Moving Slowly'Bill Gates fears world leaders are unprepared for 3 major AI risks: ‘Stunted' child development; emboldened criminals; and vanishing jobs for Gen Z Bill Gates Issues Stark AI Warning: 'There Is No Plan' for What Comes NextWhat did he say?Gates warns AI will either be the greatest equalizer ever created or the worst source of global injustice, claiming world leaders are underprepared for the social upheaval ahead.He proposes that governments legally set aside "human-reserved" job categories—similar to protected nature reserves—for roles requiring human empathy and connection, such as healthcare and teaching.To offset tax policies that encourage replacing humans, Gates suggests taxing AI processing "tokens" and physical robots to fund worker retraining and stronger safety nets.He categorizes AI's biggest risks into three buckets: permanent job loss, empowering bad actors to launch cyber and biological attacks, and eroding child development.Gates calls for an international AI regulatory agency—modeled after global aviation and nuclear inspection agreements—requiring tight cooperation between the U.S. and China.He claims tech industry executives are downplaying catastrophic AI threats to public safety because there is too much money on the line.Gates warns that agreeable AI companions risk becoming addictive to young people while weakening independent critical thinking.‘We have a limited window': 116 companies, entities sign on to major AI cyber defense pushOpenAI, Anthropic, Microsoft, Advanced Micro Devices and more than 100 other companies and entities signed a letter on Thursday calling on businesses and policymakers to prioritize cybersecurity and “act decisively” to bolster defenses in the age of artificial intelligence.“We have a limited window to strengthen cyber defenses,” the letter said9% female CEOs:Accenture: Julie Sweet (Chair/CEO)AMD: Dr. Lisa Su (Chair/CEO)Citi: Jane FraserClearly AI: Emily Choi-Greene (Co-founder)Equinix: Adaire Fox-MartinFIS: Stephanie Ferris General Motors: Mary Barra (Chair/CEO)Lumen Technologies: Kate JohnsonNationwide Building Society: Dame Debbie CrosbieOracle: Safra CatzRunSybil: Ariel Herbert-Voss (Co-founder)TrendAI (Trend Micro): Eva Chen (Co-founder)Goodliest of the Week (MM/DR):DR: X Users Post Flock CEO's Address and Photos of His Home After He Says Americans Must 'Compromise' on PrivacyDR: Young People Hate AI CEOs So Passionately That It's Almost Hard to BelieveCNBC survey asked over 1,000 US adults aged between 18 and 34 “who do you trust to act responsibly on AI?”Palantir CEO Alex Karp 81 percent “don't trust”Peter Thiel 79% “don't trust”Mark Zuckerberg 71% “don't trust”Elon Musk 70% “don't trust”Sam Altman 69% “don't trust”Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella 65% “don't trust”fared the best — albeit with a pitiful 35 percent “trust” score.DR: Jeff Bezos ordered to reinstate fired Black opinion writer at Washington Post over Charlie Kirk reactionThe ruling Thursday said the newspaper did not have sufficient cause to terminate Karen Attiah, who at the time was the last Black full-time member of the Post's opinion desk. The arbitrator, Sarah Miller Espinosa, also ordered the Post to award Attiah full back pay and lost benefits.After Kirk's killing, Attiah, the founding global opinion editor for the Post and the newspaper's only Black female opinion writer, made several posts to her Bluesky account.Attiah was emailed a termination letter on Sept. 11, accusing her of “gross misconduct.”“Your public comments on social media regarding the death of Charlie Kirk violate the Post's social media policies, harm the integrity of our organization, and potentially endanger the physical safety of our staff,” the letter read.MM: Flock CEO Says Americans Must 'Compromise' on Privacy; Then His Own Home Address Leaked Online DRMM: Starbucks Drops Drink Powder That Enveloped Baristas in Clouds of DustAssholiest of the Week (MM):Meta Settlement and AI earth destruction that has normalized what would have been horrific news, but now we shrug and re-elect the boards - SPEED ROUND! The anti woke: Black Wealth Will Be 4 Times Lower Than Whites By 2050 - SHOULD CAREMen: Real men don't bike: How cars became the symbol of American manhood - DON'T CARECowards: Deloitte to Pay $21.5 Million to End DOJ Fraud Investigation Over DEI Policies - SHOULD CAREEpstein: Ex-Barclays boss denies having sex with woman dressed as Snow White after Epstein emails - SHOULD CAREEpstein adjacent: Elon Musk's xAI used child porn to train Grok models, lawsuit says - SHOULD CAREPay committees: CEOs earn 614 times more than workers at US's 100 lowest-paying corporations - SHOULD CAREClimate change: Study blames fossil fuel emissions for significant loss of American West's water - SHOULD CAREActual death: Turn Around and Don't Look': Amazon Accused of Letting Worker Die in Warehouse Amid 'Corporate Greed' Claims - SHOULD CAREThe anti labor: Disney celebrates blockbuster 2026 by kicking employees' spouses off healthcare plans - SHOULD CAREThe anti homeless: This Palantir Billionaire's Passion Project is Criminalizing Homelessness - SHOULD CAREOther social media companies: TikTok agrees to pay $400 million to settle Justice Department children's privacy case - DON'T CARE“The lawsuit, related to compliance with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, was filed by the Biden administration's DOJ in 2024”Headliniest of the WeekDR: Elon Musk's former right-hand man at X will give you 30 minutes of business advice for $15,000MM: BoringTrump Claims Junk Food Is 'Good' and Gym 'Boring' After Doctors Warn He Is 'Playing With Fire'Elon Musk Says He's Not Warren Buffett's ‘Biggest Fan' And Finds His Way of Getting Rich ‘Super Boring' — ‘Does Anybody Want That Job?'MM: What is a 'meat proxy'? The new term for coworkers who blindly share AI outputWho Won the Week?DR: Futurism writer Frank Landymore for this headline: Bill Gates Announces That He Is the First Person Ever to Be Concerned About the Effects of AI after Bill said, “I am in a state of shock that I'm sort of the first one saying, ‘This is crazy. This is insane.'”MM: Watches:Sam Altman's love of watches is getting memed 'Lord of the Rings' styleDespite having a net worth of $400 million, Kevin O'Leary still shops at Walmart for $29 jeans: ‘I'm always looking for a great deal'The picture in the article is him wearing not one, but TWO $15k Rolex watches, one on each wrist - the message: guy who buys jeans JUST LIKE YOU has multiple Rolexes - you should get one too!PredictionsDR: I spend $15,000 for business advice from Elon Musk's former right-hand man at X and he tells me a really clever way to save $15,000MM: French Canadiens, after getting the CEO of Air Canada fired and killing Trump trade talks, decide to make the United States a new Canadian province called New Quebec where French is the only legal language and renames Lake Superior “Lake French Superior”
You don't need to be a lawyer or a judge or even familiar with the code of ethics that governs lawyers and judges to know that judges are supposed to be independent and impartial. Judges can't be partisans, especially not political partisans. Especially in this day and age when the Republican Party and the Democratic Party are in court fighting one another - all day every day. But, of course, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has blow through those ethical rules and prohibitions.One of the main reasons that the Democrats need to take back the House come the midterms is so they can launch the long-overdue impeachment inquiries into these corrupt Justices.Find Glenn on Substack: glennkirschner.substack.comSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Very Important Links!Support the show on Patreon! - Other ways to support the show!Join our Discord! - Buy some merch!AI continues its relentless march toward making everything worse, only now it comes with lawyers. Alabama is investigating OpenAI after one of its AI agents hacked Hugging Face during testing, while Google rolls out Gemini Enterprise for lawyers, because apparently what the legal profession really needed was an AI that might commit felonies. Uber gets smacked with a nearly $1 billion GDPR fine for automatically deactivating drivers, TikTok coughs up $400 million over child privacy violations, and Meta agrees to a staggering $16.68 billion settlement over alleged harms to kids. Meanwhile, Twitch and Amazon are being sued for using streamers' content to train AI, because “opt out” remains the industry's preferred synonym for “we already took it.”Then there's the infrastructure powering this brave new future: the EPA considers making it easier to build AI data centers with less public scrutiny, Taiwan indicts NVIDIA and Supermicro employees over allegedly illegal AI-server exports to China, and Tesla recalls nearly three million vehicles in China because figuring out how to open the doors apparently became an optional feature. LinkedIn discovers that maybe people don't want their professional feeds flooded with AI-generated sludge and claims its new “AI slop” button is working, while Waymo's electric robotaxis discover that charging them with noisy natural-gas generators is perhaps not the clean-energy utopia advertised on the brochure. Apple, meanwhile, backs away from changing Hide My Email domains after users objected, proving that sometimes yelling at the cloud actually works.Plus: Star Trek goes Muppet, books worth reading, nerf guys, AI-generated Hacker News stats, retro gaming, and the sad news of both Dolly Parton and Tim Curry's deaths.Sponsors:DeleteMe - Get 20% off your DeleteMe plan when you go to JoinDeleteMe.com/GOG and use promo code GOG at checkout.StoryBlocks - For a limited time, they're offering 15% off any annual plan at storyblocks.com/gogHIMS - Visit Hims.com/gog to get a personalized, affordable plan that gets you.Private Internet Access - Go to GOG.Show/vpn and sign up today. For a limited time only, you can get OUR favorite VPN for as little as $2.03 a month.SetApp - With a single monthly subscription you get 240+ apps for your Mac. Go to SetApp and get started today!!!1Password - Get a great deal on the only password manager recommended by Grumpy Old Geeks! gog.show/1passwordShow notes at https://gog.show/760Watch on YouTube at https://youtu.be/v_m2XT4_ZCYSHOW NOTESSend us Feedback!NEW! - GOG T-Shirt - You Are Here! - v1NEW! - GOG T-Shirt - Elon Kills Babies - Heavy Duty - FrontAlabama launches probe into OpenAI after Hugging Face breachGoogle expands Gemini Enterprise AI platform for law firms, lawyersUber hit with a nearly $1 billion fine for automatically deactivating drivers in EuropeTikTok will pay $400 million to settle Justice Department lawsuit over child privacyMeta reaches $16.68 billion settlement over social media harms to childrenTwitch and Amazon hit with lawsuit for training AI with streamers' contentThe EPA's Response to AI Data Center Backlash: Keep Building, but Keep It Hush-HushTaiwan reportedly indicted NVIDIA employees for exporting prohibited AI servers to ChinaChina Recalls Nearly Three Million Teslas Over Unsafe Door HandlesLinkedIn says its AI slop button is workingAustin park goers upset by adjacent loud Waymo EV generatorsApple reverses planned Hide My Email domain change after user pushbackStar Trek: Strange New GimmicksTed LassoSiloReacherThe WestiesThe Simpsons: Yellow Mirror | Exclusive Episode on Disney+ | TrailerThe Pitt Season 3 | Official Teaser | HBO MaxAmazon First ReadsI've Got a New Complaint: Essays on Aging Disgracefully and Other Small Disasters by Laurie NotaroThe Theory of Everything Else: A Voyage Into the World of the Weird – A Hilarious Handbook of Mind-Boggling Mysteries by Dan Schreiber (of the No Such Thing as Fish podcast)Welcome to Your Life: Love, Death & Tears For Fears – An Iconic Musician's Journey Through Grief, Addiction, and Recovery by Roland OrzabalPicks and Shovels: A Martin Hench Novel by Cory DoctorowThis Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-MohtarDave BittnerThe CyberWireHacking HumansCaveatOnly Malware in the BuildingLearn Circuits CourseArduino Starter Kit R4Kirby: Art & Style Collection by VIZ MediaStar Wars: The Lightsaber Collection by Daniel WallaceStar Wars: The Secrets of the Sith by Marc SumerakX-Shot Insanity Motorized Rage Fire Gatlin Gun with Tripod - Foam Gun for Maximum FirepowerMaster BlasterHow much of Hacker News is AI?Full Throttle full game playDolly and Miss PiggyDolly Parton, country star, actor and philanthropist, dies aged 80See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Thursday, August 27, 2026 Today, a federal judge in Boston has lifted the last remaining block on a USPS plan to regulate mail-in ballots, but asks for briefing to re-block it and Democrats have renewed their bid to block it in DC; the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals has overturned Black voters' redistricting win in Georgia; a federal judge has declined a Justice Department request to dismiss the contempt charges against Steve Bannon; a judge rules that ICE agent Christian Castro can be released from a Texas jail because Governor Abbot hasn't signed the extradition request; a third Dan Sullivan endorses Dan Sullivan over Dan Sullivan in the Alaska senate race; Enes Kanter Freedom has been banned by the Chicago Sky after his altercation with Natasha Cloud; Democrats widen their probe of the Kushner's Albanian resort deal; actor Tim Curry has died at the age of 80; hundreds are missing after a flash flood sweeps through villages near the Nepal-Tibet border; a judge strikes down the Texas drag ban telling people offended by them “just don't go”; plus Allison and Dana deliver your Good News. 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Glenn appeared on MS NOW recently with hosts Jonathan Capehart, Eugene Daniels, and Jackie Alemany. They talked about several topics including Jeanine Pirro's unbated string of losses, her botched grand juries, and her failures in trial. They also talked about the James Comey case - the great seashell caper. And, according to Glenn - this is a no-brainer: clear vindictive prosecution. He says: James Comey is about to kick Todd Blanche's butt up one side of the courtroom and down the other.Find Glenn on Substack: glennkirschner.substack.comSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
In this episode of The President's Daily Brief: Iran says a proposed agreement with Oman would divide control and revenue from the Strait of Hormuz while barring American warships from the strategic waterway. Chinese technology is helping Russia transform Iranian-designed Shahed drones into faster weapons increasingly similar to low-cost cruise missiles. Washington disrupts an alleged Chinese cyberespionage operation that targeted sensitive American agencies, including the Justice Department, NASA and the Federal Reserve. Switzerland considers stricter neutrality rules that could end peacetime cooperation with NATO and weaken Western sanctions against Russia. To listen to the show ad-free, become a premium member of The President's Daily Brief by visiting https://PDBPremium.com. Please remember to subscribe if you enjoyed this episode of The President's Daily Brief. YouTube: youtube.com/@presidentsdailybrief Lifepro Fitness: Real movement. Real muscle activation. Get $20 OFF the Waver Vibration Plate and Free Shipping at https://Lifeprofitness.com with code PDB at checkout. Hexclad: You can get up to 52% off HexClad and upgrade your kitchen for the new season. Just head to https://hexclad.com/PDB#hexcladpartner #sponsored Lean: Get 20% off plus free rush shipping when you go to https://TAKELEAN.com and use code PDB Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Gordon Chang, author & geopolitics expert, joins Sid to offer his expert opinion on the U.S. saying it had disrupted a Chinese hacking operation responsible for break-ins and attempts on the Justice Department, NASA, the Federal Reserve, the Senate, and other sensitive government agencies. Gordon then unpacks China lashing out at the Trump administration's new sanctions campaign against Iran, warning that it would defend its interests and accusing the United States of disrupting the global financial order.
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The Justice Department moved to appeal Judge Emmet Sullivan's rulings in Katie Phang's lawsuit over compliance with the Epstein Files Transparency Act, escalating a fight that had already produced unusually sharp criticism of the government's handling of the records. Sullivan had granted Phang a preliminary injunction in June 2026 after concluding that the government had failed to meaningfully answer key portions of her argument and had effectively conceded important points concerning compliance with the law. His orders required the DOJ to address disputed redactions, review and produce certain foreign-language material, provide information concerning underlying FBI interview records, and publish the redaction log required by the statute. Sullivan later ordered the government to provide unredacted records for his own private review so he could determine whether the DOJ's stated reasons for withholding names and information were legitimate.On August 24, 2026, the DOJ filed a protective notice of appeal, signaling that it intended to challenge Sullivan's order rather than simply accept the court's interpretation of what the Epstein transparency law required. The department maintained that at least some of the disputed redactions were necessary to protect victims, private individuals and other sensitive information, while Phang's case argued that the government had withheld or obscured information beyond what Congress permitted when it ordered the Epstein records released. The appeal therefore set up a larger fight over how much discretion the Justice Department actually retained after Congress enacted a law specifically designed to force broad disclosure of its Epstein material. Instead of resolving the transparency dispute, the government's decision to appeal ensured that the battle would move higher into the federal courts, with the central question becoming whether Sullivan had gone too far in compelling disclosure or whether the DOJ itself had failed to carry out the disclosure mandate Congress imposed.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.com
President Donald Trump turned up the pressure on two fronts, warning Iran against placing new mines in the Strait of Hormuz and delivering a blunt message to Canada as the trade fight deepens. Trump also signed an executive order banning the use of some foreign equipment in the U.S. electricity grid, the White House announced.The Department of Justice said Wednesday it stopped a Chinese hacking operation that was attempting to target multiple sensitive U.S. government agencies including the U.S. Justice Department, the Federal Reserve, the Senate, NASA, and other agencies. In a Statement, the DOJ said it seized domains used by two hacking platforms called “Q-Scan” and “Q-T-Router.”Meta has reached a proposed settlement worth up to $17 billion in a closely watched case involving allegations that Facebook and Instagram harmed teenagers' mental health. The agreement would bring new restrictions and safety measures for kids using Meta's social media platforms in the coming months.
Glenn appeared on MS NOW recently with hosts Jonathan Capehart, Eugene Daniels, and Jackie Alemany. They talked about several topics including Jeanine Pirro's unbated string of losses, her botched grand juries, and her failures in trial. They also talked about the James Comey case - the great seashell caper. And, according to Glenn - this is a no-brainer: clear vindictive prosecution. He says: James Comey is about to kick Todd Blanche's butt up one side of the courtroom and down the other.Find Glenn on Substack: glennkirschner.substack.comSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
In this episode of John Solomon Reports, we delve into the latest political developments and court rulings shaping the landscape as we approach the 2026 elections. Host John Solomon discusses President Trump's resurgence in the polls, highlighting significant primary victories and the impact of his endorsements in key races across the country.The episode also covers the recent legal victories for Trump, including a ruling that allows his executive order on absentee ballots to proceed, as well as a federal judge's decision favoring Texas in a high-profile extradition case. These developments underscore the ongoing legal battles that are pivotal for the former president's political future.Listeners will hear about alarming incidents, including a man arrested near the Capitol with a guillotine, and the concerning breach of security by Chinese hackers targeting the Justice Department and other federal entities. Solomon reflects on the fifth anniversary of the Abbey Gate bombing, discussing its implications on U.S. foreign policy and the military's withdrawal from Afghanistan.The podcast features an impressive lineup of guests, starting with Congresswoman Kat Cammack from Florida, who introduces her groundbreaking Reins Act aimed at regulatory relief. Kamek shares insights on the bill's potential impact and what Florida voters are prioritizing.Next, economist Steve Moore joins the conversation to unpack the Canadian tariff situation and its broader economic ramifications, particularly in light of China's actions on the global stage.Finally, legal expert Sam Mirejovsky provides analysis on recent Supreme Court rulings, including the implications of Trump's absentee ballot order and other significant legal decisions affecting the political arena.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
A federal judge has exposed Todd Blanche for the searingly unjust way he has been dealing with convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein's co-conspirator, and the lies that Todd Blanche accepted from Maxwell when he interviewed her.In a move that signaled that the American people should believe the lies she told, Maxwell was transferred from a legitimate federal prison to a cushy camp sleep-away in Texas, where she enjoys service animals and Pilates classes. Glenn explains how prosecutors are supposed to deal with convicted defendants, especially when they lie, claiming they did nothing wrong, and when they try to falsely exonerate other criminal associates. Find Glenn on Substack: glennkirschner.substack.comSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
The U.S. disrupts a Chinese hacking operation blamed for intrusions at several sensitive government agencies. CISA says more than 100 water systems were targeted in July. Attackers exploit a critical Gitea flaw, while malicious pages masquerade as Cloudflare verification screens. Cyber insurance claims get costlier, and AI agents break out of their sandboxes. Boston Scientific battles a cyber incident. Plus, a new standard tracks AI agent activity, criminals target stolen iPhones, and an alleged money mule is charged in a $7.5 million scam. Our guest is Stephen Hilt, Sr. Threat Researcher at TrendAI, on the risks facing data centers. Some breach data doesn't quite measure up. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-up for our daily intelligence roundup, Daily Briefing, and you'll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow CyberWire Daily on LinkedIn. CyberWire Guest On today's Industry Voices, we are joined by Stephen Hilt, Sr. Threat Researcher at TrendAI discussing the cybersecurity risks facing data centers and the thousands of internet-exposed industrial control systems that could leave them vulnerable to attack. And if you enjoyed this conversation, be sure to check out the full interview here. If you'd like to hear more on this topic from TrendAI, you can check out this recent episode of the AI Security Brief podcast that focuses on data center security. Guest Mark Houpt, CISO at DataBank, joined hosts Johnny Hand and Dustin Childs to explain why securing the AI era starts with protecting the physical data centers that power it—and why proven security fundamentals still matter against rapidly evolving threats. AI Security Brief podcast publishes every other Thursday on the N2K CyberWire network. Subscribe today! Selected Reading China-sponsored hacking platforms seized by US, Justice Department says (Reuters) CISA: Over 100 Internet-Exposed Water Systems Targeted in July Cyberattacks (SecurityWeek) Hackers now exploit critical Gitea flaw in code injection attacks (Bleeping Computer) Hackers abuse npm mirrors to host phishing redirect pages (Bleeping Computer) Average Cyber Insurance Losses Increase Despite Fewer Claims (Infosecurity Magazine) VMs won't contain cyber-capable agents (Trail of Bits) Boston Scientific hit by cyberattack, global operations affected (Reuters) Linux Foundation Introduces TRACE Standard for AI Runtime Evidence (Infosecurity Magazine) AnonyMousKIT PhaaS uses voice AI agents to phish iPhone passcodes (Bleeping Computer) Indian man who fled US arrested on charges he helped scammers siphon $7.5 million from the elderly (The Record) Trump signs memo to help drastically boost US commercial space launches (Reuters) A Cautionary Tale About Data Breach Claims, Verification and Carhartt (Troy Hunt) Share your feedback. What do you think about CyberWire Daily? Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts with us by completing our brief listener survey. Thank you for helping us continue to improve our show. Want to hear your company in the show? N2K CyberWire helps you reach the industry's most influential leaders and operators, while building visibility, authority, and connectivity across the cybersecurity community. Learn more at sponsor.thecyberwire.com. The CyberWire is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © N2K Networks, Inc.
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The Trump administration's handling of the Epstein files has become a political disaster because years of promises about transparency ran headfirst into the Justice Department's refusal to back the most explosive public expectations. Senior White House officials, including Vice President JD Vance, reportedly gathered without Trump in the Situation Room to manage the fallout after the DOJ and FBI said there was no “client list,” no confirmed blackmail operation, and that Epstein's death was a suicide. That answer did not calm anything down. It infuriated survivors, transparency advocates, Democrats, and a large part of Trump's own base, many of whom believed the administration had promised to expose the people Epstein protected, served, or compromised.The larger problem is that Epstein remains a trust-destroying scandal because the public has never believed the government gave a full accounting of who enabled him, who benefited from him, and who was protected when the system closed ranks. The White House tried to contain the issue, but the response only deepened the perception that powerful names were still being shielded. With Congress continuing to demand answers, major figures like Bill Gates being pulled into closed-door questioning, and polling showing broad public skepticism, the Epstein files have become more than a legal matter. They are now a political grenade, exposing the gap between campaign promises, institutional self-protection, and the public's belief that elite accountability is still mostly theater.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comsource:Inside Trump's White House, the Epstein Files Caused a Freakout - The New York Times
The Trump administration's handling of the Epstein files has become a political disaster because years of promises about transparency ran headfirst into the Justice Department's refusal to back the most explosive public expectations. Senior White House officials, including Vice President JD Vance, reportedly gathered without Trump in the Situation Room to manage the fallout after the DOJ and FBI said there was no “client list,” no confirmed blackmail operation, and that Epstein's death was a suicide. That answer did not calm anything down. It infuriated survivors, transparency advocates, Democrats, and a large part of Trump's own base, many of whom believed the administration had promised to expose the people Epstein protected, served, or compromised.The larger problem is that Epstein remains a trust-destroying scandal because the public has never believed the government gave a full accounting of who enabled him, who benefited from him, and who was protected when the system closed ranks. The White House tried to contain the issue, but the response only deepened the perception that powerful names were still being shielded. With Congress continuing to demand answers, major figures like Bill Gates being pulled into closed-door questioning, and polling showing broad public skepticism, the Epstein files have become more than a legal matter. They are now a political grenade, exposing the gap between campaign promises, institutional self-protection, and the public's belief that elite accountability is still mostly theater.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comsource:Inside Trump's White House, the Epstein Files Caused a Freakout - The New York Times
The Trump administration's handling of the Epstein files has become a political disaster because years of promises about transparency ran headfirst into the Justice Department's refusal to back the most explosive public expectations. Senior White House officials, including Vice President JD Vance, reportedly gathered without Trump in the Situation Room to manage the fallout after the DOJ and FBI said there was no “client list,” no confirmed blackmail operation, and that Epstein's death was a suicide. That answer did not calm anything down. It infuriated survivors, transparency advocates, Democrats, and a large part of Trump's own base, many of whom believed the administration had promised to expose the people Epstein protected, served, or compromised.The larger problem is that Epstein remains a trust-destroying scandal because the public has never believed the government gave a full accounting of who enabled him, who benefited from him, and who was protected when the system closed ranks. The White House tried to contain the issue, but the response only deepened the perception that powerful names were still being shielded. With Congress continuing to demand answers, major figures like Bill Gates being pulled into closed-door questioning, and polling showing broad public skepticism, the Epstein files have become more than a legal matter. They are now a political grenade, exposing the gap between campaign promises, institutional self-protection, and the public's belief that elite accountability is still mostly theater.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comsource:Inside Trump's White House, the Epstein Files Caused a Freakout - The New York Times
A federal judge has exposed Todd Blanche for the searingly unjust way he has been dealing with convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein's co-conspirator, and the lies that Todd Blanche accepted from Maxwell when he interviewed her.In a move that signaled that the American people should believe the lies she told, Maxwell was transferred from a legitimate federal prison to a cushy camp sleep-away in Texas, where she enjoys service animals and Pilates classes. Glenn explains how prosecutors are supposed to deal with convicted defendants, especially when they lie, claiming they did nothing wrong, and when they try to falsely exonerate other criminal associates. Find Glenn on Substack: glennkirschner.substack.comSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
A public discussion featuring U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro on violent crime in D.C. was abruptly canceled amid mounting political scrutiny and public criticism from Donald Trump.Jeanine Pirro, the top Prosecutor in Washington, DC - has failed over and over again. She's failed multiple times to obtain indictments by grand juries. She's failed to win convictions in the Superior Court for the District of Columbia, (DC's local court). She's lost multiple trials in Federal District Court in DC. Pirro has a really impressive unabated string of failures, particularly when attempting to prosecute the innocent on Trump's command. It seems Trump is about to introduce Pirro to the undercarriage of a bus. (Like so many other women in the Trump cabinet)Find Glenn on Substack: glennkirschner.substack.comSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Dr. Fauci was paid a salary higher than the President and qualified for the largest federal retirement pension in US history. Fox News reports Fauci and his wife Dr. Christine Grady “reported a combined $12.6 million net worth in 2021” – up from $7.6 million in 2019, before the pandemic. But after his former top advisor Dr. David Morens pleaded guilty to attempting to conceal COVID documents, Fauci's team has launched the “Anthony S. Fauci M.D. Legal Defense Fund” in preparation for expected the costs of his legal cases. “If Fauci is tried in federal court,” writes John Leake, “the entire rotten edifice of complicit federal agencies would also be exposed, so don't hold your breath for the Justice Department to prosecute him.” Also on today's show: chef Palmer Fortune, who got his sixth DUI in November 2005 with $120 to his name, borrowed $5,000 to get into a North Georgia recovery house, and stayed 19 months. He now owns Palmer's Hot Chicken, Porch, and Palmer's Village Café on St. Simon's Island, Georgia, and hires employees working to get sober. John Leake is the New York Times bestselling author of “Mind Viruses: America's Irrational Obsessions” and writes a daily investigative report for the Focal Points Substack. He coauthored “Vaccines: Mythology, Ideology, and Reality” with Dr. Peter McCullough and he is secretary of the McCullough Foundation. Follow at https://x.com/johnsearsleake Palmer Fortune is the chef & owner of Palmer's Hot Chicken, Porch, and Palmer's Village Café on St. Simon's Island, Georgia. He hires employees who are working to overcome addiction, and he appeared on Guy Fieri's Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives in February 2024 speaking about his own recovery and how he helps others. Follow at https://instagram.com/palmershotchicken 「 SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS 」 • BIOPRO - BioPro+® is a natural formula of growth factors and peptides that support how you look, feel & perform. Learn more at https://drdrew.com/biopro • FATTY15 – The future of essential fatty acids is here! Strengthen your cells against age-related breakdown with Fatty15. Get 15% off a 90-day Starter Kit Subscription at https://drdrew.com/fatty15 • PALEOVALLEY - "Paleovalley has a wide variety of extraordinary products that are both healthful and delicious,” says Dr. Drew. "I am a huge fan of this brand and know you'll love it too!” Get 15% off your first order at https://drdrew.com/paleovalley • THE WELLNESS COMPANY - Counteract harmful spike proteins with TWC's Signature Series Spike Support Formula containing nattokinase and selenium. Learn more about TWC's supplements at https://twc.health/drew 「 ABOUT THE SHOW 」 This show is for entertainment and/or informational purposes only, and is not a substitute for medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Executive Producers • Kaleb Nation - https://kalebnation.com • Susan Pinsky - https://x.com/firstladyoflove Content Producer • Emily Barsh - https://x.com/emilytvproducer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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The Metropolitan Police investigation into whether Peter Mandelson improperly shared confidential, potentially market-sensitive government information with Jeffrey Epstein had reportedly stalled because British investigators still did not have access to the unredacted Epstein files held by U.S. authorities. Scotland Yard had initially sought the material through informal law-enforcement channels before escalating the request into a formal mutual legal assistance process, which could take as long as a year and still offered no guarantee that the Justice Department would turn over everything investigators wanted. Mandelson, who had served as business secretary and later as Britain's ambassador to the United States, was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office on February 23, 2026, and his properties were searched. Investigators were examining allegations that he had passed sensitive information to Epstein while in government, although Mandelson had denied wrongdoing.Concerns were now growing that the investigation could ultimately collapse if Scotland Yard could not obtain the unredacted records, which were considered potentially crucial to determining exactly what Mandelson communicated to Epstein and whether any criminal offense had occurred. Detectives could still attempt to build a case through interviews with former politicians and officials, but the missing U.S. material appeared to represent a significant evidentiary gap. Reports suggested that the Trump administration was reluctant to release files that might generate additional political fallout, although the Justice Department denied refusing cooperation and said both countries were required to follow established legal procedures governing international evidence sharing. The controversy therefore placed the Mandelson investigation inside the larger dispute over Epstein transparency: even after millions of pages had been released, redactions and unreleased material remained capable of directly affecting active criminal investigations outside the United States.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comsource:Fears for Mandelson investigation as Met still doesn't have unredacted Epstein files | The Independent
Ted Lieu accused Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche of potentially violating federal law after the Justice Department failed to produce a congressionally required report explaining what Epstein-related records remained withheld from public release. The dispute centered on congressional demands for greater transparency surrounding the government's Jeffrey Epstein files and an apparent requirement that the Justice Department account for materials it had not disclosed. After the report failed to materialize, the lawmaker argued that Blanche and the DOJ were not simply dragging their feet but potentially ignoring a legal obligation imposed by Congress. The accusation added another layer to the growing confrontation between lawmakers and the Justice Department over exactly what Epstein material remained secret, why it remained secret, and who inside the department was making those decisions.The controversy also reinforced suspicions among lawmakers that the government's Epstein disclosures remained incomplete despite repeated promises of transparency. Critics argued that without the missing report, Congress and the public had no meaningful way to determine the scope of the unreleased material or evaluate the Justice Department's justification for continuing to withhold it. Blanche and the department faced mounting pressure to explain whether records were being withheld because of victim privacy, ongoing legal restrictions, investigative concerns or some other reason, while Democrats pushing the issue warned that failure to comply could carry legal consequences. The fight therefore moved beyond another argument over the so-called Epstein files and became a broader question of congressional oversight: whether the Justice Department could be compelled to provide a complete accounting of what it possessed and whether senior officials could face consequences if they refused.to contat me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.com
Mark Epstein has remained adamant that his brother Jeffrey did not die by suicide at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan in August 2019, despite the official ruling by New York City's medical examiner and subsequent findings by federal investigators. Mark has said that he initially had no reason to question the suicide conclusion, but became deeply skeptical after speaking with forensic experts following the autopsy. He has repeatedly pointed to the fractures found in Jeffrey Epstein's neck, the questions surrounding the ligature marks, and the opinion of pathologist Dr. Michael Baden, who observed the autopsy on Mark's behalf and said some of the injuries were more commonly associated with homicidal strangulation. Mark has also cited the astonishing security failures that night: guards who failed to conduct required checks and later falsified records, Epstein being left alone despite previous suicide concerns, malfunctioning or unusable surveillance footage, and lingering uncertainty about exactly who had access to the housing tier. Taken together, Mark has argued that those circumstances make the government's suicide explanation impossible for him to acceptYears later, Mark has not softened that position. He has continued demanding what he calls a genuine investigation into the death, arguing that the Justice Department's reviews have explained institutional failures without adequately resolving the questions that led him to suspect homicide in the first place. He has questioned who else was housed on Epstein's tier, whether all relevant inmates and personnel were properly investigated, what happened to surveillance footage, and why so many critical safeguards seemingly failed simultaneously around one of the most consequential federal prisoners in the country. Mark has also said that his brother appeared focused on his legal defense and attempts to obtain bail, which he believes was inconsistent with the government's portrayal of a man preparing to take his own life. None of those arguments has produced official evidence establishing that Epstein was murdered, and federal authorities have continued to stand behind the suicide determination. But Mark Epstein has remained unwavering: in his view, the unanswered forensic questions, security breakdowns and gaps in the public record are not peripheral mysteries surrounding his brother's death—they are the reason he believes the official story cannot be trusted.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.com
A public discussion featuring U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro on violent crime in D.C. was abruptly canceled amid mounting political scrutiny and public criticism from Donald Trump.Jeanine Pirro, the top Prosecutor in Washington, DC - has failed over and over again. She's failed multiple times to obtain indictments by grand juries. She's failed to win convictions in the Superior Court for the District of Columbia, (DC's local court). She's lost multiple trials in Federal District Court in DC. Pirro has a really impressive unabated string of failures, particularly when attempting to prosecute the innocent on Trump's command. It seems Trump is about to introduce Pirro to the undercarriage of a bus. (Like so many other women in the Trump cabinet)Find Glenn on Substack: glennkirschner.substack.comSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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It appears yet another baseless, bad-faith prosecution by Donald Trump's dirty DOJ officials is about to get dismissed for prosecutorial abuse and misconduct before the grand jury. The Minneapolis case against journalists Don Lemon, Georgia Fort, and others may be heading that way, given that the judge has ordered the DOJ to produce all grand jury evidence and information for her review.Glenn does a deep dive on this new legal development.Find Glenn on Substack: glennkirschner.substack.comSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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It appears yet another baseless, bad-faith prosecution by Donald Trump's dirty DOJ officials is about to get dismissed for prosecutorial abuse and misconduct before the grand jury. The Minneapolis case against journalists Don Lemon, Georgia Fort, and others may be heading that way, given that the judge has ordered the DOJ to produce all grand jury evidence and information for her review.Glenn does a deep dive on this new legal development.Find Glenn on Substack: glennkirschner.substack.comSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
We've launched Minimum Competence CLE, and our first course is now available completely free. Researching Federal Tax Issues After Loper Brightlooks at how the Supreme Court's decision ending Chevron deference changes the way lawyers should research and evaluate Treasury regulations, IRS guidance, and other federal tax authorities.Take the course and earn CLE credit at cle.minimumcomp.com.This Day in Legal History: Communist Control ActOn August 24, 1954, President Dwight Eisenhower signed the Communist Control Act, a law that did something extraordinary in a country built around the First Amendment: it effectively outlawed a political party. The Act declared the Communist Party of the United States an instrument of a conspiracy to overthrow the government. It stripped it of “all rights, privileges, and immunities” available to legal organizations, and made knowing membership in the party potentially criminal.Perhaps more remarkable is how little resistance any of this encountered. This was the height of the McCarthy era, when the political cost of appearing insufficiently hostile to communism was enormous. The bill passed the Senate 79-0 and the House 265-2. Those margins tell you something important about the moment: liberals and conservatives alike had strong incentives to demonstrate their anti-communist bona fides, and almost no one had much incentive to be the person standing up for the constitutional rights of communists. Eisenhower signed the bill, and, at least on paper, an American political party ceased to have any legal existence.The significance of August 24, 1954 is mostly as a lesson in what happens to civil liberties when they are placed under enough political pressure—and in the messier ways our constitutional system often corrects itself. The Communist Control Act was constitutionally dubious from the start; punishing someone for just belonging to a political organization runs directly into the freedoms of speech and association. But the law was rarely enforced, courts largely avoided confronting its most sweeping provisions head-on, and it gradually withered into a stricture approaching a dead letter, though it technically remains on the books. Later Supreme Court decisions made considerably clearer that the government can't punish mere association or abstract advocacy, as opposed to incitement to imminent lawless action.That makes this a fitting anniversary for a day when we also have a story about protesters sentenced for their political activity. The point captured in today's opening quote from Justice Brandeis is easy to endorse when the speaker and the cause are popular. The real test of the freedom to think and speak as you will comes when neither is.A federal judge has struck down one of the administration's broader immigration policies, vacating a State Department decision that suspended immigrant visa processing for applicants from 75 countries.The policy, announced in January, halted immigrant visa processing for nationals of 75 countries—including Afghanistan, Iran, Russia, and Somalia—on the theory that applicants from those countries were likely to require public assistance. U.S. District Judge Jeannette Vargas in Manhattan called the policy “patently unlawful,” but the interesting part of the decision is less the rhetoric than the relatively straightforward statutory problem she identified: Secretary of State Marco Rubio did not have the power Congress gave someone else.Federal immigration law expressly limits the Secretary of State's authority over how consular officers process immigrant visas. The administration therefore could not use the Secretary's general authority to accomplish something Congress had specifically placed beyond his reach. It is a theme we have seen repeatedly this summer: not some enormous constitutional confrontation over presidential power, but the considerably more mundane question of whether the executive branch can point to a statute that actually authorizes what it is doing.Vargas's order also does more than stop the policy going forward. She vacated visa denials based solely on the suspended-processing policy, meaning applicants who were turned away under it can have their applications reconsidered. The lawsuit was brought by immigrant-rights organizations, visa applicants, and U.S. citizens seeking visas for family members.The broader point is that immigration and foreign affairs may be areas in which the executive branch enjoys substantial discretion, but discretion is not the same thing as unlimited authority. The government still needs to identify where Congress gave it the power it claims to possess. Here, the court concluded Congress had done essentially the opposite.US judge strikes down policy suspending immigrant visa processing for 75 nations | ReutersWashington Post · Al JazeeraSeven pro-Palestinian protesters who shut down the Golden Gate Bridge in 2024 have now been sentenced, and the result is a useful little illustration of how the law handles civil disobedience.The seven were among 26 protesters who drove onto the bridge in April 2024, stopped their vehicles, and chained themselves together to protest the war in Gaza, blocking traffic for hours. They were convicted in July of misdemeanor false imprisonment, obstruction of a thoroughfare, and unlawful assembly. On Friday, they were sentenced to 30 days in jail—with an option that could cut that time in half—along with six months of probation and roughly $1,000 in fines and restitution.The First Amendment line here is not especially mysterious. Protest is protected; physically preventing other people from leaving is not. That is the significance of the false-imprisonment charge: motorists were stuck on a bridge with nowhere else to go. You can stand alongside the road holding a sign. You do not acquire a First Amendment right to chain the road shut merely because your reason for doing it is political.But the sentence is interesting in the other direction. The defendants potentially faced years in prison and received 30 days, while prosecutors dropped the most serious felony conspiracy charge after the jury deadlocked on it. That gap illustrates just how much calibration occurs after we decide that conduct is criminal. Prosecutors and judges can recognize both that the protesters deliberately interfered with the rights of hundreds of other people and that they did so as part of nonviolent political expression rather than for personal gain or predatory purposes.That is more or less how a legal system metabolizes civil disobedience: the political motivation does not erase the underlying offense, but neither must the law pretend that motivation is irrelevant when deciding how severely to punish it. On the anniversary of the Communist Control Act, it is an especially useful reminder that the legal treatment of dissent rarely comes down to a simple choice between “protected” and “illegal.” Much of the real work happens in between.Pro-Palestinian protesters sentenced over blocking Golden Gate Bridge traffic | ReutersKQED · Mission LocalAnd finally, TikTok and parent company ByteDance have agreed to pay $400 million to settle the Justice Department's lawsuit accusing the platform of violating federal children's privacy law—an enormous number for a case built around a statute passed before TikTok, or really modern social media, existed.The Justice Department filed the lawsuit in 2024 on behalf of the Federal Trade Commission, alleging that TikTok allowed millions of children under 13 to create accounts without their parents' knowledge or consent and then made it unnecessarily difficult for parents to have those accounts deleted. The statute at issue is COPPA, the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998, which generally requires online services covered by the law to obtain verifiable parental consent before collecting personal information from children under 13.There is an especially interesting wrinkle in how the $400 million settlement is structured. TikTok will pay $300 million now and another $100 million once a court vacates an earlier consent decree entered against Musical.ly, TikTok's predecessor. That matters because this is not the first time the platform has encountered the government over children's privacy. Musical.ly had already been penalized over COPPA violations, and the government's latest case alleged that the problems continued afterward.TikTok is settling without admitting wrongdoing and says it has made substantial changes to its age controls and parental-oversight systems. But whatever one thinks of the underlying allegations, $400 million is a fairly substantial reminder that COPPA is not merely a disclosure statute sitting around from the early Internet.And this case fits into the larger fight over children and social media from a somewhat different direction than the addiction and product-design litigation we have been following. Those cases ask what platforms may design for children and what harms those designs may cause. COPPA asks the considerably less glamorous but foundational question that comes before all of that: who gets to collect information about children in the first place, and on what terms? Four hundred million dollars suggests the government still thinks the answer matters quite a bit.US Justice Department, TikTok settle $400 million children's privacy suit | ReutersAxios · Justice Department This is a public episode. 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The U.S. Justice Department has requested to interview FBI officials who were involved in the 2022 search of Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida. Justice Department lawyers file a flurry of briefs in opposition to Jim Comey's pre-trial motions in the seashells case. A federal judge has granted Don Lemon and Georgia Fort's motion to review grand jury materials behind closed doors. The Justice Department is asking the court to reinstate the charges against Kilmar Abrego Garcia that had previously been dismissed for vindictive prosecution. Plus listener questions. Do you have questions for the pod or something for HITMEINTHEHEADWITHABAT? Check out other MSW Media podcastshttps://mswmedia.com/shows/ Follow AGMueller, She Wrote SubstackMueller She Wrote on Blueskyhttps://twitter.com/MuellerSheWrotehttps://twitter.com/dailybeanspodMore from Andrew McCabeThe Real McCabe on Substack@therealmccabe.com on BlueskyThe Threat: How the FBI Protects America in the Age of Terror and Trump This Show is Available Ad-Free And Early For Patreon and Supercast Supporters at https://patreon.com/thedailybeansOr when you Subscribe on Apple Podcastshttps://apple.co/3YNpW3P Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Wednesday, August 21st 2024 We're headed into day two of the Democratic National Convention set to feature Republican speakers; Biden's State Department gets Netanyahu to agree to a cease fire; we have more details on the Biden impeachment report; The Eighth Circuit DENIES DOJ's request to clarify the SAVE student loan plan injunction; former Republican Rep George Santos pleads guilty to wire fraud and identity theft; the FBI concludes Iran did try to hack both the Trump and Biden campaigns; Biden's Justice Department says Trump was acting within the scope of his job when he forcibly removed racial justice protestors from Lafayette park in 2020; the Georgia Election Board continues to try and re-write election law in the state; plus Allison delivers your Good News. Our Guest: Washington State Democratic Party Chair Shasti Conrad wa-democrats.org Reminder - you can see the pod pics if you become a Patron. The good news pics are at the bottom of the show notes of each Patreon episode! That's just one of the perks of subscribing! patreon.com/muellershewrote Listener Survey:http://survey.podtrac.com/start-survey.aspx?pubid=BffJOlI7qQcF&ver=shortFollow the Podcast on Apple:https://apple.co/3XNx7ckWant to support the show and get it ad-free and early?https://patreon.com/thedailybeanshttps://dailybeans.supercast.com/https://apple.co/3UKzKt0 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Tonight on The Last Word: The USS Lincoln begins its journey home after a record deployment. Also, Democrats are investigating Jared Kushner's Middle East business ties. Plus, the Trump Justice Department was warned of the Reflecting Pool's peeling liner in June. And the data center debate hits the Wisconsin governor's race. Rep. Jason Crow, Rep. Robert Garcia, Andrew Weissmann, and David Crowley join Lawrence O'Donnell. To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Legal experts have equated Trump's attempts to get the Supreme Court to authorize the continued unconstitutional construction of his vanity ballroom project with "blackmail."Glenn sat down with former federal prosecutor Ankush Khardori to discuss his new piece on Substack titled: "Trump is Trying to Blackmail the Supreme Court. Again."Find Ankush on Substack at: openfilenews.substack.comFind Glenn on Substack at: glennkirschner.substack.comSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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The Justice Department has empaneled a special grand jury in Washington, D.C., according to a new report from the Washington Post. But what, exactly, is so special about a special grand jury? Lawfare Editor in Chief Benjamin Wittes sits down with Senior Editor Anna Bower to discuss that very question, which Bower answers at length in her latest Lawfare article. Bower and Wittes talk about how special grand juries work, what federal law actually permits them to do, and why turning one loose to investigate purported crimes can, on occasion, backfire on the prosecution.To receive ad-free podcasts, become a Lawfare Material Supporter at www.patreon.com/lawfare. You can also support Lawfare by making a one-time donation at https://givebutter.com/lawfare-institute.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/lawfare. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
When DC US Attorney is not trying to prosecute an innocent man for touching some peeling reflecting pool liner, she's trying to put a woman who spray-painted a DC memorial in protest of our corrupt executive branch in jail pending trial without even knowing how the law of pretrial detention works. Yet another judge has called her out for her botched, inadequate nonsense. Incompetence, thy name is Jeanine Pirro.Find Glenn on Substack: glennkirschner.substack.comSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Dave Rubin of "The Rubin Report" gives a first look at the stories you need to know to start your day, including Georgia Senator Jon Ossoff facing fierce backlash after making a sexist insinuation about White House aide and bone cancer survivor Natalie Harp, whose life was saved by an experimental treatment accessed through President Trump's Right to Try policy; the Justice Department presenting new evidence as it asks an appeals court to reinstate human-smuggling charges against Kilmar Abrego Garcia; and new Census data showing nearly one in ten Gen Z adults now experience no face-to-face human interaction during a typical day as the social damage associated with COVID lockdowns persists; and much more. #rubinreport #jonossoff #NatalieHarp #whitehouse #kilmarabregogarcia #ms13 #genz #covidlockdown #daverubin
Tonight on The Last Word: A recent poll finds Democrats leading Republicans on the economy heading into the midterms. Also, a whistleblower reports the Trump Justice Department's antisemitism probes lacked legal basis. And Donald Trump contradicts son-in-law Jared Kushner on Iran negotiations. Ali Velshi, Bale Dalton, Sherrod Brown, Laurence Tribe, and Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling join Lawrence O'Donnell. To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Wednesday, August 19, 2026 Today, DeSantis ally and Palm Beach County clerk Mike Caruso has been arrested on child sex abuse charges; the Justice Department is asking the court to reinstate the charges against Abrego Garcia; a San Diego Padres coach has been arrested by ICE in Texas; Trump votes by mail again in Florida; election denier Tina Peters has been hired in northern California; Paramount is asking states to bear the costs of their delayed buyout of Warner Bros. Discovery; the Minnesota Attorney General is suing to extradite an ICE officer from Texas; border construction in Big Bend is suspended after bipartisan pushback; Disney and ABC have sued the FCC to stop the early license renewal process; North Carolina Governor Josh Stein has vetoed a Republican voter suppression bill; the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals says age restrictions on mail voting in South Carolina are unconstitutional; plus Allison and Dana deliver your Good News. 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The Supreme Court rejected a request from Donald Trump to reconsider its previous refusal to hear his appeal of a $5 million sexual abuse and defamation verdict won by writer E. Jean Carroll, finalizing the payout.The $5 Million Verdict: The high court officially turned away Trump's petition for a rehearing, keeping the 2023 jury finding and judgment fully intact. Trump previously turned over the $5 million plus interest. The Separate $83 Million Appeal: Trump has a separate pending appeal at the Supreme Court seeking to overturn a larger $83.3 million defamation verdict awarded to Carroll, which involves presidential immunity questions and is not expected to be acted upon by justices until after the fall recess.Find Glenn on Substack: glennkirschner.substack.comSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Tonight on The Last Word: Donald Trump's war in Iran drags on with no clear strategy. Also, Trump claims Kim Jong Un treats him with “great respect." Plus, Todd Blanche refuses to pledge the Justice Department's independence from the White House. And a recent poll finds most Americans say they're worse off financially under Trump. Rep. James Walkinshaw, Rep. Mark Pocan, Barbara McQuade, and Rep. Brendan Boyle join Symone Sanders. To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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