Paul Weiss once stood as a proud and noble law firm. Then it decided to capitulate to a wannabe dictator, and it could not stop capitulating. This is not about one law firm. It is a warning about what happens when institutions decide that accommodating authoritarianism is safer than confronting it.

How a Top Law Firm Went From Standing Up to Trump to Bending the Knee

Paul Weiss was a progressive stalwart for decades and led the legal resistance against President Trump in his first term. Then it surrendered without a fight. This is the inside story of its transform...

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When I visited Adelanto earlier this year, I spoke with several of my constituents who said that the food was inedible, the conditions were filthy, and that detainees were always sick. Several specifically pointed to the unsanitary drinking water.

Trump is threatening to revive a $1.8 billion taxpayer-funded slush fund for his supporters if the Senate doesn’t confirm Todd Blanche as Attorney General.

Nearly 6,000 people followed the rules and applied for pardons through the DOJ. Not one received a pardon. Meanwhile, Trump’s political allies, wealthy donors, and insiders skipped the process entirely.

After more than 33 years in public service, UC Irvine Police Chief Liz Griffin is retiring.  Chief Griffin led UCIPD with integrity, advancing community-centered policing, strengthening accountability, and building trust across campus.

There’s always money in the banana stand! I stopped by Sugar ’n Spice on Balboa Island to celebrate its 81st anniversary.

The new “Task Force on Defending Constitutional Rights” held an entire taxpayer-funded hearing attacking DEI and supposed bias in legal education—without inviting witnesses who could meaningfully speak to law school accreditation, admissions, or how law schools actually operate.

Donald Trump’s idea of “justice” is much different than mine. I believe in a world where everyone is held accountable and we go after pedophiles and sex traffickers.

President Trump has turned one of the most solemn powers of the presidency into a tool for rewarding political allies, wealthy donors, fraudsters, and insiders with access to the White House.

A task force supposedly created to defend constitutional rights continues to ignore illegal searches and seizures, politically motivated prosecutions, and the Constitution’s clear limits on presidential power, instead going after one of our most cherished American values.

Donald Trump didn’t just turn the pardon power into a pay-to-play scheme. 6,000 Americans who followed the Justice Department’s clemency process were quietly denied, while Trump’s political allies and donors skipped the line.

Months ago, I walked through Adelanto under ICE’s carefully curated tour. Everything appeared clean and orderly. Then I sat down with my constituents. Their stories painted a completely different picture—unsafe conditions, inadequate medical care, and treatment no human being should endure.

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This is a defining moment. Every elected official, regardless of party, should reject these lies unequivocally. History will remember who defended our democracy and who stood by while it was under attack.

There is no way to describe this other than as pure evil. There is nothing Karoline Leavitt won’t say or do to protect her boss or his fellow Epstein elites from accountability.

FactPost@factpostnews.bsky.social · 3w ago

Karoline Leavitt calls the Epstein files a "classic Washington hoax"

If news reports are correct, Trump will go on TV later today and again try to rewrite the history of the 2020 election, the latest in a sustained ‘Big Lie' to undermine Americans' faith in our democracy and, perhaps, to lay the groundwork for trying to steal the 2026 and 2028 elections ahead of us.

I voted yes on the Massie Amendment because I cannot in good conscience vote to have US taxpayers subsidize Netanyahu’s wars in the Middle East. I will continue to support defensive armaments, including components for Iron Done, to Israel, which are not affected by this legislation.

The must end and people must be held accountable.

The Korean War was a brutal civil war that divided families and killed 10% of the civilian population. It ended over 70 years ago, but the formal declaration of war is still in place.

In the world’s richest country, no one should go hungry. But more than 4 million Americans are struggling to put food on the table because Trump and the GOP wanted chose tax breaks for billionaires over food assistance programs.

I was honored to speak at Phi Beta Kappa’s 2026 Call to Serve panel, part of PBK’s 250th anniversary celebration.

As an aside, it’s so amazing to host the World Cup during our 250th anniversary.

Trump’s “very fine people” just came out en masse to show their support for Trump’s America 250.

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · last mo.

Hundreds of uniformed members of what appeared to be Patriot Front, a white supremacist group, marched through D.C. and toward the Capitol. Their faces covered in white masks, the men carried flags — some upside down, others Confederate — as they chanted, “Reclaim America!” https://wapo.st/3QQfkCX

250 years ago, our Founders declared independence based on the radical idea that all men are created equal and endowed with unalienable rights, including life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. This July 4, let us commit to continuing to fight for that American Dream for the next 250 years.

Mike Johnson sent us home for the second week in a row because House Republicans couldn’t govern. This is what dysfunction looks like: no results, no leadership, no accountability. The American people deserve a Congress that actually does its job.

As a birthright citizen myself, I’m relieved that the Supreme Court upheld birthright citizenship, but as an American patriot and public servant, I’m pissed off as hell that Trump’s clearly illegal order was even considered, or that three Justices dissented.

The Associated Press@apnews.com · last mo.

BREAKING: The Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship, rejecting Trump’s proposed limits.

Trump’s illegal Iran war has already cost the typical American household an estimated $1,000 — and counting. The costs of gas, groceries, travel are all way up. Billions in taxpayer money spent on a war Congress never authorized.

Iran war has cost your household $1,000 — and counting | Expert Opinion

The war's impact on gas and grocery prices has hit consumers' wallets in a meaningful way.

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This is the swamp at its worst. Bill Gates hiring a former top staffer on the Oversight Committee while he’s being investigated by this committee is a massive ethics concern and should not be allowed. It may be legal now, but we should move to ban this and similar conflicts.

Gates Is Said to Have Hired Panel’s Ex-Counsel to Advise on Epstein Testimony

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I agree with Sotomayor’s dissent 100%. This Court is lawless and illegitimate, and they are overturning centuries of precedent and the plain text of the Constitution and the laws they are overturning to write new laws to help further Trump’s agenda.

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · last mo.

Justice Sotomayor read her dissent from the bench. It reads in part: "Today, this Court undoes centuries of political practice and concludes that all three branches of Government have been acting in open defiance of the Constitution all this time. Its conclusion is wrong."

Somewhat relieved (and definitely shocked) that the Supreme Court held that mail in ballots arriving after Election Day should be counted. (1/3) thehill.com/regulation/c...

Supreme Court rules states can accept mail ballots after Election Day

The Supreme Court on Monday ruled 5-4 that states can accept mail ballots after polls close in federal races, rejecting the Republican National Committee’s (RNC) push to defeat the practice. More t…

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