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👀 scoop Stanley Woodward has filed a motion to disqualify a federal judge in a denaturalization case in Minnesota.
Grateful to @pwbeck.bsky.social and @courtwatch.bsky.social for covering my recent co-authored Journal of Strategic Competition piece on agroterrorism with an excellent contribution of their own.
The Rabbit Hole: A “Black Swan” in the Breadbasket
The arrest of university researchers illuminates the federal government’s response to when health and science become a national security concern.
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Your Sunday long-read -- Court Watch looks at a newly-released academic report that’s raising alarms about the resilience of the country’s food supply and how law enforcement have been building a series of criminal cases to counter a ‘black swan’ event. www.courtwatch.news/p/the-rabbit...
The Rabbit Hole: A “Black Swan” in the Breadbasket
The arrest of university researchers illuminates the federal government’s response to when health and science become a national security concern.
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“Since 2022, at least 154 Bureau of Prisons employees and contractors have been charged in federal court for crimes ranging from fraud, abuse, and bribery to violating constitutional rights, according to a new analysis of federal charges by Court Watch” www.courtwatch.news/p/the-rabbit...
The Rabbit Hole: Foxes in the Guardhouse
We explore how pervasive corruption is in the federal agency.
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I am totally here for a US Postal Inspection procedural show @seamushughes.bsky.social www.courtwatch.news/p/194-anarch...
#194: Anarchist Cookbook, Antifa Flyers, and Assault Rifles.
Alabama tracks a left-wing crew, Post Office dust, Sean Spicer, forgetting to record the Grand Jury.
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For this week's roundup, we checked in on how one of the illegal voting prosecutions is going. www.courtwatch.news/p/194-anarch...
Our Sunday morning deep dive on a case out of Louisiana that may test the reach and power of the Justice Department’s new taskforce on October 7th. www.courtwatch.news/p/the-rabbit...
The Rabbit Hole: Inside the First October 7th Prosecution in the U.S.
With an upcoming trial in Louisiana, prosecutors test the elasticity of a decades-old terrorism statute
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To aspiring journalists, your reminder to just send that cold email today.
Illegal voting is legal and other things we learned this week. www.courtwatch.news/p/193-illega...
#193: Illegal Voting is Legal Now?
Let us explain. Plus: a jailhouse call with mom goes viral on terror channels, Chicago Cubs win against a local bar, and Hegseth threatened,
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Scoop: Feds have charged two men, Omar and Abdel Adhami, for raising money for Hamas. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
#1 in United States v. Adhami (E.D. La., 2:26-mj-00111) – CourtListener.com
COMPLAINT signed by Magistrate Judge Janis van Meerveld as to Omar Adhami (1). (Attachments: # 1 Criminal Magistrate Case Sheet) (nml)(2 cc USM, cc USM) (Main Document 1 replaced on 9/16/2026) (mmv). ...
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It's a quiet but necessary part of my job: making sure every case we write about is followed through the system: “ If I’m naming someone in a story, their life is now being changed." Spoke with @courtwatch.bsky.social about how McClatchy's mass layoffs will impact legal coverage.
The Rabbit Hole: Covering What McClatchy Will Miss
With the private equity-owned newspaper chain laying off 90 reporters, we look at the court stories they’ll miss.
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Flying under the radar: the FBI got geofences of parts of Gaza to investigate October 7th. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Read @courtwatch.bsky.social review the stories that don't get told as corporate media (in this case, McClatchy) lays off all the legal journalists. www.courtwatch.news/p/the-rabbit...
The Rabbit Hole: Covering What McClatchy Will Miss
With the private equity-owned newspaper chain laying off 90 reporters, we look at the court stories they’ll miss.
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Dozens of convicted terrorists will be released from prison soon. Most will move on from the violent ideology that got them locked up. Some won’t. What happens will not be the result of any govt or outside program. It’ll entirely be of their own volition. www.courtwatch.news/p/the-rabbit...
The Rabbit Hole: Terrorism’s Second Act
A growing number of convicted terrorists are soon to be released from prison, there’s no plan to address potential recidivism.
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Our entire brand is taking stuffy legal documents and making them accessible to the masses, but it’s still a bit jarring to see the First Circuit employ our writing style. www.courtwatch.news/p/190-stoppi...
#190: Stopping the 'Stop Nick Shirley Act'?
California might be too terminally online for even us. Plus: Cartels, Weaponized Drones, Anarchists, and NBA gambling pleas.
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Mike Lindell was facing an existential threat to My Pillow existence due to rising debts. So he offered a potential government settlement over the Arctic Frost investigation as collateral. www.courtwatch.news/p/189-settle...
#189: Settle for Sleep?
Mike Lindell dangles a possible government settlement to pay off debts. Plus: AUSA engages in the oldest profession in the world, force feeding a NatGuard shooter, and FIFA drama
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Court Watch has an exceptionally well-written piece looking back at the shooting at Annunciation Catholic Church www.courtwatch.news/p/the-church...
he Church Bells Still Ring
A year after the Annunciation Catholic Church shooting, an examination of faith and fidelity to nothing.
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A Judge Believed He Was Being Threatened, His Colleague Disagreed www.courtwatch.news/p/the-rabbit...
The Rabbit Hole: A Judge Believed He Was Being Threatened, His Colleague Disagreed
Divides over how to police online vitriol emerge on a Florida bench.
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“The assailants at Abundant Life Christian, Antioch, & Evergreen high schools, among others, appeared to be lone wolves, too. If you have trouble recalling all those specific mass shootings, it's because we, as a society, have become accustomed to such depravity” www.courtwatch.news/p/the-church...
The Church Bells Still Ring
A year after the Annunciation Catholic Church shooting, an examination of faith and fidelity to nothing.
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There’s some curious developments in a terrorism case that everyone missed, the LA Lakers’ new owner gets subpoenaed, and the feds quietly restart a hacking case. www.courtwatch.news/p/188-charit...
#188: Charity for Hamas
Twenty years of humanitarian work while moonlighting for terrorism? Plus: Judge Roberts impersonated, Abbey Gate DOJ win, and Joshua Kushner subpoenaed.
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“Westman wanted a reaction from everyone, about everything, anything, or perhaps nothing at all. Not only to be whispered about in polite society, but to live on loudly in infamy in the manifestos of the mass killers that come after.” www.courtwatch.news/p/the-church...
he Church Bells Still Ring
A year after the Annunciation Catholic Church shooting, an examination of faith and fidelity to nothing.
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My coauthor and I put everything we had in this piece. I would appreciate if you read and shared it widely. www.courtwatch.news/p/the-church...
he Church Bells Still Ring
A year after the Annunciation Catholic Church shooting, an examination of faith and fidelity to nothing.
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Thank you @404media.co for republishing my story for @courtwatch.bsky.social about the network of volunteers working to make immigration-related habeas corpus petitions available online! www.404media.co/how-a-networ...
How a Network of Volunteers Is Liberating Critical Court Records for Everyone
Habeas Dockets are publishing immigration court records that normally aren't available online.
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“M.B. became hesitant because it sounded like she was being scammed,” court records said. But the bank employee who generously spent all day on the phone with her assured her by saying, “We’re in this together” and “You’re helping catch the bad guys." www.courtwatch.news/p/the-rabbit...
The Rabbit Hole: Targeting Seniors
A siren, a fake hack, and a “Microsoft technician”—inside the elder fraud scheme that allegedly moved millions through dummy Florida companies.
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Scooplet: A former Assistant U.S. attorney was indicted threatening to use AI to create child exploitation materials of a senior officials in the U.S. Attorney office and wanted to use ChatGPT to track down their kids. www.courtwatch.news/p/187-the-ju...
#187: The Justice Department Owns a Bar
And not the legal kind. Plus: AUSA indicted, Defamation lawsuit fails, Threatening Flock, AI parody fights, and unmasking an anonymous twitter account.
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I look forward to my @courtwatch.bsky.social newsletter for stuff like this and the stuff I hadn’t heard was happening yet. Thanks for your service!
Seamus Hughes@seamushughes.bsky.social · 3mo ago“We’re not sure how we feel about federal judges being more terminally online than us.” www.courtwatch.news/p/186-ok-goo...
