BREAKING: Judge Carlton Reeves (Obama/SDMS) rules that tower dumps, which provide police with time and location data on many or all phones connected to a cell tower, are "per se unconstitutional general warrants," violating the 4th Amendment. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...

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DOJ misses deadline to file formal answer or move to dismiss in @katiephang.bsky.social suit re Epstein docs. Asks for retroactive extension. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...

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Texas law firm gets $150M contract from Trump admin to represent minors in immigration court. None of the lawyers on the firm's website claims expertise in immigration law. Via @ebazail.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2026/08...

26-employee Texas law firm gets $150M to represent 24,000 children in immigration court

None of the Burke Law Group’s lawyers list immigration law as an area of expertise, per the firm’s website.

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UPDATE: BBC says there's no emergency and they're not engaged in any political attack on Trump. Also, it looks like Trump's attorneys have offered up a date (unspecified) for him to sit for a deposition in the suit, assuming it isn't thrown out by then www.politico.com/news/2026/08...

Trump seeks to shield his business finances from BBC in libel lawsuit

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Josh Gerstein@joshgerstein.bsky.social · 4h ago

JUST IN: Trump files emergency motion to try to block BBC from getting details about finances of his business empire in connection with $5-10 billion defamation suit he filed against the network www.politico.com/news/2026/08...

JUST IN: State of New Mexico's suit v. DOJ to gain access to Epstein-related evidence is assigned to Judge Amir Ali (Biden/DC). Doc: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Complaint – #1 in STATE OF NEW MEXICO v. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (D.D.C., 1:26-cv-02762) – CourtListener.com

COMPLAINT against All Defendants ( Filing fee $ 405 receipt number ADCDC-12591665) filed by STATE OF NEW MEXICO. (Attachments: # 1 Civil Cover Sheet, # 2 Summons -T Blanche, # 3 Summons -US Atty DC, #...

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JUST IN: Judge Darrin Gayles (Obama/SDFL) halts discovery in Trump v. Murdoch/WSJ following hearing today on motion to dismiss. Earlier: www.politico.com/news/2026/05...

Far-right pastor Dale Partridge says that Germany was "attacked from within by grossly immoral Jewish forces during the Weimar Republic," which naturally made Nazism "extremely appealing": "This Nazi movement terrified the Jews because it represented a powerful form of Christian nationalism."

JUST IN: Trump files emergency motion to try to block BBC from getting details about finances of his business empire in connection with $5-10 billion defamation suit he filed against the network www.politico.com/news/2026/08...

Trump seeks to shield his business finances from BBC in libel lawsuit

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As evidence for Warsh’s rough start as Fed chair, the Treasury secretary is now going after reporters for their coverage of the central bank.

JUST IN: US Atty's office in Seattle, whose judge-appointed head Trump fired last month, benchslapped for asking for 2-week extension at 4:14 PM on day PI opposition due in case of Army Corps union Trump is stripping of recognition. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...

JUST IN: Trump signals plan to reframe his suit against BBC. Likely to narrow Trump's claim to take out ref to damage to his businesses/brand. Needs judge's OK, but may limit BBC access to his financial data Doc: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... Earlier: www.politico.com/news/2026/07...

Motion to Seal (Public) – #106 in Trump v. British Broadcasting Corporation (S.D. Fla., 1:25-cv-25894) – CourtListener.com

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UPDATE: The group that posted the audio of the religious activists' call with Blanche online, @IFAPray, has taken it down following POLITICO's story last night. www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSgP...

Josh Gerstein@joshgerstein.bsky.social · 2d ago

NEW: Amid AG confirmation battle, Todd Blanche assured anti-abortion activists that he's working to make Dobbs 'permanent in every single state.' Admin will act 'soon' to limit mail-order abortion drugs. w/ @alicemiranda.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2026/08...

For those interested in more on this "BREAKING" story, here's a link to the story in POLITICO last night by @alicemiranda.bsky.social & myself on Blanche's comments in a private call with anti-abortion activists www.politico.com/news/2026/08...

Blanche assures anti-abortion supporters that Dobbs will be ‘permanent in every single state’

The acting attorney general made the remarks during a private call with faith leaders.

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Strict Scrutiny Podcast@strictscrutiny.bsky.social · yesterday

On Todd Blanche: (1) his written statement on the weaponization fund is a meaningless joke and (2) the danger(s) he poses to abortion access: m.youtube.com/watch?v=fJAY...

NEW: Amid AG confirmation battle, Todd Blanche assured anti-abortion activists that he's working to make Dobbs 'permanent in every single state.' Admin will act 'soon' to limit mail-order abortion drugs. w/ @alicemiranda.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2026/08...

Blanche assures anti-abortion supporters that Dobbs will be ‘permanent in every single state’

The acting attorney general made the remarks during a private call with faith leaders.

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Not at all clear that the narrowing of the IRS claims waiver in the Trump settlement is "binding." That's simply Blanche's interpretation at this point. Nothing to stop other Trump family members, affiliates, trusts, etc., from claiming they can rely on the original wording

JUST IN: Tillis confirms he is on board with Cornyn to vote yes on Blanche for AG, after Blanche renounces Anti-Weaponization Fund in writing & asserts that the waiver of any past taxes due is limited to POTUS, Don Jr., Eric & Trump Org. Earlier: www.politico.com/news/2026/08...

All I can say is: Read this piece. It’s extraordinary.

Greg Jaffe@gregjaffe.bsky.social · 2d ago

"The Pentagon has treated the trans separation board hearings with levels of security and silence usually reserved for state secrets... In some cases, service members’ spouses and even the service members themselves are kept out." w/ Dave Philipps www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/u...

Trump allies at Heritage celebrating the Cornyn cave on Blanche because you actually need both parties to sign off on changing the “settlement.”

Smart and dumb aspects of Trump's Dulles plan, via @robpegoraro.com robpegoraro.com/2026/07/31/d...

Dulles Airport does need a reboot, but the two dumbest parts of its $22.5 billion redesign need to get the boot first

For decades, it was screamingly obvious that Washington Dulles International Airport desperately needed three upgrades: extending Metro to there, replacing its horribly cramped C/D concourse, and r…

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DEJA VU?: Trump says, again, that he's calling off a massive wave of attacks in Iran due to a purported agreement in principle of some sort with the Iranian regime, that he just called "crazy."

UPDATE: Burgum joins Trump-Pirro fray, says "evidence is clear" that vandals damaged reflecting pool, despite Pirro saying that until recently Burgum's agency withheld info that undercut criminal prosecution www.politico.com/news/2026/08...

Trump dings longtime ally Jeanine Pirro for dropping Reflecting Pool vandalism case

The president said he disagreed “100%” with the top Washington prosecutor after her office abandoned vandalism charges for the former Olympian.

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Politico@politico.com · 4d ago

Trump dings longtime ally Jeanine Pirro for dropping Reflecting Pool vandalism case

JUST IN: Judge Kathleen Williams (Obama/FLSD) notes that DOJ/IRS don't intend to respond to Trump lawyers'' motion to stay sanctions in the Trump v. IRS settlement case. She asks court-appointed amici to respond instead. Earlier: www.politico.com/news/2026/07...

Not mentioned in story but same reporter, Matthew Cole, was at the center of another story two decades ago about so-called enhanced interrogations. Probe of that leak led to CIA officer John Kiriakou getting 2 1/2 years in prison www.politico.com/story/2013/0...

Ex-CIA officer sentenced in leak case

John Kiriakou is the first CIA employee sent to jail for releasing classified information to the media.

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The New York Times@nytimes.com · 4d ago

A freelance reporter has been fighting a subpoena from the Trump administration seeking to force him to reveal his sources for a New York Times article about a failed top secret mission in North Korea, according to people familiar with the matter.

Trump dings longtime ally Jeanine Pirro for dropping Reflecting Pool vandalism case

Trump dings longtime ally Jeanine Pirro for dropping Reflecting Pool vandalism case

The president said he disagreed “100%” with the top Washington prosecutor after her office abandoned vandalism charges for the former Olympian.

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JUST IN: Trump "100%" rejects Pirro's decision to drop reflecting pool vandalism prosecution, says he's confident that's what happened despite the detailed, 19-page motion Pirro filed Friday blaming the contractor. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/28... Earlier: www.politico.com/news/2026/07...

NEW: Trump takes erratic path on Blanche confirmation, threatening to push legislation to enact his Anti-Weaponization Fund if his AG pick isn't confirmed. But the Fund is broadly opposed, at least in the Senate. Via @G_Svirnovskiy @benjohansen3 www.politico.com/news/2026/08...

Trump puts his ‘anti-weaponization fund’ back on the table

The missive comes a day after Trump declared the fund “dead” in a Cabinet meeting at Camp David.

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NEW: DOJ now says it was was snookered by Interior Department into indicting Olympian David Hearn when officials "clearly" knew of multitude of issues w/reflecting pool renovation by Trump's 'pool guy.' @USAttyPirro drops the case. More via @eperezibarguen www.politico.com/news/2026/07...

JUST IN: Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley notices a business meeting for Tuesday at 9 AM for a potential panel vote on Trump's nomination of Todd Blanche as AG. But but but, a spokesperson suggests no deal yet w/Cornyn & Tillis. Earlier: www.politico.com/live-updates...

JUST IN: Trump lawyers appeal judge's sanctions over Trump v. IRS lawsuit + ban on invoking settlement. They're blasting Judge Kathleen Williams' (Obama SDFL) collusion finding & asking her to stay her ruling. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...

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NEW: #SCOTUS reformers should drop focus on term limits & zero in on guaranteeing each president at least a couple of high court nominations, veteran DC attorney Matthew Hoffman argues on his new Substack thelegalrealist.substack.com/p/supreme-co...

Supreme Court Term Limits Are Wishful Thinking. Why Not Just Regularize Court Appointments?

When people talk about reforming the Supreme Court, term limits are usually the first idea that comes up.

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