Peggy Camp
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“A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience.”—Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. 💙
The Senate has confirmed nearly 60 Trump-nominated election deniers to the judiciary. The attorneys who prosecuted the Jan. 6, 2021 rioters want them to stop. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Jan. 6 prosecutors urge Senate to stop confirming Trump's election-denier nominees
“The institutional denial of truth — especially by potential federal judges — is dangerous, yet it’s become all too clear that President Trump expects his nominees to provide evasive answers about bot...
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The best legal analysis of our Reflecting Pool case arrived & it fit on a postcard! The transgression is clearly there & filmed for all to see … prosecutors haven’t moved on it in 32 years Forrest & Jenny remain at large -TN
Missouri voters just blocked a Republican-led effort to raise the bar for passing citizen-led constitutional amendments. Under current law, ballot measures require a simple majority for passage. Amendment 4 would have required ballot initiatives to win a majority in each congressional district.
BREAKING: New Mexico’s Attorney General Raúl Torrez has sued DOJ for access to the Epstein files. This is the lawsuit I’ve been waiting for. In my view, New Mexico’s Attorney General has the strongest case to force DOJ to turn over the Epstein files. ⬇️
Kristy Greenberg@kristygreenberg.bsky.social · last wk.BREAKING: In 2019, SDNY prosecutors persuaded New Mexico’s AG to shut down his Epstein investigation by promising to share evidence of state crimes. Two weeks ago, SDNY U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton broke that promise. Today, he was confirmed as Director of National Intelligence.
On the latest Just Security Podcast, host Dani Schulkin is joined by @stevevladeck.bsky.social (Steve Vladeck) and Jess Dawgert to discuss the first-ever case before the Alien Terrorist Removal Court.
The Alien Terrorist Removal Court Hears Its First Case
Dani Schulkin is joined by Steve Vladeck and Jess Dawgert to discuss the first-ever case before the Alien Terrorist Removal Court.
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Learn how the US Secret Service tracked James Comey and his wife to their son's grave site - and more: substack.com/@weissmann/n...
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Callous and Lawless: Learn how the US Secret Service followed James Comey and his wife even to the grave site of their son, watching them put flowers on his grave, and then obtaining a photo of the ...
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"Operation Epic Fury demonstrates that airpower is both essential and insufficient." @mikeschmitt.bsky.social (Mike Schmitt) on airpower’s promises, limits, and lessons in Iran:
Strategic Attack on Iran: Airpower’s Promises, Limits, and Lessons
Operation Epic Fury demonstrates that airpower is both essential and insufficient. A review of airpower’s promises, limits, and lessons in Iran.
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Good luck to Speaker Johnson with that. One more thing for people to resent him for!
Mike Johnson tells Politico that he's standing behind Republican Max Miller — despite the "serious" domestic abuse allegations against him.
Today's news roundup: -At least 12 states face cyberattacks on their water systems -Netanyahu says no Israeli withdrawal from Gaza until Hamas has been disarmed -Anthropic and OpenAI models tried to trick humans into poisoning code during safety testing 👇 www.justsecurity.org/151837/early...
Early Edition: August 5, 2026
A curated weekday guide to major news and developments over the last 24 hours.
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💥 A fully masked ICE agent pepper sprayed a woman in New York yesterday merely for videotaping. He approached her. She was standing still. Assault, abuse of power @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social
How Roy Cohn taught Donald Trump everything.” By Kai Bird and Susan Goldmark www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
How Roy Cohn Taught Donald Trump Everything
How Roy Cohn taught Donald Trump to ignore the rules, avoid a paper trail, and make up a good story for the media.
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“For more than a year, the White House has threatened and criticized the Smithsonian—but going after museums may not be the base-galvanizing issue Trump thinks it is,” Kelsey Ables reports. www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
One Problem With Attacking the Smithsonian? Americans Like It.
Coming after a history museum may not be the base-galvanizing issue Trump thinks it is.
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“Trump’s outburst over the Reflecting Pool is a sign of dangerous dysfunction in the Oval Office,” Tom Nichols argues. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Trump’s Irrationality Is Dangerous
The president’s recent rant is a sign of serious dysfunction in the Oval Office.
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My Latest: I am not a gambler. But if I were, I would always bet against congressional Republicans acting with integrity or demonstrating political courage. newsletters.democracydocket.com/tillis-and-c...
Tillis and Cornyn had nothing to lose — and still folded
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The election EO appeal is about whether the fedl gov’t can change the rules of voting shortly before the midterms & whether SCOTUS will apply its own precedent consistently. Understanding the arguments is essential to understanding the outcome, so I parse them here: open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
Trump's Executive Order on Voting: Blue State Attorneys General, and Some Retired Judges, Weigh In
Sunday night in The Week Ahead post, we discussed the Trump administration’s effort to push ahead with implementation of an executive order that would give the federal government greater control over ...
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BIG: Kansas just rejected a ballot measure that would have required state Supreme Court justices to be elected rather than appointed by the governor — dealing another setback to Republicans trying to overturn a decision that established a constitutional right to abortion.
Republican officials were faced with a massive backlash from outraged voters who packed the meeting room — and two overflow rooms — to demand that their voting locations remain open. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
GOP backs down from suppression scheme in Texas after voter outrage
The plan changed at the last moment, when Republican officials were faced with a massive backlash from outraged voters
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"Reluctantly," a federal judge dismisses the Oath Keepers seditious conspiracy cases. Trump DOJ "excuses criminal acts that caused a centuries-long pillar of our democracy—the peaceful transfer of presidential power—to buckle." "The court cannot write a different ending," he adds. buff.ly/NvVKnaW
Proud that Elias Law Group is helping the Democratic Party fight for voting rights and free and fair elections. news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and...
Marc Elias Firm Rebounds as Key DNC Litigator for Midterms
Marc Elias and his firm have reemerged as a top legal adviser for the Democratic National Committee after the party organization cut back work with the prominent elections attorney during the 2024 cam...
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BREAKING: ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland lawmakers approve ballot measure for voters to clear way for new congressional maps that would boost Democrats.
Capital One has asked a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit from the Trump Org. over the closure of hundreds of bank accounts in 2021, arguing that the shutdowns were the product of a monthslong anti-money-laundering review — not retaliation for the Capitol riot, as the Trump businesses have claimed.
Heads up: The Trump Justice Department says it's monitoring polling sites in four Michigan cities today: Detroit, Lansing, East Lansing, and Hamtramck.
NEW: A federal judge just scheduled a trial for March 2027 to determine whether the potential Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger violates antitrust law — a timeline that could further delay the deal.
🚨BREAKING: Nearly a year after voting advocates launched a campaign to prevent a GOP gerrymander from taking effect in Missouri, Secretary of State Denny Hoskins officially blocked the citizen-initiated referendum on the new map from appearing on the ballot. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Missouri blocks anti-gerrymander referendum from November ballot in attempt to silence voters
Voter advocates are expected to immediately challenge the move and ask the courts to ensure that Missouri voters have the final say on the map.
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The photographic evidence established that Davey did no damage to the Reflecting Pool, & now that has been confirmed by the govt's own filing To quote A Few Good Men, "I guess the president just can't handle the truth" More on @cnn.com👇 -TN
A conservative policy adviser and a former Trump White House press secretary accused Max Miller of domestic abuse. A Republican Senator called him “a danger to my daughter.” For how long will Congressional Republicans dismiss fellow Republicans to protect one of their own?
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdayRAJU: Sen. Moreno is calling for Max Miller to resign. Do you side w/Moreno? THUNE: It's a family matter &, um, I don't have any observations beyond that Q: If a member of Congress is facing domestic abuse allegations, should they continue to serve? T: It's a House matter. It's a family issue too
“New polls show Trump losing support among the groups at the heart of his supposed 2024 political realignment,” David A. Graham argues in The Atlantic Daily: www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
Americans Are Turning on Trump
The president’s big gains with Black, Hispanic, and young voters in 2024 suggested a major shift. Less than two years later, he has lost those new supporters.
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