Rick Tulsky
@ricktulsky.bsky.social
Author, Injustice Town, available now. John Grisham calls it "outrageous and unbelievable." The New Yorker calls it "comprehensive and sobering." I call it: Sad reality. https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Injustice-Town/Rick-Tulsky/9798897100422
Further proof of the world gone insane: Laura Loomer drives foreign policy? www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Loomer’s Ukraine reversal deepens split in Trump’s ‘America First’ movement
Influential MAGA blogger and former Kyiv critic Laura Loomer expects to visit the president to advocate for the U.S.-Ukraine alliance.
washingtonpost.com
When Gianni Infantino loses his job as FIFA president, could he become the new head of the Board of Peace?
Mind boggling to think of the harm caused by falsely arresting someone. The costs of all the FBI and prosecutors and judicial hours spent on a phony case. The costs of the National Guard sent to 'protect the pool from vandals.' All to disguise the millions Trump wasted on his no-bid contract.
Charges Dropped Against Ex-Olympian David Hearn Accused of Damaging Reflecting Pool
A former Olympian will not face trial after federal prosecutors acknowledged that the Trump administration’s claims of vandalism were false.
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I particularly like the part just before Comey's indictment when scrambling agents scour the transcript of the Gambino crime family trial, and ask everyone from retired agents to Sammy the Bull to Chat GPT in a desperate but unsuccessful effort to prove '86' means 'assassinate' to mobsters.
The Outlandish Case Against James Comey
The prosecution’s central claim “would be laughable,” one former federal judge noted, if it weren’t intended “to deprive a man of his liberty.”
newyorker.com
Time for a public service announcement: Immigration judges are not like federal district judges. They are not nominated and then confirmed by the Senate to lifetime posts. They are attorneys, hired by the DOJ and subject to be firing at any time. And if they don't deny asylum often enough....
Two more Chicago immigration judges fired as court becomes epicenter of removal orders
Trump administration officials on Thursday fired two more judges at the Chicago Immigration Court, which has seen seismic changes since the president returned to office and recently become the nationa...
chicagotribune.com
Who needs geography, anyway? The world starts and ends at Mar A Lago.
Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret)@portlandken.bsky.social · 6d agoThe complete debasement of the US State Department in one simple chart. The Trump/Rubio State Department presented a graphic to an international conference that mislabeled EVERY African country. It appears that no one is left who can properly name a single African country.
As Saudi Arabia and Egypt and Jordan get drawn into the war, as the US has fired so many missiles we're running low... Let's stop and remember that the Republicans couldn't muster a vote on the War Powers Act. A profile in courage.
The Trump administration has enacted a new rule, with no chance for public input, that would permit asylum seekers to be turned away and deported without even the chance for them to reveal the potential harm, even torture or death, that caused them to flee. This is America? Lady Liberty weeps.
Asylum seekers could be sent directly to deportation under new federal rule
The Trump administration rule, which took effect immediately, could transfer nearly 450,000 cases to immigration judges, who could dismiss the asylum petitions.
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Stanley Kubrick definitely was on to something. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
ChatGPT owner says AI acted on its own to hack another tech firm
The incident follows recent concerns in Silicon Valley and at the White House that AI models are becoming dangerously good at identifying security flaws in software.
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Bill Browder is definitely not a conspiracy theorist. He’s the man who wrote the Magnitsky Act.
Horrors from the U.S. government, part 2: FBI agents serving subpoenas on NY Times reporters at their homes, to learn who in government is telling reporters what the government would prefer be kept secret, about the woeful security installed on the Qatari gifted Air Force 1.
Times Journalists Subpoenaed as Trump Escalates Pressure on Media
The Justice Department is seeking to compel testimony from reporters who wrote about the new Air Force One. The Times called the move a “brazen act.”
nytimes.com
Horrors from the U.S. government, part 1: At DHS, "a climate of fear driven by Trump loyalists in senior positions." Employees describe "possibly illegal acts," dissenters threatened with firing, even arrest. Several tell of lengthy "polygraph examinations conducted by US military personnel."
Six-hour polygraphs, forced reassignments: inside homeland security’s campaign of fear
The ruthless gutting and reforming of the Department of Homeland Security has traumatized both workers and the most vulnerable immigrants
theguardian.com
@raquelrutledge.bsky.social Well, I'm always a fan of @raquelrutledge.bsky.social. But I found the last two graphs of this piece particularlly interesting. www.propublica.org/article/eric...
Senior Military Adviser to Joint Chiefs Is Retiring Earlier Than Expected
Brig. Gen. Eric Widmar, senior legal adviser to the chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said he is retiring “for personal reasons.” He is the latest high-profile departure among the military’s top lea...
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Seems like Donald Trump has managed to taint the World Cup with corruption. Of course, FIFA giving him the 'peace prize' was a canary in this coal mine... www.nytimes.com/2026/07/05/u...
Trump Asked FIFA to Review U.S. Player’s Suspension. Now He’s Eligible to Play.
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There is so much corruption it's hard to keep up. But this really stinks. A half billion dollar no-bid contract for the ballroom? Where is the oversight? Hello, Congress???? www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
Trump is using a $500M no-bid contract to build his White House ballroom
The White House routed a $500 million no-bid contract through a White House office that typically handles repairs and furnishings and is exempt from competitive bidding requirements.
washingtonpost.com
Not satisfied with just destroying the health of Americans, RFK Jr. wades in to destroy fair and free elections with an apparent implicit quid-pro-quo. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
RFK Jr. urged Iowa candidate to make deal to help GOP win House seat, per audio recording
The health secretary urged Iowa Libertarian candidates to drop out of key races to help Republicans keep control of Congress, according to interviews and a recording obtained by The Post. The effort h...
washingtonpost.com
Well that was fun. Let’s do it again next year. #soundthesiren #canes
"Trump won. We don't have to do this anymore"! A disgraceful comment from the vice president, that we no longer need to honor and respect diversity. It should be shocking, except nothing shocks anymore with this administration. thehill.com/policy/sport...
Vance fires back at MLB over San Francisco Giants Pride Bible verses
Vice President Vance mocked Major League Baseball for issuing a warning to a handful of San Francisco Giants players who wore Bible verses on their Pride Night ball caps during a recent game. The t…
thehill.com
I guess it's like Dickens. The best of times but really the worst of times....https://www.facebook.com/share/p/14nRvPRgjyZ/
Just leaving Nantucket, where I presented Injustice Town at incredible audience at Nantucket Book Festival. Now on plane to hurry home to watcth the @canes. What an excess of exciteent.
Come on. Don't we all get seen by enough doctors at our physical that once they're done with the exam they could go have a pickup fooball game? wapo.st/4fy4yet
Trump sees 22 medical specialists, appearing to set new bar for presidents
Trump saw about a dozen specialists for prior check-ups, per past statements. The White House has declined to identify which specialists assessed the president.
wapo.st
@hcrichardson.bsky.social calls the Todd Blanche confirmation process “a very big deal indeed.” We all should pay attention: The Rule of Law is at stake.
