The Department of Justice is trying to get the NAACP’s Clean Air Act suit against xAI tossed because it claims the government should be able to block *all* citizen suits it opposes to avoid “Article II” concerns. As today’s “One First” explains, this argument is as scary and alarming as it is novel:
🚨BREAKING: Maryland Federal Court DISMISSES Department of Justice lawsuit to gain access to state voter data. A big victory for our clients Maryland/DC Alliance for Retired Americans and democracy.
DOJ is now 0-9 in these cases. We are undefeated.🗳️💪⚖️ www.democracydocket.com/cases/maryla...
www.stevevladeck.com
DOJ's move to toss out a lawsuit against xAI for illegally operating gas-burning turbines to power data centers turns on a dangerous new constitutional claim.
We gave Iran a massive concession they want very badly up front in advance in exchange for a promise to allow inspectors in again with zero specifics about when, how, or what sites they will be allowed to see. This is insanity.
Ron Filipkowski
I'm not sure of the exact moment, but I'm of the opinion we lost our democracy a while back. Doesn't mean we can't get it back, but I don't see how we can call our current government a democracy.
At this point, I think I'd much rather have Herbert Hoover back.
They're both all
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Fuckness
Blake Snodgrass
JUDGE SCHILTZ: “.. Initiating a criminal investigation in order to harass political opponents or to coerce them into taking official action .. is a blatantly unlawful and unethical use the grand-jury process.”
@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2026/06...
In a new court filing, SPLC provided evidence that the prosecution into the org came directly out of a letter that extremist groups sent to Stephen Miller complaining that they had been included in SPLC's Hate Map.
emptywheel.net/2026/06/23/h...
Blake Snodgrass
Blake Snodgrass
Blake Snodgrass
What a wild lie from Musk as well, given that USAID funding was completely halted virtually everywhere, and this was extremely publicly reported.
Carl Quintanilla
emptywheel
so anyways DOGE has the blood of millions of children & adults on their hands both domestic & abroad
elon has the reach & influence he does because of international leaders/governments everywhere — he built this weird monopoly internationally
✨queer commie terrorist✨
Aaron Reichlin-Melnick
Andrew Lawrence
When people get arrested not because they did anything wrong but because their arrest is politically useful to the regime, that means you’re living in a dictatorship.
people.com
David Hearn was arrested for destruction of government property at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on June 19, but claims he only touched a piece of pool liner that was already detached. Presiden...
Trump: "I said it could cause a depression. And I said I don't want to be Herbert Hoover ... certainly a lot of bad things could happen."
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Aaron Rupar
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Pulte begins a political purge of the intelligence community. Add it to what Hegseth is doing with the military, Blanche with Justice, Patel with FBI, and the hirings at ICE, and we’re entering a very dangerous period, one that makes Watergate look like child’s play.
www.cnn.com/2026/06/22/p...
The large-scale cuts that President Donald Trump’s acting director of national intelligence had been considering imposing at his own office started on Monday, a source familiar with the matter told CN...
