Received this e-mail today from the Wisconsin Democratic Party: In the wake of the horrifying police shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man in Kenosha, who was shot in the back while his three children watched, Governor Evers called the State Legislature into a special session on police accountability and transparency. Add your name now to…
Category: DOJ
Who Can Get Under This Barr?
Trinidad native Shemika Charles holds a world record. Who is Shemika Charles—you ask? Ms. Charles is a 23-year-old performer whose claim to fame is holding the Guinness World Record for the lowest Limbo back-bend, (or whatever the verbiage) of 8.5 inches low and the longest distance walked in that contorted position—just over 10 feet. Not only…
Trump threatens to “clean out” Portland as Oregon governor announces federal force withdrawal
Aside from being charged hourly for the fence around the Portland federal building because it blocks the street ($192,000 at last count), federal forces will be withdrawn beginning Thursday. Trump apparently hasn’t gotten the memo. “We're not leaving until they secure their city … if they don't secure their city soon, we have no choice —…
A.G. (dis)Barr testifies that Portland protests have been “hijacked” except it's not what you think
William Barr’s opening statement has been released and apparently anarchists abound as the Mueller report signaled a “bogus Russiagate scandal”. Hopefully House questioners will ask Barr why sending DHS “contractors” to cities isn’t the kind of provocation where gaslight gets thrown on a fire. x YouTube Video x In an opening statement released prior to his…
what state-sponsored terror looks like: protection squads in Portland will spread to other cities
Chad Wolf confesses to committing a crime on national television. One person’s ‘proactive arresting’ is another’s extralegal detention and subsequent rendition. If you get scooped up, we wish you well. DHS Secretary @DHSMcAleenan just said on Fox News that unmarked agents are making “proactive” arrests in #Portland:“If we think you will commit a crime, we will…
scorched carnage on the path to the bunker: Now, MS-13 is a clear and present … stunt
Today, President Donald J. Trump and Attorney General William P. Barr announced significant cases related to Joint Task Force Vulcan (JTFV), an initiative launched in August 2019 aimed at disrupting, dismantling, and ultimately, destroying MS-13. President Trump and Attorney General Barr announced a number of significant cases associated with JTFV, including the first time an…
IA-Sen: Sen. Joni Ernst (R), “People investigating Trump are just like cop who killed George Floyd”
Kudos to Dan Desai Martin at The American Independent for capturing this: x YouTube Video Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) compared the police officer who killed George Floyd to the Justice Department officials investigating Donald Trump, during an interview with a local radio station earlier this month. “The example of George Floyd, you know, that was…
A.G. Barr accused of 'politically motivated probes of cannabis mergers' & CA emission standards
A career employee at the Department of Justice was subpoenaed to testify by the U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary chaired by Chairman Nadler of NY today June 24, 2020. John Elias, a career prosecutor, will testify that Attorney General William Barr ordered 10 ‘politically motivated’ investigations of ten Cannabis industry mergers. In addition, he will…
Boogaloo: DHS warns increased threat of RW domestic terror
Wear a Hawai'ian shirt, go to jail…Tulsa did have in attendance the anti-government gun-toting version of Proud Boys called Boogaloo Bois. Fortunately they chickened out on a mission to foment conflict for a second Civil War. Fortunately, the fashion police and the National Guard were present in Tulsa, and monitoring the Boogaloos’ paramilitary cosplay activity. Doubtless future Trump rallies…
reaching the bottom of the US sunken place as Superspreader-Trump's cover-up continues
Aside from a provocative trip to Tulsa this afternoon, there were many naked attempts to get reelected despite all the criming going on. So many other potential crimes might get covered up by more blatant manipulations. Another Friday evening featured yet another flim-flam, this time with the prosecution of Rudy Giuliani. This move by Barr was meant…
Whistleblowers to come before House Judiciary to testify about AG Barr's politicizing DoJ
Bill Barr has refused to appear before the House Judiciary committee but other witnesses have not. This could be a bigger deal, if only to remind how Barr’s entire career as a Republican “fixer” might be laid bare. Not exactly impeachment but the basis for post-Trump prosecution might be created. If anything the misuse of…
“A Gross Abuse of Prosecutorial Power”
John Gleeson, the retired judge whom Emmet Sullivan, judge in Michael Flynn’s case, tasked with writing a review and recommendation of Barr’s demand (he calls it a request) to dismiss the Flynn case, has completed his report. Michael Flynn committed perjury but should not face contempt hearing, court-appointed counsel finds The main reason for this…
OR-Sen: Sen. Jeff Merkley (D) Keeps Up The Call From Trump's Corrupt Attorney General To Resign
Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley’s (D. OR) re-election campaign: Sen. Jeff Merkley (D. OR) Attorney General William Barr said that a president, by definition, cannot ever obstruct justice. When protesters were peacefully demonstrating in front of the White House for black lives and against police brutality, he supported and stood by as Lafayette…
MN-Sen: Sen. Tina Smith (D) Mounts Pressure On McConnell To Hold A Vote On Police Policy Reform
Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Tina Smith’s (D. MN) re-election campaign: Friend — This morning, House and Senate Democrats announced a new bill that could bring transformative change in policing. I am proud to join the Congressional Black Caucus, the House Judiciary Committee, and Senators Cory Booker and Kamala Harris in helping introduce…
You're not being chemically irritated, you're being pepper sprayed: distinction without difference
Making people fear the liar. It is the media framing effect of 20,000 lies. and a gas (light). x 💥💀💥AG Barr says pepper spray isn’t a chemical… BUT it is banned for use in war by Article I.5 of the CHEMICAL Weapons Convention, which bans the use of all riot control agents in warfare whether…
Matt Gaetz needs to hunt Identity Evropa. Day protests versus Night “unrest” as curfews continue
We are at an interesting point, the necessity for socially distanced behavior and the imposition of De Facto martial law. Even as there is peaceful protest during the day time, there will be problematic police behavior in the evening. Remember that Trump needs martial law or at least its quasi-military manifestation to get re-elected. Recall that dictatorships…
LIVE BLOG Trump statement on current unrest
There’s a teleprompter set up in the Rose Garden. Bill Barr has wandered over to the protest line and is now hiding behind an armored police vehicle. x YouTube Video He’s going to read a statement, but will he do some ad libs or take questions. #BunkerBaby So are we going to get some play…
Joe Biden Vows To Create A DOJ Police Oversight Board Within The First 100 Days Of His Presidency
Good: In a meeting with black Wilmington leaders Monday, Joe Biden said he will create a police oversight board in the first 100 days of his presidency. The former vice president and presumed Democratic presidential nominee met with about a dozen community leaders at Bethel AME Church in Wilmington, including U.S. Rep. Lisa Blunt…
urban curfews begin – keeping the peace, owning the night
I am putting this up here in case folks want to share updates and more local stories, resources and information about the first night of curfews for what has been a fluid weekend of George Floyd protests. Police violence has begun to escalate. The Twin Cities’ curfews has begun. Chicago’s began at 9pm. NYC has…
darn those “outside agitators”, tonight is MAGA Night, because “MAGA loves the black people.”
So much media framing, proliferating COVID-19 at an Ozark pool party sharing breath unlike the loss of breath days later for George Floyd. On the one hand peaceful protest, on the other vandalism as tourism. Two people have already died from Floyd-related violence. Now the framing is that no different than the attendance at a…
