Deborah Pearlstein

This has been coming from the beginning. All major democracy-supporting NGOs and foundations have their legal complaints already drafted. And in time, perhaps not even much time, they will win their cases. What is needed most in the meantime is courage. Keep saying what you think, doing what you do.

“Bove stated that D.O.J. would need to consider telling the courts ‘fuck you’ and ignore any such order.” This story is just a blockbuster in every way - exposing Bove & others to both contempt and a suite of bar ethics charges. Hope to add more as time permits, but the whistleblower a hero.

I eventually found a NYT story on these protests but it was hard, def not part of their rolling front page section on the DC takeover. It's an editorial choice to keep protests less visible. It makes Trump appear stronger than he is & kneecaps the momentum opposition needs. Make a different choice.

Crime rampant in Portland.

Reality check: mail balloting for the November ‘26 election begins 23 days from now in North Carolina. Three weeks.

Another useful study from Reuters about the collapse of DOJ willingness to police attorney ethics, no doubt a new low (w/OPR then under the supervision of Todd Blanche). But NB on the task of DOJ reconstruction one day, some of OPR's failings are longstanding. Just restoring it c.2023 won't be enuf.

Just a thought, and hear me out, but what if we established some kind of national lawmaking body with the power to make rules about interstate commerce to prevent serious harm to people & property & instead promote something like the general welfare?

"FBI Director Kash Patel is planning to shrink his legal advisory office, deepening divisions with his general counsel...OGC encompasses several hundred lawyers responsible for advising top bureau execs and agents to ensure lawful investigations..." /1