Mr.WeRP
Mr.WeRP's JournalIf you are a lawyer in DC or a member of the DC Bar, vote against Bondi
AG Pam Bondi’s brother is running to head the DC Bar, and if he wins, will shift legal ethics in Trump’s favor in the overall justice system. You do not want Trump using the bar to punish good attorneys.
Senator Van Hollen Appreciation Thread
Let’s give it up for Senator Van Hollen for actually DOING SOMETHING about saving Democracy!
Thank you Senator!
I know this sentiment is shared by a vast majority of Americans!
Martial Law is coming. Here is a likely playbook of what happens next
https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/article/trump-insurrection-act-april-20-20269810.php…
He also replaced the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs with a CPAC-darling who endeared himself to Trump by wearing a MAGA hat. And he fired the Judge Advocate Generals for the Army, Navy and Air Force — the top uniformed lawyers responsible for reviewing the orders from the commander-in-chief and defense secretary to determine whether they’re legal. Trump’s defense secretary explained this action was taken preemptively to prevent the JAGs from blocking “orders that are given by a commander in chief.” Clearing the way, among other things, for the White House to begin consolidating federal law enforcement under military leadership. The Secretary of the Army, for example, in a move consistent with preparing for martial law, was just placed in charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), with surprisingly little push back.
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Let’s be clear what this adds up to: The man who promised to “declare martial law on day one” has wasted no time taking actions designed to subvert the military to meet this end.
Yet despite Trump’s fondness for blasting through norms, there is one norm upon which his apparent plan, and political survival, depends: the military recognizing him as their commander-in-chief and obeying his orders.
That norm is no more carved in stone than any other.
More at the link but essentially, once Trump issues an order to use the military against the civilian population or any other illegal order, the military, as coded into military law, can remove any executive, including the President, who would violate the Constitution. Ultimately, declaring Martial Law may backfire on Trump. Our only hope, if he does, is that the Military removes him.
DOGE has terminated MITRE's CVE contract
This is the primary system for sharing software vulnerabilities and is used by the cybersecurity industry (I work in this field). Cutting funding on this is like ending your nuclear defense funding during the cold war. Good luck out there, our information systems just became a lot less safe.
As long as I have been in this field (more than 15 years now) MITRE has been the keeper via DARPA and other government funding. This is what keeps the bad guys at bay and is the primary tool for sharing attack vectors in the industry so the industry can keep up with the black hats who do collaborate on the dark web.
A Reminder: the US Marshals Service is under the Judicial Branch
If arrest warrants are handed out by the judge in the case of wrongly deported Garcia, then they will carry out the warrant orders, not the DoJ. There is a good chance that they will need to face arresting members of the DoJ and the current Executive.
Trump will pardon all involved in Signalgate
And he will have the DoJ file espionage charges against the reporter.
This is the dystopia we live in.
The Freezing Of Bank Accounts Has Begun
https://www.msnbc.com/top-stories/latest/citibank-freeze-accounts-climate-grants-epa-fbi-rcna196305Citibank says FBI “recommended” that it freeze the accounts of climate grant recipients
In Wednesday’s court filing, the bank said it had temporarily frozen the accounts of climate grant recipients at the FBI’s recommendation. Citibank said it had been informed by the federal government that the Environmental Protection Agency’s Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, which issued the grants, was “subject to an ongoing criminal investigation.” This fund was authorized in 2022 through the Inflation Reduction Act and received $27 billion in funding.
Love that they “recommended” the bank do this. Sounds like mobster talk…
“We recommend you, da bank, freeze deez accounts or something baaad might happen to your nice bank here.”
Cops remove Veteran from GOP Rep Town Hall
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