Barb McQuade

DOJ leadership has put all Public Integrity Section lawyers into a room with 1 hour to decide who will dismiss Adams indictment or else all will be fired. Sending them strength to stand by their oath, which is to support the Constitution, not the president’s political agenda. 🇺🇸

Let’s go FBI agents. You know what to do. They can’t fire all of you!

a group of people are sitting in a field with a horse in the background

ALT: a group of people are sitting in a field with a horse in the background

Proud of prosecutors in SDNY and Washington who resigned rather than carry out DAG Emil Bove’s order to dismiss indictment against NYC Mayor Eric Adams.
Integrity > politics and careerism.

Federal prosecutors in New York and Washington resign after refusing to drop Adams charges

At least six prosecutors, including the acting U.S. attorney in Manhattan, have stepped down over the DOJ order to dismiss corruption charges against New York Mayor Eric Adams.

18 USC 793(f) makes it a crime to remove national defense information from its proper place through gross negligence. Doesn’t matter whether info was classified. Signal chat is not a proper place.

Signal Chat Disclosure Poses Early Test for F.B.I. and Justice Dept.

Whether the agencies open an investigation will bring into sharp relief the intended approach of their leaders, Kash Patel and Pam Bondi, who promised to administer impartial justice.

DOJ is out of control. The crime of impeding federal agents requires physical force. Speaking out against the way ICE is being deployed is not a crime.
www.cbsnews.com/news/justice...

DOJ investigating Gov. Tim Walz, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey over alleged conspiracy to impede immigration agents

Federal prosecutors are investigating Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey for allegedly impeding immigration agents, sources told CBS News, an extraordinary escalation in the Trum...

All Americans owe DC US Attorney Matthew Graves and his staff a debt of gratitude for their work to prosecute the 1,600 defendants who attacked our Capitol on Jan 6, 2021. Political violence cannot be tolerated.
https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/united-states-attorney-matthew-m-graves-step-down-j…

This stream of Kash Patel’s baseless conspiracy theories about FBI on Jan 6 should disqualify him from leading the agency. Thanks to @normeisen.bsky.social and @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social for their work to compile it.
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

Kash Patel Believes the FBI Planned Jan. 6th

His embrace of this wild conspiracy theory should disqualify him from leading the bureau.

This is an old formula used by authoritarian regimes. Stoke chaos and blame scapegoats to justify the use of force.

Let’s hope Noem’s purse did not contain her cell phone with any active Signal chats
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/u...

Kristi Noem’s Bag, With Security Badge and $3,000, Is Stolen

The homeland security secretary was dining at a Washington, D.C., restaurant. She also lost her passport and keys.

Christmas morning bliss. The calm before the chaos.

Peace.

Lawyers Mark Zaid, Norm Eisen, and Nancy Gertner of Democracy Defenders Fund threaten to sue DOJ over fired prosecutors and FBI agents. Your turn, Senate. Bring Bondy and Patel back for more questioning.

Letter to Bove over DOJ/FBI firings

CNN

It’s hard to believe a president would time an illegal military attack to distract the public’s attention, but today is the statutory deadline for DOJ to release its report on the Epstein file production. Maybe it is just a coincidence.

Proud to join almost 1,000 other DOJ alumni supporting those who are standing up for the non-partisan administration of law. The oath we all took is to uphold the Constitution, not to advance a president’s political agenda.
www.thejusticeconnection.org/wp-content/u...

Attorney General Pam Bondi tells a member of a co-equal branch of government during a public hearing: “You don’t tell me anything, you washed-up loser lawyer.” The disdain for our own government is appalling. This administration is destroying our democracy.

35 million Americans live in poverty, and yet, this is what our president is focused on.

NIH funding at @UMich supports important medical research, such as extending the life of organs waiting for transplant, advancing treatments for cerebral palsy, and sustaining experimental genetic trials for children with brain cancer.

Sen. Jeanne Shaheen is introducing a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United, the case that opened the floodgates to dark money and the buying of elections by billionnaires.
👏👏👏

Shaheen Renews Push to Overturn Citizens United Ruling, Rid American Elections of Dark Money and Excessive Corporate Campaign Spending | U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire

(Washington, DC) – On the anniversary of the bipartisan McCain-Feingold Bipartisan Campaign Reform...

This statement from AG Bondi is a disgrace. The judge did not “support” terrorists. He decided a case, based on facts and law, finding the requirements of the Alien Enemy Act lacking.

Thank you to all of our service members and veterans. We appreciate you, your families, and your sacrifices for our country. Wish we were spending millions on you instead of a parade.

This is a meaningless trick. A court cannot violate rule 6(e), which prohibits public disclosure.

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social

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Where law ends, tyranny begins.

Dear Blueskyers:
I am finding it rather nice here. Can anyone please tell me the best way to search out various starter packs? Looking for mostly for journalist to cover law and politics. But I’ll also take a good set on sports and cute puppies!

The sun rises on a new year. Let’s choose light over darkness, hope over fear, love over hate.

Happy new year 2025.

Here is the oath all executive branch employees take. It is to support and defend the Constitution, not to “implement the president’s agenda.” If the two purposes diverge, the Constitution prevails.