The extent to which the U.S. has embarked on a departure from reality is only a question for empires in their waning decades.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: American Freefall
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Trump’s Rule by Fiat a Bipartisan Legacy
Democratic norms have been eroded for years, writes Vinnie Rotondaro, with the cooperation of the same liberal establishment that now acts scandalized by Trump’s every defiance.
Patrick Lawrence: Season of the Sophists
Trump’s disrespect for the law and courts is not the “only question” raised by the disappearing of Mahmoud Khalil. There are several others, from long before Jan. 20.
FBI Redactions on Seth Rich Index Leave No Answers
The F.B.I. met a court-ordered deadline to provide an index of files on slain DNC-staffer Seth Rich’s two computers, but more than 300 pages of redactions shed no light on an alleged connection to WikiLeaks, reports Joe Lauria.
Team Trump’s Questionable Opening Moves on Epstein
It is unlikely that a wayward F.B.I. field office is the full explanation for Attorney General Bondi’s fiasco of a document release, writes Elizabeth Vos.
Judge Orders Defendants in CN v NewsGuard & USG to Respond to Trump Executive Order on Censorship
A U.S. federal judge has set a deadline of Thursday for the U.S. Government and NewsGuard to respond to an executive order banning government involvement in censorship.
JOHN KIRIAKOU: An Unpardonable Process
It’s an insurmountable conflict of interest to have the U.S. pardon attorney reporting directly to the Justice Department’s person in charge of prosecutions.
Patrick Lawrence: Trump Takes on the Deep State?
The U.S. president’s unfolding offensive against the institutions and agencies comprising the Deep State — the permanent state or the invisible government, as it is also commonly known — continues.
The Feds & Their Own Bribery
In deciding on a motion to dismiss the case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams, Andrew P. Napolitano says the court needs to know if the Department of Justice is attempting to use it as a political tool.
SCOTT RITTER: Trump’s Munich Strategy
At the security conference in Germany we just saw Trump make a classic adaptation of John Boyd’s OODA-loop to destroy his NATO and EU enemies.