As the rock is lifted on the Epstein files, we find beneath it the rot of our foundational institutions and the beyond-belief nihilism of those who control them.
Patrick Lawrence: Epstein & the Age of Unreason
Category: U.S. Justice Dept.
Call Trump ‘Detention Camps’ by Their Real Name
History shows us that once a nation builds a mass detention apparatus, it never remains limited to its original targets. History isn’t whispering: it’s shouting, says Thom Hartmann.
US Rep Pushes DOJ on Epstein File Redactions
Thomas Massie says that when U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi appears before the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday he plans to ask why many of the Jeffrey Epstein files remain redacted.
Judge Dismisses Bid to End ‘Occupation’ of Minneapolis
Marjorie Cohn reports that twelve days before the execution of Alex Pretti by border patrol agents, plaintiffs asked the federal court to stop the deployment by injunction.
Caity Johnstone: Turning the Epstein Story into Russiagate
At least part of the mainstream media is admitting that Jeffrey Epstein was a spy gathering kompromat. They just have the wrong country he was serving.
JOHN KIRIAKOU: Unabated US Prisoner Abuse
Guards are leaving federal inmates in restraints for hours and even, in dozens of cases, as long as a week. That’s just the latest finding on abuses pervading the system.
Minnesota Should Charge ICE Agent With Murder
Marjorie Cohn sizes up the legal considerations surrounding Jonathan Ross’ fatal shooting of Renee Good in Minneapolis.
Vance Blasted After Saying ICE Slayer Has Immunity
The vice president said Minnesota prosecutors should instead investigate people who “are using their vehicles and other means” to interfere with ICE’s operations.
Hedges Report: America the Rogue State
Iraqis, a million of whom were killed during the U.S. war and occupation, know what comes next for Venezuela. The reigning gangsters will use the threat of death and destruction to procure subservience.
Behind the DOJ’s Politicized Indictment of Maduro
Max Blumenthal says the 25-page political rant could help make more Americans aware of the C.I.A.’s own history of drug trafficking.