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The Economist· 2026-02-19 20:20
In one sense, his arrest is a sign of a healthy polity. Britain’s justice system at least appears to be doing its job. The monarchy may nevertheless suffer—and there could be more damaging reports to come https://t.co/wIOkt27gsc ...
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Nick Szabo· 2026-02-13 00:32
RT Rep. Nancy Mace (@RepNancyMace)We sent a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi demanding answers after the DOJ quietly removed some documents in the Epstein files from their public website.The Epstein Files Transparency Act requires the release of ALL unclassified records, with redactions to protect victims, not predators.But some documents initially released have disappeared. We need to know why.We're demanding:➡️ A list of every document removed➡️ A summary of the contents of each document➡️ The reason ...
DOJ embarrassed again, after grand jury rejects effort to indict lawmakers for speaking out
MSNBC· 2026-02-12 00:32
There are both glimmers of hope and reaso for serious alarm today when it comes to assessing the health of our democracy. Every authoritarian escalation by Donald Trump and his cabinet is being met with an equal and opposite reaction from the American people. Consider the news breaking last night that the Justice Department failed to secure an indictment against the six Democratic lawmakers who released a video simply reminding the men and women of the military that every one of them swore an oath to the Co ...
Rep. Jason Crow: ‘I’m taking names’ to pursue ‘accountability’ after DOJ’s failed indictment
NBC News· 2026-02-11 23:02
Welcome back. On Tuesday, the Justice Department tried and failed to secure an indictment against the six Democrats who released a video last year telling US troops they can refuse illegal orders. At the time, the president accused those lawmakers of sedicious behavior punishable by death.NBC's Ryan Riley reports that according to two sources familiar with the matter, none of the grand jurors believed the DOJ met the threshold of probable cause necessary for an indictment. Today, some of those lawmakers spe ...
'We've got a pattern here': Grand jury rejects sedition charges against Democrats
MSNBC· 2026-02-11 12:19
THE FEDERAL GRAND JURY HAS DECLINED TO INDICT SENORS MARK KELLY, ALYSSA SLOTKIN AND FOUR OTHER DEMOCRATIC LAWMAKERS OVER A VIDEO THEY MADE DEPARTMENT LAST FALL REMINDING SERVICE MEMBERS OF THEIR DUTY TO REFUSE ILLEGAL ORDERS. THIS MARKS THE LATEST REBUKE OF THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S push to prosecute the president's perceived political foes. The video featured six democratic lawmakers, all military or intelligence veterans, warning service members about unlawful orders.President Trump has called the messag ...
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Elon Musk· 2026-01-31 17:54
YesIan Miles Cheong (@ianmiles):Elon Musk: “I think the public will be rightly frustrated if no one is prosecuted for the Epstein client list.”If no prosecutions emerge, it’ll be proof that the institutions are a sham and that they no longer serve the public good.Is there a two-tiered justice system or one https://t.co/IZ0nGnndQ7 ...
Epstein survivors voice frustration over Justice Department's partial release of files
NBC News· 2025-12-22 22:00
Survivors of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein are speaking out after the Justice Department's partial release of the files on Friday. In a statement, they accused the DOJ of multiple missteps and of violating the law. The statement was signed by more than a dozen survivors, including Charlene Roshard.She met Epstein when she was a teenager working as a model in New York. Danielle Bensky also signed. She was introduced to Epstein when she was a 17-year-old aspiring ballerina.Today, those women are chan ...
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Elon Musk· 2025-12-21 22:11
TrueHunter Ash (@ArtemisConsort):If juries convict or acquit based on political or tribalistic allegiance, our justice system is gone. I don’t know how we solve this within the current framework. So many judges are corrupt too. And there are few, if any, checks and balances to ensure they actually apply the law. ...
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Nick Szabo· 2025-12-04 06:13
RT Wall Street Apes (@WallStreetApes)The UK is so far gone it’s insaneDeputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom David Lammy announces their new plan to end jury trials and have a judge decide sentencingThey will arrest citizens for social media posts, skip the jury trial and just sentence them now“First, I will create new swift courts within the Crown Court with a judge alone deciding verdicts in tribal either way cases with a likely sentence of three years or less — estimates that they will deliver justi ...
Pope Leo XIV criticizes the Trump administration's treatment of migrants
NBC News· 2025-11-18 22:38
I think we have to look for ways of treating people humanely, treating people with the dignity that they have. If people are in the United States illegally, there are ways to treat that. There are courts.There's a system of justice. No one has said that the United States should have open borders. I think every country has a right to to determine who and how and when people enter.But when people are living good lives and many of them for 10, 15, 20 years to treat them in a in a way that is extremely disrespe ...