#MissKittyPolitics #ALBUS Lower courts will issue stays, but Albus is banking on the SCOTUS "Shadow Docket." He’s drafting leapfrog petitions to bypass district judges. We need a legal firewall at the state level NOW. #JudicialWatch #LegalAction

Elon Musk Plays Disinfo Telephone: How Oregon’s Mundane Voter Roll Cleanup Is Turned Into False Claim Of ‘Fake Voters’

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Elon Musk Plays Disinfo Telephone: How Oregon’s Mundane Voter Roll Cleanup Is Turned Into False Claim Of ‘Fake Voters’

I made the mistake of opening up X yesterday to look something up, and the very first post that appeared in my feed was a perfect, almost pedagogical example of how the game of “disinformation tele…

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"Terrifying prospect." Trump will use U.S. military to carry out mass deportations
https://www.salon.com/2024/11/19/terrifying-prospect-confirms-he-will-use-the-us-military-to-carry-out-mass-deportations

* plans to declare national emergency
* response to 2024-Nov-08 Truth Social post f. Tom Fitton, president of conservative group Judicial Watch
* critics: military round up costly/dangerous
* big price tag: astronomical economic costs
* requires unfeasible infrastructure

#TomFitton #JudicialWatch
#USpol #USmilitary #MassDeportations
#Trump2 #GOP #fascism #xenophobia #Project2025 #hatred

"Terrifying prospect": Trump confirms he will use the US military to carry out mass deportations

Critics say using the military to round up undocumented immigrants will be costly and dangerous

Salon
Tarr found guilty on murder, attempted murder charges
HILLSBORO -- More than two years after Leslie Reeves was killed and Christopher Smith was nearly killed on Thanksgiving Day 2021 in Farmersville, a jury of eight women and six men gathered in the Montgomery County Courthouse to decide the fate of the accused, Robert Tarr. This trial, presided over by Judge Chr
https://www.heartlandnewsfeed.com/2024/05/01/tarr-guilty-on-murder-charges/
#Illinois #JudicialWatch #Local #MontgomeryCounty
Tarr found guilty on murder, attempted murder charges

HILLSBORO -- More than two years after Leslie Reeves was killed and Christopher Smith was nearly killed on Thanksgiving Day

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Tarr made pre-trial appearance Friday
HILLSBORO -- A man facing murder and attempted murder charges made an appearance Friday in Montgomery County court. Robert J. Tarr of Collinsville appeared in court Friday before Circuit Judge Christopher Matoush.

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https://www.heartlandnewsfeed.com/2023/07/23/tarr-made-pre-trial-appearance-friday/
#Illinois #JudicialWatch #Local #ChristopherMatoush #ChristopherSmith #IllinoisNews #LeslieReeves #RobertTarr

Tarr made pre-trial appearance Friday

HILLSBORO -- A man facing murder and attempted murder charges made an appearance Friday in Montgomery County court. Robert J. Tarr of Collinsville appeared in c

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#Trump repeatedly rejected otherwise sound advice from his attorneys while seeking the counsel of Tom Fitton, the head of #JudicialWatch, a right-wing activist organization. Despite the name of his group, Fitton has no formal legal background whatsoever.

Fitton lied to Trump, telling him he could keep #classified documents.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/06/14/trump-indictment-classified-documents-settlement/

Trump rejected lawyers’ efforts to avoid classified documents indictment

The former president was not interested in attempting to negotiate a settlement in the classified documents investigation, three people briefed on the matter said.

The Washington Post

#trump was advised by his attorneys to return the documents but Tom Fitton of Judicial Watch advised Trump he could legally keep them. #JudicialWatch is funded by the Koch Network which also funds #americansforprosperity. AFP oddly enough is now running ads against trump’s Re-election. Hmm?

#KochNetwork #TomFitton #trumpindictment #trumparraignment #afp

#JudicialWatch #lost a #lawsuit in 2012 that demanded the audio recordings be designated as #PresidentialRecords & that the #NationalArchives (#NARA) take custody of the recordings. A court opinion issued at the time stated that there was no #legal mechanism for the Archives to force Clinton to turn over the recordings.

#Trump #ClassifiedDocuments #TomFitton #Obstruction #Espionage #NationalSecurity #Indictment #DOJ #Legal #Justice

#Trump time & again rejected the advice from #lawyers & advisers who urged him to cooperate & instead took the advice of #TomFitton, the head of the conservative group #JudicialWatch, & a range of others who told him he could legally keep the #ClassifiedDocuments & should fight the #DOJ, advisers said. Trump would often cite Fitton to others, &Fitton told some of Trump’s lawyers that Trump could keep the docs, even as they disagreed, the advisers said.…

#Obstruction #Espionage #NationalSecurity

Tom Fitton of Judicial Watch (a right wing advocacy group) making an ass of himself on the bird site.

#judicialwatch #RightWingConspiracyTheories #RightWingPress #GQPClownShow