#SabrinaHaake notes #ToddBlanche moved 2 dismiss case 2 days b4 a brief outlining court's jurisdiction was due, & he failed 2 assert basic defenses #DOJ was legally obligated 2 raise — defenses the depart. had previously asserted in nearly identicl prior case involving same #IRS contractr. His failure 2 mount any defense @ all, judges wrote, "only emphasizes #fraudulent nature of settlement reached here" & "strengthens conclusion the litigation was collusive from start"

https://www.rawstory.com/todd-blanche-2677008359/

Latest Trump retreat leaves Todd Blanche holding the bag as he faces disbarment: analyst

President Donald Trump's decision to abandon his $1.8 billion IRS settlement didn't defuse the legal crisis surrounding it — it just shifted the target, according to a federal trial attorney who has been tracking the case.Sabrina Haake, a 25-year federal litigator and political analyst who writes th...

Raw Story

"Trump supports Putin's invasion of Ukraine/Belarus/Poland, because Trump, also fixated on imperialism from the 1800s, eyes Canada/Panama/Greenland. China will feel emboldened to take Taiwan while US resources are tied up pursuing Trump's hemispheric expansion, prompting Trump and Putin to offer Xi a deal."

The three dictators will meet for dinner as they eat the world's spoils.

/by #SabrinaHaake
/via @Salon

https://www.salon.com/2025/03/03/jd-vances-bombast-tells-us-where-maga-is-going/

#Cologne #StandWithUkraine

JD Vance's bombast tells us where MAGA is going 

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