Reed MidekeVery much from the Putin playbook: Trump and various lackeys make unsubtle threats of invasion, annexation, 51st state "jokes" and then dipshits like Pete Hoekstra gaslight with "why is everyone so hysterical and rude" shit like this https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/pete-hoekstra-canada-trump-trade
Diné man subject to #KavanaughStop "…immediately told agents that he is Navajo and had identification inside his vehicle, including his wallet, Social Security card, Certificate of Indian Blood and birth certificate" and of course the goons still detained him and ransacked his truck anyway, only to release later him without explanation or apology
https://navajotimes.com/reznews/arizona-lawmakers-condemn-ice-detention-of-dine-man-in-phoenix-area/
Arizona lawmakers condemn ICE detention of Diné man in Phoenix area - Navajo Times
Indigenous members of the Arizona House Democratic Caucus on Friday condemned what they described as the unlawful detention of a Navajo man by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. As the man at the center of the incident recounts what happened, he said the encounter left him fearful, traumatized and questioning his safety in his own homeland.
RE: https://flipboard.social/@newsguyusa/115914185577082688
Cool cool, had no idea right up to the last word whether it would be Minnesota or Greenland 😬
https://mastodon.social/@newsguyusa@flipboard.social/115914185612086964
As one might expect, Trump's Gaza "Peace Board" is extremely sketchy https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5694508-trump-board-peace-gaza-membership-fee/amp/
The Nobel Prize and the Laureate Are Inseparable - Nobel Peace Prize
The medal and the diploma are the physical symbols confirming that an individual or organisation has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. The prize itself – the honour and recognition – remains inseparably linked to the person or organisation designated as the laureate by the Norwegian Nobel Committee.
"In 2025, the United States attempted – bypassing the normal channels in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Defense and the Danish military leadership – to collect knowledge about infrastructure, including critical military infrastructure, in Greenland, and thus potentially information that could be important in planning an American attack on or invasion of Greenland, which caused concern and alarm in Denmark" https://www.berlingske.dk/internationalt/usa-soegte-i-fortrolighed-viden-om-militaere-installationer-i-groenland
USA søgte i fortrolighed viden om militære installationer i Grønland
Hidtil ukendte dokumenter fra dansk forsvar viser, at Forsvarsministeriet og den øverste danske militære ledelse var bekymret over, at USA – uformelt og uden at involvere København – forsøgte at få danske kolleger i Grønland til at udlevere information om militære installationer, havne og flybaser i Grønland. Ministeriet blev – af hensyn til det »strategiske klima« i forhold til Grønland – straks orienteret. Det samme gjorde dansk forsvars samlede topledelse, herunder forsvarschefen. Ekspert siger, at vi må forvente amerikansk spionage mod Danmark.
In other Denmark news, RFK Jr handing out grants for Danish crackpots to do unethical studies in Africa
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/danish-vaccine-study-emails-hhs-rfk-jr-1235498456/
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/danish-vaccine-study-emails-hhs-rfk-jr-1235498456/
Back in the first term, I came to the conclusion that if you assume Twitter Trump is just who he actually is, not some kind of act or deeper strategy, then very few of the absurd things he does are surprising. The second term has not given me any reason to question that https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/19/donald-trump-greenland-threats-nobel-prize-snub-letter
Bessent: "I think it’s a complete canard that the president will be doing this because of the Nobel prize. The president is looking at Greenland as a strategic asset for the United States" - Yeah if you're gonna claim that you should probably explain why the president whined about it in a message about Greenland he sent to Norway and CCed a bunch of other European leaders on
Also seems like Trump (and Bessent) should explain why the Russians are so gleeful about the whole thing, given the claim they're doing this stop Russia taking Greenland https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c17zpvkddpzo
The same chucklefucks who spent days going on about how disrespectful Zelensky was for not wearing a suit are, of course, totally fine with this
"At the beginning of the text, Macron clearly acknowledges something he didn't acknowledge in public, which is he didn't understand Trump's behaviour with Greenland" 🤨
I mean, I'm no diplomat but I took "I do not understand what you are doing on Greenland" as the polite form of "WTF ARE YOU DOING"
I assume Trump posted those as payback for the leak of his nutso response to Støre, but even with the gross, obvious efforts to butter up his ego and not be overtly confrontational, they not anywhere near the same level https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz7ynwzn8pqo
Masnik: "But sure, “there are no written documents” and “boats landing” is apparently the level of historical analysis we’re working with now. (We won’t even get into the question of what it means for the United States that “boats landing here hundreds of years ago” gives you no rights to the land).
Fourth: He’s threatening to invade a country because he didn’t get a Peace Prize.
Like, what the fuck are we even doing here?"
"This disruption to NATO is the greatest gift that Trump has offered Putin so far … It’s a confirmation that the preservation of NATO, or even the Euro-Atlantic consensus, is a very low priority for Trump and those around him" - This is undoubtedly the consensus of the vast majority of the career US intelligence community, and likely at least Ratcliffe among the appointees. Seems like Congress should be asking about that
Trump’s Greenland gambit gives Russia a historic opportunity but could be a mixed blessing for Putin, experts tell Meduza
U.S. President Donald Trump’s preoccupation with Greenland has rapidly grown from an odd fixation to an unprecedented crisis for NATO. In early January, Trump told reporters that the United States “[needs] Greenland from the standpoint of national security.” The following day, his aide Stephen Miller refused to rule out the use of force to take the Danish territory, telling CNN: “Nobody’s going to fight the United States militarily over the future of Greenland.” Denmark’s prime minister warned that a U.S. takeover of the island would effectively end the North Atlantic alliance. Since then, the crisis has only escalated, with Trump threatening new tariffs on European NATO members if they refuse to allow a U.S. takeover. On January 19, Norway’s government released a text exchange in which Trump linked his Greenland threats to not receiving the Nobel Peace Prize, writing: “I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace.” Meanwhile, the Kremlin has given little public comment on the rift, aside from noting that Trump would “certainly go down in history” if he annexed the island and comparing it to Crimea. To understand how Moscow is likely viewing the standoff, Meduza spoke to Russian military expert Keir Giles and a Russian political scientist who requested anonymity for security reasons.
"These people are not pouring money into coffers of the Trump family business because of the brothers' acumen. They are doing it because they want freedom from legal constraints and impunity that only the president can deliver" (Washington University law professor Kathleen Clark, spelling it out for the oblivious) https://www.reuters.com/investigations/inside-trump-familys-global-crypto-cash-machine-2025-10-28/
"A senior policy adviser from the U.S. State Department asked a French magistrate last year whether she could intervene over the election ban on far-right leader Marine Le Pen"
"Lafourcade responded by explaining the French judicial process, but 'that wasn’t of interest to them.'"
https://www.politico.eu/article/us-state-department-marine-le-pen-election-ban-far-right-france/
I've seen this downplayed as "military plan for all kinds of unlikely events" but according to the Glob and Mail "It is believed to be the first time in a century that the Canadian Armed Forces have created a model of an American assault on this country"
Also probably very intentional that senior officials "leaked" it to the Canadian paper of record
They are almost certainly telling the truth when they say they believe "it is unlikely the Trump administration would order an invasion of Canada" but "our goal would be Afghanistan but with more drones on your doorstep" is certainly a message (the right one, IMO)
IMO, this from @pbump perfectly captures the Greenland obsession. Especially the final sentence: "He wanted it. It was an achievement. It was something that would mark him in the history books. It was something that people he didn’t particularly like didn’t particularly want him to have, so obtaining it would be both a public and a private triumph"
https://www.ms.now/opinion/trump-davos-speech-greenland-carney-nobel-prize
Wild story of Russian asylum seeker Polina Guseva, who had lawyers, followed all the rules, and was detained for a year and half before eventually being accepted. Pointless cruelty at taxpayer expense
https://meduza.io/en/feature/2026/01/21/the-guards-didn-t-like-people-cooking-frogs-a-russian-woman-reflects-on-the-year-and-a-half-she-spent-in-u-s-immigration-detention
https://meduza.io/en/feature/2026/01/21/the-guards-didn-t-like-people-cooking-frogs-a-russian-woman-reflects-on-the-year-and-a-half-she-spent-in-u-s-immigration-detention
‘The guards didn’t like people cooking frogs’: A Russian woman tells Meduza about the year and a half she spent in U.S. immigration jail
From October 2024 to September 2025, Russians received a record number of asylum denials in the United States, and on January 14, 2026, the Trump administration suspended the issuance of immigrant visas to Russians altogether. Under President Donald Trump, the process of crossing the U.S.–Mexico border became significantly more difficult. People have waited for months for permission to enter U.S. territory before spending long periods in immigration detention facilities — sometimes more than a year. One of those people is 30-year-old Russian national Polina Guseva. Before receiving political asylum and reaching Los Angeles, she spent a year and a half in two U.S. detention centers. Meduza spoke with her about what life was like in jail, how she managed to win her court cases, and how she started a handwritten Russian-language newspaper for inmates called Vestnik Yebatoria (roughly “The Fuckatorium Herald) in one of the detention centers.
#KavanaughStop "Martinez explains he was in the holding cell for roughly 90 minutes at the port and had offered to show more proof of his identification - and even discussed the fact he served in the U.S. Coast Guard for seven years with agents, but that didn't seem to work initially"
Secret memo "says ICE officers can forcibly enter homes and arrest immigrants using just a signed administrative warrant known as an I-205 if they have a final order of removal issued by an immigration judge, the Board of Immigration Appeals or a district judge or magistrate judge"
https://apnews.com/article/ice-arrests-warrants-minneapolis-trump-00d0ab0338e82341fd91b160758aeb2d
Memo tells ICE officers they can enter homes without a warrant
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo obtained by The Associated Press reveals that the agency allows immigration officers to forcibly enter homes to make arrests without a judicial warrant. This change reverses previous guidance and raises concerns about constitutional protections against illegal searches. The memo, signed by ICE’s acting director, states that administrative warrants are sufficient for forced entry if there’s a final order of removal. This policy could face legal challenges and criticism from advocacy groups. Whistleblower Aid, representing two government officials, describes the directive as seemingly unconstitutional and a significant shift in arrest powers. The Associated Press obtained the memo and whistleblower complaint from an official in Congress.
'The memo is addressed to all ICE personnel. But it has been shown only to “select DHS officials” who then shared it with some employees who were told to read it and return it … Although the memo was issued in May, David Kligerman, senior vice president and special counsel at Whistleblower Aid, said it took time for its clients to find a “safe and legal path to disclose it to lawmakers"'
https://apnews.com/article/ice-arrests-warrants-minneapolis-trump-00d0ab0338e82341fd91b160758aeb2d
Memo tells ICE officers they can enter homes without a warrant
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo obtained by The Associated Press reveals that the agency allows immigration officers to forcibly enter homes to make arrests without a judicial warrant. This change reverses previous guidance and raises concerns about constitutional protections against illegal searches. The memo, signed by ICE’s acting director, states that administrative warrants are sufficient for forced entry if there’s a final order of removal. This policy could face legal challenges and criticism from advocacy groups. Whistleblower Aid, representing two government officials, describes the directive as seemingly unconstitutional and a significant shift in arrest powers. The Associated Press obtained the memo and whistleblower complaint from an official in Congress.
"A cottage industry of lawyers, lobbyists and consultants with close ties to Trump has sprung up to help people and companies seek leniency, often by arguing they had been victims of political persecution by the Biden administration"
How “Bitcoin Jesus” Avoided Prison, Thanks to One of the “Friends of Trump”
Billionaire fugitive Roger Ver was facing federal criminal charges until he sought the services of a select club of President Donald Trump’s former personal attorneys who have easy access to top Justice Department appointees.
Economist with a comprehensive takedown of the Trump admin's various Greenland arguments
Meanwhile, it sure looks like the deal Rutte sold Trump is nothing he couldn't have got by just asking nicely, without setting 70+ years of NATO good will on fire https://uk.news.yahoo.com/us-denmark-reopen-1951-defence-113731760.html
#KavanaughStop "after he gave them his Real ID, he said they became visibly irritated and insinuated that it was fake. A veteran, Fernando shared his name, rank, branch of service and social security number, but he said the officers were unfazed. They demanded that he step out of the car, Fernando said, and as he did so, they threw him to the ground and laid their body weight on top of him" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/22/us-citizens-racial-profiling-ice
admin "…decided that until Patel was confirmed, the FBI’s acting director would be Rob Kissane, a veteran counterterrorism agent. The acting deputy director would be Brian Driscoll, the special agent in charge of the Newark field office. But in its announcement, the White House accidentally named Driscoll to the top position. Though it was an error, Driscoll became the acting No. 1 and Kissane became the No. 2"
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/01/22/magazine/trump-kash-patel-fbi-agents.html?unlocked_article_code=1.GlA.zjoh.YSHu9fkx1y7r&smid=url-share
#GiftArticle
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/01/22/magazine/trump-kash-patel-fbi-agents.html?unlocked_article_code=1.GlA.zjoh.YSHu9fkx1y7r&smid=url-share
#GiftArticle
"Patel had his first director’s call with the heads of all the field offices. He had no agenda, no organized thoughts, no strategy or leadership philosophy or priorities to share. I specifically remember him saying at one point, “I don’t read.” He explained he didn’t read briefing materials"
"Federal judges in Minnesota have several times in recent weeks rejected arrest warrants for people protesting a surge of immigration officers in that state, finding that federal agents do not have sufficient evidence that protesters assaulted officers or committed other crimes, according to two people briefed on the discussions"
https://www.ms.now/news/minnesota-judges-continue-to-reject-arrest-warrants-in-ice-protests
Not a surprise to say the least, but now confirmed by the government's own records, the justification for masked goons grabbing and attempting to deport Rümeysa Öztürk was essentially one innocuous op-ed. Even if you believe (unlike the court) that Rubio had the authority, there's no serious argument it was anything other than censorship
https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/23/politics/court-documents-student-israel-op-ed
https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/23/politics/court-documents-student-israel-op-ed
Unsealed court documents suggest Trump admin detained Tufts student for writing op-ed critical of Israel
Newly unsealed court documents show the Trump administration did not have evidence that Tufts University PhD student Rümeysa Öztürk was supporting terrorist activity when she was arrested and her visa was revoked, and the action was taken because of an opinion article she wrote that contained criticisms of Israel.
NYT reports "In the case of Mr. Khalil and Ms. Chung, both students at Columbia, investigators wrote that they had attended protests where fliers containing language from Hamas were distributed — but not that either had played any role in producing or distributing them"
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/us/politics/trump-rubio-student-speech.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/us/politics/trump-rubio-student-speech.html
NYT confirms DHS initial account of Alex Pretti's murder was, predictably, a complete lie
The wink nudge fascist references and the gaslighting denials are quite obviously both part of the same plan
"In recent months a number of DHS statements about violent actions by officers have proven to be misleading or entirely false. Federal authorities have blocked local police from investigating suspected instances of excessive use of force. With this latest shooting, federal agents apparently tried to order the local police to leave the scene"
RE: https://mstdn.social/@Bellingcat/115957672014548440
Bellingcat on the Pretti murder with unsurprising conclusions
https://mastodon.social/@Bellingcat@mstdn.social/115957672158979926
A good take on Trump's Greenland obsession, and how even critical coverage tends to sane wash it "As so often happens with this president, there is no policy logic here, no planning process, no coherent ideological background—just one man’s whim. The fact that some of us are willing to respond with even a modicum of respect attests to worrisome flaws in our collective psychology"
https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/01/22/trumps-greenland-obsession-media-analysis-sanewashing-cognitive-bias/
https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/01/22/trumps-greenland-obsession-media-analysis-sanewashing-cognitive-bias/
Real "best people" energy in the table at the end of this story on the DHS goons attempts to prosecute resistance in Chicago: 1 jury acquittal at trial, 3 no bills (grand jury declined to indict), 11 dismissed by government, zero convictions so far
Woman shot by Border Patrol in Chicago asks judge to let her release evidence
Marimar Martinez is blocked from releasing evidence in her case by what's known as a "protective order." Though standard, her attorney says it's “become an albatross” around her neck and “keeps the entire country in the dark."
Lysenkoism watch: "In response to pushback from the hosts, Milhoan objected to the idea that the measles and polio vaccines reduced the spread of those diseases" https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/01/do-we-really-need-polio-shots-deep-thoughts-by-rfk-jr-advisor-get-dragged/
Acting CISA director Madhu Gottumukkala demanded a special exemption for ChatGPT access and later "uploaded sensitive contracting documents into a public version of ChatGPT last summer, triggering multiple automated security warnings that are meant to stop the theft or unintentional disclosure of government material from federal networks"
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/27/cisa-madhu-gottumukkala-chatgpt-00749361
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/27/cisa-madhu-gottumukkala-chatgpt-00749361
Schiltz is sick of ICE's shit "Attached to this order is an appendix that identifies 96 court orders that ICE has violated in 74 cases. The extent of ICE’s noncompliance is almost certainly substantially understated. This list is confined to orders issued since January 1, 2026, and the list was hurriedly compiled by extraordinarily busy judges…" https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26513988-trorder012826/
"NATO is well known for its collective defense commitment — Article 5 — but the alliance is also bound by Articles 2 and 3, which ask countries to promote economic cooperation and mutual rearmament. With his threats to impose tariffs on Europe and seize Greenland, Trump has violated both, [a] NATO diplomat said" https://www.politico.eu/article/mark-rutte-donald-trump-flattery-nato/
There are non-frivolous arguments for streamlining nuclear power regulations, but doing an end run around the NRC and re-writing the rules in secret does not seem like a good start
https://www.npr.org/2026/01/28/nx-s1-5677187/nuclear-safety-rules-rewritten-trump
https://www.npr.org/2026/01/28/nx-s1-5677187/nuclear-safety-rules-rewritten-trump
One more for the "We're respected again!" files: 44% of Europeans now believe that Trump behaves like a dictator and an absolute majority (51%) calls him an “enemy” of Europe. For 64% of respondents, U.S. foreign policy is defined by “recolonization” and “predation.”
https://legrandcontinent.eu/fr/2026/01/23/eurobazooka-geopolitique-trump-groenland/
Le moment Groenland: l’opinion européenne face à la menace américaine
La nouvelle vague de notre grande enquête d’opinion européenne révèle une rupture dans la perception des États-Unis pour les Européens : l’hypothèse d’un affrontement avec Washington est désormais clairement et majoritairement exprimée. Jean-Yves Dormagen présente les résultats du nouvel Eurobazooka.
Who could have predicted that a foreign policy based on unpredictable, exploitive thuggishness would lead to this? (me, for one*)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/world/asia/trump-xi-starmer-carney.html?unlocked_article_code=1.IlA.LoWu.mWudP2o1LCaV&smid=url-share
"Americans express the least amount of confidence in Trump to act ethically in office. Just 21% are extremely or very confident he does this, while 60% express little or no confidence … While overall confidence in Trump’s ethics in office was already relatively low last February (29%), it has declined 8 percentage points since. And nearly all of that drop has come among Republicans" (Dems were single digit already)
"Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents initially claimed Alberto Castañeda Mondragón had tried to flee while handcuffed and “purposefully ran headfirst into a brick wall,” according to court documents filed by a lawyer seeking his release. But staff members at Hennepin County Medical Center determined that could not possibly account for the fractures and bleeding throughout the 31-year-old’s brain"
ICE presence at hospitals triggers friction with workers
Nurses in Minneapolis doubted federal immigration officers' claims about a Mexican immigrant's severe injuries. ICE agents said Alberto Castañeda Mondragón ran headfirst into a wall while handcuffed. But hospital staff found his injuries inconsistent with that account. The seemingly implausible explanation from ICE is just one example of recent encounters that have undermined the agency’s credibility at Minneapolis hospitals and contributed to mounting friction between medical staff and immigration officers. Workers at the Hennepin County facility say ICE officers have restrained patients in defiance of hospital rules and stayed at their sides for days. The agents have also lingered around the campus and pressed people for proof of citizenship.
Any other US administration would be deeply embarrassed by this
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/world/europe/denmark-military-march-us-troops.html?unlocked_article_code=1.IlA.TPrW.99DjbzckUfwo
"a journalist for Voice of America Persian told a foreign policy commentator that the network's management could not allow any critique of the president"
https://www.npr.org/2026/01/30/nx-s1-5683246/kari-lake-trump-voa-pnn-iran-firewall-propaganda
Shot: Supreme Court Justice Brett, establishing the #KavanaughStop doctrine "If the person is a U. S. citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States, that individual will be free to go after the brief encounter"
Chaser: "When Maria did not immediately respond, the agents shattered her car window, forcibly removed her from the vehicle and threw her to the ground, causing numerous injuries"
U.S. citizen injured by federal agents in Salem who demanded to see “papers,” union says - Salem Reporter
A home care worker and union worker was pulled from her car and injured by federal agents Thursday according to a statement by SEIU 503. To comment on this story, use the form at the end of the report.
There's plenty of 🤡 in the admin's failed ethics complaint against Boasberg, but one of the wildest is that the core of the complaint was supposed to be supported by "attachment A", which DOJ neglected to attach, and when the D.C. Circuit told them, DOJ just ignored it
https://mastodon.social/@stevevladeck.[email protected]/115991490645102097
Possibly they realized it wouldn't help their case: "The primary theory of the complaint is that the judge made an improper statement at the Judicial Conference on March 11 about the risk that the Administration would not comply with federal judicial rulings" which judge Sutton explains wouldn't be misconduct if true (and anyone who isn't a Trump sycophant knows is an entirely reasonably concern)
https://www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/internet/judicial_complaints/files/2025/06-25-90173%28Chad.MO.pdf
According to Propublica, the CBP goons who murdered Alex Pretti were Jesus "Jesse" Ochoa (43) and Raymundo Gutierrez (35), both of South Texas
Bondi's "Weaponization Working Group" will now meet daily to weaponize the DOJ against Trump's enemies
https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/02/politics/justice-department-trump-weaponization-priority
https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/02/politics/justice-department-trump-weaponization-priority
Justice Department expected to ramp up efforts to deliver on Trump’s ‘weaponization’ priorities
Justice Department officials are expected to meet Monday to discuss how to reenergize probes that are considered a top priority for President Donald Trump — reviewing the actions of officials who investigated him, according to a source familiar with the plan.
Courts not buying the administration's sudden, classified national security objections to offshore wind: "As of Monday, every single one of them has achieved the same result: a temporary injunction that allows them to continue construction. This, despite the fact that the suits were filed in three different courts and heard by four different judges" https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/02/court-orders-restart-of-all-us-offshore-wind-construction/
One for The Best People files: "'The ODNI review was initially overseen by the Director’s Initiatives Group, or Dig … But Dig was dissolved late last year after it misidentified the person who placed pipe bombs outside Democratic and Republican party headquarters before the January 6 Capitol riot"
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/03/tulsi-gabbard-2020-election-investigation-ed
'At one point, Border Patrol commander Greg Bovino arrived, and I’m not sure who the hero was, but they said, “Fuck you, Bovino.” That made the agents very upset, so they told us all to turn around and face the wall'
Guess Julie Le got what she wanted without even going to jail for contempt, but also we've repeatedly seen the DOJ sending unprepared junior folks to avoid having senior people under oath
https://apnews.com/article/julie-le-job-sucks-minnesota-dhs-ice-b0affbb6c394c39184a813c8f597d5a2
https://apnews.com/article/julie-le-job-sucks-minnesota-dhs-ice-b0affbb6c394c39184a813c8f597d5a2
DHS lawyer removed after telling judge 'this job sucks'
A government lawyer who told a judge that her job “sucks” during a court hearing stemming from the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement surge in Minnesota has been removed from her Justice Department post. That's according to a person familiar with the matter who spoke on condition of anonymity. The person said Julie Le had been working for the Justice Department on a detail from another government agency, but the U.S. attorney in Minnesota ended her detail after her comments in court on Tuesday. A hearing transcript says Le told U.S. District Judge Jerry Blackwell that she wishes he could hold her in contempt of court so she could get "a full 24 hours of sleep.”
Today from the party of "Let the market decide, government shouldn't pick winners and losers"
