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The Defebse Department has seized the press credentials of all major news organizations reporting on its activities.

Sure. In DC, don’t you think black on black crime is prevalent? Seth Rich is a notable exception I’ve heard of. But I don’t live in the area.

This sounds a lot like the Coristine case, but I’m guessing most of the victims are black not white.

I was quoting NY Post. You probably have a point about all that. In my area stories of people escaping ankle monitors are pretty frequent.

13 years as an assistant US Attorney. She received a majority of GOP votes on her confirmation committee & was confirmed by voice vote, which means overwhelmingly. Seems qualified. The Trump appointee at EDVA as US Attorney, Lindsey Halligan, is a former model & beauty pageant participant with 8 years as a real estate insurance law attorney followed by 3 years as a personal attorney for a country club manager. And she’s never faced a confirmation hearing. That sounds more like DEI.

>>One of the victims was in the courtroom via web conference on Tuesday. In a statement, he thanked the courts and DC Police, and said to the teens, "I hope you can figure things out and be ready for the consequences."<< - Obviously this is Coristine as he was with a woman.

The boy got 12 months of strict house arrest.

>>U.S. Attorney Was Forced Out After Clashes Over How to Handle Russia Inquiry The departures of Todd Gilbert and his deputy in the Western District of Virginia show the pressure being brought on prosecutors to pursue the president’s perceived foes. Career prosecutors at the Justice Department do not believe criminal charges are warranted from an investigation seeking to discredit an earlier F.B.I. inquiry into Russia’s attempt to tilt the 2016 election in President Trump’s favor, according to people familiar with the matter. It leaves unclear what political appointees at the Justice Department might do, given the breadth of Mr. Trump’s demands that it pursue people he perceives as enemies. Already, the U.S. attorney in the Western District of Virginia overseeing the case, Todd Gilbert, was forced to resign in August because he refused to sideline a high-ranking career prosecutor who found the evidence flimsy, the people familiar with the matter said. Senior Justice Department officials had ordered Mr. Gilbert to open a grand jury investigation into whether anyone at F.B.I. headquarters during and after the Biden administration had mishandled classified documents related to the Russia investigation that Mr. Trump has long decried as a “witch hunt” against him. Even as news of Mr. Gilbert’s departure over the summer raised concerns about turmoil inside the Justice Department, the events leading up to it have remained unclear until now. The new details highlight how Mr. Trump’s push for criminal prosecutions of those he sees as enemies has led to crises inside multiple U.S. attorneys’ offices, in this instance dooming a top prosecutor in the Western District of Virginia, based in Roanoke. Similar disputes consumed Mr. Gilbert’s counterpart in eastern Virginia, Erik S. Siebert, in recent weeks. Mr. Gilbert was a longtime Republican legislator in Virginia until he was sworn in as the top prosecutor in July. He was quickly ordered to take up a case championed by the F.B.I. director, Kash Patel, and his deputy, Dan Bongino, after they learned that classified documents had been found inside “burn bags” at F.B.I. headquarters. … << >> After reviewing the evidence, Mr. Gilbert told his superiors that he did not believe there was sufficient evidence to justify a grand jury investigation, these people said. Frustrated by that answer, aides to Attorney General Pam Bondi and her deputy, Todd Blanche, blamed a senior career attorney in the office who they believed had swayed Mr. Gilbert: Zachary Lee, a veteran prosecutor with more than two decades of experience involving public corruption and narcotics, among other issues. Justice Department officials ordered Mr. Gilbert to replace Mr. Lee with Robert Tracci as his deputy, these people said. After Mr. Lee was demoted, senior department officials suspected Mr. Gilbert was still primarily consulting Mr. Lee, whom they came to view as a holdover from the Biden administration, though he had been hired during the George W. Bush administration and promoted during the first Trump administration, these people added. At one point, Mr. Blanche spoke directly to Mr. Gilbert and offered him more resources to pursue the case, according to one person familiar with the events. Pressed to further sideline or remove Mr. Lee, Mr. Gilbert refused, these people said. Department officials then informed Mr. Gilbert that he would be fired, and he resigned shortly afterward, posting a GIF on social media with a joke from the movie “Anchorman,” in which the lead character exclaims, “Boy, that escalated quickly!” Mr. Tracci has since stepped in as the acting U.S. attorney. Mr. Lee, who left the office this month, declined to comment. …<< NYT

The IRAN-Pakistani War, narrowly avoided by swift use of the VAT Tax.

I have to confess, I’m torn on this one.

>>Former federal ethics officials who served in Republican and Democratic administrations are asking the Justice Department's inspector general to investigate the prosecutions of former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James.In a letter obtained by CBS News, ethics officials who worked in the Obama and George W. Bush administrations urged a formal review of interim U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia Lindsey Halligan's decision to prosecute Comey and James.<< CBS

Ha that is funny. “Historian and Eyewitness Exposing the Grand Conspiracy Against Pres Trump SPYGATE EXPOSED.” Of course she’s a Trumpie.

Comey has informed tge court he has received one page of discovery.

Comey informs court he will be seeking to have Halligan disqualified & his indictment dismissed.

Capitol Police called to investigate swastika in GOP congressional office An American flag altered to include an image of a swastika was found in Rep. Dave Taylor’s office. >>> U.S. Capitol Police were called about an American flag altered to include a swastika and displayed inside the office of Rep. Dave Taylor (R-Ohio), his spokesperson said. POLITICO obtained an image taken during a virtual meeting that shows the flag pinned to what appears to be a cubicle wall behind Angelo Elia, one of Taylor’s staffers. Alongside the flag — with altered red and white lines in the shape of a swastika — are pinned images, including a pocket Constitution and a congressional calendar. It is unclear what role, if any, Elia had in the incident. He did not immediately respond to a request for comment.… Elia has worked as a legislative correspondent in Taylor’s office since January, according to his LinkedIn. …<<

WGN-TV producer detained during ICE enforcement action in Lincoln Square Video of the terrorist being arrested. >>WGN-TV video editor and producer was roughly detained by two Border Patrol agents on Friday morning during a highly visible rush hour enforcement action in Lincoln Square. Debbie Brockman, who has worked as a producer for WGN since 2011, according to her LinkedIn profile, was taken to the ground face down on Foster Avenue and handcuffed while stopped cars honked and onlookers shouted epithets such as “fascists” at the two federal agents detaining her. The woman identified herself as working at WGN and asked an onlooker taking a video to “let them know” before she was hauled off by the agents in an unmarked silver van with New Jersey plates.<< >>Once Brockman was handcuffed and placed in the van, the agents pulled out, clipping the rear bumper off of a stopped car partially blocking their path and speeding away past an approaching elongated CTA bus and through the busy intersection.<<

Wow, ok.

Seth Rich was murdered in a mugging (attempted robbery) maybe a dozen blocks from the place Coristine was carjacked. Rich’s murder goes unsolved. This was juvenile court, two 15 year olds. I can’t say I’m too surprised but DC isn’t the only town or city faced with this stuff. There <was> another thread here about a triple homicide involving a gun deal gone bad among 6 teenagers in deep red Marion County, Florida. >>The boy was handed a 12-month probation and allowed to return home under strict house arrest, while the girl was given a nine-month probation and remanded to a local youth shelter.<< >>On Tuesday, the 15-year-old boy was sentenced to 12 months probation. The girl pleaded guilty to simple assault and will serve nine months probation, according to a judge.; her lawyer had asked for four-and-a-half months. Both of the teens have been ordered to not contact each other or spend any time in the District outside of school, job or family obligations. The judge emphasized that the purpose of juvenile court is to rehabilitate, not to punish. She said she hopes the teenagers learn from their probationary period.<<

Here’s one: Lindsey Halligan. - Former semifinalist, Miss Colorado USA Pageant. Also, a model: hoochie…mama. - Attorney specializing in commercial & residential Insurance law, partner at a Florida law firm, 8 years experience. - Since going to work for the manager of the Maralago country club as his uhm “personal” attorney she’s become known as a “Maga star” who likes expensive stylings. >Named acting US Attorney, Eastern District of Virginia.

UN Redevelopment Programme Representative: the cost of rebuilding Gaza will be $70 billion.

>> New discoveries of natural gas in the Levant Basin are in the range of 122 trillion cubic foot while recoverable oil is estimated at 1.7 billion barrels, according to the study, entitled “The Economic Cost of Occupation for the Palestinian People: The Unrealized Oil and Natural Gas Potential.” This offers an opportunity to distribute and share about US$ 524 billion among the different parties in the region and promote peace and cooperation among old belligerents, the study notes.<< - 2019

Have you seen a dollar figure estimate on building up Gaza?

It’s funny (not funny) thinks if things like this as Democratic programs.

Uh oh. He feels seen.

Eh I think it’s happening in those certain right wing quarters with Erika Kirk.