Yet another story describing the extent to which Todd Blanche has weaponized four districts of DOJ against Jim Comey will undoubtedly provide more fodder for a vindictive prosecution that might lead to further disclosures.
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Jan 6 boosters are arguing that Jacob Chansley, the Q-Shaman, is the kind of guy who should get a payout from Trump's Terrorist Slush Fund. There are several problems with that. Most importantly, Donald Trump's DOJ charged and first jailed Jacob Chansley.
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Ellis Boyle charged Jim Comey more harshly for his non-threat than he charged several other people charged in the same time frame for actually issuing real threats to Trump or his top aides.
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One thing Trump's "Human Printer," Natalie Harp does late at night, as she feeds his narcissistic meltdowns, is to stoke distrust of rule of law.
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Kash Patel yesterday proved he is willing to lie, in his official capacity, about criminal defendants.
And that puts everything he touches at risk.
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Todd Blanche has resorted to telling wildly unconvincing tales to deny that charging the former FBI Director for posting a picture of seashells was selective prosecution.
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Pete Hegseth had two disastrous days testifying before Congress.
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DOJ waited until the sentencing hearing for Sal Russotto, who pled guilty to threatening to 86 and wish a slow painful death to Alina Habba, until they revealed Russotto's 86 threats started by targeting Jim Comey.
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Today’s magic number is “two.” What’s Trending: By the Number Transcript This is a transcript of the April 29th, 2026, RGBots comic. Panel One Green…
Todd Blanche confessed that he couldn't convince a grand jury that Jim Comey's beach pictures were a threat without rummaging through all of Jim Comey's communications, using a protocol already rejected under Fourth Circuit precedent.
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Todd Blanche's claim that Jim Comey's picture showing shells writing out 8647 is a threat is wildly inconsistent with the claims he made when Trump was the defendant.
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A long chat about two weeks of news.
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Why do journalists treat obviously false claims as true? An open thread...
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