Judge says possible errors by #Trump handpicked #USattorney #LindseyHalligan could imperil #JamesComey case

In a rare move, the judge ordered prosecutors to hand over records of the grand jury proceeding to the former #FBI director’s lawyers.

#law #kakistocracy #idiocracy #RevengePolitics
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/17/lindsey-halligan-indictment-james-comey-00654224

Fitzpatrick raised sharp doubts about an account of the #GrandJury proceedings provided by the #DOJ & whether it had turned over all records of the interactions between #LindseyHalligan & the grand #jurors. He noted that Halligan had claimed she had her last contact with the grand jury at 4:28PM that day, while the jurors were deliberating.

#Trump #law #kakistocracy #idiocracy #RevengePolitics #JamesComey

His assessment adds to the mounting possibility that Comey’s case will be
#dismissed before it goes to trial. In addition to the procedural flaws Fitzpatrick said appeared to occur, #LindseyHalligan is facing a challenge to the validity of her appointment altogether & could be disqualified from the case.

#Trump #law #kakistocracy #idiocracy #RevengePolitics #JamesComey

Fitzpatrick’s decision came after he personally reviewed records of the grand jury proceedings that led to Comey’s Sept. 25 indictment on charges that he lied to Congress in 2020. The indictment was signed by #LindseyHalligan, #Trump’s handpicked prosecutor, who was installed by AG #PamBondi when other prosecutors resisted bringing the case against #JamesComey due to lack of evidence.

#law #kakistocracy #idiocracy #RevengePolitics

“The Court recognizes this is an extraordinary remedy,” Fitzpatrick wrote in a 24-page opinion, “but given the factually based challenges the defense has raised to the government’s conduct & the prospect that #government #misconduct may have tainted the grand jury proceedings, disclosure of grand jury materials under these unique circumstances is necessary.”

#Trump #law #kakistocracy #idiocracy #RevengePolitics #JamesComey

Judge says possible errors by #Trump handpicked #USattorney #LindseyHalligan could imperil #JamesComey case

In a rare move, the judge ordered prosecutors to hand over records of the grand jury proceeding to the former #FBI director’s lawyers.

#law #kakistocracy #idiocracy #RevengePolitics
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/17/lindsey-halligan-indictment-james-comey-00654224

It’s the latest sign of fallout from #Trump’s October social media post instructing the Department of #Defense to start testing #NuclearWeapons “because of other countries testing programs.”

But #NNSA, which falls under the Department of #Energy, is the federal agency responsible for building & testing #bombs & maintaining the #nuclear stockpile, not the Defense Department.

#idiocracy

The #FBI forced out a senior official overseeing aviation shortly after #KashPatel grew outraged about revelations of his PUBLICLY-AVAILABLE jet logs indicating he’d flown to see his musician girlfriend perform….

Steven Palmer, a 27-year veteran of the FBI, became the 3rd head of the critical incident response group—which includes FBI pilots—to be fired or removed in Patel’s short regime, adding to a year filled with retributive terminations.

#law #Trump #idiocracy
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/fbi-ousts-leader-as-patel-fumes-over-attention-to-agency-jet-use

Continuous Turnover

Palmer stepped into the role of acting leader of the critical incident response group [CIRG] in August when the prior chief was fired. That predecessor, Brian Driscoll, is now suing the admin with other ousted #FBI officials who say they were targeted for lacking loyalty to #Trump.

Wes Wheeler led the group until he was told to resign in March, along with numerous other leaders at FBI headquarters & Quantico.

#NationalSecurity #ShitShow #KashPatel #Trump #law #idiocracy

His exit was made official Friday, & a replacement to head the bureau’s crisis management operations including hostage rescue & bomb detection, has already been posted on the #FBI’s website.

#KashPatel was angered this week by social media posts & news stories calling attention to his use of an FBI jet that arrived in State College, Pennsylvania, where his 26yr-old girlfriend, country music artist Alexis Wilkins, sang the national anthem at a wrestling match….

#law #Trump #idiocracy

The #FBI forced out a senior official overseeing aviation shortly after #KashPatel grew outraged about revelations of his PUBLICLY-AVAILABLE jet logs indicating he’d flown to see his musician girlfriend perform….

Steven Palmer, a 27-year veteran of the FBI, became the 3rd head of the critical incident response group—which includes FBI pilots—to be fired or removed in Patel’s short regime, adding to a year filled with retributive terminations.

#law #Trump #idiocracy
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/fbi-ousts-leader-as-patel-fumes-over-attention-to-agency-jet-use

Earlier in his post on Wednesday, #Trump also falsely noted that the #US has more #NuclearWeapons than any other country. #Russia currently has the most confirmed nuclear weapons, with >5,500 nuclear warheads while the US has 5,044 nuclear weapons, per the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons.

The last nuclear test by the US, codenamed “Divider,” was carried out on 23 Sept 1992 at what is now called the Nevada National Security Site.

#idiocracy #kakistocracy #SaberRattling

The post came less than an hour before #Trump is set to meet with #China president #Xi Jinping in South Korea on Thursday morning in an effort to come to a trade war truce.

Trump’s missive on Wednesday night also arrived on the heels of him describing Vladimir Putin’s announcement of a #nuclear-powered cruise missile test as “not appropriate”. Trump made those comments after #Putin said that #Russia had successfully tested its “unique” nuclear-capable Burevestnik cruise missile….

#idiocracy

Vor 40 Jahren haette sich Kurt Felix die Nummer ausgedacht und gesagt: "Willkommen zu einem neuen Spass mit der versteckten Kamera!"

Heute sind solche Comedy-Einlagen in #Ungarn und der #Slowakei mehrheitsfaehig.

#Idiocracy war echt so eine visionaere Doku 😎

https://www.n-tv.de/politik/EU-Land-fuehrt-Tempolimit-fuer-Fussgaenger-ein-article26125894.html

Vu Jean-Philippe Tanguy sur Public Senat arborant un pins croix de lorraine au revers de sa veste 🙄 #idiocracy

The vanity of this man is boundless.
#Trump announces a direct-to-consumer website for Americans to buy drugs, called #TrumpRx.

Trump said his admin would cut drug prices by 100% or more [🙄], speaking ahead of his planned announcement with #Pfizer on lower prices for several medications, without explaining how the cuts would be enacted.

“I think it's one of the biggest things that we'll do. We'll be reducing drug prices by 100% in some cases, 300% or more.”

#idiocracy
https://www.businessinsider.com/trumprx-website-announcement-white-house-pfizer-ceo-2025-9

#idiocracy

#Trump signed an EO targeting the #antifascist movement, known as #antifa, threatening “investigatory & prosecutorial action” against those who financially support it.

But Trump’s order said that he was declaring antifa a “domestic #terrorist organization”—a designation that DOES NOT EXIST under US #law. Anti-fascism, like fascism itself, is a broad political #ideology rather than a specific organization, & the US does not have a domestic terrorism #law.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/us/politics/trump-antifa-order-terrorism.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

@ErikUden this is the timeline that was described in #idiocracy. So this movie was a prophecy not science fiction.

Keep it up. Be smarter than the #Idiocracy.

Western #States Issue Their Own #Vaccine Recommendations to Counter #RFKJr

The guidelines, from #California, #Oregon, #Washington & #Hawaii, mirror those of major #medical organizations. They were issued a day before an advisory panel was to meet to review potential changes to #federal recommendations.

#PublicHealth #science #medicine #CDC #vaccines #Trump #ConspiracyTheories #disinformation #eugenics #HealthyIfYoureWealthy
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/health/vaccine-guidelines-california-oregon-washington-hawaii-rfk.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Keep it up. Be smarter than the #Idiocracy.

Western #States Issue Their Own #Vaccine Recommendations to Counter #RFKJr

The guidelines, from #California, #Oregon, #Washington & #Hawaii, mirror those of major #medical organizations. They were issued a day before an advisory panel was to meet to review potential changes to #federal recommendations.

#PublicHealth #science #medicine #CDC #vaccines #Trump #ConspiracyTheories #disinformation #eugenics #HealthyIfYoureWealthy
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/health/vaccine-guidelines-california-oregon-washington-hawaii-rfk.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare