Category: News Feeds

Donald
Trump
has
announced
that
he’s
going
to
nominate
Matt
Gaetz
to
serve
as
the
attorney
general
of
the
United
States.

I
don’t
know
whether
Trump
is
doing
this
to
own
the
libs
or
to
confirm
that
he’s
a
moron.
Either
way,
the
Democrats’
strategy
in
response
to
this
nomination
is
obvious:
Make
Matt
Gaetz
repeatedly
plead
the
Fifth
Amendment
right
not
to
incriminate
himself
during
the
confirmation
hearing.

Questions
on
these
topics
are
undeniably
relevant:
Surely
a
person
who
has
committed
criminal
misconduct
should
not
be
confirmed
as
attorney
general.

And,
for
Gaetz,
the
questions
are
unanswerable:
Gaetz
could
not
answer
without
putting
himself
at
risk
in
a
possible
later
criminal
case.

This
examination
would
go
viral
in
a
heartbeat:

“Mr.
Gaetz,
have
you
ever
engaged
in
sexual
misconduct?”

“On
the
advice
of
counsel,
I
invoke
my
right
under
the
Fifth
Amendment
of
the
United
States
Constitution
not
to
incriminate
myself.”

Don’t
go
light
on
this
stuff.
Explore
it
in
detail.
Learn
precisely
what
sexual
misconduct
is
being
investigated,
and
ask
about
a
dozen
questions
on
that
topic.

Once
the
questioner
was
done
with
sexual
misconduct,
the
questioner
should
ask
a
similar
series
of
questions
about
whether
Gaetz
has
used
illicit
drugs.
And
accepted
improper
gifts.
And
obstructed
investigations
into
his
conduct.

Those
questions
would
surely
fill
the
five
minutes
or
so
for
questioning
that
is
typically
allotted
to
members
of
Congress
in
confirmation
hearings.

The
five
minutes
of
questions
and
answers
would
both
make
the
nightly
news
and
explode
across
the
internet.
The
questions
would
(properly)
cause
Gaetz
not
to
be
confirmed,
and
they
would
embarrass
Trump
for
even
having
considered
this
preposterous
idea.

Donald
Trump
is
assembling
the
greatest
team
of
trolls
the
world
has
ever
seen.
This
afternoon
he
announced
the
nomination
of
Florida
Rep.
Matt
Gaetz
to
be
attorney
general.

Of
the
United
States.

Of
America.

Armed
with
nothing
more
than
a
JD
and
an
unshakable
belief
that
Donald
Trump
should
be
allowed
to
do
crimes,
the
Florida
congressman
aims
to
become
the
highest
law
enforcement
officer
in
the
land.
Sure
he
doesn’t
appear
to
have
ever
tried
a
case
in
federal
court;
nor
is
he
a
member
of
any
federal
bar.
And
he
did
get

reprimanded
by
the
Florida
State
Bar
for
unprofessional
conduct
after
he
attempted
to
intimidate
Michael
Cohen
by
falsely
implying
that
he’d
engaged
in
an
extramarital
affair.
But
Gaetz
did
practice
for
a
few
years
at
a

civil
litigation
firm
in
Florida,
so
he’s
got
a
big
leg
up
on
that
Garland
guy,
with
his
federal
clerkships,
his
leadership
in
the
prosecutions
of
the
Unabomber
and
the
Oklahoma
City
Bomber,
and
his
years
on
the
DC
Circuit.
What
a
relief
that
the
DOJ
will
finally
be
in
safe
hands!

Although
perhaps
Gaetz’s
staff
would
be
wise
to
steer
clear
of
those
hands,
since
Gaetz
has
been
in
the
center
of
investigations
involving

sex
parties
with
minors
for
years.
His
colleagues
in
Congress
report
that
he
would
often
subject
them
to
to
naked
images
on
his
phone
of
women
he
claimed
to
have
had
sex
with.
On
the
plus
side,
that

House
Ethics
investigation
is
probably
over!
And
maybe
someone
at
Main
Justice
can
finally
show
Rep.
Horndog
how
to

lock
down
his
Venmo.

Perhaps
this
is
why
Trump
is
demanding
the
right
to
recess
appoint
half
the
executive
branch
—
some
of
these
stinkers
might
not
even
pass
muster
in
a
54-46
Senate.
But
the
night
is
still
young.
Perhaps
we
can
get
Don
Jr
as
head
of
the
Office
of
National
Drug
Control
Policy.
Catturd
as
Secretary
of
Agriculture?

We
are
all
accelerationists
now.

Liz
Dye lives
in
Baltimore
where
she
produces
the
Law
and
Chaos substack and podcast.

Donald
Trump
is
assembling
the
greatest
team
of
trolls
the
world
has
ever
seen.
This
afternoon
he
announced
the
nomination
of
Florida
Rep.
Matt
Gaetz
to
be
attorney
general.

Of
the
United
States.

Of
America.

Armed
with
nothing
more
than
a
JD
and
an
unshakable
belief
that
Donald
Trump
should
be
allowed
to
do
crimes,
the
Florida
congressman
aims
to
become
the
highest
law
enforcement
officer
in
the
land.
Sure
he
doesn’t
appear
to
have
ever
tried
a
case
in
federal
court;
nor
is
he
a
member
of
any
federal
bar.
And
he
did
get

reprimanded
by
the
Florida
State
Bar
for
unprofessional
conduct
after
he
attempted
to
intimidate
Michael
Cohen
by
falsely
implying
that
he’d
engaged
in
an
extramarital
affair.
But
Gaetz
did
practice
for
a
few
years
at
a

civil
litigation
firm
in
Florida,
so
he’s
got
a
big
leg
up
on
that
Garland
guy,
with
his
federal
clerkships,
his
leadership
in
the
prosecutions
of
the
Unabomber
and
the
Oklahoma
City
Bomber,
and
his
years
on
the
DC
Circuit.
What
a
relief
that
the
DOJ
will
finally
be
in
safe
hands!

Although
perhaps
Gaetz’s
staff
would
be
wise
to
steer
clear
of
those
hands,
since
Gaetz
has
been
in
the
center
of
investigations
involving

sex
parties
with
minors
for
years.
His
colleagues
in
Congress
report
that
he
would
often
subject
them
to
to
naked
images
on
his
phone
of
women
he
claimed
to
have
had
sex
with.
On
the
plus
side,
that

House
Ethics
investigation
is
probably
over!
And
maybe
someone
at
Main
Justice
can
finally
show
Rep.
Horndog
how
to

lock
down
his
Venmo.

Perhaps
this
is
why
Trump
is
demanding
the
right
to
recess
appoint
half
the
executive
branch
—
some
of
these
stinkers
might
not
even
pass
muster
in
a
54-46
Senate.
But
the
night
is
still
young.
Perhaps
we
can
get
Don
Jr
as
head
of
the
Office
of
National
Drug
Control
Policy.
Catturd
as
Secretary
of
Agriculture?

We
are
all
accelerationists
now.

Liz
Dye lives
in
Baltimore
where
she
produces
the
Law
and
Chaos substack and podcast.

*
Law
firm
data
breach
implicates
300,000
patients.
[Forbes]

*
Rudy
Giuliani’s
defamation
lawyers
want
out,
claiming
their
client
is
“taking
action
with
which
the
lawyer
has
a
fundamental
disagreement.”
Like,
maybe,

trying
to
defame
the
plaintiffs
again?
[Axios]

*
While

Matt
Gaetz
received
the
highest
legal
appointment
around,
Trump
also
announced
his
pick
for
White
House
Counsel,
tapping
a
Jones
Day
lawyer
because
of
course.
[Law360]

*
Speaking
of
Gaetz,
Trump
is
also
talking
about
bypassing
the
Senate
confirmation
process
through
recess
appointments.
Pretty
sure
the
Supreme
Court’s
take
on
that
is
that
it’s
only
available
if
the
vacancy
arose
DURING
a
recess
and
not
at
the
beginning
of
a
term
but
that
assumes
this
Supreme
Court
has
any
respect
for
its
own
opinions.
[Vox]

*
Wild
ethics
allegations
against
attorney
accused
of
stealing
$31,000
from
jailed
client.
[ABA
Journal]

*
Landlords
dumping
tons
of
frivolous
bankruptcy
filings
on
EDNY.
[Bloomberg
Law
News]

*
Ted
Olson
died
yesterday,
leaving
behind
a
legacy
as
part
of
the
team
that
successfully
argued
for
marriage
equality
and
a
champion
of
the
“Dreamers”
immigration
policy,
as
well
as
one
of
the
primary
proponents
of
the
Federalist
Society
which
will
systematically
undo
those
achievements.
[NPR]

Donald
Trump
is
assembling
the
greatest
team
of
trolls
the
world
has
ever
seen.
This
afternoon
he
announced
the
nomination
of
Florida
Rep.
Matt
Gaetz
to
be
attorney
general.

Of
the
United
States.

Of
America.

Armed
with
nothing
more
than
a
JD
and
an
unshakable
belief
that
Donald
Trump
should
be
allowed
to
do
crimes,
the
Florida
congressman
aims
to
become
the
highest
law
enforcement
officer
in
the
land.
Sure
he
doesn’t
appear
to
have
ever
tried
a
case
in
federal
court;
nor
is
he
a
member
of
any
federal
bar.
And
he
did
get

reprimanded
by
the
Florida
State
Bar
for
unprofessional
conduct
after
he
attempted
to
intimidate
Michael
Cohen
by
falsely
implying
that
he’d
engaged
in
an
extramarital
affair.
But
Gaetz
did
practice
for
a
few
years
at
a

civil
litigation
firm
in
Florida,
so
he’s
got
a
big
leg
up
on
that
Garland
guy,
with
his
federal
clerkships,
his
leadership
in
the
prosecutions
of
the
Unabomber
and
the
Oklahoma
City
Bomber,
and
his
years
on
the
DC
Circuit.
What
a
relief
that
the
DOJ
will
finally
be
in
safe
hands!

Although
perhaps
Gaetz’s
staff
would
be
wise
to
steer
clear
of
those
hands,
since
Gaetz
has
been
in
the
center
of
investigations
involving

sex
parties
with
minors
for
years.
His
colleagues
in
Congress
report
that
he
would
often
subject
them
to
to
naked
images
on
his
phone
of
women
he
claimed
to
have
had
sex
with.
On
the
plus
side,
that

House
Ethics
investigation
is
probably
over!
And
maybe
someone
at
Main
Justice
can
finally
show
Rep.
Horndog
how
to

lock
down
his
Venmo.

Perhaps
this
is
why
Trump
is
demanding
the
right
to
recess
appoint
half
the
executive
branch
—
some
of
these
stinkers
might
not
even
pass
muster
in
a
54-46
Senate.
But
the
night
is
still
young.
Perhaps
we
can
get
Don
Jr
as
head
of
the
Office
of
National
Drug
Control
Policy.
Catturd
as
Secretary
of
Agriculture?

We
are
all
accelerationists
now.

Liz
Dye lives
in
Baltimore
where
she
produces
the
Law
and
Chaos substack and podcast.

Donald
Trump
is
assembling
the
greatest
team
of
trolls
the
world
has
ever
seen.
This
afternoon
he
announced
the
nomination
of
Florida
Rep.
Matt
Gaetz
to
be
attorney
general.

Of
the
United
States.

Of
America.

Armed
with
nothing
more
than
a
JD
and
an
unshakable
belief
that
Donald
Trump
should
be
allowed
to
do
crimes,
the
Florida
congressman
aims
to
become
the
highest
law
enforcement
officer
in
the
land.
Sure
he
doesn’t
appear
to
have
ever
tried
a
case
in
federal
court;
nor
is
he
a
member
of
any
federal
bar.
And
he
did
get

reprimanded
by
the
Florida
State
Bar
for
unprofessional
conduct
after
he
attempted
to
intimidate
Michael
Cohen
by
falsely
implying
that
he’d
engaged
in
an
extramarital
affair.
But
Gaetz
did
practice
for
a
few
years
at
a

civil
litigation
firm
in
Florida,
so
he’s
got
a
big
leg
up
on
that
Garland
guy,
with
his
federal
clerkships,
his
leadership
in
the
prosecutions
of
the
Unabomber
and
the
Oklahoma
City
Bomber,
and
his
years
on
the
DC
Circuit.
What
a
relief
that
the
DOJ
will
finally
be
in
safe
hands!

Although
perhaps
Gaetz’s
staff
would
be
wise
to
steer
clear
of
those
hands,
since
Gaetz
has
been
in
the
center
of
investigations
involving

sex
parties
with
minors
for
years.
His
colleagues
in
Congress
report
that
he
would
often
subject
them
to
to
naked
images
on
his
phone
of
women
he
claimed
to
have
had
sex
with.
On
the
plus
side,
that

House
Ethics
investigation
is
probably
over!
And
maybe
someone
at
Main
Justice
can
finally
show
Rep.
Horndog
how
to

lock
down
his
Venmo.

Perhaps
this
is
why
Trump
is
demanding
the
right
to
recess
appoint
half
the
executive
branch
—
some
of
these
stinkers
might
not
even
pass
muster
in
a
54-46
Senate.
But
the
night
is
still
young.
Perhaps
we
can
get
Don
Jr
as
head
of
the
Office
of
National
Drug
Control
Policy.
Catturd
as
Secretary
of
Agriculture?

We
are
all
accelerationists
now.

Liz
Dye lives
in
Baltimore
where
she
produces
the
Law
and
Chaos substack and podcast.

Donald
Trump
is
assembling
the
greatest
team
of
trolls
the
world
has
ever
seen.
This
afternoon
he
announced
the
nomination
of
Florida
Rep.
Matt
Gaetz
to
be
attorney
general.

Of
the
United
States.

Of
America.

Armed
with
nothing
more
than
a
JD
and
an
unshakable
belief
that
Donald
Trump
should
be
allowed
to
do
crimes,
the
Florida
congressman
aims
to
become
the
highest
law
enforcement
officer
in
the
land.
Sure
he
doesn’t
appear
to
have
ever
tried
a
case
in
federal
court;
nor
is
he
a
member
of
any
federal
bar.
And
he
did
get

reprimanded
by
the
Florida
State
Bar
for
unprofessional
conduct
after
he
attempted
to
intimidate
Michael
Cohen
by
falsely
implying
that
he’d
engaged
in
an
extramarital
affair.
But
Gaetz
did
practice
for
a
few
years
at
a

civil
litigation
firm
in
Florida,
so
he’s
got
a
big
leg
up
on
that
Garland
guy,
with
his
federal
clerkships,
his
leadership
in
the
prosecutions
of
the
Unabomber
and
the
Oklahoma
City
Bomber,
and
his
years
on
the
DC
Circuit.
What
a
relief
that
the
DOJ
will
finally
be
in
safe
hands!

Although
perhaps
Gaetz’s
staff
would
be
wise
to
steer
clear
of
those
hands,
since
Gaetz
has
been
in
the
center
of
investigations
involving

sex
parties
with
minors
for
years.
His
colleagues
in
Congress
report
that
he
would
often
subject
them
to
to
naked
images
on
his
phone
of
women
he
claimed
to
have
had
sex
with.
On
the
plus
side,
that

House
Ethics
investigation
is
probably
over!
And
maybe
someone
at
Main
Justice
can
finally
show
Rep.
Horndog
how
to

lock
down
his
Venmo.

Perhaps
this
is
why
Trump
is
demanding
the
right
to
recess
appoint
half
the
executive
branch
—
some
of
these
stinkers
might
not
even
pass
muster
in
a
54-46
Senate.
But
the
night
is
still
young.
Perhaps
we
can
get
Don
Jr
as
head
of
the
Office
of
National
Drug
Control
Policy.
Catturd
as
Secretary
of
Agriculture?

We
are
all
accelerationists
now.

Liz
Dye lives
in
Baltimore
where
she
produces
the
Law
and
Chaos substack and podcast.

Donald
Trump
is
assembling
the
greatest
team
of
trolls
the
world
has
ever
seen.
This
afternoon
he
announced
the
nomination
of
Florida
Rep.
Matt
Gaetz
to
be
attorney
general.

Of
the
United
States.

Of
America.

Armed
with
nothing
more
than
a
JD
and
an
unshakable
belief
that
Donald
Trump
should
be
allowed
to
do
crimes,
the
Florida
congressman
aims
to
become
the
highest
law
enforcement
officer
in
the
land.
Sure
he
doesn’t
appear
to
have
ever
tried
a
case
in
federal
court;
nor
is
he
a
member
of
any
federal
bar.
And
he
did
get

reprimanded
by
the
Florida
State
Bar
for
unprofessional
conduct
after
he
attempted
to
intimidate
Michael
Cohen
by
falsely
implying
that
he’d
engaged
in
an
extramarital
affair.
But
Gaetz
did
practice
for
a
few
years
at
a

civil
litigation
firm
in
Florida,
so
he’s
got
a
big
leg
up
on
that
Garland
guy,
with
his
federal
clerkships,
his
leadership
in
the
prosecutions
of
the
Unabomber
and
the
Oklahoma
City
Bomber,
and
his
years
on
the
DC
Circuit.
What
a
relief
that
the
DOJ
will
finally
be
in
safe
hands!

Although
perhaps
Gaetz’s
staff
would
be
wise
to
steer
clear
of
those
hands,
since
Gaetz
has
been
in
the
center
of
investigations
involving

sex
parties
with
minors
for
years.
His
colleagues
in
Congress
report
that
he
would
often
subject
them
to
to
naked
images
on
his
phone
of
women
he
claimed
to
have
had
sex
with.
On
the
plus
side,
that

House
Ethics
investigation
is
probably
over!
And
maybe
someone
at
Main
Justice
can
finally
show
Rep.
Horndog
how
to

lock
down
his
Venmo.

Perhaps
this
is
why
Trump
is
demanding
the
right
to
recess
appoint
half
the
executive
branch
—
some
of
these
stinkers
might
not
even
pass
muster
in
a
54-46
Senate.
But
the
night
is
still
young.
Perhaps
we
can
get
Don
Jr
as
head
of
the
Office
of
National
Drug
Control
Policy.
Catturd
as
Secretary
of
Agriculture?

We
are
all
accelerationists
now.

Liz
Dye lives
in
Baltimore
where
she
produces
the
Law
and
Chaos substack and podcast.

Donald
Trump
is
assembling
the
greatest
team
of
trolls
the
world
has
ever
seen.
This
afternoon
he
announced
the
nomination
of
Florida
Rep.
Matt
Gaetz
to
be
attorney
general.

Of
the
United
States.

Of
America.

Armed
with
nothing
more
than
a
JD
and
an
unshakable
belief
that
Donald
Trump
should
be
allowed
to
do
crimes,
the
Florida
congressman
aims
to
become
the
highest
law
enforcement
officer
in
the
land.
Sure
he
doesn’t
appear
to
have
ever
tried
a
case
in
federal
court;
nor
is
he
a
member
of
any
federal
bar.
And
he
did
get

reprimanded
by
the
Florida
State
Bar
for
unprofessional
conduct
after
he
attempted
to
intimidate
Michael
Cohen
by
falsely
implying
that
he’d
engaged
in
an
extramarital
affair.
But
Gaetz
did
practice
for
a
few
years
at
a

civil
litigation
firm
in
Florida,
so
he’s
got
a
big
leg
up
on
that
Garland
guy,
with
his
federal
clerkships,
his
leadership
in
the
prosecutions
of
the
Unabomber
and
the
Oklahoma
City
Bomber,
and
his
years
on
the
DC
Circuit.
What
a
relief
that
the
DOJ
will
finally
be
in
safe
hands!

Although
perhaps
Gaetz’s
staff
would
be
wise
to
steer
clear
of
those
hands,
since
Gaetz
has
been
in
the
center
of
investigations
involving

sex
parties
with
minors
for
years.
His
colleagues
in
Congress
report
that
he
would
often
subject
them
to
to
naked
images
on
his
phone
of
women
he
claimed
to
have
had
sex
with.
On
the
plus
side,
that

House
Ethics
investigation
is
probably
over!
And
maybe
someone
at
Main
Justice
can
finally
show
Rep.
Horndog
how
to

lock
down
his
Venmo.

Perhaps
this
is
why
Trump
is
demanding
the
right
to
recess
appoint
half
the
executive
branch
—
some
of
these
stinkers
might
not
even
pass
muster
in
a
54-46
Senate.
But
the
night
is
still
young.
Perhaps
we
can
get
Don
Jr
as
head
of
the
Office
of
National
Drug
Control
Policy.
Catturd
as
Secretary
of
Agriculture?

We
are
all
accelerationists
now.

Liz
Dye lives
in
Baltimore
where
she
produces
the
Law
and
Chaos substack and podcast.

Donald
Trump
is
assembling
the
greatest
team
of
trolls
the
world
has
ever
seen.
This
afternoon
he
announced
the
nomination
of
Florida
Rep.
Matt
Gaetz
to
be
attorney
general.

Of
the
United
States.

Of
America.

Armed
with
nothing
more
than
a
JD
and
an
unshakable
belief
that
Donald
Trump
should
be
allowed
to
do
crimes,
the
Florida
congressman
aims
to
become
the
highest
law
enforcement
officer
in
the
land.
Sure
he
doesn’t
appear
to
have
ever
tried
a
case
in
federal
court;
nor
is
he
a
member
of
any
federal
bar.
And
he
did
get

reprimanded
by
the
Florida
State
Bar
for
unprofessional
conduct
after
he
attempted
to
intimidate
Michael
Cohen
by
falsely
implying
that
he’d
engaged
in
an
extramarital
affair.
But
Gaetz
did
practice
for
a
few
years
at
a

civil
litigation
firm
in
Florida,
so
he’s
got
a
big
leg
up
on
that
Garland
guy,
with
his
federal
clerkships,
his
leadership
in
the
prosecutions
of
the
Unabomber
and
the
Oklahoma
City
Bomber,
and
his
years
on
the
DC
Circuit.
What
a
relief
that
the
DOJ
will
finally
be
in
safe
hands!

Although
perhaps
Gaetz’s
staff
would
be
wise
to
steer
clear
of
those
hands,
since
Gaetz
has
been
in
the
center
of
investigations
involving

sex
parties
with
minors
for
years.
His
colleagues
in
Congress
report
that
he
would
often
subject
them
to
to
naked
images
on
his
phone
of
women
he
claimed
to
have
had
sex
with.
On
the
plus
side,
that

House
Ethics
investigation
is
probably
over!
And
maybe
someone
at
Main
Justice
can
finally
show
Rep.
Horndog
how
to

lock
down
his
Venmo.

Perhaps
this
is
why
Trump
is
demanding
the
right
to
recess
appoint
half
the
executive
branch
—
some
of
these
stinkers
might
not
even
pass
muster
in
a
54-46
Senate.
But
the
night
is
still
young.
Perhaps
we
can
get
Don
Jr
as
head
of
the
Office
of
National
Drug
Control
Policy.
Catturd
as
Secretary
of
Agriculture?

We
are
all
accelerationists
now.

Liz
Dye lives
in
Baltimore
where
she
produces
the
Law
and
Chaos substack and podcast.