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Attorney, former AUSA, father, husband, former JBLC, long-time Knicks fan and occasional talking head https://mitchellepner.substack.com/ https://www.thedailybeast.com/author/mitchell-epner

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Justice Department Denounces Federal Judges in Fight Against Law Firms

Once again, the New York Times runs a story analyzing the text of a legal pleading/order but FAILS to link to the document.

This is an editorial stance that serves NYT’s interest to keep readers in its “walled garden” over imparting knowledge to readers.

For shame.

Gift link

07.03.2026 12:58 👍 48 🔁 9 💬 1 📌 0
Depeche Mode - Everything Counts (Official Video)
Depeche Mode - Everything Counts (Official Video) YouTube video by DepecheModeVEVO

Song for the Day: Everything Counts - Depeche Mode

youtu.be/1t-gK-9EIq4?...

07.03.2026 12:26 👍 19 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

Having raised my child in and around Central Park, hearing "Lyin' Ass Bitch" would not have been in the top 10 things that I was concerned were too adult for her.

But, you're right.

06.03.2026 20:35 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Trump may or may not have mastered object permanence, so I do not believe that he is taking long-term consequences into account.

06.03.2026 20:32 👍 22 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Ex-DOJ officials say they stopped Trump from installing ally pushing 2020 elector plot On Jan. 3, 2021, a group of top Department of Justice officials stopped then-President Donald Trump from installing an ally to take over the Justice Department and enact a plan that might have illegal...

In the first Trump term, a former colleague in private practice was 1 of the 4 AUSAs who resigned rather than go along with AG Barr's command that they seek a lenient sentence for Roger Stone.

The threat of mass DOJ resignations was part of why Trump was dissuaded from stealing 2020 election.

06.03.2026 20:30 👍 12 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
Lyin' Ass Bitch
Lyin' Ass Bitch YouTube video by Fishbone - Topic

Song for the Day: Lyin' Ass Bitch - Fishbone

youtu.be/YROmPNUHmpY?...

06.03.2026 20:25 👍 27 🔁 4 💬 3 📌 0

Fair.

I did not expect to see the day when Grand Jury independence actually was a meaningful bulwark against fascism.

Nevertheless, here we are.

06.03.2026 20:21 👍 27 🔁 7 💬 2 📌 0

I had a brother at Khe Sanh
Fightin' off them Viet Cong
They're still there
He's all gone

06.03.2026 20:20 👍 30 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
Tripper’s (Bill Murray) “It Just Doesn’t Matter” Speech | Meatballs (1979) | TCM
Tripper’s (Bill Murray) “It Just Doesn’t Matter” Speech | Meatballs (1979) | TCM YouTube video by Turner Classic Movies

Cue Tripper (Bill Murray) in Meatballs:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=necp...

06.03.2026 19:58 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Tommy Norris: You want oil to live above 60 but below 90 (Landman Paramount+ Series Quotes) #shorts
Tommy Norris: You want oil to live above 60 but below 90 (Landman Paramount+ Series Quotes) #shorts YouTube video by MagicalQuoteMTV

Cue Tommy Norris (Billy Bob Thorton) on Landman explaining how it is bad for the oil business (and America) when WTI prices rise above $90/barrel.

www.youtube.com/shorts/CX-mX...

06.03.2026 19:56 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

I have to imagine that some prosecutor is going to read this admission and see a road to publicity in bringing a high-profile prosecution.

It would be ironic for Cluely's business model (do high-profile things for clicks) would be the (1) cause of and (2)operational path for its demise.

06.03.2026 19:52 👍 44 🔁 2 💬 2 📌 0

Step 1: Indict foreign officials for violations of law.
Step 2: Demand foreign country comply with Trump's demands.
Step 3: If foreign country does not comply, invade and "arrest" foreign officials.
Step 4: Install puppet government that will comply with Trump's demands.
Step 5: Repeat.

06.03.2026 19:32 👍 59 🔁 17 💬 6 📌 1

Cue Tommy Norris (Billy Bob Thorton) from Landman explaining why it is bad for the oil business (and America in general) when WTI prices get above $90/barrel.

[Seriously, someone please link the clip. I can't find it.]

06.03.2026 19:30 👍 21 🔁 5 💬 3 📌 2

In 1945, the calls for "unconditional surrender" of Germany & Japan led to the signing of 2 documents of surrender & the complete (largely peaceful) occupation of those former adversaries by the US (in Japan) with UK, France & USSR (in Germany).

When Trump says it, it's just "cool words" he's heard

06.03.2026 19:20 👍 30 🔁 5 💬 2 📌 1

3/3 . . . and that is why people frequently say elections have consequences," Epner said.

06.03.2026 13:28 👍 17 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

2/ ‘We, the judiciary, are not the place to go in order to put limits on this use of executive power,'" Mitchell Epner, a former federal prosecutor, told USA TODAY.

. . .

“In the absence of the Republican Party breaking with Donald Trump, there is no way for Congress to rein in Donald Trump, . .

06.03.2026 13:28 👍 11 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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'Might makes right'? Why experts have fears for rule of law The escalating conflict in Iran has thrust foundational legal questions about the president's war powers into the spotlight. Here are answers.

1/ I am extremely grateful to be included among those commenting on the legality of the U.S. military actions against the Islamic Republic of Iran in USA TODAY with @ayshabagchi.bsky.social.

"It's not the courts saying that that this is an appropriate use of executive power, but that . . .

06.03.2026 13:28 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Not clear.

05.03.2026 21:42 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Jan. 6 rioter pardoned by Trump gets life sentence for molesting 2 children A Florida handyman who was sentenced on Thursday to life in prison for molesting two children had been convicted of storming the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, but was pardoned by President Donald Trump.…

Jan. 6 rioter pardoned by Trump gets life sentence for molesting 2 children

05.03.2026 20:30 👍 1104 🔁 384 💬 45 📌 56
Introducing the Director of Homeland Security | South Park
Introducing the Director of Homeland Security | South Park YouTube video by South Park Studios

Song for the Day: Stars & Stripes Forever (Kristi Noem Version) - South Park

youtu.be/kD4EE6qVIBI?...

05.03.2026 21:00 👍 20 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0

I do not believe Deuteronomy 22:22 is moral, but for her I would make an exception.

05.03.2026 20:51 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Golf clap.

05.03.2026 20:44 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Now that she is fired, Kristi Noem will have more time to spend with someone else's husband.

05.03.2026 20:36 👍 429 🔁 51 💬 10 📌 2

As a legislator, she combines her knowledge, expertise, passion and compassion to improving public education while also advocating for the deeply interconnected issues of improved healthcare, food security, criminal justice, and equal opportunity.

05.03.2026 20:32 👍 13 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Trish Ranson is currently serving in her fourth term at the Oklahoma House of Representatives. Prior to running for office in 2018, Representative Ranson taught elementary music for 15 years at Westwood Elementary in Stillwater and served as a conductor with the OSU Youth Choir.

05.03.2026 20:32 👍 15 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Oklahoma House of Representatives Welcome to Oklahoma's House of Representatives website!

My first choice for Democratic nominee for the newly-open Oklahoma Senate seat is Rep. Trish Ranson (D-34), chair of the Minority Caucus in the OK House.

I've known Trish for ~30 years, since she married a close college friend. She's OK to the core & a practical progressive.

We'll see if she runs.

05.03.2026 20:30 👍 61 🔁 8 💬 4 📌 0

Just as William F. Buckley, Jeffrey Hart, Greg Fossedal, Gordon Haff, Benjamin Hart and Keeney Jones dreamed it up when they founded the Dartmouth Review. Dinesh D'Souza, Laura Ingraham and Harmeet Dhillon operationalized the faux-populist racism so that it could become Turning Point USA.

05.03.2026 20:05 👍 15 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
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Trump Announces He Is Replacing Noem With Oklahoma Senator

Good riddance to bad rubbish. There is a lot more of trash to be taken out of Oval Office and the Cabinet.

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/u...

05.03.2026 19:59 👍 35 🔁 2 💬 2 📌 1

There are only two options. Getting old is the better one.

04.03.2026 20:15 👍 65 🔁 1 💬 3 📌 0

[ISWYDT]

Don’t threaten me with a good time.

04.03.2026 13:46 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0