Last time I checked 77 million people thought it was a-okay to store classified docs in bathroom. I guess they carved out an exception for the dear leader.
If WAPO has any vestiges of cohones left it would unleash its full legal arsenal against this. Democracy doesn't die in darkness, it dies when eyes are averted...
An excellent post, as usual. I really appreciate your insightful commentary on the increasingly authoritarian behavior of the Trump Administration and hope people wake up to the danger it poses.
Okay, now it's apparent that we are living in a police state. Please explain the discrepancy between your careful statement that "the journalist is not the target" and Mr. Patel's post that says, "the alleged leaker has been arrested and is in custody." Perhaps the "leaker" is someone like Pete Hegseth, who once used the free Signal app to narrate classified military actions with a startled journalist? The America that I know and love has been taken over by an administration that is at best incompetent to protect our fragile democracy. God help us.
Why didn't the judge issuing the search warrant demand documentation and evidence that searching the reporter's home was justified as per the 4th amendment requirements? How was a warrant possibly issued without evidence of wrongdoing by the target of the warrant? Will the WaPo be issuing a legal response and lawsuit for violation of the 1A and 4A?
Pretty interesting the reply from the FBI was a bit vague, I guess for a reason! This is ridiculous on so many levels. Invading the privacy of non-government people to just "check" or stop something whether it's conjecture or not. Instead of doing it the "right" way, (just like so many other things) they preferred to break the law and use draconian methods to cease personal property!
Thank you for your incisive reporting on the latest line crossed by the trump administration.
As you say, this is another significant line that is crossed, this time under the cover of the last line that was crossed, which was the murder of an obviously innocent white woman.
Where next is the question?
Will they dare in extra judicial execution of a white man?
Will he put full time on duty troops in the streets and order them to fire on american citizens?
Will he move to confiscate the weapons that are owned by his own rightwing supporters?
In the subtext of all of this is what is in the Epstein files?
America needs to wake the hell up! I think everyone is just hoping it goes away. We are 1 year in and it is not going away! Thank you Olivia for your always important and informative posts!
If the WAPO still had any vestiges of cohones it would unleash its full legal ammunition against this. Democracy dies, not in darkness, but when eyes are turned away. We shall see.
Last time I checked 77 million people thought it was a-okay to store classified docs in bathroom. I guess they carved out an exception for the dear leader.
The warrant had to be signed by a judge. What evidence did they give to justify searching an uncharged third party?
That wasn’t a rhetorical question, anybody know?
Apparently not. I guess you have to ask the person who filed the warrant. Or find out who the judge was who signed it.
Exactly
If WAPO has any vestiges of cohones left it would unleash its full legal arsenal against this. Democracy doesn't die in darkness, it dies when eyes are averted...
So well said, J Chan.
An excellent post, as usual. I really appreciate your insightful commentary on the increasingly authoritarian behavior of the Trump Administration and hope people wake up to the danger it poses.
Yes we need you to speak on this.
Okay, now it's apparent that we are living in a police state. Please explain the discrepancy between your careful statement that "the journalist is not the target" and Mr. Patel's post that says, "the alleged leaker has been arrested and is in custody." Perhaps the "leaker" is someone like Pete Hegseth, who once used the free Signal app to narrate classified military actions with a startled journalist? The America that I know and love has been taken over by an administration that is at best incompetent to protect our fragile democracy. God help us.
“When enforcement punishes scrutiny but spares power, trust collapses. Trust is not a luxury in national security. It is an operational requirement.”
I think this is one of the most fundamentally important points raised in America in the last 10 years.
Why didn't the judge issuing the search warrant demand documentation and evidence that searching the reporter's home was justified as per the 4th amendment requirements? How was a warrant possibly issued without evidence of wrongdoing by the target of the warrant? Will the WaPo be issuing a legal response and lawsuit for violation of the 1A and 4A?
Pretty interesting the reply from the FBI was a bit vague, I guess for a reason! This is ridiculous on so many levels. Invading the privacy of non-government people to just "check" or stop something whether it's conjecture or not. Instead of doing it the "right" way, (just like so many other things) they preferred to break the law and use draconian methods to cease personal property!
Thank you for your incisive reporting on the latest line crossed by the trump administration.
As you say, this is another significant line that is crossed, this time under the cover of the last line that was crossed, which was the murder of an obviously innocent white woman.
Where next is the question?
Will they dare in extra judicial execution of a white man?
Will he put full time on duty troops in the streets and order them to fire on american citizens?
Will he move to confiscate the weapons that are owned by his own rightwing supporters?
In the subtext of all of this is what is in the Epstein files?
America needs to wake the hell up! I think everyone is just hoping it goes away. We are 1 year in and it is not going away! Thank you Olivia for your always important and informative posts!
Liked, restacked & shared to Bluesky (as always).
Thank you...you reporting this is an important sounding of the alarm. My task; stay aware, don't look away and don't believe the regime's bullshit.
Another excellent article during these chilling, dark days. Hope our democracy survives!
If the WAPO still had any vestiges of cohones it would unleash its full legal ammunition against this. Democracy dies, not in darkness, but when eyes are turned away. We shall see.
Despicable. This is what happens when corrupt people are put in charge.