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Tuesday, June 23, 2026

NYT's David French writes about the significance of the DOJ dropping charges against some of the ICE protestors in Chicago and taking the very rare step of paying for their legal defense costs.

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NEW: Trump admin takes rare step to quell controversy over prosecutorial misconduct in dropped criminal case against Chicago-area anti-ICE protesters. Feds won't fight defense demand to pay bill for activists' legal fees www.politico.com/news/2026/06 ...

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-- Josh Gerstein (@joshgerstein.bsky.social) 6:41 PM · Jun 17, 2026

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Good read.

#1 | Posted by qcp at 2026-06-23 09:53 AM | Reply

Your Tax Dollars At Work.

#2 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-06-23 10:00 AM | Reply

"We all took the government attorneys' word on a great many things. I, at the time, was operating on a presumption of regular grand jury proceedings, which these clearly were not."

Serious question:
Why are judges so ------- gullible and stupid?
Does the law demand it?
Are they just lazy?
Do they hate America?

I see no path where any reasonable person could accept this government's assertions about anything in the absence of independent evidence.

#3 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-06-23 10:05 AM | Reply

Snoofy loves malicious when it attacks from behind.

#4 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-06-23 10:46 AM | Reply

You sure you're in the right thread little buddy?

#5 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-06-23 10:50 AM | Reply

It doesn't matter what thread he is on. He is always dreaming about your behind. Usually there is a truck stop involved. You must have really nice behind.

Everything reminds him of it.

#6 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-06-23 11:16 AM | Reply

I see no path where any reasonable person could accept this government's assertions about anything in the absence of independent evidence.

#3 | POSTED BY SNOOFY

Also known as the donnerboy rule.

Nothing should be trusted coming from this corrupt administration without least two reliable outside sources.

If they came out today and told me the sky was blue I'd still not believe it until it was verified by at least two independent and well known reliable sources.

#7 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-06-23 11:24 AM | Reply

I'd say that this obvious current ruling to allow the dems to cheat falls under the malicious category:

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#8 | Posted by MSgt at 2026-06-23 01:48 PM | Reply

Fuck off retard.

#9 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-06-23 02:09 PM | Reply

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