John Panzer @johnpanzer.com · 4hThe FBI executed search warrants at Rudy Giuliani's Manhattan home and office in April 2021 to seize his cell phones and other electronic records; it then took forever to get through attorney/client privilege claims to get the data. Jack Smith inherited the data. (One data point.) 000
John Panzer @johnpanzer.com · 29/09/2026Just deeply stupid and unserious people running the country right now. 001
John Panzer @johnpanzer.com · 29/09/2026(Possibly going after rioters and fake electors first, and trying to get financial records was a sub optimal strategy, in hindsight, though.) 150
John Panzer @johnpanzer.com · 29/09/2026The investigation did begin in 2021, with some pretty good people (Lisa Monaco, for one) at the top. I blame primarily the Roberts Supreme Court for handing Trump months to years of delay and then a get of jail free card that Nixon never had. 3111
Reposted by John PanzerJoe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 29/09/2026This. It has always been this. A sitting American president did this. And because he did this, he should have been convicted and put behind bars. And the fact that we never held him accountable for these crimes will forever stain this country. And we may never recover from it.👇 888262398977
John Panzer @johnpanzer.com · 29/09/2026So, he’s saying he’s gonna steal all the tariff money? I can’t figure any other way parse this out. And if his candidates win he’ll bribe everybody, but if not, he’ll punish everybody by keeping the money for himself and his cronies. 010
John Panzer @johnpanzer.com · 29/09/2026“I no longer believe in the Easter Bunny” is an answer I bet no one predicted Jack Smith would be needing to give to Congress. These are deeply unserious people. They don’t deserve the power they have. Take it away, folks. 101
John Panzer @johnpanzer.com · 29/09/2026Good. Keep going. Don’t trust polls, and make the margin of win too wide to be lied about. 010
Reposted by John PanzerAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 29/09/2026The ICE agent who shot Araujo in a Houston is named GREGORY FEATHERS. Make sure everyone knows. 19790165400
John Panzer @johnpanzer.com · 29/09/2026static.klipy.comKingdom Hearts Kingdom Hearts 3Alt: Kingdom Hearts Kingdom Hearts 3 000
John Panzer @johnpanzer.com · 28/09/2026Really wish I could be attending, it’s important long term. Alas, there is only so much time in the year. 010
John Panzer @johnpanzer.com · 28/09/2026incredibly problematic given just the networking dilemma… ugh. 030
John Panzer @johnpanzer.com · 27/09/2026This is a “you had ONE job!” callout for the Supreme Court. 000
Reposted by John PanzerBryan 🌐 🇺🇦 Slava Ukraine personal opinions only @papootx.bsky.social · 27/09/2026The System Is Broken - Paxton called the FBI to charge 7 alleged illegal voters. - Texas needed a vendor to fix a bug blocking 178,000 Voter Registrations it never sent to Counties. Updated your license online lately? Check Voter Registration before Oct 5. 🧵 open.substack.com/pub/lonestar...open.substack.comThirty Years of Republican Rule, And They Still Can't Mail A Form To A CountyIf you updated your license online in the last year, check your voter registration before October 5. 6225160
Reposted by John Panzeremptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Read @courtwatch.bsky.social review the stories that don't get told as corporate media (in this case, McClatchy) lays off all the legal journalists. www.courtwatch.news/p/the-rabbit...courtwatch.newsThe Rabbit Hole: Covering What McClatchy Will MissWith the private equity-owned newspaper chain laying off 90 reporters, we look at the court stories they’ll miss. 318390
Reposted by John PanzerBill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Our country is staring into the abyss, and much of our national press corps lacks the fortitude that this moment demands www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/b...nytimes.comTV Networks to Resume Trump Coverage, Even as White House Excludes CNN (Gift Article)The White House TV pool went dark this past week amid a standoff between CNN and the president. Network leaders, however, believe an indefinite suspension may be untenable. 50934246
John Panzer @johnpanzer.com · 27/09/2026If you removed every word Trump said from news coverage and did nothing else, the public would be better informed than they are now, because he is a fucking liar. 000
John Panzer @johnpanzer.com · 25/09/2026Hey, I’m just over here enjoying my popcornstatic.klipy.comPopcorn Guy Enjoys Popcorn While RelaxingAlt: Popcorn Guy Enjoys Popcorn While Relaxing 010
Reposted by John PanzerBarred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 25/09/2026federal judges only do this when they are extremely fuckin tired of your shit and you needed to quit playin in people's faces days ago like oh my God www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p... 927959
Reposted by John Panzeremptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I go on at length about the Broadview case and the Stole Documents case in the later third of the show. 312236
John Panzer @johnpanzer.com · 25/09/2026All of these people are terrible and they are turning on each other like rats. 1197
Reposted by John PanzerMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 25/09/2026🚨BREAKING: In a dangerous decision for voters, the Supreme Court authorized the Trump administration to overhaul a federal immigration database into a vast, centralized and deeply flawed database of personal information to initiate registration purges. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...democracydocket.comSupreme Court revives DHS use of flawed immigration database for voter purgesThe decision lets the administration move forward with a key provision of President Trump’s first anti-voting executive order. 25522861334
John Panzer @johnpanzer.com · 25/09/2026Now combine with this pattern : www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... They should not get the benefit of the doubt; they’ve proven their data is crap, and people shouldn’t use it. (They should be using ERIC, which a bunch of the swing states abandoned for no good reason.)theguardian.comNearly 200 people wrongly identified on Nevada’s voter rolls as non-citizensState election officials said they reviewed 185 records homeland security sent them and confirmed they were US citizens 1123
John Panzer @johnpanzer.com · 25/09/2026It’s critical to recognize this: Their databases are crap. Garbage in, garbage out. It’s also important to win by margins so big they can’t even argue about this after the fact. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...ms.nowSupreme Court majority backs Trump’s citizenship database over dissentGroups warned that the government “recklessly created an error-laden” system that “endangers millions of Americans’ privacy and voting rights.” 000
John Panzer @johnpanzer.com · 25/09/2026Thank God. This was an innocent mistake, not intentional fraud, and prosecuting her is a way to suppress voters through fear. 010
John Panzer @johnpanzer.com · 25/09/2026What this tells us is that the criminals can run out the clock with a compliant SCOTUS in their pocket. The solution next time is to expand SCOTUS to 81 justices, first thing. (I could be talked down to 27.) 000
John Panzer @johnpanzer.com · 25/09/2026This. The first thing you do when you’re deep in a hole is to stop digging. That’s what electing a Democratic majority Congress will do. We still need to _get out of the hole_ and that’ll take 2028 and beyond. 000
John Panzer @johnpanzer.com · 25/09/2026This is good. But we can do better. I have faith in America. 000
John Panzer @johnpanzer.com · 25/09/2026democracydocket.comCalifornia Attorney General vows ‘legal consequences’ for GOP sheriff who seized ballotsThe ballot seizure case highlights the risks to democracy when election deniers in positions of authority abuse their power to interfere with vote counting. Bianco seized an estimated 650,000 ballots ... 000
Reposted by John PanzerLeah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Hard to keep track of just how illegal this all is. DHS quietly updated policies to DELETE people with final deportation orders from databases--even while they are still inside US concentration camps. They also stopped sharing where people are held in phone calls with attorneys or family. #ICEOUTwashingtonpost.comImmigrants with final deportation orders disappear from ICE detainee locatorThe change will make it harder for many families and attorneys to determine where an immigrant is being held after being taken into ICE custody. 29758
Reposted by John Panzeremptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The Hitler fan at DOJ is ghosting Ted Boutros. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... 318556
Reposted by John PanzerGillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 24/09/2026BREAKING: The plane appearing to have been scheduled to fly third-country nationals to 3 African countries today—before an appeals court prohibited it last night—has taken off, landed at Gitmo (Somalis in ICE camp there) and is now in San Juan, a common refueling stop for ICE flights to Africa. 4486178
Reposted by John PanzerJoeinNJfightsfordemocracy @progavalanche.bsky.social · 24/09/2026It’s Illinois turn to get out to EARLY VOTE! In person early voting starts today & our friends all over Illinois must show up for Juliana Stratton for US Senate! There’s no better time than right now. Find your early voting location here: elections.il.gov/votingandreg...elections.il.gov Voting Before Election Day 4150117
Reposted by John PanzerJon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 23/09/2026JUST IN: U.S. District Judge April Perry will hear arguments Oct. 1 on whether to appoint an independent special counsel in the "Broadview Six" case. 416658
Reposted by John PanzerDrew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 23/09/2026Five cops in Indianapolis were just criminally charged with abusing Flock to spy on their ex-wives, their wives' ex-partners and women they met on duty. Audit was triggered by us at the @washingtonpost.com, the prosecutor said. From last month: wapo.st/4yfNHng 12652551584
John Panzer @johnpanzer.com · 23/09/2026“It’s unclear why he was not wearing the [body camera] during the shooting”static.klipy.comMarvel: Bruce Banner & Thor - Is It Though?Alt: Marvel: Bruce Banner & Thor - Is It Though? 000
Reposted by John PanzerJacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Taught the Fugitive Slave Act for the first time in a few years. Man, my head was spinning as I uttered my familiar refrain about how the FSA radicalized Northerners who maybe never thought much about slavery until they saw people being snatched off the street right in front of them...static.klipy.comEuphoria Wait Is This Fucking Play About UsAlt: Euphoria Wait Is This Fucking Play About Us 202160536
Reposted by John PanzerKate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Rumors about “rigged elections" are now a fixture of U.S. elections, leading to diminished trust in election results & democracy (broadly). These rumors can sometimes be hard to debunk, esp. in their early stages. Our UW team has identified the 6 common ways that election integrity rumors mislead: 15502221
John Panzer @johnpanzer.com · 22/09/2026Which ruling are election officials in MO bound to obey? They can’t obey both and also obey the law. 000
John Panzer @johnpanzer.com · 22/09/2026Doesn’t this give cover for officials to use whichever map they want? How can you be prosecuted or held in contempt if the Court(s) themselves are inconsistent and unclear? 100
Reposted by John PanzerEric Holder @ericholder.bsky.social · 22/09/2026It’s time do a bit of a “freak out”. How many times are these hacks allowed to go back - on truly specious grounds - in attempts to get the results they want ??? Missouri is already printing ballots. 🤦🏽♂️ 713841