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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 13h
Judge Cobb dismisses John Brennan's suit to force Blanche & DOJ to preserve documents relating to its grand conspiracy probe. Accusations are "deeply concerning" but injury is too "attenuated" at moment, so he lacks standing. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Brennan's allegations-that he is being targeted by the Trump Administration not because
of his conduct, but because he has opposed the current president—are deeply concerning. If he
was eventually able to prove those allegations true, that would certainly suggest that his potential
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prosecution is vindictive. But even taking all of Brennan's allegations to be truthful at this stage,
the injury he alleges is simply too attenuated from the actions he seeks to enjoin to warrant a
finding of standing here. Defendants' motion to dismiss, ECF 21, is GRANTED. Brennan's motion for a preliminary injunction, ECF 2, is DENIED AS MOOT. A separate order accompanies this memorandum opinion.
SO ORDERED.
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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 16h
Honestly, I'm surprised he's not giving Paramount+ an exclusive.
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The investigation is being conducted by Homeland Security Investigations, the U.S. attorney in Minneapolis and the Justice Department.
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Justice Connection @justiceconnection.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
More than 21,000 DOJ employees have left since January 2025, including 4,333 attorneys, threatening the department’s ability to keep people safe. Justice Connection’s new dashboard allows users to track hiring & departures across DOJ – and compare current trends with the past three administrations:
thejusticeconnection.org
Justice Connection
The only public dashboard bringing transparency to case data from Department of Justice. Follow the data to hold DOJ accountable to their numbers.
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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 19h
Since Trump made himself chair of Kennedy Center—“whatever branch [it] may lie in”—all docs & comms reflecting his decision-making are privileged “presidential comms,” govt says. Discovery about demolition is “inapposite,” tho Judge Cooper ordered it. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Response to motion – #106 in BEATTY v. TRUMP (D.D.C., 1:25-cv-04480) – CourtListener.com
RESPONSE re 96 MOTION to Compel With Respect to Claims of Executive Privilege filed by BRIAN D. BALLARD, MARIA BARTIROMO, PAMELA J. BONDI, MARY HELEN BOWERS, HANNAH F. BUCHAN, SHELLEY MOORE CAPITO, RO...
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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Before he trashed it with the Ilhan Omar search, AG Blanche was quite passionate about DOJ's 60-day rule against "actions that may have an impact on an election," which must "never be countenanced." And that was just a judge-ordered filing in a case indicted more than a year before the election.
The huge public filing that the Motion portends would also violate the Justice Manual,
which prohibits "Actions that May Have an Impact on an Election." Justice Manual § 9-85.500 (emphasis added). "Federal prosecutors and agents may never select the timing of any action,
including investigative steps, criminal charges, or statements, for the purpose of affecting any
election, or for the purpose of giving an advantage or disadvantage to any candidate or political
party." Id. Separately, prior to this case, DOJ followed an "Unwritten 60-Day Rule" summarized as follows:
• Former FBI Director Jim Comey: "[W]e avoid taking any action in the run up to an election, if we can avoid it." DOJ-OIG Report at 17.
• Former Attorney General Loretta Lynch: "[I]n general, the practice has been not to take actions that might have an impact on an election, even if it's not an election case or something like that." Id. at 18.
• Former Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates: "To me if it were 90 days off, and you think it has a significant chance of impacting an election, unless there's a reason you need to take that action now you don't do it." Id. at 18.
Departures from these practices should never be countenanced because they risk allowing
prosecutors to impact national elections, but the situation is even worse here where the Special ...
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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Blanche's full filing: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Response to motion – #242 in United States v. TRUMP (D.D.C., 1:23-cr-00257) – CourtListener.com
RESPONSE by DONALD J. TRUMP re 237 MOTION for Leave to File Oversized Motion (Bove, Emil) (Entered: 09/23/2024)
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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Before he trashed it with the Ilhan Omar search, AG Blanche was quite passionate about DOJ's 60-day rule against "actions that may have an impact on an election," which must "never be countenanced." And that was just a judge-ordered filing in a case indicted more than a year before the election.
The huge public filing that the Motion portends would also violate the Justice Manual,
which prohibits "Actions that May Have an Impact on an Election." Justice Manual § 9-85.500 (emphasis added). "Federal prosecutors and agents may never select the timing of any action,
including investigative steps, criminal charges, or statements, for the purpose of affecting any
election, or for the purpose of giving an advantage or disadvantage to any candidate or political
party." Id. Separately, prior to this case, DOJ followed an "Unwritten 60-Day Rule" summarized as follows:
• Former FBI Director Jim Comey: "[W]e avoid taking any action in the run up to an election, if we can avoid it." DOJ-OIG Report at 17.
• Former Attorney General Loretta Lynch: "[I]n general, the practice has been not to take actions that might have an impact on an election, even if it's not an election case or something like that." Id. at 18.
• Former Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates: "To me if it were 90 days off, and you think it has a significant chance of impacting an election, unless there's a reason you need to take that action now you don't do it." Id. at 18.
Departures from these practices should never be countenanced because they risk allowing
prosecutors to impact national elections, but the situation is even worse here where the Special ...
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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Govt has filed notice of appeal of Judge Kelly's preliminary injunction against pulling the White House press passes of @cnn.com , @msnownews.bsky.social , & @politico.com .
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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Another clear, accessible reality-check from @noupside.bsky.social. The drone strike on Yandex *did* disrupt automated web-indexing bots. But no evidence re: political trolls. Alas, political demonization of disinformation research has made it hard to tell. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Her memo opinion, explaining her temporary restraining order against further tree-cutting, makes bracing reading. I commend it in its entirety to Deputy Atty Gen McCotter. 2/2
Breakneck speed to clear trees that posed no harm. The reason? Disputed. The budget?
Unclear. The environmental impact? Unstudied.' The urgency? None.? Next steps: bulldoze hundreds more.8
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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Trump ordered work begin 9/1 to replace DC's public golf course with a championship course. On 10/10, on 12 hrs notice, NPS razed 430 trees, claiming it was part of a 7-yr-old plan that had nothing to do with Trump's course. Judge Reyes has questions. 1/2 storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Memorandum & Opinion – #79 in DC PRESERVATION LEAGUE v. DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR (D.D.C., 1:26-cv-00477) – CourtListener.com
MEMORANDUM OPINION granting Plaintiffs' 76 Emergency Motion for Temporary Retraining Order. See document for details. Signed by Judge Ana C. Reyes on 10/13/2026. (lcacr3)
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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Judge Kelly found DOJ's national security arguments to be "post hoc." "[N]o evidence" Trump's decision was really based on such concerns.
First, there is no evidence in the record that President Trump made the decision to revoke
Plaintiffs' hard passes on national security grounds from the get-go, nor at any time has he directly stated that national security was the reason for his decision. When he announced the ban with his post on September 18, he did not mention national security. See ECF No. 32-3. When he was
asked later that day about the "particular reason" for his action, he did not mention national secu-rity. See ECF No. 32-4 at 14. And while it is true, days later, that he used the phrase "national security" in subsequent social media posts about the ban, that expression appears to have been simply another way for him to describe Plaintiffs' alleged inaccuracies and unfairness in their reporting about topics like his achievements or electoral success. ECF Nos. 32-5, 32-6; see also
ECF Nos. 32-4 at 19, 44-2 at 6. All this suggests that "national security" was merely a post-hoc justification for the decision, which greatly undermines the idea that President Trump "would have" not "could have"-taken the same action in the absence of Plaintiffs' protected speech, even if it is not dispositive on that point.
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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Last night Judge Kelly granted @cnn.com et al a preliminary injunction (extending his TRO) barring Trump from pulling their press passes. Trump violated 5th Am due process and 1st Am, by retaliating against protected speech & viewpoint discrimination. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Memorandum & Opinion – #50 in CABLE NEWS NETWORK, INC. v. TRUMP (D.D.C., 1:26-cv-03287) – CourtListener.com
MEMORANDUM OPINION in support of 49 ORDER granting Plaintiffs' 32 Motion for Preliminary Injunction. See Memorandum Opinion for details. Signed by Judge Timothy J. Kelly on 10/13/2026. (lctjk3)
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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Zelenskyy: "It is important that the world does not stay silent about this. And it is important that the United States really see what is happening and who is responsible for this war continuing."
Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зелен... * @Zelensky. • 2h S ...
A Russian ballistic missile attack on Kyiv. Once again, no early warning from our partners. The main target was energy infrastructure, specifically CHPP-
4. Unfortunately, it was hit. A residential building was also damaged, and rescuers are currently putting out a fire there. Our systems detected these missiles only when they were already virtually on approach to Kyiv. CHPP-4 is one of Kyiv's key energy facilities.
According to our intelligence, the Russians are preparing further ballistic missile launches. The facts show that the Russians do not consider themselves bound by what the President of the United States said. Ukraine supported an energy ceasefire. Russia is targeting yet another power plant and the lives of our people.And this is absolutely unjust: when they are destroying our energy infrastructure, and Ukraine is not even receiving early warnings about ballistic missile launches. It is important that the world does not stay silent about this. And it is important that the United States really see what is happening and who is responsible for this war continuing.
Please stay safe tonight and tomorrow. We are working to replenish our air defenses with anti-ballistic missiles.
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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Here's the alt-text on that excerpt.
INTRODUCTION AND RULE 40(b) STATEMENT
The Secretary of War branded Anthropican American AI company whose
models help defend the nation —a national-security "supply chain risk" because it
declined to permit its models to be used for mass surveillance of Americans or
lethal autonomous warfare and publicly explained those AI-safety commitments. A divided panel upheld that extraordinary designation. The majority did not credit the
Secretary's accusation that Anthropic had subversive intent. Instead, it incorrectly
read 41 U.S.C. § 4713 to permit the Secretary to designate Anthropic a national-security risk based on pre-deployment model training—a feature of all Al models.
And it did so without any pre-designation process and despite straightforward
evidence the designation was retaliation for Anthropic's speech about AI safety.
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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Anthropic has moved for the en banc rehearing by the DC Circuit (11 active judges) of the panel's [extraordinary] 2-1 ruling that Hegseth could designate it a "supply chain risk" even without showing any malicious or subversive intent on Anthropic's part. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
I don't think anyone knows the composition of the panel yet. These orders have been entered by the clerk on behalf of the court.
DAVIDJ. SMITH
Clerk of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
ENTERED FOR THE COURT - BY DIRECTION
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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
The 11th Circuit has postponed yet again oral argument in the appeal concerning Judge Cannon's suppression of Jack Smith's Vol 2 report on the classified documents case. It has not yet set a new date. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
ORDER:
Appellees' motion to continue oral argument is GRANTED in PART. The Court will schedule oral argument at a time convenient to the panel and the attorneys.
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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Well, my colleagues have done non-exhaustive research and it appears that AUSA Oestereicher has used the phrase at least 6x before, 3x in 2025 & 3x in 2009. Two other SDNY AUSAs have used the phrase at least 4x: in 2016 (2x), 2022, and 2026.
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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Is it just me, or is the govt thumbing its nose at Judge Rochon with this Trumpian sign-off to its status report describing (at right) its minimalist & unsuccessful efforts to comply with her urgent order banning govt-funded propaganda/campaign ads. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
By:
Respectfully submitted, As Your Honor is aware, the Court emailed the TRO to the parties yesterday at 6:46 p.m.

Counsel for the Government emailed the TRO to agency counsel at 7:58 p.m. Agency counsel did 

not become aware of Government counsel's email until this morning. The undersigned apologizes to the Court and the plaintiffs. As required, DHS provided the TRO to the vendor, LePugh Inc., doing business as LMD Agency, Inc. ("LMD"), this morning.

rovided the
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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
yeah, the whole Trump family must be so disappointed in her.
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Scott Shapiro @scottjshapiro.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Great, so we can't look up to Kimberly Guilfoyle anymore?
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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
A simple "I'm sorry, Your Honor, for causing our line attorneys to lie to you over and over in court" will suffice, Acting Deputy AG McCotter.
The Department of Justice is proud to have attorneys—like the one here—who keep their poise and respectful demeanor, even in the face of judges who unfortunately fail to reciprocate. The ethics canons require judges to maintain an appropriate temperament; a few fall far short.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
BREAKING: The Supreme Court takes up Trump administration request to review a lower court decision allowing discovery into DOGE. The case is one of three new cases granted today.

CERTIORARI GRANTED
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U.S. DOGE SERVICE, ET AL. V. USDC DC, ET AL.
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BLANCHE, ATTY GEN. V. OZURUMBA, IZUCHUKWU
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The petitions for writs of certiorari are granted.
BERRY, COREY D. V. UNITED STATES

The motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperis and the petition for a writ of certiorari are granted.QUESTIONS PRESENTED
The district court in this case entered a wide-ranging and intrusive discovery order against the U.S. DOGE Service (USDS)—a body within the Executive Office of the President tasked with advising the President—to determine whether that body's influence renders it an "agency" subject to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA),
5 U.S.C. 552. This Court previously granted certiorari, vacated the court of appeals' denial of a writ of mandamus, and remanded for the court of appeals to "narrow" discovery in light of "separation of powers concerns." On re-mand, respondent withdrew several of its discovery re-quests, and the court of appeals again denied the government's mandamus petition without any new analysis regarding the remaining discovery, which includes numerous requests for internal communications and a deposition of USDS's head. The questions presented are:
1. Whether the court of appeals' order departed from this Court's instructions and the separation-of-powers principles that this Court articulated in Cheney
v. United States District Court, 542 U.S. 367 (2004).
2. Whether a court may order broad discovery against an Executive Office advisory body—potentially providing much information sought on the merits of a plaintiff's FOIA claims—to determine whether FOIA's disclosure requirements apply in the first place.
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Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
JUST IN: Amid complaints that taxpayer-paid Trump ads continued to air after TRO was issued last evening, DOJ attorney "apologizes" and says he emailed DHS lawyer last night but atty did not see message until this morning. Says contractor now knows. Doc: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Status Report – #44 in Common Cause v. Department of Homeland Security (S.D.N.Y., 1:26-cv-08882) – CourtListener.com
Status Report
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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Trump et al. switch theories for delaying 11th Cir appeal seeking release of Jack Smith’s Vol 2. Tho key atty trial conflicts have vanished, they say that briefing a new motion by former FBI agents, raising overlapping issues, will overtax their attys. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Further, since Defendants-Appellees filed their motion on October 5,
an additional development has reinforced the need for a continuance.
On
October 7, current and former Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI") agents
involved in the underlying criminal investigation that led to these proceedings
filed a new motion to intervene in the District Court, seeking permission to
both disclose and publicly discuss non-public information covered by the
District Court's February 23, 2026, Order prohibiting the release of Volume II.
That motion raises significant issues overlapping with arguments made in these
appeals, including those concerning the availability of intervention in criminal
proceedings and Article III standing. Defendants-Appellees must now respond to that motion by October 21, with further briefing scheduled through October 28, just days before the currently scheduled November 2 oral argument.
Counsel thus face the unjust prospect of simultaneously litigating substantially
overlapping issues in two courts, without the opportunity to assess the District
Court's treatment of the newly raised matters.
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Molly Roberts @mollyroberts.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
The questions today go to "whether or not I've been lied to. Whether I've been lied to in the declarations about the plan, whether I've been lied to about the timing of things, whether I've been lied to about what kind of notice the court was going to receive."
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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
And sending 137 Venezuelans to CECOT to be foreseeably tortured with no due process whatsoever.
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Molly Roberts @mollyroberts.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
gm! at 10 I'll be live-tweeting the emergency TRO hearing in Judge Reyes's "courtroom" (this is on Zoom) in D.C. Preservation League v. Department of Interior, otherwise known as the golf course case
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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
My gifted colleague @mollyroberts.bsky.social will sacrifice a portion of her holiday to live post the temporary restraining order hearing at 10am.
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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Yes, but they want to cut 100s more. Plus, someone may need to answer for having pulled this stunt after her repeated warnings and their repeated assurances.
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Molly Roberts @mollyroberts.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Maybe they won’t remove the trees but just disembark them.
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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Judge Reyes has ordered cessation of all tree removal at the golf course until at least tomorrow. Also provides remote call-in number for hearing on temporary restraining order. She wants to know, inter alia, who ordered tree removal & how long govt attys have known of this plan.
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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Govt' Friday afternoon notice: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Affidavit Dr. Griess – #74, Att. #1 in DC PRESERVATION LEAGUE v. DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR (D.D.C., 1:26-cv-00477) – CourtListener.com
NOTICE OF ACTIVITY by JESSICA BOWRON, DOUG BURGUM, DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR, NATIONAL PARK SERVICE (Attachments: # 1 Affidavit Dr. Griess)(Piropato, Marissa) (Entered: 10/09/2026)
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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Here is plaintiffs' emergency filing last night, detailing Judge Reyes' repeated warnings to defendants to give "enough notice before some major thing happens" so she'll have a meaningful opportunity to review. ... storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... 2/3
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Memorandum in Support – #76, Att. #1 in DC PRESERVATION LEAGUE v. DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR (D.D.C., 1:26-cv-00477) – CourtListener.com
Emergency MOTION for Temporary Restraining Order or, Alternatively, For a 14-Day Stay Under Section 705 of the Administrative Procedure Act by DC PRESERVATION LEAGUE, ALEX DICKSON, DAVE ROBERTS. (Atta...
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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
In the case over Trump's plan to convert historic DC public golf course to championship showcase, Judge Reyes sets TRO hearing for 10am today. At 4:55pm Friday before holiday weekend, govt announced it would cut down 529 trees 12 hrs later. Now it has—and wants to take down 100s more. ... 1/3
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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Seven Senators on Sen Foreign Relations Committee, including 4 Republicans, denounce Trump's decision to import Russian diesel, saying it "runs directly counter" to 2022 statute.
Seven Senators on Sen Foreign Relations Committee, including 4 Republicans, denounce Trump's decision to import Russian diesel, saying it "runs directly counter" to 2022 statute.
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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Judge Rochon in Manhattan issues order blocking Trump's govt-funded propaganda ads, including those scheduled to run tonight. Order effective at 6:45 p.m. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Order on Motion for TRO AND Order on Motion to Stay – #41 in Common Cause v. Department of Homeland Security (S.D.N.Y., 1:26-cv-08882) – CourtListener.com
ORDER granting 25 Motion for TRO; granting 25 Motion to Stay. ORDERED that under 5 U.S.C. § 705, the purchase order entered into on or about September 20, 2026 between Customs Border Protection (CBP) ...
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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Four days before yesterday’s ICE shooting in the Bronx, Judge Gary Brown of EDNY (Trump apptee) listed 7 outrages in an ICE case before him, including evasive & apparently perjurious testimony, post-hoc sworn arrest warrant containing false info, woeful lack of training … 1/2
The evidence points to numerous failings on the part of both ICE and the officers
who testified, including:
1. evasive and apparently perjurious testimony by the ICE agents, including the
testimony concerning supposed observations of the petitioner engaging in drug
transactions, which bear all the hallmarks of coordinated fabrication,12 the absence of any recovered drugs, paraphernalia or cash from the petitioner,
the failure of the agents to follow up upon these supposed observations or refer
the matter to another law enforcement agency, and the notable absence of any
reference to these observations in the voluminous documentary records, further undermining the agents' testimony;
2. the seemingly reflexive, though false, claims that the petitioner was
"misidentified" as the target of the operation;
3. fundamental misconceptions about ICE agents authorities and duties;
4. illegality of the arrest and detention of petitioner and Concepcion;
5. the post-arrest documents, which not only were procedurally and legally
suspect, but contain false statements;Notably, in its filings, Government counsel has not referenced this testimony, seemingly abandoning any argument predicated upon these sworn assertions by the agents.

6. the database search process used to justify the administrative warrant, as
described by the ranking supervisory officer, which appears designed to generate misleading information in official records; and
7. the inexperience of the agents involved, their woeful lack of proper training, understanding of law, policies and procedures, and their ready recourse to false testimony to conceal these failings.
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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
ICYMI, great statement by former VP Mike Pence about Trump's betrayal of Ukraine. Scandal there's no one else left in Republican Party able to say it out loud.
President Trump's decision to lift sanctions on Russian fuel amidst Putin's ongoing and brutal attacks on civilian targets in Ukraine makes no sense and is a betrayal of the legacy and leadership of the late Senator Lindsey
Graham.
While Ukraine fights for its survival, Putin's war machine continues to prosecute his terrorist war on civilian populations and innocent Ukrainians are dying every day.
Now, Instead of implementing the tough sanctions Lindsey Graham fought to his last breath to enact, President Trump has announced the United States is lifting sanctions on Russian energy, fueling the Putin's war machine.
As I saw firsthand in Ukraine last month, Putin is losing this war. Ukraine has fought the Russian military to a standstill and reinvented warfare with drones taking the fight into the heart of Russia.
America should not be throwing a lifeline to Putin's war machine. Now is the time to stand strong against Russian aggression as we did during the first Trump administration.
Putin doesn't want peace. Putin wants Ukraine. I have no doubt that if Putin overruns Ukraine, it will only be a matter of time until Russia's military crosses a border that our troops will have to deal with him.
America is the Leader of the Free World. For our National Security, for the security of our Allies in Europe including Ukraine, President Trump should rescind this deal immediately and return to the strong policies of our four years in the White House; impose harsh sanctions on any nation purchasing Russian energy and work with our allies to ensure Ukraine has the military support it needs to repel and defeat this Russian invasion once and for all. Slava Ukraini
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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Sample “revelation”: FBI agents expressed doubts over probable cause to search Mar-a-Lago. But docs were not new &, more important, predated FBI seeing surveillance footage showing Trump aide removing boxes before his atty came to search them for subpoenaed classified files, resolving doubts.. 2/2
Mr. Solomon's presentation, both times, also omitted key context:
The field office's legal doubts came before Mar-a-Lago surveillance footage emerged that showed a Trump aide moving boxes from a storage area before a lawyer came to search it for subpoenaed classified files. The additional evidence resolved legal concerns about probable cause.
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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Anatomy of how John Solomon “presents known information as revelations and omit[s] key context," releasing it into right-wing echo-chamber. By @nytimes.com's @charliesavage.bsky.social . 1/2 www.nytimes.com/2026/10/11/u...
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How the White House Manufactured a Narrative About a Trump Aide’s Call Logs (Gift Article)
A release of selected records from the classified documents inquiry is a case study in how omitting context can create political ammunition.
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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Trump choosing Russia diesel fuel over Ukrainian freedom. US warns Kyiv that strikes on Russia jeopardise intelligence-sharing. www.ft.com/content/7fd4...
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US warns Kyiv that strikes on Russia jeopardise intelligence-sharing
Donald Trump’s administration delivered threat after Volodymyr Zelenskyy criticised diesel deal with Moscow
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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Full ruling: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Memorandum & Opinion – #23 in Almonte v. Maldonado (E.D.N.Y, 2:26-cv-03633) – CourtListener.com
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER: Based on the foregoing, it is hereby Ordered as follows: 1. The petition is granted provisionally pending further proceedings described herein; 2. Within 21 days of the date of t...
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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Judge Brown ordered the ICE field office director, on pain of contempt, to explain within 21 days how he’d ensure ICE acts lawfully in future. @wired.com & others have reported that an officer identified in Brown’s ruling was present at the subsequent Bronx shooting, brandishing a weapon. 2/2
Some of these failings fall within this Court's powers to impose sanctions, to refer these
matters for further action by other authorities and/or to exercise its contempt powers.
Before the Court considers invoking that authority, it will provide respondents with an
opportunity to address the concerns raised above and, if they so choose, propose
investigatory, operational and/or disciplinary measures to remediate these apparent
violations. Alfaro, 831 F. Supp. 3d at 186 ("Respondents, charged with enforcing the laws of this nation, cannot ignore the scores of decisions which they have unsuccessfully litigated before this Court and others, without taking action to ensure that their agents and agencies are not acting in contravention of the law.") Should
respondents fail to propose and carry out sufficient measures, the Court will consider
further action.
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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Four days before yesterday’s ICE shooting in the Bronx, Judge Gary Brown of EDNY (Trump apptee) listed 7 outrages in an ICE case before him, including evasive & apparently perjurious testimony, post-hoc sworn arrest warrant containing false info, woeful lack of training … 1/2
The evidence points to numerous failings on the part of both ICE and the officers
who testified, including:
1. evasive and apparently perjurious testimony by the ICE agents, including the
testimony concerning supposed observations of the petitioner engaging in drug
transactions, which bear all the hallmarks of coordinated fabrication,12 the absence of any recovered drugs, paraphernalia or cash from the petitioner,
the failure of the agents to follow up upon these supposed observations or refer
the matter to another law enforcement agency, and the notable absence of any
reference to these observations in the voluminous documentary records, further undermining the agents' testimony;
2. the seemingly reflexive, though false, claims that the petitioner was
"misidentified" as the target of the operation;
3. fundamental misconceptions about ICE agents authorities and duties;
4. illegality of the arrest and detention of petitioner and Concepcion;
5. the post-arrest documents, which not only were procedurally and legally
suspect, but contain false statements;Notably, in its filings, Government counsel has not referenced this testimony, seemingly abandoning any argument predicated upon these sworn assertions by the agents.

6. the database search process used to justify the administrative warrant, as
described by the ranking supervisory officer, which appears designed to generate misleading information in official records; and
7. the inexperience of the agents involved, their woeful lack of proper training, understanding of law, policies and procedures, and their ready recourse to false testimony to conceal these failings.
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Julia Curlee @juliacurlee.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
So you're saying right before an election where the price of diesel is hurting the President, Russia is going to help bring the price down? And Ka$h is going to Moscow? There's got to be some word for that. Collision? Collagen?
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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The DNC has just filed a motion for temporary restraining order before Judge Loren AliKhan in DC seeking to stop Trump's government-paid partisan campaign ads. (This is separate from similar effort in Manhattan before Judge Rochon.) ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/doc1/0451124...
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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
UPDATE: Judge April Perry denies the government's bid to keep all of this under seal — including the attorney's signature block. "The government has also publicly disclosed … that there is an OPR investigation in this case."
MINUTE entry before the Honorable April M. Perry: The Government's motion to seal 275 is denied. As already noted, the grand jury transcripts in this matter have already been made public - without any opposition from the Government. The Government has also publicly disclosed - in both court filings and open court - the fact that there is an OPR investigation in this case involving the prosecutors who were in the grand jury. See, e.g., Doc. 247 at 48-49. In addition to those two matters, the Government has also asked to seal the "Legal Principles" section of its motion, which sets forth basic principles of law, and the signature block of one of its attorneys. There is a presumption that materials that underpin a judicial decision are open to public inspection unless they meet very specific criteria. See Baxter Intern., Inc. v. Abbott Laboratories, 297 F.3d 544, 545 (7th Cir. 2002). No such criteria are present here. The Clerk of Court is directed to unseal 272 . Mailed notice. (jcc,) (Entered: 10/09/2026)
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