Below are some headlines we may have missed. Please feel free to share your finds as long as they are not from some Fake News cesspool.
Updates:
Judge dismisses cases against James Comey and Letitia James after finding prosecutor was unlawfully appointed
Lindsey Halligan was appointed after President Donald Trump urged Attorney General Pam Bondi to prosecute the former FBI director and New York attorney general.
A federal judge on Monday dismissed the criminal indictments against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James after finding the prosecutor who brought the cases, former Trump attorney Lindsey Halligan, was not lawfully appointed.
U.S. District Judge Cameron Currie said that she agreed with Comey, who moved to dismiss the case on the grounds that Halligan’s appointment was illegal.
“Because Ms. Halligan had no lawful authority to present the indictment, I will grant Mr. Comey’s motion and dismiss the indictment,” Currie wrote in finding that Halligan lacked the authority to present a case to a grand jury.
“All actions flowing from Ms. Halligan’s defective appointment, including securing and signing Mr. Comey’s indictment, were unlawful exercises of executive power and are hereby set aside,” the judge wrote, describing the insurance lawyer as “a former White House aide with no prior prosecutorial experience.”
“This case presents the unique, if not unprecedented, situation where an unconstitutionally appointed prosecutor, ‘exercising power [she] did not lawfully possess,’… acted alone in conducting a grand jury proceeding and securing an indictment,” the ruling said.
PAMELA BROWN: Are Democrats having discussions about how to handle it if more members are embroiled in anything having to do with Epstein? RASKIN: I literally have not had one Democrat in the House or Senate come to us and say, 'Hey, you better slow down, that might embarrass one of our people'
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) November 24, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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Congress:
A senior House Republican is warning that Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s sudden decision to walk away from Congress is only the start of a deeper implosion inside the House GOP.
Several GOP lawmakers told reporters they are also weighing mid-term retirements. And another clearly frustrated senior Republican delivered a blistering assessment of the party’s trajectory.
“This entire White House team has treated ALL members like garbage. ALL. And Mike Johnson has let it happen because he wanted it to happen,” they told Punchbowl.
“That is the sentiment of nearly all—appropriators, authorizers, hawks, doves, rank and file,” the lawmaker said.
Trump’s 💩 Economy:
I am spending way less on things that I want (not buying😡) and angry about groceries all the time under this regime.
— 💫⭐️N. Jules⭐️💫 (@northjules.bsky.social) November 24, 2025 at 6:43 AM
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The Fascist Felon and His Brownshirts:
If McClain took an oath “to the commander-in-chief”, she took the wrong one. 🤡
— Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla.bsky.social) November 24, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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Those of us familiar with Justice Robert Jackson's concurrence in Youngstown Steel certainly recall the "Because He Has Proven He Can Protect America" test on the limits of executive power when acting beyond congressional authorization.
— Adam Bonin (@adambonin.bsky.social) November 24, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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Craven Assholes:
Rand Paul: "What is the Republican plan for healthcare? My plan would allow for people to buy their insurance through a collective. Basically to buy their insurance through Costco or Sam's Club or Amazon."
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) November 24, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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