“If confirmed, I will work to restore confidence and integrity to the Department of Justice — and each of its components,” Pam Bondi vowed during her confirmation hearing in January. “Under my watch, the partisan weaponization of the Department of Justice will end. America must have one tier of justice for all.”

But since her confirmation on February 4, Attorney General Pam Bondi has done exactly the opposite, weaponizing the DOJ against Trump’s political enemies and withdrawing criminal investigations of his allies. The tone was set on her first full day, when she fired off an all-staff memo threatening to fire anyone who raised ethical or legal objections to advancing frivolous arguments in court.

Literal Mob Rule:

The letters all read mostly the same, like shockingly incoherent spam e-mails with the recipient’s name in an obviously different font. They are filled with alarming typos, random Capitalization, and sloppy errors. For instance, Trump’s letter to Željka Cvijanović, the chairwoman of the presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, begins with “Dear Mr. President.”

via JustSecurity.org Manifestly Illegal: Israeli International Law Scholars on the Stated Plan to “Concentrate” the Palestinian Population in South Gaza

Re: Urgent Appeal Regarding the Plan to Concentrate the Population of Gaza in the South of the Gaza Strip

We, scholars and lecturers at Israeli law faculties specializing in international law and the laws of armed conflict, wish to express our unequivocal professional position and warn against the clear and explicit illegality inherent in the plan to concentrate the population of Gaza in a so-called “humanitarian city” to be established on the ruins of Rafah. This plan was presented by the Minister of Defense, Israel Katz, on July 7, 2025, and according to reports, is endorsed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as part of a broader plan to “encourage emigration” from Gaza...

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Trump Is Breaking American Intelligence
Politicizing the System Makes Dangerous Failures More Likely
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