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Brian Allen: Federal Judges Blow the Whistle on DOJ Deception: 35+ Cases of Lies and “Sham” Evidence
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The cleanest way to understand this is through the Goodman-led tracking work (published via Just Security) that compiles cases where judges themselves explicitly questioned the government’s truthfulness, accuracy, or good faith.
This matters because it is not punditry. It is not Twitter. It is not “some guy says.”
It is judges putting it in orders and on transcripts.
And the allegations are not all one flavor. They cluster into repeatable misconduct categories:
- False sworn declarations used to win emergency rulings
- Evidence problems judges call “sham,” “misleading,” or “unsupported”
- Noncompliance with court orders followed by legal gymnastics to justify it
- Agency narratives that fall apart under basic cross-checking
NewsNation: Trump admin freezes some child care funds to states amid alleged Minnesota fraud
Lisa Needham: The blame for alleged fraud in Minnesota belongs to conservatives
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Heather Cox Richardson: Letters from an American – January 1, 2026
On January 1, 1892, seventeen-year-old Annie Moore walked down the gangway from the steamship Nevada with her two brothers Anthony, eleven, and Philip, nine, and into history as the first person processed through the newly opened Ellis Island Immigrant Station. Between 1892 and 1954, when Ellis Island closed, more than 12 million immigrants would come through the facility on their journey to the United States.
…“Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!” cries she
With silent lips. “Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”(Heather Cox Richardson more…)
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WSJ: As Signs of Aging Emerge, Trump Responds With Defiance
In an interview, the president says he has eschewed some advice from his doctors and regrets getting advanced imaging
…The president has sought to conceal ailments that have led to speculation about his health, covering bruising on his hand with makeup. In his first term, he played down the severity of his Covid-19 symptoms and declined to disclose that he got a colonoscopy.
His physical signs of aging are becoming more evident to some of his closest advisers. His skin is so delicate that Pam Bondi, now his attorney general, caused his hand to bleed when she nicked him with her ring while giving him a high-five at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee.
(WSJ more…)
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404 Media: Researchers Are Hunting America for Hidden Datacenters
A team of researchers at Epoch AI, a non-profit research institute, are using open-source intelligence to map the growth of America’s datacenters. The team pores over satellite imagery, building permits, and other local legal documents to build a map of the massive computer filled buildings springing up across the United States. They take that data and turn it into an interactive map that lists their costs, power output, and owners.
(404 Media more…)
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Kareem Abdul Jabbar: A Special Issue on Healthcare in America.
Gothamist: Measles exposure at Newark Airport: Symptoms could appear as late as Jan. 2
Accountability Initiative ICE List
GriftMatrix
Trump Action Tracker
Timeline: Tracking the Trump Justice Department’s Anti-Voting Shift
Tracking the Lawsuits Against Trump’s Agenda
Trump Pardons Database
Project 2025 Tracker
DOGE Tracker
ProPublica: Elon Musk’s Demolition Crew
Wired: 6 Tools for Tracking the Trump Administration’s Attacks on Civil Liberties
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