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What happens when judges no longer trust the DOJ?

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It made me appreciate how messy, fluid, and emotional American politics is.

In the "you can just do stuff" era of politics, Dems should swing for the fences.

If there is one question everyone in America is trying to game out at the moment, it's this one.

Pam Bondi and Donald Trump already bulldozed the Justice Department.

Trump filed claims insisting that he deserved this taxpayer-funded windfall because he'd been "persecuted" by various federal investigations.

Legitimate journalists declined to agree to absurd eligibility rules for Pentagon press passes. Trump's team is very excited about their replacements.

Trick-or-treater--OR ANTIFA SLEEPER CELL?!?!?!