I don’t believe that I’ve ever seen a court reject a proposed amicus brief, especially from eminent amici like the Former GOP prosecutors Cannon just refused to hear from. That’s now several bizarre & non-judicial moves, starting w/ her first announcement of intent to grant SM.

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“Don’t let anybody know where you are!” Never before seen video: Nancy expresses concern to Mike Pence about his safety, all while Trump was stoking violence against Pence.

"History has taught them that when push comes to shove, the Republican “leadership” will always back down & placate the extremists...There’s a reason the official policy of the US government is to not negotiate with terrorists..." I write for the Los Angeles Times latimes.com/opinion/story/…

weird to retweet my own tweet! but this is really the key point that most everyone seems to be missing--

🧵For context, this is the Los Angeles Times column I penned in August of 2022 that according to The Atlantic Tim Alberta's deep dive into CNN, had CEO Chris Licht bragging to his friends that he would "destroy" me. Link: latimes.com/opinion/story/…

Opinion: L.A. and other cities are recovering, but not their downtowns. Why? (via L.A. Times Opinion ) latimes.com/opinion/story/…

Last week was a busy one, but in true Strict Scrutiny Podcast fashion, Leah Litman and I carved out some time to discuss Justice Alito and his The Wall Street Journal "op-Ed" in the Los Angeles Times. latimes.com/opinion/story/…

Lawrence O'Donnell reporting the Trump lawyers girding for the indictment to come tomorrow. The one gap in the public knowledge is the apparent lack of a final meeting. But Trump attorneys surely wd know if they’ve decided to pass or if it’s already happened without the public’s awareness

Is today Indictment Thursday? It would make sense of a lot of the data. But remember that once voted out, the indictment will be sealed and go to a judge who will unseal, which depending on when it occurs could be the next day.

This is for Maui, from a far away friend. I am so terribly sorry.

Fani Willis’s just-filed supplemental brief zeroes in on these lines on inquiry and as much as accuses Meadows of perjury. He’s in the soup. Litman: Trump’s Chief of Staff Mark Meadows seems to think he can avoid prosecution. Here’s how latimes.com/opinion/story/…

This version of Bach’s first cello suite was recorded live in the Great Smoky Mountains. I’ve always thought of Suite No. 1 as “Nature at Play,” so it was a dream to play it with the birds, the trees, and the rushing brook. ▶️ yoyoma.lnk.to/natureatplay

Where does decision refusing removal leave Meadows? In a very bad place. He gambled heavily on winning & then getting immunity. Now his ability to cooperate w/ either Jack Smith or Fani Willis is a) of much less value & b) possibly even off the table. He is in a world of hurt.

So pleased to report that our Mount Sinai-Yale long COVID (MY-LC) paper with @putrinolab & others is now published!! Proud of the hard work of all who contributed. We found biological signatures that can distinguish people with vs. without #longCOVID (1/) nature.com/articles/s4158…

The L.A. Times Opinion editorial page has multiple editorials this week on the Superior Court of Los Angeles County Pre-Arraignment Release Protocol, which many refer to as $0 bail.

Editorial: Cease-fire now. The killing in Gaza must stop latimes.com/opinion/story/…

OK sports fans, there’s a possible appellate version of a Perry Mason moment looming in the immunity case next week, and it would send the case back to Chutkan pronto, Opinion: This surprise argument could derail Trump’s effort to delay the Jan. 6 trial latimes.com/opinion/story/…