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Tom Dreisbach @tomdreisbach.bsky.social · 7d

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Video shows Department of Justice official urging Jan. 6 rioters to 'kill' cops

The Department of Justice hired a former Jan. 6 defendant who was caught on tape urging rioters to "kill" police. The department calls him a "valued member" of the administration.

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Tom Dreisbach @tomdreisbach.bsky.social · 7d

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Trump DOJ hired lawyer who compared Jan. 6 prosecutions to the Holocaust

Before joining the Justice Department this year, attorney Jonathan Gross said Jan. 6 prosecutors were "evil people. They will put you on a cattle car to Auschwitz without batting an eye."

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Tom Dreisbach @tomdreisbach.bsky.social · 7d

Multiple DOJ officials, including Ed Martin and Jonathan Gross, have promoted the idea of reparations for former Jan. 6 defendants.

One former Jan. 6 defendant, Jared Wise, was hired by the Trump DOJ. Wise called the police “Nazi” and “Gestapo” and urged rioters to “kill ‘em.”

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Tom Dreisbach @tomdreisbach.bsky.social · 7d

In response to questions from Sen. Hirono, AG Bondi says she has not participated in discussions about setting up a “compensation fund” for former Jan. 6 defendants.

Bondi declined to answer whether she would approve such a fund.

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Tom Dreisbach @tomdreisbach.bsky.social · 14d

Today is NPR's first day ever without the support of public funding. Thanks to everyone who has donated to your local stations. It means the world.

Today, the NPR shop also re-launched with a bunch of swag to help support us, too. I've always been partial to the 70s logo, myself.

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Tom Dreisbach @tomdreisbach.bsky.social · 13d

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Tom Dreisbach @tomdreisbach.bsky.social · 14d

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NPR @npr.org · 14d

Today marks the first day in public media’s history without federal funding. And we’re not going anywhere.

Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself.

Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj

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Tom Dreisbach @tomdreisbach.bsky.social · 14d

Today is NPR's first day ever without the support of public funding. Thanks to everyone who has donated to your local stations. It means the world.

Today, the NPR shop also re-launched with a bunch of swag to help support us, too. I've always been partial to the 70s logo, myself.

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NPR @npr.org · 15d

JUST IN: President Trump has told top U.S. commanders that the military would be used against "enemy within."

Trump defends use of U.S. military against 'enemy within'

Earlier, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the purpose of the department would exclusively be "war fighting."

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Tom Dreisbach @tomdreisbach.bsky.social · 15d

Trump on the next chapter of “American military legends and lore. That’s L-O-R-E”

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Tom Dreisbach @tomdreisbach.bsky.social · 15d

Trump praises Dan Caine, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

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Dan Mihalopoulos @dmihalopoulos.bsky.social · 16d

In which a top US Border Patrol official, incredibly, tells my tall and Anglo colleague @chipmitchell1.bsky.social that he's not the type they're looking for as they go about downtown Chicago arresting people based on "how they look"

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Feds in military gear flood downtown Chicago; top border official says arrests based on 'how they look'

The immigration agents were spotted making arrests in downtown Chicago and River North neighborhood early Sunday.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 26d

It's a journalist's job to ask questions of government officials, no matter which party is in power. That often means respectfully knocking on doors to get answers people deserve to know.

Tips and evidence are essential to our nonpartisan work: www.propublica.org/tips/

Screenshot of post on X from VA Secretary Doug Collins. The text reads: @ProPublica is an extreme liberal news outlet that will do anything to make the Trump Administration look bad. But this week, the far-left editors there reached a new low by sending @VernalColeman to stalk @DeptVetAffairs employees at their homes. This creepy behavior will discourage good people from coming to work at VA. @ProPublica, please do better and stop letting your hatred of the Trump Administration continue to warp your judgment.

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Tom Dreisbach @tomdreisbach.bsky.social · 27d

You may be interested in the clandestine letters von Moltke wrote to his wife Freya while in prison awaiting trial and then execution. A very moving moment-by-moment record of their resistance.

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Last Letters: The Prison Correspondence, 1944-45

Tegel prison, Berlin, in the fall of 1944. Helmuth James von Moltke is awaiting trial for his leading role in the Kreisau Circle, one of the most important German resistance groups against the Nazis. ...

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Tom Dreisbach @tomdreisbach.bsky.social · Sep 12

These comments are in keeping with Trump's track record on far-right extremism, including g telling the Proud Boys to "stand back and stand by" in 2020; issuing mass pardons to Jan. 6 rioters, even the most violent; and hiring at DOJ a Jan. 6 defendant who urged rioters to "kill" police.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Sep 12

EARHARDT: We have radicals on the right as well. How do we fix this country?

TRUMP: I'll tell you something that's gonna get me in trouble but I couldn't care less. The radicals on the right oftentimes are radical because they don't want to see crime. The radicals on the left are the problem.

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Tom Dreisbach @tomdreisbach.bsky.social · Sep 5

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Virginia man pardoned by Trump earlier this year arrested after vicious dog attack

Newport News police arrest Robert Packer, pardoned for Jan. 6 involvement, after a dog attack injures four and seize six unlicensed puppies from his home.

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Tom Dreisbach @tomdreisbach.bsky.social · Sep 5

The man who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, while wearing a "CAMP AUSCHWITZ" sweatshirt is facing new criminal charges.

The allegations against him stem from a dog biting incident, in which four people were hospitalized with injuries, per
13NewsNow.

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NPR @npr.org · Aug 23

Before joining the Justice Department this year, attorney Jonathan Gross said Jan. 6 prosecutors were "evil people. They will put you on a cattle car to Auschwitz without batting an eye."

Trump DOJ hired lawyer who compared Jan. 6 prosecutions to the Holocaust

Before joining the Justice Department this year, attorney Jonathan Gross said Jan. 6 prosecutors were "evil people. They will put you on a cattle car to Auschwitz without batting an eye."

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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · Aug 22

JD Vance: "WE'RE in the very early stages of an ongoing investigation into John Bolton... WE are investigating Amb. Bolton..." www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...

Vance denies the FBI is investigating John Bolton because he's a Trump critic

Vance told NBC News’ “Meet the Press” moderator Kristen Welker in an exclusive interview Friday that the FBI would be "careful" in its investigation.

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Tom Dreisbach @tomdreisbach.bsky.social · Aug 22

Meet attorney Jonathan Gross.

He recently joined the Trump DOJ after representing multiple Jan. 6 defendants. He is now working with Ed Martin’s “Weaponization Working Group.”

In January, he compared the Jan. 6 prosecutions to the Holocaust.

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Jordan Fischer @jordanonrecord.bsky.social · Aug 21

Not really that unusual for D.C. to go seven consecutive days w/o a homicide. Happened in May and March (16 days, actually), last September, last August, last April, last March, last January. Plenty of 6-day stretches in there too. No homicides between 7/12 and 7/19 this year.

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Tom Dreisbach @tomdreisbach.bsky.social · Aug 22

An NPR review of Gross’ social media and interviews found that he supported financial reparations for Jan. 6 defendants, posted conspiracy theories about the attack on the Capitol, and demanded “consequences” for Jan. 6 prosecutors.

Our story:

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Trump DOJ hired lawyer who compared Jan. 6 prosecutions to the Holocaust

Before joining the Justice Department this year, attorney Jonathan Gross said Jan. 6 prosecutors were "evil people. They will put you on a cattle car to Auschwitz without batting an eye."

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