Harry Litman
@harrylitman.bsky.social
Host & exec prod, "Talking Feds Pod" and "Talking San Diego." FCA Lawyer. Teach con law at UCSD & UCLA. Senior Fellow USC. Former US Atty, Dep Assis AG. Founding Contributor, The Contrarian
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In “Blue Blizzard,” Harry convenes #EmilyBazelon, @daveweigel.bsky.social & @therickwilson.bsky.social to break down Democrats’ sweeping victories, the impact of the shutdown, Trump’s eroding base, and how Dems can sustain their surge. bit.ly/BlizzardTF
November 10, 2025 at 6:17 PM
In “Blue Blizzard,” Harry convenes #EmilyBazelon, @daveweigel.bsky.social & @therickwilson.bsky.social to break down Democrats’ sweeping victories, the impact of the shutdown, Trump’s eroding base, and how Dems can sustain their surge. bit.ly/BlizzardTF
Here you have it—an ALL NEW @talkingfeds.bsky.social w/ #EmilyBazelon, @daveweigel.bsky.social & @therickwilson.bsky.social.
We unpack the Democrats’ big wins, how the shutdown shaped them, why Trump’s voters are fleeing, & how Dems can keep up the momentum. bit.ly/BlizzardTF
We unpack the Democrats’ big wins, how the shutdown shaped them, why Trump’s voters are fleeing, & how Dems can keep up the momentum. bit.ly/BlizzardTF
November 10, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Here you have it—an ALL NEW @talkingfeds.bsky.social w/ #EmilyBazelon, @daveweigel.bsky.social & @therickwilson.bsky.social.
We unpack the Democrats’ big wins, how the shutdown shaped them, why Trump’s voters are fleeing, & how Dems can keep up the momentum. bit.ly/BlizzardTF
We unpack the Democrats’ big wins, how the shutdown shaped them, why Trump’s voters are fleeing, & how Dems can keep up the momentum. bit.ly/BlizzardTF
Supreme Court takes up important election law case— republican challenge to Missouri law permitting mail in ballots to be counted after election day. Q will be if they find a legal requirement for one consistent federal rule notwithstanding states are supposed to be in charge of election procedures.
November 10, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Supreme Court takes up important election law case— republican challenge to Missouri law permitting mail in ballots to be counted after election day. Q will be if they find a legal requirement for one consistent federal rule notwithstanding states are supposed to be in charge of election procedures.
Giuliani, Eastman, Cheseboro, and Powell are all unindicted co-conspirators in Trump indictment for the election crimes. Smith kept them off to streamline the case, with it always seemed future plans to indict. A total whitewash. Possibility remains of state charges, esp in Georgia. What a travesty.
November 10, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Giuliani, Eastman, Cheseboro, and Powell are all unindicted co-conspirators in Trump indictment for the election crimes. Smith kept them off to streamline the case, with it always seemed future plans to indict. A total whitewash. Possibility remains of state charges, esp in Georgia. What a travesty.
A whole other form of partial and political justice. Trump pardons list of allies who worked to reverse his election loss in 2020. Many of them, especially Mark Meadows, know where the bodies are buried. A vile miscarriage of justice. Includes Rudy, Sidney Powell, John Eastman, & Ken Cheseboro.
November 10, 2025 at 8:25 AM
A whole other form of partial and political justice. Trump pardons list of allies who worked to reverse his election loss in 2020. Many of them, especially Mark Meadows, know where the bodies are buried. A vile miscarriage of justice. Includes Rudy, Sidney Powell, John Eastman, & Ken Cheseboro.
Democrats notch sweeping victories nationwide—voters turn on Trump, and momentum shifts fast. Bright & early Mon., Talking Feds breaks it all down: what fueled the wins, and how Dems can keep them rolling.
November 10, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Democrats notch sweeping victories nationwide—voters turn on Trump, and momentum shifts fast. Bright & early Mon., Talking Feds breaks it all down: what fueled the wins, and how Dems can keep them rolling.
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 10, 2025 at 12:42 AM
A perfect moment
Just back from seeing old friend Steve Earle perform next door in Montclair. Grizzled, sure, but sounding better than ever, 50 years down the road. He closed with City of Immigrants -- about as good an answer as I've heard to the MAGA blood and soil fascists. Listen. www.youtube.com/watch?v=75H8...
Steve Earle - City Of Immigrants (live 2008) 0815007
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November 9, 2025 at 8:00 AM
A perfect moment
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In another era, ICE raids would be described as persecution of Catholics.
November 9, 2025 at 2:04 AM
In another era, ICE raids would be described as persecution of Catholics.
@annabower.bsky.social w/ another great digging job. The colloquy b/t Comey and Richman they lead off their brief with may be all immaterial b/c Richman wasn’t with the FBI. The scoundrels.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/more...
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/more...
More Trouble for the Comey Indictment?
Public documents may undermine a core premise underlying the charges against James Comey.
www.lawfaremedia.org
November 8, 2025 at 12:16 AM
@annabower.bsky.social w/ another great digging job. The colloquy b/t Comey and Richman they lead off their brief with may be all immaterial b/c Richman wasn’t with the FBI. The scoundrels.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/more...
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/more...
Fist circuit denies emergent relief from district court order requiring resumption of SNAP food payments. Administration rushes to Supreme Court. Why they’re hellbent on this one is hard to understand— it’s patently cruel.
November 8, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Fist circuit denies emergent relief from district court order requiring resumption of SNAP food payments. Administration rushes to Supreme Court. Why they’re hellbent on this one is hard to understand— it’s patently cruel.
"The last ten days have brought a cluster of ten genuinely encouraging developments for the rule of law—some in the courts, some at the ballot box, and one from the jury system."
Rays of Hope
The Rule of Law Has Its Best Ten Days Since Trump Returned to Office
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November 7, 2025 at 5:18 PM
"The last ten days have brought a cluster of ten genuinely encouraging developments for the rule of law—some in the courts, some at the ballot box, and one from the jury system."
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#BREAKING: #SCOTUS grants yet another stay to the Trump administration, putting back into place a new State Department policy requiring passports to display their bearers' biological sex at birth.
Justice Jackson (joined by Justices Sotomayor and Kagan) once again dissents.
Justice Jackson (joined by Justices Sotomayor and Kagan) once again dissents.
November 6, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Jury acquits "sandwich guy," who threw a sandwich in plain view at agent. Some issue with whether it caused injury -- dozens of puns on Bluesky and elsewhere about that -- but seems to be a strong repudiation of the overreach of the Trump immigration operation.
November 6, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Jury acquits "sandwich guy," who threw a sandwich in plain view at agent. Some issue with whether it caused injury -- dozens of puns on Bluesky and elsewhere about that -- but seems to be a strong repudiation of the overreach of the Trump immigration operation.
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November 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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Graph of predictions markets of administration victory in tariffs case. It started fairly high but plunged after oral argument, which included very tough skeptical questions for the Solicitor General, along basic lines of “this is a tax and that’s Congress’s power.”
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
Trump’s Chances of Winning Tariff Case Drop on Polymarket
Traders on prediction markets are stepping up bets that President Trump will fail to persuade the Supreme Court that he can impose sweeping global tariffs without Congressional approval.
Trump’s chanc...
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November 5, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Graph of predictions markets of administration victory in tariffs case. It started fairly high but plunged after oral argument, which included very tough skeptical questions for the Solicitor General, along basic lines of “this is a tax and that’s Congress’s power.”
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
"We have a guest submission today from my friend, Josh Gohlke. Josh’s excellent piece makes a stark argument: that under the guise of budget cuts and political posturing, America’s food-support systems are being deliberately eroded."
Making America hungry again
Guest Submission from Josh Gohlke
harrylitman.substack.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:17 PM
"We have a guest submission today from my friend, Josh Gohlke. Josh’s excellent piece makes a stark argument: that under the guise of budget cuts and political posturing, America’s food-support systems are being deliberately eroded."
For those who want a minute-by-minute blow-by-blow account of this morning’s Supreme Court argument in the tariffs case, which starts at 10 am ET, the always trenchant @amyhowe.bsky.social & friends will be hosting a live blog on SCOTUSblog & shared on C-SPAN. Blog is already up and running.
November 5, 2025 at 2:42 PM
For those who want a minute-by-minute blow-by-blow account of this morning’s Supreme Court argument in the tariffs case, which starts at 10 am ET, the always trenchant @amyhowe.bsky.social & friends will be hosting a live blog on SCOTUSblog & shared on C-SPAN. Blog is already up and running.
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“There are no beds and no working showers at the Broadview detention center, which was designed for stays of roughly 12 hours, but where some people have recently been held for several days.”
“Unnecessarily Cruel’: Judge Expresses Alarm About ICE Detention Conditions www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/u...
“Unnecessarily Cruel’: Judge Expresses Alarm About ICE Detention Conditions www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/u...
‘Unnecessarily Cruel’: Judge Expresses Alarm About ICE Detention Conditions
www.nytimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:59 AM
“There are no beds and no working showers at the Broadview detention center, which was designed for stays of roughly 12 hours, but where some people have recently been held for several days.”
“Unnecessarily Cruel’: Judge Expresses Alarm About ICE Detention Conditions www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/u...
“Unnecessarily Cruel’: Judge Expresses Alarm About ICE Detention Conditions www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/u...
Had to happen at some point, but this is the worst rebuke of an FBI director by the rank and file that i have ever seen. A typical FBI director in a typical DOJ wouldn't be able to survive it.
www.axios.com/2025/11/04/k...
www.axios.com/2025/11/04/k...
FBI agents rip Kash Patels' firings: "erratic and arbitrary retribution"
The agents association urged Patel to "deal in facts," in line with industry standards.
www.axios.com
November 4, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Had to happen at some point, but this is the worst rebuke of an FBI director by the rank and file that i have ever seen. A typical FBI director in a typical DOJ wouldn't be able to survive it.
www.axios.com/2025/11/04/k...
www.axios.com/2025/11/04/k...
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In this week's 1 on 1, @carolleonnig.bsky.social & @byaaroncdavis.bsky.social join Harry for their first interview on Injustice—their bombshell account of how Trump’s DOJ unraveled from within. Built on 250+ insider interviews, it’s a must-hear. bit.ly/InjusticeTF
November 4, 2025 at 9:07 PM
In this week's 1 on 1, @carolleonnig.bsky.social & @byaaroncdavis.bsky.social join Harry for their first interview on Injustice—their bombshell account of how Trump’s DOJ unraveled from within. Built on 250+ insider interviews, it’s a must-hear. bit.ly/InjusticeTF
Long youtube post coming on the US response to the selective prosecution motion at www.youtube.com/@TalkingFeds, but basically argument is no direct evidence that indictment was for political antagonism rather than solid law enforcement purposes. I think discovery order is coming...
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November 4, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Long youtube post coming on the US response to the selective prosecution motion at www.youtube.com/@TalkingFeds, but basically argument is no direct evidence that indictment was for political antagonism rather than solid law enforcement purposes. I think discovery order is coming...
another really important point from @annabower.bsky.social . the truth is the recitation of evidence has basically nothing to do w/ the motion to dismiss for selective prosecution. it just serves to make Comey look bad. here to make him look like he's not truthful when he is (b/c Richman not w/ FBI)
DOJ sets out its case against Comey in the most detail yet.
But the evidence in the brief doesn’t show that Comey lied about authorizing someone at the FBI (Richman) to be an anonymous source in media reports.
And much of it relates to events that occurred *after* Richman resigned from the FBI!
But the evidence in the brief doesn’t show that Comey lied about authorizing someone at the FBI (Richman) to be an anonymous source in media reports.
And much of it relates to events that occurred *after* Richman resigned from the FBI!
NEW: The government's response to James Comey's motion to dismiss for selective or vindictive prosecution is in.
Read the response here: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Read the response here: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
November 4, 2025 at 6:33 PM
another really important point from @annabower.bsky.social . the truth is the recitation of evidence has basically nothing to do w/ the motion to dismiss for selective prosecution. it just serves to make Comey look bad. here to make him look like he's not truthful when he is (b/c Richman not w/ FBI)
"ICE has created zones of fear where both citizens and non-citizens tread carefully, knowing that a routine errand or encounter could end in detention."
When ICE Roughs Up American Citizens
A ProPublica report documents scores of unlawful arrests of U.S. citizens and points to widespread abuses by ICE
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November 4, 2025 at 5:50 PM
"ICE has created zones of fear where both citizens and non-citizens tread carefully, knowing that a routine errand or encounter could end in detention."