Mike's Blog Round Up
"Portrait of Maria Louis de Tassis" by Anthony van Dyck. Credit: Wikimedia Commons
June 7, 2025

Emptywheel: Hard lines on legal capitulation.

Mary Geddry: Trump creating a hostage tape for democracy.

Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: The Republican budget bill extends and expands costly tax breaks for the wealthy while cutting vital services.

Equal Justice Initiative: The huge costs of Alabama prison violence.

Lawfare: Breaking down the legal issues surrounding the White House’s terminations and temporary replacements at the Library of Congress.

This installment by Batocchio. E-mail tips to mbru AT crooksandliars DOT com.

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