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Wednesday, August 19, 2026

“Prosecutors claim Comey posted ‘86 47’ seashell photo to boost book sales; The Justice Department’s motion comes in response to James Comey’s effort to have charges against him dismissed as vindictive prosecution”: Perry Stein of The Washington Post has this report.

Posted at 10:55 PM by Howard Bashman



“ICE’s wins on mandatory detention come from just a handful of judges; Trump’s second-term appointees have sided with the administration more than 60 percent of the time — twice the rate of his first-term judges”: Kyle Cheney and Jessie Blaeser of Politico have this report.

Posted at 12:50 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Administrative State Is on Life Support, but It’s Not Dead; How Donald Trump and the Supreme Court’s conservative justices fundamentally changed the federal government — and what to do about it”: Ankush Khardori has this post at his “OPENfile” site.

Posted at 12:17 PM by Howard Bashman



“A Missile Alert Half a World Away Interrupts Court Hearing at Guantánamo; A possible expert witness was hurried off a video feed after an emergency alert in Dubai, near the Strait of Hormuz, a flashpoint in the U.S.-Iran war”: Carol Rosenberg of The New York Times has this report.

Posted at 10:42 AM by Howard Bashman