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Oh so the whole government is the mafia now, got it.
And now they don't even have to pretend that they aren't!
Pretty much this clip sums it up.
Every year this clip gets more and more mileage. I mean, hell, most clips from The Wire become more and more salient as time goes on.
In a letter to DOJ prosecutors, first flagged by independent journalist Mary Wheeler, Fort’s lawyers referred to a phone call with DOJ lawyer Ned Hedley in which they got the indication that “the government does not intend to respond to our correspondence in writing, out of the concern expressed on the call that what it represents to us could be put before the Court and/or otherwise used against it.”
It’s an astounding thing for government lawyers to say, especially considering that documenting conversations is a basic requirement in the legal profession. Hedley’s words seem to indicate that the Trump administration is trying to hide something, or knows that its activities might not be legal.
Every single Western government are especially Neville Chamberlain.
I’m old enough to remember the SCOTUS’ burn bags. Can’t they just use those like the real mafia?
Shocked. Surely this.
this post was submitted on 23 Jul 2026
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