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Slotkin Refuses DOJ Request in Sham Probe Over “Illegal Orders” Video
New Republic • Feb 5, 2026

Slotkin Refuses DOJ Request in Sham Probe Over “Illegal Orders” Video

Senator Elissa Slotkin has denied an interview request from the Justice Department regarding its sham investigation into her participation in a video message telling troops they should “refuse illegal orders.”Slotkin, a former CIA analyst, joined five other military and intelligence veterans in Congress last fall to urge service members to refuse illegal orders.  The video angered President Trump, who accused them of sedition and suggested they be executed.The Justice Department announced an individual probe into Slotkin’s role in January, and her recent refusal to cooperate is a confrontational move that will force the administration to show how serious it really is about this sedition thing. “I did this to go on offense,” Slotkin said on Wednesday. “And to put them in a position where they’re tap dancing. To put them in a position where they have to own their choices of using a U.S. attorney’s office to come after a senator.”Slotkin’s lawyer, Preet Bharara, requested that U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro “immediately terminate any open investigation and cease any further inquiry concerning the video.”Senator Mark Kelly has also struck back, suing Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for retaliating against him and violating his rights to free speech and due process.

Trump Throws Pam Bondi Under the Bus on Georgia Election Office Raid
New Republic • Feb 5, 2026

Trump Throws Pam Bondi Under the Bus on Georgia Election Office Raid

The White House is letting Attorney General Pam Bondi take the heat for Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard’s presence at the Fulton County, Georgia, election office during an FBI raid.Last week, Gabbard was photographed overseeing FBI agents as they packed up and walked out with ballots from the 2020 presidential election, despite the fact that she is prohibited from taking part in domestic law enforcement operations. As public scrutiny boiled over, Gabbard told Democratic lawmakers that Donald Trump himself had asked her to be there—but he is apparently not sticking by her side.Instead, Trump blamed Gabbard’s attendance on Bondi Thursday, telling attendees at the National Prayer Breakfast that Gabbard “took a lot of heat ... because she went in at Pam’s insistence ... and she looked at votes.“They say, ‘Why is she doing it?’” Trump said. “Because Pam wanted her to do it.”But the president’s explanations have been far from consistent. During a sit-down interview with NBC News Wednesday, Trump tried to explain away Gabbard’s latest controversy by blaming the whole fiasco on China’s alleged attempts to infiltrate U.S. elections.“Why is Tulsi Gabbard there?” asked NBC’s Tom Llamas, point-blank.“I don’t know, but you know, uh, a lot of the cheating comes from, it’s international cheating,” Trump told the network. “You have people—they say—from China trying to, let me ask you, do you think China tries to influence our election?”“We know that foreign governments try to influence a lot of things in this country,” Llamas replied.“Well, therefore, she’s foreign governments,” Trump said.Since Trump first planted the seeds of doubt about the results of the 2020 election, a litany of his allies have continued to tend and water the theory—so much so that within a handful of years, refusing to admit that Trump ever lost to Joe Biden has become a fealty test for MAGA membership.But there is no doubt: Trump lost that election by a landslide, coming up short by 38 electoral votes. More evidence that Trump did not win is the fact that he was not inaugurated in 2021, and did not serve a day as president until he succeeded in 2024.But for anyone still in doubt, know that the theory has been thoroughly debunked by the president’s own appointees. Trump’s previous attorney general, Bill Barr, announced in 2022 that despite an intensive, multi-agency investigation, no evidence of widespread fraud had been discovered that supported the president’s wild claims.Fulton County Commission Chair Robb Pitts announced a lawsuit Wednesday aimed at challenging the FBI’s sudden seizure of the county’s electoral ballots.

Chomsky FANTASIZED About Epstein's Island (w/ Alan MacLeod)
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Bad Faith • Feb 5, 2026

Chomsky FANTASIZED About Epstein's Island (w/ Alan MacLeod)

Treasury Sec Admits Americans Are on the Hook for Trump’s $10B Lawsuit
New Republic • Feb 5, 2026

Treasury Sec Admits Americans Are on the Hook for Trump’s $10B Lawsuit

Donald Trump’s frivolous $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS over his leaked tax returns, if he were to win or get a settlement, would be paid entirely by U.S. taxpayers.That’s what Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said during a Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs hearing Thursday. Democratic Senator Ruben Gallego asked Bessent, who is also acting director of the IRS: “Where would that be cut from? Let’s say, for some reason, he actually wins that lawsuit. Where would that $10 billion come from?”Bessent had trouble getting the words out.“Um, it would come from—” Bessent began.“Process-wise; I’m not asking your opinion whether it’s right or wrong,” Gallego interjected.“It would come from Treasury,” Bessent said. Gallego pressed him on if those funds would come from the U.S. Treasury’s general fund, to which Bessent said yes, “the Treasury’s general account.”“So, taxpayers?” Gallego asked. Bessent said yes, adding, “part of the 44,000 taxpayers whose returns were leaked,” referring to how the same person who leaked Trump’s returns also leaked those of thousands of other wealthy people.“They’re not suing,” Gallego replied.GALLEGO: Let's say Trump wins that lawsuit. Where would that $10 billion come from?BESSENT: It would come from TreasuryGALLEGO: So, taxpayers?BESSENT: Yes. Part of the 44,000 whose returns were leakedGALLEGO: They're not suing pic.twitter.com/5igOkldZwK— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 5, 2026The whole conversation shows the absurdity of Trump becoming the first sitting president to sue the executive branch and demand that American taxpayers pay him for his taxes being leaked. The leak came from one IRS employee and wasn’t directed by the agency, and that employee was convicted and sent to federal prison.Even then, the leak took place during Trump’s first term under a director he appointed, and he’d have a hard time proving damages in court. Trump’s net worth has nearly tripled to $6.4 billion since his taxes were disclosed in September 2020.It looks a lot like a corrupt president is trying to pay himself billions of dollars—two-thirds of the IRS’s proposed budget—to soothe his ego.

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