A large banner featuring Donald Trump’s face was hung on the exterior of justice department headquarters on Thursday
in a physical display of the president’s efforts to exert power over the law enforcement agency that once investigated him.
While Trump banners have been hung outside other agencies across Washington,
the decision to place one on the storied justice department building amounted to a striking symbol of the erosion of the department’s tradition of independence …
“When I was in justice, my ultimate vision for that part of the criminal justice system was to achieve, by means of AI and technology, what Jeremy Bentham tried to do with his Panopticon. That is that the eyes of the state can be on you at all times.”
– Shabana Mahmood, Home Secretary of the UK
https://archive.ph/6fk8h
Lordy, masa Donald...
‘Make America Safe Again’ banner put up in striking symbol of president’s control over top US law-enforcement agency
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/19/trump-banner-justice-department
Large banner of Trump unfurled at Justice Department headquarters (NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/banner-president-donald-trump-displayed-doj-headquarters-washington-rcna259795
http://www.memeorandum.com/260219/p105#a260219p105
The Justice Department is considering loosening a slate of gun regulations as it seeks to bolster support from MAGA gun nuts
Some of the changes are expected to ease restrictions on the private sale of guns and loosen regulations on shipping firearms.
Other changes to Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives regulations under consideration would change the types of firearms that can be imported and make licensing fees refundable.
Officials are also expected to c…
RE: https://mastodon.scot/@JackTheCat/116257156182901661
Add India to the list of genocide fanatics.
Justice Department weighs rollback of gun regulations (Perry Stein/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/01/19/trump-justice-department-gun-regulations-atf/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260119/p101#a260119p101
One month after the justice department’s congressionally mandated deadline to
👉release all Jeffrey Epstein investigative files went unmet,
victims’ advocatesare expressing outrage over the department’s failure to comply with federal law.
Advocates have also indicated that they are not surprised,
describing the justice department’s noncompliance with the
"Epstein Files Transparency Act"
as yet another example of US officials failing to hold wrongdo…
A top Justice Department official delivered a hardball message to federal prosecutors.
🆘Go after the protesters with everything you have.
In a conference call in late January,
the official, Aakash Singh, laid out the department’s basis for prosecuting demonstrators:
🔥National Security Presidential Memo 7 -- a sweeping directive issued by President Trump last September.
It expanded the definition of
"domestic terrorism" to include not only violent c…
An FBI agent conducted an initial review of the Renee Good killing and determined sufficient grounds existed to open a civil rights probe into the actions of the ICE officer who shot her.
The Justice Department says no inquiry is warranted. @perrystein.bsky.social https://www.