There’s a simple narrative about the ouster of Antitrust Division chief Gail Slater. Big money wanted her out, and she’s out.
Pam Bondi
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GOP Opens Up Its Midterm Elections Playbook in Minnesota
The administration’s latest attempt to take over the upcoming election came amid the greatest period of civil unrest since the death of Minnesota resident George Floyd.
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How Anti-Monopoly Is Enduring Despite Trumpian Corruption
Attorney General Pam Bondi’s meager attempt at insult comedy in a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing this week is the kind of thing that many political observers call “dramatic,” when in reality it was boring deflection and obfuscation punctuated by lazy scandalmongering. But there was something interesting going on in that hearing on the other side of the […]
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Justice Department Turmoil Bubbles Up to the Surface
While DOJ continues to weaponize the legal system, the resignation of Pam Bondi’s chief of staff, Chad Mizelle, signals possible accountability for pay-to-play corruption.
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Republicans Leverage Charlie Kirk’s Death to Declare War on Free Speech
A cruel troll is being canonized so liberals and leftists can be silenced.
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Foot Soldiers of the Trump Mafiacracy
Pam Bondi’s underling in Nevada allowed an Israeli caught in an underage sex sting operation to return home. Her biggest campaign donors also once fled to Israel to avoid arrest.
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DOJ Insider Blows the Whistle on Pay-to-Play Antitrust Corruption
Roger Alford, former number two at the Justice Department Antitrust Division, speaks out. Here’s what was important in what he said.
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UnitedHealth Merger Approval Again Shows Lobbyist Power
Today on TAP: Another merger settlement allows consolidation in health care; UnitedHealth’s lobbyist was MAGA’s biggest firm.
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DOJ Does MAGA Lobbyist Bidding Again, Shutters Another Antitrust Case
Pam Bondi’s old lobbying firm, Ballard Partners, pushed to move through a business travel merger. Bondi’s DOJ did it, in a way that avoids judicial scrutiny.
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The Epstein-Trump Scandal Builds
Today on TAP: Republicans can try, but they aren’t going to be able to run and hide from this one.