So James Comey has been indicted for testifying, in essence, that he didn't authorize Andrew McCabe to be an anonymous media source about the Hillary Clinton email investigation—which McCabe disputes. But a DOJ IG report examined all the circumstantial evidence and concluded McCabe was lying. https://lionsmane.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:qrllvid7s54k4hnwtqxwetrf&cid=bafkreig64rkqqi3z5ssu66f2fy6nimwfxyaymydwqfrhxveid6skd36m7m https://lionsmane.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:qrllvid7s54k4hnwtqxwetrf&cid=bafkreie5rrb2vfsvi4j47dcndimowbhtcxs452zng77ywklm5knrt2bqei
It was the best of times, it was the end of times
Ben Smith: "What you saw with Mahmoud Khalil is that in some ways he is *less* vulnerable than Jimmy Kimmel. The people who are most vulnerable are the employees of big consolidated megacorporations—" Chris Hayes: "Yeah, although he's about to get deported." https://lionsmane.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:qrllvid7s54k4hnwtqxwetrf&cid=bafkreiewu2nxine2e45g5d2mehswqhv24blinkdiougxr5okjuswiucdwu
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What a cursed sentence (gift link) “The A.I. companies selected to oversee the program would have a strong financial incentive to deny claims. Medicare plans to pay them a share of the savings generated from rejections.” [Medicare Will Require Prior Ap...](
Medicare Will Require Prior Approval for Certain Procedures
A pilot program in six states will use a tactic employed by private insurers that has been heavily criticized for delaying and denying medical care.
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Well-behaved sandwiches rarely make history
Judge Xinis: Your clients are *absolutely forbidden* from removing Mr. Abrego from the continental United States. You understand this? DOJ: Yes.
NEW: Judge Xinis schedules a call about Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s habeas petition for today at 2 p.m. [www.courtlistener.com/docket/71191...](https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71191591/abrego-garcia-v-noem/ ) https://lionsmane.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:qrllvid7s54k4hnwtqxwetrf&cid=bafkreicdomkzrrtvzyxapyiswsz2cpx2tsnbsikodh45doatv3jjek4cja
"Twenty-three Democratic attorneys general now gather on near-daily Zoom calls at 8 AM Pacific, which means the East Coast officials are already on their third coffee. They divide responsibilities and share templates for lawsuits they’ve been drafting since last spring." [It’s Time for Americans to Sta...](
It’s Time for Americans to Start Talking About “Soft Secession”
Blue states are finally learning what red states have known all along: you don’t need federal permission to govern.
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NEW: "The electronic case filing system used by the federal judiciary has been breached in a sweeping cyber intrusion that is believed to have exposed sensitive court data across multiple U.S. states, according to two people with knowledge of the incident." [Federal court filing system hi...](https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/06/federal-court-filing-system-pacer-hack-00496916 )