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Eric Columbus

@EricColumbus

Senior editor @lawfare. Obama appointee at DOJ/DHS. Litigator for @SpeakerPelosi @January6thCmte. @YankeeStadium 🌭 vendor. Wannabe historian. Dad joker.

Washington, DC | NYC diaspora Katılım Ekim 2012
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Eric Columbus
Eric Columbus@EricColumbus·
Last week, with the change in House control, I left a great job. I was Special Litigation Counsel in the House Office of General Counsel, litigating on behalf of Congressional committees and @SpeakerPelosi, and handling special projects. A long, self-indulgent thread follows. 1/
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Eric Columbus@EricColumbus·
@RobGeorge Was it the gods who beat Detroit, or was it the Cavs, who are now down 3-0, calling into question the notion that a team they beat would somehow beat the Knicks.
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Derek T. Muller
Derek T. Muller@derektmuller·
Birth years of major party presidential candidates last 9 elections: 1924 v. 1946 1923 v. 1946 1946 v. 1948 1946 v. 1943 1936 v. 1961 1947 v. 1961 1946 v. 1947 1946 v. 1942 1946 v. 1964
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Dan McLaughlin
Dan McLaughlin@baseballcrank·
You do realize that attacking the president's former senior appointees in this fashion is not helping the Administration one whit, right? Like, who do you imagine was on the fence before this, read your tweet, and thought, "gee, these sound like people I should trust?"
Steven Cheung@StevenCheung47

Mike Pompeo has no idea what the fuck he’s talking about. He should shut his stupid mouth and leave the real work to the professionals. He’s not read into anything that’s happening, so how would he know.

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Ed Whelan
Ed Whelan@EdWhelanEPPC·
Absurd claim by Acting AG Blanche that “the fact that it was President Trump and his sons and his company played no role in my decision.” Is anyone stupid enough to believe this?
Acyn@Acyn

Blanche: My job is to do the right thing. It's to do the right thing, no matter who is on the other side. And the fact that it was President Trump and his sons and his company played no role in my decision except to do the right thing.

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Meryl Kornfield
Meryl Kornfield@MerylKornfield·
The Trump admin is quietly deleting info about the Capitol attack from the DOJ website as it prepares to give funds to J6ers. This week, DOJ deleted a press release about one man with an ongoing child solicitation case who came to the Capitol with bear spray. Before and after:
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Sean T at RCP@SeanTrende·
I almost hesitate to promote this, because it wasn't really intended to be a piece. I just sort of sat down and it came out. Maybe someone else out there has the same type of day today, and it'll speak to them. realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/…
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Eric Columbus@EricColumbus·
@SeanTrende Sean this is wonderful. Thanks for sharing it — and Judson — with us.
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Senator Thom Tillis
Senator Thom Tillis@SenThomTillis·
Mr. President, completely agree about having a lot of fun over these next seven months.  But nitpicking? Some of your advisors are telling you to support things like:     - Using billions of taxpayer dollars to compensate convicted felons and thugs who attacked police. (Ed Martin)    - Pushing 50-year mortgages and Elizabeth Warren's housing bill over sound conservative housing policy. (Bill Pulte)    - Using taxpayer money to transform publicly traded companies into state-owned enterprises. (Howard Lutnick)    - Firing our very best generals and not holding Putin accountable for his systematic kidnapping, rape, torture, and murder of Ukrainian civilians. (Pete Hegseth)  If opposing these things makes me a RINO, then I gladly accept that nickname.  We need Republicans to do well in November, but the stupid stuff is killing our chances!
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Lawfare
Lawfare@lawfare·
Yesterday, Chicago’s top federal prosecutor dismissed charges with prejudice against four immigration protestors. Senior Editor @EricColumbus chronicles the case’s slow and then sudden collapse.
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Lawfare
Lawfare@lawfare·
On Lawfare Daily, Senior Editor @EricColumbus joined Editor in Chief Benjamin Wittes to talk about the new $1.776 billion fund for Trump’s allies, where it came from, and what can be done about it.
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@judgeluttig
@judgeluttig@judgeluttig·
I begin every day by reading Lawfare in these troubled time when the Constitution and Rule of Law are under vicious attack by our own United States Government. I am honored to continue supporting Lawfare, as anyone concerned for the Rule of Law would be.
Lawfare@lawfare

Two weeks in, and we've made real progress toward our goal! Thanks to everyone who’s stepped up so far! But there's still more to do. Join the campaign at lawfaremedia.org/support

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Eric Columbus@EricColumbus·
@SCOTUS_gami This is great! Please consider also posting on Bluesky, lots of us sickos there would love it
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SCOTUSgami@SCOTUS_gami·
A thread to clarify my standard for a SCOTUSgami: In the spirit of other -gami’s, they shouldn’t be too frequent. To achieve this, I’ve chosen to only count individual pieces of writing that are joined by unique sets of justices.
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Nate Silver
Nate Silver@NateSilver538·
The combination in the DNC report of 1) extremely obvious, toothless conclusions 2) regurgitation of random off-topic factoids and 3) lack of specific sourcing feels very much like someone didn't do the reading and used GPT/Claude.
Hunter📈🌈📊@StatisticUrban

The DNC finally released the full 192 page 2024 election autopsy today. I haven't read the whole thing, but I did read "What Happened" and it's very clear why the DNC did not release it. It's not Gaza/Palestine - that is not mentioned once in any capacity. It's just a horrible document. The most incompetent thing I've seen in a very long time. It provides essentially no information of any value. I'll give some examples in the thread.

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Eric Columbus@EricColumbus·
1. The "they" was a contractor working for first Trump admin. Biden's DOJ prosecuted him. 2. Another victim, Ken Griffin, sued and got only an apology, no audit amnesty, no $1.776B slush fund! 3. Read @AnnaBower's and my deep dive in @lawfare for much more, link below.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar

US attorney for SDNY Jay Clayton defends Trump's taxpayer-funded J6 slush fund: "I don't think we're gonna be talking about this issue in a week because the American people are gonna say, 'Look, they leaked his tax returns, they tried to destroy him. Okay, we resolved that.'"

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U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D.
U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D.@SenBillCassidy·
People are concerned about paying their mortgage or rent, affording groceries and paying for gas, not about putting together a $1.8 billion fund for the President and his allies to pay whomever they wish with no legal precedent or accountability. This is adding to our national debt. If there needs to be a settlement, the administration should bring it to Congress to decide.
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