Elon Brusque

It's hard to know where to start--or end-- in covering the batsh*t meltdown last week by DC Magistrate Judge Zia Faruqui. (I made the full transcript available to my paid subscribers on Substack) Faruqui was presiding over a hearing in the case of Edward Dana, a career criminal with 9 prior convictions and 23 arrests who was on probation and arrested by DC police for vandalizing property in a drunken rage on August 17. During his arrest, Dana said he wanted to kill the president (among other crazy statements.) DC US attorney Jeanine Pirro sought to indict Dana on a federal felony of making threats to the president. But once again--in a rarity now commonplace in DC--a grand jury made up of DC voters (93% for Kamala in 2024) refused to indict him. So prosecutors had to drop the charge. This enraged Faruqui, who not only misrepresented Dana's case (making him a victim rather than the longtime perp he is) and he berated the prosecutor for about 20 minutes or so. But Faruqui's tirade had less to do with Dana and more to do with President Trump. Time and again, Faruqui--who was appointed in 2020 but not confirmed by the Senate--blasted the president's policies related to using federal law enforcement agencies and the National Guard in DC and warnings to do the same in other cities to combat crime. Faruqui: "How do we reestablish faith in people in DC that they're not going to be wrongly arrested, when the hobby, or whatever, the interest of the moment, if we move to Chicago or whatever city, Baltimore, or whatever next thing it is that catches the administration's interest, what are we, the people left here in Washington, DC, who have actually lived here, had to suffer through whatever is happening, how am I supposed to reestablish confidence in every defense lawyer and defendant that they are being treated fairly and rightly?" Have to "suffer," the judge says.

Congressman Randy Fine is being called a "white nationalist" for this post. Is this "white nationalism," or do you agree with him? 🇺🇸

BREAKING: Four Colorado Democrats Adrienne Benavidez, Nick Hinrichsen, Katie Wallace, and Mike Weissman just voted to BLOCK Senate Bill 26-115, a proposal that would require mandatory jail time for those convicted of raping a child They didn’t just oppose it they stopped it Let that sink in

Chicago train rider: "I'ma kiII whites. I got out 2 days ago. I finna kiIl for real."

This is insane. A 9:52pm order demanding an update by 7:30am? In what world does Judge Reyes seriously believe it will be possible to get a responsive answer from the client by then? This kind of stuff just smacks of performativity and bias, especially given how low stakes it is.

Bernie Sanders says he supports Graham Platner — who got a Nazi tattoo, praised Hamas, and said women should "act like an adult" to avoid rape. SANDERS: “I Like Graham Platner."