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newdeal2

(4,833 posts)
6. Nope
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 02:23 PM
20 hrs ago

Hasn’t led to a slowdown of abuse in DC, for example.

I don’t know what the right thing to do here is, except don’t comply with illegal orders.

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Will this help? Srkdqltr 21 hrs ago #1
Yeah, I don't really see how it does help, nor see why state prosecutors would quit over it AZJonnie 20 hrs ago #5
It could help liberalgunwilltravel 19 hrs ago #19
Fair enough. If that happens, I will revisit my calculus :) AZJonnie 19 hrs ago #20
I think it could be good, these now very experienced civil rights attorneys can now Bev54 18 hrs ago #26
Nope newdeal2 20 hrs ago #6
By what measure? Torchlight 19 hrs ago #23
Nice to see some people with principles for a change. Dave Bowman 21 hrs ago #2
THIS malaise 20 hrs ago #14
I have mixed feelings about this. RandySF 21 hrs ago #3
If they stayed, they'd be complicit in /tainted by what amounts to DHS lawlessness. Their leaving leaves DHS totally ancianita 19 hrs ago #24
What good does that do? Don't we need prosecutors who are arrayed against MAGAfascism? Prairie Gates 20 hrs ago #4
They are leaving because they were being required to support MAGAfascism. Ocelot II 20 hrs ago #11
I'd rather see a headline saying they were FIRED leftstreet 20 hrs ago #7
Correct or delete post. Fed prosecutors located in MN Justice 20 hrs ago #8
It is FEDERAL prosecutors who have resigned, not state. MineralMan 20 hrs ago #9
Six Prosecutors Quit Over Push to Investigate ICE Shooting Victim's Widow-NYT irisblue 20 hrs ago #10
No paywall link here: Ocelot II 20 hrs ago #12
Thank you thank you thank you irisblue 20 hrs ago #13
Oh sh** Quit to protest investigating victim's WIDOW? lostnfound 20 hrs ago #15
No there is no limit. The devils are in the DOJ& DHS & hell is empty irisblue 19 hrs ago #22
Joe Thompson, U.S. Attorney who prosecuted Minnesota fraud, resigns with other senior members mysteryowl 19 hrs ago #16
Independant investigation, State investigation and or Civil litigation..... aeromanKC 19 hrs ago #17
Where do legal and professional standards and expectations fit into this? RockCreek 19 hrs ago #18
Four leaders of the Civil Rights Division at the DOJ have resigned after decision not to investigate murder of Good LetMyPeopleVote 19 hrs ago #21
I've never understood this Alpeduez21 18 hrs ago #25
Top prosecutors in D.C., Minneapolis leave amid turmoil over shooting probe LetMyPeopleVote 17 hrs ago #27
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