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The Department of Partisan Justice (DOPJ)

Bondi’s DOJ Doesn’t Protect Voting Rights—It Protects the White Grievance Politics of Donald Trump By Mark M. Bello The Trump-Bondi [In-] Justice Department has sued California, accusing the State of “racial gerrymandering.” This highly-partisan lawsuit seeks to block a congressional map that — unlike virtually every other map in America — was approved directly by […]

Let the Corruption Begin

Atty Gen Bondi and Trump

Let the Corruption Begin by Mark M. Bello Remember the scene in the movie Ghost where recently deceased Sam (played by Patrick Swayze) uses psychic Oda Mae Brown (played by Academy Award winner Whoopi Goldberg) to warn his girlfriend, Molly (played by Demi Moore), that her life is in danger? Sam wants Oda Mae to break the […]

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