This morning, I was on a 6:04am train to Penn Station for an 8:30am hearing at 26 Federal Plaza in downtown Manhattan. I lost sleep last night cause I was a little bit anxious about what I would be walking into.
First, when I got there, I was asked to show ID. This has never happened before. I’ve never had to show ID to enter that building before. In fact, THEY KNOW ME. I was in and out of that building every single day FOR YEARS before the pandemic hit. But today, they wouldn’t even let me past the gates to get to the door without my business card, driver’s license and the hearing notice. Fine. No big deal. Whatever.
It was pretty quiet. Not much happening. No protests. No one there that didn’t have to be there for whatever reason. There was an increased police presence outside which was a bit unusual, but yesterday there was a stabbing at the criminal court, which is right down the street, so it’s natural that they would have increased visibility after something like that.
I went through the metal detector and went upstairs to the 14th floor. It was dead. Quiet. It’s usually quieter up there than on the 12th floor. I talked to the security guard for a bit while waiting for my client to arrive. He had to go through that whole maze of bullshit downstairs just to get in too.
Around 9am, the judge still hadn’t shown up. As it turns out, he cancelled the hearing but we didn’t get notice of it. So we came all this way for nothing, but again, no big deal. It happens, right?
After speaking with the judge’s assistant, we walked to the elevator banks, where there were about 8-10 FBI agents wearing bandanas around their faces like literal comic book villains or the bad guys in a western or something. They were all huddled together, talking about their game plan or whatever I guess? It was still really early in the day.
I can’t even begin to explain to you the actual fear I felt seeing them. It was only for a second and then I got myself together. I actually gasped, but it wasn’t even audible because I really didn’t want to draw attention to myself or my client. An elevator door opened at that second and I literally shoved that poor client into it telling him to shut the fuck up and don’t even look at them and frantically hit the “door close” button.
In the elevator was another attorney, as well as a DHS attorney. I said “I don’t like this fucking FBI shit”. And the DHS attorney said “no one does”.
They are entering our courthouses and causing literal fucking havoc. For no fucking reason whatsoever. To basically detain people who are following the law and doing exactly what they are supposed to do. People who are coming here and FOLLOWING OUR OWN LEGAL PROCESS. You know…….doing it “the right way”, like Cheetolini is always screeching about? How is anyone supposed to do it the right way if he won’t let them? Just curious.
I am a law abiding American fucking citizen. I should not have to feel even a second of fear upon seeing an FBI agent.
Shortly after I left, they arrested the City Comptroller. For asking for a warrant. So, this is where we are in 2025 America - if I ask for a warrant? I am obstructing justice, assaulting a police officer, impeding arrest, or whatever. If I don’t ask for a warrant? I am NOT DOING MY JOB. So someone somewhere please tell me what the fuck we are supposed to do? I’ll wait.
And who is leading the charge on this utter horseshit? Well. He’s absolutely flown over the cuckoo’s nest.
When is someone going to SOUND THE FUCKING ALARM?
Over the past 9 hours, he has gone on what can only be described as a completely unhinged tirade.
First, a post insisting that he has not reached out to Iran for peace talks in any way.
Next, a link to one of his posts from yesterday saying that Iran can never have a nuclear weapon with this conned cult truth social user response to it.
Then a link to the other post from yesterday about Iran never having a nuclear weapon with this response from another deluded dingbat.
And THIS response. I mean. I told you it was a conned cult echo chamber. This one is especially funny because Orange Demento is most certainly not in charge. His only job is to run his mouth off while someone else pulls the puppet strings. Again, my bet is on that undead steaming pile of trash, Stephen Miller.
I mean, he’s just posting the comments he gets at this point, which is fucking wild.
Then he posts a text message from Mike Huckabee, who basically gave him a rim job in writing and valiantly vowed to go down with the ship. These people are all fucking nuts.
Next up, a clip of Marble Mouth, acting tough. And a second clip of Marble Mouth begging for the passage of the “big, beautiful bill” so he can arrest more national security threats, like your elderly neighbor, a kindergartener with cancer, and a single mother working 3 jobs.
Then a link to an article about how Crazy Coke Eyes Kash Patel turned over some report about Chinese election interference. By the way? The article is from a biased, conspiracy theory, right wing propaganda pushing bunch of lunatics.
And, he let us know that we now have complete control over the skies over Iran.
Then he said he wasn’t going to kill the Supreme Leader of Iran even though they know exactly where he is and said that our patience is wearing thin.
Next the words UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER! Of course in all caps. I’m shocked he only used one exclamation point. That’s a lot of restraint for this clown.
Is anyone else fucking alarmed that this unhinged orange despot is conducting a war on social media? Is this the way we are going to do things now? That Signal debacle was bad enough, but really? THESE are the assholes in charge? This bunch of fucking utter morons?
This is how I imagine a middle school student council is run. With group chats and twitter posts.