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The federal judge overseeing Michael Flynn’s criminal prosecution has directed the law firm that Flynn fired to reappear as an interested party in the controversial proceeding. On Thursday, that firm complied by filing a notice of appearance. U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan of the District of Columbia on Thursday ordered the clerk of the court to “add Covington & Burling LLP (‘Covington’) as an interested party in this matter and directed counsel for Covington to file a notice of appearance on behalf of Covington as an interested party.” John E. Hall, the chair of Covington Burling’s global litigation practice, submitted...

January 11, 2008 -- AS you read these lines, our troops are in the midst of Operation Phantom Phoenix, a "mini-surge" to squeeze al Qaeda and its fast-dwindling band of allies out of their few remaining safe havens in Iraq. Iraqi troops fight beside us against a common enemy. Vast swaths of the country enjoy a newborn peace. Commerce thrives again. At the provincial and local levels, the political progress has been remarkable. As for Operation Phantom Phoenix, our commanders expected terrorist dead-enders to put up a fight. Instead, they ran, leaving behind only booby traps and disgust among the...

A year ago, the liberal group America Coming Together was on the cutting edge of national politics, spending tens of millions of dollars on a massive voter-mobilization project in every presidential battleground state. The dream was that ACT -- heavily funded by billionaire George Soros -- would play a decisive role in getting Democratic nominee John F. Kerry elected president and then remain in business as a permanent force in liberal politics. Steve Rosenthal, who launched America Coming Together to mobilize voters for Democrat John F. Kerry, said maintaining momentum after the election proved to be harder than expected. Billionaire...

Can any of the FReepers ever remember a case in which the ACLU was on the right side of things? I am having some trouble. After seeing how hard they are going after Christians and Christmas this season, this thought just popped into my head so I figured I would as the best source of information on the net, the good people of Free Republic.

This is the Top Ten List [Just like David Letterman]: Goofball Number one: Dan Rather at CBS: Dan boy tried his hardest with unashamed attempts to smash up President Bush’s reelection. Seriously biased, he used faked documents to do it. He should hide his head like an Oustrage in some deep hole. Goofball Number two: George Soros: Not sure how much he lost on this bet, but it was in the billions I believe trying to dethrone Bush. I hope he goes bankrupt; serves him will. Big time businessman played the game and he’s in the hole next to Rather....