Susan Simpson

Podcaster at @proofcrimepod. Attorney in Washington, DC.

[Glenn Thrush @GlennThrush]

Leo Wise, a hard-nosed ex federal prosecutor whose career spanned Enron to Hunter Biden makes a powerful case that the Supreme Court has made public integrity prosecutions impossible — ushering a golden age of corruption.

https://t.co/wEWSoThIPm

[Lee Hepner @LeeHepner]

Expedia is a textbook case of enshittification. It is also a feature of allowing whole sectors of the economy to be rigged by online platforms, reinforced by the 2007 SCOTUS opinion in Leegin.

It should be a top priority for the new Congress to reverse Leegin and make coercive platform price restraints illegal per se.

Andrews v. Expedia, Case No. 2:26-cv-03743 (W.D. Wash.) https://t.co/153gg8T5tO

[Taniel @Taniel]

Tragic news: Curtis Flowers, who faced an extraordinarily ordeal by being prosecuted six times for the same crime by a Mississippi DA over decades before SCOTUS sided with him in 2019, just died at 56.

Flowers' case was core to the 'In the Dark' podcast.
https://t.co/TGYudaMSMZ

[Jesse Singal @jessesingal]

This is the most incredible moment you will ever see during this sort of testimony. Don't let anyone spoil it for you before you watch!

After you understand the perjury Schmitt is accusing Smith of, you can jump to 4:30. Genuinely have never seen anything like this.

[Susan Simpson @TheViewFromLL2]

@whiteoutgotu @Undisclosedpod @EvidenceProf It didn't start with MW, and it definitely didn't end with him. There's more to come.

[Zoe Tillman @ZoeTillman]

NEW: Million-dollar lawsuits are mounting from people who received clemency from President Trump for charges in connection with Jan. 6.

New suit filed today includes a man convicted of seditious conspiracy in the Oath Keepers case; a judge "reluctantly" let DOJ end that prosecution this week
https://t.co/ocMcvsEDfI

[Brendan Nyhan (@BrendanNyhan on 🟦☁️) @BrendanNyhan]

Totals:
0.0049% of registrants are potential noncitizens (less than your chance of being struck by lightning in your lifetime)
0.00034% of voters are potential noncitizens (less than your chance of being a conjoined twin)

[Swann Marcus @SwannMarcus89]

I would like to give kudos to AOC for once again being the only adult leftist and avoiding Graham Platner like the plague

It's amazing how many times the rest of the left does something apocalyptically stupid and the only one who avoids having to backtrack is Cortez. Given she's a) way smarter than any other leftist political figure in America and b) a woman under 40, I suspect she took one look at Platner, thought "I would not leave my drink unattended near that guy," and stayed as far away from him as possible

[Susan Simpson @TheViewFromLL2]

@illini_leaf No... but this shit with Belgium is all their own. 😬

[Susan Simpson @TheViewFromLL2]

FIFA is doing FIFA things, but dang, this is so joyless.

[Nico Cantor @Nicocantor1]

Even if Americans are happy that Balogun can now play (myself included), FIFA has just set an insane precedent:

Any interpretable red card at the World Cup can now come under scrutiny in hindsight. The referees judgment isn’t final. It hints at the fact that FIFA can do as they please, even if it means disagreeing with the subjective decisions of their own referees.

Imagine how Rafael Clauss (referee) and Juan Soto (VAR) are feeling right now? FIFA just undermined their credibility.

This isn’t overruling something objective, a decision that’s based on fact. They’re rescinding a decision based on opinion. For as much as I believe Balogun didn’t deserve the red, it’s an interpretable decision.

Anything can now be questioned after the fact. And it’s up to FIFA’s “judicial body” – whoever that is, wherever they are – to call make critical decisions as they see fit.

[Susan Simpson @TheViewFromLL2]

Oh please. It's been obvious for the better part of a year that this is who he is. It's the least surprising development of 2026.

[Ro Khanna @RoKhanna]

I’ve been very clear that sexual assault or violence against women is a red line. These allegations are very serious and credible. Graham Platner should drop out from the race. I am withdrawing my endorsement.

[Susan Simpson @TheViewFromLL2]

Oh it's going to get worse, and they all know it.

What a gross and embarrassing position Democrats have put themselves in.

[James Surowiecki @JamesSurowiecki]

Ted Cruz in 2011, before he felt the need to pander to the xenophobic right: "The 14th Amendment provides for birthright citizenship. I’ve looked at the legal arguments against it, and I will tell you, as a Supreme Court litigator, those arguments are not very good. As much as someone may dislike the policy of birthright citizenship, it’s in the Constitution."

[evan loves worf @esjesjesj]

The reason why the names of the dead people have not dominated the news cycle is because they’re poor Africans. Which is exactly why Elon knew he could kill as many as he wanted and get away with it

[Judd Legum @JuddLegum]

4. 10 months later, an innocent bystander — 46-year-old delivery driver Nolberto Meza — is dead. Meza died when his moped was struck by a vehicle being chased by Park Police. The chase would not have been permissible before the policy change.

[Susan Simpson @TheViewFromLL2]

Pre-2024, I'd gone my whole life without seeing a B-2.

Now, "sorry, what was that? I couldn't hear you, there's a B-2 overhead" is a regular issue.

[Hannah Riley Fernandez @hannahcrileyy]

people who showed up to a protest outside an ICE facility and left when things got chaotic are getting HALF CENTURY sentences in federal court right now, my god

[Jesse Eisinger @eisingerj]

Obviously I'm a little biased since I edited this thing but that a story about a killed criminal investigation into a sitting senator wasn't picked up, followed & pushed forward by major outlets is an excellent & sorry illustration of our broken information environment.

[Susan Simpson @TheViewFromLL2]

So what's interesting is these leaks are clearly coming from Melania.

[The Daily Beast @thedailybeast]

The 80-year-old president's nasty nighttime habits leave staff scrambling to clean up in the morning, a bombshell new book has revealed.
https://t.co/XI0G3fzUvE