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262: It's Déjà Vu All Over Again

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🗓️ 15 November 2025

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Barb McQuade hosts #SistersInLaw to discuss the recent court hearing weighing the disqualification of prosecutor Lindsay Halligan in the pending cases against former FBI Director James Comey and NY AG Letitia James.  Then, the #Sisters examine the corruption within the DOJ, focusing on Todd Blanche’s attack on judges, the resignation of Judge Mark Wolf, and the Epstein files.  They also review Trump’s recent pardons, laying out the case for judicial independence, the role the judiciary plays in checking presidential power, and the need for transparency in government.

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From the #Sisters:

From Joyce’s Substack - Prosecuting Comey

From Kim - A Federal Judge Resigned To Speak Out Against Trump.  Here’s What He Told Me

From Barb - This DOJ Is Redefining Who the Enemy Is

From Barb - U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro Wasted Our Money Pursuing Sandwich Thrower

Judge Mark Wolf Explains - Why I Am Resigning

Todd Blanche Interview Of Ghislaine Maxwell

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome back to hashtag Sisters-in-law with Kimberly Atkins Store, Jill Wine Banks, and me, Barb McQuaid.

0:18.1

Joyce is continuing on her book tour, but she will be back soon. I have both read

0:23.1

Joyce's book and listened to Joyce's book, and both are a joy. So we hope you'll do the same.

0:30.0

We also have our hot new resistance hoodie available to order. It was designed by our very own Kimberly Atkins store with a short and

0:40.1

sassy look. So you can go to politicon.com slash merch for the hoodie and all of your other desirable

0:47.6

sisters-in-law merchandise. Here's what we have planned for you in today's show. This week we will

0:53.5

be discussing the court

0:54.8

hearing to disqualify Lindsay Halligan in the Jim Comey and Letitia James cases.

1:01.3

DOJ official declares war on judges and President Trump's pardons of Rudy Giuliani and others

1:09.5

charged in the fake electors scheme. But first, I wanted to

1:13.7

ask my sisters, are you familiar with the giant tire between Detroit Metro Airport and downtown

1:22.0

Detroit on Interstate 94 in Detroit? Yes. Doesn't that tire? Uneroyal tire. Univoryl tire. Yeah. You know that one, Jill?

1:30.7

I don't know that one, but I'll be looking the next time we do a live show in your area. All right. I call it the Statue of Liberty of Detroit. Like that's Detroit Statue of Liberty. It's like the monument you think about.

1:43.0

It is.

1:43.4

It is.

1:43.8

It's great.

1:44.3

If you're driving in from the airport, you'll see it.

1:47.2

It was a, it's like the, you know, the monument you think about. It is. It is. It's great.

1:44.2

If you're driving in from the airport, you'll see it. It was originally, so for our listeners who have

1:49.7

not had the privilege of seeing this giant unroyal tire, it is a huge tire on the side of the road,

1:57.1

and it was originally a ferris wheel. At the time, it was the world's largest

2:03.1

ferris wheel. And the city of Detroit or Univroyo bought it as an ad, and they covered it in rubber

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