The Justice Department’s gutted Civil Rights Division is rebuilding with lawyers steeped in conservative advocacy and Republican politics with a new mission to wage partisan fights and defend gun rights, @SuzanneMonyak and I found. For @BLaw: news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law…

Sep 16, 2026 · 1:19 PM UTC

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New hires include attorneys with experience from more than 20 conservative legal groups, an internal list of division attorneys through July obtained by Bloomberg Law shows. Learn more in our story, which includes this interactive graphic by @Meltzer__
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Did you write a similar story when the Biden administration stuffed it with liberal lawyers pursuing liberal causes? I thought not. Here's a big grownup word for you to learn: democracy.
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Fuck you and Suzanne. We don't a give a shit about your garbage loser hit piece or your race Communist ideology. The good news is that "mainstream media" influence is rapidly approaching zero.
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