The Thanksgiving Doc Dump

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One of the big pieces of news that came out of Eric Holder’s testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday was Holder’s promise that the long-awaited Justice Department Office of Professional Responsibility report on torture will be out by the end of the month. In practice, that means that the report will probably come out next Wednesday evening (the night before Thanksgiving), next Friday (the Friday after Thanksgiving), or, best-case scenario, this evening.

It’s called a doc dump, and you don’t have to tolerate it. Whenever the report does come out, come here and help us read through it. If we can teach the administration that the things they don’t want covered are going to get covered no matter what, then maybe we won’t have to deal with the doc dump so much in the future.

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BEFORE YOU CLICK AWAY!

“Lying.” “Disgusting.” “Scum.” “Slime.” “Corrupt.” “Enemy of the people.” Donald Trump has always made clear what he thinks of journalists. And it’s plain now that his administration intends to do everything it can to stop journalists from reporting things they don’t like—which is most things that are true.

No one gets to tell Mother Jones what to publish or not publish, because no one owns our fiercely independent newsroom. But that also means we need to directly raise the resources it takes to keep our journalism alive. There’s only one way for that to happen, and it’s readers like you stepping up. Please help with a donation today if you can—even a few bucks will make a real difference. A monthly gift would be incredible.

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