EDITOR’S NOTE (April 8, 2025): This article was updated after publication to reflect newly confirmed details regarding the Justice Department’s actions.
That they wanted to intimidate Elizabeth Oyer with armed marshals is horrifying and shameful. However, I've seen reports from the NYTimes -- who said this: "On the same day that the department informed Ms. Oyer of its plans, she also learned that deputy U.S. marshals would be sent to her home to deliver the department’s letter. After Ms. Oyer assured officials that she had received it via email, the delivery was canceled."--and the Guardian, and other outlets, that they called off the "visit." Do you have evidence that they actually went and scared her son? It's super important that we get all the facts straight; what this regime is doing is catastrophic enough that we shouldn't be juicing the facts. Thanks for all you're doing.
When the government is the domestic abuser, the stand-over merchant, the masked thugs in the street, the seedy salesman selling snake oil when you really need good, proven medication, who do you turn to? When your government is your enemy, what do you do?
I agree—the threats alone in this regime are stoking fear and anxiety and terrified compliance. But saying — IN ALL CAPS, I might add — that “THEY SENT ARMED MEN TO HER HOUSE” if they didn’t actually send them in the end, undercuts the reporter’s credibility and comes off like clickbait. It’s hard enough to know who and what to believe right now, with the firehose of lies coming from the regime and their right-wing media enablers and the soft-pedaling of the mainstream outlets. I trust Closer to the Edge and other outlets allied with those resisting this shitshow, but to be worthy of our trust they have to stick to the truth; we’re relying on them. Sensationalism is the regime’s game—it shouldn’t be ours. The facts are horrifying enough.
The president is turning the justice department and law enforcement officers into his own personal cadre of thugs. It’s going to get a lot worse, folks; these are people who will bend the law toward their lawless ends.
They already are! And have been since he took office! The "Supreme Court" needs to stop this crime boss & all his thugs! All the Republicans who advance his policies need to share the same prison with him.
All of these people took an oath to UPHOLD THE CONSTITUTION, which means they're supposed to do what's best for ALL the people not just the rich ones!
The Supremes are hopelessly corrupted. They are 67% in the pocket of the AnusMouthPantLoad. Do not expect anything but insanity and greed from those dirty rat bastards.
(Fatfingered) done as “official acts” and presumptive immunity for anything in “the outer perimeter of his official responsibility”. They absolutely own the current disaster.
We have been saying this since the first Trump syndicate took power in 2017: They are all Mob goons. All it takes is a glance to see this. ‘ It’d be a shame if somethin’ happened t’yer nice little daughter, Lady!
Gibson is scum just like his gang in the WH. After DT pardoned his Jan 6th prisoners, it's no surprise to me anymore, that he is putting together a group of deplorables to join the already fools in (our) WH.
THAT is why she was fired? For refusing to sign off allowing a domestic abuser get a new gun? I had seen a clip of Oyer's testimony and something about Gibson, but had not put the two together until this. What the hell
Im so mad at this! These men are cowards! Women in the states are not safe. As a therapist who has worked with both women and men who have suffered domestic violence I am shocked at how quickly things are falling apart. Women in the US need to wake up and recognize this. The people in charge do not care about your life or safety. Disgusting.
I black listed Mel Gibson when he made his anti- Jewish comments a few years ago. He is a perpetual man-child who thinks that he deserves special treatment, just like the moron in chief.
First of all, she is not an actor, so therefore there are not any movies that she stars in to boycott. Secondly, I am not aware that she busted her husband's teeth while he held their small child. Lastly, she was not making anti- Jewish comments, she was just protesting the unfair treatment of the civilians in Gaza. The Jewish people were subjected to the worst kinds of horror by the Nazi's and one would think that they would be careful not to be the perpetrators of evil to any other races. You know, that old "do not do unto others" thing in the bible.
American and many western Leaders are showing their real face and their real ideology: Nazism. I'm not surprised at all. It has been like that with more or less nuances since WWII: Nazism never died txs to the Westerns!
As a survivor whose court cases were 15 years ago, this is nothing new. Women are at a disadvantage in court no matter how many men scream that the justice system is unfair towards men. The system is run by old white men who are probably abusers themselves. This is slightly more shocking because it happened so high up in the federal government but it really only shines a light on what women have known for millenia. This is a man's world and they are not going to give up any power if they can help it. They're digging in more than I've seen in my lifetime because this is the first time in my 45 years that they're really being challenged by entire movements of women. I assume that they acted the same way with the suffrage movement, first and second wave feminism, etc. Women are waking up and seeing all this misogyny and fighting it but we just don't have the power in the government, especially not under Trump, with very few exceptions. And those women that are exceptions are tremendous misogynists themselves.
Just a note to that abuser loser Gibson. You were never that good an actor. As a human you suck even more. Stay out of Canada, felon.
Please don't send him back to Australia.
He can book a trip to Mars w/E & the gang.
That they wanted to intimidate Elizabeth Oyer with armed marshals is horrifying and shameful. However, I've seen reports from the NYTimes -- who said this: "On the same day that the department informed Ms. Oyer of its plans, she also learned that deputy U.S. marshals would be sent to her home to deliver the department’s letter. After Ms. Oyer assured officials that she had received it via email, the delivery was canceled."--and the Guardian, and other outlets, that they called off the "visit." Do you have evidence that they actually went and scared her son? It's super important that we get all the facts straight; what this regime is doing is catastrophic enough that we shouldn't be juicing the facts. Thanks for all you're doing.
When the government is the domestic abuser, the stand-over merchant, the masked thugs in the street, the seedy salesman selling snake oil when you really need good, proven medication, who do you turn to? When your government is your enemy, what do you do?
There's not really anything you can do except try to fight. As women we've known this for the entirety of, at least, written history.
Keep the heat turned way up !
Oh sure! It was obviously no big deal. Email schmeemail! Send some armed thugs to deliver that mail. Louis DeJoy wasn’t available?
These are the worst people in the world and the pain and fear is the thing.
I agree—the threats alone in this regime are stoking fear and anxiety and terrified compliance. But saying — IN ALL CAPS, I might add — that “THEY SENT ARMED MEN TO HER HOUSE” if they didn’t actually send them in the end, undercuts the reporter’s credibility and comes off like clickbait. It’s hard enough to know who and what to believe right now, with the firehose of lies coming from the regime and their right-wing media enablers and the soft-pedaling of the mainstream outlets. I trust Closer to the Edge and other outlets allied with those resisting this shitshow, but to be worthy of our trust they have to stick to the truth; we’re relying on them. Sensationalism is the regime’s game—it shouldn’t be ours. The facts are horrifying enough.
The president is turning the justice department and law enforcement officers into his own personal cadre of thugs. It’s going to get a lot worse, folks; these are people who will bend the law toward their lawless ends.
They already are! And have been since he took office! The "Supreme Court" needs to stop this crime boss & all his thugs! All the Republicans who advance his policies need to share the same prison with him.
All of these people took an oath to UPHOLD THE CONSTITUTION, which means they're supposed to do what's best for ALL the people not just the rich ones!
The Supremes are hopelessly corrupted. They are 67% in the pocket of the AnusMouthPantLoad. Do not expect anything but insanity and greed from those dirty rat bastards.
The Supreme Court gave Trump civil & criminal
Immunity from anything
They need to reverse that decision; they can see how he’s abusing that power!
(Fatfingered) done as “official acts” and presumptive immunity for anything in “the outer perimeter of his official responsibility”. They absolutely own the current disaster.
We have been saying this since the first Trump syndicate took power in 2017: They are all Mob goons. All it takes is a glance to see this. ‘ It’d be a shame if somethin’ happened t’yer nice little daughter, Lady!
Exactly, Chris.
Gibson is scum just like his gang in the WH. After DT pardoned his Jan 6th prisoners, it's no surprise to me anymore, that he is putting together a group of deplorables to join the already fools in (our) WH.
THAT is why she was fired? For refusing to sign off allowing a domestic abuser get a new gun? I had seen a clip of Oyer's testimony and something about Gibson, but had not put the two together until this. What the hell
"We are the hollow men
We are the stuffed men
Leaning together
Headpiece filled with straw. Alas!
Our dried voices, when
We whisper together
Are quiet and meaningless
As wind in dry grass
Or rats’ feet over broken glass
In our dry cellar
Shape without form, shade without colour.
Paralysed force, gesture without motion;
Those who have crossed
With direct eyes, to death’s other Kingdom
Remember us—if at all—not as lost
Violent souls, but only
As the hollow men ...
This is the way the world ends
This is the way the world ends
This is the way the world ends
Not with a bang but a whimper.
TS Eliot
No thanks. I’ll keep on banging.
Im so mad at this! These men are cowards! Women in the states are not safe. As a therapist who has worked with both women and men who have suffered domestic violence I am shocked at how quickly things are falling apart. Women in the US need to wake up and recognize this. The people in charge do not care about your life or safety. Disgusting.
The worst people in the world are now in charge of that world. RIP America.
Troll
I black listed Mel Gibson when he made his anti- Jewish comments a few years ago. He is a perpetual man-child who thinks that he deserves special treatment, just like the moron in chief.
First of all, she is not an actor, so therefore there are not any movies that she stars in to boycott. Secondly, I am not aware that she busted her husband's teeth while he held their small child. Lastly, she was not making anti- Jewish comments, she was just protesting the unfair treatment of the civilians in Gaza. The Jewish people were subjected to the worst kinds of horror by the Nazi's and one would think that they would be careful not to be the perpetrators of evil to any other races. You know, that old "do not do unto others" thing in the bible.
Look up October 7, 2023 to see who is actually treating whom "unfairly". If you can't acknowledge reality, at least try not to perpetuate lies.
American and many western Leaders are showing their real face and their real ideology: Nazism. I'm not surprised at all. It has been like that with more or less nuances since WWII: Nazism never died txs to the Westerns!
As a survivor whose court cases were 15 years ago, this is nothing new. Women are at a disadvantage in court no matter how many men scream that the justice system is unfair towards men. The system is run by old white men who are probably abusers themselves. This is slightly more shocking because it happened so high up in the federal government but it really only shines a light on what women have known for millenia. This is a man's world and they are not going to give up any power if they can help it. They're digging in more than I've seen in my lifetime because this is the first time in my 45 years that they're really being challenged by entire movements of women. I assume that they acted the same way with the suffrage movement, first and second wave feminism, etc. Women are waking up and seeing all this misogyny and fighting it but we just don't have the power in the government, especially not under Trump, with very few exceptions. And those women that are exceptions are tremendous misogynists themselves.
Not in my 72 years have I seen things fall apart so fast. I was about 18 when Roe v Wade finally passed, and it's been a battle ever since.
When is the hearing?
I have no words. My heart feels frozen when I read this. Fuck you! Mel Gibson! Fuck you Pam Bondi! I'm not going to live with the abuser with guns!!
The USA is a frightening place to live right now.
Mel Gibson got hit with the ugly stick too many times to count What a vile piece of human garbage he is.