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Trump's Blacklist: His Fascism, Legal Fuck-ups, and Business Failures - emptywheel
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In addition to using lawsuits to seed his false claim that the election was not fair, Donald Trump bullied the NYT for a group of stories that debunked his con.
7h ago
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December 27: The January 6 Committee's Blind Spots - emptywheel
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The January 6 Committee Report is out. As many people have pointed out, the report focuses on Donald Trump, telling the story about how he riled up a mob with The Big Lie and then did nothing as they launched a terrorist attack on the Capitol and those within in, especially Trump’s Vice...
#Vote #Election #VoteBlue #election2024
on Jan 27
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Hunter Biden Pleads Guilty - emptywheel
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Hunter Biden just pled guilty to all charges against him.
on Sep 5
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Trump Will Have to Defend His Attempt to Assassinate Mike Pence Before the Election - emptywheel
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Judge Chutkan has issued her scheduling order for the next developments in Trump’s January 6 trial. Rather than scheduling Trump’s frivolous attempt to challenge Jack Smith’s Special Counsel appointment first, Chutkan will instead deal with immunity first, with all briefing due a week before the...
on Sep 5
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The Doppelgänger Dossier - emptywheel
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A description of the Russian propaganda plans, largely designed to help Trump, included in a takedown affidavit.
#Putin #Trump #Russia #biglie #disinformation
on Sep 5
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Lessons from Red States on How to Push Back - emptywheel
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For many, last week's election was a paralyzing shock, but red state activists have proven that it's possible to step up, push back, and win.
on Fri, 9PM
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Boris Epshteyn's One-Two Punch on DOJ - emptywheel
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According to Politico, Co-Conspirator #6 is the guy who suggested Matt Gaetz would make a good Attorney General.
on Fri, 12PM
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Go Stare at the Ocean - emptywheel
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Go stare at the ocean and prepare to pick yourself back up again.
on Thu, 9PM
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Republicans Get to Chew on Matt Gaetz for Two Months and a Week - emptywheel
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Sure, Matt Gaetz is the worst possible pick to be Attorney General. But there are some upsides to Trump having picked the worst possible pick, especially early enough to give Republicans two months to pick him apart.
on Thu, 1AM
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The Orbanization of US Politics Began Years Ago - emptywheel
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The assault on civil society that we expect from a second Trump Administration already accelerated two years ago, and already had an impact on the election.
on Wed, 1PM
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Litmus Tests Likely Explain Who the Fuck is Pete Hegseth - emptywheel
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Trump likely picked Pete Hegseth to run the largest military in the world because would be willing to do with it things that none of his qualified candidates would do.
on Wed, 9AM
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Russia Attempts to Collect Its Winnings - emptywheel
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Russia has been engaged in a whole bunch of dick-wagging since Trump won the election. That's likely because the last time they helped Trump get elected, he deferred on and then failed to deliver his side of the bargain.
on Tue, 1PM
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There’s a telling quote from Greg Sargent in his description of Kamala Harris’ difficulties in convincing voters that Trump was a bad president. Some Democrats believe that the leading pro-Harris Super PAC, Future Forward, failed to spend enough of its enormous budget on advertising early on...
on Mon, 6PM
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Two Elections: "The rules were that you guys weren’t going to fact-check" - emptywheel
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There were two elections last week. A traditional political one, in which Democrats had some down ballot successes. And a far bigger propaganda one, in which Trump -- but not always the rest of his party -- had tremendous success.
on Nov 10
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The Mixed Emotions of November 9th - emptywheel
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From the 1923 Beer Hall Putsch to Kristallnacht in 1938 to the Fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, to today, Nov. 9 carries mixed emotions.
on Nov 9
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Fridays with Nicole Sandler - emptywheel
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We talk a miserable election loss.
on Nov 9
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Jack Smith Asks for Three Weeks - emptywheel
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Jack Smith has asked for three weeks -- until December 2 -- to inform Judge Tanya Chutkan what they plan to do with the January 6 case going forward.
on Nov 8
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By dint of his twin prosecutions, Hunter Biden has what virtually no one else in the country will be able to get now: standing to raise questions about Donald Trump's conduct.
on Nov 8
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The Time before Confrontation - emptywheel
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Had Kamala Harris won on Tuesday, we'd likely be in an immediate crisis of political violence. Instead, we have two months before the manufactured excuse to seize authoritarian powers.
on Nov 7
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When Special Counsels Finish Up, They Must Write Reports - emptywheel
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If Jack Smith will shut down his investigation, then he must write a report for Merrick Garland. That would provide one more opportunity to disclose the findings of his investigation.
on Nov 6
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The Upcoming Pardon-Palooza - emptywheel
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Trump's own impunity will do grave damage to the rule of law. But the pardons he will surely give will turn it into a transactional form of loyalty test.
on Nov 6
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Trump Sold Grievance and America Liked What He Was Selling - emptywheel
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You will only defeat Trumpism by destroying his manufactured facade of victimhood.
on Nov 6
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Donald Trump Will Become America's Dictator on Day One - emptywheel
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Fox News has called the presidential race for Donald Trump.
on Nov 6
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Tonight's Jam Session at King David's House of Song - emptywheel
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Tonight up in heaven, along the the River of Life, there's a jam session going on at King David's House of Song. Raise your glass and ding!
on Nov 6
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Things the Legacy Media Found Less Important than Joe Biden's Apostrophe - emptywheel
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Rather than ask about the precise nature of the business relationship between Saudi Arabia and Trump, the press spent some of the last days of the campaign season squabbling about how to punctuate a misstatement from the guy who is no longer a candidate.
on Nov 5
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Batting Down Election-Day Conspiracy Theories - emptywheel
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As the voters stream to the polls today, conspiracy theories continue to stream to in-boxes, so let's do the EW thing and shoot them down.
on Nov 5
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Ball of Threads: Durham Descends - emptywheel
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This installment of Ball of Thread describes how Bill Barr criminalized Hillary Clinton for being a victim of a hack-and-leak.
on Nov 5
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How America's First Woman Vice President Stepped Up - emptywheel
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This thing is not over. But holy hell, Kamala Harris and her entire team stepped up.
on Nov 4
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What It Would Take to Charge Donald Trump with Inciting Insurrection - emptywheel
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Merrick Garland might yet charge Trump with insurrection. He might need to, to sustain the tie between Trump and his mob. But we have a pretty clear understanding of why that didn't happen, couldn't have happened, before tomorrow's election.
on Nov 4
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NYT's Sample Versus Early Vote - emptywheel
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New York Times' final sample of voters only captures a realistic percentage of those who've already voted in Pennsylvania.
on Nov 3
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Male Pollsters Shocked - Shocked!! - When a Woman Pollster Discovers Women Voters - emptywheel
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This entire election has been disproportionately viewed through the lens of polling that has deliberately weighted to ensure that polling doesn't miss Trump voters, but not (as far as we know) weighted to adjust for post-Dobbs polling misses. And the Ann Selzer came along.
on Nov 3
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Fridays with Nicole Sandler - emptywheel
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We talked a lot about the election, including the impact of the Madison Square Garden rally.
on Nov 2
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David Weiss Chose Not to Record the Alexander Smirnov Interview He Attended - emptywheel
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According to a filing from Alexander Smirnov, David Weiss attended, but did not record an interview with the FBI informant that forms a key part of the indictment against him.
on Nov 1
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Elon Musk's Machine for Fascism: A One-Stop Shop for Disinformation and Violence - emptywheel
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Elon Musk, the richest man in the world, one of Trump's most gleeful supporters, has set up a one-stop shop: Joining false claims about the election with networks of fascists who'll take to the streets.
on Nov 1
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The Problem Bezos Can’t See - emptywheel
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Admit it Jeff: you're afraid of Trump and you kissed his ring.
on Oct 31
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A Tale of Two Pennsylvania Lawsuits - emptywheel
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Donald Trump is squawking about a fairly minor problem in Bucks County, PA, but not a more significant one in Erie.
on Oct 31
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Proud Boy Closure or John Roberts' Get Out of Jail Free Card? - emptywheel
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Some developments in the Proud Boys cases make me wonder whether John Roberts' revision of 18 USC 1512(c)(2) made it difficult if not impossible to hold accountable key players that tie the January 6 crime scene and the Willard together.
on Oct 31
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What Wannabe Cosplayer-in-Chief Doesn’t Grab - emptywheel
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Vote for somebody who isn’t going to cosplay at working while being a fascist slacker in reality.
on Oct 31
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On the Legacy of Bill Barr's Luzerne County Intervention - emptywheel
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In any year, DOJ would not be providing much comment on investigations into election-related crime like Elon Musk's suspected illegal payments or the arson targeting dropboxes in Washington and Oregon. But that's all the more true because of a scathing Inspector General Report from July laying...
on Oct 30
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At Least Four Trump Supporters Arrested for Cheating - emptywheel
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Thus far, at least four Trump supporters have been arrested for cheating. And the Supreme Court seems poised to help Trump cheat.
on Oct 30
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Secret Documents! The Ten Month Privilege Fight Whingers Claim Didn't Happen - emptywheel
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Documents liberated by Politico confirm the privilege fights over testimony of Trump aides in the January 6 investigation lasted from June 15, 2022 through April 27, 2023.
on Oct 29
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Jeff Bezos' Manifesto of Impotence - emptywheel
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Reality is in fact on the ballot this year, the race remains neck and neck, and you, Jeff Bezos, decided to go down without a fight.
on Oct 29
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Jack Smith's Delicate Treatment of BadgerPundit Kenneth Chesebro - emptywheel
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Jack Smith appears to have interviewed Kenneth Chesebro. But that doesn't mean his testimony is all that reliable.
on Oct 28
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The Media Started Capitulating to Trump with Russia Russia Russia - emptywheel
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The media's capitulation to Donald Trump is not new. They started down this path when they allowed Trump to claim that the very productive Russian investigation was just a big hoax, and on that manufactured grievance build a fascist movement.
on Oct 27
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Fridays with Nicole Sandler - emptywheel
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Despair is not an option.
on Oct 26
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If Putin Is Running Musk, Trump Should Be Terrified - emptywheel
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Elon Musk's reported ties to Vladimir Putin and other top Russians are more of a concern because of Musk's willingness to use Xitter to stoke violence and JD Vance's centrality in Musk's role on Trump's campaign.
on Oct 25
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Woodward Book: Joe Biden's "Dementia" Tracked His Stress about Hunter Biden - emptywheel
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Even though Bob Woodward's book describes it explicitly, Dick Pick Sniffers like Alex Thompson seem to have missed the import of the observation, attributed to Tony Blinken, that guilt about Hunter's plight turned Joe Biden into an emotional wreck.
on Oct 24
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The Disappearing Cheshire Cat I Found in the Rabbit Hole Where Lee Chatfield Was Hiding - emptywheel
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After I set off searching for Lee Chatfield's interview with Jack Smith, I also discovered 30-some pages of a Ronna McDaniel interview and a very specific ask that Michigan Republicans throw out my vote for Joe Biden.
on Oct 23
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Ball of Thread: Zombie Mueller - emptywheel
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Bill Barr's efforts to kill the parts of the Mueller investigation that continued after he misrepresented the Report ended up laying the foundation for January 6.
on Oct 23
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I don't know whether Kamala Harris' campaigning on a Constitution over party pitch with Liz Cheney will work. I don't know if it'll be enough to win this election. What I do know is that neither Harris nor Cheney are mistaking the enormity of the task, of trying to break the authoritarianism of...
on Oct 22