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Last Notes npub1z4qlxvdjc43hvmulzsxrr727fgtcwc5lzwweg6z5jkp6wcha7wrq3vyper emptywheel As Russia Overtly Helps Trump Get Elected, Trump Continues to Check in with Vladimir Putin npub1z4qlxvdjc43hvmulzsxrr727fgtcwc5lzwweg6z5jkp6wcha7wrq3vyper emptywheel John Roberts' Sordid Legacy: 14 Pages of Mean Tweets npub1z4qlxvdjc43hvmulzsxrr727fgtcwc5lzwweg6z5jkp6wcha7wrq3vyper emptywheel Iranian Hackers Compromised Roger Stone's Email Eight Years After Russian Hackers Exfiltrated DNC Emails npub1z4qlxvdjc43hvmulzsxrr727fgtcwc5lzwweg6z5jkp6wcha7wrq3vyper emptywheel JD Vance Makes Light of Actual Foreign Interference in His State npub1z4qlxvdjc43hvmulzsxrr727fgtcwc5lzwweg6z5jkp6wcha7wrq3vyper emptywheel J.D. Vance’s Admission Shouldn’t Shock You—They’ve Done This for Years npub1z4qlxvdjc43hvmulzsxrr727fgtcwc5lzwweg6z5jkp6wcha7wrq3vyper emptywheel LOLGOP rolled out our Mueller investigation installment in our Ball of Threads podcast yesterday, in which I describe why I think of Volume II of the report as an impeachment referral and describe the investigation into Roger Stone that was ongoing. npub1z4qlxvdjc43hvmulzsxrr727fgtcwc5lzwweg6z5jkp6wcha7wrq3vyper emptywheel Kamala Harris, Protagonist npub1z4qlxvdjc43hvmulzsxrr727fgtcwc5lzwweg6z5jkp6wcha7wrq3vyper emptywheel Whatever Happens with the Debate, Kamala Harris' Campaign Is Not Yet Half Done npub1z4qlxvdjc43hvmulzsxrr727fgtcwc5lzwweg6z5jkp6wcha7wrq3vyper emptywheel Discerning Russian Trolls Appreciate Truth Social's Treatment of Fake Accounts npub1z4qlxvdjc43hvmulzsxrr727fgtcwc5lzwweg6z5jkp6wcha7wrq3vyper emptywheel The September 26 Brief We'll Get in the Trump January 6 Case npub1z4qlxvdjc43hvmulzsxrr727fgtcwc5lzwweg6z5jkp6wcha7wrq3vyper emptywheel The Soft Bigotry of No Expectations on Trump npub1z4qlxvdjc43hvmulzsxrr727fgtcwc5lzwweg6z5jkp6wcha7wrq3vyper emptywheel There Are No Backsies on Dobbs npub1z4qlxvdjc43hvmulzsxrr727fgtcwc5lzwweg6z5jkp6wcha7wrq3vyper emptywheel Michael Shear and Reid Epstein Feign Stupidity about Trump's Decade-Long Pitch for Authoritarianism npub1z4qlxvdjc43hvmulzsxrr727fgtcwc5lzwweg6z5jkp6wcha7wrq3vyper emptywheel ABC Treats Kamala's 21-Year Old Misstatement about Prosecutions as News but Not Trump's Daily Lies about His Own Crimes npub1z4qlxvdjc43hvmulzsxrr727fgtcwc5lzwweg6z5jkp6wcha7wrq3vyper emptywheel The Superseding Trump Indictment Is about Obstruction as Much as Immunity npub1z4qlxvdjc43hvmulzsxrr727fgtcwc5lzwweg6z5jkp6wcha7wrq3vyper emptywheel Before things got exciting today I wrote a post on how to fact check Trump's lies about his stolen documents case. npub1z4qlxvdjc43hvmulzsxrr727fgtcwc5lzwweg6z5jkp6wcha7wrq3vyper emptywheel Trump Aborts Interview after Smart Black Women Ask Tough Questions npub1z4qlxvdjc43hvmulzsxrr727fgtcwc5lzwweg6z5jkp6wcha7wrq3vyper emptywheel "My Beautiful Christians:" Trump's Pandering to Christian Nationalists npub1z4qlxvdjc43hvmulzsxrr727fgtcwc5lzwweg6z5jkp6wcha7wrq3vyper emptywheel Trump Invites Reporters to Start Demanding His Medical Records npub1z4qlxvdjc43hvmulzsxrr727fgtcwc5lzwweg6z5jkp6wcha7wrq3vyper emptywheel Biden's Timing: Undercutting Bibi npub1z4qlxvdjc43hvmulzsxrr727fgtcwc5lzwweg6z5jkp6wcha7wrq3vyper emptywheel Since Leaving Butler, Trump Has Foregone the Best Medical Care and Is Withholding CT Scan Results npub1z4qlxvdjc43hvmulzsxrr727fgtcwc5lzwweg6z5jkp6wcha7wrq3vyper emptywheel Trump May Attempt to Disavow Project 2025 -- but He's not Disavowing Viktor Orbán npub1z4qlxvdjc43hvmulzsxrr727fgtcwc5lzwweg6z5jkp6wcha7wrq3vyper emptywheel I read the NYT Front Page, so you don't have to. npub1z4qlxvdjc43hvmulzsxrr727fgtcwc5lzwweg6z5jkp6wcha7wrq3vyper emptywheel Imagine if Dana Bash Knew Trump Had Been President Before? npub1z4qlxvdjc43hvmulzsxrr727fgtcwc5lzwweg6z5jkp6wcha7wrq3vyper emptywheel The Self-Satisfied and Often Wrong Media Frenzy npub1z4qlxvdjc43hvmulzsxrr727fgtcwc5lzwweg6z5jkp6wcha7wrq3vyper emptywheel Brazil Charges Coup-Plotter Bolsonaro for Saudi Gifts as Trump Org Unveils New Saudi High Rise npub1z4qlxvdjc43hvmulzsxrr727fgtcwc5lzwweg6z5jkp6wcha7wrq3vyper emptywheel "Nobody ever slept on that side of the bed usually so he would have it all full of boxes" npub1z4qlxvdjc43hvmulzsxrr727fgtcwc5lzwweg6z5jkp6wcha7wrq3vyper emptywheel Garrett Ziegler Done in by His Chateau Marmont Field Trip npub1z4qlxvdjc43hvmulzsxrr727fgtcwc5lzwweg6z5jkp6wcha7wrq3vyper emptywheel The Scolding that Hunter Biden Should Have Pled Guilty Ignores the Complexity of What Happened npub1z4qlxvdjc43hvmulzsxrr727fgtcwc5lzwweg6z5jkp6wcha7wrq3vyper emptywheel "Case Changing:" The 7-Eleven Messages npub1z4qlxvdjc43hvmulzsxrr727fgtcwc5lzwweg6z5jkp6wcha7wrq3vyper emptywheel What Jurors Noticed about Hallie Biden's Testimony npub1z4qlxvdjc43hvmulzsxrr727fgtcwc5lzwweg6z5jkp6wcha7wrq3vyper emptywheel Tomorrow you're going to hear a lot about what the Hunter Biden jury will decide. npub1z4qlxvdjc43hvmulzsxrr727fgtcwc5lzwweg6z5jkp6wcha7wrq3vyper emptywheel How to Think about the Hunter Biden "Laptop" npub1z4qlxvdjc43hvmulzsxrr727fgtcwc5lzwweg6z5jkp6wcha7wrq3vyper emptywheel Bringing Receipts: Print Date: 10/22/20 npub1z4qlxvdjc43hvmulzsxrr727fgtcwc5lzwweg6z5jkp6wcha7wrq3vyper emptywheel Gaps and Forms: Hunter Biden's Defense npub1z4qlxvdjc43hvmulzsxrr727fgtcwc5lzwweg6z5jkp6wcha7wrq3vyper emptywheel Special Agent Erika Jensen: Watch the Summary Witness' Blind Spots npub1z4qlxvdjc43hvmulzsxrr727fgtcwc5lzwweg6z5jkp6wcha7wrq3vyper emptywheel "Swept Up!" The Russian Payments that Led to Trump's Felony Conviction npub1z4qlxvdjc43hvmulzsxrr727fgtcwc5lzwweg6z5jkp6wcha7wrq3vyper emptywheel Jack Smith Invites Aileen Cannon to Protect the Country Rather than Just Donald Trump npub1z4qlxvdjc43hvmulzsxrr727fgtcwc5lzwweg6z5jkp6wcha7wrq3vyper emptywheel Derek Hines' Disappearing [Three Colors of] Ink npub1z4qlxvdjc43hvmulzsxrr727fgtcwc5lzwweg6z5jkp6wcha7wrq3vyper emptywheel Aileen Cannon Blames Jack Smith That She Fucked Over Stan Woodward npub1z4qlxvdjc43hvmulzsxrr727fgtcwc5lzwweg6z5jkp6wcha7wrq3vyper emptywheel Hunter Biden Moves to Enjoin David Weiss Under an Appropriations Argument Trump Adopted npub1z4qlxvdjc43hvmulzsxrr727fgtcwc5lzwweg6z5jkp6wcha7wrq3vyper emptywheel Judge Maryellen Noreika Prepares for a Hunter Biden Trial ... without Bates Stamps npub1z4qlxvdjc43hvmulzsxrr727fgtcwc5lzwweg6z5jkp6wcha7wrq3vyper emptywheel Right Wing Propaganda Fail: Julie Kelly's Troubles with Ten and Two npub1z4qlxvdjc43hvmulzsxrr727fgtcwc5lzwweg6z5jkp6wcha7wrq3vyper emptywheel How We Got to a Place Where Right Wingers Cheer Stealing Nuclear Documents npub1z4qlxvdjc43hvmulzsxrr727fgtcwc5lzwweg6z5jkp6wcha7wrq3vyper emptywheel The Cuellar Indictment: DOJ Moves to Make 219 FARA a Thing npub1z4qlxvdjc43hvmulzsxrr727fgtcwc5lzwweg6z5jkp6wcha7wrq3vyper emptywheel NYT's Limited Understanding of Trump's "Tactics for Avoiding a Crisis Like the One He Now Faces" npub1z4qlxvdjc43hvmulzsxrr727fgtcwc5lzwweg6z5jkp6wcha7wrq3vyper emptywheel NBC Should Have Grilled Ronna McDaniel Until She Self-Deported npub1z4qlxvdjc43hvmulzsxrr727fgtcwc5lzwweg6z5jkp6wcha7wrq3vyper emptywheel Eight Possible Explanations -- Many Bad, Some Good -- for SDNY's Delay in Turning Over Michael Cohen Files npub1z4qlxvdjc43hvmulzsxrr727fgtcwc5lzwweg6z5jkp6wcha7wrq3vyper emptywheel Fridays with Nicole Sandler npub1z4qlxvdjc43hvmulzsxrr727fgtcwc5lzwweg6z5jkp6wcha7wrq3vyper emptywheel Naval-Gazing: The Ethics Problem Caused by Merrick Garland's Brad Weinsheimer Solution npub1z4qlxvdjc43hvmulzsxrr727fgtcwc5lzwweg6z5jkp6wcha7wrq3vyper emptywheel How Merrick Garland Mistook a Trump Hitman for a Career Prosecutor npub1z4qlxvdjc43hvmulzsxrr727fgtcwc5lzwweg6z5jkp6wcha7wrq3vyper emptywheel But Her Emails: How Trump Trained the GOP to Hate Rule of Law 1 npub1z4qlxvdjc43hvmulzsxrr727fgtcwc5lzwweg6z5jkp6wcha7wrq3vyper emptywheel David Weiss Is a Direct Witness to the Crimes on Which He Indicted Alexander Smirnov npub1z4qlxvdjc43hvmulzsxrr727fgtcwc5lzwweg6z5jkp6wcha7wrq3vyper emptywheel Robert Hur Complained about Biden Notes that Trump Almost Certainly Already Declassified npub1z4qlxvdjc43hvmulzsxrr727fgtcwc5lzwweg6z5jkp6wcha7wrq3vyper emptywheel When John Eastman Acknowledged that Candidate Trump Spoke in His Personal Capacity npub1z4qlxvdjc43hvmulzsxrr727fgtcwc5lzwweg6z5jkp6wcha7wrq3vyper emptywheel Trump Continues to Disavow the Mob that Sacrificed Their Lives for Him npub1z4qlxvdjc43hvmulzsxrr727fgtcwc5lzwweg6z5jkp6wcha7wrq3vyper emptywheel Jim Jordan Sniffs Dick Pics While Rome Burns npub1z4qlxvdjc43hvmulzsxrr727fgtcwc5lzwweg6z5jkp6wcha7wrq3vyper emptywheel Trump's New Appellate Argument about His 100 Million Imaginary Friends npub1z4qlxvdjc43hvmulzsxrr727fgtcwc5lzwweg6z5jkp6wcha7wrq3vyper emptywheel Lurid Realities: Trump Implies That Selling Nuclear Secrets Is Treason npub1z4qlxvdjc43hvmulzsxrr727fgtcwc5lzwweg6z5jkp6wcha7wrq3vyper emptywheel Like Taylor Taranto, Trump Tries to Excuse Threats by Invoking the First Amendment npub1z4qlxvdjc43hvmulzsxrr727fgtcwc5lzwweg6z5jkp6wcha7wrq3vyper emptywheel Trump's Motions to Dismiss Things That Aren't the Charges Against Him npub1z4qlxvdjc43hvmulzsxrr727fgtcwc5lzwweg6z5jkp6wcha7wrq3vyper emptywheel Donald Trump Raises Conflict Concerns about His Mike Flynn Pardon npub1z4qlxvdjc43hvmulzsxrr727fgtcwc5lzwweg6z5jkp6wcha7wrq3vyper emptywheel Stan Woodward Blows Off Any Duty of Loyalty to His Former Client npub1z4qlxvdjc43hvmulzsxrr727fgtcwc5lzwweg6z5jkp6wcha7wrq3vyper emptywheel "JIM IS COMING FOR YOU:" Aspiring Speaker Jordan's Stochastic Lynching as Oversight npub1z4qlxvdjc43hvmulzsxrr727fgtcwc5lzwweg6z5jkp6wcha7wrq3vyper emptywheel SDNY Adds FARA Charges to Menendez Indictment npub1z4qlxvdjc43hvmulzsxrr727fgtcwc5lzwweg6z5jkp6wcha7wrq3vyper emptywheel Twenty-Five: The Trump Family Member and Other Attorney-Client Delusions npub1z4qlxvdjc43hvmulzsxrr727fgtcwc5lzwweg6z5jkp6wcha7wrq3vyper emptywheel "POTUS is very emotional and in a bad place." Donald Trump's Classified Discovery npub1z4qlxvdjc43hvmulzsxrr727fgtcwc5lzwweg6z5jkp6wcha7wrq3vyper emptywheel Elon Musk's Machine for Fascism: A Tale of Three Elections npub1z4qlxvdjc43hvmulzsxrr727fgtcwc5lzwweg6z5jkp6wcha7wrq3vyper emptywheel A little table to help confused journalists deal with a busy news day. npub1z4qlxvdjc43hvmulzsxrr727fgtcwc5lzwweg6z5jkp6wcha7wrq3vyper emptywheel What If Journalists Actually Read Gary Shapley Rather Than Parroting His Testimony? npub1z4qlxvdjc43hvmulzsxrr727fgtcwc5lzwweg6z5jkp6wcha7wrq3vyper emptywheel @npub1lrv…tth9 See also the press not running glaring headlines saying, "Republicans forced thousands of children back into poverty." npub1z4qlxvdjc43hvmulzsxrr727fgtcwc5lzwweg6z5jkp6wcha7wrq3vyper emptywheel Not Breaking News and Stop Lying to Your Followers It is: David Weiss Indicts Hunter Biden npub1z4qlxvdjc43hvmulzsxrr727fgtcwc5lzwweg6z5jkp6wcha7wrq3vyper emptywheel David Weiss May Have More Bluster than Tactical Leverage npub1z4qlxvdjc43hvmulzsxrr727fgtcwc5lzwweg6z5jkp6wcha7wrq3vyper emptywheel DOJ Invites Aileen Cannon to Avoid Another Reversible Error npub1z4qlxvdjc43hvmulzsxrr727fgtcwc5lzwweg6z5jkp6wcha7wrq3vyper emptywheel As Xitter's Lawyer Stalled DOJ, Elon Musk Met with Jim Jordan (Twice!) and Kevin McCarthy npub1z4qlxvdjc43hvmulzsxrr727fgtcwc5lzwweg6z5jkp6wcha7wrq3vyper emptywheel Trump Changed the Lock in His Residence before Changing the Lock on the Storage Room npub1z4qlxvdjc43hvmulzsxrr727fgtcwc5lzwweg6z5jkp6wcha7wrq3vyper emptywheel Trump's Federated Conspiracies and Racketeering: How Georgia and the Federal Charges May Interact npub1z4qlxvdjc43hvmulzsxrr727fgtcwc5lzwweg6z5jkp6wcha7wrq3vyper emptywheel Pardoned Felon Bernie Kerik's Three Stories npub1z4qlxvdjc43hvmulzsxrr727fgtcwc5lzwweg6z5jkp6wcha7wrq3vyper emptywheel "Like fatter Tony Soprano” Attending the Arraignment and "Effect[ing]" Liz Harrington's Pregnancy npub1z4qlxvdjc43hvmulzsxrr727fgtcwc5lzwweg6z5jkp6wcha7wrq3vyper emptywheel "Effected" is probably not the word Trump's firewall lawyers intended to use here. npub1z4qlxvdjc43hvmulzsxrr727fgtcwc5lzwweg6z5jkp6wcha7wrq3vyper emptywheel Citing Trump's Executive Privilege Stalling, DOJ Asks for January Trial npub1z4qlxvdjc43hvmulzsxrr727fgtcwc5lzwweg6z5jkp6wcha7wrq3vyper emptywheel How 9 Months of Camera Footage became 8 Years npub1z4qlxvdjc43hvmulzsxrr727fgtcwc5lzwweg6z5jkp6wcha7wrq3vyper emptywheel Shorter DJT: Mexico Will Pay for My New SCIF npub1z4qlxvdjc43hvmulzsxrr727fgtcwc5lzwweg6z5jkp6wcha7wrq3vyper emptywheel Beryl Howell Held Elon Musk's Xitter in Contempt npub1z4qlxvdjc43hvmulzsxrr727fgtcwc5lzwweg6z5jkp6wcha7wrq3vyper emptywheel I'm going to write up this remarkable Alberto Gonzales column on Trump's indictment but in the meantime, WaPo appears to have buried it, so go read it. npub1z4qlxvdjc43hvmulzsxrr727fgtcwc5lzwweg6z5jkp6wcha7wrq3vyper emptywheel Trump's Means of Bullying and His Co-Conspirator Volunteer Lawyers npub1z4qlxvdjc43hvmulzsxrr727fgtcwc5lzwweg6z5jkp6wcha7wrq3vyper emptywheel On January 19, 2022, SCOTUS Upheld Judge Tanya Chutkan's Decision Rejecting Trump's Executive Privilege Claims npub1z4qlxvdjc43hvmulzsxrr727fgtcwc5lzwweg6z5jkp6wcha7wrq3vyper emptywheel Protection Racket: Donald Trump Thinks He's More Special Than Steve Bannon npub1z4qlxvdjc43hvmulzsxrr727fgtcwc5lzwweg6z5jkp6wcha7wrq3vyper emptywheel Protective Order: Who Is the Victim of Trump's 18 USC 241 Charge? npub1z4qlxvdjc43hvmulzsxrr727fgtcwc5lzwweg6z5jkp6wcha7wrq3vyper emptywheel Trump's Family Is Not in His Prosecution npub1z4qlxvdjc43hvmulzsxrr727fgtcwc5lzwweg6z5jkp6wcha7wrq3vyper emptywheel "Conspiracy Shit Beamed Down from the Mothership:" The Prehistory of Trump's Ellipse Lies npub1z4qlxvdjc43hvmulzsxrr727fgtcwc5lzwweg6z5jkp6wcha7wrq3vyper emptywheel Xitter has followed through on their threat to sue Center for Countering Digital Hate. Effectively they're complaining that CCDH Xitter Filed it, quoting data out of context. npub1z4qlxvdjc43hvmulzsxrr727fgtcwc5lzwweg6z5jkp6wcha7wrq3vyper emptywheel "Rights" and Wrongs: Where the Stolen Documents Investigation Is Headed npub1z4qlxvdjc43hvmulzsxrr727fgtcwc5lzwweg6z5jkp6wcha7wrq3vyper emptywheel How and Why to Charge Trump First npub1z4qlxvdjc43hvmulzsxrr727fgtcwc5lzwweg6z5jkp6wcha7wrq3vyper emptywheel Jack Smith Gives Trump Until Thursday to Explain Himself to the January 6 Grand Jury npub1z4qlxvdjc43hvmulzsxrr727fgtcwc5lzwweg6z5jkp6wcha7wrq3vyper emptywheel By popular demand, I will try to cross-post and comment here, more.
