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2026-11-01 17:18:07 UTC

Wow, @patrickhealy.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy!
Imagine NYT missing this story bc you're too busy chasing Water Wet stories in Alaska.
Must be humiliating!!

2026-10-31 12:14:30 UTC

Here's one of biggest problems w/NYT's terrible editorial choices on AK story, & why @patrickhealynyt.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy is world's biggest chump for making them. We're effectively watching Todd Blanche do what Jeffrey Clark was prevented from doing. Healy doesn't see it.
emptywheel.net/2026/10/26/t...

2026-10-30 15:42:22 UTC

Wow.
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2026-10-30 15:01:05 UTC

When motions to withdraw read like confessions.
These are the two AUSAs who were supposed to bring the Broadview 6 case to an ethical close.
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2026-10-29 22:06:13 UTC

Thanks again to @annabower.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy for really spectacular coverage of this hearing.
And for those who found it valuable, please consider supporting @lawfaremedia.org@bsky.brid.gy. They have no paywall and ALL of them do a lot of great journalism on social media, too.

2026-10-29 17:28:47 UTC

Again, this has not been proven. FBI literally did NOTHING to rule it out.
Didn't investigate the Russians who stole a Hunter device.
Didn't investigate the Slavic sex workers who had access to his Cloud and laptops.
Didn't investigate Parnas' allegations.
Didn't validate the laptop.

2026-10-29 15:03:48 UTC

In the time Kash Patel has been trying to prosecute 2 FBI agents who tried to protect US elections from garbage disinformation in 2020, the following have been hacked:
Kash Patel
The entire FBI
Federal Elections Commission
DHS
emptywheel.net/2026/10/29/a...

2026-10-29 12:54:46 UTC

Read @the-downballot.com@bsky.brid.gy on NE-1.
Who knew that rural Americans relied on the Medicaid the entire GOP cut?
www.the-downballot.com/p/morning-di...
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2026-10-28 19:52:50 UTC

Brazil should just cut off coffee exports to the US for two weeks.
Then demand Trump send Flavio back.

2026-10-28 19:50:01 UTC

Houston Chronicle has a story on the I Voted tribute at the Lorenzo Salgado Araujo memorial, with more close-ups.
www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
He left his voting sticker whe...

2026-10-27 16:30:39 UTC

Jeremy Lewin killed hundreds of thousands without a signed employment agreement.

2026-10-27 16:23:41 UTC

Wow. Stephen Miller is about the change the rules on who can claim asylum.

2026-10-27 16:11:39 UTC

The new complaint basically confesses that their key witness is a hearsay witness to facts that the Hunter Biden investigative team, uh, misrepresented.

2026-10-27 13:04:36 UTC

691 words about Cheesecake.
434 words about rape.
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2026-10-27 12:39:11 UTC

Overnight, DOJ rolled out a new (draft) complaint against Nikki Floris and Brad Benavides, the FBI agents Jeanine Pirro claims lied to cover up their knowledge of Hunter Biden investigation.
It reveals the FBI had misrepresented a key witness' knowledge of the Hunter Biden investigation.
FBI Agent Byron Militello Gets...

2026-10-27 07:47:05 UTC

Real screencaps from Don Jr's "hunting trip" in Mongolia with his new Kremlin handler, Umar Kremlev. Taxpayers paid $18,715 to put up his Secret Service details for 14 days, but if they were in hotel rooms, I guess they didn't get to hunt?
www.ft.com/content/f41f...
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2026-10-26 16:58:19 UTC

Apparently there's an Attorney-Client dispute in SPLC.
Reminder that DOJ has violated Jim Comey's Attorney-Client privilege twice, that we know of, and I suspect, a third time.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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2026-10-26 16:10:08 UTC

I keep saying this: Stephen Miller is trying hard to preemptively scapegoat someone ELSE in case the GOP loses Texas.
But they're naming him by name.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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2026-10-25 16:49:01 UTC

Something that's not being said. The REASON why Blanche and Bill Essayli are so defiantly violating the Constitution is bc John Roberts said they can't be prosecuted so long as they're following Trump's illegal orders.
Blanche's criminality arises DIRECTLY out of Trump v. US.

2026-10-25 12:41:11 UTC

This @juliacurlee.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy piece on how Russia's 2016 operation might be the most successful covert op in history came out before 1) Kash Patel criminalized keeping US safe from foreign interference by charging Nikki Floris and Brad Benavides.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
The Unhidden Hand

2026-10-25 12:23:43 UTC

Apparently, some Houston voters are putting their I Voted stickers on the Lorenzo Salgado Araujo memorial.
Stephen Miller is ALREADY trying to scapegoat others for losing whatever races they lose in Texas and elsewhere. This is a vivid testament that for some voters, his murder squad is the reason.
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2026-10-23 18:55:04 UTC

Here's an example of how INSANELY badly written complaint against 2 FBI agents is. These false charges are about what they said in interviews w/HJC. But it relies on those interviews twice before it introduces the interviews.
It's like John Solomon wrote the complaint, which wouldn't surprise me.
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2026-10-23 12:56:33 UTC

This is an important point and one way we should use this VF article.
Even if the most damning part -- the bank accounts -- is not true, we do know Kushner is a literal agent (financial advisor) to the Saudis and UAE. How the hell is he running negotiations?

2026-10-22 20:44:31 UTC

How come People can do this and most political news cannot?

2026-10-22 17:07:35 UTC

Somebody paid money to find out that Hunter Biden is slightly less unpopular than Don Jr which is, on the one hand, an utter waste of money, but on the other hand, hilarious.
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2026-10-22 16:44:26 UTC

Lost among the noise yesterday, ProPublica describes the terms by which Trump plans to steal Venezuela's oil.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
The Secret Terms of Trump’s Ve...

2026-10-22 09:45:12 UTC

The Somali guy hopping on the school bus to save the children even as Stephen Miller wants to denaturalize and deport him is a metaphor for our time.

2026-10-21 22:45:27 UTC

Trump claims he didn't trade anyone for Stephen Hubbard. But on the same day Trump betrayed Ukraine, October 9, he let Russian election interferer Mikhail Zvinchuk go free. [corrected, I think]
emptywheel.net/2026/10/21/t...
Trump Stiffs Nick Shirley: The...

2026-10-21 15:39:05 UTC

Because everyone is memory holing how Trump's current capitulation to Russia is the DIRECT continuation of Russia's 2016 operation, @lolgop.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy and I did a speed run as a reminder.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Sow...
Exposing the Entire 2016 Trump...

2026-10-21 06:11:05 UTC

Note this comes against a background of Laura Loomer (who's on the right side here) threatening, and not for the first time, to take out Stan Woodward, who is one of the most corrupt people at DOJ.

2026-10-20 14:55:20 UTC

And that's why I think this will backfire in exceptional fashion.
Just as one example, Nick Shirley is ALREADY named in the Renee Good Klan Act lawsuit against Stephen Miller and Jonathan Ross. If it survives to discovery, this becomes fair game.

2026-10-20 14:13:34 UTC

Trump is rewarding Nick Shirley $10K for being a bigot.
I predict this won't last long -- if only bc it'll lead to a flood of FOIAble material about why DOJ refuses to prosecute Trump fraud.

2026-10-20 09:07:09 UTC

How David Sanger portrays accepting personal bribes from Russia to betray Ukraine (and all of Europe).
This is the problem with those memory-holing 2016. This is LITERALLY what was on the table then.
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/19/u...
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2026-10-19 18:19:49 UTC

Epstein survivors doing ads in MS, KS, and FL.
www.ms.now/news/epstein...
Two Epstein survivors enter th...

2026-10-19 16:08:14 UTC

Trump trying to prevent BBC from deposing Jack Smith.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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2026-10-19 15:39:52 UTC

Faceplant interview with Ashley Moody about stealing $10M from Florida's poorest children.
Start at 1:52: Moody rarely does interview outside of Fox News.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yht...
Sen. Ashley Moody stumbles whe...

2026-10-19 15:21:58 UTC

BBC snitches on Trump for blowing off a deposition Friday claiming matters of national importance, which turned out to be campaigning for Mike Collins.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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2026-10-18 20:36:10 UTC

For you youngs who weren't alive for this: Understand that the Chicks were an early rollout of the far right intimidation that we see targeting judges, members of Congress, and ICE protestors now.

2026-10-18 17:13:45 UTC

For people whining abt Dems and investigations, this is interesting. Dems in both the House and the Senate HAVE been demanding records from lawsuits that did not get sued by Trump, including top GOP lawfirm K&E.
This could set up an interesting confrontation next year.

2026-10-17 14:56:11 UTC

Someone should do lit drops describing how Elon’s porn robot has taken the school photos of kids and turned it into child sexual assault material.
#nevent1q…0rcs

2026-10-15 13:36:27 UTC

Playbook reports that Trump is considering replacing Susie Wiles, the last thing from preventing his Admin from REALLY going off the rails. He wants to blame SUSIE that people hate him and is considering promoting Stephen Miller, one main reason why people DO hate him.
www.politico.com/playbook
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2026-10-13 12:02:19 UTC

I've updated this post w/links to all five dockets of lawsuits against xAI for creating non-consensual porn -- in four cases, using images of minors.
Among the things Elon's bot has done is make CSAM of school photos.
emptywheel.net/2026/10/13/g...
GOP Accepts $296M Bribe to Pro...

2026-10-12 22:49:14 UTC

Oh no.
And poor Enrique Tarrio had assured us all he had an ETA exemption, in spite of his fraud and terrorism and gun crime convictions.
Whatever injustice might have caused these travel difficulties?
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2026-10-12 19:52:50 UTC

Again, one of the HSI agents who lied was the guy who snatched Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, which is what led to the tussle that led to @replamonica.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy's arrest.
I think if we had all the evidence of corruption we have now her selective prosecution claim would have worked.

2026-10-12 19:26:23 UTC

Reup: Kash Patel Colluded with Russian Spies to Frame Jim Comey, and He Probably Will Again
emptywheel.net/2026/10/11/k...
Kash Patel Colluded with Russi...

2026-10-12 15:50:18 UTC

Probably a good time to remind that the logic behind the Klan Act lawsuit Renee Good's family filed against Jonathan Ross, Stephen Miller, and Tom Homan (among others) is that they're knowing depriving Somali-Americans of their civil rights.
emptywheel.net/2026/10/04/c...
Christopher Rufo Whines about ...

2026-10-12 15:05:47 UTC

HSI Agents Ricky Patel, Ryan Ribner, Richard Berger, and Timothy Gerber All Made False Claims to Frame Democrats
emptywheel.net/2026/10/12/h...
HSI Agents Ricky Patel, Ryan R...

2026-10-12 13:28:21 UTC

Read about HSI Agent Richard Berger was the affiant for arrest affidavits against 24 fabricated case against Minnesotans.
These are the people raiding Omar's house.
emptywheel.net/2026/08/25/r...
Richard Berger: The False Affi...

2026-10-12 12:35:41 UTC

We've been boiled frogs for so long this never gets mentioned. But this violates DOJ policies that have been in place for decades, ones that Defense Attorney Todd Blanche said should have extended for the entirety of the time his client had declared his candidacy. (Tho I think this was DHS.)

2026-10-11 23:46:55 UTC

The Kimberly Guilfoyle situation could get interesting quickly. Probably the reason she GOT the Ambassadorship is to keep her quiet while Jr looted things.
She knows a good deal of incriminating shit.
edition.cnn.com/2026/10/11/p...
Trump considering whether to f...

2026-10-10 20:16:24 UTC

The ship of diesel Putin sent Trump left on September 22. September 23 is when Trump's invite to G-20 was announced.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
‘We hope he’ll accept’: US inv...

2026-10-10 14:30:42 UTC

Also, buy @benwikler.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy's book, where he discusses this.

2026-10-10 13:01:53 UTC

Fixed it for Trump.
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2026-10-10 11:43:16 UTC

I think everyone is misreading the Diesel deal, according Trump too much agency. Putin got Trump to say something INSANELY stupid, no doubt in hopes of all the bribes on the table.
This will solve none of the problems Trump caused the US.
en.kremlin.ru/events/presi...
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2026-10-10 10:09:02 UTC

I agree that this is a BFD. But I think it gives Trump too much agency.
This was baked in for quite some time and I expect Lindsey Graham's death is what accelerated it. Putin is no doubt offering Trump a way out of his Iran disaster, which ALWAYS required scapegoating Ukraine.

2026-10-09 20:49:40 UTC

1) Putin doesn't have diesel to spare.
2) Diesel is cover for lifting sanctions.
3) Putin's statement sounds like he's offering an Iran escape hatch, which I've been predicting.
4) Half of the MASSIVE bribes Putin is offering now don't exist.
5) But he does mention security coop -- Kash.

2026-10-09 14:21:27 UTC

Here's what Trump judge Gary Brown said in a filing ON MONDAY about Brenan Cuni, who almost shot a kid in NYC.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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2026-10-09 13:59:05 UTC

The Fraud Task Force is important bc:
1) It chases peanuts while Trump steals orders of magnitude more on a daily basis
2) It is largely propaganda
3) It was the excuse to destroy white collar policing
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
DOJ Fraud Division’s Rise Dimi...

2026-10-04 12:31:57 UTC

I've been thinking a lot about how Lindsey's death frees up Trump to betray Ukraine more than he otherwise would have.
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...
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2026-10-03 15:30:32 UTC

This breathtaking NYT story about Trump's Russian entanglements includes three people who've been part of the operation to cultivate Trump since 2015: Bryan Lanza, Sheikh Tahoon, and Kirill Dmitriev.
This is literally the culmination of the original plan.
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...
U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine N...

2026-10-02 22:48:31 UTC

Trump has stopped using the Flying Bribery Palace.
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Trump Stops Using Luxurious Bu...

2026-10-02 13:19:53 UTC

Under Marco Rubio, the State Department is being by pro-Russian Nazis using State to foster fascism worldwide.
edition.cnn.com/2026/10/02/p...
Trump administration shifts fu...

2026-10-02 11:51:36 UTC

WaPo reports that Trump is stealing money again, this time money appropriated for (among others) Eastern Europe and sending it to Latin America. But I think stealing $$ from Iraq is just as important.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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2026-10-02 10:36:30 UTC

Todd Blanche Stole the Justice Due Becca Good and Gave It to Katie Miller
emptywheel.net/2026/10/02/t...
Todd Blanche Stole the Justice...

2026-10-01 17:47:08 UTC

Renee Good's family filed two lawsuits today. The first, against, USG, is a standard wrongful death. The second is a Klan Act lawsuit against Jonathan Ross, AND STEPHEN MILLER and Greg Bovino. It names Nick Shirley and Christopher Rufo as non-party co-conspirators for their racist propaganda.
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2026-09-30 22:20:39 UTC

As many people have noted, Marsha Blackburn claims to be suing Jack Smith for obtaining a lawful subpoena to find out whether Rudy was criming with her.
It's more a lawsuit trying to retroactively claim his appointment was illegal, Aileen Cannon-style.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
#1 in Blackburn v. Smith (M.D....

2026-09-30 12:08:10 UTC

Here's NYT story w/recording of Ken Paxton describing what a dead weight Trump has been, including the convention. “So to be honest with you, the numbers — when we did that convention — it dropped our numbers. Everybody’s numbers dropped. Right now, yeah, not good.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/u...
Ken Paxton, G.O.P. Nominee in ...

2026-09-30 12:02:57 UTC

If you didn't already hate Meta, Mark Zuckerburg, and data centers, Meta is using the latter to cheat on their taxes.
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/t...
How Meta Uses A.I. Data Center...

2026-09-29 21:57:04 UTC

After Assaulting David Huerta and Then Lying about It, Ryan Ribner Lied So He Could Spy on SEIU
emptywheel.net/2026/09/29/a...
After Assaulting David Huerta ...

2026-09-29 16:41:39 UTC

Thom Tillis suggests the 8647 investigation is not a good use of time.
"I also think if you look at some of the facts, the facts are what they are. Who precisely was responsible for every member of the US Senate to be in this building while thugs injured police officers."

2026-09-29 16:09:11 UTC

The money Trump stole from taxpayers to make illegal ads came from CBP.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Exclusive | Homeland Security ...

2026-09-29 14:44:34 UTC

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH.
HAHAHAHAHAH.
Eric Schmitt just accused Jack Smith of lying about going to an Atlanta Hawk's basketball game.
Smith went to see the Iowa Hawkeyes.

2026-09-29 14:25:58 UTC

Jack Smith: Donald Trump preyed on party loyalty and fear. One of the reasons he [failed] is bc Republicans stood up. I personally find it hard to understand how our investigation could be viewed as partisan when our strongest witnesses were Republicans. [Names Rusty Bowers and Mike Pence.]

2026-09-29 10:58:11 UTC

Jamie Raskin calls out the shitty ads as a crime (this was cited by CNN and other stories).
This is the kind of Xitter post that I beg of @raskin.house.gov@bsky.brid.gy or other MoCs to cross-post over here -- not least bc more people over here are likely to magnify it.
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2026-09-29 07:10:39 UTC

DOJ is asking for a writ of mandamus against Nicholas Garaufis in NY for not fully dismissing the bribery case against Gautam Adani's co-conspirators that Trump was bribed to dismiss.
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2026-09-29 00:03:39 UTC

Q: If Johnson called the House back, they would have to immediately vote on Whiskey Pete Hegseth impeachment and not long after vote on Epstein, right?
www.axios.com/newsletters/...
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2026-09-27 13:16:28 UTC

DOJ Intervenes in EU to Help Elon Musk Defraud Users
emptywheel.net/2026/09/27/d...
DOJ Intervenes in EU to Help E...

2026-09-24 22:14:29 UTC

DOJ is officially trying to veto the Digital Services Act in Europe, intervening to prevent clear fines on Musk.
www.justice.gov/opa/pr/unite...
United States Files Request to...

2026-09-24 10:19:34 UTC

Two dynamics around Senate race worth keeping in mind. First, something @taniel.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy pointed out on Xitter in response to prediction Thomas/Alito would resign if Dems win.
If Sherrod Brown and/or Angie Nixon win, they get sworn in right away.
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2026-09-23 13:36:20 UTC

I have yet to read a piece that captures how much racism will play in this year's elections:
1) Obviously, everyone is watching the HUGE swing by Latinos
2) Fewer people are accounting for a big Callais swing
3) Then there are individual races (Donalds, James, Vivek) where GOP racism may decide it

2026-09-22 14:58:39 UTC

How many people on here remember that Tom Barrack (now Trump's Ambassador to Turkey) was prosecuted (but acquitted) for being an agent of Tahnoun bin Zayed Al Nahyan, who has since played a key role in Trump's crypto corruption?

2026-09-09 06:04:38 UTC

Trump just gave a slew of pardons and commutations w/o announcing them. (I still suspect Roger Stone may have gotten a SECOND pardon in his first term.)
This would have been Eagle Ed Martin's last hurrah.
www.lawyeroyer.com/p/trumps-sec...
Trump’s Secret Pardons

2026-09-07 15:46:43 UTC

Lots of folks on here talking about gutter bigot Mike Davis bc his racism has been especially unbound in recent days.
His most worrying role RIGHT NOW (IMHO) is in ordering up prosecutions that his buddy Aakash Singh pursues, like Broadview 6.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwyG...
DOJ is invoking Trump v. US in...

2026-09-07 12:21:00 UTC

Challenge accepted.
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/07/u...
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2026-09-07 12:02:16 UTC

I feel like centrists should begin to recognize a pattern:
1) New govt.
2) Fascist disruption.
3) Quavering from centrists.
4) Precipitous decline in polling.
5) New election.

2026-09-05 22:38:16 UTC

In-between noting that Ashley Moody won't reveal who stole $10M from Florida's poorest children, Yes.
#nevent1q…dj9n

2026-09-05 05:16:03 UTC

Trump, in a bid to shut up whining GOPers that he's not spending, announces big spend for his campaign manager, Whatley, but tells Elon to pay for Paxton's race.
Which means the guy whose data centers are invading TX will join Paxton as poster boy for corruption there.
www.ms.now/news/trump-m...
Trump sits on $850 million as ...

2026-09-03 21:05:07 UTC

Something else I didn't see when I first reviewed EDNC's rebuttal to Comey's selective prosecution bid: Stan Woodward is on it.
Maybe that's bc Boyle submitted a declaration and so could be called as witness.
But there are hints THIS prosecution was done to get warrants for Grand Conspiracy.
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2026-09-03 17:14:53 UTC

Reminder that Maria Bartiromo was FAR MORE implicated in the false claims that Fox News had to pay $787M over than Tucker Carlson.
She just didn't get caught badmouthing the boss.

2026-09-02 00:04:01 UTC

The Cities Church defendants have a motion to dismiss based on the AI slop the White House posted targeting Nekima Levy Armstrong. There's an 8th C precedent abt making it harder for witnesses to testify bc of spectacle.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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2026-09-01 06:17:07 UTC

WHAT IF the only people left gatekeeping the senile old man with his finger on the nuclear trigger were the guy who was ousted from the White House in the first term bc he was too close to Russia and the guy who may have conspired w/them in 2016-2017?
www.semafor.com/article/08/3...
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2026-08-30 18:32:14 UTC

The direct tie between Brooke Rollins and Republicans in Congress and explosive shit.
www.politico.com/news/2026/08...
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2026-08-30 18:17:39 UTC

Over on Xitter, Whiskey Pete's chief propagandist tried to rebut big WaPo story & in the process 1) confirmed the report described is real & highly classified (confirming it is itself a crime) and 2) claims that Whiskey Pete's top Generals tell him he's doing something really stupid all the time.
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2026-08-30 15:09:36 UTC

Alright Irish people. 6 years in, I think I'm finally ready to try doing what seems positively insane to me, cooking with stinging nettles.
Anyone have a favorite recipe?

2026-08-29 15:25:37 UTC

The Surveillance Crimes in the Cities Church Case Keep Stacking Up
emptywheel.net/2026/08/29/t...
The Surveillance Crimes in the...

2026-08-29 10:38:45 UTC

Shocked, Shocked! To Find that Corruption Is Going on in a Trump Casino!
emptywheel.net/2026/08/29/s...
Shocked, Shocked! To Find that...

2026-08-28 21:55:32 UTC

At the FBI, a history of hiring prostitutes or stealing from employer may no longer be a barrier to being hired
www.cbsnews.com/news/fbi-can...
At the FBI, a history of hirin...

2026-08-26 15:10:27 UTC

A Shoddy Analysis Was Written by Peter Baker
emptywheel.net/2026/08/26/a...
A Shoddy Analysis Was Written ...

2026-08-26 14:39:59 UTC

The Third Circuit mostly rejects LaMonica McIver's appeal of District Court's Speech and Debate claim.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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2026-08-26 11:53:11 UTC

IN THE MIDDLE OF LOSING A WAR, Whiskey Pete appears to have fired General Randy George bc George refused to drop a probe into Kid Rock.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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