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Insurrection Be Damned: Congress's Session Resumed

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Rayne
The work goes on, the cause endures — Congress continues to debate ahead of certifying the election of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.
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Sedition in Progress: U.S. Senate in Lockdown [UPDATE-9]

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Rayne
Trump supporters are engaged in rebellion, insurrection, and seditious conspiracy inside the U.S. Capitol building.
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"Dems in Disarray" as the GOP Fractures over Trump

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emptywheel
Trump's attempt to burn the Constitution to the ground creates an opportunity for Democrats given the division it has created among Congressional Republicans.

Good Trouble

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emptywheel
Last night, Georgia made it clear that John Lewis has indeed passed on his torch to future leaders.
Graphic: Quino Al via Unsplash (mod by Rayne)
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'I Just Want to Find 11,780 Votes'

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Rayne
Looking at Trump's phone call to GA Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger while waiting for the final vote tallies from Georgia's Senate races.

UK Judge Refuses to Extradite Julian Assange on Humanitarian Grounds [Update with Bail Denial]

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emptywheel
Judge Vanessa Baraitser just ruled against Julian Assange's extradition based on human rights grounds.

Lordy, There Are Tapes

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emptywheel
Georgia's Secretary of State made a tape of President Trump threatening him in an attempt to overturn the vote.
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Curing the Donald Trump Spell: The Problem

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emptywheel
Unless the GOP breaks out of its Donald Trump spell, the United States still faces an uphill battle at protecting democracy.
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Russian Flight: The Timing of the Assange Charges

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emptywheel
The US probably would have been far better off had Assange's December 2017 attempt to flee to Russia succeeded. That would have made clear even to the dead-enders that Assange had become little more than a Russian tool, and thereby diminished WikiLeaks' allure and efficacy as a cover for leaks going forward. Instead, they've made of Assange a martyr about whom most journalism organizations in the world are enthusiastically repeating false propaganda.
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Who Did More This Year to Help their (or anyone else's) Country?

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Peterr
While Donald and the Grifters were doing their worst this year in DC/Mar-a-Lago, and Boris and the Bunglers were doing the same in the UK, there were others doing other things that were absolutely spectacular.
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Four Years Ago Today, Russia Told Trump the Deep State Was Targeting Trump Along with Russia

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emptywheel
Four years ago today, the Russian Ambassador secretly spoke to Flynn and told him that Russia and Trump had both been targeted, together, by the US government. That comment explains a lot of what happened since. 
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Emmet Sullivan's Revenge: Rupert Murdoch's Rag Calls Mike Flynn's Actions "Tantamount to Treason"

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emptywheel
For two years, News Corp employees have attacked Judge Emmet Sullivan for asking whether Mike Flynn undermining US policy in the wake of an attack amounts to treason. Today, the NY Post suggested Flynn's call for martial law amounted to treason.

Disaster Democracy: Can Something Be Salvaged from Trump's Meltdown?

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emptywheel
Trump's post-election tantrum is doing enormous damage to the country. But partly because he has finally turned on virtually every institutional part of the Republican party, that provides a way forward.
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The Three Types (Thus Far) of Trump Mueller Pardons

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emptywheel
Thus far there have been three types of Mueller pardons, and we should expect at least one more, even broader type of pardon. Even with the vast power of the pardon, it's not clear these will do what Trump hopes they will.

Merry Christmas!

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bmaz
Happy holidays to one and all. However you celebrate the season, all the best from your friends and family here at Emptywheel. With all that has transpired in 2020, we are a little out of kilter. The long time friends here probably noticed that…
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Footnote: The Day Before Roger Stone Received a Pre-Written Pardon, He Lied about the Ongoing Investigation into His Conspiracy with Russia

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emptywheel
Tuesday, Roger Stone went on Gateway Pundit to lie about what the Mueller Report said about ongoing investigations into whether he conspired with Russia in 2016. Wednesday, he was pardoned for covering that up.
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Like Glenn Greenwald, Roger Stone Links a Pardon for Edward Snowden to a Corrupt Pardon for Julian Assange

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emptywheel
The two people who've been running interference for Guccifer 2.0 for four years both link a Julian Assange pardon with an Edward Snowden one.
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On Bill Barr's Last Day, Trump Commits the Crime Barr Affirmed in His Confirmation Hearing

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emptywheel
Bill Barr just helped Trump commit a crime Barr has admitted would be a crime. The question is whether he covered his track well enough to get away with it.
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