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Three Things: Breathing, Thinking, Mating and COVID-19

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Rayne
At least one of these three things are important to you, no matter your age. COVID-19 can affect one or more of them, and we don't yet know to what extent.
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Emmet Sullivan's "Appropriate Dispatch" May Extend past November 3

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emptywheel
The DC Circuit ordered Judge Emmet Sullivan to move with appropriate dispatch in resolving whether to dismiss Mike Flynn's case. But that still may drag the decision out past the election.
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DC Circuit Sends Flynn Back to Judge Sullivan's Courtroom

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emptywheel
Unless Mike Flynn appeals his unmerited Mandamus petition to SCOTUS, the Judge Sullivan can finally schedule his hearing to find out why DOJ flip-flopped on the Mike Flynn prosecution.

Returning to Venue in the Peter Debbins Case

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emptywheel
The details laid out in accused Russian espionage recruit Peter Debbins' detention hearing suggest his actions extended beyond the January 2011 act laid out in his indictment.
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Trump Told One Key Truth at His Convention

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emptywheel
There's been a lot of focus on the deluge of lies that Trump told at his Convention. But that deluge amounts to performing one key truth: that he refuses, even in advance of an election, to be bound by democracy.
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Both Rod Rosenstein and Richard Burr Chose Not to Investigate Trump's Biggest Counterintelligence Vulnerability

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emptywheel
Mike Schmidt has a story describing that Rod Rosenstein led Andrew McCabe to believe that the Deputy Attorney General had tasked Robert Mueller to investigate the counterintelligence risk posed by Trump's financial vulnerabilities, even though…
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Franks A Lot

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bmaz
The warrant issue, whether FISC or Title III, was always about far more than Carter Page. And it bleeds into state courts as well when, as in a recent case NY turns Roviaro and Franks on their heads.
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Even after Learning the FBI Was Investigating, Trump Berated Flynn for Not Being Obsequious Enough to Putin

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emptywheel
Theresa May's one-time Chief of Staff, Nick Timothy, has now told his side of Trump's meltdown because Mike Flynn wasn't responsive enough to Vladimir Putin's January 21, 2017 call. At the time Trump had that meltdown, he knew the FBI was investigating.

In the middle of all the 2020, Belarusians started fighting for themselves.

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Quinn Norton
The revolutions continue. Right now, the eastern European country of Belarus is weeks into street protests and strikes against the long and corrupt rule of Alexander Lukashenka, the main ruler Belarus has seen in the post-Soviet era, after he…
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RNCC 2020: 'Profoundly' WTAF

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Rayne
The final night of the Republican National Committee's Convention was a disgusting spectacle, but its unlawful wretched excess wasn't the worst of it.
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Kevin Clinesmith Ordered to Cooperate with People Not on John Durham's Team

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emptywheel
The frothy right is misrepresenting language in Kevin Clinesmith's plea deal to suggest he may be cooperating.

A Tale of Two COVID Scandals: Phil Hogan and Donald Trump

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emptywheel
In Ireland, hypocrisy over public health guidelines just forced Phil Hogan to resign. In the United States, however, Trump's multiple contributions to the devastation of COVID have brought little of the same kind of shame.
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Former Daily Caller Editor Reveals He Was Forced to Publish Oleg Deripaska

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emptywheel
A former opinion editor at the Daily Caller reveals he was forced to public an Oleg Deripaska column that neatly lined up with the long-term journalistic project of the Daily Caller.
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Trump's Destruction of Government Is Personal

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Rayne
Feel free to use this open thread to share your observations about RNCC 2020: WTAF Round 2.
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MMT and Mainstream Economics

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Ed Walker
MMT and Mainstream Economics: Compare and Contrast
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RNCC 2020: Night of a Thousand WTAFs

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Rayne
I didn't watch the first night of the Republican National Committee's Convention, experiencing it through Twitter instead. All I can say is, Holy crap, WTAF?? This is an open thread.
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SSCI's Asymmetric Interest in Partisan Use of Oppo Research

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emptywheel
SSCI asked at least six top Democrats questions of how the Christopher Steele information got shared: John Podesta, Marc Elias, Donna Brazile, Robby Mook, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, and Jennifer Palmieri. They made efforts to learn what both the campaign and the party learned of the information. And yet they asked no questions about how RNC optimized the WikiLeaks releases.
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Place Your Bets: What's Trump's October Surprise? [UPDATE-2]

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Rayne
The October surprise -- it's become something of a American tradition in electoral politics. What will Trump foist on the American public in a last-ditch effort to win re-election? This is an open thread.
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Running Thread of emptywheel's Running Threads on the SSCI Report

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emptywheel
A running collection of my Twitter and emptywheel work on the SSCI Report.
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