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Three Things: Death, Death, and More Death

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Rayne
During the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, every step along the way Trump failed to do what was necessary to save American lives.
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In Previously Undisclosed December 2018 Interview, Jared Kushner Got Warned Falsely Claiming to Not Recall Is Still a Lie

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emptywheel
A heavily redacted Jared Kushner interview report makes it clear he attempted to skate using the same strategy his father-in-law used: by not recalling the damning things he had done.
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The Maryland US Attorney's Office Included Erik Prince in a FOIA Response on the Stone Sentencing

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emptywheel
Perhaps the most interesting detail in the response from Maryland's US Attorney's office to a Jason Leopold FOIA request on the Roger Stone sentencing is that they included an email on the Erik Prince investigation.
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Killer Clown Attacks American's Freedoms...and Dr. Fauci

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Rayne
'Gym' Jordan went off as he does regularly, this time on Dr. Fauci in Friday's hearing before the House Select Committee on COVID Oversight. We need a better circus act -- one which doesn't further genocide and ethnic cleansing.
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Ben Wittes Gets Stung by the Trump Effect

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emptywheel
Federal intelligence targeting networks -- especially when wielded by those who don't understand the networks they're looking at -- will always impinge on First Amendment activities. It just so happens that now it is impinging on the First Amendment activities of those who used to applaud such approaches. 
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Three Things: Look Over There, Not at Trump's Failures [UPDATE-1]

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Rayne
Trump's Thursday morning tweet stirred up people more than his average tweets do -- which is saying a lot since his average tweets are pretty annoying. From what was he trying to redirect our attention?
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Full DC Circuit Shifts Mike Flynn Analysis Back to What It Should Be: Unusual Remedy

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emptywheel
The full DC Circuit is going to re-hear Mike Flynn's petition for a writ of mandamus, this time reviewing what they should have reviewed the first time, whether Flynn has any remedy other than a writ. (He does.)
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This is Impossible, Part One: Climbing the Mountain

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Quinn Norton
There's no second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, and there never really was a first wave. Like generals always fighting the last war, that's a metaphor we lifted from the 1918 Flu Pandemic. Whether it was a good metaphor then or not, it's not…
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Bill Barr Repeatedly Lied, Under Oath, about Judge Amy Berman Jackson

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emptywheel
Bill Barr lied repeatedly yesterday when asked to explain his intervention in Roger Stone's sentence, falsely claiming that Amy Berman Jackson agreed with his analysis finding threats to a judge a "technicality."
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Bill Barr Testifies He's Unfamiliar with the Obstruction Portion of the Mueller Report

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emptywheel
Attorney General Bill Barr's sworn testimony as of today is that he's not familiar with the obstruction case against Trump and -- arguably -- never read it, or at least is unfamiliar with the case it lays out about why, if Trump gave Stone clemency, it would be a crime. 
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Billy Barr Admits, for the Third and Fourth Time, that He Intervenes without Knowing the Facts

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emptywheel
In his opening statement for his House Judiciary Committee testimony today, Billy Barr spends five paragraphs explaining he returned to office to right what he believes was a wrong in the "Russiagate" investigation. That means his entire decision to return to government was based off a mistaken understanding of that investigation.
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HJC Should Ask Bill Barr Why It Would Do Irreparable Harm if He Had to Explain His Actions in the Flynn Case

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emptywheel
DOJ has argued that DOJ would face irreparable harm if they had to explain their actions in the Mike Flynn case under oath. Which is reason enough that HJC should focus on that question when Bill Barr comes to testify tomorrow.
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How Chuck Ross Helped Make Roger Stone a Felon

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emptywheel
Chuck Ross appears to be unaware of the role he played in Roger Stone being convicted -- and he's not afraid to announce that publicly.
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MMT on International Trade

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Ed Walker
International trade can improve all our lives, not just the lives of the rich and powerful.
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Joe Pientka Warned Trump to Be Worried about People on His Periphery While Flynn Was Signing a Deal with Turkey

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emptywheel
The FBI warned Trump about Russia and others trying to get close to him by approaching people on his periphery even as one of the attendees worked to finalize a deal that would serve as such an approach.
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The Absurdity of the Present: Stealing Vaccine Research

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Quinn Norton
Last week the breaking news in international political/media drama was the Russians hacking vaccine research in Europe and America, and on Tuesday the DOJ charged two Chinese hackers for hacking what Politico called "hundreds of millions of…
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Ceci N'est Pas La Violence: The Treachery of Chad Wolf

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Rayne
Wolf has been pushing this graffiti is violence argument for days now. You'd think someone with a bachelor's degree in history would have learned that graffiti is historically anything but violence.
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DOJ Claims Some Ongoing Investigation Mueller Report Redactions Pertain to the the Assange Prosecution

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emptywheel
Of the seven pages describing ongoing investigations in a DOJ filing in the EPIC/BuzzFeed FOIA for the Mueller Report, one of the only unredacted pits reveals some redactions pertain to the Juliasn Assange prosecution.
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Impoverished Teachers Or The Rich Bitches Of Professional Sports?

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bmaz
Which side are you on? I have been an avid, if not rabid, sports fan since I was a little kid. Still am. It would be great to have sports back on a full scale. But at what cost? How important is it really? The NFL, MLB, NBA and NHL are…
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Earlier This Year, Billy Barr Minimized Threats of Violence against Judges

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emptywheel
Today, Billy Barr is claiming that he's infuriated by the attack on Judge Esther Salas, which killed her son. But earlier this year, as part of his effort to go easy on Roger Stone, Barr dismissed the import of threats on judges.
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