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Roger Stone Assistant Andrew Miller Fought His Subpoena Far More Aggressively than His Former Boss

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emptywheel
Roger Stone's assistant, Andrew Miller, fought a subpoena all the way to the Supreme Court. But when Stone got a Mueller subpoena, he complied with no public complaint.
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The Frothy Right Wingers Claiming "Perjury Trap" Are Accusing General Flynn of Perjury

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emptywheel
If Flynn got caught in a perjury trap, it means he lied to the FBI. And if he lied to the FBI, then it means he also lied in a sworn declaration submitted in January.
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The Roger Stone Prosecution Was One Step in an Ongoing Investigation

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emptywheel
In the context of the warrants released this week, the prosecution of Roger Stone appears to be just one step in a far more serious investigation, one that may well be ongoing.
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NY Times Finds Trump Administration Inserted Wuhan Cables Into The Aluminum Tubes Echo Chamber

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Jim White
The Trump Administration is supporting an effort to present dubious information as confirmed intelligence on the escape of SARS CoV-2 from a Chinese lab, apparently in an effort to deflect blame from Trump's poor response to the outbreak and to stoke tension between the US and China.
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Covid-19 and Class Structure

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Ed Walker
Government response to the Covid-19 pandemic demonstrates the class structure in the US.
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Republicans OUTRAGED That National Security Threat Was Treated Like National Security Threat

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emptywheel
Somehow, the frothy right thinks that the FBI shouldn't have believed that a guy who had just called up the country that attacked us and told them not to worry about it would either be fired or prosecuted.
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On June 24, 2016, WikiLeaks DMed Guccifer 2.0 about Celebrating Brexit

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emptywheel
Before Guccifer 2.0 sent WikiLeaks Hillary emails, the persona responded to WikiLeaks' claimed support for Brexit by sending documents on that.
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Seven Days after Julian Assange Helped Trump Win, Roger Stone Started Working on a Pardon

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emptywheel
Just 7 days after Julian Assange helped Donald Trump win, Roger Stone used his brand new phone to contact Margaret Kunslter using Signal.
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A Video Guide to Understanding Covid-19 without Freaking Out

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Quinn Norton
It's a complicated time, and we're all emotionally worn out. Here at emptywheel we've covered the current pandemic's scientific side in some depth. (see Jim White's look at the origin of the virus, Rayne has done several very good updates…
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Trump Policy Maximizes Deaths in Food Factories

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emptywheel
Throughout the COVID-19 crisis, Trump's policies with respect to meatpacking factories have served to maximize human deaths.
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Cross Filings: NSD Figures Out How Woods Procedures Are Supposed to Work

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emptywheel
While no one was looking, NSD actually made changes on FISA oversight that could ensure that Woods Procedures work like they're supposed to.
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Shi Zhengli Provides Proof SARS CoV-2 Was Not An Accidental Release From Wuhan Institute of Virology

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Jim White
Shi Zhingli of Wuhan Institute of Virology has provided convincing evidence to Scientific American that SARS CoV-2 is the result of a natural jump to humans from an animal host and was not accidentally released from her lab, which had no isolates of any viruses that match closely enough to be the outbreak virus.
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Mitch McConnell Just Helped Trump Take Kentucky's Cops and Teachers Hostage

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emptywheel
Mitch McConnell is helping Trump take governors hostage, just like he did Ukraine's President. And that very much includes Kentucky's governor, Andy Beshear.
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Research Misinfo/Disinfo: Ain't No Sunshine Kill COVID-19 Gone

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Rayne
Trump's unfiltered bullshit about COVID-19 will get somebody killed and damage businesses as well. Members of the White House coronavirus task force are as much to blame for not stopping his misinfo/disinfo.
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Digging Through The Science—And The Noise—On What Is Known About The Origin Of SARS CoV-2

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Jim White
Scientific analysis says SARS CoV-2 is very closely related to coronaviruses seen in bats. There is evidence suggesting, but not proving, that the virus made the jump to humans at the Wuhan wet market, possibly through an intermediate animal other than bats. There is no concrete evidence at this time for the alternative explanation of the virus accidentally escaping a lab in Wuhan, despite many claims that that is the case.
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Judge Sullivan Already Ruled that Mike Flynn's David Ignatius Story Doesn't Help Him

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emptywheel
It would be unwise to underestimate Bill Barr's ability to interfere with DOJ's normal processes (precisely the allegation being waged against the FBI). Still, Judge Sullivan still gets a vote, and on some of this stuff, he already voted against it. 
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The Fabulous Emptywheel Music Blog: Setting The Scene

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bmaz
We have done live music for a couple of weeks, now let's set the scene with the greatest music documentaries.
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Trump's Medical Quackery Exposes the Press' Both-Sides Quackery

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emptywheel
Some in the press are still treating Trump's insane rantings not as newsworthy themselves, but instead as a matter of both sides dispute.
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John Durham's Eternal Crossfire HurriFlame

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emptywheel
Thus far, John Durham has been investigating the first ten months of the Crossfire Hurricane investigation for eleven months, and Bill Barr seems to think it'll go at least through August.
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