
Judge Reggie Walton Has Questions about the Non-Stone Redactions in the Mueller Report
Several recent orders in the BuzzFeed/EPIC FOIA for the Mueller Report suggest that Reggie Walton has some questions about the redactions of stuff beyond the Roger Stone material that can now be released.

Defendant Barr's Flip-Flops Finally Attract Press Attention
Bill Barr is finally being called out on his lies. And that's happening even as a lawsuit could force Barr to make the same claims in court.

The Why of "Defund the Police" [UPDATE]
There are ample reasons why policing as we know it in this country needs to be deconstructed and replaced -- in shorthand, defund the police. This is a dedicated post and thread.

Three Things: A for "Antifa", B for Brutality, C for Commit (Murder)
Law enforcement in this country is screwed up. It doesn't help matters that many Americans have been conditioned to see a vaporware bugbear as a threat and not the police who fail to protect and serve the public.

The Fog of Protest
"We could wrap this up right now," a police officer said over the scanner traffic that I was listening to as I walked along Mission Street in San Francisco. It was late on the night of June 3rd, and I had joined a protest group walking south…

The Fabulous Emptywheel Music Blog: Country AND Western Edition!
Welp, it has been another glorious month week living the glorious life in Trump's America. So let's have a little fun and games.
I am pretty much normally a rock and roll person. Ed Walker's opera and Zappa post was wonderful. So, let's change…

When Billy Barr Called a Press Conference to Target Non-Terrorists Rather than Brag about the Right Wing Terrorists FBI Caught
Bill Barr's press conference was designed to retroactively a lot of abusive decisions made by Bill Barr to target Antifa and not the right wing terrorists that FBI already captured.

Tanks for the Memories
U.S. military troops and resources have been deployed because Americans dared to exercise their First Amendment rights. This isn't like 1992 but more like 1989.

If the Steele Dossier Is Disinformation, Republicans Have Become Willful Participants in the Operation
There's a high likelihood that one reason Russia planted disinformation in the Steele dossier was to get the Republicans to act exactly the way they have been for the last three years.

The Father of the DEA Dragnet Sics It on Free Speech
Bill Barr thinks it is totally inappropriate to do network mapping when it involves the sensitive political activities of Donald Trump. He just rolled out far more invasive surveillance against the sensitive First Amendment activities of George Floyd.

Antifa Ain't That
You've seen the scary pictures of Antifa. You've seen them in images from the Battle of Seattle, Occupy Wallstreet, Oakland FTP protests, outside the G20, and many more moments where a reporter nervously says to camera "Things are getting out…

Three Things: Loads of Bricks, White Chicks, Made-up Schtick
So much manure, so few shovels. Here's three piles, have at it.

In a Motion Claiming that Appointing an Amicus Is "Unprecedented," Billy Barr Argues Against Billy Barr Twice More
After arguing against Bill Barr's DOJ's past arguments on materiality in a motion to dismiss Mike Flynn's prosecution, Bill Barr's DOJ now argues against Bill Barr's DOJ's past arguments about the reasons for such flip-flops and the authority of the judge to challenge them.

In Opposing Mandamus, Judge Sullivan Notes Schrodinger's Materiality
Like me, Judge Sullivan and the lawyer representing him, Beth Wilkinson, have focused on DOJ's sharp reversal on whether Flynn's lies were material.

Mueller Soft-Pedaled the Mike Flynn Exchanges with Sergey Kislyak about Israel
Mike Flynn's Statement of the Offense has falsely suggested that, the first time Flynn made a request of Russia, Russia said no. In fact, both times Flynn made a request, Sergey Kislyak consulted the top people in Russia, and then delivered what Flynn wanted.

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How convenient for Trump that the media has been under fire for two days and unable to hold him accountable.

Assaults on Free Speech and the Cities We Didn't See
Across the country during protests this week, there's been a clear pattern of behavior law enforcement attacking the exercise of the First Amendment by assaults on the press.

Is The Time Of Keisha Lance Bottoms Now?
Of all the Democrats on a national platform over the last few days, including Joe Biden, who has not been bad at all, Keisha Lance Bottoms stands above.

"The Boss is Aware:" Trump Learned about Mike Flynn's Conversations with Sergey Kislyak in Real Time
The Mueller Report has always been coy about whether Mueller's team knew of any calls between Mike Flynn and Donald Trump surrounding his calls about sanctions with Sergey Kislyak.
But the transcript of Flynn's December 31 call with Kislyak makes it clear that he knew Trump knew the content of the call already.

From before Day One Mike Flynn Made It Russia and Trump Versus Democrats
Flynn's transcripts are more damning than I imagined.

