
The Carr Correction and the Barr Pseudo Exoneration
Had Buzzfeed not been corrected for what now seems an even more defensible word choice, Bill Barr would not have had the opportunity to put his thumb on the scale of injustice. Which means the circumstances surrounding that correct deserved renewed scrutiny.

The Irony of Glenn Greenwald Cuddling Up with Bill Barr, the Grandfather of Ed Snowden's Phone Dragnet
It's fairly ironic that Glenn Greenwald, who got rich and famous for helping Ed Snowden expose a phone dragnet, has spent 10 days hailing the trustworthiness who implemented the original dragnet.

The Significance of that Word, "Summary"
My guess is Barr's claim to have summarized even “the principal conclusions" of the Mueller report -- much less the "results of his investigation” -- is going to really come back to embarrass him.

The Parallel Tracks of Disclosure on Why Manafort Shared Campaign Polling Data with His Russian Co-Conspirator
There are currently two parallel efforts considering whether to liberate the details of Manafort's sharing of polling data with Konstantin Kilimnik and through him Russia: one led by Bill Barr, who may have incentive to suppress it, and one led by DC prosecutors, who may not.

The Politics Of The Green New Deal: We Can’t Pay For That
Pay now or pay a lot more later. If you survive.

Three Things: This Ain't No Fooling Around
This ain't no disco. Have your phones at the ready for these three things -- now with more about Puerto Rico. This is an open thread.

Oleg Deripaska's Co-Columnist Admits Oleg Deripaska May Have Fed Christopher Steele Disinformation
If Christopher Steele was relying on Oleg Deripaska for dossier intelligence, it would make the single most credible claim in the dossier all the more interesting.

Pressure Works: After Four Days, William Barr Capitulates and Gives an Estimated Page Count!!
In which William Barr says the letter that he sent Sunday that "summarize[d] the principal conclusions reached by the Special Counsel and the results of his investigation" was not a summary, and other hackish reversals.

Report on the Investigation into Russian Interference in the 2016 President Election: The Redacted Mueller Report
Here's what the public copy of the redacted Mueller Report currently looks like.

Three Things: Hey You, Mr./Ms./Mx. Pissed-Off
So you're angry -- welcome to the club. Get your war face on and let's kick ass. This is an open thread.

The Grand Rapids Gerald Ford Tribute Reporters Should Visit
The Federal Building in Grand Rapids has a sign with Gerald Ford's quote, "Our Constitution works; our great Republic is a government of laws and not of men." That might be a better spot to reflect on our current situation than anything in his museum.

The Roger Stone Indictment Proves Barr's Memo Understates Trump Flunkies' Complicity
I've made this point implicitly a few times, but it bears making explicitly. We have proof that Bill Barr's memo spins the known contents of the Mueller Report to minimize the complicity of Trump's flunkies. That's because we can compare what…

Three Times William Barr Said Trading Pardons for False Testimony Was Obstruction of Justice
In the discussion of the Bill Barr memo in the last two days, the discussion of Barr's claimed views on obstruction have mostly focused on the crazier parts of the memo that got him the job, and not even the passage at the bottom of the first…

The Politics Of The Green New Deal: OMG It’s Socialism!
It’s time for government to exercise its democratically earned power to protect us from Capitalism, and to protect Capitalism from itself. That's the meaning of the Green New Deal.

Rod Rosenstein Didn't Even Clear Trump on All the Topics He Hired Mueller to Investigate
In conspiring with Barr to give Trump the all-clear, Rosenstein didn't address a significant part of the job he gave Mueller.

How William Barr Did Old Man Back-Flips to Avoid Arresting Donald Trump
William Barr just did something totally cowardly to avoid fulfilling the promises he made in his confirmation process.

The Mueller Report, the Short Version
Robert Mueller punted to both William Barr and Congress, but it's clear the case against Trump is fairly damning.

Three Things: Boeing Boing
Three things bother me about Boeing and the 737 Max crash in Ethiopia two weeks ago. This is an open thread.

Rod Rosenstein's Unfortunate Vocabulary: Defining a Criminal Investigation by "Links" and "Collusion"
Rod Rosenstein is the very unlikely hero of the Mueller investigation. "Rod is a survivor," Jim Comey said after getting fired. "And you don’t get to survive that long across administrations without making compromises."
Yet here we are,…

After Mueller: An Off-Ramp on Russia for the Venal Fucks
Now that Mueller has said whatever he has to say about why the evidence of Trump's ties to Russia do not amount to a crime, both sides need to focus on preventing Russia from attacking the country again.