Fridays with Nicole Sandler

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emptywheel
We talked about the suspected Egyptian payment to Trump, Trump's faceplant at NABJ, and Kamala Harris' success.
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Tanya Chutkan Finally Gets the Trump Case Back

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emptywheel
Things are going to get busy in the courts again, for both Trump and Hunter Biden.
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Michael Sherwin Failed to Brief Merrick Garland on Trump's Suspected Egyptian Payment

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emptywheel
Michael Sherwin says that Merrick Garland could have reopened the investigation into whether Trump received a $10 million donation from Egypt. Except he never briefed Garland on the investigation.
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Biden Administration Negotiates Release of Evan Gershkovich and Others

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emptywheel
Joe Biden has confirmed a massive prisoner exchange, including WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich.
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How to Fact Check Trump's Lies about His Document Case

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emptywheel
Donald Trump is lying about how and why his classified documents case got dismissed. Here's what you need to fact check him.
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Trump Aborts Interview after Smart Black Women Ask Tough Questions

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emptywheel
I'm not convinced that Trump's latest stunt to claim the media spotlight -- truly atrocious behavior at the National Association for Black Journalists conference -- will be any different than all the other things Trump has succeeded in commanding the media's attention without ever paying a price for his own racism.
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America's Whimpering Democracy Is Trump's Past, as Well as Future

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emptywheel
Bulwark predicted that if Trump won a second term, democracy would die a slow death of the same kind of intimidation and threats Trump's targets have experienced for seven years now.
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Trump's Stranglehold on the GOP Is a Vulnerability

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emptywheel
Because Trump has nearly complete control over the Republican Party, Kamala Harris will be able to target Trump as if he were an incumbent President.
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"My Beautiful Christians:" Trump's Pandering to Christian Nationalists

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emptywheel
When Trump tells an audience assembled by Charlie Kirk that they only need to vote one more time, you need to
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DOJ Settles Privacy Act Lawsuit, Prepares for Peter Strzok's Amended Complaint

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emptywheel
DOJ just settled the Privacy Act lawsuits of Peter Strzok and Lisa Page.
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Fridays with Nicole Sandler

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emptywheel
We talk a lot about Kamala Harris. And only a little about JD Vance and his couch.
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Trump Invites Reporters to Start Demanding His Medical Records

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emptywheel
In a bid to discredit Chris Wray, Donald Trump has invited journalists to (finally) start demanding the medical records from his post-shooting hospital visit.
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Ronny Jackson Memory Holes His Nephew's Injury

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emptywheel
Ronny Jackson, who described his nephew being hit by something in the Trump shooting, now claims that the only thing that could have struck Trump is a bullet.
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President Biden's Address to the Nation

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Rayne
In case you missed it, video and transcript of President Biden's remarks Wednesday evening.
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DOJ IG Finds Bill Barr's Personal Intervention in Roger Stone Sentencing "Highly Unusual" But Not Illegal

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emptywheel
Bill Barr's personal intervention in the Roger Stone sentencing was highly unusual, but not illegal, DOJ IG concluded.
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Speaker Mike Johnson Demands Better Treatment for Israel's Prime Minister Than Given the President of the United States

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emptywheel
Mike Johnson has demanded greater decorum for Bibi Netanyahu's speech than Marjorie Taylor Greene gave to President Biden at the State of the Union.
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Now that Joe Biden Stepped Down for the Good of the Country, Joe Kahn Must Join Him

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emptywheel
In its serial demands on Joe Biden and other Democrats "for the good of the country," the NYT keeps demanding that politicians do its job in holding Trump accountable, even while failing to do its part. If Joe Kahn's NYT won't meet NYT's own standards for reporting on Trump, he must step down.
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