"She Wants to Grab Him:" The Premeditated Detention of Ras Baraka

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Even before anyone had spoken with Ras Baraka on May 9 at Delaney Hall, someone had decided "she" wanted to "grab" Newark's Mayor.

Butt Cracks and Beer Bellies: Is Trump Failing on Immigration because ICE Creates Negative Spectacle?

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I suspect that a big reason Stephen Miller has turned immigration into a losing issue for Donald Trump is because Miller's goons create an endless supply of negative spectacle that goes viral and seeds good, compelling journalism that bypasses media channels that oligarchs have already coopted.

Will Jim Comey's Prosecution Prove Kash Patel Lied to Senate Judiciary Committee?

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Kash Patel may struggle to come up with some explanation for why he revisited details from a long-closed leak investigation focused on Dan Richman other than what he disclaimed under oath to the Senate Judiciary Committee: that he looked backward to find some excuse to investigate Jim Comey.

Fridays with Nicole Sandler

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We talked about shutdown and the Jim Comey indictment.

Will Ted Cruz Go to Prison for the Lies He Told as Part of the Jim Comey Indictment?

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According to the public record, Jim Comey didn't lie in an exchange with Ted Cruz on September 30, 2020. Ted Cruz did.

Mainstream Press Confesses They Missed the Other Politicized Prosecutions

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emptywheel
Watching the mainstream press, you'd think it was the first time that an investigation ordered up by Donald Trump resulted in a flimsy false statements charge just before the statute of limitations expired.

Russ Vought Threatens to Do What He Already Did

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emptywheel
Thus far, Republicans seem intent on using the shutdown to demonstrate in more visible fashion the need for it. 

Why DOJ Might Be Pushing for Lindsey Halligan to Get No Billed

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One possible explanation for the flood of leaks about EDVA's disastrous case against Jim Comey is that everyone would be better off if Lindsey Halligan gets no-billed.
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What Trump's UNGA Speech Tells the World

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In one speech, Donald Trump gave the world a lot to think about, and none of it was good. Especially if you are Secretary of State/National Security Advisor/Archivist of the United States Marco Rubio

Scott Bessent Links Bailout of Argentina to Trump's Election Interference, Even as Argentina Poaches US Soybean Markets

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In a tweet laying out all the welfare he plans to give so-called libertarian Javier Milei, Scott Bessent confirmed the tie between the bailout and Trump's election interference.

Sinclair Makes Itself Visible

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emptywheel
Yesterday's return of Jimmy Kimmel to ABC is not a time to declare victory. Now is the time to use the notoriety that the censoring screeds have acquired to push back on their efforts to extort control over free speech. 

Donald Trump Wants a $5 Billion Premium for Confessing His Weaponization Claims Are Bullshit

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Trump's now dismissed lawsuit against NYTimes did not dispute a bunch of damning claims laid out in the Peter Baker story he cites, including that Trump weaponized government against his adversaries.

Time to Win the Shutdown

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emptywheel
Betting markets say we're probably going to have a government shutdown. It's time to start messaging to win the shutdown.

Trump Can't Even Weaponize DOJ Competently

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emptywheel
Trump's ouster of Erik Siebert, who refused to charge Tish James for fraud without evidence she engaged in fraud, will create big headaches for Todd Blanche.

Fridays with Nicole Sandler

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emptywheel
We talked a lot about Jimmy Fallon.

The "Boo Boos" and Bovino Bullshit DHS Uses to Criminalize Scrutiny

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emptywheel
From coast to coast, the lies that DHS is telling in an attempt to criminalize scrutiny of its actions are falling apart. But that didn't prevent DOJ from trying to sustain the effort to do the same against LaMonica McIver.

Speech

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emptywheel
Jimmy Kimmel's suspension and the little-noticed continued effort to deport Mahmoud Khalil for his speech demonstrates the urgency of setting up alternative media outlets to bypass the oligarch-owned and multinational media companies susceptible to Trump's censorship.

Chuck Grassley Complains that DOJ Investigated Why TPUSA Sent 80 Busses to a Riot

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emptywheel
The document Chuck Grassley released as part of a distraction appears to be dated.

Todd Blanche's Sex Predator PR Service

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emptywheel
Among other things Todd Blanche told Kaitlan Collins when she asked him a single simple question about his "proffer" with convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell is that he did not vet the answers she gave before he moved her to comfier digs at a Camp Fed.
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