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Fridays with Nicole Sandler
We spoke about Trump's New York trial and Sam Alito's betrayal of the country.

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Jim Risch Demands that Avril Haines Formally Tell Us He Is Lying
Jim Risch thinks Avril Haines should come forward and formally debunk false claims that those with privileged intelligence access make, which must include the false claims he made about 51 private individuals who expressed an expert opinion.

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Three Things: Let the Tedious Bashing Commence!
We haven’t even touched the depths of tedious media bashing in this country let alone at this site.

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David Weiss’ Exhibit List Looks Like One Matt Gaetz or James Comer Would Assemble
In addition to a bunch of tax-related documents, David Weiss wants to use some of the right wing frothers' favorite Hunter Biden documents -- documents that have no obvious relation to the tax charges -- in his tax trial.

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Hunter Biden Moves to Enjoin David Weiss Under an Appropriations Argument Trump Adopted
Before Trump made his frivolous challenge to Jack Smith's Special Counsel appointment on appropriations grounds, Hunter Biden challenged David Weiss' appointment with more merit. That could make the parallel track of these prosecutions -- with Hunter Biden's prosecutions rushing towards conclusion next month and Trump's stalled past the election -- more interesting.

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Fridays with Nicole Sandler

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May 18, 2024

emptywheel

We spoke about Trump's New York trial and Sam Alito's betrayal of the country.

2020 Presidential Election, 2024 Presidential Election, Hunter Biden

Jim Risch Demands that Avril Haines Formally Tell Us He Is Lying

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May 17, 2024

emptywheel

Jim Risch thinks Avril Haines should come forward and formally debunk false claims that those with privileged intelligence access make, which must include the false claims he made about 51 private individuals who expressed an expert opinion.

2024 Presidential Election, Media

Three Things: Let the Tedious Bashing Commence!

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May 16, 2024

Rayne

We haven’t even touched the depths of tedious media bashing in this country let alone at this site.

2020 Presidential Election, 2024 Presidential Election

David Weiss' Exhibit List Looks Like One Matt Gaetz or James Comer Would Assemble

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May 16, 2024

emptywheel

In addition to a bunch of tax-related documents, David Weiss wants to use some of the right wing frothers' favorite Hunter Biden documents -- documents that have no obvious relation to the tax charges -- in his tax trial.

2020 Presidential Election, 2024 Presidential Election, Leak Investigations

Hunter Biden Moves to Enjoin David Weiss Under an Appropriations Argument Trump Adopted

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May 14, 2024

emptywheel

Before Trump made his frivolous challenge to Jack Smith's Special Counsel appointment on appropriations grounds, Hunter Biden challenged David Weiss' appointment with more merit. That could make the parallel track of these prosecutions -- with Hunter Biden's prosecutions rushing towards conclusion next month and Trump's stalled past the election -- more interesting.

2024 Presidential Election, Hunter Biden

David Weiss Continues to Misrepresent the Damage Keith Ablow Did to Hunter Biden's Addiction

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May 14, 2024

emptywheel

David Weiss repeated in one of his motions in limine what might have just been stupid error when he made it earlier this year: He is portraying Hunter Biden's addiction after Keith Ablow made it worse as the state of Hunter's addiction in fall 2018, when he bought a gun.

2016 Presidential Election, WikiLeaks

The Cultivation of Don Jr: A Framework to Think of the Russian Attack

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May 13, 2024

emptywheel

With the 2016 attack, Russia didn't need cooperation from Trump's people (though they got it from at least Manafort and Stone and idiot who proved useful Don Jr). They just needed to make any already improbable conciliation impossible, impossible politically and impossible for a Narcissist like Trump to do. That would practically guarantee that Trump would attack the country to defend himself, his son, his ego.

2016 Presidential Election, 2020 Presidential Election, 2024 Presidential Election

Another Maggie Haberman NYT Story Covers Up Oleg Deripaska's Role

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May 12, 2024

emptywheel

NYT and other media outlets are burying the truly scandalous details of Trump's willingness (and second thoughts) about bringing Paul Manafort back onto a campaign role: his role (witting or not) in Russia's interference in the 2016 election.

Congress, Domestic Policy

Happy (Forced) Mother's Day!

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May 12, 2024

Rayne

Wishing all mothers in fact or mothers of invention a restful Sunday — except for Sen. Katie Britt (R-Gilead). Also a note about a comments system change.

2020 Presidential Election, 2024 Presidential Election, emptywheel, Hunter Biden, Mueller Probe

Barr Time 1: "Conjuring up criminal conspiracies about political opponents"

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May 11, 2024

emptywheel

Bill Barr walked into the AG job determined to kill an investigation into Russian interference. Before he walked out, he set up a system that protected interference from Russian agents in Ukraine. His claims about what he did fall apart given what we've learned since he made them.

2024 Presidential Election, emptywheel

Fridays with Nicole Sander

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May 11, 2024

emptywheel

Nicole Sandler and I discussed the hush money coverup trial, Aileen Cannon and right wing propaganda, and Steve Bannon's failed appeal.

2024 Presidential Election, Hunter Biden

Judge Maryellen Noreika Prepares for a Hunter Biden Trial ... without Bates Stamps

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May 9, 2024

emptywheel

Judge Maryellen Noreika relied in a key decision on evidence made available from Rudy Giuliani, while claiming that it derived from Hunter Biden's memoir. That's one of many reasons to be alarmed that Judge Maryellen Noreika has decided that Hunter Biden prosecutors don't have to tell him whence they've derived laptop evidence before trial.

2024 Election, Foreign Influence

About Those Two Sealed Dockets Related to the Henry Cuellar Case...

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May 9, 2024

emptywheel

DOJ rolled out several filings in the Henry Cuellar prosecution that reinforce my impression that this case may not go to trial.

2020 Presidential Election, 2024 Presidential Election, Leak Investigations

Right Wing Propaganda Fail: Julie Kelly's Troubles with Ten and Two

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May 9, 2024

emptywheel

A key piece of propaganda that may have given Aileen Cannon cover to indefinitely stall Trump's stolen documents trial is based on a failure to distinguish between the numbers ten and two.

2020 Presidential Election, 2024 Presidential Election, January 6 Insurrection, Leak Investigations

How We Got to a Place Where Right Wingers Cheer Stealing Nuclear Documents

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May 8, 2024

emptywheel

Trump's propaganda machine has drowned out facts and replaced it with grievance. And until something starts cutting through that grievance, mere trials aren't going to fix this.

2020 Presidential Election, 2024 Presidential Election, Leak Investigations

Aileen Cannon Bows to Donald Trump

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May 7, 2024

emptywheel

Judge Cannon just admitted she has no intention of setting a trial date in Trump's stolen documents case.

2020 Presidential Election, Leak Investigations

Stan Woodward's Manufactured Scandal about Box A-15

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May 6, 2024

emptywheel

Stan Woodward has revealed, that like the central box in the Joe Biden investigation, the FBI failed to preserve the order of the documents in some of the boxes found at Mar-a-Lago.

2020 Presidential Election, 2024 Presidential Election, January 6 Insurrection

400 Rich People Pay $40K to Hear Trump Glorify Cop Assailants

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May 6, 2024

emptywheel

If 400 rich people paid $40,000 to watch Trump glorify political violence and the NYT and WaPo omitted all mention to that violence, did it really happen?