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The Orbanization of US Politics Began Years Ago

November 13, 2024/66 Comments/in 2020 Presidential Election, 2024 Election, 2024 Presidential Election, Hunter Biden/by emptywheel

The assault on civil society that we expect from a second Trump Administration already accelerated two years ago, and already had an impact on the election.

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NYT “Censors” Elon Musk’s Jokes about Assassinating the Vice President and His “Censorship” of JD Vance Dossier

October 11, 2024/58 Comments/in 2020 Presidential Election, 2024 Presidential Election/by emptywheel

In a piece purporting to explain Elon Musk’s role in helping Trump get elected, NYT leaves out Musk’s jokes about assassination attempts against Kamala Harris and Trump’s hypocritical involvement in getting the JD Vance dossier suppressed.

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Elon Musk’s Machine for Fascism: A Tale of Three Elections

October 4, 2023/109 Comments/in 2016 Presidential Election, 2020 Presidential Election, 2024 Presidential Election, Blogs Internet and New Media, emptywheel/by emptywheel

In 2016, far right trolls used Twitter’s to hijack rational discussions about the election, contributing to Trump’s win. In 2020, moderation and post-January 6 efforts thwarted a repeat performance, but only barely. Since then, Elon Musk attempted to restore the haven for far right trolls that Trump rode to the Presidency in 2016 and used to sow a coup in 2020.

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“Poor Mr. Zebley:” Both Xitter’s Lawyers and Journalists Responding to Boilerplate Need to re-Read Mueller

August 16, 2023/53 Comments/in 2020 Presidential Election, January 6 Insurrection/by emptywheel

While the presence of DMs in Trump’s historical Twitter account were the basis for Twitter’s frivolous Executive Privilege claim used to stall complying with a warrant in January and February, that may not be the most important data DOJ ultimately received.

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Jack Teixeira: Leak Dumps Don’t Care about (the Story You Tell about) Motive

April 15, 2023/49 Comments/in emptywheel, Leak Investigations/by emptywheel

The Discord Leaks are a leak dump. They may have more in common with past leak dumps than a lot of past leak dump journalists would like to admit.

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“I wanted to infect everything:” The Curiously Expert Pathologies of FBI Informant, Microchip

April 12, 2023/18 Comments/in 2016 Presidential Election, Blogs Internet and New Media, emptywheel/by emptywheel

Cooperating FBI witness “Microchip’s” claim to be new to Twitter in July 2015 is surprising given the expertise with which he exploited the site starting in November 2015.

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James Comer’s Dick Pics Hearing Just Became an Alleged Stolen Laptop Hearing

February 2, 2023/128 Comments/in Hunter Biden/by emptywheel

By sending letters to virtually all channels via which the “Hunter Biden” “laptop” was disseminated, his lawyer Abbe Lowell has changed the significance of the hearing that James Comer has scheduled about it next week.

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Clue: It Was Sidney Powell with the Grifting, in Advance of the Pardon, on Lin Wood’s Plantation

December 31, 2021/78 Comments/in 2020 Presidential Election, January 6 Insurrection, Mueller Probe/by emptywheel

Not only was Sidney Powell beginning her effort to create conspiracy theories to help Trump stay in office before he pardoned Powell client Mike Flynn, but she was at Lin Wood’s plantation when she would have learned of the pardon.

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Obama’s Relentless Abandonment of Progressive Nominees

August 7, 2010/in 2008 Presidential Election, Congress, Democrats, Ideas and Ideology, Law, Obama Administration/by bmaz

Like they did to Dawn Johnsen, the Obama White House has hung absolutely outstanding progressive nominees Goodwin Liu and Edward Chen out to dry, and are well on their way to doing the same with Elizabeth Warren. It is a pathetic track record on progressive nominees.

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The New Robber Barons

December 30, 2009/161 Comments/in Bingo, Culture, Democrats, Domestic Policy, Economics, emptywheel, Health Policy, Ideas and Ideology, Law, Obama Administration/by emptywheel

There has been an unsavory blending of the private interests of corporations and financial institutions with the power and hand of the US government that has created a new breed of robber barons that will prove the downfall of the American society and empire if left unchecked.

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50 search results for: Matt taibbi

The Orbanization of US Politics Began Years Ago

NYT “Censors” Elon Musk’s Jokes about Assassinating the Vice President and His “Censorship” of JD Vance Dossier

Elon Musk’s Machine for Fascism: A Tale of Three Elections

“Poor Mr. Zebley:” Both Xitter’s Lawyers and Journalists Responding to Boilerplate Need to re-Read Mueller

Jack Teixeira: Leak Dumps Don’t Care about (the Story You Tell about) Motive

“I wanted to infect everything:” The Curiously Expert Pathologies of FBI Informant, Microchip

James Comer’s Dick Pics Hearing Just Became an Alleged Stolen Laptop Hearing

Clue: It Was Sidney Powell with the Grifting, in Advance of the Pardon, on Lin Wood’s Plantation

Obama’s Relentless Abandonment of Progressive Nominees

The New Robber Barons

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