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  • Anatomy of a Self-Imagined Journalist Who Fancies That Trump Tells the Truth in His Tweets

    In a 2,500-word post, I attempt to do the fact-checking that every journalist should do before they disseminate one of Trump's tweets as if they contain truth claims.

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  • The Press Keeps Coddling Trump’s Tariff Lawlessness

    The endless stories about Trump's unchecked power in imposing purportedly emergency sanctions seems wildly uninterested in the court rulings that already deemed these tariffs unlawful.

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  • Old Man Chuck Grassley Got Snookered by Emil Bove’s Contemptuous Dodge

    In refusing to hold a hearing about Erez Reuveni's smoking gun proof that Emil Bove gave an order in defiance of Judge Boasberg's March 15 order, Chuck Grassley plays cute with the facts.

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  • John Roberts Subjects America’s School Children to the Whims of a Wrestling Promoter

    John Roberts just gave a billionaire wrestling promoter accused of letting an employee sexually exploit boys a green light to start destroying local school programs around America. That's a political battle Trump's opponents should pick up with relish.

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  • The Allies Of the Billionaires

    We weaken the filthy rich by attacking their allies.

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Anatomy of a Self-Imagined Journalist Who Fancies That Trump Tells the Truth in His Tweets

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July 16, 2025
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In a 2,500-word post, I attempt to do the fact-checking that every journalist should do before they disseminate one of Trump's tweets as if they contain truth claims.
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The Press Keeps Coddling Trump's Tariff Lawlessness

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July 16, 2025
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emptywheel
The endless stories about Trump's unchecked power in imposing purportedly emergency sanctions seems wildly uninterested in the court rulings that already deemed these tariffs unlawful.
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Old Man Chuck Grassley Got Snookered by Emil Bove's Contemptuous Dodge

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July 15, 2025
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In refusing to hold a hearing about Erez Reuveni's smoking gun proof that Emil Bove gave an order in defiance of Judge Boasberg's March 15 order, Chuck Grassley plays cute with the facts.
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John Roberts Subjects America's School Children to the Whims of a Wrestling Promoter

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July 15, 2025
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John Roberts just gave a billionaire wrestling promoter accused of letting an employee sexually exploit boys a green light to start destroying local school programs around America. That's a political battle Trump's opponents should pick up with relish.
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The Allies Of the Billionaires

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July 14, 2025
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Ed Walker
We weaken the filthy rich by attacking their allies.
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Breathing Room: What's in Your Shopping Cart?

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July 13, 2025
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Rayne
How the hell are food shortages and food insecurity making America great again?
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Jeffrey Epstein Is about Trump's Failing Ability to Command Attention

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July 13, 2025
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emptywheel
It doesn't matter why Trump's super power of commanding and redirecting attention is failing with the Jeffrey Epstein scandal. If that power fails with his base, it will make it far harder for him to continue to avoid accountability as his policies destroy their lives.
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Fridays with Nicole Sandler

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July 11, 2025
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We talked the Big Ugly, Trump's tariffs, and Trump's effort to distract from Jeffrey Epstein.
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Trump's Deep State Can't Even Deep State Competently

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July 11, 2025
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emptywheel
Because conspiracy theorist turned Deputy Director of the FBI, Dan Bongino, couldn't find experts in digital forensics and chain of custody at an agency that employs thousands of such people, all the squabbling members of Trump's Deep State trying to end the Jeffrey Epstein conspiracy theories have made it far, far worse.
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Children Died to Own the Libs

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July 11, 2025
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Rayne
"Dead in the water," they joked at a Kerr County commissioners meeting when discussing a flood alert system. But sure, DEI must be the reason why children were sacrificed to flood waters.
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"Fuck You:" Todd Blanche Continues to Flopsweat over Emil Bove's Contempt

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July 11, 2025
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emptywheel
Todd Blanche's brief presence at a March 14 meeting appears to coincide with two things: Redactions in Erez Reuveni's whistleblower complaint, and the impetus for Emil Bove to start threatening to tell judges to fuck off.
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Trump's Coffee for Coup Accountability Emergency

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July 10, 2025
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emptywheel
Donald Trump wants to impose a 50% tax on coffee in an effort to prevent coup accountability for Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil. That may make it far easier for courts to affirm a court ruling that his tariffs are unlawful.
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Expecting Legislators to Lead the Resistance Is a Category Error

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July 9, 2025
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emptywheel
You shouldn't want Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer to lead the political movement opposing Trump, not least because that movement needs to be far broader than the Democratic Party.
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"Are You Still Talking about Jeffrey Epstein?"

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July 8, 2025
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More than perhaps any moment of his ten year career, Trump just lost his cool -- about a Jeffrey Epstein question -- because he is helpless to dictate the focus of attention.
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Pam Bondi Admits She Must Fire Kash Patel and Dan Bongino

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July 7, 2025
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If the joint DOJ/FBI memo declaring there's no there there to the conspiracy theories Kash Patel and Dan Bongino fueled is true, then Pam Bondi must demand their resignation for discrediting the Bureau.
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How Trump Plans to Dodge Accountability Again

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July 7, 2025
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emptywheel
Trump's policies have and will get people killed. Will we find a way to hold him accountable, this time? 
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Seeing Language as a Tool of Authoritarianism

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July 6, 2025
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When you speak on social media, are you saying or are you doing? 
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Three Things: Hope Within Us

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July 5, 2025
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Rayne
This could be us, rowing together. Hope is your paddle.
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No Kings Day Reflections from an American-Irish in the Home of Her Ancestors

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July 4, 2025
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emptywheel
On this No Kings Day, remember that America is a tapestry of from-ness that Kings failed to stamp out.
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The Anti-Democracy Project Of John Roberts

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July 3, 2025
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Ed Walker
John Roberts doesn't believe in our system of checks and balances.
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