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Washington Post’s Sunday Night Editorial Massacre
WaPo's priorities expose their ideology, as does their editorial management change. "Democracy Dies in Darkness" wasn't just a slogan but a business agenda.
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Big Media Ignoring the Who What When Why of GOP Apology for Trump's Crimes
Trump paid $400,000 to cover up fucking a porn star. And yet reports on the way Republicans are debasing themselves to back Trump anyway aren't talking about precisely what Donald Trump did.
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Remaining Evidentiary Disputes in Hunter Biden Case
Abbe Lowell wants to exclude virtually all laptop communications that won't be authenticated by Hallie Biden based on evidentiary grounds.
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On Eve of Hunter Biden Gun Trial, Judge Maryellen Noreika Covers Up Possible Gun Crime
Judge Maryellen Noreika has prohibited Hunter Biden to tell the jury that the gun shop owner was willing to skip key administrative steps when selling him a gun because he wanted to get Joe Biden's son out of his shop.
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Breathing Room: What Are You Growing?
We could use a little breathing room before the next big thing comes along and occupies our energy. This is a Trump-free open thread.
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"Swept Up!" The Russian Payments that Led to Trump's Felony Conviction
Michael Cohen was investigated because he lied to his bank and then, even as he was making public comments about entertaining a "peace deal" with Russian involvement, used the bank account associated with the Stormy Daniels hush payment to accept big payments from a prominent Russian oligarch.
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Compelling Hallie Biden
In Los Angeles, David Weiss has moved to compel Hallie Biden's testimony. That raises questions about whether, and if so how, he has compelled her testimony in Delaware.
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Fridays with Nicole Sandler
Nicole and I talked, a lot, about the Trump verdict, but also Aileen Cannon, Hunter Biden, and more.
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Trump NY Hush Money Fraud Trial: A Verdict Is In [UPDATE]
This thread is dedicated to discussion of the Trump's NY hush money fraud trial.
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Trump Undone by the Truth of His Pecker
Trump's success, his persona, has always been a careful creation built on fraud. And that fraud became criminal in significant part because David Pecker told the truth about the fictions that go into sustaining the fraud.
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Trump Convicted of Fraud to Cover-up Fucking a Sex Worker
A jury has found Trump guilty of at least five counts against him.
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"True:" Hunter Biden Prosecutor Derek Hines Claims 80-Plus Equals "A Couple"
The same guy who claimed a Keith Ablow photo showing sawdust was proof of Hunter Biden's cocaine use now claims that he can use the content of digital communications to prove their authenticity.
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How the Steele Dossier Broke MAGAts' Brains
The story of how the Steele dossier broke MAGAts' brains involves a brutal double game from Oleg Deripaska, injection of disinformation into the dossier, and use of the dossier to discredit totally unrelated parts of the Russian investigation.
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Chris Kise Asks Aileen Cannon to Sanction Jack Smith because Chris Kise Doctored a Filing
Rather than responding to Jay Bratt's request to modify Trump's release conditions, Trump's lawyers have instead demanded that the request be stricken because prosecutors didn't wait three days before filing the request.
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There are Heroes, and Then There are Heroes
Memorial Day often lifts up heroes like Medal of Honor recipients, but there are others whose service was even more heroic, like Hugh Thompson, Jr., Glenn Andreotta, and Lawrence Colburn.
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Jack Smith Invites Aileen Cannon to Protect the Country Rather than Just Donald Trump
It's not just that Jack Smith asked Aileen Cannon to order Trump to stop lying about being targeted for assassination, it's that he asked in a way that makes her bias clear.
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Fridays with Nicole Sandler, with Updates
This time, with updated links about everything that happened in the five short hours since we taped.
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Derek Hines' Disappearing [Three Colors of] Ink
Derek Hines has twice tried to hide the fact that the guy who sold Hunter Biden a gun used three different color inks on the form on which Hunter Biden is accused of lying.
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Natalie Harp: Gatekeeper to the Reich
Marc Caputo describes the woman who posted the Reich meme to Trump's Truth Social account as his digital gatekeeper.
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David Weiss Maintains He Can Use Hunter Biden's Diversion Statements at Failed Plea Hearing
David Weiss is trying to claim to agree not to use Hunter Biden's statement as his plea colloquy against in his gun trial, while doing the exact opposite.