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The Alfa Bank Dark Net at Noon

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emptywheel
It appears that Alfa Bank totally misunderstood how the NYT got informed about Alfa Bank records posted to the dark web.
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Whinger Verbs: To Investigate ... To Prosecute ... To Indict

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emptywheel
The verbs that those complaining that Merrick Garland is too cowardly to act are designed to be disempowering. None of them treat due process as a process.
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John Durham Keeps Chasing Possible Russian Disinformation

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emptywheel
John Durham and Michael Sussmann are about to have a fight about whether Durham can insinuate Sussmann was conspiring with people he never met with.
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The Collective Response to Russia's Ukraine Invasion

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emptywheel
DOJ seems to be rolling out indictments as part of their larger package of responses to Russia's invasion.
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Clarence Thomas' Non-Recusal Might Have Also Hidden the Missing Mark Meadows Texts

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emptywheel
Clarence Thomas could have covered up more than the embarrassing communications his spouse had with Mark Meadows with his decision to uphold Trump's expansive privilege claims surrounding January 6. He could also have covered up communications that should exist at the Archives but which were destroyed.
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Jeffrey Rosen Targeted Project Veritas' Office Manager Long before Merrick Garland Targeted James O'Keefe

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emptywheel
Project Veritas has been wailing that Merrick Garland's DOJ targeted their "journalists" for months, when in fact, Jeffrey Rosen's DOJ targeted their office manager.
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Day Four — The Well-Qualified K. B. J.

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Rayne
It's the fourth and final day of U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee's confirmation hearings on the nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court.
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Trevor McFadden Rewards a White Lady for Endorsing a Revolution and Bragging about Violence against Cops

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emptywheel
Trevor McFadden rewarded Jenny Cudd for her explicit endorsement of revolution and her boasts of assaults on cops.
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And Three More Things: Day Three — The Well-Qualified K. B. J. [UPDATE-1]

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Rayne
Third day of confirmation hearings have begun before the Senate Judiciary Committee for Biden's Supreme Court justice nominee, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson.
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Paul Manafort Prevented from Flying to Dubai

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emptywheel
Given the news that Paul Manafort was prevented from flying to Dubai because his passport had been revoked, it's worth remembering all the things he was not pardoned for.
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Three More Things: Day Two — The Well-Qualified K. B. J.

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Rayne
Second day of confirmation hearings have begun before the Senate Judiciary Committee for Biden's Supreme Court justice nominee, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson.
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John Durham's Top Prosecutor, Andrew DeFilippis, Allegedly Miffed that DARPA Investigated Guccifer 2.0

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emptywheel
According to Georgia Tech research scientist Manos Antonakakis, Chief Durham prosecutor Andrew DeFilippis was upset that DARPA thought to investigate APT 28.
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Three Things: The Well-Qualified K. B. J.

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Rayne
Confirmation hearings begin today before the Senate Judiciary Committee for Biden's Supreme Court justice nominee, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson.
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Imagine if DOJ Used the Hunter Biden Inquiry to Get Testimony against Rudy Giuliani...

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emptywheel
A key time period in Rudy Giuliani's solicitation of The Laptop happens to be the primary focus of SDNY on Rudy's own Ukrainian influence peddling.
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"The Laptop" Is the Functional Equivalent of The Steele Dossier, 1: Rudy Is the Real Scandal

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emptywheel
As we fight about The Laptop again, based on a reference to verified emails in a NYT article bylined by serial Rudy Giuliani mouthpiece Ken Vogel, the first thing we should keep in mind is that there's far more evidence that Rudy Giuliani was a secret agent of Ukraine influencing the President or Vice President than Hunter Biden. 

Playing Jenga the Russian Trade Edition

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Rayne
Now that Russia's economy is heavily sanctioned, let's play Jenga with Russian commodities. Which export commodities will be most affected? Which importing countries might be most affected?
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Five Years after WikiLeaks Exposed CIA Identities in Vault 7, UK Moves Closer to Assange Extradition

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emptywheel
Julian Assange's attempt to appeal Vanessa Baraitser's ruling that his elicitation of hacking makes him different from journalists would be a lot harder to argue if the US superseded with Vault 7/Vault 8 charges.

A Brief Introduction To The History Of Early Humans

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Ed Walker
Posts on The Dawn Of Everything: Link Posts on Pierre Bourdieu and Symbolic Violence: link Posts trying to cope with the absurd state of political discourse: link Posts on Freedom and Equality. link Chapter 3 of The Dawn Of Everything…
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DOJ Unseals 18-Month Old Indictment against Lev Parnas' Financial Backer

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emptywheel
The indictment unsealed against Andrey Muraviev yesterday was otherwise identical to one obtained on the same day in September 2020, except that it charged Muraviev.
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