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Useful Idiots: DOJ Moves from Name-and-Shame to Name-and-Disrupt

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The RT indictment rolled out last week serves as an object lesson in how Russia has been using RT as part of its intelligence recruiting.
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Kamala Harris Is Not Goading Journalists to Publish Emails Iran Stole from Roger Stone

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emptywheel
Probably the biggest reason why outlets that received documents Iran stole from Roger Stone haven't published is that Kamala Harris has no reason to goad outlets to publish them. She has a story to tell and has no time for such distractions.
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The Midway Point of Kamala Harris' Campaign

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emptywheel
As of today, Kamala Harris is more than halfway through her race. At the halfway mark, this race is still neck-and-neck. Donald Trump is making it more clear what a vote for him would mean. But there are still far too many American voters who want the con he's selling. 
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Trump's Handlers Attempt to Retcon His Fascist Attack on Haitian Migrants

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emptywheel
Because Kamala Harris rattled Trump, he delivered a planned racist attack without smoothing its ugly edges. Trump's screech revealed who he and his team really are. When people show you who they really are, believe them. 
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Kamala Harris, Protagonist

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emptywheel
For most of the campaign -- indeed, for the last nine years -- the press has convinced themselves that Donald Trump is the protagonist of the story of US politics. Last night, for at least two hours, Kamala Harris disabused them of that outdated notion.
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2024 Presidential Election: Second Presidential Debate (for Trump)

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Rayne
ABC News network hosts a presidential debate this evening beginning at 9:00 p.m. ET. It's the first time Kamala Harris meets Donald Trump but it's Trump's second presidential debate. Will he do any more than Gish gallop like he did against Joe Biden?
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Whatever Happens with the Debate, Kamala Harris' Campaign Is Not Yet Half Done

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emptywheel
As you watch the torrent of news obsessing about the debate tonight, remember this stat: Trump's campaign is 92% done (665 of 721 days). Kamala Harris' campaign is not quite half done (48%, or 51 of 107 days). Lots can and likely will still happen in this race, but Trump is almost done and the Vice President is only halfway there.
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Discerning Russian Trolls Appreciate Truth Social's Treatment of Fake Accounts

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emptywheel
Deep in the Doppelganger dossier, it described that the social media company of Candidate A -- Trump -- doesn't require Russian trolls to use perishable accounts to evade moderation.
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In One Week, Trump Suggests He'll Eliminate Sanctions on Iran and Lies about Iran Hack to Supporters

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emptywheel
At the same time as Trump is saying bizarrely conciliatory comments about Iran, he hid the hack of his campaign last week from his supporters, lying about DOJ's pursuit of hackers who targeted Trump's own rat-fucker and campaign manager.
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Doppelgänger Debunking: Monitoring Social Media Does Not Equate to Recruitment

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emptywheel
Commentators are misrepresenting a reference to Russia's tracking of 2,800 pro- and 1,900 anti-Russian influencers included in last week's Doppelgänger affidavit.
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Lauren Chen's Curious Legal Status

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emptywheel
Lauren Chen's Canadian citizenship and US residence likely mean that right wing panic that she's been FISA targeted are incorrect. But the dual-country structure of her business may exacerbate any criminal exposure for her, making it far easier to obtain her content using criminal process.
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John Lauro's Mike Pence Gateway Drug

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emptywheel
John Lauro worked hard to insist that everything involving Pence be excluded without closer review. But unless he invents a procedural reason to forestall DOJ's memo on September 26, DOJ will get one (or two, with the reply) chance to lay out how Trump tried to use his incumbency, and Mike Pence's role as President of the Senate, to steal an election against from Joe Biden and the woman who currently is the President of the Senate.
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The September 26 Brief We'll Get in the Trump January 6 Case

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emptywheel
Here is Jack Smith prosecutor Thomas Windom's description of the brief he envisions submitting, arguing the Trump superseding indictment includes only private acts. Judge Tanya Chutkan has set a September 26 deadline for that.
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"If You Are a Psycho and You Want to Make Headlines"

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emptywheel
Even as Trump and JD Vance minimize the import of the latest school shooting, they continue to demand that Trump's own shooting, by someone little different than a school shooter, have meaning they refuse to accord the murder of children in their classrooms.
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Trump Will Have to Defend His Attempt to Assassinate Mike Pence Before the Election

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emptywheel
Judge Chutkan has issued her scheduling order for the next developments in Trump's January 6 trial. Rather than scheduling Trump's frivolous attempt to challenge Jack Smith's Special Counsel appointment first, Chutkan will instead deal with…
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The Doppelgänger Dossier

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emptywheel
A description of the Russian propaganda plans, largely designed to help Trump, included in a takedown affidavit.
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Don Jr's Online Buddies Allegedly Demand $5 Million from Russian Shell Companies to Say Nice Things about His Daddy

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emptywheel
Don Jr wailed when he learned DOJ was announcing more legal actions against Russian foreign influence operations. Did he know that the indictment against two RT personnel for using Tenet Media as a front would reveal Don Jr's far right buddies demand $5 million to say nothing things about his Daddy?
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Stop Obsessing about Kamala Harris' (Polling) Bumps

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emptywheel
Kamala Harris has not gotten the polling bumps where pundits are trained to look for them. But even as they watch for those signs closely, they're not contemplating how other nearly unprecedented movement might shape the race. 
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