
This Is Bullshit: Are You Seriously Evicting Voters, Democrats? [UPDATE-1]
Biden's 2020 vote margin and the number of American households at risk of eviction as of midnight tonight are both roughly seven million. That's bullshit.

The Government Screws Up Attempt to Distinguish between January 6 Insurrection and Anti-Kavanaugh Protests
In making a huge error in a response to Ethan Nordean's motion to dismiss his indictment, the government really discredited an important argument.

This Is Bullshit: Silver Takes the Gold for COVID Guff [UPDATE-1]
“Bullshit, bullshit, absolute bullshit!” I yelled. I can only hope the neighbors thought I’m yelling about the Olympics.

What Eliel Rosa Saw at the Precise Moment Ethan Nordean Was Not Seeing Officers Open the Upper West Terrace Door
Ethan Nordean wants to release evidence of what he didn't see when he entered the Capitol on January 6. But Eliel Rosa, who just pled guilty, has now described what Nordean would have been seeing -- or doing -- at the moment he wasn't seeing cops open the door of the Capitol.

DOJ Unimpressed by Mo Brooks' Kickass Conspiracy Defense
In its statement declining to substitute DOJ for Mo Brooks in Eric Swalwell's lawsuit, DOJ las out the argument that no federal employee can be immune from liability for a conspiracy to obstruct the vote certification based on campaign-related activities.

The Cellebrite Wars: Moxie's Stunt and Freddie's Phone
Accused January 6 defendant Freddie Klein says he wants his phone back. The government says they can't return it because they need proof the Signal texts on his phone weren't tampered with.

Like All His Co-Conspirators, Donald Trump Would Be Charged for Obstruction, Not Incitement
Contrary to what ill-informed people are claiming, DOJ's decision on whether to substitute for Mo Brooks has nothing to do with whether or not DOJ will hold Trump accountable for January 6, because DOJ would hold Trump accountable via conspiracy to obstruct the vote charges.

Dinesh D'Souza and the GoPro: The Import of the Disorganized Militia Conspiracy Case at the Core of January 6
Since he got arrested, Josiah Colt's co-conspirator Nate DeGrave has been trying to get the GoPro video that he and Colt took before and during the insurrection. Colt's Statement of Offense may explain why DeGrave has been trying to get it.

The Available Evidence Says Merrick Garland *Is* Prosecuting Controversial Cases from Trump Years
For some reason, even as DOJ is prosecuting Tom Barrack as a foreign agent, people continue to claim with no evidence at all that Merrick Garland is refusing to prosecute controversial cases involving Trump.

The Significance of Tom Barrack's Obstruction and False Statements Charges
If the alleged lies Tom Barrack told in a June 20, 2019 interview are really clearcut, it'll make it a lot harder to use several of his most likely defense strategies.

Paul Manafort Knew Tom Barrack Was Working with "Our Friends"
According to the first charges filed against Tom Barrack's alleged co-conspirator, Paul Manafort had a much bigger role in Barrack's successful influence over a Trump speech than the current indictment reveals.

"Darkened Plazas with Throngs of People:" The Government Debunks the Portland - January 6 Comparisons
When challenged to explain why January 6 defendants are being brought to trial after lots of Portland protest cases have dismissed, DOJ explained that January 6 defendants made their alleged crimes much easier to prosecute.

Paul Manafort Shared the Trump Energy Speech with Tom Barrack
Tom Barrack gave a short explanation of his role in editing a Trump Energy speech when Mueller's team interviewed him in December 2017, including describing Paul Manafort's role in the process.

Three Things: Mary Had a Little Lambda [UPDATE-1]
The pandemic isn’t over, not by a long chalk. The right-wing continues to kill itself clinging to anti-vax disinformation.

The "Big Boss" Directing Tom Barrack's Actions
The Tom Barrack is quite clear about who his boss is: Mohamed bin Zayed, who is described as Emirati Official 1. It's far more circumspect about Barrack's conversations with Trump.

On the Missing Inspector General Report[s] about Wilbur Ross' Lies
There were a bunch of stories about the results of Commerce Inspector General report yesterday: That the IG had found that Wilbur Ross lied twice to Congress, but that after Commerce IG referred his conduct to DOJ, Bill Barr's DOJ refused to prosecute. But the most interesting parts of the stories may be what got left out, like the possibility of a parallel investigation at DOJ IG.

Space Cowboys
The Billionaire Blastoffs, are they good or bad?

Invoking the Great Task of Ensuring "the Government of the People Shall Not Perish from the Earth," Judge Moss Sentences Paul Hodgkins to Eight Months Sentence
Judge Randolph Moss sentenced Paul Hodgkins to 8 months in prison.

On the Upcoming Sentencing for the First January 6 Felony Defendant, Paul Hodgkins
The sentence that Paul Hodgkins gets on Monday may have as much to do with how Judge Randolph Moss thinks his behavior compares to that of other defendants charged with obstruction before him as it does with the government's bid for an 18-month sentence.

Minority Report: Putin's Programma Destabilizatsii Began Much Earlier
There were at least two other problems with the material on which The Guardian's article was written.

