
On June 24, 2016, WikiLeaks DMed Guccifer 2.0 about Celebrating Brexit
Before Guccifer 2.0 sent WikiLeaks Hillary emails, the persona responded to WikiLeaks' claimed support for Brexit by sending documents on that.

Seven Days after Julian Assange Helped Trump Win, Roger Stone Started Working on a Pardon
Just 7 days after Julian Assange helped Donald Trump win, Roger Stone used his brand new phone to contact Margaret Kunslter using Signal.

A Video Guide to Understanding Covid-19 without Freaking Out
It's a complicated time, and we're all emotionally worn out.
Here at emptywheel we've covered the current pandemic's scientific side in some depth. (see Jim White's look at the origin of the virus, Rayne has done several very good updates…

Trump Policy Maximizes Deaths in Food Factories
Throughout the COVID-19 crisis, Trump's policies with respect to meatpacking factories have served to maximize human deaths.

Cross Filings: NSD Figures Out How Woods Procedures Are Supposed to Work
While no one was looking, NSD actually made changes on FISA oversight that could ensure that Woods Procedures work like they're supposed to.

Shi Zhengli Provides Proof SARS CoV-2 Was Not An Accidental Release From Wuhan Institute of Virology
Shi Zhingli of Wuhan Institute of Virology has provided convincing evidence to Scientific American that SARS CoV-2 is the result of a natural jump to humans from an animal host and was not accidentally released from her lab, which had no isolates of any viruses that match closely enough to be the outbreak virus.

Mitch McConnell Just Helped Trump Take Kentucky's Cops and Teachers Hostage
Mitch McConnell is helping Trump take governors hostage, just like he did Ukraine's President. And that very much includes Kentucky's governor, Andy Beshear.

Research Misinfo/Disinfo: Ain't No Sunshine Kill COVID-19 Gone
Trump's unfiltered bullshit about COVID-19 will get somebody killed and damage businesses as well. Members of the White House coronavirus task force are as much to blame for not stopping his misinfo/disinfo.

Digging Through The Science—And The Noise—On What Is Known About The Origin Of SARS CoV-2
Scientific analysis says SARS CoV-2 is very closely related to coronaviruses seen in bats. There is evidence suggesting, but not proving, that the virus made the jump to humans at the Wuhan wet market, possibly through an intermediate animal other than bats. There is no concrete evidence at this time for the alternative explanation of the virus accidentally escaping a lab in Wuhan, despite many claims that that is the case.

Judge Sullivan Already Ruled that Mike Flynn's David Ignatius Story Doesn't Help Him
It would be unwise to underestimate Bill Barr's ability to interfere with DOJ's normal processes (precisely the allegation being waged against the FBI). Still, Judge Sullivan still gets a vote, and on some of this stuff, he already voted against it.

Lysol and UV Rays: Running a Pandemic Like a Reality TV Show
Three months in, Trump is still trying to manage a pandemic like he's the star of a Reality TV Show.

The Fabulous Emptywheel Music Blog: Setting The Scene
We have done live music for a couple of weeks, now let's set the scene with the greatest music documentaries.

Trump's Medical Quackery Exposes the Press' Both-Sides Quackery
Some in the press are still treating Trump's insane rantings not as newsworthy themselves, but instead as a matter of both sides dispute.

John Durham's Eternal Crossfire HurriFlame
Thus far, John Durham has been investigating the first ten months of the Crossfire Hurricane investigation for eleven months, and Bill Barr seems to think it'll go at least through August.

Long Overdue Policies that Look Obvious in the Age of Pandemic
With the crisis of COVID, policies that long made sense but were considered too radical have become necessary.

Brian Kemp Suggests Workers at Nail Salons Don't Own Their Own Lives
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp justified reopening his state before any guidelines recommend by suggesting that if business owners can't force workers to risk their lives by working in unsafe conditions, it amounts to taking everything they have.

Arrrr Matey, There Be A New Bucco In The Bay
Gronk is back. He and TB12 will look a LOT different playing in a Bruce Arians offense. This is truly exciting, and will be when the NFL comes back.

The COVID Delay Should Give Reggie Walton First Pass at the Roger Stone Unsealing
Not only does a COVID delay in Reggie Walton's review of the Mueller Report mean he--and not DOJ--may get first pass at deciding what Stone-related materials can be released, but we're also likely to see the warrants behind the Stone investigation in short order.

The Nuances of the Carter Page Application
The Carter Page application certain backs the conclusions of the DOJ IG Report. But it also shows that the Steele dossier, which fed the FBI's inexcusable confirmation biases, undermined the FBI investigation into questions that have not yet been fully answered.

On Trump's COVID Rallies: Lying and Bullying Are Different Things
Ben Smith argued today that Trump's rallies are only about politics, not public health, and so we should stop debating whether media outlets should cover them. But Trump's lies are a public health menace.