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The Good Trouble of John Lewis

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bmaz
Another lion has left the earth. John Lewis. And that damn bridge in Selma needs to be immediately renamed for him, as has been discussed for years. Do it now. But finally abolishing the name and specter of the Edmund Pettus Bridge will not…
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Lindsey Graham Provides Yet More Proof that Peter Strzok Didn't Have It In for Trump

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emptywheel
Peter Strzok is the villain of the narrative about a Deep State coup targeting Donald Trump. Yet Lindsey Graham just released yet another document showing that -- whatever Strzok's personal distaste for Trump -- he continued to push back against unjustified allegations about Trump at least as late as February 2017.
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"Hinky:" NPR Permitted Billy Barr to Lie More than Once

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emptywheel
NPR's Public Editor unpacked how NPR came to air one of the lies that Bill Barr told on their network back in June. But she left untouched some of Barr's other blatant lies.
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Trump's Rump Coverer's Other Mission: Militarized Voter Suppression [UPDATE-3]

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Rayne
We all know Bill Barr has been hard at covering Trump's ass since he was sworn in. Now he's turning us into a banana republic complete with secret security forces.
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The Wonkish Myth of Crowding Out

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Ed Walker
A myth made for insiders.
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Roger Stone Invented a New Cover Story Rather than Defend Himself at Trial

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emptywheel
Eight months after Roger Stone's guilty verdict, few people realize that his defense consisted largely of telling a new lie, yet another attempt to cover up a secret to protect Donald Trump.
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Roger Stone's Flip Story Evolves for the Cameras

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emptywheel
Roger Stone keeps telling a story about being offered an opportunity to flip on President Trump that doesn't make sense.
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Reggie Walton Seems Interested Revealing Some of Mueller's Referrals

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emptywheel
When DOJ reprocessed the Mueller Report last month, they continued to redact at least one referral as an ongoing investigation that had already been made public and completed--that of George Nader. Filings from this week suggest Reggie Walton wants to know why others are still redacted.
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Credico Feared Stone Would Go to Prison; Corsi's Lawyer Fears He Would Not

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emptywheel
Randy Credico, who has no fucking clue what Roger Stone did, but who played a significant part in getting him convicted, feared that Roger Stone would go to prison. But Corsi's team, who has a much better sense what Stone did yet played little part in getting Stone convicted, feared Stone would not go to prison. 
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Trump Prepares to Do Something Even Billy Barr Has Said Might Be Obstruction

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emptywheel
Donald Trump is about to buy Roger Stone's silence. Even Attorney General Billy Barr has said such an action might be obstruction.
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Sidney Powell Proves She (and Everyone Else, including Timothy Shea) Was Wrong about the Logan Act

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emptywheel
Sidney Powell releases evidence making it clear the interview with her client was always about whether he was acting as a Russian agent, showing that she and everyone else parroting her claims about the Logan Act was wrong.
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June Bug Goes to Ireland

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emptywheel
June Bug and I moved to Ireland today.
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The Growing WikiLeaks Conspiracy [Indictment]

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emptywheel
Another post on why I think DOJ is going to keep adding to its Assange indictment.
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The Statue Donald Trump Has Overturned

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emptywheel
It's telling that Donald Trump couldn't manage a speech in front of the real symbol of our Liberty.
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Still Dreaming of the American Dream

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Rayne
After the wholly repugnant speech Donald Trump gave in South Dakota -- on lands stolen from Lakota and Dakota nations -- it's important to remember one thing.
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Maybe Trump Really Is Never Going To Leave

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bmaz
Tim Wirth and Tom Rogers lay out a frightening, and convincing, scenario where Trump plans to remain in the Presidency irrespective of how badly he loses to Biden.
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The Fourth Ahead and The Forgotten

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Rayne
We want a slice of normalcy: a cold beverage in hand, burgers on the grill, fireworks overhead, fireflies after dark, family and friends all around us. And we want it now. Some of us, though, won't get these things. Some of us have been forgotten.
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Three Things: There Is Really Only One Thing

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Rayne
It's ultimately all one thing: Donald J. Trump needs to be removed from office for abuse of power and dereliction of duty.
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