
An Update on the Human Experiment in Marion Prison
Ohio started testing entire populations of several prisons in April. Thus far, .5% to 1.6% of prisoners who tested positive have died.

Live and Let Die: The Data Manipulation Begins
Trump has chosen the worst of all options with his COVID-19 response, with epidemiological efforts that have a huge impact on the economy, but halted before any lasting epidemiological value. So now, Trump and his allies are lying with numbers to pretend the stupidity of this path isn't known.

After Years of Squealing about "FISA Abuse," Trump's DNI Nominee Won't Rule Out Warrantless Wiretapping
John Ratcliffe is an appalling choice to be Director of National Intelligence. But there's the clear sense that SSCI is so anxious to replace Ric Grenell that they'd prefer him.

John Ratcliffe Demonstrates How He'll Politicize Intelligence by Claiming Trump Has Been Honest about COVID-19
John Ratcliffe said over and over in his confirmation hearing that he won't politicize intelligence. And then he provided far clearly proof that he will.

"ur submission form is too fucking slow, spent the whole day uploading 1 gb."
At Joshua Schulte's trial, prosecutors implied that he transferred CIA files to WikiLeaks overnight. Given details about how a similar process worked with the Guccifer 2.0 persona, however, such a transfer overnight would have necessitated prior contact with WikiLeaks.

The Four Ways Trump Can Ensure Mike Flynn Avoids Accountability for His Lies
Ultimately, Trump has four possible ways to get Flynn out of his guilty verdict. And it is virtually guaranteed that one of them will work. But it's still unclear how Judge Sullivan will respond the conflict sworn statements Flynn has made to him.

Michigan's Militia-Like Morons Can't Math [UPDATE]
At this rate we'll be under some form of quarantine all damned summer because these spoiled, stupid wretches can't make the connection between their bad behavior and Michiganders' deaths.

Roger Stone Assistant Andrew Miller Fought His Subpoena Far More Aggressively than His Former Boss
Roger Stone's assistant, Andrew Miller, fought a subpoena all the way to the Supreme Court. But when Stone got a Mueller subpoena, he complied with no public complaint.

The Frothy Right Wingers Claiming "Perjury Trap" Are Accusing General Flynn of Perjury
If Flynn got caught in a perjury trap, it means he lied to the FBI. And if he lied to the FBI, then it means he also lied in a sworn declaration submitted in January.

The Roger Stone Prosecution Was One Step in an Ongoing Investigation
In the context of the warrants released this week, the prosecution of Roger Stone appears to be just one step in a far more serious investigation, one that may well be ongoing.

NY Times Finds Trump Administration Inserted Wuhan Cables Into The Aluminum Tubes Echo Chamber
The Trump Administration is supporting an effort to present dubious information as confirmed intelligence on the escape of SARS CoV-2 from a Chinese lab, apparently in an effort to deflect blame from Trump's poor response to the outbreak and to stoke tension between the US and China.

Covid-19 and Class Structure
Government response to the Covid-19 pandemic demonstrates the class structure in the US.

Republicans OUTRAGED That National Security Threat Was Treated Like National Security Threat
Somehow, the frothy right thinks that the FBI shouldn't have believed that a guy who had just called up the country that attacked us and told them not to worry about it would either be fired or prosecuted.

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.