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Ahab As Randian Hero

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Ed Walker
Ahab, driven by some unknown force, chases a whale into his own watery grave, and takes the crew with him.
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There Are More Charges Pending for George Nader or an Accomplice

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emptywheel
According to a recent filing in George Nader's case, there are more charges coming against him or someone related to him.
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Right Wing "News" Site Deleted One of the Videos Prosecutors Wanted to Use at Roger Stone's Trial

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emptywheel
A closer look at the government's effort to validate the timeline of Roger Stone's claims by getting the official upload time for the videos in question.
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After Two Years, MalwareTech Is a Free Man

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emptywheel
In his sentencing hearing, Judge JP Stadtmueller did what should have been done two years ago: sent Marcus Hutchins home.
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The Other Servers and Laptops FBI Never Investigated: VR Systems and North Carolina Polling Books

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emptywheel
One point Ron Wyden made in his response to SSCI's report on election security is that given that no one had yet forensically examined the laptops using VR Systems software that failed on election day, the possibility VR Systems passed on malware from the GRU, and the possibility that affected vote totals, could not be ruled out.
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The 18th Warrant Application against Roger Stone Investigated Hacking

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emptywheel
Doug Collins' questions about whether Mueller charged Trump or his associates in the hack-and-leak conspiracy are interesting for the way they cabin off anything that happened starting minutes after Mueller's resignation when Andrew Miller finally started complying.
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Sergey Kislyak, Guccifer 2.0, and Maria Butina Walk into an Election Precinct

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emptywheel
Along with a lot more detail on state election (in)security, the SSCI report on election security reveals that Sergey Kislyak was getting pissy in November 2016 because State refused to let Russians serve as election observers.
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The Republicans Complaining about Mueller's Non-Exoneration of Trump Don't Care that He Exonerated Jeff Sessions

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emptywheel
John Ratcliffe says it was not Mueller's job to publicly exonerate or decline to. Except he only cares about Mueller's non-exoneration of President Trump, and not his public exoneration of Jeff Sessions.
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Something in the Water: GOP Rep. Mitchell Bows out in Michigan

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Rayne
GOP Rep. Paul Mitchell (MI-10) announced Wednesday he would not seek re-election, saying, "[r]hetoric and vitriol, it overwhelms policy." Are Trump's racist 'Go Back' remarks to blame?
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Failing to Damage Mueller, GOP Now Claiming Mueller Not Sufficiently Vigorous to Oversee Trump Investigation

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emptywheel
The Republican response to Mueller's testimony is to suggest he was not in adequate control of his investigation. Fine. Then let's ask whether his supervisors took advantage of that to prevent Mueller from subpoenaing Trump.
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HEARING THREAD: Special Counsel Robert Mueller

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Rayne
Former Special Counsel Robert Mueller testifies before two different House committees today. This post is dedicated to these hearings.
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OPEN THREAD: Everything Else Not about Robert Mueller

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Rayne
Open thread for everything NOT directly related to the House Judiciary Committee hearing and Robert Mueller's testimony.
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Robert Mueller Asked To Be Instructed To Hew To the Report

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emptywheel
The frenzy over DOJ instructions to Mueller seems to be missing that he asked for those instructions.
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Congress Already Has Evidence Trump Lied Under Oath to Robert Mueller

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emptywheel
Congress already has evidence that Trump lied in his sworn answers about the Trump Tower Moscow deal to Mueller.
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FaceApp and Its Targeted Audience

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Rayne
Naysayers pooh-pooh the risks posed as fearmongering, but the threat is real: the youngest voter age groups which are least likely to vote for Trump and the GOP are the likely target of questionable mobile application FaceApp.
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Three Things: Two USAs and a Bear

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Rayne
Three things not worth a full post but perhaps they're worth a brief look. This is an open thread.
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The Curious Treatment of Michael Cohen's Trump Organization Email

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emptywheel
A footnote in the SDNY warrants investigating campaign finance crimes reveals that that US Attorneys office treated Trump Organization email hosted at Microsoft differently than Mueller treated it.
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Hal Martin Sentencing Leaves All Questions Unanswered

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emptywheel
Hal Martin's sentencing yesterday offers no further explanation for the Shadow Brokers releases.
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Stormy, Pee Tapes, and Pussy-Grabbing: The Three Explanations for the Cohen-Hicks-Trump Call on October 8, 2016

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emptywheel
It's possible Hope Hicks is outright lying about knowing about the hush payments Michael Cohen made to protect earlier lies she told in 2017, before the whole hush payment story broke wide open. But it is certainly possible that if you work for Donald Trump all the sex scandals merge into one, either in fact, or in years old memories.
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