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The white supremacy that brought us the Trump presidency -- and with it, Andrew McCabe's demise -- would not be possible if we had treated violent white supremacist terror as terror for the last twenty years. 

Here's the serial process the government used to lead up to Michael Cohen's raid on April 9, 2018.

In January, Stone rejected a title for his new paperback claiming credit for Trump's win. If Stone's efforts to maximize the value of Russia's active measures campaign really were key, then the last thing he'd want to do is release a paperback crowing about that. Of course, because of the boneheaded efforts of his lawyers, his concerns about doing so are now public. 

Details from a hearing in the prosecution of Mike Flynn's business partner yesterday suggest still more complexity to the investigations that have spun off of Mueller's primary investigation.

Amy Berman Jackson's comments about FARA at the Paul Manafort sentencing may serve as precedents as DOJ moves to increasingly prosecute FARA going forward.

Today can best be summed up by two conflicting statements: Kevin Downing, claiming today's sentence proves there was "No Russian collusion," as protestors called him a liar for doing so. And Amy Berman Jackson, noting that, "If the people don't have the facts, democracy can’t work." 

Roger Stone wrote what -- if you don't look closely -- seems like a credible excuse for not telling Amy Berman Jackson about his book attacking Mueller. That's until you look at the evidence that he and probably at least one of his lawyers know he's lying.

Keith Gartenlaub is appealing his conviction to SCOTUS. The odds are long, but if he succeeds it might do interesting things to restore some wall between intelligence investigations and criminal consequences.

The Green New Deal rejects the neoliberal project of protecting capital and capitalists at all costs. It puts the working class and the planet first.