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Open Thread: A Mournful Valentine [UPDATE]

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Rayne
Since the mass shooting a year ago in Parkland, Florida, 1,200 more children have died as a result of gun violence. Thoughts and prayers are worthless and cannot staunch the blood.
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The Green New Deal Challenges The Domination Of Capital

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Ed Walker
Capital dominates our public and private lives. The Green New Deal returns power to the majority to determine our future.
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Amy Berman Jackson Rules that Manafort Lied about Possible Criminal Activity Related to Donald Trump's Campaign

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emptywheel
Amy Berman Jackson just ruled that Paul Manafort lied when he denied committing crimes in conjunction with Trump's campaign.
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Bamford's Silence about How Maria Butina Got Thrown Back into Solitary

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emptywheel
In a story at least partly focusing on the government's use of solitary confinement against Maria Butina, James Bamford remains remarkably silent about his role in getting her thrown back into solitary.
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On SSCI's Investigation: Manafort "Conspired" Whether or Not Trump Also "Colluded"

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emptywheel
For some reason, Republicans are not squawking about the less damning of the several explanations for why Paul Manafort shared campaign data with Konstantin Kilimnik.
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FBI Finally Moves to Fix Its Text Retention Problem -- and Mobile Phone Security

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emptywheel
Two years after identifying what were clear security problems in the course of searching for Lisa Page and Peter Strzok's texts, DOJ's Inspector General is recommending that FBI fix the problem.
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A Primer on How to Read: So the NYT Can Stop Telling Paul Manafort's Lies

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emptywheel
In which I try to teach the NYT how to read, so they can stop telling the public Paul Manafort's lies.
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Vertical Demand Curve: When Your Money or Your Life Isn't a Choice

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Rayne
We prohibit extortion -- except when it's health care. This is an open thread.
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Quid Pro Quo Redux, Part One: The Trump Tower Dangle

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emptywheel
The 2016 Quid Pro Quo started with a dangle that Trump couldn't refuse: the tallest tower in Europe bearing his name, worth $300 million.
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What We Know about the "Other" Investigation about which Paul Manafort Lied

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emptywheel
Whatever Paul Manafort lied about with prosecutors from another district, it pertained to "saving the candidate."
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Introduction To Discourse Analysis

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Ed Walker
Discourse Analysis can be used to expose an ideology that underlies a text. Sometimes we can just rely on close reading.
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Paul Manafort Sold Out Donald Trump -- and His Anonymous Leakers Are Lying about It Publicly

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emptywheel
Paul Manafort walked Konstantin Kilimnik through recent, highly detailed polling data in NYC on August 2, 2016. And he's willing to bet that lying about that fact is his best chance for a pardon. 
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If It's The Weekend, It Must Be Golf

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Rayne
It's Saturday. This must be our time to gaze with longing on the verdure only golf courses grow -- and by verdure I don't mean the fairways, tees, or greens.
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Roger Stone Adopts the Russian Troll Evidence-Phishing Technique

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emptywheel
Roger Stone submitted two motions in his defense today. The first, opposing a gag in the case, is rigorous and will make for an interesting legal battle (until such time as Stone violates the protective order in the case, in which case it'll…
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Open Thread: Is that a Smile? [UPDATE]

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Rayne
An open thread for matters unrelated to House Oversight Committee hearing and BDTS -- including the attempt to blackmail Jeff Bezos.
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Pardons and Spooks: The Back Story of Paulie's Plea

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emptywheel
The transcript from Paul Manafort's breach hearing earlier this week makes it clear that he was trying to retain his bid for a pardon during the entire time he feigned cooperation.
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Big Dick Toilet Salesman Matt Whitaker Crams for His Open Book Test

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emptywheel
Matt Whitaker seems poised to refuse to show up to an HJC hearing -- citing a subpoena requiring his testimony -- to avoid answering a bunch of questions about Trump's continued tampering with the Mueller investigation.
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A Focus on Florida: What Happened to the Three Campaign Officials Chatting with Yevgeniy Prigozhin's Trolls?

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emptywheel
There seems to be a lot more that happened with Trump's campaign in Florida in 2016 than we currently know about.
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Was Facebook Biased or Was It Manipulated?

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Rayne
Still puzzling: Why did contract editors complain about Facebook's bias to a struggling Gawker outlet just after Trump became the presumptive nominee and before Gawker filed bankruptcy?
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