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Alex Cannon and the Missing Russian Binder
All of Trump's stolen classified documents aren't accounted for. And the Russian binder may be only part of what's missing.
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Google Kills the Geofence Capability that Will Show ~30,000 Trump Supporters Swarmed the Capitol on Trump's Orders
The day after prosecutors announced they'll use a geofence warrant to show how many MAGAts followed Trump's order to march to the Capitol, Google announced it's changing how it stores Location data.
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Hunter Biden Twice Alleges that "Laptop" Data was "Stolen" from Him
Twice this week, Hunter Biden has alleged that data associated with "the laptop" "was stolen" from him.
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Garanimals in a SCIF: David Weiss' Attempt to Sheep Dip Bill Barr's Hunter Biden Prosecution
Hunter Biden's argument that he couldn't be charged with gun crimes because the diversion agreement remains, or remained, binding is his best shot for avoiding that prosecution. It also provides reason to believe that David Weiss used Bill Barr's laundered Russian dirt to reopen the Hunter Biden investigation.
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Donald Trump Says He Can Only Work Over Christmas If He's Planning a Coup
Donald Trump's lawyers say they shouldn't have to argue that Trump is above the law in expedited fasion -- in part, because it would require everyone to work through Christmas. Of course, in 2020, Trump was happy to work through Christmas ... when he was planning a coup.
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SCOTUS Takes Up January 6 Obstruction Challenge -- But with Unknown Scope
The Supreme Court is reviewing the Fischer decision upholding the use of obstruction to prosecute Jan6ers. But the scope of their review -- and the potential impact for rioters or for Trump -- will be unclear for some time.
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What Might Happen If Hunter Biden Refuses to Testify (Behind Closed Doors)
If Hunter Biden blows off Congress today, James Comer will perform precisely the separation of powers violation that Hunter alleged in a motion to dismiss.
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This Is Why We Vote: Women Are Not Yet Full Citizens
Someone wrote in social media yesterday, “Don’t Vote.” Oh honey, no...
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In Motion to Dismiss, Hunter Biden Accuses House GOP of Separation of Powers Violation
Two days before Hunter Biden is due to appear in response to a subpoena, his attorneys argued that the House GOP has improperly usurped DOJ's role in his prosecution.
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Don Jr Confesses He and Douglass Mackey Were "Put on Lists" Together
Given Donald Trump Jr's confession that he and far right troll Douglass Mackey were "put on lists" together, it renews my curiosity whether he might be the troll, "P0TUS Trump," who remained maniacally focused on the Podesta emails.
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It Was Donald Trump, in the Dining Room, with the Twitter Account
Expert testimony that Jack Smith's team just noticed will help to prove that who sent the Tweet that almost got Mike Pence killed: It was Donald Trump, alone in the dining room, with the attempted murder weapon.
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Former WikiLeaks Task Force Member Charles McGonigal Didn't Take Credit for the Josh Schulte Investigation
It makes sense that Charles McGonigal didn't brag that he oversaw investigations of Oleg Deripaska before he went on to work for Deripaska. But it's far more curious that McGonigal didn't mention that he led not one but two WikiLeaks investigations.
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Hunter Biden's Motions to Dismiss
The motions to dismiss in Hunter Biden's Delaware case.
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Jack Smith (and Michael Dreeben) Go to SCOTUS
Jack Smith has gone directly to SCOTUS to ask it to review Trump's absolute immunity claim.
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The August 13 Venmo Charge David Weiss Claimed Was an August 14 Charge
It appears that David Weiss made at least one notable error in the indictment charging Hunter Biden with making false statements on federal documents.
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Hunter Biden Accused Rudy Giuliani of Hacking His Data, Not Defamation
Hunter Biden is not accusing Rudy Giuliani of saying things about him that aren't true. Hunter Biden is accusing Rudy Giuliani of accessing data -- whether on a hard drive copied from a laptop or in the cloud -- to which he did not have legal access.
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Advent Week 2: Prepare Ye The Way for The Stollen Ahead
Here it is, my first candidate for the stollen election. What bread/cake containing fruit did you make/buy/consume this week? This is an open thread.
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The May 2017 Report Tying Oleg Deripaska to Russian Intelligence
Bill Barr's flunkie, Seth DuCharme, thinks his client Charles McGonigal should get a probation sentence even though he reviewed reports of Oleg Deripaska's Russian intelligence ties before choosing to work for Deripaska.
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Great Apes As Rational Agents
The long evolutionary step to the great apes includes rationality and new psychological processes.
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All Points Bulletin to David Weiss! Tony Bobulinski Is a Missing Person!!
In the tax indictment of Hunter Biden, David Weiss has hidden the role that Tony Bobulinski had in events the indictment describes. In so doing, he may be attempting to hide the way Donald Trump's personal involvement taints the investigation that led to a tax indictment of Joe Biden's son.