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Brazil Charges Coup-Plotter Bolsonaro for Saudi Gifts as Trump Org Unveils New Saudi High Rise

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emptywheel
The value of the diamonds for which Brazil will charge Jair Bolsonaro laundering pale in comparison to the money Saudi Arabia has given to that other coup-plotter, Donald Trump.
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"This is a rush job, as it needs to get out as soon as possible:" Jim Jordan-Led Investigation Discredits John Ratcliffe

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emptywheel
After years of trying to find a former spook he could accuse of politicizing intelligence on the federal dime, Jim Jordan finally found one: John Ratcliffe.
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Fourteen Shambolic Years of Conservative Rule

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Quinn Norton
The Tories are Exhausting. This Thursday the 4th of July the UK will be overcast in the low 60s with some intermittent rain, and all the parliamentary seats will be up for grabs as the UK turns out for yet another insane British snap election.…
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Spirit of Revenge: John Roberts Says Joe Biden Can Demand an Investigation of Ginni Thomas

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emptywheel
By refusing all review of improper pressure on the Attorney General, John Roberts has not eliminated the risk of revenge and despotism. He has, rather, sanctioned it.
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What Is To Be Done

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Ed Walker
Don't let your anger cause acid stomach. Kick some ass!
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Chief Justice John Roberts Just Invited President Biden to Pardon Nicholas Roske

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emptywheel
Imagine how outrageous it would be for Joe Biden to pardon Nicholas Roske, the man who armed himself and showed up at Justice Kavanaugh's home threatening to kill him. Yet that is precisely what the Republican Justices did in response to an exactly equivalent threat facing Congress, Biden voters, and democracy.
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Preprison Interviews Give Bannon a Chance to Pitch Fascism, Cover-Up His Fraud

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emptywheel
None of the journalists who rushed to interview Steve Bannon on his way to prison for blowing off the January 6 Committee thought to ask him about his alleged fraud against Trump's supporters.
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Justice Roberts' Drone Strike on George Washington's Legacy

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emptywheel
In an opinion that tries to cloak his power grab with an appeal to President Washington, John Roberts has suffocated the greatest thing Washington gave the United States, the presumption that Presidents would cede to the power of elections.
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Jack Smith's Way Forward

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emptywheel
Among other things, Jack Smith now has cause to issue a report of all the core Executive conduct -- like abusing pardons -- that John Roberts just said cannot be prosecuted.
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SCOTUS' Republicans Allow Presidents to Use SEAL Team 6 To Execute Their Opponents

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emptywheel
Yes, if the President sics SEAL Team Six on his opponent as an official act, he is presumptively immune from consequences.
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Open Thread: Last Batch of SCOTUS Decisions

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Rayne
The Supreme Court's last batch of decisions for the 2023-2024 term will drop shortly -- I think.
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Don't Let a Biden Succession Crisis Create a Succession Crisis

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emptywheel
The calls for Biden to resign the Presidency at which, by most measures, he continues to have historic success, only to leave Kamala Harris without a Vice President are as silly as calls for 71-year old Sherrod Brown to replace Biden on the presidential ticket.
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The "Wow, Pictures!" Tabloid Coverage of Trump's Stolen Documents Is as Bad as Conspiracy Mongering

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emptywheel
Last week's filing with pictures from the Mar-a-Lago search did more than simply slob-shame the former President. They showed the chain of custody behind the most important discoveries made in that search.
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NYT 2016: “But Her Emails” NYT 2024: “But His Debate”

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Rayne
Welcome to NYT's 2024 election FUD operation: “But His Debate”
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Fridays with Nicole Sandler

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Rayne
Marcy and Nicole discuss this week's SCOTUS decisions and those yet to come including presidential immunity
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Joe Biden: Three Weeks and Four Months

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emptywheel
Joe Biden has a choice to make about whether he remains the best shot to beat Donald Trump. And one way or another, Republicans will be stuck with a candidate who vigorously acts unpresidential.
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Supreme Court Makes 18 USC 1512 a Paperwork Crime, But Does Not Address Corrupt Purpose

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emptywheel
In a move that will roil hundreds of January 6 prosecutions, the Supreme Court just required a paperwork nexus for Obstruction prosecutions.
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Aileen Cannon Confesses She's Unable to Distinguish between Golf Balls and Nuclear Weapons

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emptywheel
Depending on how you count, Aileen Cannon issued three or four decisions yesterday. The most telling is an order letting Trump have a mulligan on whether his false attacks on the FBI pose a danger to society. As Jack Smith's team described…
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Open Thread: SCOTUS Decisions, Final Day* of Term Edition

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Rayne
This is it: SCOTUS will deliver the last* undecided cases of the term this morning. This is an open thread.
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