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Goal-Directed Agency and Intentional Agency

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Ed Walker
Index to posts in this series Lizards Lizards are a representative of the first category of agency according to Michael Tomasello in his book The Evolution Of Agency. As with the other categories, Tomasello focuses on the way lizards forage…
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Hunter Biden: Which Came First, the Chick Selling Sex or the Extortion of Campaign Dirt?

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emptywheel
You cannot claim to be doing journalism on the Republican effort to impeach Joe Biden based on allegations about his son unless you understand the ties between Rudy Giuliani's efforts to dig up dirt, including from Russian agents, and the Hunter Biden investigation.
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The MAGA Tourist Geofence and the Violent Confederate Flag-Toting Geofence

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emptywheel
Trump claims that only one percent of his people from January 6 could be deemed insurrectionists. That's not what the Google geofence says.
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How Trump Distracted from Results of His Incitement by Recruiting Journalists to Spread More of It

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emptywheel
You always have a choice how to disseminate Trump's incitement. And yesterday, a number of journalists and critics chose to do so in the form Trump chose -- a campaign ad! -- rather than in an equally stark form that would be less likely to contribute to the incitement.
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Breathing Room: Thanksgiving Day Emergency Cooking Aid

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Rayne
In case of last minute Turkey Day kitchen emergencies, an open thread.
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In an Attempt to Claim Vindictive Prosecution, Trump Confesses Biden Hasn't Interfered Like He Has

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emptywheel
In a bid to claim Joe Biden is treating him unfairly, Trump revealed he's using his own prosecution to interfere, again, in Hunter BIden's prosecution.
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The Former President's Spaghetti-Wall Assault on the Truth

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emptywheel
Trump's replies submitted in his various efforts to dismiss the charges against him amount to a demand that Trump be treated not just as above the law that the hundreds of his mobsters have already been held accountable to, but also above the truth.
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Breathing Room: What’s on Your Holiday Menu?

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Rayne
This is an open thread -- talk about your Thanksgiving holiday preparations here.
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Perfect Phone Calls: Redefining Vindictive Prosecution in the Trump Era

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emptywheel
Last week, Abbe Lowell requested subpoenas in the Hunter Biden case -- subpoenas that would obtain known records ranging from mean Trump tweets, to Bill Barr's efforts to funnel a bribery allegation obtained downstream from Rudy's efforts to Trump up a bribery allegation, to the Perfect Phone call. It's an impossible subpoena request. But it's also a request that goes to the core of defending against the kind retribution Trump demands.
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DC Circuit Likely To Narrow Judge Chutkan Gag

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emptywheel
In the hearing on Judge Tanya Chutkan's gag in the January 6 case, Trump attorney John Lauro got awfully close to arguing that his client must be permitted to run for President by threatening all his adversaries.
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David Weiss' FBI FARA Headfake to Create a Hunter Biden Tax Mulligan

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emptywheel
A potential FARA investigation into Hunter Biden was the reason why he refused to plead guilty in July, giving David Weiss and Leo Wise a chance to ratchet up charges against the President's son. But CNN reports that any such investigation is now done.
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In Memoriam: Rosalynn Carter

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Rayne
Eleanor Rosalynn Carter, wife of former president Jimmy Carter, passed away today at age 96.
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What Matt Viser Won't Tell You about Hunter Biden, His Dad, and Burisma

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emptywheel
Phil Rucker's WaPo continues to ignore details about the corruption of the investigation into Hunter Biden, corruption that implicates WaPo's obsession with Hunter Biden's dick pics directly.
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Judge Rules Trump Had the Purpose of Inciting Insurrection on January 6

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emptywheel
In Judge Sarah Wallace's opinion finding that Trump incited insurrection, she mapped out how Trump intended to sic a violent mob on Mike Pence and Congress.

Colorado

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bmaz
In a now formal, but not unexpected, decision in Colorado yet another local county judge has issued a somewhat convoluted, but yet clear, decision that the 14th Amendment, specifically section 3, cannot be used by a handful of common citizens…
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Judge Chutkan Denies Trump's Bid to Disavow His Mob

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emptywheel
Trump is trying to have a protected privilege to make inflammatory threats, while gagging others about the effect of them. 
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Election Interference: Aileen Cannon Denies Republicans Speedy Trial in Stolen Document Case

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emptywheel
Aileen Cannon has all but ensured that Republican voters won't learn whether Donald Trump sold out America's security before they choose to make him their party's nominee.
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The Suspected 2019 Exposure of Johnathan Buma's Source

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emptywheel
The reasons I'm cautious about Jonathan Buma's whistleblower complaint go beyond the fact that he thought Chuck Johnson would make a good informant.
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Trump Continues to Disavow the Mob that Sacrificed Their Lives for Him

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emptywheel
Trump has -- must have!! -- seen the evidence about his mob that DOJ intends to use at trial. And his response is a blubbering effort to wish his mob away. 
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In Bid for a Trump Subpoena, Abbe Lowell Cites Trump's Complaints about Politicization

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emptywheel
Abbe Lowell just asked for subpoenas so he can show that Donald Trump has intervened in Hunter Biden's case personally.