When Special Counsels Finish Up, They Must Write Reports

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emptywheel
If Jack Smith will shut down his investigation, then he must write a report for Merrick Garland. That would provide one more opportunity to disclose the findings of his investigation.
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The Upcoming Pardon-Palooza

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emptywheel
Trump's own impunity will do grave damage to the rule of law. But the pardons he will surely give will turn it into a transactional form of loyalty test. 
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Trump Sold Grievance and America Liked What He Was Selling

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emptywheel
You will only defeat Trumpism by destroying his manufactured facade of victimhood.
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Tonight's Jam Session at King David's House of Song

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Peterr
Tonight, up in heaven, along the banks of the River of Life, there's a local watering hole called King David's House of Song. It's a full house, with folks laughing and smiling as they watch the television screens reporting the results of the US elections.
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Things the Legacy Media Found Less Important than Joe Biden's Apostrophe

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emptywheel
Rather than ask about the precise nature of the business relationship between Saudi Arabia and Trump, the press spent some of the last days of the campaign season squabbling about how to punctuate a misstatement from the guy who is no longer a candidate.
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Donald J. Trump wearing an apron while dispensing french fries at a McDonald's fast food restaurant in Pennsylvania as part of a campaign stunt on Sunday, October 20, 2024. Photo by Doug Mills/AP.
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Batting Down Election-Day Conspiracy Theories

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Peterr
As the voters stream to the polls today, as workers at precincts around the country welcome voters to cast their ballots, as state and county election officials prepare for the counting that will take place, it is incumbent on us at EW to shoot down rumors of conspiracies flying around on this momentous day.
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Ball of Threads: Durham Descends

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emptywheel
This installment of Ball of Thread describes how Bill Barr criminalized Hillary Clinton for being a victim of a hack-and-leak.
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What It Would Take to Charge Donald Trump with Inciting Insurrection

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emptywheel
Merrick Garland might yet charge Trump with insurrection. He might need to, to sustain the tie between Trump and his mob. But we have a pretty clear understanding of why that didn't happen, couldn't have happened, before tomorrow's election.
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NYT's Sample Versus Early Vote

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emptywheel
New York Times' final sample of voters only captures a realistic percentage of those who've already voted in Pennsylvania.
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Male Pollsters Shocked -- Shocked!! -- When a Woman Pollster Discovers Women Voters

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emptywheel
This entire election has been disproportionately viewed through the lens of polling that has deliberately weighted to ensure that polling doesn't miss Trump voters, but not (as far as we know) weighted to adjust for post-Dobbs polling misses. And the Ann Selzer came along.
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Fridays with Nicole Sandler

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emptywheel
We talked a lot about the election, including the impact of the Madison Square Garden rally.
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David Weiss Chose Not to Record the Alexander Smirnov Interview He Attended

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emptywheel
According to a filing from Alexander Smirnov, David Weiss attended, but did not record an interview with the FBI informant that forms a key part of the indictment against him.
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Elon Musk's Machine for Fascism: A One-Stop Shop for Disinformation and Violence

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emptywheel
Elon Musk, the richest man in the world, one of Trump's most gleeful supporters, has set up a one-stop shop: Joining false claims about the election with networks of fascists who'll take to the streets.
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The Problem Bezos Can’t See

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Ed Walker
Admit it Jeff: you're afraid of Trump and you kissed his ring.
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A Tale of Two Pennsylvania Lawsuits

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emptywheel
Donald Trump is squawking about a fairly minor problem in Bucks County, PA, but not a more significant one in Erie.
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Proud Boy Closure or John Roberts' Get Out of Jail Free Card?

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emptywheel
Some developments in the Proud Boys cases make me wonder whether John Roberts' revision of 18 USC 1512(c)(2) made it difficult if not impossible to hold accountable key players that tie the January 6 crime scene and the Willard together.
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Donald J. Trump wearing an apron while dispensing french fries at a McDonald's fast food restaurant in Pennsylvania as part of a campaign stunt on Sunday, October 20, 2024. Photo by Doug Mills/AP.
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What Wannabe Cosplayer-in-Chief Doesn’t Grab

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Rayne
Vote for somebody who isn’t going to cosplay at working while being a fascist slacker in reality.
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On the Legacy of Bill Barr's Luzerne County Intervention

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emptywheel
In any year, DOJ would not be providing much comment on investigations into election-related crime like Elon Musk's suspected illegal payments or the arson targeting dropboxes in Washington and Oregon. But that's all the more true because of a scathing Inspector General Report from July laying out Bill Barr and a Trump US Attorney's efforts to publicize an instance of ballot tampering.
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