James Comer’s War on Christmas: The Burial Ground of a Dick Pic Impeachment
James Comer has declared a War on Christmas!! He wants to impeach Joe Biden because the then-Vice President invited his son to a holiday party!
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About emptywheel
Marcy Wheeler is an independent journalist writing about national security and civil liberties. She writes as emptywheel at her eponymous blog, publishes at outlets including Vice, Motherboard, the Nation, the Atlantic, Al Jazeera, and appears frequently on television and radio. She is the author of Anatomy of Deceit, a primer on the CIA leak investigation, and liveblogged the Scooter Libby trial.
Marcy has a PhD from the University of Michigan, where she researched the “feuilleton,” a short conversational newspaper form that has proven important in times of heightened censorship. Before and after her time in academics, Marcy provided documentation consulting for corporations in the auto, tech, and energy industries. She lives with her spouse in Grand Rapids, MI.
Entries by emptywheel
Judge Tanya Chutkan Had to Tell Trump That, “There is no ‘Presidential Immunity’ Clause”
/63 Comments/in 2020 Presidential Election, 2024 Presidential Election, January 6 Insurrection/by emptywheelIn an opinion booting some of the more difficult questions on presidential immunity to the DC Circuit and SCOTUS, Judge Tanya Chutkan informed Donald Trump that there is not presidential immunity clause in the Constitution.
DC Circuit Rules that a President’s Speech as Candidate Is Not Official
/28 Comments/in 2020 Presidential Election, January 6 Insurrection/by emptywheelThe DC Circuit just held that when a President campaigns for re-election, he acts as an office seeker, not an office holder entitled to absolute immunity.
Hunter Biden Gets a Step Closer to Vindicating Twitter’s Takedown Decision
/87 Comments/in 2020 Presidential Election, Cybersecurity, Hunter Biden/by emptywheelOn the same day that, in sworn testimony before Congress, Michael Shellenberger claimed “there’s no evidence” that the hard drive Rudy Giuliani shared with the NY Post was manipulated, Vish Burra asserted (laughing) that he would hack Hunter Biden again.
Boris Epshteyn’s Absence and Presence in Trump’s Alleged Crime Spree
/19 Comments/in 2020 Presidential Election, January 6 Insurrection, Leak Investigations/by emptywheelBoris Epshteyn, who was the focus for months of reporting about his role in Trump’s twin federal indictments, has all but disappeared. Indeed, ABC’s scoop about Little makes clear that his reportedly significant role in the stolen documents case never even made the indictment.
Donald Trump Insists He’s Too Special To Use Same Database 1,200 Other January 6 Defendants Have Used
/50 Comments/in 2020 Presidential Election, January 6 Insurrection/by emptywheelIn Trump’s discovery demand, he argues he should be treated better than his mobsters who have also been prosecuted for their actions on January 6.
Abbe Lowell Calls James Comer’s Bluff
/83 Comments/in 2020 Presidential Election, 2024 Presidential Election, Hunter Biden/by emptywheelAbbe Lowell has raised the stakes on Jamie Comer’s demand that Hunter Biden testify privately, rather than publicly.
Donald Trump Confesses He Can’t Distinguish His Own Influence Ops from that of a Russian Spy
/28 Comments/in 2016 Presidential Election, 2020 Presidential Election/by emptywheelIn a bid to get a lot of irrelevant intelligence reports, Donald Trump insinuates the specific lies he told to undermine US democracy are indistinguishable from Russia’s efforts to undermine US democracy.
Hunter Biden: Which Came First, the Chick Selling Sex or the Extortion of Campaign Dirt?
/31 Comments/in 2020 Presidential Election, 2024 Presidential Election, emptywheel, Hunter Biden, Impeachment/by emptywheelYou 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.
The MAGA Tourist Geofence and the Violent Confederate Flag-Toting Geofence
/67 Comments/in 2020 Presidential Election, January 6 Insurrection/by emptywheelTrump claims that only one percent of his people from January 6 could be deemed insurrectionists. That’s not what the Google geofence says.