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emptywheel (mr. blue sky)
@emptywheel
Abundant tweets about civil liberties & national security*** Legendary potty mouth*** Also at @emptywheel@mastodon.social & @emptywheel.bsky.social 🗽🇪🇺
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Oct 29 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
Note that, contrary to common myths about the investigation into Trump, this subpoena PRECEDED Cassidy Hutchison's public testimony (and even Greg Jacob's, by a day).

The precedents were all set before Jack Smith was appointed. Here's an interesting, almost entirely argument that bears on the immunity case. Trump was invoking Executive Privilege but (as Howell laid out) he was having such convos w/people outside of Exec, like Rudy.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…Image
Oct 21 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
Liz Cheney, Maria Shriver, and Kamala Harris sitting on a stage talking about bipartisanship. Image One dynamic of this I've been tracking is this: Harris SHOULD NOT be talking nitty gritty abt Jan6 bc of the prosecution. Well, Cheney is the expert. And she speaks it well.

As she did, guy in back was nodding over and over. Image
Oct 18 • 9 tweets • 4 min read
It's definitely true that none of the files Jack Smith released are new.

But seeing all Trump's tweets in one place are useful as we attempt to prevent him from trying it again.

documentcloud.org/documents/2523…Image Here's what the legal return of a "fired-by-tweet" tweet looks like. @C_C_Krebs

documentcloud.org/documents/2523…Image
Oct 15 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
We're three weeks away from the election, and we have literally no idea what the business relationship with Trump Org and the Saudis/Emiratis is.

No one has asked if either of the failsons (or Lara) will get a job in the White House to cash out for $2B in 4 years. Back during the Joe Biden Old month, I was begging journalists to focus on just 3 Qs:

1) Is Trump an agent of the Saudis?
2) What deals has Trump made w/Orbán/Putin?
3) Where are the missing classified docs?

emptywheel.net/2024/07/17/boi…
Oct 12 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
This is a legit question. First, gap arises from delays that were inevitable w/president and first attempt to prosecute one. That took 21 months at least.

Also, it's POSSIBLE Smith is avoiding indicting anyone else until he's sure Trump can't pardon them. There are VERY subtle suggestions in the immunity filing that several people started cooperating after being exposed in state cases. But Mueller investigation is testament to why you can't cooperate your way up to Trump.
Oct 10 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Judge Chutkan has given Trump 7 days to take legal action to prevent the redactions she approved from being publicly filed. Image Here's the link to Chutkan's order.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
Oct 8 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
As Russia Overtly Helps Trump Get Elected, Trump Continues to Check in with Vladimir Putin

emptywheel.net/2024/10/08/as-… I want to congratulate @semaforben, who not only parroted the propaganda that the 2016 was only about buying Facebook ads, but who JUST YESTERDAY said that the Trump-Russia story was an embarrassment to people not named Ben Smith.

semafor.com/newsletter/10/…Image
Oct 6 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
No offense to @cwarzel, but I think this is 100% wrong.

Elon Musk is spreading disinformation because that's what fascists do. This NYT Maggie column (in which she ALSO covers up the way NYT helped Russian spies attack Hillary Clinton in 2016) explains that, sure, Trump has no field operation but they think Hurricane Helene and Bibi's war will get Trump elected.

nytimes.com/2024/10/05/us/…Image
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Oct 2 • 21 tweets • 8 min read
Just starting on Jack Smith's immunity briefing. Do these claims look familiar?

documentcloud.org/documents/2518…Image One reason Trump wanted these identities to be more obscure is he's trying to hide that people STILL working for him knew he lost in 2020.

P2: Campaign Manager
P3: Deputy Campaign Manager
P4: Senior Campaign Advisor

One of these people is Jason Miller, for example, still lying on TV for Trump.Image
Sep 26 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
On top of all the other uncertainty about polling this year, there's a specific one: How voters view the economy, bc that's often correlated with winner.

That's where things start to get interesting. Gallup released a study showing that economy is still most important (but their poll of most important only shows 4% view abortion as being most important).

news.gallup.com/poll/1675/Most…
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Sep 16 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
On July 29, 2023, Donald Trump posted an address for Barack Obama to Truth Social.

Taylor Taranto, a mentally ill Jan6er started stalking the former President's neighborhood.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
Image Here are the guns he had in his van.
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Sep 10 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
This @KarlRove piece is worth reading--no really!! It provides his really detailed, probably not entirely honest assessment of ground game.

He attributes much, not all, of VP's success ramping up to Joe's prior field work.

wsj.com/opinion/whos-w…
Image One way to think about this is that in early August, VP and Walz did huge rallies to recruit volunteers they could plug into an already ambitious field network Biden set up.

That said, they've been able to expand on that.
Sep 7 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
As I've said, the first two paragraphs of this start out well. Then they turn to normalization and magnification. ¶3 describes what they later call a "stream-of-consciousness rant" as a "strategic choice." That's a REALLY curious term, given that Trump is accusing VP of being unable to make coherent statements. Image
Sep 4 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Note, Benny and Pool have the same number of YouTUbe subscribers as named in ¶4 of the indictment. If Commentator 1 and 2 ARE Benny and Pool, they demand $5M to spew the shite they do about Donald Trump.

justice.gov/d9/2024-09/u.s…
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Sep 3 • 11 tweets • 4 min read
Linda Sun was getting far more than Nanjing salted duck from the PRC.

s3.documentcloud.org/documents/2508…
Image The indictment is coy abt whether FBI had the consulate officials she was talking to wiretapped. Image
Sep 2 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
Let's look at this WaPo column, claiming this is not a policy driven election.

It lists SEVEN policies Kamala has laid out, just four for Trump, plus the common no tax on tips.

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/… Here's a list (note, it doesn't mention tax cuts for billionaires among Trump's):

1) Border wall
2) Mass deportations
3) Tariffs
4) Isolation

*) No tax on tips

a) Insulin costs
b) Climate
c) Boost housing
d) CTC/EITC
e) DOJ independence
f) Reproductive rights
g) NATO
Aug 27 • 13 tweets • 4 min read
In my post I noted that the riskiest thing Jack Smith did was keep the Mike Pence language in there (the Justices directly questioned whether he was VP or President of Senate in those roles). This language addresses that. Image Smith had to pull out ALL reference to people in govt telling Trump he was nuts. This undoubtedly makes @C_C_Krebs and Bill Barr sad, as they won't get to testify. Image
Aug 22 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
Here's the website for the group running a tribute to the 20 Jan6ers (most convicted of assault) who created a music video with Trump.

The effort is led by Shane Jenkins, who was convicted by a jury on March 29, 2023.

standinthegap.foundation/team
Image Here's his verdict sheet. Civil disorder, obstruction, assaulting cops w/desk drawer and sticks, destruction of govt property, deadly weapon (a tomahawk), all guilty. (The obstruction conviction will be reviewed.)

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
Aug 8 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
On the two year anniversary of a search that found more than twice the number of classified docs the FBI expected, Donald Trump is doing a presser at the scene of the alleged crime.

Remember: there are still missing documents! Image Because most journos don't understand the crime alleged, I did a post explaining how to fact check the claims that Donny is sure to repeat today.

emptywheel.net/2024/08/01/how…
Jul 24 • 7 tweets • 1 min read
Jeff Van Drew mouthpiecing Donald Trump's disavowal of Project 2025.

A bad day for that JVD, given that Vance's name is all over it. JVD also says it's not Trump's fault if he is a cheapskate and chooses to have rallies in places he hasn't already stiffed.

Now launching into lying about Cheadle's pursuit of diversity.
Jul 24 • 24 tweets • 3 min read
Chris Wray tells Matt Gaetz that he's seen no sign of Biden decline.

Republicans are sad. Gaetz' staffer is behind him, thinking Gaetz getting corrected is funny. Image