emptywheel
emptywheel.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy
Coverage of American authoritarianism with a focus on legal cases. An American-Irish in Limerick, Ireland. <br /><br />Legendary potty mouth! <br /><br />SCREENCAPS OFTEN REFLECT IRISH TIME!<br><br>🌉 <a href="https://fed.brid.gy/bsky/emptywheel.bsky.social">bridged</a> from 🦋 <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/emptywheel.bsky.social">emptywheel.bsky.social</a>, follow <a class="h-card u-author mention" rel="me" href="https://bsky.brid.gy/bsky.brid.gy" title="@bsky.brid.gy@bsky.brid.gy">@bsky.brid.gy</a> to interact
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The notion that it would be a GOOD idea to take people who are EXCEPTIONAL at running their Committees and put them in a job where they WOULD NOT be able to speak out in the same way and where they would fundraise constantly is batshit insane. Speaker is not about your fee fees. RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:47qhn2n4i5e27stzfwax26jj/post/3mzif6ngrpk2p
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@lolgop.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy and I had a post election chat. www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxhE...
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Again, govt has to be funded in 36 days. This leverage is NOT just in January. RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:pnx2fjuannbdpy3337ggthpp/post/3mzirh75eac2m
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Heidi Beirich submitted her own vindictive prosecution motion yesterday in SPLC case. She lays out compelling evidence they targeted her bc SPLC started focusing on Christian Nationalist hate under her. emptywheel.net/2026/11/03/d...
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Guys? Broadview 6 Judge April Perry is not happy that Stan Woodward is dicking her around. 7 pages like this. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Amid discussions on TODAY's call to evacuate, this story from Wednesday did not get enough attention. abcnews.com/Internationa...
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Read how Navajos were disenfranchised in 2024--critically important given that district is competitive this year. www.votebeat.org/arizona/2026...
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Stephen Miller Messed with Texas emptywheel.net/2026/10/30/s...
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SUPER cool map that shows which party is getting small donor funds, broken down by county. There are tabs for the big Senate races too. votehub.com/2026/10/24/2...
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Something that's not being said. The REASON why Blanche and Bill Essayli are so defiantly violating the Constitution is bc John Roberts said they can't be prosecuted so long as they're following Trump's illegal orders. Blanche's criminality arises DIRECTLY out of Trump v. US.
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Apparently, some Houston voters are putting their I Voted stickers on the Lorenzo Salgado Araujo memorial. Stephen Miller is ALREADY trying to scapegoat others for losing whatever races they lose in Texas and elsewhere. This is a vivid testament that for some voters, his murder squad is the reason.
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Trump said he had to takeover Greenland to keep China and Russia out. And then he snuck Russia onto the North Slope. Literally just ... inviting them in. www.ft.com/content/e9cf...
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The Somali guy hopping on the school bus to save the children even as Stephen Miller wants to denaturalize and deport him is a metaphor for our time.
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I think Congress should ask Zuck what happened. And also what happened in Brazil. If Stephen Miller asked him to throttle it, THEN it becomes a big deal. RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:cak4klqoj3bqgk5rj6b4f5do/post/3my43cpyueu2k
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A worthwhile piece on Warner. "So Paramount, w/a $12 bil market cap, is doing a $111 bil acquisition, $33 billion of which is debt, $40 bil which is equity backed by Larry, whose wealth is tied to Oracle, which is leveraged to the gills. What could go wrong?" jmarie89.substack.com/p/paramount-... Paramount + WBD may not be the...
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Someone should do lit drops describing how Elon’s porn robot has taken the school photos of kids and turned it into child sexual assault material. RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ahcborosqrfchi3iiyhoixch/post/3my3c5oy3cs2t
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Probably a good time to remind that the logic behind the Klan Act lawsuit Renee Good's family filed against Jonathan Ross, Stephen Miller, and Tom Homan (among others) is that they're knowing depriving Somali-Americans of their civil rights. emptywheel.net/2026/10/04/c... Christopher Rufo Whines about ...
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Obama ad for Scott Colom in MS Senate race, which could be winnable if Black voters come out post-Callais. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvXc... President Obama to Mississippi...
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I agree that this is a BFD. But I think it gives Trump too much agency. This was baked in for quite some time and I expect Lindsey Graham's death is what accelerated it. Putin is no doubt offering Trump a way out of his Iran disaster, which ALWAYS required scapegoating Ukraine. RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:vq3fn2jcelxumsyvq4entjl4/post/3mxixaxh6is2p
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Sarah Rogers Censors Conference on Disinformation emptywheel.net/2026/10/08/s... Sarah Rogers Censors Conferenc...
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WSJ tracks how many local cops are getting rich arresting a single migrant. www.wsj.com/us-news/immi... Exclusive | How Local Police G...
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In the "Unites States" of "Super Intelligence," "Issues Are Remediated" emptywheel.net/2026/09/30/i... In the "Unites States" of "Sup...
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Bc the last 30 seconds of this are the best, reminder that @amyklobuchar.com@bsky.brid.gy's dad was a sports journalist, which may explain her utter contempt for Schmitt mistaking the Hawks and Hawkeyes. RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc/post/3mwo47u27gs2h
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Jamie Raskin calls out the shitty ads as a crime (this was cited by CNN and other stories). This is the kind of Xitter post that I beg of @raskin.house.gov@bsky.brid.gy or other MoCs to cross-post over here -- not least bc more people over here are likely to magnify it.
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The Biggest Economic Bet in U.S. History from @adamtooze.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy adamtooze.substack.com/p/the-bigges...
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Shit. When you've lost Kurt Olsen... RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:x4g4laxkmsrczwvnvbbgsm7g/post/3mwmdon5qas2s
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Q: If Johnson called the House back, they would have to immediately vote on Whiskey Pete Hegseth impeachment and not long after vote on Epstein, right? www.axios.com/newsletters/...
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Deleted the initial post--it is AI. But the question remains: I find it noteworthy that Andreessen was not listed as an attendee.
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Put this on top of the news that Oracle is preparing to renege on data center deals in, at least, NM. www.bloomberg.com/news/article... RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:bbnmvfy5qfmn7woxivob6sar/post/3mwdxyo6im22v Oracle Cites ‘Force Majeure’ t...