Jim Comey suspects that the FBI snuck into data they had not lawfully seized to get the indictment against him. Read more: https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/11/17/the-11-fuck-ups-pam-bondis-doj-made-in-indicting-jim-comey/ Support: https://www.emptywheel.net/about/support/
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Bondi's recklessness
Pam Bondi did two totally reckless things yesterday: re-ratify the indictment Lindsey Halligan obtained against Jim Comey, and immediately agree to investigate Democrats' involvement with Jeffrey Epstein. Read the post: https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/11/16/might-pam-bondis-latest-prosecutorial-abuse-give-us-ponies-and-puppies/ Support emptywheel: https://www.emptywheel.net/about/support/
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Declaring Victory over Serial Tariff Losses
Just about every aspect of Trump's tariffs are falling apart. And he's trying to convince credulous people that, instead, he's delivering them a win. Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zjd_SkvN9c Support emptywheel: https://www.emptywheel.net/about/support/
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Trump's Fake and True Crimes
Marsha Blackburn and a bunch of other far right Republicans are whining that DOJ discovered they had ties to Donald Trump's criminal attempt to steal the 2020 election. Meanwhile, between ICE's kidnapping and hit-and-run and the Trump Administration's murder, torture, kidnapping, and bribery, we're seeing a crime wave from white nationalists. Support emptywheel: https://www.emptywheel.net/about/support/
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Let them eat ballroom
"America's Hitler" is not just ripping down the public entrance of the White House, he must be building a big new bunker to replace the old one. Support emptywheel: https://www.emptywheel.net/about/support/