The Epistemology of the Epstein Scandal www.emptywheel.net/2025/12/16/t... The Epistemology of the Epstei...
The Chief of Staff seemingly doesn't have the power to figure out how a high profile prisoner got moved to comfier digs. [Remember, we are not obliged to believe that Susie Wiles was telling the truth about a lot of this.] https://oyster.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:bbp2b224lro3bfnzcqwwnkfo&cid=bafkreiel2fqvz7c4wg7pyxmia3jqndzz4cpkq56obppf2srtjkzmitc35q
Incidentally (bc this matters), one of the people convicted of seditious conspiracy WAS pardoned: Enrique Tarrio (he claimed prosecutors asked him to flip on Trump). https://oyster.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:bbp2b224lro3bfnzcqwwnkfo&cid=bafkreib6tf4jgwxos652dhjtmnal7t3jliija2y3cc5s4arhzgwkjucebe
Lots of people focusing on Pulitzer Board's demand that Trump turn over all his tax returns since 2015, but it will be just as hard for him to debunk the Russian claims generally or the specific claims in the Pulitzer-winning articles. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26... https://oyster.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:bbp2b224lro3bfnzcqwwnkfo&cid=bafkreihm7hg6sdfq5uho3uyv6ogsaqyww7w2kpzzswyychqclkazzozxdq
Not sure there's a clearer way to say any security guarantees the US is offering Ukraine are toilet paper than to shutdown EUCOM while offering them. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec... https://oyster.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:bbp2b224lro3bfnzcqwwnkfo&cid=bafkreiaxunp5hid4wsgwzvgsfk2b27neghqdr5jc5ul5noo2lkqnsnm7cy
The Government Attempts to Gag Dan Richman from Speaking about His Own Data www.emptywheel.net/2025/12/15/t... The Government Attempts to Gag...
Trump's tweets aim to 1) Reclaim attention 2) Polarize the country. It has been his secret sauce for 10 years. Here's how it worked with Jack Posobiec. First: Oh, we won't be utter shitholes abt Reiner. Then, the gotchas. Then the denials. Trump put him right back in the tribe. https://oyster.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:bbp2b224lro3bfnzcqwwnkfo&cid=bafkreih4fukxhpxwjzv3vxllf5sxkev3l54didci4tb6oe2hnxxpmfeaiu https://oyster.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:bbp2b224lro3bfnzcqwwnkfo&cid=bafkreifjnazg7waibeziuy6xjlkpwl2zmgan6qu2yo7x7yipthjf3pi4lq https://oyster.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:bbp2b224lro3bfnzcqwwnkfo&cid=bafkreih2t775hawqorsn2wp3g3cysaidv247xl5czpayamdir65mwkqbqm
When I first read this story today the headline and the paragraph were different. (Jared was just getting cold feet, he had not yet announced he was giving up.) www.wsj.com/world/trump-... https://oyster.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:bbp2b224lro3bfnzcqwwnkfo&cid=bafkreibt2gq4fwiz2iy2yi54s4otpoxch4jinuxlrceppuuuvjvrmbxde4
As a reminder: Trump is rewarded for saying the most insanely hateful things if you, like sheep, simply disseminate it for him even on platforms where is largely blocked. 10 years in and he still plays you all like a fiddle.
Trump is trying to steal the money importers have paid in illegal tariffs before SCOTUS rules the tariffs were illegal. www.politico.com/news/2025/12... Trump administration races to ...