I did this video back in July abt how the Epstein scandal, for the first time since 2016, undercut Trump's ability to control the narrative (and before hours of practice led me to be able to say "Ghilaine" properly, sorry). www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ae-Z... Trump's Ghislaine Maxwell prob...

Trump Already Confessed He Knew about "the Girls" www.emptywheel.net/2025/11/12/t... Trump Already Confessed He Kne...

Corruption Is All Fun and Games Until It Threatens to Tank the Economy www.emptywheel.net/2025/11/12/c... Corruption Is All Fun and Game...

In proof we're all getting old, Jack Abramoff is getting sentenced again, this time for kind of crypto-related fraud that has become fashionable in certain DC quarters. Both sides rec probation, in part bc of age (66) which seems young for crypto fraud. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... https://oyster.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:bbp2b224lro3bfnzcqwwnkfo&cid=bafkreigcttwlnnnxorvdqqev6ieuabheffrj7ut43ohhmzftm62b53utiq

After Kash's booty call, he called at Boondoggle Ranch. www.wsj.com/politics/pol... https://oyster.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:bbp2b224lro3bfnzcqwwnkfo&cid=bafkreigciw2utg6uqbjer2yym7khbbk3lczgxwtbpmem4nslge3hhmsg54

This a really good explanation from @ericcolumbus.bsky.social on DOJ's retcon of an existing indictment into a terrorism one. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/what... What’s Up With the Terror Indi...

SCOTUS6: POTUS can fire anyone. IGs: Even IGs? SCOTUS6: Everyone but Fed Chairs. IGs: Even IGs who discovered someone framed a Fed Chair? www.wsj.com/finance/regu... https://oyster.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:bbp2b224lro3bfnzcqwwnkfo&cid=bafkreidqghew7ijtxayvvfoiwxxhnouh5xmwyvgve2gdtz4xhnmxzt7ruq

Onto Comey's vindictive and selective prosecution argument. This ¶ is super important, bc it gets to how inapt exist precedents on whether related investigators can be source of animus. A president is different. https://oyster.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:bbp2b224lro3bfnzcqwwnkfo&cid=bafkreifcv6fkwwennxhob3w6li3xashvqrhlqd2edxnypahf7nrwlpf7xm

Here's how Jim Comey mocks Pam Bondi's attempt to retroactively make Lindsey Halligan a magical pony on Halloween. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... https://oyster.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:bbp2b224lro3bfnzcqwwnkfo&cid=bafkreif47wlavvtkcmm3xbwy76l2owgnsxuxqkm4uc6vmjlkupk2l66uwy

I don't know when I'll write it up, but among the things Rudy Giuliani got pardoned for is destroying the lives of Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss.