I’ve been following updates on the coup plotters’ surrenders at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution while awaiting the arrest of the kingpin himself this afternoon. There are pro-Trump protests, but they sound pretty low energy. Here’s a screen grab from AJC reporter Zachary Hansen’s Twitter feed: This was taken a couple of hours after the planned start …
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Tuesday Evening Open Thread: Mark Meadows, Going Through Some Things
Fani Willis to Mark Meadows' lawyers: "Your client is no different than any other criminal defendant in this jurisdiction." pic.twitter.com/NnqnfQ7umO — emptywheel (@emptywheel) August 22, 2023 In response to… NEW: Mark Meadows is arguing that he should get an extension to self surrender because he’s better and more important than most criminal defendants. I’m not …
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Repub Venality Open Thread: The WSJ Regrets to Inform Us…
Jared Kushner’s Deal-Making Career Off to Sluggish Start https://t.co/a2Ap5gaGC0 — Ben Pershing (@benpershing) August 18, 2023 … That Jared Kushner just might be, at the very least, underqualified to provide value for payments rendered. From the first announcement of MBS’s ‘generous funding‘, Kushner’s ‘Affinity’ was blatantly a pay-off, with a small side bet that the …
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Open Thread: Bill ‘Ever Lower’ Barr Bobs to the Top of the Media Tank, Again
Someone wants his reputation back Let's not give it to him https://t.co/hT3JvHZRFv — Michael McDonald (@ElectProject) August 18, 2023 I can think of one attorney general who would've walked away from it. Likely after issuing a misleading statement about the misconduct. https://t.co/R8GhUmpXuA — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 17, 2023 Bill Barr is an old hand …
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TGIFriday Morning Open Thread: It’s Been A Gniesbert-Intensive Week
Mein scheiss Hund Gniesbert ist schon wieder in meinen Gaming pc geklettert pic.twitter.com/5ZfU8uZOUi — Lux ? (@polyluxxx) August 13, 2023 For the curious, the author says they invented the name Gniesbert, which is an objectively perfect Shiba Inu name. And the ‘gaming pc’ seems to be a pet dryer box, which I hadn’t realized have …
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Thursday Morning Open Thread: Compare & Contrast
On the one year anniversary of the Inflation Reduction Act, @WhiteHouse rolls out a new "stories" feature on https://t.co/TpvpvnQFDL, featuring real world impact stories across all 50 states and territories highlighting how Bidenomics is benefitting families and communities: — Rachel Thomas (@Rachel_Thomas46) August 16, 2023 The last guy talked about infrastructure week. Well, now we’re …
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Wednesday Evening Open Thread: Good News, Bad News
Any day where people are reminded that Roger Stone should be in jail is a good day… NEW: Roger Stone has been identified in a VIDEO as part of the fraudulent elector scheme. In the video taken on 11/5/2020, Stone dictated the plan to an associate. The video was shot by Danish documentarian Chirstoffer Guildbrandsen. …
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