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RFK Jr. DNR’d the US Healthcare System
https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/08/31/rfk-jr-dnrd-the-us-healthcare-system/
Published: August 31, 2025 16:00
I'm recovering from a bout of COVID. Sick as I was, the bug bothered me much less than RFK Jr.s' attack on the CDC.
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It’s Time to Call Out the National Gourd
https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/08/31/its-time-to-call-out-the-national-gourd/
Published: August 31, 2025 12:00
Trump's stunt with the National Guard in DC has been opposed by lawsuits, but this isn't enough. It's time to call out the National Gourd.
The post It’s Time to Call Out the National Gourd appeared first on emptywheel.
Fridays with Nicole Sandler
https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/08/29/fridays-with-nicole-sandler-67/
Published: August 29, 2025 19:00
We talked a lot about the invasion of DC.
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Happy Flying This Weekend – Who Needs All Those Meteorologists?
https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/08/29/happy-flying-this-weekend-who-needs-all-those-meteorologists/
Published: August 29, 2025 16:06
The GAO reports that the US regional air traffic control centers are dangerously short of meteorologists. What could possibly go wrong?
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CDC Shooting 2.0 – It’s Coming from Inside the House
https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/08/28/cdc-shooting-2-0-its-coming-from-inside-the-house/
Published: August 28, 2025 21:47
Forget the 2004 horror film set in AG John Ashcroft's ICU room. RFK Jr. is no Dick Cheney and Donald Trump is no George W Bush. In today's horror story at the CDC, as the movie lingo puts it, the shooting is coming from inside the house.
The post CDC…
Kash Patel and John Ratcliffe Predicate ANOTHER Investigation on Emails Stolen from Foreign Spies
https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/08/28/kash-patel-and-john-ratcliffe-predicate-another-investigation-on-emails-stolen-from-foreign-spies/
Published: August 28, 2025 14:13
In a piece trying to normalize Kash Patel's promised investigation of John Bolton, the NYT fails to mention that the investigation was reopened based on the same fact pattern that Patel and John Ratcliffe used to frame Hillary Clinton, emails obtained from…
Blackmail and Brownstones: Todd Blanche Locked Ghislaine Maxwell into Her Obvious Lies
https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/08/28/blackmail-and-brownstones-todd-blanche-perjury-trapped-trumps-sex-trafficking-buddy/
Published: August 28, 2025 10:36
Shortly after Ghislaine Maxwell claimed that Jeffrey Epstein's brownstone wasn't wired to take video, a mysteriously sourced NYT story proved that is false.
The post Blackmail and Brownstones: Todd Blanche Locked Ghislaine Maxwell into Her Obvious Lies…
Devlin Barrett and Mike Schmidt Mistake the Fox in the Henhouse for a Guard Puppy
https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/08/27/devlin-barrett-and-mike-schmidt-mistake-the-fox-in-the-henhouse-for-a-guard-puppy/
Published: August 27, 2025 09:16
If Kash Patel really believed he found evidence that someone tried to bury evidence, Jack Eckenrode should be among the top suspects. Instead, Kash has made Eckenrode the lead investigator.
The post Devlin Barrett and Mike Schmidt Mistake the Fox in the…
Amid Hunt for Crime in DC, Whistleblower Implicates Ed “Big Balls” Coristine and John Roberts
https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/08/26/amid-hunt-for-crime-in-dc-whistleblower-implicates-ed-big-balls-coristine-and-john-roberts/
Published: August 26, 2025 19:00
John Roberts and his Republican colleagues have granted a kid with ties to criminal hackers, Ed "Big Balls" Coristine, live access to every American's Social Security data.
The post Amid Hunt for Crime in DC, Whistleblower Implicates Ed “Big Balls”…
Two Maryland Men and a Michigan Woman: A Topology Trump’s Witch Hunts
https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/08/26/two-maryland-men-and-a-michigan-woman-a-topology-trumps-witch-hunts/
Published: August 26, 2025 16:03
Trump's attempt to criminalize his enemies is not new: after all, Trump's DOJ used fabricated evidence against both Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden. But there are a bunch of new ways he is attempting to do so.
The post Two Maryland Men and a Michigan Woman:…