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Open Thread: Generational Change Continues, Nancy Pelosi to Retire
https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/11/06/open-thread-generational-change-continues-nancy-pelosi-to-retire/
Published: November 6, 2025 15:44
Nancy Pelosi, former House Speaker, announced her plan to retire from Congress at the end of her term. Gee, what was the trigger?
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Tyler Lemons Narcs out Pam Bondi: She Couldn’t Have Ratified Lindsey Halligan’s Actions
https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/11/05/tyler-lemons-narcs-out-pam-bondi-she-couldnt-have-ratified-lindsey-halligans-actions/
Published: November 5, 2025 23:07
According to a new filing from Loaner AUSA Tyler Lemons, Pam Bondi couldn't have ratified the things Lindsey Halligan did in the Jim Comey grand jury on September 25, because the only transcript that existed at that point excluded all Halligan's actions. …
Pam Bondi’s DOJ Gets Admonished a Second Time for Indict[ing] First, Investigat[ing] Second
https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/11/05/pam-bondis-doj-gets-admonished-a-second-time-for-indicting-first-investigating-second/
Published: November 5, 2025 20:29
When William Fitzpatrick scolded loaner AUSA Tyler Lemons about charging Jim Comey and investigating afterwards, he echoed the comments another Magistrate Judge, André Espinonsa, made months ago when dismissing the charge against Ras Baraka.
The post Pam…
We’re on the Unfuck Stage of Trump’s Abuse of Power
https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/11/05/were-on-the-unfuck-stage-of-trumps-abuse-of-power/
Published: November 5, 2025 18:28
The Supreme Court hearing on tariffs increases my optimism that at least five Justices will reverse the tariffs. A more interesting moment of the hearing, though, came when Amy Coney Barrett asked how we unfuck the damage Trump already did.
The post We’re…
The IG Firing that May Matter: FHFA
https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/11/05/the-ig-firing-that-may-matter-fhfa/
Published: November 5, 2025 10:10
Donald Trump just fired the guy who would alert prosecutors that their criminal charges against Letitia James are baseless.
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Open Thread: The Morning After Election Day 2025
https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/11/05/open-thread-the-morning-after-election-day-2025/
Published: November 5, 2025 10:01
This is an open thread with an emphasis on state and local elections with updates to follow. Discuss election results in your state and municipality here.
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Cat Got the Indictment Singer’s [sic] Tongue?
https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/11/04/cat-got-the-indictment-singers-sic-tongue/
Published: November 4, 2025 17:18
It turns out Pam Bondi's DOJ couldn't even competently follow Judge Cameron McGowan Currie's order to show what Lindsey Halligan said to the Jim Comey grand jury.
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Tyler Lemons’ Vindictive and Selective Bill of Particulars
https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/11/04/tyler-lemons-vindictive-and-selective-bill-of-particulars/
Published: November 4, 2025 16:27
Tyler Lemons' efforts to craft a narrative to explain away all the malice behind the Jim Comey prosecution result in a serial confession that the charges really don't match the evidence.
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Dick Cheney, Gone But Not Forgotten
https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/11/04/dick-cheney-gone-but-not-forgotten/
Published: November 4, 2025 12:30
The precedents Dick Cheney established as Vice President have empowered the madness and authoritarianism of Donald Trump.
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The Halloween Special Attorney’s Loaner AUSAs’ Loaner AUSA Forgot to Describe Jim Comey’s Imaginary Crime
https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/11/03/the-loaner-ausas-loaner-ausa-forgot-to-describe-jim-comeys-imaginary-crime/
Published: November 3, 2025 23:44
Lindsey Halligan’s Loaner AUSAs have submitted their responses to Jim Comey’s initial motions, which I’ve laid out below. The Tl;dr of the response to the observation that Lindsey was not lawfully appointed (DOJ submitted the same motion in both Comey and…
Tyler Lemons Confesses Kash Patel’s FBI Was Reading Previously Seized Material without a Renewed Warrant
https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/11/03/tyler-lemons-confesses-kash-patels-fbi-was-reading-previously-seized-material-without-a-renewed-warrant/
Published: November 3, 2025 13:52
Tyler Lemons and his fellow Loaner AUSA Gabriel Diaz on the Jim Comey case confirm what Comey objected to in his opposition to a filter protocol: the FBI has been reviewing material seized over five years ago without obtaining a new warrant.
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Jim Comey and the Crown Jewels of the Fevered Conspiracy against Rights Conspiracy
https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/11/02/jim-comey-and-the-crown-jewels-of-the-fevered-conspiracy-against-rights-conspiracy/
Published: November 2, 2025 18:59
The shoddy indictment Lindsey Halligan got charging Jim Comey with lying to Congress makes far more sense when you consider how right wingers might want to use it as a foundation for the sprawling, fevered Conspiracy against Rights conspiracy they want to…
Fridays with Nicole Sandler
https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/10/31/fridays-with-nicole-sandler-76/
Published: October 31, 2025 19:00
There were signs that the friction of legal challenges and attempts to peel off Republicans slowed Trump down this week.
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Lindsey the Insurance Lawyer’s Disappearing Agreement to a Litigation Hold
https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/10/31/lindsey-the-insurance-lawyers-disappearing-agreement-to-a-litigation-hold/
Published: October 31, 2025 13:03
What was supposed to be a filing arguing against keeping a log of all contacts that Tish James' prosecutors have with journalists turned into a complaint that prosecutors would be asked to keep their communications at all.
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