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Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly Demands Someone at DOJ Put Ethical Skin in the Game
https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/12/10/ethical-skin-in-the-game/
Published: December 10, 2025 22:38
Colleen Kollar-Kotelly is insisting that Todd Blanche or whoever promised her that DOJ does not continue to snuffle around Dan Richman's stuff say so on the docket, with their appearance noticed. The post Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly Demands Someone at…
Other Nations are Updating their Threat Assessments, Too
https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/12/10/other-nations-are-updating-their-threat-assessments-too/
Published: December 10, 2025 22:15
Denmark updated their annual threat assessment, and there's a new name on their list of threats and challenges. I'll give you 3 chances to guess who it is. Hint: one Danish academic analyst uses the analogy of a "painful divorce," saying this country is…
Michael Anton and the Secret National Security Strategy
https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/12/10/michael-anton-and-the-secret-national-security-strategy/
Published: December 10, 2025 11:42
The report that there's a longer unpublished version of the National Security Strategy that is even worse than the one that got published should focus attention on why Michael Anton left before either got finished. The post Michael Anton and the Secret…
DOJ Withheld Proof They Knew Their Assault of LaMonica McIver Was “Bad” before They Charged Her
Published: December 10, 2025 00:34
DOJ withheld Signal texts showing that before DHS started claiming that LaMonica McIver had assaulted two DHS guys, they had circulated video observing that their own actions look "bad." The post DOJ Withheld Proof They Knew Their Assault of LaMonica…
The False Claims Todd Blanche, Robert McBride, and Some Lady Impersonating a US Attorney Tell to Justify a Crime
Published: December 9, 2025 15:46
Todd Blanche says that Dan Richman has to just lie back and enjoy the FBI's ongoing unlawful searches of his data while they try to prosecute his friend Jim Comey. The post The False Claims Todd Blanche, Robert McBride, and Some Lady Impersonating a US…
White Man’s Burden: Trump Is Failing Six of Ten Metrics on His Own Open Book Test
Published: December 9, 2025 13:13
The self-imagined competent boys who wrote Trump's National Security Strategy effectively wrote a list of standards they're affirmatively failing to meet. The post White Man’s Burden: Trump Is Failing Six of Ten Metrics on His Own Open Book Test appeared…
The National Security Strategy’s Structure and Presumptions
https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/12/08/the-national-security-strategys-structure-and-presumptions/
Published: December 8, 2025 13:24
Trump's National Security Strategy envisions sustaining American power by removing brown people and women from positions of power, sustaining a failed trade war, and dictating what Europe should be. The post The National Security Strategy’s Structure and…
Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly Asks DOJ for Signs of Life
https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/12/07/judge-colleen-kollar-kotellys-knock-knock-not-a-joke/
Published: December 7, 2025 15:00
Judge Kollar-Kotelly ordered DOJ to stop violating Dan Richman's Fourth Amendment rights. But her order is as interesting for all the squirminess it reveals as the order itself. The post Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly Asks DOJ for Signs of Life appeared…
Trump’s Terrorists
https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/12/06/trumps-terrorists/
Published: December 6, 2025 17:28
Dan Bongino just learned a remarkable lesson: when you follow the facts rather than chase conspiracy theories, you end up discovering that Trump's terrorists are the ones who threaten the American way of life. The post Trump’s Terrorists appeared first on…
Fridays with Nicole Sandler
https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/12/05/fridays-with-nicole-sandler-79/
Published: December 5, 2025 20:00
Letitia James had two wins in a day this week, after having her first indictment dismissed last week. The post Fridays with Nicole Sandler appeared first on emptywheel.
Applying Existentialist Ethics
https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/12/04/applying-existentialist-ethics/
Published: December 5, 2025 00:56
The future is open only if we make it so. The post Applying Existentialist Ethics appeared first on emptywheel.
What’s Not Being Said about the Alleged Pipe Bomber
https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/12/04/whats-not-being-said-about-the-pipe-bomber/
Published: December 4, 2025 20:45
The arrest affidavit for Brian Cole, now accused of laying the pipe bombs discovered on January 6, includes only purchase records and location information. There's not a single data point between the time Trump announced the January 6 rally on December 19…
SignalGate: “This Chat’s Kinda Dead”
https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/12/04/this-chats-kinda-dead/
Published: December 4, 2025 17:34
JD Vance's response to the silence that followed Jeffrey Goldberg's withdrawl from the Houthi Signal chat back in March was to ask where all the cool kids had gone. The post SignalGate: “This Chat’s Kinda Dead” appeared first on emptywheel.
The Hacking Hole Where John Bolton Should Be
https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/12/04/the-hacking-hole-where-john-bolton-should-be/
Published: December 4, 2025 12:50
The progression of Iranian efforts to hack and assassinate various Trump One officials looks different when you put all the timelines together. The post The Hacking Hole Where John Bolton Should Be appeared first on emptywheel.
Asif Merchant Says EDNY Screwed Up Its Intercepts
https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/12/03/asif-merchant-says-edny-screwed-up-its-intercepts/
Published: December 3, 2025 22:43
Contrary to what the FBI originally suggested in his arrest affidavit, the FBI was tracking Asif Merchant -- the Pakistani man accused of trying to hire a hit squad to target Donald Trump -- from the moment he arrived in the US in April 2024. The post…
Pete Hegseth and the Radical Queer Wing of Al-Qaeda
https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/12/03/pete-hegseth-and-the-radical-queer-wing-of-al-qaeda/
Published: December 3, 2025 21:36
Where Murder Dances With Law A while back, maybe a decade and change ago during the Obama administration, I was drinking with some nerdy friends in a San Francisco hackerspace. We got to talking about National Security law, hacktivism, and terrorism. I had…
The Kafka Story Inside Trump’s Godfather Trilogy
https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/12/03/the-kafka-story-inside-trumps-godfather-trilogy/
Published: December 3, 2025 17:33
Eleven days after Maurene Comey sued DOJ for wrongful termination, OLC decided that the Merit Systems Protection Board -- and not Article III Courts -- should decide whether Trump has the authority to override civil service protections. The post The Kafka…
Four Shots at an Unarmed Boat in Uncontested Waters
https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/12/03/four-shots-at-an-unarmed-boat-in-uncontested-waters/
Published: December 3, 2025 14:00
It took the most powerful military in the history of the world four strikes to destroy an unarmed boat in uncontested waters. The post Four Shots at an Unarmed Boat in Uncontested Waters appeared first on emptywheel.
Dan Richman Wants His Data Back
https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/12/02/dan-richman-wants-his-data-back/
Published: December 2, 2025 19:31
On top of the known legal problems with a DOJ attempt to reindict Jim Comey, Dan Richman has added a potentially fatal one: He has moved to get his data back, citing all the Fourth Amendment violations they made in using it for the Comey prosecution in the…
On Eve of Illegal Venezuelan Invasion, Pete Hegsesth Utterly Destroys His Ability to Lead It
Published: December 2, 2025 10:28
Pete Hegseth has squandered what shreds of credibility he had in recent weeks. The post On Eve of Illegal Venezuelan Invasion, Pete Hegsesth Utterly Destroys His Ability to Lead It appeared first on emptywheel.
“The Truth Is for Chumps:” Prepare for the Hunger Games
https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/12/01/the-truth-is-for-chumps-prepare-for-the-hunger-games/
Published: December 1, 2025 16:56
In the next few weeks we should expect Kash Patel to exhibit a Hunger Games-like frenzy as he attempts to keep his job. The post “The Truth Is for Chumps:” Prepare for the Hunger Games appeared first on emptywheel.
Alina Habba: A Parking Garage Lawyer with $1 Million in Sanction Penalties
Published: December 1, 2025 15:56
Sometimes a Parking Garage Lawyer is just a Parking Garage Lawyer. Sometimes a Parking Garage Lawyer is a Parking Garage Lawyer with $1 million in penalties for frivolous lawyering. The post Alina Habba: A Parking Garage Lawyer with $1 Million in Sanction…