emptywheel
Coverage of American authoritarianism with a focus on legal cases. An American-Irish in Limerick, Ireland.
Legendary potty mouth!
- This report from @sanders.senate.gov didn't get enough attention yesterday. It tracks how much funding from science Trump has killed. www.sanders.senate.gov/wp-content/u...
- @tomdreisbach.bsky.social reviews three Trump people--Paul Ingrassia, Paul Ingrassia, and Eagle Ed Martin--whose ties to Neo-Nazis should get them fired under Trump's EO's mandating that no federal funds go to support antisemitism. www.npr.org/2025/05/14/n...
- This insane Politico column hailing Trump as the agent of his setbacks is interesting in that it doesn't even ask why Trump/Bessent ended up with a 30% tariff on China when Trump very publicly ordered a 50 or 80% tariff. Not a whiff of curiosity abt what China did www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
- This is at once obvious, but an important insight. Trump was willing to destroy the global economy bc he didn't consider his rubes to be included among the targets. (Even though he was lecturing them that their daughters could make do with just two dolls.) www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
- The key point @josie.zone makes in this is that you can't fact check kayfabe. If you try, you're basically trying to tell someone their emotion is not real. And Trump has figured out a way to make fact checking a prop -- the bad guy in his reality TV show.
- A grand jury has indicted Hannah Dugan. Here's how they attempt to substantiate corrupt purpose for the obstruction charge. Some of these are transparent bullshit (such as that telling ICE they needed a judicial warrant was somehow deceit). storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
- In addition to sharing beautiful images from her science, the Harvard scientist Trump jailed, Kseniia Petrova, has this to say about doing science in Russia and the US. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/o...
- And yes, as @stillngb.bsky.social noted, Parking Garage Lawyer lady made an error, dating tomorrow May 12, in her debut filing as US Attorney. Nice to see someone picking up the slop where Eagle Ed Martin left off.
- Parking Garage Lawyer: Please cancel Thursday's preliminary hearing in Ras Baraka's case bc this is a petty offense. Judge Espinosa: Okay then, at the request of the defense, we'll call it a status hearing. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
- Parking Garage Lawyer: Please cancel Thursday's preliminary hearing in Ras Baraka's case bc this is a petty offense. Judge Espinosa: Okay then, at the request of the defense, we'll call it a status hearing. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
- Stephen Miller Invites John Roberts to be the Instrument of His Own Destruction www.emptywheel.net/2025/05/13/s...
