UPDATE: Murder on Ice and Water
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Two weeks ago we argued that Stephen Miller thinks of his invasions of Venezuela and Minneapolis the same. This week, after Alex Pretti's murder, Donald Trump confirmed that. Support emptywheel: Back LOLGOP Studios:
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Feed the MAGAt Conspiracism
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It may be easier to separate MAGAt from Trump by stoking their conspiracism than by explaining, factually, all the problems with Trump. Read the post: Support emptywheel: Join LOLGOP Studios:
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Murder on ICE and Water
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Stephen Miller's plan to murderbomb boats in the Caribbean and invade Venezuela and Greenland has direct ties to the latest invasion of Minneapolis. Watch this: Read more: Support emptywheel: Back LOLGOP Studios:
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RE-RELEASE: The Meaning of January 6th
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Donald Trump will never accept losing anything – whether an election or a bet. But that wouldn’t matter if he didn’t convince millions of Americans to make his grievances their own. This Ball of Thread unwinds what made the pincer attack that overran the Capitol on January 6th possible. Donald Trump’s grievance narratives gave disaffected Americans meaning, and in that meaning, he convinced thousands of people to throw their lives away in his name. The thing is, it’s all the same con. That con defeated the Russia investigation and weaponized the Department of Justice against...
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Stephen Miller's Mayonnaise Days
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Stephen Miller has had two notable failures in 2025. His initial success at deporting 200 mostly innocent men to a concentration camp has been backfiring ever since. And his demand that DHS attempt to snatch 3,000 people a day has led to backlash without making the US safe from dangerous immigrants. These failures must become part of making Stephen Miller the villain of Trump's failures in 2026. Read the post: Watch this: Support emptywheel: Produced by
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Young Playboys Gone Wiles
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Susie Wiles told Vanity Fair she didn't really know how bad the Epstein scandal would be, and so relied on her resident conspiracy theorists -- Dan Bongino, Kash Patel, and JD Vance -- instead. But she's still misjudging who cares about this. Support emptywheel: Back LOLGOP Studios:
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Stephen Miller Lectures Europe about His Incompetence
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Donald Trump's second term National Security Strategy was an attack on Europe. While boasting of its own competence, it lists a bunch of ways Donald Trump has made the US less safe -- starting with the way he sells out American sovereignty whenever anyone offers him a pile of cryptocurrency. Watch this: Support emptywheel: Support this podcast:
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Marco Rubio in the Room
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I've got bad news for you. Marco Rubio may be the main thing standing between us and the end of the Western Order and the dismemberment of Ukraine. He could be fired by noon. Or he could buy time for Congress to stand up to Trump on this. Read more: Support emptywheel:
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Back to Bondi
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Pam Bondi did some reckless things in the Epstein and Comey cases a week ago Friday. They're likely to backfire. Support emptywheel: Support LOLGOP Studios:
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A General Warrant for Jim Comey
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Jim Comey suspects that the FBI snuck into data they had not lawfully seized to get the indictment against him. Read more: Support:
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