
On Pierre Bourdieu Part 2: Systems of Domination
Societies are organized to reproduce existing systems of dominance. This benefits the elites at the expense of the rest of us.

Congress Should Revert to Section 702 as Passed in 2008, If That's What the Spooks Want!
In an last ditch effort to spook Congress into passing a long-term 702 reauthorization, the spooks say that Congress had it right in 2008 when they authorized a Section 702 that didn't have many of the most invasive aspects.

A Thousand Days of Hell in Yemen Produce a Million Cases of Cholera
War crimes are being committed on a daily basis in Yemen and the world barely takes notice. The Saudi bombardment of Yemen, enabled by the US, is now 1000 days old, has forced millions of Yemenis into starvation and caused a million cases of cholera.

Fake Russian Metadata that Will Do Nothing to Prevent Nuclear War
Because I track all the places fake Russian metadata shows up, I wanted to point to a report of Lazarus-tied watering hole attacks using fake Russian metadata.

The Bankrupt Attribution of WannaCry
Tom Bossert should have let Rob Joyce do the press conference blaming North Korea for the WannaCry attack.

Tom Bossert Brings You ... Axis of CyberEvil!
Tom Bossert's op-ed attributing WannaCry to North Korea lacks even the rigor of Dick Cheney's old warmongering.

The "Insurance" Text Explained: A Debate on How Urgently to Investigation Trump's Russian Ties
WSJ provides context on what Peter Strzok meant by an "insurance policy" in case Trump won.

Why Republicans Launched the GSA Email Attack Now
People appear to be misunderstanding several things about this weekend's email attack.

Trump Appears to Have Withheld the KT McFarland Email about the "Thrown Election"
In their efforts to manufacture a scandal out of the Mueller investigation, the GOP may have just revealed that Trump's team withheld an incredibly damning KT McFarland email.

Trump Transition Team Outraged To Be Treated as Transition Team!!
Trump's team apparently either believed he became President on November 9 or are unfamiliar with the fact that prosecutors have great leeway to obtain emails when they're conducting a criminal investigation.

Nothing Is Easy Stand Up Trash Talk
All the hibernating troll things rearing their ugly heads and popping up lately somehow caused me to go back to very old Tull. So, fault me if you want, but we will start and end there this weekend. Nothing is easy.
If you never saw the traveling…

Poot and POTUS Plan to Move Beyond the Mueller Investigation
Vladimir Putin made it clear to Trump the other day he wants to start getting his payoff for helping him get elected.
And Trump responded with an effort to make that possible.

The Many Gaps and Inconsistencies in Natalia Veselnitskaya's Story, Starting with Ike
I'm close to doing a big piece on the known details and attempts to deny them regarding the June 9 meeting. But first, Natalia Veselnitskaya's story.

Pay Now and Pay Later: What Losing CHIP means to America
Let me tell you something you secretly believe, secret even from yourself, because you are an American: poor and sick children aren't going to amount to anything. This is true whether you're a Republican or a Democrat.

Scott Balber's Sixth Attempt to Craft the June 9 Meeting Story
Scott Balber has now weighed in to craft an non-incriminating story about the June 9 Trump Tower meeting six times. If the meeting weren't far more damning than the current story, you'd think he wouldn't have to work that hard.

Yes, in Gartenlaub, FBI Was Hunting for Child Porn in the Name of Foreign Intelligence Information
This is a longer version of my post on the Keith Gartenlaub hearing before the Ninth Circuit last week. I suspect the government argued that the court can't rule for Gartenlaub because it would ruin its Tor collection program. But given the terms they lay out, Gartenlaub should have a good argument.

How Does the Strzok Text Dump Differ from Jim Comey's July 5, 2016 Speech?
I agree that the release of the Strzok and Page text messages the other day is different than Jim Comey's fateful speech about not charging Hillary. But the release responds to the same right wing playing of the refs.

The Ohrs' Activities Raise New Questions about the December 13 Dossier Report
The revelation that the Bruce and Nellie Ohr had ties to the Steele dossier raise new questions about the December 13 report.

Christopher Wray Departs from Jim Comey's "Balance" on Encryption
Remember how Comey used to talk about the balance between security and privacy when discussing encryption? Christopher Wray dismissed that approach in his testimony to HJC last week.

Why Is Russia Finally Letting (Dubious) Details of Its Involvement in DNC Hack Out?
There's a bunch of new claims out of Russia about hackers involved in the DNC hack. The reports are as interesting for the timing as for the claims made in them.
