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Trump's Lawyer: I Did Not Go to Prague I Did Not Go to Prague I Did Not Go to Prague I Did Not Go to Prague

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emptywheel
Michael Cohen's claims that he has no involvement with Russians reads like this: I Did Not Go to Prague I Did Not Go to Prague I Did Not Go to Prague I Did Not Go to Prague. But that certainly leaves room for the Trump Tower deal to be a real problem.
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Dmitry Peskov: Building Skyscrapers Is Not Our Work [But Is Stealing Elections?]

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emptywheel
Dmitry Peskov dismissed concerns about Michael Cohen's email to him by stating he's not the in the skyscraper business. But what if the email pertained to something else?
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As Journalism and Democracy Struggle, New America Caves to Google

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emptywheel
One of the underlying weakness of the US exposed by last year's election is the impact concentrated tech companies can have on our discourse. That's why it's so dangerous Google can dictate New America's policies.
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The Nameless Non-Agents Arranging Rohrabacher's Trump Meeting

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emptywheel
Dana Rohrabacher's dodges when talking about his meeting with Julian Assange are pretty amusing.
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How Does Inking a Luxury Residential Real Estate Deal in Moscow Get You Elected President? In the US, I Mean?

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emptywheel
The big unanswered question from yesterday's scoops on Felix Sater's emails to Michael Cohen about a deal with Russia is why Sater believed a luxury residence in Moscow might lead to Trump's election.
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Ron DeSantis Attempting to Stop Criminal Investigation into Theft that Benefitted Him

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emptywheel
Ron DeSantis is trying to halt a criminal investigation into a crime from which he personally benefitted.
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Michael Cohen Starts Not Recalling His Negotiations with Dmitry Peskov, "Main Protagonist" of Campaign Versus Hillary

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emptywheel
Michael Cohen described as playing a "key role" in discussions with the Russians about the DNC hack, says he can't recall whether he had follow-up conversations with Dmitry Peskov, described as the "main protagonist" of that operation.
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The Steele Dossier and WaPo's Trump Tower Scoop

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emptywheel
Reading WaPo's latest scoop in tandem with the Steele dossier raises real questions about why Vladimir Putin chose not to make the reported Trump Tower deal happen.
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Can't Stop/Won't Stop: CNN Has A New Racist Bigot Apologist

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bmaz
You may remember that CNN recently terminated their go to racist bigot Trumpian apologist asshole, Jeffrey Lord. As Politico succinctly put it: CNN on Thursday fired contributor and staunch Trump supporter Jeffrey Lord after he tweeted…
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The Arpaio Pardon -- Don't Obsess about the Russian Investigation

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emptywheel
The Arpaio pardon would be better used as a teaching opportunity then cause for panic about the Russia investigation.
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Trash Talk: Somewhere Around Barstow

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Rayne
It's still not the regular season for pro football in the U.S., which means we're looking at everything else. This is an open thread.
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Some Thoughts On The Arpaio Pardon

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bmaz
As you probably already know, Trump has pardoned Joe Arpaio. It is an abominable act by a lawless jackass. One lawless jackass pardoning another lawless jackass. Trump and Arpaio are really two peas in the same racist bigot pod; both supreme…
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MalwareTech's Case Gets Complex

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emptywheel
On how MalwareTech's case got deemed complex today.
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A Tale of Two Malware Researchers: DOJ Presented Evidence Yu Pingan Knew His Malware Was Used as Such

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emptywheel
Some people have asked whether one can compare Marcus Hutchins, arrested for writing code used in the Kronos malware, with Yu Pingan, arrested the other day for writing code associated with the OPM hack. At least what we can see so far, there is no comparison.
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The Embarrass Mitch McConnell Provision of the Intel Authorization

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emptywheel
One provision of the Intelligence Authorization bill would reveal all the threats to election infrastructure that Mitch McConnell refused to publicize last year.
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The Arpaio Pardon: You're Not the Audience

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emptywheel
The message Trump is sending with his promised pardon of Joe Arpaio is that he'll make sure abusive cops never face any federal consequences.
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Shadow Brokers Gets Results! Congress Finally Moves to Oversee Vulnerabilities Equities Process

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emptywheel
Since the Snowden leaks, there has been a big debate about the Vulnerabilities Equities Process -- the process by which NSA reviews vulnerabilities it finds in code and decides whether to tell the maker or instead to turn it into an exploit…
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Angry Mom: Oh, Honey — If Anybody's 'Out of Touch', It's You

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Rayne
A walking collection of cliched wealth expressions — including her sugar daddy spouse — Mrs. Mnuchin isn't kind and certainly not smart.
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Trump Bitched Out McConnell about Not Protecting Him in Russia Probe on Day Manafort Raid Story Broke

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emptywheel
Does Donald Trump know impeachment is a political question? Because he sure seems to have pissed off Mitch McConnell, in part, by accusing him of not sufficiently protecting him from the Russian investigation.
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Senate Intelligence Bill Aims to Label WikiLeaks -- and Maybe the Journalists Who Look Like Them -- Spooks

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emptywheel
The Senate Intelligence Committee wants to declare WikiLeaks a non-state hostile intelligence service and require the government to treat it accordingly. Here's why Ron Wyden thinks that's dangerous.
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