According to PropOrNot's Conspiratorial Criteria, WaPo Is a US Intelligence Outlet

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emptywheel
An oligarch with financial ties to the US Intelligence Community owns the Washington Post. According to the methods used by propaganda hunters featured in a WaPo story this weekend, that makes the WaPo a propaganda outlet.
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The Stein Recount Needle and the Damage Done

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bmaz
Yes, there is real harm that can come from the Jill Stein recount scam. It is an unhelpful sideshow to legitimate vote protection concerns.
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Ari Fleischer Calls for a Return of Jeff Gannon

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emptywheel
The biggest irony in Ari Fleischer's call for Trump to snub the "MSM" in laying out seats in the press room is that such a policy would lead to more "reporters" like male sex worker Jeff Gannon throwing softballs to people like Fleischer. More importantly, it ignores Fleischer's own role in the current distrust of the media.
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The White House Attempts to Unring the Election Integrity Fearmongering

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emptywheel
Over the weekend, the White House released an anonymous statement that suggests the pre-election fearmongering about Russian hacks of election-related infrastructure were overblown.
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Post Turkey Trash Talk

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bmaz
Welp, I am still wearing sweat pants because I am not sure any other pants fit again yet. Hope you all had a lot of good food, fun and family over the last few days too. So, how about some abbreviated Trash to round out the weekend? First…
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Gratitude

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emptywheel
Helping my mom move out of her apartment made me grateful for far more than just turkey this year.
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The Self Serving Jill Stein Recount Scam

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bmaz
Jill Stein was a self serving quack vanity candidate from the start, now she is dragging desperate regular Dems into her bogus grift.
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Security, Territory and Population Part 6: Pastoral Power and Interim Conclusion of Series

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Ed Walker
A brief look at the implications of Foucault's concept of pastoral power in Western governments, and a new direction in the wake of the election.
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Flashback: The Road Ahead

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Rayne
Last of a four-part series. In this piece I'd laid out what needed to be done in a local organization which wasn't organized back then. It may still serve as a map for the road ahead.
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Flashback: Rougher Roads

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Rayne
Part Three of this four-part series looking back at popping my activist cherry. So not a virgin any more, and a damned good thing given how much rougher the road ahead.
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Giving Thanks and Other Thanksgiving Trash

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bmaz
Happy Thanksgiving denizens of the Wheelhouse. This is, by my groggy count, our tenth together as the Emptywheel Blog. The first five were at Firedoglake, and the last five here as a standalone. All of the contributors here - Marcy, bmaz, Rayne,…
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Flashback: A Personal Journey

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Rayne
Part Two of a four-part series — what a journey it was from 2003, and what a trip since then on the road of political discovery.
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Flashback: This Miserable State

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Rayne
A trip back through recent history with The Angry Left: How We Found Our Way to This Miserable State -- Part One of a four-part series.
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Swear or Affirm, Protect and Defend

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Rayne
We require elected officials and federal employees to swear an oath with specific requirements. Certain officials-to-be don't appear ready to fulfill their oaths to us.
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NFL Week 11

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bmaz
Week 11 of the National Goodell League is upon us. Once again there was little of interest in the student athlete part of football, but I will summarize briefly. In the NCAA, Houston unceremoniously dumped the once darling of big conference…
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Trump Versus the [Dead-Ender] Spooks

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emptywheel
The war between Trump and the existing national security establishment is heating up, even as Trump considers one after another top military leader harboring a grudge against the Obama Administration.
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When Trump Brought Romney To Heel, or Further Adventures in the Cabinet of Deplorables

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bmaz
Once upon a time, Mitt Romney exiled his dog, Seamus, to the roof of the family station wagon. Now Trump has Mittens tied to the roof like a dog.
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The Sessions Nomination and the "Emergency Exception"

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emptywheel
Trump just announced he will nominate Jeff Sessions to be Attorney General. The biggest reason Sessions should not be AG is his racism. But that racism operates on top of a belief -- exhibited even this year -- that Congress should eliminate legitimate checks on law enforcement authorities.
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BREAKING: President-Elect Trump Can't Tell Difference between Lincoln Navigator MKC and Ford Focus

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emptywheel
President-elect Trump apparently can't tell the difference between a Ford Focus and a Lincoln Navigator. Sad!
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One Thing Edward Snowden Is Not a Fucking Idiot About

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emptywheel
Edward Snowden may be a fucking idiot about how safe it was to case a third party option in this election, but it is true that in the modern world, technological protections are necessary to protect liberties.
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