Nicole and I discussed my assessment of our fight versus fascism at length — and also talked about Rob Reiner.
Impeachment
Four Ways to Fight Fascism: Checking In
My year-end review of how we’re doing pursuing any of four ways to combat fascism.
Why No One Went to Prison for Rudy Giuliani’s Hunter Biden Corruption
Want to know how Rudy Giuliani was allowed to solicit dirt from Russian spies to help Trump get elected, without accountability? Want to know why Barr is considered a critic of Trump rather than his most corrupt enabler? Ask the journalists who lost interest in that story as soon as Rudy released a laptop full of Hunter Biden’s dick pics.
From Russia with Lev begins to reverse all that. But as infuriating as it is, it barely scratches the surface.
Kash Patel’s Deep State: How Trump Trained the GOP to Hate Rule of Law 2
A series of individual choices — often cowardice — brought members of what used to be the Grand Old Party to the point they need to do anything to make sure Trump defies the law.
Jim Jordan Says Trump’s Years of Blowing Off Subpoenas May Merit Impeachment
Jim Jordan has now declared that all the years of Trump’s efforts to get people to blow off subpoenas might merit impeachment.
SDNY Obtained Warrant(s) for Foreign Agent Charges before John Demers Reviewed the Perfect Transcript
Before Bill Barr’s DOJ treated the criminal referral of Trump’s “perfect phone call” with Volodymyr Zelensky, SDNY had already made the Lev Parnas investigation a national security investigation.
Rudy’s Seized Devices Were More Useful for Investigating January 6 than Marie Yovanovitch’s Firing
When the FBI searched Rudy’s home in April 2021, the phones he used when getting Marie Yovanovitch fired were not found. But they did find three devices that Rudy used to plan January 6.
Preliminary Comments on Rudy and Lev Warrants
The unsealed warrants targeting Lev Parnas and Rudy Giuliani hint at how Bill Barr constrained the investigation and how DOJ used it to expand the investigation into Rudy.
NYT Covers Up the Still-Ongoing Trump-Russian Effort to Frame Joe Biden
The NYT is right: A second Trump term would be worse than the first one. But repeating that, over and over, even while misinforming readers about Trump’s ongoing five year effort to frame Joe Biden is not the best way to prevent a second term.
Hunter Biden: Which Came First, the Chick Selling Sex or the Extortion of Campaign Dirt?
You cannot claim to be doing journalism on the Republican effort to impeach Joe Biden based on allegations about his son unless you understand the ties between Rudy Giuliani’s efforts to dig up dirt, including from Russian agents, and the Hunter Biden investigation.
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