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Ball of Thread

Ball of Thread

De: emptywheel's Marcy Wheeler
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Independent journalist Marcy Wheeler unwinds the true story of the attack on democracy that is bringing the United States to the brink of fascism.2024 Biografías y Memorias Crímenes Reales
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  • A Tale of Two Governors

    A Tale of Two Governors
    Sep 9 2025
    JB Pritzker and Gavin Newsom both gave press conferences showing that Trump's attempts to invade their states is about authoritarianism, not law enforcement. But Newsom's effort more successfully exposed Trump's authoritarian spectacle. Read more: https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/09/02/a-tale-of-two-governors-confronting-versus-dick-wagging/ Support emptywheel: https://www.emptywheel.net/about/support/
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    26 m
  • Big Balls Has Unfettered Access to Our Social Security Data

    Big Balls Has Unfettered Access to Our Social Security Data
    Aug 29 2025
    In June, Republicans on the Supreme Court lifted a stay, giving DOGE access to all Americans' Social Security records. Then, DOGE gave Ed "Big Balls" Coristine -- a guy with ties to criminal hackers -- access to that. Read more: https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/08/26/amid-hunt-for-crime-in-dc-whistleblower-implicates-ed-big-balls-coristine-and-john-roberts/ Support emptywheel: https://www.emptywheel.net/about/support/
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    7 m
  • The Conspiracy Theory that Got NSA's Top Math Whiz Purged

    The Conspiracy Theory that Got NSA's Top Math Whiz Purged
    Aug 23 2025
    Tulsi Gabbard just stripped the security clearances of 37 intelligence officials, including one of the NSA's top math whizzes. Her excuse for doing so stems from conspiracy theories invented by a disgruntled whistleblower.
    Watch this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbdY69KYf3U Read more: https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/08/21/quantum-leaps-the-so-called-whistleblower-that-got-nsas-top-mathematician-fired/ Support emptywheel: https://www.emptywheel.net/about/support/
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    14 m
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