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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 Crímenes Reales
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  • How Trump Wants to Solve His Ghislaine Maxwell Problem

    How Trump Wants to Solve His Ghislaine Maxwell Problem
    Jul 22 2025
    Marcy Wheeler looks deeper into news that Trump's former defense attorney, now the deputy attorney general, will reach out to Ghislaine Maxwell. She lays out how Trump is orchestrating a cover-up scheme to protect himself from damaging Epstein revelations by getting Ghislaine Maxwell out of prison through a cooperation deal that will target his political opponents instead.
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    15 m
  • Trump's Trolls' Turn

    Trump's Trolls' Turn
    Jun 24 2025

    Marcy Wheeler digs deeper into the Catturd Deficit that allows white supremacists to use Xitter to rig the news. Then she looks at how Trump's illegal war on Iran has created unprecedented fractures in his base, from Russian useful idiots like Marjorie Taylor Greene to anti-Semitic voices like Candace Owens, and even convicted January 6th participants like Joe Biggs.

    She explores how to exploit these cracks using the same tactics that got Trump elected, turning his own troll army's playbook against them.
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    15 m
  • The Catturd Deficit

    The Catturd Deficit
    Jun 17 2025

    Marcy discusses how Twitter became Elon's Machine for Fascism and how we can use it against the fascists.
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    22 m
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