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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 26m

Spouse is gonna make me crop it.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 28m

The full moon was being an asshole last week.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 32m

This is what it looked like last week.

Also Fannings Castle. The sky is blue behind it A crane is visible. There’s a backlist fence at the front.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 37m

You’re too far from the water (4 blocks?) to get interesting sunset. And that’s some industrial backlighting. They moved the crane since last week which is why you can get the floor numbers.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 5h

One reason I stay on Xitter is to test if I can trigger people's amygdala over there. So far it's not working that well.

EU says Elon should not lie abt my blue check
@emptywheel
Hey
@KenPaxtonTX
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Why did you accept $6M from a guy fighting for the right to send AI pictures of your kids, naked?
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 6h

As I note here, everything that happened in 2016 has come to pass. www.youtube.com/shorts/8piSZ...

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How Putin grabbed Trump by his balls

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 6h

The naked pictures of your children his the amygdala of the most Daddy people. The 3+M foreign children assumes empathy that may not exist. Plus triggering the amygdala will push them to turn out.

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Grace Garcia @givemegrace.bsky.social · 6h

"What Boutros doesn’t mention are the 25 other people charged during that period. For good reason! Virtually all of those cases also fell apart... But they fell apart differently than Broadview 6. And that’s where...the decision to keep trying to indict it, should come under scrutiny."

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 6h

Brainstorm: How do we use this to taint everyone getting funding from Musk. "Backed by the guy demanding the right to disseminate fake pictures showing you naked"?

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 7h

Yes, I did notice that. The lack of self-awareness was spectacular.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 7h

This breathtaking NYT story about Trump's Russian entanglements includes three people who've been part of the operation to cultivate Trump since 2015: Bryan Lanza, Sheikh Tahoon, and Kirill Dmitriev. This is literally the culmination of the original plan. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...

nytimes.com

U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies

President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of inter...

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 7h

What do they do between November 3 and January 3?

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 7h

She's got 4 inch heels! Probably wore extra high ones just to lord over both men!

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 7h

It also shows a video of Xi holding his spouse's hand walking down the plane stairs. Trump routinely struggles. Not long ago there was one where as soon as he came out of the plane door he grabbed the PLATFORM railing. Then. leaned on the railing going down the steps.

A photo of Xi walking down plane stairs.

Xi held Peng’s hand as he arrived at Joint Base Andrews, Md., for a state visit. Credit: Alex Wong/Getty Images

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 7h

WSJ has this story about how 73-yo Xi Jinping needed rest time during the summit with 80-yo Donny. It features this picture to show how Xi grabbed his spouse's hand while walking up the stairs. But Trump's inability to walk straight is more noticeable.

A picture of Xi Jinping, his spouse, Trump, and Melania, walking up red carpeted stairs.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 7h

They have no means to do that.

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Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 19h

First time catching a sunset in a squirrel eye. Might make this a thing.

The vertical eye of a squirrel with the reflection of the sun setting over trees in the distance and the reflection of the tree in the foreground

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 7h

True. And I bet one could show that "pussy move" is something Steven Cheung uses more than others.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 7h

Donald Trump said that the people at the AI summit were the best and brightest. And half of them would not be welcome in Miller's America. emptywheel.net/2026/10/02/s...

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Stephen Miller Is Destroying the Great America Trump Is Trying to Make - emptywheel

Of the 20 Masters of the Universe at Trump's AI summit the other day, 11 are immigrants.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 8h

There's not a *reasonable* chance. There's a reasonable chance there are aspects of the crime we don't know about. But there's very good evidence it is him.

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Philip Boucher-Hayes @philipb-h.bsky.social · 8h

Ireland imports 80% of its wheat. Not great food security. Concentration on livestock farming elbowed Irish wheat out. Imported wheat and flour add considerably to the cost of living crisis. But new crop science opens the door to Irish grown wheat. Listen: 👉 www.rte.ie/listen/clip/...

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Food Security: Bread

Only the tiniest fraction of the flour needed to bake the 50kg of bread we eat a year is grown and milled in Ireland, and the cost of what we import is sky rocketing. We take a look at what needs to b...

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 8h

Over on Xitter, there's a really interesting new schism between those clinging to conspiracies about the pipe bomber and those who learned differently.

General Mike Flynn
@GenFlynn
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This situation surrounding Brian Cole MUST be addressed immediately. This is down right abuse of a person with special needs.
@FBIDirectorKash
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Dan Bongino celebrated this…

He’s no better than Christopher Wray.

The agent doing this was the head FBI agent in my case SA Nick Hannak.

Shameless and disgusting. x.com/sarahiscensore…
Dan Bongino

@dbongino
Dear General,
You’re a fraud. It’s way past time to tell people who you really are, and why you do what you do. They need to hear it from you. Have some dignity and tell the truth. Stop disgracing the uniform.
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Earlier this week, I agreed to interviews with two USA Today journalists. They wrote fantastic articles about the Cornell case that I'm proud to have been a part of. What I did not know is that their employer considers interviews to proprietary and opens up recordings to be used by any journalist.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 9h

Angie Nixon would start almost immediately. Sherrod Brown would start mid-December.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 9h

TY. I will be doing a Russia Russia Russia post this weekend. Lots to write. Just canceled my Bank Holiday holiday for the month.

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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 12h

This is why I know that Marcy's Ball of Thread series is so crucially important right now. America is selling out Ukraine and all our allies, and the only Americans who will benefit are named Trump and maybe Wikoff.

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How Putin grabbed Trump by his balls

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 13h

Yeah, as I was posting that I was thinking, Well, Rogers has a terrible personality for Xitter. AES has a good one. And he may pick up the stray wavering MAGAt as a result.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 13h

I definitely think it possible Trump would be so shameless as to appoint Aileen Cannon. Which makes the current timing of the hearing on lawsuit to liberate the stolen documents report, November 2, of interest.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 14h

Mike Rogers and Abdul el-Sayed are having a flame war about the firefighters endorsement over on Xitter. Of note: AES has more followers than Rogers (307.5K v 73.4K), and his side of this flame wars is getting more views.

Dr. Abdul El-Sayed
@AbdulElSayed
They didn’t endorse you, habibi. But this last sentence you wrote there is crazy work coming from a dude who voted to deny 9/11 first responders healthcare NINE times:

“I will always stand with the brave men and women who run in while others run out”

You “stand” for nothing.
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🚨 ALERT: ABDUL LOSES ENDORSEMENT

“Mike Rogers, a veteran and retired FBI agent, will continue to serve this country and represent Michigan well. President Sahr and MPFFU leadership need to learn quickly the importance of crossing party lines when necessary.”

[screen cap of headline describing firefighters union endorsement of Abdul was clerical error]

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Don't hope. Work!! Trying to figure out how to hold Moody accountable for January 6 and the terrorists and child rapist Trump released back into Florida.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

A south Florida political journalist explains why GOPers are beginning to worry that Angie Nixon can beat Ashley Moody.

Jim DeFede
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And like Alex Vindman, Moody is proving to be a terrible campaigner.
Moody runs and hides from the press and her campaign for the Senate is calling her opponent "Socialist Angie" over and over again. With gas prices high, the economy weak, an unpopular war, is that enough?
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Talking to Republican consultants, they are worried about the Senate race in Florida. They still think Ashley Moody will win, but their confidence has waned in recent weeks. Moody does not generate any excitement and Vance's recent comments only energize the opposition.
Jim DeFede
@DeFede
As Republicans demonize
@AngieNixon
, and JD Vance tells her "you don't belong in America," they run the risk of having it backfire. Nixon can be a compelling figure. Here she is getting emotional when I asked her to tell voters something personal about herself.
@CBSMiami

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

This is a point I think Dems need to be making more: Taunting the GOP on the way Trump delayed spending then tainted them all with these corrupt ads.

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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 02/10/2026

This is a better epilogue to my January story about the private equity firm profiting off of ICE's cruelest flights than I could have ever possibly hoped for. CHICAGO: You went to the mat and protected (at a minimum!) thousands of immigrants from torture. Take a bow. prospect.org/2026/10/02/i...

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The City That Brought Down an ICE Airline - The American Prospect

In Chicago, progressive alderpeople held up a contract until a private equity firm was forced to dispatch Omni Air International, protecting thousands of immigrants from deportation.

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Nicole Sandler @nicolesandler.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Marcy Wheeler @emptywheel.bsky.social starts today's edition of Emptywheel Fridays with this story, then goes on to lots more! Joooin us at 3ET/noon PT at youtu.be/0HvOZZFld7M & nicolesandler.com

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Emptywheel Friday with Marcy Wheeler on the Nicole Sandler Show 10-2-26

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

@katiephang.bsky.social is having so much fun with this lawsuit and I'm here for it.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Similarly, people keep asking me if immigration will get much better if Democrats retake Congress and the answer is "probably not." ICE is largely insulated from Congressional pushback (the 2026 budget reconciliation bill funded them through 2029) and hearings and subpoenas can only do so much.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Me, on October 7, 2025. This is one of the videos they named in their lawsuit. emptywheel.net/2025/10/07/d...

Among other things Benny did on his cosplay cop caper was to post a video of protestors as they were being arrested, claiming they were being arrested for “VIOLENT ASSAULT.”

[A picture of a person in a red t-shirt with their hands behind their back. the T-shirt says, MAKE FASCISTS AFRAID. There's an ICE goon in a gray t-shirt, a plate vest, and shades.]

Of the Federal charges filed since then, just one has been from Broadview (it was assault, but even that one sounds like someone charged for being pushed by the Feds). If, in fact, these people weren’t charged — much less with assault — this would be slander. Since he was dolled up as a “Border Patrol Federal Agent,” even if they were arrested, this will be a privacy violation that might endanger any charges the Feds tried to file.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Been waiting for this lawsuit for a year.

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

NEW: Dozens of Wisconsin sheriffs have rushed to help ICE's deportation agenda by joining the 287(g) program. In 2 swing counties Trump narrowly won, this has now become a campaign issue. And Democrats are running for sheriff in Sauk and Winnebago on a promise to quit the program:

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In Wisconsin, Two Sheriff Races Test the Future of Local ICE Cooperation - Bolts

Wisconsin’s Sauk and Winnebago counties joined an ICE program to boost immigration enforcement. Candidates running for sheriff have vowed to quit it if elected next month.

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Today, 8 years ago, my friend, Saudi Journalist and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered.

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