emptywheel (@emptywheel.bsky.social) profile banner on Bluesky

emptywheel

@emptywheel.bsky.social

299.9Kfollowers
3.6Kfollowing
21.6Kposts

Coverage of American authoritarianism with a focus on legal cases. An American-Irish in Limerick, Ireland. Legendary potty mouth!

Top posts

emptywheel avatar
emptywheel·Sep 12

Over on Xitter, the troll account of UT's senior senator has launched a campaign to encourage Charlie Kirk's estate to sue Stephen King for ... describing something Charlie Kirk actually said.

A "Based Mike Lee" Tweet:

Please share if you agree that the estate of Charlie Kirk should sue Stephen King for defamation over this heinously false accusation

He’s crossed a line

It will prove costly

RTing a Stephen King post saying, "He advocating stoning gays to death, just sayin'

Which RTed a Jesse Watters post with a picture saying, "Charlie Kirk was not a 'controversial' or 'polarizing' man. Charlie was a PATRIOT."
531
1.1K
4.4K
emptywheel avatar
emptywheel·Sep 16

Cory Booker got Kash to admit he talks to Stephen Miller about how to run FBI, but he then dropped that line of questioning.

131
1.1K
4.6K
emptywheel avatar
emptywheel·Sep 13

It's really amazing how much of the effort to retaliate is focused on people who're like, "Here are the things he said." As if Charlie Kirk's legacy cannot stand real scrutiny.

76
706
3.2K

Latest posts

emptywheel avatar
emptywheel·3h

Minnesota US Attorney Daniel Rosen Indicted 15 People over a Few Dents emptywheel.net/2026/06/16/d...

8
57
139
emptywheel avatar
emptywheel·7h

Not the tenth time this happened.

17
101
577
emptywheel avatar
emptywheel·7h

Reminder that Kash's Director's Task Force unlawfully accessed Jim Comey's comms and ALSO violated the crime that John Durham was investigating.

2
132
325
emptywheel avatar
emptywheel·8h

Since Daniel Rosen is making a clown of himself again, reupping my post laying out how Georgia Fort credibly claims EVERY claim about her in Cities Church indictment (save her presence) was made up; DOJ has already admitted they made one detail up in affidavits. emptywheel.net/2026/06/13/f...

1
48
170
emptywheel avatar
emptywheel·9h

This indictment seems like FBI simply collected all of Kyle Wagner's contacts and claimed it was a conspiracy. Remember that Wagner was arrested for RTing a post that did not dox Jayden Scott as a cyberstalking crime. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

6
91
266
emptywheel avatar
emptywheel·9h

The Fraud Task Force Trump and Todd Blanche rolled out shifts attentional and investigative resources away from the kinds of fraud Trump specializes in in an attempt to demonize brown people. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0E1q...

1
57
163
emptywheel avatar
emptywheel·15h

I'd love to get a good historical description of the similarities and differences between Henry Ford and Elon Musk.

45
57
341
emptywheel avatar
emptywheel·15h

@cherylrofer.bsky.social May be of interest.

6
37
133
emptywheel avatar
emptywheel·17h

Likening Reform's opposition to migration to Stephen Miller's ICE goons weak is effective in pealing off "Rooted Patriots," per this @samfr.bsky.social post. samf.substack.com/p/how-to-bea...

Comparing Reform’s plans to Trump’s ICE raids is slightly more effective, particularly for older, more educated, former Conservative voters. This might be as much to do with the association with Trump rather than immigration per se, but it’s certainly true that people don’t like chaos and violence. Trump’s approval ratings on the issue dropped significantly during the ICE siege of Minnesota. A lot of those tempted by, but nervous about, Reform are highly risk averse and worried about the potential for disruption and chaos.
3
37
153
emptywheel avatar
emptywheel·1d

Tl;dr: DOJ gave Page $1.25M for a claim that had no merit. But you knew that.

5
115
300