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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.

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

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.

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

Not the tenth time this happened.

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

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...

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...

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...

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

@cherylrofer.bsky.social May be of interest.

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...

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