I missed this post from October 14th from @emptywheel.bsky.social on Trump’s use of stochastic terrorism to bring his detractors to their knees.
You should read it, or at the very least just watch the short #BallOfThread video with @lolgop.bsky.social 1/2
November 27, 2024 at 6:32 PM
I missed this post from October 14th from @emptywheel.bsky.social on Trump’s use of stochastic terrorism to bring his detractors to their knees.
You should read it, or at the very least just watch the short #BallOfThread video with @lolgop.bsky.social 1/2
Must watch from @lolgop.bsky.social & @emptywheel.bsky.social #BallOfThread #Episode12
They explain what made the pincer attack that overran the Capitol on January 6th possible.
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January 6, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Must watch from @lolgop.bsky.social & @emptywheel.bsky.social #BallOfThread #Episode12
They explain what made the pincer attack that overran the Capitol on January 6th possible.
youtu.be/sZIF_XEYCc4?...
Another brilliant video from @lolgop.bsky.social & @emptywheel.bsky.social
Marcy explains in detail what most reporters missed— multiple times that Trump & his sycophants engaged in direct political intervention into the prosecution of #HunterBiden
#Pardon #BallOfThread
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Marcy explains in detail what most reporters missed— multiple times that Trump & his sycophants engaged in direct political intervention into the prosecution of #HunterBiden
#Pardon #BallOfThread
youtu.be/JQlBazPO6ds?...
What You Miss About Hunter's Pardon If You Sniff Dick Pics | Ball of Thread | Bonus Episode |
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December 16, 2024 at 5:58 PM
Another brilliant video from @lolgop.bsky.social & @emptywheel.bsky.social
Marcy explains in detail what most reporters missed— multiple times that Trump & his sycophants engaged in direct political intervention into the prosecution of #HunterBiden
#Pardon #BallOfThread
youtu.be/JQlBazPO6ds?...
Marcy explains in detail what most reporters missed— multiple times that Trump & his sycophants engaged in direct political intervention into the prosecution of #HunterBiden
#Pardon #BallOfThread
youtu.be/JQlBazPO6ds?...
If we're talking about normalizing political violence, no one deserves more blame in this moment than the Republicans on the Supreme Court.
They needlessly heard absurd Trump's arguments for immunity from his presidential crimes and license to prosecute his political opponents and said, "Why not?"
They needlessly heard absurd Trump's arguments for immunity from his presidential crimes and license to prosecute his political opponents and said, "Why not?"
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July 15, 2024 at 12:56 AM
If we're talking about normalizing political violence, no one deserves more blame in this moment than the Republicans on the Supreme Court.
They needlessly heard absurd Trump's arguments for immunity from his presidential crimes and license to prosecute his political opponents and said, "Why not?"
They needlessly heard absurd Trump's arguments for immunity from his presidential crimes and license to prosecute his political opponents and said, "Why not?"
Two reminders:
1. The Republicans on the Supreme Court already have given Trump immunity by just delaying the Jan6 trial over absolute nonsense.
2. Trump's lawyers argued that Biden doesn't just have a right to drone strike Trump; Biden probably has a responsibility to do so.
1. The Republicans on the Supreme Court already have given Trump immunity by just delaying the Jan6 trial over absolute nonsense.
2. Trump's lawyers argued that Biden doesn't just have a right to drone strike Trump; Biden probably has a responsibility to do so.
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July 1, 2024 at 11:18 AM
Two reminders:
1. The Republicans on the Supreme Court already have given Trump immunity by just delaying the Jan6 trial over absolute nonsense.
2. Trump's lawyers argued that Biden doesn't just have a right to drone strike Trump; Biden probably has a responsibility to do so.
1. The Republicans on the Supreme Court already have given Trump immunity by just delaying the Jan6 trial over absolute nonsense.
2. Trump's lawyers argued that Biden doesn't just have a right to drone strike Trump; Biden probably has a responsibility to do so.
It's my duty to remind you that if the Republican Supreme Court majority suggests that there's such thing as "absolute immunity" for a president, Biden doesn't just have the legal ability to drone strike Trump. He has a responsibility to do it.
June 24, 2024 at 7:21 PM
It's my duty to remind you that if the Republican Supreme Court majority suggests that there's such thing as "absolute immunity" for a president, Biden doesn't just have the legal ability to drone strike Trump. He has a responsibility to do it.
Russia's attack on the 2016 election was wildly successful. But it was the dossier that broke America.
The dossier that broke America | Ball of Thread | Episode 2
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June 21, 2024 at 1:25 AM
Russia's attack on the 2016 election was wildly successful. But it was the dossier that broke America.
One thing I've learned from Ball of Thread is that one of Trump's talents that makes him able to conduct mobs and bend the press to his will is a talent we're not even allowed to talk about in polite commentary:
Stochastic terrorism
Stochastic terrorism
We're all Don Bacon's wife
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August 3, 2024 at 1:59 PM
One thing I've learned from Ball of Thread is that one of Trump's talents that makes him able to conduct mobs and bend the press to his will is a talent we're not even allowed to talk about in polite commentary:
Stochastic terrorism
Stochastic terrorism
A smartie on Mastodon wrote "If folks want to know wtf happened in 2015-16 #BallOfThread is the roadmap of how."
I'm not speaking for Marcy here, but I think showing how it worked helps reveal what's hidden in front of our eyes.
I'm not speaking for Marcy here, but I think showing how it worked helps reveal what's hidden in front of our eyes.
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July 25, 2024 at 3:59 PM
A smartie on Mastodon wrote "If folks want to know wtf happened in 2015-16 #BallOfThread is the roadmap of how."
I'm not speaking for Marcy here, but I think showing how it worked helps reveal what's hidden in front of our eyes.
I'm not speaking for Marcy here, but I think showing how it worked helps reveal what's hidden in front of our eyes.
I'm going to be spending my weekend tearing through the Durham Report.
So please check out Ball of Thread for my sins.
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So please check out Ball of Thread for my sins.
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emptywheel’s Marcy Wheeler unwinds that attack on democracy.
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June 29, 2024 at 12:32 AM
I'm going to be spending my weekend tearing through the Durham Report.
So please check out Ball of Thread for my sins.
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So please check out Ball of Thread for my sins.
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Hope everyone gets that Trump going into the first debate with his trial for his role in January 6th delayed is already a massive gift from the Republican men on the Supreme Court.
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June 27, 2024 at 12:07 PM
Hope everyone gets that Trump going into the first debate with his trial for his role in January 6th delayed is already a massive gift from the Republican men on the Supreme Court.
I can think of one notable exception:
July 31, 2024 at 4:27 PM
I can think of one notable exception:
Necessary piece. And I'd add that a huge thing that Russian disinformation did is make Hillary Clinton "weird." What else was the point of Pizzagate?
"Weird" against Trump basically reorients people to reality.
"Weird" against Trump basically reorients people to reality.
August 2, 2024 at 11:41 AM
Necessary piece. And I'd add that a huge thing that Russian disinformation did is make Hillary Clinton "weird." What else was the point of Pizzagate?
"Weird" against Trump basically reorients people to reality.
"Weird" against Trump basically reorients people to reality.
Since Roger Stone has declared himself the leader of Big Lie 2.0, it's more important than ever to uncover his role in the 2016 Russia attack and how Trump used the pardon power to make sure we never got to the bottom of Stone's treachery.
By the nuts: Russia's attack on the 2016 election | Ball of Thread | Episode 1
You remember “Russia, if you’re listening” and the flood of social media disinformation. But you’ve never heard the strands of Putin’s attack on the 2016 election tied together like this. Want to know more? Join https://www.patreon.com/BallofThread to ask your questions, which could be answered in a bonus Q&A episode coming soon. For as little as $1 a month, you can support us and help spread the word. You can also subscribe on: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ball-of-thread/id1746189942 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0GV6tGSk5fSJdAH0Jrle99 Audible: https://www.audible.com/podcast/Ball-of-Thread/B0D42HXNTD
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June 20, 2024 at 1:22 PM
Since Roger Stone has declared himself the leader of Big Lie 2.0, it's more important than ever to uncover his role in the 2016 Russia attack and how Trump used the pardon power to make sure we never got to the bottom of Stone's treachery.
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Trump's demand that Putin hold Evan Gershkovich hostage through the election is even worse than "Russia, if you're listening"
It's an implicit quid pro quo; we know what Trump will deliver in return.
It's an implicit quid pro quo; we know what Trump will deliver in return.
By the nuts: Russia's attack on the 2016 election | Ball of Thread | Episode 1
You remember “Russia, if you’re listening” and the flood of social media disinformation. But you’ve never heard the strands of Putin’s attack on the 2016 election tied together like this. Want to know more? Join https://www.patreon.com/BallofThread to ask your questions, which could be answered in a bonus Q&A episode coming soon. For as little as $1 a month, you can support us and help spread the word. You can also subscribe on: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ball-of-thread/id1746189942 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0GV6tGSk5fSJdAH0Jrle99 Audible: https://www.audible.com/podcast/Ball-of-Thread/B0D42HXNTD
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June 6, 2024 at 1:54 PM
Trump's demand that Putin hold Evan Gershkovich hostage through the election is even worse than "Russia, if you're listening"
It's an implicit quid pro quo; we know what Trump will deliver in return.
It's an implicit quid pro quo; we know what Trump will deliver in return.
I have to say that spending the last few months drowning in the effectiveness of Russian disinfo opps, one of the biggest things they do is make things weird.
They weirdify something until sticks, often for the worst reasons. They lie. They smear. But they never just say "That's fucking odd."
They weirdify something until sticks, often for the worst reasons. They lie. They smear. But they never just say "That's fucking odd."
By the nuts: Russia's attack on the 2016 election | Ball of Thread | Episode 1
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July 30, 2024 at 5:09 PM
I have to say that spending the last few months drowning in the effectiveness of Russian disinfo opps, one of the biggest things they do is make things weird.
They weirdify something until sticks, often for the worst reasons. They lie. They smear. But they never just say "That's fucking odd."
They weirdify something until sticks, often for the worst reasons. They lie. They smear. But they never just say "That's fucking odd."
If you feel like digging back into the insanity of the 2016 attack on our elections, have i got a podcast for you!
By the nuts: Russia's attack on the 2016 election | Ball of Thread | Episode 1
You remember “Russia, if you’re listening” and the flood of social media disinformation. But you’ve never heard the strands of Putin’s attack on the 2016 election tied together like this. Want to know more? Join https://www.patreon.com/BallofThread to ask your questions, which could be answered in a bonus Q&A episode coming soon. For as little as $1 a month, you can support us and help spread the word. You can also subscribe on: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ball-of-thread/id1746189942 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0GV6tGSk5fSJdAH0Jrle99 Audible: https://www.audible.com/podcast/Ball-of-Thread/B0D42HXNTD
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June 17, 2024 at 2:18 PM
If you feel like digging back into the insanity of the 2016 attack on our elections, have i got a podcast for you!
Beginning to look a lot like 2016. Really glad Ball of Thread episode 1 now exists so people understand how it worked this time so we don't get fooled again.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vu1_...
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June 21, 2024 at 7:45 PM
Beginning to look a lot like 2016. Really glad Ball of Thread episode 1 now exists so people understand how it worked this time so we don't get fooled again.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vu1_...
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I can't recommend the paid patreon of @emptywheel.bsky.social enough. $1/month to support absolutely amazing story telling that unravels what is really going on the last 8+ years with Trump, Russia and all the American accomplices of autocracy
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emptywheel’s Marcy Wheeler unwinds that attack on democracy.
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July 23, 2024 at 5:03 PM
I can't recommend the paid patreon of @emptywheel.bsky.social enough. $1/month to support absolutely amazing story telling that unravels what is really going on the last 8+ years with Trump, Russia and all the American accomplices of autocracy
www.patreon.com/BallofThread
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Honored that we now have 100 Ball of Thread supporters. Honestly believe there at least a million people who want and need to hear the context Marcy is spinning out at an incredible pace. Thanks for helping us get it into the world.
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June 19, 2024 at 8:14 PM
Honored that we now have 100 Ball of Thread supporters. Honestly believe there at least a million people who want and need to hear the context Marcy is spinning out at an incredible pace. Thanks for helping us get it into the world.
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This episode of Ball of Thread on the Trump dossier feels more like a spy novel than a telling how we've been driven to the brink of fascism.
Oleg Deripaska plays a brutal double-game on Paul Manafort (and possibly Christopher Steele), and the disinformation in the dossier is just masterful.
Oleg Deripaska plays a brutal double-game on Paul Manafort (and possibly Christopher Steele), and the disinformation in the dossier is just masterful.
The dossier that broke America | Ball of Thread | Episode 2
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June 22, 2024 at 1:52 PM
This episode of Ball of Thread on the Trump dossier feels more like a spy novel than a telling how we've been driven to the brink of fascism.
Oleg Deripaska plays a brutal double-game on Paul Manafort (and possibly Christopher Steele), and the disinformation in the dossier is just masterful.
Oleg Deripaska plays a brutal double-game on Paul Manafort (and possibly Christopher Steele), and the disinformation in the dossier is just masterful.