TIt’s Emptywheel Friday, and Marcy Wheeler came loaded. We start with the new Klan Act lawsuit from Renee Good’s family and the Chicago protesters who are suing over Benny Johnson’s “arrests” that never happened. Then it’s Judge Perry’s hearing in the Broadview case, DOJ’s judicial complaint against Judge Schiltz (Marcy explains why it wouldn’t pass a freshman writing class), Georgia asking DOJ to step into its elections, and the Jack Smith hearing where Amy Klobuchar knew her Midwestern sports. Plus the polling that says Trump voters aren’t telling the truth about 2024, and a plea to help make “loser” stick.
• 0:00 Intro: the Time interview, bad job numbers
• 1:00 Chicago protesters sue over Benny Johnson’s Broadview video
• 3:53 The Renee Good family lawsuits and the Klan Act
• 10:43 Todd Blanche, the Katie Miller harassment indictment, and demoted FBI officials
• 13:25 Trump’s Time interview and the AI summit seating chart
• 16:57 The “morally binding” AI agreement and the executive order
• 22:11 Selective enforcement, and back to Becca Good
• 25:20 Blanche’s Minnesota voter arrests and the judicial complaint against Judge Schiltz
• 34:36 Georgia’s election board asks DOJ to step in
• 35:08 Broadview: Judge April Perry’s hearing and the homework assignment
• 46:39 Davy Hearn’s case is dismissed
• 49:50 Polling: who Trump voters say they voted for, and South Texas
• 54:10 The map: North Carolina, Georgia, Kansas, Iowa, Mississippi
• 58:07 Andrew Bailey, Georgia, and the Insurrection Act scenario
• 1:02:24 Texas, Greg Abbott, and the oil industry’s money
• 1:05:34 The Jack Smith hearing and the Klobuchar clip
• 1:11:30 The 8,000 small-donor checks
• 1:15:31 Speed round: DHS-funded ads, Watergate review, SCOTUS shadow docket, Tennessee execution, South Park
• 1:23:19 Closing: cementing Trump as a loser
Find Marcy Wheeler at emptywheel.net; Find Nicole Sandler at nicolesandler.com
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