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New Don Lemon filing in Cities Church case reveals DOJ tried a SECOND time to get a complaint from Douglas Micko -- and it made false claims about the journalists joining in the chanting.

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394 views New Don Lemon filing in Cities Church case reveals DOJ tried a SECOND time to get a complaint from Douglas Micko -- and it made false claims about the journalists joining in the chanting. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Particularly given that Trump has done so much of this or similar, I'm a bit sad they didn't include "defraud MAGAts at scale."

The support numbers would still be sky-high. But it would be a useful demonstrative.

www.politico.com/news/2026/07...

370 views Particularly given that Trump has done so much of this or similar, I'm a bit sad they didn't include "defraud MAGAts at scale." The support numbers would still be sky-high. But it would be a useful demonstrative. www.politico.com/news/2026/07...

By all rights, the Comey case should be dismissed for several reasons.

But there's a part of me that selfishly wants it go to trial. (Person-1 is the person who first suggested to Comey's spouse that 8647 was obviously violent.)

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344 views By all rights, the Comey case should be dismissed for several reasons. But there's a part of me that selfishly wants it go to trial. (Person-1 is the person who first suggested to Comey's spouse that 8647 was obviously violent.) storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

This is the text that Todd Blanche's star witness sent to Jim Comey's wife, telling her OF COURSE 8647 was malicious. At first, he didn't think it was, until he listened to Rudy (who also didn't have firsthand knowledge it was), who said it was.

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290 views This is the text that Todd Blanche's star witness sent to Jim Comey's wife, telling her OF COURSE 8647 was malicious. At first, he didn't think it was, until he listened to Rudy (who also didn't have firsthand knowledge it was), who said it was. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

📊 Post engagement

257

Avg engagement / post

0.1%

Engagement vs followers

May 2023

On Bluesky since

🔥 Top post: We still don’t know all the details of how Barr’s DOJ criminally · 418 likes + reposts

📊 Activity & format

Posting cadence

85.7 / week

A very active account — posts many times a day.

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Mostly images

Recent: 5 text · 7 image · 0 video.

Follower / following

75×

Follows 4.1K back. A strong ratio — an audience that follows them, not a follow-for-follow network.

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🔥 Top post We still don’t know all the details of how Barr’s DOJ criminally framed Joe Biden. The “free” press largely ignored scandalous details abt Hunter’s investigation (such as that DOJ relied on doctored form at trial). And anon protesters are at far greater risk. ★ 418

Particularly given that Trump has done so much of this or similar, I'm a bit sad they didn't include "defraud MAGAts at scale." The support numbers would still be sky-high. But it would be a useful demonstrative. www.politico.com/news/2… ★ 370 On the one hand I still don't know my height and weight in metric. On the other hand, this form I filled out asked whether I was African-American. 😕 ★ 108 If you were going to replace your 35-yo commuting bike (to ride in Limerick, where bike theft is not AFAIK as bad as it is in Dublin), would you buy a mid-level commute package or buy used and kit it out? ★ 74

This is the text that Todd Blanche's star witness sent to Jim Comey's wife, telling her OF COURSE 8647 was malicious. At first, he didn't think it was, until he listened to Rudy (who also didn't have firsthand knowledge it was), who said i… ★ 290 Reminder that Trump asked two different AGs abt the Hunter Biden case, about which Devlin Barrett made all sorts of bullshit claims. ★ 298

New Don Lemon filing in Cities Church case reveals DOJ tried a SECOND time to get a complaint from Douglas Micko -- and it made false claims about the journalists joining in the chanting. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... ★ 394

There are many ways that Jim Comey's selective and vindictive prosecution motion, if successful, would make things harder for Joe DiGenova's effort to charge the Grand Conspiracy. Here's one. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... ★ 231 So if Jim Comey's MTS has merit, an FBI Agent reporting to Kash Patel (who is where he is bc of his jihad against the Steele dossier) 1) relied on a WILDLY unreliable witness 2) w/o disclosing ANY of his reliability problems or 3) accurate… ★ 278

By all rights, the Comey case should be dismissed for several reasons. But there's a part of me that selfishly wants it go to trial. (Person-1 is the person who first suggested to Comey's spouse that 8647 was obviously violent.) storage.… ★ 344

What ChatGPT would respond to the Feeb's query, what she claimed it had said. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... ★ 151

If you ignore the egregious abuse, the insane waste of time, or the cognitive rot that this entire prosecution entailed, the searches on whether certain were used in the Gambino trial is a bit interesting. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/… ★ 123

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@emptywheel.bsky.social

A default .bsky.social handle — genuine, but not domain-verified. Confirm identity before a high-value deal.

On Bluesky since

May 2023

An early adopter from the invite-only beta (before the Feb 2024 public launch) — an original, established account.

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🗓️Joined Bluesky in 2023 — 3 years ago.

👁️Averages 257 views per post.

📤Posts about 85.7× per week.

🏅Earned the 100K Followers for passing 100K followers.

🛡️ Audience credibility

49/100

Fair Credibility score

78%

Mixed Real audience

Medium Fake-follower risk

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Est. 78% real, active audience · Medium fake-follower risk.
Low engagement (~0.1% of followers engage each post) — a sign of an inflated or inactive audience.
Organic base — far more followers than accounts it follows.
Established account (3+ years old).

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

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