The show notes for Episode 70 are at http://www.eclectablog.com/2018/02/episode-70-what-makes-the-russian-investigation-different-with-special-guest-marcy-wheeler-emptywheel.html
Marcy Wheeler on Twitter: @EmptyWheel
Marcy Wheeler at New Republic: All Glenn Greenwald’s Women
Marcy Wheeler at Huffington Post: The Nunes-Ryan Civil Liberties Sham
Marcy Wheeler at Vice.com: All the Key Details Republicans Left Out of Their Famous Memo
Marcy Wheeler at Politico: Democrats Embraced a Flawed Dossier — And Gave Republicans an Opening
The Good:
Derek Hawkins at The Washington Post: Florida’s ban on ex-felons voting is unconstitutional and biased, federal judge rules
Wow, on First Amendment theory. The judge basically holds that right to vote is as much campaign free speech as anything that Supreme Court has protected in Citizens United, and so regulation of that right is subject to heightened scrutiny. I confess I have not seen this before. https://t.co/yqFOjcLNex
— Sasha Samberg-Champion (@ssamcham) February 1, 2018
The Bad:
Alexis Levinson at Buzzfeed: So Many Democrats Are Running For Office They Might Run Themselves Out Of The Race
I've been reporting on immigrant groups in California's Central Valley this week. They all told me that if US Census asks question about US citizenship, none of them will respond to it. That would have devastating impact on accuracy & fairness of 2020 census
— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) February 3, 2018
The Shrugly ¯\_(ツ)_/¯:
My piece: I doubt this was the intent, but the House GOP and the Trump admin just blew up the right’s favorite conspiracy theory. The Russia investigation isn’t the fruit of the poisonous dossier; it existed before. The decks are now cleared for Mueller. https://t.co/ag3GEvWcEE
— David French (@DavidAFrench) February 2, 2018
Avery Anapol at The Hill: Nunes opponent raises over $100K in campaign donations amid memo controversy
LOLGOP at Eclectablog: The Kochs are spending $400 million this year to buy themselves another election
The FISA application shows that the FBI did disclose that Steele was working for a "major political party," report @ByronTau and @rebeccaballhaus.
If true, this piece of the scandal turns entirely on the fact that this political party wasn't named:https://t.co/bpfPRsBrGA pic.twitter.com/jszFABDtGV
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) February 3, 2018
David Graham at The Atlantic: The Many Failed Vindications of Donald J. Trump
Jordan Brunner, Quinta Jurecic, & Benjamin Wittes at Lawfare: Of Course There’s Evidence Trump Colluded with Russian Intelligence
David Corn at Mother Jones: While You Are Tweeting About the Nunes Memo, Russia Is Plotting Its Midterms Attack
David Graham at The Atlantic: Trump’s Saturday Night Massacre Is Already Happening
Paul Rosenzweig at Politico: Even If You Take the Nunes Memo Seriously, It Makes No Sense
Katherine Miller at Buzzfeed: Donald Trump, #MeToo, Facebook, And The Breakdown Of Institutional Power
FLINT UPDATE
Keith Matheny at the Detroit Free Press: Flint Mayor Karen Weaver senses city’s resurgence as lead pipes replaced
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Music clips
Intro music: Zoolookologie by Jean-Michel Jarre
Idioteque by Radiohead
Mayor of Simpleton by XTC
Unclaimed by Mike Wagner/Total Strangers
Outro music: Complain (from the movie Bob Roberts) by David Robbins & Tim Robbins
