Bill McCann

Trump's Mob Understands "Skeezy" Better than the Corruption Beat Journalists - emptywheel The response to Trump's acceptance of a flying palace from Qatar offers some lessons about how to give reporting on corruption salience for Trump supporters.

Trump’s Mob Understands “Skeezy” Better than the Corruption Beat Journalists www.emptywheel.net/2025/05/14/t...

Why Qatar is bribing Trump On Sunday, President Trump announced that the government of Qatar would be giving the "Defense Department" a luxury 747 aircraft to replace Air Force One.

Why Qatar is bribing Trump
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Unpacking claims that Canadian PM Mark Carney orchestrated a US Treasurys sell-off The allegation came from a staunch supporter of Carney in Canada's upcoming federal election; Snopes contacted him and Carney for clarification.

Unpacking claims that Canadian PM Mark Carney orchestrated a US Treasurys sell-off www.snopes.com/news/2025/04...

Amid DOGE's Failure to Find Fraud Committed by Entities Other than DOGE, DOGE Automates Deportation - emptywheel Trump brought in alleged illegal immigrant, Elon Musk, in the guise of finding waste fraud and abuse. And all Musk achieved was to dramatically cut services that Americans cherish and, in the guise of...

Amid DOGE’s Failure to Find Fraud Committed by Entities Other than DOGE, DOGE Automates Deportation www.emptywheel.net/2025/04/11/a...

These Tariffs Won’t Stand—Make Political/Electoral Hay Now If you’re running for Congress or considering running for Congress or know...

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“Let’s all understand that these guiding principles cannot be discarded for short-term political gains. They represent what this country is all about. They are indigenous to the American idea. And these are principles which are not negotiable.” – Barbara Jordan

Good Thursday, Linda!

Paul Krugman:

When the fate of the world economy is on the line, the malignant stupidity of the policy process is arguably as important as the policies themselves. How can anyone...trust anything coming out of an administration that behaves like this?

An African elephant in Murchison Falls national park in Uganda, where USAID once supported efforts to combat wildlife crime.

GOOD MORNING!

Hot-air balloons in the air during the annual hot-air balloon festival, held since 1950 to celebrate Eid al-Fitr, the Islamic holiday marking the end of Ramadan, in Central Java, Wonosobo, Indonesia.

April 2, 2025 (Wednesday) Just five months ago, on October 19, 2024, The Economist ran a special report on America’s economy.

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I'm open to suggestions.

Yes. I briefly had a link and lost it. I created another FB account: Will McCann, but I will limit its use, if I use it at all.

I refer to growing up in the acid rain/ quicksand/impending nuclear conflict era as being "classically trained" in generalized anxiety

Social Security Admin Canceled Maine Contracts As Political Revenge For Trump Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA), the ranking Democrat on the House Oversight Committee,...

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Musk ‘Stepping Back’? Don’t Bet on It. So is Elon really out, as the White House is claiming to...

Musk ‘Stepping Back’? Don’t Bet on It. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/musk-...

Israel’s war on Gaza deadliest conflict ever for journalists, says report More journalists killed in Gaza than in both world wars, Vietnam, Yugoslavia and Afghanistan combined, report finds.

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Annechien, I am a child in the woods here at blue sky. I'm delighted my first exchange is with you. We will get better at this. We haven't given up learning.

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PLEASE PASS THE WORD

I have left fb behind. (I'm locked out.)

I'm moving to bluesky

It will take me some time to get up to speed on bsky.

I hope friends on fb can connect with me here.

Thank you,

Bill McCann

Judge Hollander Tells DOGE to Stop Hitting Flies with Sledgehammers at Social Security - emptywheel Elon Musk keeps making false claims of fraud at Social Security. Those false claims have served to get at least ten DOGE boys -- some whose background clearances haven't been completed -- access to hi...

Judge Hollander Tells DOGE to Stop Hitting Flies with Sledgehammers at Social Security www.emptywheel.net/2025/03/21/j...

Consistency, Mind Games and Power-Plays in the Brave New World of Weird I’ve written a few times recently about Donald Trump’s ability to stake out and hold territory in the public mind, the public attention span, with threats that he likely (though not certainly) can’t…

Consistency, Mind Games and Power-Plays in the Brave New World of Weird talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/consi...

Hideous incantations from the emerging kakistocracy:

End Social Security & Medicare, deport essential workers, starve the old and poor.

This is the plan your leaders are promising you, maga.
Are you listening?