Episode Details

Marcy's back! After a two-week break -missing one Emptywheel Friday - Marcy Wheeler and I dig into everything that happened while she was gone — and it's a lot. We spend most of this episode on press freedom, because two major stories are unfolding right now and only one of them is getting coverage: the New York Times subpoena mess tied to the "flying bribery palace" leak, and the far less-covered case of Minnesota journalist Georgia Fort, where the evidence suggests DOJ fabricated new claims against her after failing to get an arrest warrant the first time. And of course, a lot more including the ongoing Epstein fallout, Trump's Saudi Arabia nuclear deal chaos, the resumed war with Iran, Pete Hegseth's rough hearing, and Arizona primary results. Plus: sheep, apparently there are too many of them in Ireland.