Emptywheel Friday - Marcy Wheeler Explains WTF's Going On

About this episode

Marcy Wheeler joins Nicole Sandler to discuss the week's news, including Trump's psychological traps, the global jet fuel crisis, and various legal issues involving the DOJ and SPLC.

It's another Emptywheel Friday! Every Friday, Marcy Wheeler of emptywheel.net joins Nicole Sandler to wrap up the week's news. Today, Marcy explains why Trump is psychologically trapped in the Iran war — he can't confront Russia, and he can't admit Obama's JCPOA was better than anything he could negotiate. The global jet fuel crisis is already crashing airlines (hello, Spirit), and the worst economic effects haven't even hit yet. And then, the DOJ's strange indictment of the SPLC; why the Kash Patel/Atlantic lawsuit is going to backfire spectacularly; a Special Forces soldier arrested for insider-trading on the Maduro raid; and the story barely anyone is covering — Joe DiGenova put in charge of the Mueller review, despite being a subject of the very investigation he's supposed to oversee. And probably more... Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

People in this episode

Host: Nicole Sandler

Guest: Marcy Wheeler

Topics covered

• Trump
• Iran war
• jet fuel crisis
• DOJ indictment
• SPLC
• insider trading
• Mueller review

Keywords

• Trump
• Iran war
• jet fuel crisis
• DOJ
• SPLC
• insider trading
• Kash Patel
• Joe DiGenova
• Mueller review

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: emptywheel.net, DOJ, SPLC

Places: Iran, Russia, Maduro

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