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Ball of Thread

Marcy Wheeler
Ball of Thread
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    Behind the Masks

    2/13/2026 | 7 mins.
    Behind the masks that Stephen Miller's goons are wearing lies a truth about America that destroys his claims of white supremacy. He cannot carry out his deeply racist project without relying on the labor of brown people.
    Read more:  https://emptywheel.net/stephen-miller-paid-latino-thugs-to-murder-alex-pretti/
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    Swapping VA Care for Dead VA Nurses

    2/10/2026 | 16 mins.
    Republicans have made a choice: to dump billions of money that previously went into healthcare, including VA care, to pay goons who are shooting people dead in Minneapolis and elsewhere. They've literally taken money used to fund VA care to pay goons who shot VA nurse Alex Pretti in the back.
    Read  more: https://emptywheel.net/marco-rubio-will-let-2-5-million-children-die-so-sarah-rogers-can-fund-far-right-extremists-in-europe/ 
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    UPDATE: Murder on Ice and Water

    2/02/2026 | 50 mins.
    Two weeks ago we argued that Stephen Miller thinks of his invasions of Venezuela and Minneapolis the same. This week, after Alex Pretti's murder, Donald Trump confirmed that.
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    Feed the MAGAt Conspiracism

    1/22/2026 | 13 mins.
    It may be easier to separate MAGAt from Trump by stoking their conspiracism than by explaining, factually, all the problems with Trump.
    Read the post: https://www.emptywheel.net/portfolio-item/where-we-go-from-here/
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    Murder on ICE and Water

    1/13/2026 | 41 mins.
    Stephen Miller's plan to murderbomb boats in the Caribbean and invade Venezuela and Greenland has direct ties to the latest invasion of Minneapolis.
    Watch this: https://youtu.be/dIi6tA-DV_k?si=cLWePZcwI6gSZSzR 
    Read more: https://www.emptywheel.net/2026/01/07/stephen-miller-has-similar-plans-for-colombia-and-columbia/
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About Ball of Thread

Independent journalist Marcy Wheeler unwinds the true story of the attack on democracy that is bringing the United States to the brink of fascism.
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