There was no shortage of real news this week, almost none of it good! But the media is still set on telling us that Joe Biden is old. And you wonder why I call it Opposite World?!
It’s another Emptywheel Friday, when we get together with the seemingly indefatigable Marcy Wheeler of emptywheel.net to take a look back at what happened in this years-long week! From action in the courts, to the flying bribe palace and presidential corruption on a scale never seen before, we have a lot to talk about today.
Before I sign off for the weekend, I have some info to share with you about my podcast. For some reason Spotify, the platform that has syndicated my podcast for the last couple of years, deleted my show and its rss feed - 15 years worth of shows - with no warning and no explanation. I'm trying to get it all back, as you can imagine. In the meantime, I've moved the hosting of my podcast from Spotify to its new home, here at Substack.
If you haven’t already done so, PLEASE subscribe!
As always, this show is not behind a paywall, but I do depend on your support to keep it going. So if you appreciate my work and can afford to, please upgrade to a paid subscription in whatever amount you deem appropriate and affordable.
The show will also be available for download, hopefully wherever you get your podcasts. If it's not already there, it should be soon, though you will likely have to re-subscribe. The new link to get the show via Spotify (if you chose to use that platform) is
I will soon be updating the podcast page of this website to reflect the new information. Please bear with me as I do all of this myself and I'm by no means proficient in any of it. But I'm working on it, and I truly apologize for the inconvenience. Thanks, as always, for bearing with me!
If you like to watch, here’s today’s show via YouTube:
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