It’s our first Emptywheel Friday of the new year, a year which promises to be anything but easy, productive or frankly good. Which makes it more important than ever that we keep speaking truth to power and expose the incoming administration for what they are.
So Marcy Wheeler of emptywheel.net and I are back today, and every Friday going forward.

Today, the Convicted Felon was sentenced by Judge Merchan in the NY Business Fraud case in which he was found guilty on all 34 counts. Unfortunately, due to the office he’ll be assuming again in 10 days, the judge “sentenced” Trump to *unconditional discharge*. No jail time, no punishment except for the fact that he is now, officially, a convicted felon.

How we got here started today’s discussion after a brief conversation about the fires that have and are still devastating Los Angeles.

We also talked about the courts gutting the Net Neutrality rules that have kept this show and other small independent outlets on an equal footing with the corporate media, much of who are complicit in perpetuating the propaganda that got us here in the first place. So now more than ever, it’s important that you support the media you consume and appreciate. We need your support to keep going. If you can, I hope you’ll support both emptywheel.net and my work on the donate page at nicolesandler.com.

Let’s do whatever we can to cut through the lies and deception by spreading the truth and making it go viral.