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Hosted by Marcy Wheeler · government · EN-US · 61 episodes
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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Signup to Generate a PitchIndependent journalist Marcy Wheeler unwinds the true story of the attack on democracy that is bringing the United States to the brink of fascism.
Ball of Thread is hosted by Marcy Wheeler. The show has published 61 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "The Dossier that Broke America" (26 October 2026, 57 minutes), "How Russia grabbed Trump and his cronies by the nuts in 2016" (5 October 2026, 57 minutes), and "Corruption is a Process" (9 September 2026, 16 minutes).
Ball of Thread publishes roughly monthly, with episodes averaging 26 minutes across 61 episodes.
Booking probability for Ball of Thread is 33%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Ball of Thread requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Ball of Thread's contact route on record: verified email.
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Marcy Wheeler hosts Ball of Thread, a government show with 61 episodes published.
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The polarization around the Russian investigation all arose from the Steele dossier. This episode explains how it was likely injected, full of stories designed to be inflammatory, and how Republicans -- probably advised...
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In a perfect phone call in July 2019 orchestrated for months by mobbed up corrupt Ukrainians -- some backed by Russia -- Trump attempted to corrupt the newly elected president of Ukraine, who had been elected on an...
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DOJ rolled out a conspiracy indictment against 15 people in Minnesota that risks criminalizing opposition to Trump more generally. Watch: https://youtu.be/tviFq9EkpvY?si=gqkgx5IUA6qrHHEG Read more...
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Donald Trump has rolled out a Fraud Task Force, under JD Vance and Scott Brady (the guy who set up a way to criminally frame Joe and Hunter Biden). It itself is pretty fraudulent: an effort to shift attention and...
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<p>To find a resolution with Iran, Trump will need to budge on one or another of his most fundamental psychological rules: He can't oppose Vladimir Putin and he cannot admit that Obama was a better President than...
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<p>You can't separate Trump's disastrous war in Iran from the opportunities it gives Russia and China to wreak havoc in Europe and elsewhere.<br /> <br /> WATCH: https://youtu.be/nqNVpudA6_A?si=1G2dbnGp3eRZyS_t <br />...
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<p>By sending an invoice for the damages Trump's tariffs did to the American consumer, JB Pritzker will make it obvious that Trump is trying to hoard the money he stole from American consumers. Produced by LOLGOP...
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<p>Marco Rubio went to Europe and invited them to remain allies of the US, but only if they adhere to a vision of Western culture and history that excises the contributions of Latinos like him, to say nothing of Black...
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<p>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...
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<p>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...
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<p>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.</p> <p>Support emptywheel...
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<p>It may be easier to separate MAGAt from Trump by stoking their conspiracism than by explaining, factually, all the problems with Trump.</p> <p>Read the post...
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<p>Stephen Miller's plan to murderbomb boats in the Caribbean and invade Venezuela and Greenland has direct ties to the latest invasion of Minneapolis.</p> <p>Watch this: https://youtu.be/dIi6tA-DV_k?si=cLWePZcwI6gSZSzR...
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<p>Donald Trump will never accept losing anything – whether an election or a bet. But that wouldn't matter if he didn't convince millions of Americans to make his grievances their own.</p> <p> This Ball of Thread...
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<p>Stephen Miller has had two notable failures in 2025. His initial success at deporting 200 mostly innocent men to a concentration camp has been backfiring ever since. And his demand that DHS attempt to snatch 3,000...
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<p>Susie Wiles told Vanity Fair she didn't really know how bad the Epstein scandal would be, and so relied on her resident conspiracy theorists -- Dan Bongino, Kash Patel, and JD Vance -- instead. But she's still...
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Donald Trump's second term National Security Strategy was an attack on Europe. While boasting of its own competence, it lists a bunch of ways Donald Trump has made the US less safe -- starting with the way he sells out...
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I've got bad news for you. Marco Rubio may be the main thing standing between us and the end of the Western Order and the dismemberment of Ukraine. He could be fired by noon. Or he could buy time for Congress to stand...
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FBI Deputy Director, FBI
Vice-President of the United States, Vice President Vance
former Chief of Staff to Acting Secretary of Defense, Deputy Assistant to President Trump, Senior Director for Counterterrorism at the National Security Council, Federal Bureau of Investigations
White House chief of staff, Vanity Fair
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