Brandi Buchman / is on Nostr

Writing a book. Proud Boys trial for emptywheel. Former senior staff writer Daily Kos covering Jan. 6. Before: Chief White House & Congressional Correspondent @ Courthouse News. Before that, reporter/feature writer at The Southampton Press/27east.
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Last Notes

2024-09-09 12:23:00

I am back and begin my job with HuffPost today! Very excited to get started and can't wait to publish my first report for my new masthead! You can email me at brandi dot buchman at huffpost dot com.

2024-09-06 12:09:21

I return Monday! It has been a real blessing to have some time to collect myself and decompress. I saw a whale, hung out with friends who are family, and ignored social media. I cannot wait to begin my new job HuffPost. There is so much ahead!

2024-06-21 15:24:44

Update!
Steve Bannon begs Supreme Court to save him now that appeals court has refused prison sentence delay
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/supreme-court-may-be-steve-bannons-only-hope-now-that-appeals-court-has-refused-prison-sentence-delay/

2024-03-20 16:48:06

‘No documentary evidence’ supports Trump’s claim it is ‘impossible’ to secure bond for $464 million civil fraud penalty: NY Attorney General
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/no-documentary-evidence-supports-trumps-claim-it-is-impossible-to-secure-bond-for-464-million-civil-fraud-penalty-ny-attorney-general/

2024-03-14 20:01:55

'A function of the defendant’s own delay’: Manhattan DA swipes at Trump for dragging his feet but is willing to delay hush-money trial
Story:
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/a-function-of-the-defendants-own-delay-manhattan-da-swipes-at-trump-for-dragging-his-feet-but-is-willing-to-delay-hush-money-trial/

2023-12-20 09:02:59

When I see more and more people coming to the truth about Jan. 6, using the accurate terminology to describe it and Trumps role; understanding the stakes, understanding in a real way that it was an attempted coup.... it makes me feel like the last three years of my life were not wasted and we have a fighting chance to beat back fascism. It touches me in ways I can't describe.

2023-10-27 06:36:20

The coup on Jan. 6 didn't end.
Read Trumps motions in DC case. See his behavior. Look at the House.
They are trying to install a dictator and whether Americans who see through it will succeed in opposing it, I really don't know.

2023-09-05 10:13:45

TODAY IS THE DAY.
The leader of the neofascist Proud Boys convicted of seditious conspiracy, HENRY "ENRIQUE" TARRIO, will be sentenced.
I will have live coverage for @emptywheel starting at 2pm ET. Full report to follow.
Govt seeks 33 years.
ICYMI:
https://www.emptywheel.net/2023/09/04/the-finding-out-part-proud-boys-face-sentencing/

2023-08-31 20:48:13

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ZACHARY REHL receives 15 year prison sentence.

2023-08-31 16:52:19

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JOE BIGGS receives 17 years in prison.

2023-08-31 10:04:33

TODAY: Proud Boy and seditious conspiracist Joe Biggs, who breached the Capitol not once but twice, who said Jan. 6 was a "warning shot" to a "weak" govt, who wanted to "get radical" and find "real men" to stop the transfer of power, is sentenced today. Hearing at 10am ET.

2023-08-11 10:35:19

TODAY: The birds and I are up early here at the Prettyman courthouse where I await a hearing before Judge Tanya Chutkan on a protective order sought by Special Counsel Jack Smith in Donald Trump's Jan. 6 indictment. Hearing starts at 10AM ET. Updates to come.
https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/110/870/534/607/629/856/original/9a40fd04bb156904.jpeg

2023-08-05 15:55:39

And now, on a Saturday, (appearing unwilling to waste much time) Judge Chutkan has given Donald Trump until 5pm ET Monday to respond to the special counsel's motion for a protective order following Trump's ostensible threat post on social media:
https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/110/837/821/471/989/377/original/984909ea73667b29.jpg

2023-07-15 09:40:36

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I am very proud of the work I did there. It was 100% my own making. But for the record, I had no guidance, no real or meaningful editorial input. I worked my ass off because I believed in it, not because anyone expected it from me. I could have done the least and I dont think anyone would have cared. So long as I got clicks, rage bait was fine. Forgive me but making people angry through cherry picked content as the sole means to fundraise is not exactly activism.

2023-07-15 09:35:01

I think what hurts the most about Daily Kos laying me off was not the fact that management didn't even bother talking to me to do it, it's that they sold me a bill of goods when they hired me that they clearly had no intention of following through on. I gave up other opportunities to work for them because I believed in the mission. And after using me and exploiting me, they laid me off after taking everything they could.

2023-06-08 18:16:55

I am happy to announce that I am now represented by the Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency. I'm so excited to have representation that is happy to have me aboard and understands what I want to do. Big step in the right direction!

2023-03-11 01:14:28

My first piece for emptywheel is up and if you want to get into the details of this week at the Proud Boys seditious conspiracy trial, I have you covered:
https://www.emptywheel.net/2023/03/10/jan-6-seditious-conspiracy-comes-into-focus-at-proud-boys-trial-as-classified-spill-roils-proceedings/