Pat Galloway

Hi Donald!

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Stephen Colbert needs no Paramount. He has the people. ❤️

Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein’s relationship: A definitive timeline | CNN Politics A timeline of Trump’s interactions with Epstein and Maxwell reveals a long pattern of social proximity and one that stands in sharp contrast to Trump’s public downplaying of their friendship.

Lots of pictures and stories of Trump with renowned pedophile Epstein. Here’s a timeline to put it all in context: https://edition.cnn.com/2025/08/12/politics/trump-epstein-relationship-timeline-invs-vis

This.

'Chain of Fools' As a child growing up in the Washington, D.C.

“I began my career in live television at the 1993 Kennedy Center Honors. I was twenty-two years old at the time, studying acting in Washington, D.C. and working as a waiter in a barbecue restaurant.” open.substack.com/pub/noelcasl...

NEW: Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) took the floor today to recount Trump’s first 100 days, saying the time has been marked by corruption. He warned that if the President’s abuse of power continues, our democracy may not survive.

The Virginia Roberts mentioned in this excerpt is Epstein victim Virginia Giuffre, now deceased:

i am fascinated by the outright refusal of people in the professional political commentary class to just consider the possibility that there is no plan and that trump really is a braying idiot with the more acute case of narcissistic personality disorder on record

Rumeysa Ozturk, a Tufts Student, Is Detained by ICE The university was told that the student’s visa had been terminated, its president said in a late-night email to students and faculty members.

I asked an international human rights lawyer recently what red lines to watch for - he said, “when people start to disappear.” Well…https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/26/us/ice-tufts-student-detained-rumeysa-ozturk.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

What the Venezuelans Deported to El Salvador Experienced Exclusive photos of the arrival of Venezuelan detainees deported from the U.S.

The author of this piece is an American photo journalist who has been embedded in El Salvador. Reading this piece is frightening and it should be. It's who we are in danger of becoming. time.com/7269604/el-s...

We Can’t Give In to Fear From Marc | No one wants to speak up. Everyone wants to hide or lay low.

If I could speak to the heads of big law firms, I would ask: Is the risk of losing some clients worth betraying your oath to the rule of law?

To everyone nodding but refusing to take a stand, I say: You are ignoring Martin Niemöller’s message. It is you that Martin Luther King Jr. was condemning.

I haven't ever really spoken about this to anyone, but when I was litigating the so-called "comfort women" case, I went to the National Archives to obtain and read the testimonies of women and girls who were held in sex slave camps by the Japanese military following their release.

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I wrote several books about Trump and organized crime. But more to the point, authors like David Cay Johnston and Wayne Barrett wrote about Trump as a mafioso *in the 1980s*. This was WIDELY known. The question was never "is Trump involved in organized crime?" but "why does the US govt allow it?"

I assume this means the Post will now be eagerly accepting pieces about Amazon's attempts to revoke the personal liberties Americans enjoy under our labor and antitrust laws.

Is the legacy media going to do anything? Or is this it?

Local news deserves high marks for coverage of the doge fallout Reporters are telling gripping human stories, connecting the dots from DC to main street, going beyond acronyms to explain what government agencies do & giving voice to concerns of regular people

@newsjennifer.bsky.social on the gripping and impactful DOGE reporting by local news outlets: "It would be both ironic and so very American if the rich and powerful oligarchs were finally stopped by the underfunded newsrooms and working-class reporters." jenniferschulze.substack.com/p/local-news...

There’s a Term for What Trump and Musk Are Doing How regime change happens in America

The Department of Government Efficiency isn't interested in efficiency. Or transparency, or cutting costs. It's real goal is to destroy the federal civil service. In other words, regime change. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

“In Elon Musk and Donald Trump they have found men loathsome enough to potentially pull it off - or at the very least, damage American democracy enough that it remains on life support for decades to come.”

A fake billionaire is letting a fake genius destroy America because a bunch of fake patriots are too stupid, too entitled and too hateful to understand the difference between what is fake news and what is fact.

Trump Takes Over the Kennedy Center The president intends to replace members of the institution’s board as he adopts a more aggressive approach toward the arts.

Caligula rules
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Rich folks are arriving in New Orleans for the Super Bowl, along with their toys. This one is bigger than a football field and costs $36 million a year to operate. #howmuchisenough

“NOTE TO ALL NAZIS FASCISTS AND KLANSMEN” You delight, So it would seem, At making mince- meat of my dream. If you keep on, Before you’re through, I’ll make mince- meat Out of you.

Langston Hughes

Comms Advice for Democratic Lawmakers You didn't ask, but I'm offering it anyway.

"We know you’re out of power. We understand you’re in the minority. We hear that, loud and clear. What we’re not hearing is your anger. We’re not hearing your outrage. We’re wondering whether or not you actually hear us."

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We Are on Our Own From Marc | Our institutions are not going to save us. Only we can do that.

Each time I have sat down to write something since the election, I am bothered by this recurring phrase that I simply cannot get out of my head.

So, I am going to just say it out loud: we are on our own. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/we-a...

Another clear-eyed report from @oliverdarcy.bsky.social. If you are not subscribed to @status.news, you frankly are missing what is really happening to legacy media.

I have committed no crime. However, I am realistic that Trump will seek retribution against some. Trump is going to weaponize the DOJ against his political enemies.

My hope is that, if and when he does, the good people will not stay silent. They will not back down. They will not obey.

Tomorrow will be hard, but we will stand tall.

And then, it will be our turn.

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Scores of career State Dept. diplomats resign before Trump’s inauguration Trump’s team requested numerous high-level resignations from the State Department as the president-elect prepares to make a break with the Biden administration.

uggh. this is really bad.
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