The looming Trumpcession
Orange man bad (for the economy).
"Most presidents do not want to suffer Jimmy Carterβs fate and so attempt to avoid massive unemployment, high inflation, and especially the combination of the two. Trump, in contrast, has been speedrunning the country toward stagflation." β @nberlat.bsky.social
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RFK Jr: "He called me last night, he calls me three or four times and week and says, 'Where are you? Why aren't people healthier yet?'"
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Casar as CNN presses him about running against Doggett: "We aren't accepting these illegal maps. We're not going to just stand by and be pit against one another... this fight is about something much bigger than the horserace... it's about voters being able to choose their member of Congress"
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Don Bacon: "From my vantage point here in Nebraska, we're seeing a bit of a troubled economic mess. Right now it's a troubled time. In Nebraska the GDP has decreased by 6% over the last year and it's all about trade...so what I hear about weak jobs numbers, we're seeing that in Nebraska right now"
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Ken Paxton: "We're looking into another process where we could potentially take some of these people out of office for not following through on their constitutional duties."
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Itβs Monday and the Federal Bureau of Prisons is open. Let's demand answers on why convicted child rapist Ghislaine Maxwell was moved to a minimum-security camp.
SHARE this article so more people can turn up the heat on the people protecting pedophiles!
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No, this isnβt Mar-a-Lago. Itβs where Trump moved his best friend and favorite child rapist Ghislaine Maxwell.
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π¨ BREAKING: Donald Trump Transfers Ghislaine Maxwell to Minimum-Security Facility in Texas β Sparks Fears of Imminent Pardon to Protect Himself From Epstein Fallout
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π§΅Expediting and guaranteeing her appeal is seen by the Supreme Court.
That's the real deal Blanche made with Ghislaine Maxwell.
The transfer to Texas was just an added perk.
Move her to a comfortable place while it all plays out.
This is why....
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Since No One Else Seems to Care, Letβs Remember Epsteinβs Survivors
They've already told us everything we need to know...
Ghislaine Maxwell, who helped Jeffrey Epstein procure and sexually abuse young women, was transferred to a cushy minimum-security prison in Texas in the midst of Trump needing her support with the Epstein files.
We all know what's happening but shouldn't lose focus. www.jezebel.com/since-no-one...
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Trump's Mar-a-Lago Spa Was Tailor-Made for Epstein
The Trump Spa sought "young, attractive" college students to wear mini-skirts and "skin-tight" tops
NEW: Trumpβs Mar-a-Lago spa was a predatorβs playground. Mar-a-Lago sought "young, attractive" college students to wear mini-skirts and "skin-tight" tops. Epstein noticedβand so did Ghislaine Maxwell.
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CNBC: Do you think we are starting to see a real slowdown in the jobs market?
HASSETT: Yeah, I think the jobs numbers were slower than we expected
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CBS News has confirmed that the FBI, Bureau of Prisons and the DOJ all have a copy of the prison video from the night Epstein died with the missing minute.
Why won't they release it? What's there to hide?
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Seven out of ten Americans polled said Trump is not handling the Epstein files well, while 63 percent said they believe his administration is hiding information related to the case.
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul says she's looking to redraw the state's legislative lines in response to the Texas gerrymander β even going so far as to suggest amending the state constitution to move up the timeline.
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Hochul: "This is a war. We are at war. And that's why the gloves are off and I say, bring it on."
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Gross.
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New York has entered the chat π¬
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Gov. Kathy Hochul on Texas gerrymandering: We are at war. That's why the gloves are off, and I say bring it on
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Last week I analyzed 1033.5 minutes of Fox News including Fox & Friends, The Five, The Ingraham Angle, Jesse Watters Primetime and Hannity. This montage contains the ONLY references to Jeffrey Epstein on the shows I covered. The network largely ignored the scandal.
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the author calling Ghislaine βmadam maxwellβ makes clear how widely understood all of this was
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I guess sheβd aged out. But still seems to fit a certain pattern.
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Moodys Chief Economist Mark Zandi: βThe (US) economy is on the precipice of recessionβ¦Consumer spending has flatlined, construction and manufacturing are contracting, and employment is set to fall. And with inflation on the rise, it is tough for the Fed to come to the rescue.β
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MAGA Inches Closer to a Ghislaine Maxwell Alliance
Is perpetrating heinous crimes against children too big a hurdle for a political alliance of convenience? Maybe not.
"Not even a month ago, the idea of Trump supporters openly embracing a convicted child sex trafficker would have been unimaginable." Well, Trump sure grows some folks' imaginations.
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still thinking about the Montana knife maker who said you don't have to worry about tariffs if you buy american. and then three months later, he realized he imports swedish steel and german equipment. and even MiUSA equipment costs $100k more now because of tariffs
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'I don't care about Direct File': IRS chief says agency plans to end free filing program
Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Bill Long said the agency will end its Direct File program.
"Nearly 300,000 filers used Direct File for the 2025 tax season, and 94% of users who completed an IRS survey rated their experience as 'excellent' or 'above average.'"
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Crockett: My former colleagues from the Texas Houseβdecided to get the hell out of Texasβ¦ breaking quorum is where theyβre at right now. And they didnβt just do it by themselvesβthey went to Illinois, where there is a governor that gives a damn. This fight is going to take all of us.
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β.. We have no interest in running a lower-margin business, particularly due to tariffs,β said the CFO. βAnd if this is something thatβs going to be a permanent increase to our cost structure, we have to find a way to cover it.β
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