Diane McKenna

Today in Politics, Bulletin 252. 11/17/25 … Judge William Fitzpatrick issued a scathing ruling today against former Trump personal attorney, now interim US Attorney, Lindsay Halligan for her conduct in front of the grand jury that indicted fo...

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"Of course he knew about the girls"

Check out our new campaign highlighting Donald Trump’s years-long involvement with Jeffrey Epstein and calling for the release of the Epstein Files — featuring billboards in Times Square and mobile billboards driving around D.C.

"Of course he knew about the girls."

Check out our new billboards in New York's Times Square highlighting the recently released emails from Jeffrey Epstein about Donald Trump. They'll be in Times Square for the next two weeks.

After Trump called this lawmaker a "RINO", he was the victim of swatting Trump criticized two Indiana lawmakers for not redistricting

According to the senator and Derek Fell, the sheriff’s office confirmed the incident in a statement posted on its official Facebook page.

Once again, MAGA has turned inward and begun attacking its own. Indiana State Senator Greg Goode was the target of a swatting incident on Sunday, just hours after Trump publicly criticized him and other Republican lawmakers for refusing to redraw the state’s congressional map.

We’ve repeated a warning for a long time: “Eventually, the monster will come for us all.” We’ve said it to each other as Trump and his administration have continued targeting anyone they view as part of the resistance, attempting to silence and eliminate opposition,

No one is above the law. Off to jail, ICE. A 45-year-old Riverside County man, identified as an agent with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, has been arrested for allegedly detaining a minor at gunpoint while off duty.

Oh boy. Trump and his version of prosperity… brought to you by McDonald’s, apparently. FDT!

He's definitely suffering from TDS.

NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.

Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.

Funny how they think that's a put down, because if anyone can pull off that look it's MTG.

Rep. Ro Khanna tells NBC he'll hold a press conference with survivors of Epstein's abuse and he'll call for Trump to meet with the survivors.

"On Tuesday what we're going to ask is for a president to meet with these survivors."

"I really think that's the right thing to do."

Members of Congress receive up to $79 per day for meals and incidentals when they are on official business in the D.C. area.
SNAP recipients receive $6.31 per day

This little B!tch is spiraling

Another tweet from Acyn (@Acyn) says: “Ansari: Welcome back from your eight weeks of taxpayer funded vacation. Foxx: I am sick and tired of hearing you say we had an eight week vacation. Ansari: That’s exactly what happened.” Below, a screenshot from C-SPAN shows Congresswoman Virginia Foxx sitting at a desk in a blue jacket during a House committee meeting. The chyron reads, “HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE MEETING ON FUNDING BILL TO REOPEN GOVERNMENT.”

I’m loving this for her.

So Wolff could have tanked Trump’s 2016 campaign and didn’t because Epstein said nah?

China’s Green Triumph

For the past year, I’ve warned that every clean energy rollback by Trump isn’t just slowing America down, it’s creating an opening for China.

Now the proof is in: we aren’t simply losing our green energy future—Trump is handing it away to the competition.
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A brown and white beagle wears his grey and blue coat with the scarf up around his floppy ears

We have been to the bark park to get blown to bits. Not many leaves left 😕 Lots of 🐿️🐿️ & 🎾🎾 equals tired pupper. Have a cozy little beagle 😊

Posts like this are everywhere.

So Republican candidates expect all these MAGA people to show up and vote for them next year who are fuming at Trump over HB-1 visas, 600,000 Chinese students, Epstein cover up, prices rising, 50 year mortgages, al-Qaida guy in the Oval, on & on? Good luck with turnout.

When you’ve lost Sorbo.

Some bizarre stuff going down in the Oval these days. After spraying the Syrian president with his Trump Fragrance he then asks him how many wives he has.

Truly sad. Heartbreaking.

Apparently now Epstein is the distraction.

It is getting harder and harder for Republicans to vote against the Epstein files release when it comes to the floor, thanks to the excellent work of the Dems on House Oversight and Judiciary.

I guess we know why Trump, Bondi, Patel and Mike Johnson have been covering up the Epstein files. I’m sure there is a whole lot more and a whole lot worse.

The same crowd yelling “lock her up” spent decades shielding predators and playing dumb.

🚨 NEW: House Democrats just released emails where Epstein wrote Trump “spent hours at my house” with one of his victims—plus messages showing Trump knew a lot more than he’s ever admitted.

Trump wants oil drilling off the coast of California. But does anyone else? An oil trade group said drilling off Southern California was of interest. But the environmental pushback would be considerable.

waters under the Coastal Act and Coastal Sanctuary Act, reflecting its strong environmental protections. The plan is politically motivated especially since the administration exempted Florida, home to Mar-a-Lago, while targeting California’s coast.