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Breaking: The House voted unanimously, 426-0, to strip a provision in the funding bill that allowed senators to sue the government for $500K if their phone data was searched without their knowledge.

The provision was designed for GOP senators to sue over the Jack Smith investigation.

Khanna: "The speaker looked frazzled last night. I think he's totally lost it. He's attacking the bill and he's not showing up to hear the survivors. The survivors wanted this bill. Then he's voting for a bill he criticized. And he's lost the confidence of half the people in his own caucus."

"Everywhere immigrants have enriched and strengthened the fabric of American life." .. (John F Kennedy).. (Cartoon David Horsey)

BREAKING: President Trump has just signed the Epstein bill into law as he claims that many Democrats will likely be implicated and also that the whole thing is a hoax.

Judging from this rant, I think he’s pretty nervous.

WATCH: Speaker Johnson says he’s “deeply disappointed” the senate passed a bill he voted for 🤔

@rokhanna.bsky.social : “Johnson looks frazzled. He’s lost it, attacking a bill the survivors wanted without talking to them… that he voted for. He has lost the confidence of half his caucus.”

Epstein survivor Haley Robson refutes Mike Johnson: "The survivors that don't want to be public are Jane Does. They've been protected and their names have been redacted the whole time ... I don't care if my name is redacted is not."

I have been extremely critical of Donald Trump since long before he announced his campaign for president, but so far, I have managed to steer clear of making fun of his physical appearance. I find that to be petty. With that said, from now on, we should all refer to him as President Piggy.

Is anyone surprised that Lindsey Halligan is the same woman incharge of the James Comey debacle?

She sounds wildly unqualified every time she speaks.

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House votes overwhelmingly to force release of Epstein files, sending bill to Senate The House has voted overwhelmingly to pass a bill to force the Justice Department to publicly release its files on the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

apnews.com/article/epst...

NOW WE HAVE
THE " ELMO" FILES

INTIMATE? EMBARRASSING??
HOLY FUCK, WERE THEY SEXTING EACH OTHER??

HOT WHEELS AND ELMO, TEXTING DIRTY , LOCKER ROOM TEXT...WAS GYM JORDAN IN ON THIS?

GONNA GUESS EPSTEIN HAD HANDICAP ACCESS ON HIS ISLAND AND ELMO MET HIM THERE. NOW THATS KINKY AND EMBARRASSING

Hey @harvard.edu – You must fire Larry Summers. Now. To keep him in any capacity is to endorse his behavior and Epstein's crimes.

“Criticism”?

Why is this asshole still President? Can’t even his most ardent suckups see that he is astonishingly out of control and unfit?

Or is that what they like about him? He’s their public id.

Five corporations control 90% of the US media market.

Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.

Four giants control 80% of meat processing.

A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.

The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.

Report: Walgreens cuts hourly workers’ pay for 6 major holidays The hourly employees will only be paid if they work on those holidays.

I warned that private equity taking over Walgreens would be bad for workers.

This is the private equity playbook: they hollow out businesses, cheat their workers, and drive them into the ground.

Red Lobster, Toys "R" Us, and Joann Fabrics. Who’s next?

Exclusive: Cleta Mitchell, Activists Scheme to Bring Back One-Day Elections Read more here.

🚨BREAKING: Cleta Mitchell and activists from a top anti-voting group with close ties to the White House met last week to discuss plans to push for severely limiting early and mail voting. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

This idea now being parroted by Johnson in his panic stricken press conference came straight from Donald Trump. Trump is terrified.

If trump redacts his name from the epstein files he should be impeached

ICE should be abolished for the simple fact that being undocumented is a civil matter, not a criminal one. And if someone does break the law criminally, that's what we have regular police for. We don't need Patriot Act level gestapo on our streets, we never have.

And Greg Bovino, who works for

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thehill.com Vindman demands release of Trump-MBS call after Khashoggi murder: ‘You will be shocked’

Vindman demands release of Trump-MBS call after Khashoggi murder: 'You will be shocked' #TheHill

Think about it … Weird ….

LIVE NOW: ICE Worker Arrested in Sex Trafficking God on Substack

SMITE!

Meiselas this past Monday: Halligan says the grand jury rejected the 3-count indictment, so she brought back a 2-count version they supposedly approved, but that part is missing from the transcript. Judge Currie warned the grand jury may never have seen it. If true, that’s criminal.

There’s a Botulism Outbreak. What Do You Need to Know?

An outbreak of botulism tied to contaminated baby formula has sickened at least 23 infants since August. The formula, from the company ByHeart, has been recalled, but botulism is a continuing, if rare, threat. Here’s what you need to know.

President Zelenskyy came to the White House, looking for help from his longstanding ally.

He was ambushed, humiliated and berated for not being grateful enough.

Prince Bone Saw bin 9/11 came to the White House, for the first time since he ordered the murder of Jamal Khashoggi.

He was revered.

Scott Jennings: "There's not a shred of evidence that Donald Trump had anything to do with the Epstein Files. That's the hoax."
Abby Phillip: "He is named in these documents, and that is real. If he has nothing to hide, he should be clamoring for their release."

How about this headline, eh? More of this, please.

The Senate passed the Epstein bill by unanimous consent. Chuck Schumer did something right for a change. Now will the Convicted FElon sign it.