Speaker Mike Johnson’s strategy on Epstein Files Transparency Act fails in spectacular fashion As the dust settles on a tumultuous process, spare a thought for the House speaker, whose strategy flopped in multiple ways.

House Speaker Mike Johnson appeared to have a specific strategy on the Epstein Files Transparency Act.

It’s amazing just how spectacularly it flopped. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

States Want to Know: Why Does the DOJ Want Their Voter Rolls, Really? Read more here.

The DOJ has been pressing states since May for their registration rolls, which include sensitive personal information of every single voter, claiming the agency wants to ensure compliance with federal voter laws. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Phang: It is a fundamental premise of the law that there is no requirement that a criminal defendant be forced to testify to explain away the government’s evidence. Hallagan went to law school and knows better, but she’s so stupid that she made that misstatement of the law to the grand jury.

Dear ICE: They don't let you wear a mask in your mug shot.

Again before we go praising MTG… and if shes truly changed great, but can somebody please ask her about January 6? Have her address that to see if this is real

Security clearance marks early test of Mamdani-Trump relationship

YOU WERE IN A POSITION OF AUTHORITY AND HAD SEX WITH A CHILD THAT IS NOT A “CONSENSUAL ENCOUNTER” WHAT THE HELL ARE WE DOING HERE

The discharge petition to force a vote on the Epstein Files only received a handful of GOP votes.

But when we get the actual vote to release them, I'm presuming we'll see a whole lot more, right?

"Congressman _____ voted against releasing the Epstein Files" isn't an ad you want before the midterms

pro tip: innocent people don't work this hard to keep the files that prove their innocence a secret

Stephanie MIller uses her appearance on Hannity to say Trump is all over the Epstein Files to the Fox audience..

I need so not trust this process to be fair and work in our favor.

NEW: A week before Donald Trump surged past Hillary Clinton to win the presidency, author Michael Wolff approached Jeffrey Epstein with a proposal to "finish" Trump's candidacy.

"Interested?" Wolff wrote.

Epstein, apparently, declined.

w/ @eorden.bsky.social

www.politico.com/news/2025/11...

Breaking on MSNBC:

Mike Johnson says he intends to put the Epstein resolution on the House floor NEXT WEEK.

Why on earth would Boebert ever be in the situation room?

The situation room???

Q: "Why are White House officials…meeting with Rep. Boebert in an effort to try to get her to not sign this petition calling for the release of the [Epstein] files?"

Leavitt: "I'm not going to detail conversations that took place in the situation room."

Opinion | What Were Democrats Thinking?

"If I were in the Senate, I wouldn’t vote for this compromise. Shutdowns are an opportunity to make your arguments, and the country was just starting to pay attention... I worry that Democrats have just taught Trump that they will fold under pressure."

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I will believe it when I see it and also what reason could he have to do it now and not after her election?

He will pardon her next, she is just getting what she can while she can.

Democrats reveal whistleblower details of Ghislaine Maxwell prison ‘luxuries’ In a letter to the president, House Democrats say Maxwell’s treatment as she prepares a clemency request makes the convicted sex offender look like a “guest at a Trump hotel.”

"Maxwell has received custom meals personally delivered to her cell, after-hours time in a private exercise area, access to a service puppy, and private meetings with visitors arranged by the warden, complete with snacks. Visitors were allowed to bring computers..."

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“The worst view of current economic conditions since 1951… 61% blame Trump… 79% of independents have a negative view of Trump’s economic policies… if these numbers hold Republicans can wave adios to the house, and maybe the senate…”

Standing up to a tyrant - who is willing to impose pain as leverage to compel loyalty or acquiescence - is hard. You can convince yourself that yielding stops the pain and brings you back to "normal".

But there is no "normal". Submission emboldens the tyrant. The threat grows.

I am utterly disappointed that any Democrat would cave to his demands at this point. Let him own the shutdown. He doesn't care that people need their paychecks to pay their bills and eat. Giving in now assures more financial distress in 2026 with healthcare costs.

Many Americans are hurting right now because of the shutdown, but caving to Republicans won’t end the hurt.

Trump and his lapdogs continue to assert that they alone have the power to slash whatever programs they don’t like.

Deals with this regime are meaningless.

Waking up to the news that Donald Trump pardoned Rudy Giuliani, John Eastman, Mark Meadows, Sydney Powell, and dozens of people who tried to steal the 2020 election is really just the icing on the cake of yesterday, isn’t it?

Enablers everywhere, including on the Dem side of the senate.

On Tuesday, Americans sent Democrats a resounding message.

“Fight for us”

“Fight for working class Americans”

“Fight against Trump’s corruption, criminality and cruelty”

5 days later, Democrat Senators sent Americans a resounding message.

“Nah”

This is remarkable.

EVERY COUNTY in Virginia, which is blurple, went blue. Wow.

Mamdani: My message to I.C.E. Agents and to everyone across this city is that everyone will be held to the same standard of the law. If you violate the law, you must be held accountable.

Big shout out to Utah Republicans, who greedily passed a fully gerrymandered map that includes an R+2 and an R+6 district, as they watched Democrats easily overcome those margins all across the country tonight.

What we know, final edition of the night:
[Now in 3 parts]

—Prop 50 wins
—VA Dems flip Gov, LG, AG
—Dems gain leg seats in VA, NJ, & MS
—Dems defend NJ-Gov
—Dems win NJ+VA trifectas
—Mamdani wins
—PA Dems win state supreme court
—ME anti-mail voting measure loses
—GA Dems flip 2 statewide offices