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Trump is part of the story, not the full story. The Epstein Network is not a solitary criminal network but a cluster of many intersecting criminal networks. It’s one string to pull on for an entire web. This is what @opdeatheaters.bsky.social is about.

Jeffrey Epstein in leaked emails:

“that dog that hasn’t barked is trump.”

“[Trump] spent hours at my house.”

“of course he knew about the girls.”

"i know how dirty donald is."

Trump bragged about grappling women by the pu**y & barging into rooms of partially dressed, young pageant contestants. A jury concluded he assaulted E. Jean Carroll in a dressing room. So nothing that’s in the Epstein emails is a surprise. It’s just confirmation.

Hi writers! I’m looking to assign a couple of features for Slate before the end of the year. If you have anything in mind that you think would be a fit please send me a pitch! Jenée.Desmond- harris@slate.com or dm me.

RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!

I Want You to Understand Chicago Politics Chicago 2025-11-08 I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time. Every day my phone buzzes. It is a neighborhood group: four people were kidnapped at the corner drugstore. A friend a mile away sends a Slack message: she was at the scene when masked men assaulted and abducted two people on the street. A plumber working on my pipes is distraught, and I find out that two of his employees were kidnapped that morning. A week later it happens again. An email arrives. Agents with guns have chased a teacher into the school where she works. They did not have a warrant. They dragged her away, ignoring her and her colleagues’ pleas to show proof of her documentation. That evening I stand a few feet from the parents of Rayito de Sol and listen to them describe, with anguish, how good Ms. Diana was to their children. What it is like to have strangers with guns traumatize your kids. For a teacher to hide a three-year-old child for fear they might be killed. How their relatives will no longer leave the house. I hear the pain and fury in their voices, and I wonder who will be next. Understand what it is to pray in Chicago. On September 19th, Reverend David Black, lead pastor at First Presbyterian Church of Chicago, was praying outside the ICE detention center in Broadview when a DHS agent shot him in the head with pepper balls. Pepper balls are never supposed to be fired at the head because they can seriously injure, or even kill. “We could hear them laughing as they were shooting us from the roof,” Black recalled. He is not the only member of the clergy ICE has assaulted. Methodist pastor Hannah Kardon was violently arrested on October 17th, and Baptist pastor Michael Woolf was shot with pepper balls on November 1st. Understand what it is to sleep in Chicago. On the night of September 30th, federal agents rappelled from a Black Hawk helicopter to execute a raid on an apartment building on the South Sho…

Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.

He is a computer safety researcher.

And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.

In under 1600 words.

aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...

Never forget who sold us out:

Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen

Reporter: A federal judge has ordered you to fully fund SNAP

Trump/Vance: It’s an absurd ruling…the American people are about to suffer…I don’t want to hear about the affordability

Love this Pelosi anecdote via @semafor.com
www.semafor.com/newsletter/1...

It's been 45 days since Adelita Grijalva was elected by the people of Arizona's seventh congressional district to represent them in Congress.

Mike Johnson still refuses to swear her in.

Tesla’s profit fell 37% in the third quarter. It's been in the process of laying off 14,000 workers. It had more cars impacted by recalls than any other brand in 2024.

Yet Elon Musk just got a pay package worth $1 trillion.

American capitalism is off the rails.

Did Liberal Feminism Ruin the Workplace?

Did Knee-Jerk Contrarianism Ruin the New York Times?

800+ flights cancelled today because Elon took a chainsaw to the federal government and Trump won’t pay the remaining airport personnel.

Elon’s on his way to becoming a trillionaire.

Trump’s net worth has more than doubled inside a year.

Glad everything worked out for them.

How about you?

He remembers it better than I do. And it's been 26 years.

“We’re not going to do that”
- McConnell stops to tell me in rare hallway comment on Trump’s call to nuke the filibuster.

I listened to several younger Democrats running for office in Iowa last weekend, and I’m telling you, Iowa and other states in the heartland have had enough.

2026 is going to be hard on Republicans, which is why they are going to try to limit voting. Pay attention.

What happened here in California tonight is a victory for the people of this country.

Donald Trump’s attempts to rig the midterm elections are backfiring.

His attempts to silence you are backfiring.

His entire presidency is backfiring.

Twisted

😎😎😎😎 GOOD THINGS CAN STILL HAPPEN 😎😎😎😎

AOC: I have to tell you, in my traveling across the country, I am hearing and have been seeing consistent things from everyday people. And it is that they are terrified, they are frustrated, they are angry, and they are shocked by a president violating the values that we hold dear

A fake competition in every circle on who can appear to be the most good in however they define it; stuck in a sick performance of morality drag.

We used to be so proud of how much effort we put into keeping religion out of politics but we didn’t spend any keeping capitalism out of Christianity.

The US Evangelical Christian mindset is from that same seed. That’s how they can call empathy a sin with a straight face. That’s how they use doctrine to demean women openly. And this mindset spread and has everyone desperately trying to feel superior in any way we can.

Americans will never truly embrace any kind of substantial societal betterment until we stop thinking of poverty as a punishment that was earned. This “deservedness” is the seed of morality that grows in a capitalist mindset and that permeates everything from education to politics to worship.

New York Times Op-Ed one year ago

This Wine Country couple are reviving an unexpected French tradition, no grapes involved These apple-oriented producers are making something delicious and unconventional in the heart of California’s heirloom apple country.

These apple-oriented producers are making something delicious and unconventional in the heart of California’s heirloom apple country.

What Type of Mattress Should You Choose? Here’s how to pick the best mattress for your sleep needs, straight from a professional mattress tester.

Here’s how to pick the best mattress for your sleep needs, straight from a professional mattress tester. www.wired.com/story/mattre...

We are now learning how much oppression and abuse Americans will tolerate. The day will come when enough Americans will decide enough is enough and this lawless regime must be stopped. But right now too many are willing to let the lawless abuse continue.

This dark time should wake us up to the bankruptcy of the corporate Democratic Party. It should mark the birth of the people’s Democratic Party. Zohran Mamdani and others like him are its future. Some thoughts...

https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-mamdani-moment

Hakeem Jeffries endorses Zohran Mamdani for New York City mayor. His full statement:

Immigration agents are coming to the Bay Area. Here’s how to protect yourself. Consulting with attorneys and immigration advocates, Mission Local has compiled a list of know-your-rights tips for people in San Francisco.

Federal immigration agents are coming to the Bay Area. Here’s a guide on how to protect yourself.

missionlocal.org/2025/10/immi...

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