Rusty Shackleford

NEW: Jeffrey Epstein said in emails that he had been advising the Russian government on how to deal with Donald Trump, one of several cases in which he wielded his connections to try to influence the course of foreign affairs. w @nahaltoosi

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So all but two Republicans in Congress voted to pay $500k of taxpayer dollars to each of ten Republicans senators. That's a big payout. If I had $500k (possibly tax free?) dollars paying for college would be so much easier.

$500k is a lot, right?

So proud of my friend and fellow Welsh Pembroke Corgi owner @andrewfeinberg.com for asking this question:

“What was the president doing with Virginia Giuffre for hours at Epstein's house?"

Anyway, though all this seems bad for Trump, I think we have to consider the gains he will make in the modern Libertarian Party

McGovern: Buried in this bill is a corrupt kickback for eight Republican senators, a million dollar payday funded by taxpayers, taken from the treasury and deposited directly into their pockets. What the hell is wrong with this place?

UN watchdog hasn't been able to verify Iran's stockpile of near-weapons grade uranium in months The International Atomic Energy Agency has been unable to verify Iran's near weapons-grade uranium stockpile since Israel struck its nuclear sites in June. According to the IAEA's last report in Septe...

The International Atomic Energy Agency warned that it “lost continuity of knowledge in relation to the previously declared inventories of nuclear material in Iran” at facilities affected by the war and stressed that this issue must be “urgently addressed.” https://to.pbs.org/4oDmSEP

POLITICO: “.. In one 2018 exchange, Epstein asks PayPal founder Peter Thiel .. if he was enjoying Los Angeles.

“.. Can’t complain thus far…,” Thiel answered, to which Epstein replied, “Dec visit me Caribbean.”

@politico.com
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To recap: Jeffrey Epstein offered a NY Times reporter photos taken in Epstein's kitchen of Donald Trump and girls in bikinis *and* implored the NYT reporter to put this information in the public discourse in 2015

What did the NY Times editors know about this offer?

If **Jeffrey Epstein** thinks you're a evil and demented sociopath, the odds are overwhelming that you are, in fact, an evil and demented sociopath.

“.. The economy is increasingly dependent on ‘three narrow, interconnected 'A-pillars':

1) affluent consumers

2) artificial intelligence-fueled investment

3) asset price gains”

@bloomberg.com
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Republican constituents don't even know the ACA and Obamacare - which they have a reflexive repulsion to - are the same thing. They won't "expect" their GOP representatives "to vote for it".

No.

Last night, the Trump Administration sent a letter suggesting Wisconsin should return our FoodShare payments.

My response ⬇️

Trump tells states to 'immediately undo' steps to fund November SNAP benefits The Trump administration late Saturday directed states that they must "immediately undo" any actions they have made to provide benefits to low-income families via SNAP.

JUST IN: The Trump administration late Saturday directed states that they must "immediately undo" any actions they have made to provide benefits to low-income families via SNAP.

Former Jan. 6 defendant arrested on kidnapping and aggravated assault charges The Utah man was previously charged with firing a gun outside the Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack.

A Donald Trump supporter who fired off a gun during the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol was arrested last month on kidnapping and sexual assault charges, according to the Cook County Sheriff’s Office in Illinois.

WATCH: Long lines outside a Cleveland food bank after the Trump administration cut off SNAP funding during the shutdown.

“This administration is insane.”

- Doug Kass

@bloomberg.com #FHFA
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Newsom: He is a historic president—a historically unpopular president. Underwater in every key category—I mean, you can’t even make this up; this is hard to do…

Opinion Editorial Board The Texas gerrymander freakout What's happening in the Lone Star State is not a threat to democracy. August 20, 2025

Opinion Editorial Board Wes Moore embarrasses Maryland with his gerrymandering ploy The Democratic leader of the state Senate deserves praise for resisting pressure from the governor. Today at 6:45 a.m. EST

every time you think the new WaPo editorial board can't embarrass itself any more, they manage to find a way.

Left: 'Texas gerrymandering is no big deal!', from August.
Right: 'Maryland gerrymandering is an affront to Western civilization!', from today.

The Trump administration tells the Supreme Court it can’t be compelled to fully fund SNAP because paying out the money would “irreparably harm” the government, while SNAP beneficiaries … *won’t* be irreparably harmed by going hungry? The balance of equities here is completely upside down.

Supreme Court issues a stay, with three dissenting and Brett Kavanaugh concurring separate to note that hunger tends to be brief

HE'S APPEALING TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES THAT HE BE ALLOWED TO STARVE AMERICANS

Elise Stefanik called J6 insurrectionists “hostages,” voted to strip healthcare from 1.5M New Yorkers, and backed Trump’s cuts to our hospitals and counterterrorism funds.

Now she wants to bring that extremism to Albany. NY deserves better than Trump’s self-described “top ally.”

Shapiro: He rose to some prominence by writing a book about growing up in Appalachia, where there are a whole lot of people who get SNAP. He made millions of dollars off telling their stories, and then he turned his damn back on those very people he likes to write about and claim as his own.

This is like an AI model being trained on other AI produced slop

“.. On at least two occasions, articles from the Free Press appeared at the bottom of CBS articles as paid advertisements: ‘How the Yuppies Became Socialists’ and ‘How Catholicism Got Cool.’”

@scottnover.bsky.social $PSKY
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JUST IN: A federal judge has barred the Trump administration from using furloughed employees’ email accounts to broadcast partisan messages about the shutdown.

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Sometimes I see people like 20 tweets deep into an argument with Grok. Like, what are you doing brother? You are trying to win an argument with a vending machine.