Rob Fardon

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Tonight, I would shake Thomas Massie's hand. He believes a lot of things I think are terrible, but the man is the one and only Republican on the side of the Epstein survivors. He's fighting for them against the full weight of Trump and his pedophile protecting party. Respect

Don’t Be a Panican. We’re Winning — and We’re Not Slowing Down. Under President Donald J. Trump’s leadership, this Administration is smashing through the chaos and destruction left by Democrats and unleashing the most aggressive pursuit of the America First agenda in history. While the Fake News and Radical Left collude to distract, depress, and divide, they’re simply lying to mask the undeniable truth: America is safer, stronger, richer, and more secure than at any point in decades. Don’t take the bait. New victories pour in daily as President Trump delivers on his promises and rebuilds the foundation for long-term success in the greatest nation on Earth. Here are a few things to celebrate from just the past few days:

The White House just sent a "Don't Panic" email. That'll do it

a man in a captain america uniform is sitting in a room and saying `` i understand that reference . '' ALT: a man in a captain america uniform is sitting in a room and saying `` i understand that reference . ''

Good and hard

The demographic breakdown of this data, provided to me by Marquette, is eye-opening: An overwhelming 58 percent of Americans without a college degree—a proxy for the working class—disapprove of how ICE is handling enforcement, while only 42 percent approve 50 percent of rural Americans disapprove of ICE’s handling of enforcement, while 50 percent approve 75 percent of men aged 18 to 29 disapprove of ICE’s handling of enforcement, while only 25 percent approve 54 percent of non-college Americans oppose deporting longtime residents with jobs and no criminal records, while only 46 percent favor it 51 percent of rural Americans oppose those deportations, while only 49 percent are in favor 73 percent of men aged 18 to 29 oppose those deportations, while only 27 percent are in favor

Even among Trump's core constituencies, opposition to ICE is strong. Turns out that most people don't like living in a police state.
From @gregsargent.bsky.social newrepublic.com/article/2062...

In 2013, Epstein's foundation got Business Insider to remove his mugshot from a story so it wouldn't show up in Google search results

www.semafor.com/article/02/0...

“Uptick In Abductions”: ICE Ramps Up Targeting of Minneapolis Legal Observers In one 30-minute stretch, three Minneapolis legal observers were arrested as ICE ramped up its targeting of community volunteers.

In one 30-minute stretch, three legal observers were arrested — as Trump’s Border czar Tom Homan calls on locals to “end the resistance.”

Courtesy of Mary Trump over on Twitter. She might have shared it here but I scanned her feed and didn't see it.
A resident of Michigan shares a perspective on responsibility regarding the construction of ICE facilities with his town council
@maryltrump.bsky.social

They always lied about focusing on “the worst of the worst”, “criminals”, “domestic terrorists”, and so on. They want mass deportations, which means sweeps and no due process. Here is a thread of letters written by children in detention at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center

something i would really like to know is what ICE/DHS is doing with all the phones they confiscate from the legal observers they detain

Vladyslav Heraskevych at the 2026 Olympics wearing a helmet with photographs of Ukrainian athletes who had been killed by the russian war.

“Some of them were my friends,” he said. 💔

When I worked for Reason magazine during Trump's rise to power in 2016, I was explicitly forbidden by the editor in chief from writing about Trump's racism, or the violence and racism at his rallies.

It was a "sideshow," I was told.

it will really be something if the Epstein Files unseat a British Prime Minster who isn't in them, and not the American President who was Epstein's best friend.

REP. STEIL: Some Dems demands put at risk the safety of members of law enforcement

CNBC: You mean like taking off their masks and having a badge that shows who they are?

STEIL: Well, they're known to their supervisors

CNBC: No other law enforcement officials in the US are allowed to wear masks

TeX 👊🏻

Oh, wow, thank you! (I just assumed the French would how-dare-you if you even considered writing it in a less perfect language.) Seriously appreciate this. Merci

Is your dissertation available in English? I'd read it.
I asked a psych friend about this in the mid 2000s. IIRC, he said one factor was that people assumed there were systems in place to help humans and assumed there were not systems in place to help animals, but there was more I can't remember

I haven't thought to express this yet, but Minnesotans have given me hope by the sheer number of ways people have found to do good. Everyone has asked how they can help. That guy who drives around returning cars left unattended after thugs took their owners. They make me feel patriotic

The intermingling of law enforcement and political goals has made the department, long a magnet for platinum legal talent, an unappealing landing spot, according to current and former officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal matters. The number of applications is down significantly from previous years, officials said, even as Trump loyalists have publicized vacancies through official and unconventional channels. Some of those applying are generally not as qualified as those who sought the position in the recent past, they added. A Justice Department spokesman did not respond to specific questions, but said all of the department's actions reflected Ms. Bondi's February 2025 memo requiring all employees to "zealously advance, protect and defend" the interests of Mr. Trump in his role as the nation's chief executive. The White House has exercised extraordinary control over the Justice Department, with prosecutors pressured to investigate and prosecute the president's enemies, all in the name of reversing purported politicization under Democrats.

Assistant U.S. attorneys are not typically recruited, as Mr. Mizelle sought to do, by a former federal employee who asks potential candidates to send a private message to his X account. Nor have they been asked in the past to prove political or ideological fealty. "If you are a lawyer, are interested in being an AUSA, and support President Trump and anti-crime agenda, DM me," wrote Mr. Mizelle, a fierce Trump supporter who remains close with Justice Department leaders and senior officials in the West Wing. Mr. Mizelle was acting as a private citizen expressing his own views. But the post reflected the prevailing sentiment inside the department that Mr. Trump has the right to hire only those willing to execute his agenda. It also highlighted the dynamic that appears to be contributing to the very staffing shortages Mr. Mizelle tried to address.

Even more good news:
The best and the brightest lawyers are refusing to join the now depleted ranks of the Trumpified Justice Department:

“The intermingling of law enforcement and political goals has made the department, long a magnet for platinum legal talent, an unappealing landing spot”

Demanding Support for Trump, Justice Dept. Struggles to Recruit Prosecutors

This is important — and very heartening — news:

While about a dozen of the biggest firms bent the knee to Trump, hundreds of the most experienced DOJ lawyers have quit, refusing to participate in the abuse of government power for Trump’s illegal ends.

gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/u...

Seattle was where I first lived when I came to the states, so that's where my heart is. But I don't know enough to predict who'll win

*appreciative chuckle*

Amen.

Jeffrey Epstein's Global Reach There are emails from men and women who were helping Epstein procure girls in Australia, London, Paris, Russia, Sweden ...

Jeffrey Epstein's Global Reach
He had scouts and recruiters working for him all over the world. open.substack.com/pub/jkbjourn...

I don't think pork would work for Massie but I agree we should be exploring ways to peel off one or two GOP house members

I was asked to check this, the journal uses a Rail Fence Cipher, so you read each line up and down, left to right. The deciphered text in the article below is accurate, and names names. The file itself can be found here:
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...

Renee Good's partner addresses Minneapolis immigration crackdown one month after killing Becca Good has seldom spoken out since Renee Good was shot and killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis on Jan. 7.

“Renee was not the first person killed, and she was not the last,” Becca Good said. “You know my wife’s name and you know Alex’s name, but there are many others in this city being harmed that you don’t know — their families are hurting just like mine, even if they don’t look like mine.”

Nearly one thousand healthcare workers turned out to honor Alex Pretti yesterday at the Minneapolis VA Medical Center (see link in comments). Healthcare workers know self-sacrificing goodness when they see it. Pretti was raised Catholic, as I describe here: edeninexile.substack.com/p/alex-prett...