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Writing an 80 zillion character post about the Epstein files definitely makes you seem extremely innocent and not literally shitting your pants.

FYI, there are over 300,000 pages of Epstein files.

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.

‘The Great Task Remaining Before Us’: Lincoln’s Vision at Gettysburg On the anniversary of his address, a reminder that democracy requires dedication.

It's the anniversary of the Gettysburg Address. "In that brief speech which illuminated a moment of both exhaustion and despair, Lincoln spoke not of the dead, nor even of victory. He spoke of purpose." A meditation from @markhertling.bsky.social

www.thebulwark.com/p/the-great-...

Jessica: This backfiring with the gerrymandering is a big deal. Trump asked Abbott to cheat for him. They try, they fail. And a Trump-appointed judge even helped with that. So now it looks like Republicans aren’t going to net any seats. It looks like Democrats could end up with an extra three seats.

Trump with the Saudi Prince and murderer, MBS, looking like a kid on Christmas Morning.

So MAGA, You see these two? One of them is your dear leader, the other is a Prince in a country where CHRISTIANITY IS BANNED. Where you can be arrested for being a CHRISTIAN, for displaying CHRISTIAN symbols and even, for having a bible.
But go ahead, tell me how much fucking MONEY he's investing.

Marc Benioff smiling in a selfie with Pam Bondi

“Even business leaders once portrayed as liberal visionaries were swept up in the rising tide of American fascism, becoming some of its most enthusiastic public admirers. Their conversions served as powerful and useful propaganda tools for the regime.”

Gee, no big press gathering in the Oval Office for Trump’s signing of the Epstein files bill. I wonder why not. Also wondering how closely the signature matches the one on the Epstein birthday note. Also wondering if we’ll really see the Epstein files or if he’ll claim loopholes for years.

Opinion | Saudi Arabia gained more than the U.S. from MBS’s D.C. visit The crown prince gets F-35s, new security status and legitimacy in exchange for promised investment.

Thankfully the Bezos paper displays some much needed spine in this editorial about the murderous Saudi leader who just got all he wanted from Trump while the US got bupkis www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Neal McDonough as Whitt Bass (Angels Pitcher) • Stoney Jackson as Ray Mitchell (Angels Third Baseman) • Adrien Brody as Danny Hemmerling (Angels Utility Player) • Tim Conlon as Wally (Angels Color Commentator) • Matthew McConaughey as Ben Williams (Angels Outfielder)

Angels in the Outfield somehow ended up with a bonkers 2025 cast

Lawrence Summers to Stop Teaching at Harvard While It Investigates His Epstein Ties

Thank you, student journalists at @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social

Piggy has signed off on the release of the Epstein files.

There is a loophole in the law that lets the DOJ withhold anything they deem is part of an active investigation.

It’s precisely what Piggy is counting on.

New: Reuters has tallied job losses, suspensions and investigations stemming from the reaction to Charlie Kirk's Sept. 10 assassination. Its findings: More than 600 Americans have been punished, and the figure is likely to be an under-count.

www.reuters.com/investigatio...

NEWS: The bill to release the Epstein Files has been transmitted to the White House, but Trump officials have thus far refused to provide any updates on if, or when, Trump will sign the legislation.

JUST IN: A federal judge in New York (appointed by Trump) has ordered the Trump administation resume a deferred action program for young undocumented immigrants who faced abuse/neglect in their home country. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

One issue is top of mind for a majority of Americans right now, according to a new PBS News/NPR/Marist poll.

Excerpt from a BBC article: ""We usually work, 10, 11 or 12 hours a day," says a 49-year-old woman from Jiangxi unwilling to give her name. "On Sundays we work around three hours less." She is in an alleyway, where a dozen people are huddled around a row of bulletin boards. They are reading the job ads on the board, while examining the stitching on a pair of chinos draped over it. This is Shein's supply chain. The factories are contracted to make clothes on order - some small, some big. If the chinos are a hit, orders will ramp up and so must production. Factories then hire temporary workers to meet the demand their permanent staff cannot fulfil. The migrant worker from Jiangxi is looking for a short-term contract - and the chinos are an option. "We earn so little. The cost of living is now so high," she says, adding that she hopes to make enough to send back to her two children who are living with their grandparents. "We get paid per piece," she explains. "It depends how difficult the item is. Something simple like a t-shirt is one-two yuan [less than a dollar] per piece and I can make around a dozen in an hour.""

The people who make Shein's clothes labor for ten to twelve hours per day (in violation of China's labor laws), some up to seven days a week, and earn as little as 15 to 30 cents per t-shirt.

"Here's how I feel about the Epstein files....all of a sudden he's saying he'll wait to see what Congress does? Since when? Come on. Release the files!"

@kamalaharris.com talks Trump stonewalling and suddenly pretending to care about Congress with @timmiller.bsky.social on The Bulwark Podcast:

The move follows through on Trump’s April proposal "to swiftly remove employees in policy-influencing roles for ... subversion of Presidential directives." trib.al/EYxiv2y

“Translation: Trump can fire federal employees who point out that he’s broken the law,” wrote an ex-Homeland Security official.

In Maryland, tensions over a proposed 67-mile transmission line have rocked farming communities, as the nation’s largest grid operator says data centers are driving power demands. bit.ly/3JL79Eo

Rep. Clay Higgins’ racist tweet is only the tip of the iceberg His record includes allegedly putting a gun to the head of one his three ex-wives, voting for a neo-Nazi, and assaulting an unarmed Black man.

Clay Higgins was the only member of the House to vote against releasing the Epstein files.

His record also includes allegedly putting a gun to the head of one of his ex-wives, voting for a neo-Nazi, and assaulting an unarmed Black man while working as a cop.

@nlanard.bsky.social's post from Sept:

At least 30 individual or corporations who have given over $116M to Trump and his super PAC have received regulatory favors from the Trump White House.

That includes Big Tobacco companies, Pharma giants, and crypto moguls like the Winklevoss twins.

Pay-to-play corruption.

“You don’t need a formal conspiracy when interests converge.”

~ George Carlin

Chiefs owner's daughter applauds idea for alternate Super Bowl halftime show, talks religious revival in US Gracie Hunt, the daughter of Kansas City Chiefs owner Clark Hunt, tore into the decision to have Bad Bunny perform the Super Bowl LX halftime show.

This is a good year for Kansas Citians to tune out from sports and spend their money and time somewhere else.

All major sports franchise owners are problematic, but the Hunts are a special breed. www.foxnews.com/sports/chief...

That’s one of the best generic ballot leads I’ve ever seen, and from a top quality pollster

Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.

Lindsey Halligan Admits Grand Jury Never Saw Final Comey Indictment Grand jurors have to vote on indictments to approve them, but a prosecutor told the judge in the case that only the foreperson formally approved the second charging document, a move that could…

I will confess, I have never seen a situation before where the grand jury never saw the indictment, so the remedy is unknown, but I can’t believe an unseen indictment could be valid.
Times www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/u...

White House MBS Dinner

The White House dinner last night for MBS was a coterie of corruption & back channel access that has become synonymous with the #Trump regime—

Notable Attendees: Elon Musk, Tim Cook, David Ellison, Marc Benioff, Michael Dell, David Sacks, Charles Schwab, Stephen Wynn and many more..

ProPublica is breaking stories and holding this regime accountable, but with far fewer resources at its disposal than the big media companies.