John Raftery

“Good people do things for other people. That’s it. The end.”

‘Prince Andrew believed having sex with me was his birthright’: Virginia Giuffre on her abuse at the hands of Epstein, Maxwell and the king’s brother In an extract from her posthumous memoir, Virginia Roberts Giuffre remembers the day an ‘apex predator’ recruited her from Mar-a-Lago, aged just 16; how she was trafficked to a succession of wealthy a...

This removes any possible doubt that there were many powerful men involved, plus Andrew, Epstein and Maxwell who was both pimp and perpetrator. Read it and weep. Virginia Giuffre who took her own life last year, is speaking to us from beyond the grave.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

City to close fire department because they no longer fight fires after their hoses were taken away and their tires were slashed.

the psychological toll of living in a society where everyone is out to compete with, profit off of, and scam everybody else is indescribable

There’s Something Weirdly Familiar About This New GOP Argument Republicans’ latest attempt to win the shutdown fight shows they still don’t get it on Obamacare.

The switch to good old Obamacare bashing feels like an acknowledgment that unfounded claims about Dems giving free insurance to “illegal aliens” and bailing out insurance companies haven’t quite won over the public.

Trump Halts Billions in Grants for Democratic Districts During Shutdown (Gift Article) The Trump administration has frozen or canceled nearly $28 billion primarily located in Democratic-led districts, according to an analysis by The New York Times.

Trump is upfront in saying he will use the shutdown to punish Democrats, and here are the receipts. About $27.2 billion cut from Dem districts compared to about $0.7 billion in GOP districts.
We all complain about the media, but need this type of in-depth journalism.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

the president using the office to punish americans that didnt vote for him should really be one of the biggest scandals in americas history

Zohran Mamdani uses his appearance on Fox News to "speak directly to the president," since "he might be watching right now."

Mamdani looks straight into the Fox camera as he says this >>>

The ‘America First’ party, everyone.

Mamdani is very good at this. Fresh approach, he deserves an opportunity to lead.

tfw your 1,000-word tweets aren't working

BREAKING: The Trump administration is doubling its Argentina bailout to $40 billion.

It freezes at 54 seconds in….

Yes mine freezes also. Very frustrating.

I used my time machine to ask the Founders if they thought the people going to the anti-kings protest or the people supporting the military invasion of American cities were more patriotic

They all smacked me upside the head

Musician playing ‘Ghostbusters’ outside ICE facility is arrested by agents ‘Taking us citizens out of state to detain them without charge is a new action from the Feds and should be opposed,’ her band said

“A clarinet player was arrested after playing her instrument to the tune of the ‘Ghostbusters’ theme song outside of a Portland ICE facility…”

I would take a dead Democrat over right-wing trash like Seth Moulton.

It's true that Markey shouldn't be the candidate at 80, but can we get literally anyone else but that Dem voter hating scumbag Moulton?

Yes, and if Markey died Gov. Healy would appoint a democrat to finish his term. There would not be a problem.

Trump ICE Raids Take Horrific Turn in Chicago, Handing Dems an Opening There’s one simple pledge Democrats can make to voters about ICE that’s easy to understand and will have broad support.

This is good: Rep Eric Swalwell tells me House Dems are now discussing making an end to mask-wearing a precondition for ICE funding.

"When we are in the majority, the masks are coming off," he says.

This is the next frontier in anti-Trump resistance.

New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2018...

this man's marriage would not exist if not for a previous generation of people marching for their rights.

Five Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in Gaza despite ceasefire Israeli army confirmed it opened fire, saying a group had approached its soldiers before being targeted.

“Cease” fire

www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...

You need to see this:

“The show of force is the point. They want these images to be out…The Department of Homeland Security is walking around Chicago with a film crew.” @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social

The vice president of the United States is a clownish dipshit, Exhibit 64,532

A tweet by Robert Reich reads: “The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion. The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion. Read that back. When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.”

Yes, we indeed have a serious problem.

It’s amazing how all the reporting is just memory-holing this part

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The hostage release is a reminder of how bad the Dems are at politics. Not only did Biden refuse to force this deal on Netanyahu & thereby help Harris win, but most people aren’t even aware that Biden got way more Israeli hostages (over 100) released with his 2023 ceasefire than Trump did with his.