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Posting a curated timeline of the most informative and eyerolling aspects of US politics, with occasional commentary. πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ

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I see the Trump federal government is starting to be worried about the drop in tourists and has stepped up its advertising campaigns overseas.

15.02.2026 21:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Jmail, logged in as jeevacation@gmail.com You are logged into jeevacation@gmail.com, Jeffrey Epstein's email. Sourced from the November 2025 House Oversight Committee data release.

Need an easier way to dig thru the Trump-Epstein files? Someone put it all together in a Gmail like interface:

jmail.world

15.02.2026 17:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Exclusive: White House uses USAID funds for budget director Vought's security, documents show The White House budget office is using millions of dollars from the former U.S. foreign aid agency to pay for the security detail of Russell Vought, President Donald Trump's budget chief and an archit...

there's fierce competition, but this is one of the most stomach-turning things I've read in some time

13.02.2026 14:01 β€” πŸ‘ 2021    πŸ” 750    πŸ’¬ 21    πŸ“Œ 125

DHS took confidential immigrant tax data from the IRS in order to carry out Trump's cruel deportation agenda β€” and target immigrants at their jobs.

But I thought immigrants were "lazy freeloaders" who mooch off the system and don't pay taxes?

Hello?

12.02.2026 18:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1686    πŸ” 519    πŸ’¬ 56    πŸ“Œ 16

After nearly 9 decades of tracking presidential approval ratings, Gallup has decided to end their poll measuring following threats from the orange felon after showing his historically low approval ratings.

This is what cowardice and bending the knee to a tyrant looks like.

11.02.2026 21:38 β€” πŸ‘ 3798    πŸ” 1140    πŸ’¬ 169    πŸ“Œ 67

Getting word that they shut down the El Paso airport because Secretary Duffy heard that there was someone wearing sweatpants on a flight to Houston.

11.02.2026 14:06 β€” πŸ‘ 2606    πŸ” 279    πŸ’¬ 87    πŸ“Œ 24
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So the DOD started laser testing because they believed party balloons were drones, shut down all of El Paso airspace, and blamed it on Mexican cartels?

11.02.2026 18:06 β€” πŸ‘ 6966    πŸ” 2499    πŸ’¬ 623    πŸ“Œ 431
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The SAVE Act is a war on married women who have changed their last names. If your birth certificate, license, and social security card don't perfectly align, you will be blocked from voting. #HandsOffHerVote

11.02.2026 17:41 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 3

A reminder: The Attorney General of the United States should be the people's lawyer, not the president's personal attorney. The Department of Justice should act to protect the public, not the occupant of the Oval Office and his political allies.

11.02.2026 16:13 β€” πŸ‘ 12693    πŸ” 3604    πŸ’¬ 414    πŸ“Œ 160

Schumer: ball’s in your court

Republicans: stab the ball, tear it apart, set it on fire, rip up the court and sell the turf to Bahrain

Schumer: hey you guys are out of balls

Republicans: we’re gonna kill your families

Schumer: ok we’ll pass funding for new balls but you’ve GOT to read the rules

10.02.2026 13:34 β€” πŸ‘ 5110    πŸ” 1395    πŸ’¬ 42    πŸ“Œ 45

I will believe Massie when he does it, not when he talks about doing it.

Wasn’t it Yoda who said: there is no try. There is only do or do not (or something like that).

10.02.2026 13:36 β€” πŸ‘ 51    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 0

The Republican party doesn't want women to vote because women are more likely to vote Democratic than men so they have came up with this scheme called the Save Act.The name sounds like it's patriotic voter protection.

But what it really does is disenfranchise women & impose a poll tax.

10.02.2026 02:40 β€” πŸ‘ 668    πŸ” 431    πŸ’¬ 32    πŸ“Œ 22
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Good morning, all!

06.02.2026 11:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1744    πŸ” 553    πŸ’¬ 101    πŸ“Œ 29
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#Epstein

#EpsteinFiles

08.02.2026 16:55 β€” πŸ‘ 7636    πŸ” 2399    πŸ’¬ 431    πŸ“Œ 250
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Yep.

09.02.2026 16:37 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

If all these rich men "regret" their time with Epstein then why didn't they announce prior to the release of the files that their names would be part of the collection? Why didn't they self-report? The answer is they are not sorry and have no regret. They are sorry and regret they got caught.

08.02.2026 18:16 β€” πŸ‘ 16972    πŸ” 4130    πŸ’¬ 515    πŸ“Œ 201

Today, Ghislaine Maxwell was set to testify before Congress.

Rep Ro Khanna provided the list of questions, including if she and Epstein ever provided access to underage girls to Donald Trump.

She is refusing to answer on the grounds that it might incriminate her.

That's enough answer for me.

09.02.2026 15:04 β€” πŸ‘ 62    πŸ” 27    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 3

How to kill people in concentration camps, and deny responsibility/accountability for it. "Nature did it!"

07.02.2026 00:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
National Guard troops react as Secretary of War Pete Hegseth opens his suit jacket to show the U.S. flag

National Guard troops react as Secretary of War Pete Hegseth opens his suit jacket to show the U.S. flag

"take a look boys, this is what you're fighting for"

06.02.2026 21:37 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Reminder: The GOP health care plan is that the very sick should die faster. And in particular they hate fat people*, which ironically is a lot of their voter base.

*poor fat people

06.02.2026 21:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Who in their right mind considers the FBI, DOJ and DHS 'partners' in an election? Only someone who intends to use their power to rig an election.

06.02.2026 17:12 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Well well well. Looks like they were correct. They just lied about who it was.

02.02.2026 13:28 β€” πŸ‘ 17863    πŸ” 6006    πŸ’¬ 654    πŸ“Œ 392
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U.N. Says It’s in Danger of Financial Collapse Because of Unpaid Dues

β€œThe United States is responsible for about 95 percent of the money owed to the United Nations” really should have been the headline here

01.02.2026 15:17 β€” πŸ‘ 304    πŸ” 142    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 5

James Comer spent every day for 2 years and millions of US taxpayer dollars trying to link Joe Biden to Hunter’s appointment to the Burisma board in 2014, but has zero interest in UAE putting $500 million into Trump’s crypto company then getting advanced AI chips from the US.

01.02.2026 15:17 β€” πŸ‘ 6180    πŸ” 2356    πŸ’¬ 169    πŸ“Œ 72

The president of the United States had his DOJ raid the Fulton County election office and seized ballots. This is clearly a dry run for 2026. Yet, this is treated by too many in legacy media as normal.

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31.01.2026 23:15 β€” πŸ‘ 17300    πŸ” 5526    πŸ’¬ 317    πŸ“Œ 163
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I’m not sure how Dems are going to overcome this tidal wave of new Republican voters.

01.02.2026 12:54 β€” πŸ‘ 5763    πŸ” 787    πŸ’¬ 476    πŸ“Œ 121
3 panel comic

Panel 1:
A Pink Guy has spray painted the words β€œAll billionaires are scum” on a blue wall. Pleased with his work, he looks at the reader and gives a thumbs up.

Panel 2: 
An Orange Guy comes into shot and snatches the can of spray paint out of the Pink Guy’s hand. He looks angry and yells β€œHey!”

Panel 3:
The Orange Guy has changed the message so it now reads β€œAll billionaires are scumbag pedophiles.
Both the Pink Guy and the Orange Guy give the reader a thumbs up.

3 panel comic Panel 1: A Pink Guy has spray painted the words β€œAll billionaires are scum” on a blue wall. Pleased with his work, he looks at the reader and gives a thumbs up. Panel 2: An Orange Guy comes into shot and snatches the can of spray paint out of the Pink Guy’s hand. He looks angry and yells β€œHey!” Panel 3: The Orange Guy has changed the message so it now reads β€œAll billionaires are scumbag pedophiles. Both the Pink Guy and the Orange Guy give the reader a thumbs up.

get it right

31.01.2026 23:37 β€” πŸ‘ 11990    πŸ” 3363    πŸ’¬ 36    πŸ“Œ 20

The most important thing in today's Epstein files may involve 4chan. In 2011, Epstein met with 4chan creator Christopher "moot" Poole; that same day, Poole launched the /pol/ board that 3 years later would be the heart of Gamergate. And Gamergate was the start of the movements that led to Jan 6. 1/

31.01.2026 05:22 β€” πŸ‘ 782    πŸ” 394    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 60

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