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She’s not wrong!

As Virginia Roberts Giuffre’s family, we commend the British authorities for taking meaningful action and treating the Epstein files with the urgency they demand. While these arrests aren’t for the underlying exploitation, they are a crucial step toward truth and accountability. The contrast with the continued inaction in the United States is undeniable. Survivors deserve transparency, swift investigation, and real justice, no matter who is implicated. Sky and Amanda Roberts

Virginia Giuffre's family on the arrest of ex-U.K. Ambassador Peter Mandelson:

"The contrast with the continued inaction in the United States is undeniable. Survivors deserve transparency, swift investigation, and real justice, no matter who is implicated."

Full statement

CNN graphic showing Trump's approval falling by between 15 and 19 points over the last year with Latinos, under 45, and independents

triple yikes

Yes. Let’s analyze the risks *after* we send billions of dollars worth of equipment to the region.

This is either misdirection, or the most glaring lack of coherent strategy I’ve ever seen.

Trump spent the last 8 months saying that "the nuclear threat of Iran was totally obliterated" by Operation Midnight Hammer which "set back Iran's ability to develop nuclear weapons for many years to come."

Were they lying then or are they lying now?

Totally normal 🤦🏽‍♂️

Bluesky functions as heir to the 2002-2009 progressive blogosphere. It's more cohesive, more effective and more fun than X's hive of scum and villainy.

It also makes many X users apoplecticly angry that we're all happy with this arrangement and I love that for them.

Twitter is owned by a fascist who deliberately manipulates the algorithms to promote far right messages. Here’s why Bluesky has an intellectual diversity problem.

"ICE agents are the equivalent of cartel hitmen" is a wild take, but Mike Lee is here for it.

Anthony Michael Kreis, FR...•47m 0... I will shortly show precisely why llan's work is intellectually impoverished. But, the fact he's promoting undergraduate analysis from students who don't know the history as the preeminent ideal of "fairness" is embarrassing. © 1 Ilan Wurman @ @ilan_wurm..43m g Hurry up please because I'll soon be posting a reply to critics and why none of them has proven any of my claims incorrect. But maybe you'll be the first, and l'd love to address whatever it is you've found!

this man is literally on the record acknowledging an inaccuracy in an amicus brief that he submitted to the Supreme Court and he has the gall to tell a serious scholar to hurry up

She’s a good candidate! I like her. Let’s just not got worked up about non-issues.

There is literally zero reason to think that Talarico would ever change his position on this. He’s been consistent as hell on this issue while in the Tex Leg.

JV LAST: “Minnesota is still under siege… however alarmed you are it’s not enough.” www.thebulwark.com/p/what-i-saw...

Varad Mehta ‹ @varadmehta X.com John Roberts upholding Barack Obama's signature policy achievement but striking down Donald Trump's is the kind of thing that gets remembered. And not, I imagine, in any way that over the long term will be good for the Supreme Court.

I try to avoid petty insults. But anyone who equates a new federal statute duly enacted through bicameralism and present pursuant to Article I, Section 7 (Obamacare) with an executive order that unilaterally implements a president’s whims with no congressional input (IEEPA tariffs) is an idiot.

It’s a miracle it’s not 4-1

Seems like it’s only a matter of time of time before Canada gets one. This 3rd period has been a butt kicking.

These last few days Trump has felt particularly Mad Kingy, raging against his opposition, spiraling more and more out of control. It is remarkable how much these four "injuries" listed in our Declaration Of Independence speak to us today 7/

Trump is in the Epstein files 38,000 times.

He flew on Epstein’s private jet — and lied about it.

He wrote to Epstein about their “wonderful secret.”

QAnon thought Trump was going to take down the secret pedophile ring — but he's right in the middle of it.

It’s interesting that basically every lawyer responding to this issue understands the duty of candor and is defending the judge. Only people who don’t seem to understand how the courts work seem to blame the judge.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar X.com Trump notes his crowd is more enthused about bigotry than they are for tax cuts: "It's amazing how strongly people feel about that. I talk about cutting taxes, people go like that, I talk about transgender everybody goes crazy. Five years ago you didn't know what the hell it was" LIVE GREENSBORO, NC cc # 45 our Children. 5:45 PT LIVE BREAKING NEWS TRUMP SPEAKS IN NORTH CAROLINA 'UNABOMBER' TED KACZYNSKI, 81, FOUND DEAD IN PRISON. GO TO NEWS 5:49 PM • 6/10/23 • 14M Views

George Wallace in 1962: "I started off talking about schools and highways and prisons and taxes and I couldn't make them listen. Then I began talking about n**rs and they stomped the floor."

Donald Trump in 2023⬇️

If you’re a politician in the chamber and you call him a “pedo” how many millions of dollars would you get in campaign contributions that night?

No context or explanation required.

Donald Trump post on Truth Social announcing he will raise tariffs to 15%.

Reminder: Americans are paying the price for Donald Trump’s tariffs.

Instead of giving you a rebate, he’s taxing you.

Cut the checks.

What problem is Trump's new global 10% tariff meant to solve?

If it's about leverage, ask: How much leverage do you get from a tariff that disappears in 150 days?

If it's onshoring: Who builds new factories based on tariff that disappear before the factory is built?

It's a tax. That's all it is.

I think he’s gonna find a way to weasel out of it.

What kind of boost would it give him? It didnt seem like Venezuela boosted his approval in any way.

Every single Democrat in 2026 and 2028 needs to run on giving the American people a refund for Trump’s illegal tariffs.

I just found your podcast as a result of this post! I really liked it. I’m gonna keep listening.

He saying the DNC did publicly support him as the Dem nominee.

DNC ≠ corporate Democrats

"DNC" stands for Democratic National Committee, which is an entity with a very public record. There's a lot of valid reasons to criticize them, not supporting Mamdani isn't one of them. They did so pretty publicly.