Another Human Being

No doubt there will be some aggressive redacting for any Epstein files that are not withheld.

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.

Day 1237 of #IansDailyPhotoChallenge and a little friend said thank you for the work I did on the lawn where she/he lives this morning 🤗❤️ #inspiringnature #wildlife #naturephotography #MentalHealthMatters
#365DaysWild

Nambe Lake - New Mexico, from early September. Love this hidden gem ❤️

#photography #hiking

60 Attorneys on the Year of Chaos Inside Trump’s Justice Department (Gift Article) Sixty former staffers describe an environment of suspicion and intimidation within the nation’s most powerful law enforcement agency.

A long, but important read by Emily Bazelon and Rachel Poser in the NYT about the culture of fear inside DOJ:

Here's a gift link:
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Fishing Boats in Winter, Etretat

Fishing Boats in Winter, Etretat, 1921
https://botfrens.com/collections/48/contents/16585

Grok’s programming evidently included special emphasis on the infinite use of semicolons. A sure sign of wokeness…

Oops… How’s Ghislaine/GMax gonna wrangle that pardon now that stuff like this email is already out there? And this is only day one.

#EpsteinFiles

A direct email exchange from 2011 between Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, just released by House Oversight Committee Democrats.

Cue, Lucy and her football…

Jeffries: "It's unbelievable that for 7 plus weeks Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva has been denied the ability to serve more than 800,000 people in Arizona because Republicans are running a pedophile protection program."

With this vote and the betrayal of all those who have endured hardship, Democrats have taught the toddler and his GQP handmaidens that if they hold their breath and pout long enough, the so-called adults will just give up. And once a toddler has your number, the tantrums will never, ever stop.

Here...they are:

1. Catherine Cortez Masto (D–Nevada)
2. Jacky Rosen (D–Nevada)
3. John Fetterman (D–Pennsylvania)
4. Dick Durbin (D–Illinois)
5. Tim Kaine (D–Virginia)
6. Maggie Hassan (D–New Hampshire)
7. Jeanne Shaheen (D–New Hampshire)
8. Angus King (I–Maine, caucuses with Democrats)

What will Mike Johnson's new excuse be for not swearing in Grijalva?

Noem wanted to buy Spirit Airlines planes - except the airline didn’t own them DHS looked at buying the planes from Spirit Airlines, according to a report

Kristi Noem ordered ICE to purchase ten Spirit Airlines jets for deportations. Two problems: Spirit doesn’t own the planes, and they don’t have engines. Has there ever been a more incompetent administration?
www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...

Congress Enjoys Ultraluxe Health Care as It Fights to Gut Yours

"If the republic were the Titanic and the government’s end-of-year shutdown over health care the iceberg, Congress would be the first-class passengers already in the lifeboats."

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How is it that the first lawsuit filed over these lies is a state suing Tylenol rather than Tylenol suing the people spreading the lies?

Trump: "I haven't been watching it too much, the World Series. I'm disappointed they didn't put Pete Rose in. And with all the gambling you see now -- I mean, gimme a break."

One family fled Afghanistan. U.S. deportations separated them. What it means to seek refuge in the U.S. has been transformed, casting aside an ethos of helping the persecuted nearly as old as the country itself.

“We had reached the end of our journey … and our hopes were completely shattered.” This wonderful story by the one & only @meganjanetsky.bsky.social for @apnews.com 💯 apnews.com/projects/afg...

First the The Rose Garden, then The East Wing...
Add Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to the list of beautiful things Trump is going to intentionally destroy.

If Republicans in Congress are too terrified to let Jack Smith testify, then Gavin Newsom should get the California legislature to do it

He’s already made public statements and issued a public report, so it shouldn’t be a problem

You can just imagine Trump’s social media explosion if this happens

#EpsteinBallroom

Not a basketball court or a bowling alley.

Republicans sound ridiculous making that comparison.

This isn’t an “upgrade” to the White House, it’s a monument to himself. Trump has no intention of ever leaving — he’s building his own palace and tearing down the entire East Wing to make it happen.

We can thank the Supreme Court for inspiring this latest
$230 million grab floated by the grifter-in-chief, who took a break from the hard work of posting crazy videos and tearing down the East Wing to toss this one out.

Ignore all laws about altering historic properties ✅
Pave over Rose Garden for tacky Mar-A-Lardo Patio ✅
Demolish East Wing after lying that "It won't interfere with the current building. It'll be near it but not touching it" ✅
Build gaudy $250M Ballroom as public struggles financially ✅

#Ugh🤢✅

Oregon governor urges Trump national guard ruling to be overturned Tina Kotek calls for ‘en banc’ review after three-judge panel permits US president to send federal troops to Portland

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... “I still urge the Trump administration to send all the national guard members home.”

When Donald Trump Razed the Bonwit Teller Building, He Promised the Met Its Art Deco Friezes. A New Book Details How He Pulverized Them Instead | Artnet News Read an excerpt from the book 'Art and Crime: The Fight Against Looters, Forgers, and Fraudsters in the High-Stakes Art World.'

True to form, the classless vulgarian just knocks stuff down. After all, this is the same guy who destroyed art deco friezes promised to the Met when he knocked down the the Bonwit Teller building in NYC.

The East Wing is an historic building on an historic site. Surely there is a review process?

This is a desecration and an abomination. First he posts an AI video of himself wearing a crown dumping shit on the heads of Americans, then he starts tearing down part of the White House for his Mar-a-Lago style ballroom.

10 effective things citizens can do to make change in addition to attending a protest Once a democracy starts to erode, it can be difficult to reverse the trend. What does it take for democracies to bounce back from periods of autocratic rule?

Successful nonviolent movements for change require more than street protests. A human rights expert outlines 10 effective actions citizens can take: buff.ly/kpfD4ke

Every Republican on the Sunday shows should be forced to watch the Air Feces One video and then be asked, “Is the President sane?”