Note for Democratic politicians: you don't have to start your condemnations of ICE raids with "We all want to catch violent criminals, but..." Just say "These raids have nothing to do with catching criminals and everything to do with terrorizing innocent minority groups."

Let’s talk about sedition and treason, because the most powerful yet inadequate man in the world is having a tantrum about it, and his soulless, spineless sycophants are boosting his message.

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Do you really think a Department of Justice that lies to judges about grand jury indictments is going to be open and honest about the Epstein Files?

Vaccines do not cause autism.

Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.

I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.

He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...

This will obviously end well.

I mean, Epstein may or may not have been an intelligence asset for US and/or Israel? He sure managed to do a lot of high-level security deals for someone with no official government connections. So he had to be under some kind of surveillance at least? Just guessing, though.

Trump’s anti-press outburst hits differently with a Saudi prince by his side | CNN Business President Trump frequently demonstrates his disdain for journalists. He expresses his admiration for authoritarians almost as often. Tuesday showed how intertwined those two instincts really are.

Trump frequently demonstrates his disdain for journalists.

He expresses his admiration for authoritarians almost as often.

Today showed how intertwined those two instincts really are.

My latest analysis for CNN:

Medicare for All would save $450B a year.

Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.

Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.

It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.

It’s about priorities.

C.D.C. Links Measles Outbreaks in Multiple States for the First Time

"Experts have called the possibility of losing elimination status for measles 'deeply embarrassing' for a wealthy country with the medical resources of the United States..."

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/h...

They’re not going after criminals. “Criminals don’t get up and go to work and pay their bills.”

These are not criminals; they’re hard-working people.

EVERY LAST WORD OF THIS🔥

So let me get this right. The #EpsteinFiles vote flies through Congress and the crypto market crashes, with DJT’s scam coin reaching record low? Sounds like some folks have a pretty good idea of what’s in those files.

The Department of Justice (DOJ) quietly shared state voter-registration data with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), despite earlier assurances to state election officials that the information would only be used for routine voter-list maintenance. Beginning in May 2025, DOJ

This is bullshit! What are the charges?

📌 Border Patrol arrested two women for allegedly honking their car horn to alert others of the agents’ presence

Seems like a good day to remind everyone that Jared Kushner advised Saudi Crown Prince MBS on how to “weather the storm” after his hit squad slaughtered American journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.

NEW: When Andrew Tate landed in the US, Customs & Border Protection seized his electronic devices. But @propublica.org found that a White House official told DHS to return the devices, emphasizing that the request came from the White House.

By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro

Some pig

Not sure the point of deporting hard working people who fled awful conditions in their own countries and are caring for the sick, elderly, and paralyzed, not only harming our own economy, but vulnerable people who rely on this assistance.

Epstein’s brother has said this repeatedly

I mean, look, I'm not a reporter, so who am I to talk?

But on a day where the president both just called a woman reporter "Piggy" and is celebrating someone who had people bone saw apart one of my colleagues, I might just be a little ready to defend my colleagues and profession.

But that's just me

If Donald Trump wants to release the Epstein files, he could just release them, instead of green-lighting the House resolution.

And it's not as if he cares whether he has statutory authority to do a lot of what he's been doing.

But he needs a law for this?

Trump’s freakout anger about #Epstein says *everything.* I’ve lived with a sociopathic narcissist. This is how they act when they’re trying to fight off shame and loss of control. He is deeply, deeply worried about something coming out.

I wanted to share probably the most important sermon I’ve given and it’s while I’m being arrested. It’s torture pure and simple what happens at #Broadview. I’m ok, though I was thrown to the ground and choked with my pectoral cross. A review of the video shows I was peaceful - did I deserve this?

Let them do it anonymously, and then yes. If they have to be identified, then it’s not safe for them - financially and perhaps physically in some cases. These are powerful and connected men who don’t want to be embarrassed before the whole world. Too dangerous for some to come forward.

Alice Wong, a woman in a wheelchair with dark hair, poses in a pink and orange outfit and berry lipstick. A headline reads: "Alice Wong, Writer and Relentless Advocate for Disability Rights, Dies at 51." Photo via John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.

Alice Wong, a writer and activist who was born with muscular dystrophy and who fought relentlessly for equal rights and access for people with disabilities, died on Friday. She was 51. nyti.ms/4r9WqEr

Yes, something like this. There is some money angle, not just sex. Jeet Heer’s piece on Epstein gets at it - this is about the interconnected operations of the ruling class, not only the specific sex/trafficking crimes of Epstein. And Trump knows he’s covered in dirt.

Jeffrey Epstein Was a Warlord. We Have to Talk About It. Mainstream media is ignoring the fact that the late sex trafficker was a power broker who shaped global policy.

“Trump richly deserves whatever reputational harm and possible legal retribution may come to him as a result of his ties to Epstein. But, at its heart, this has always been a scandal about the ruling class as a whole, not one individual or political party.”

Hard, good reading by Jeet Heer

www.thenation.com/article/soci...

I haven’t been on social media in months, but got on here today and saw this. I am one of the countless who loved Alice from our encounters online and my ongoing engagement with her work. She was more than this world (or this age) deserved. A truly great and generous spirit. Thank you for sharing. 💔