This is precisely what polling places were like for part of the 19th century.
People often traveled long distances by horse to vote. It was a big deal when folks got together this way.
TW: CSA, trafficking
1992 was my year of hell. I survived but am forever changed. I don't know if he's alive or dead.
Rockie Leo Smith, b. Jan 1944 in OK to Chester and Vera, father of Kimberly and Marla (my beloved step-sisters). Alias, James Tucker.
I keep checking obituaries but no word.
/12
TW: CSA, trafficking
And I really want those files released, those secrets spilled. I want every survivor to see justice. I want every living predator stripped of their wealth and power and made to face accountability.
I want it for me, too, but I'll never see justice. I just want to know.
11/
TW: CSA, trafficking
I know now he saw me as a ticket back to the life he lost. I was his property and he justified what he did to me as being okay because I wasn't his "real" daughter, just the child he'd helped raise from 2 to 13.
10/
TW: CSA, trafficking
I've come to the conclusion he either went to Epstein's island at least once or knew enough about him to want an island of his own.
Power, money, influence, control. These drove my step-dad. His heartattack led to bankruptcy; he never financially recovered from that fall.
9/
TW: CSA, trafficking
You see, my ex step-father had been a multi-millionaire in the 80s, running a computer corp with funds from his dad's oil business. He went on frequent "business trips" while I was growing up that included many other wealthy people around the world.
8/
TW: CSA, trafficking
He'd wanted the resort to feature a number of minors to be featured for "use" to the wealthiest clients with me as the gem. He went into great detail about my future, his plans for me. I asked questions to hide my terror, but never questioned where this idea came from.
7/
TW: CSA, trafficking
My step-dad revealed his ultimate dream to me at one point in a room at the Pink Flamingo in Laughlin: he wanted me to take on wealthy clients he knew from being a former* multi-millionaire in order to fund the purchase of a private island where he'd build a resort.
6/
TW: CSA, trafficking
It was only years later, I realized all those men were paying my step-dad. That our hotel and grocery bills were funded from my body.
The more that comes to light about Epstein's circle and actions, the more pieces of memory return and fit in ways that make sense now.
5/
TW: CSA, trafficking
And soon, he arranged a "date" for me with a valet I'd expressed having a crush on. A 23 year old with a 2yo daughter. He didn't stop when I told him my age. There were many more after that that I can recall. I know my step-dad drugged me at least a couple of times, too.
4/
TW: CSA, trafficking
It escalated quickly into training, and when his job in the Isle of Mann fell through, we packed up and became nomadic for a while as he figured out what to do next. My mom, dad, grandmother, and I in two cars. We stayed in hotels in CA, NV, and AZ.
3/
The dancing around the Epstein files is frustrating. And survivors unwilling to say all the names of people they know were there because they can't reveal all without risking their lives.
I want the files released like most do, partly for selfish reasons. I want to know if my step-dad went there.
Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
Bring as many American flags to No Kings as you can.
We need your help. There is a new doxxing site circulating. A domain just registered through Namecheap (on Sept 10, 2025) and hosted on Squarespace is being used to publish private personal information.
Reporters talking with everyone who has ever met the shooter asking if the shooter knew any trans people. Healthy society we have here for sure.
We are at the point at which contiguous blue states need to openly sign compacts delineating all the legal, permissible ways they will resist compliance with a rogue federal government that is now openly fascist. No unnecessary assistance must be given to these thugs whose aim is to destroy America.
Remember how scary it was for the 36 hours where it felt like the Right could explode into violence as a repercussion of an assassination? That's what our trans brothers & sisters feel like every fucking day
We have to protect them at all costs. They are our line in the sand; not a bargaining chip.
Looked at my data collections for state-backed activity. If the report were a picture:
Billionaire Trump donor Elon Musk owns X.
Billionaire Trump ally Jeff Bezos owns The Washington Post.
With this acquisition, both CNN and CBS News would be owned by billionaire Trump donor Larry Ellison.
Oligarchs’ monopoly over our media is spiraling out of control.
This is unreal.
Jesus would be hanging out with the people Brian Kilmeade wants the state to murder.
They do not follow God
I hadn’t seen this. Kirk, the moderate free speech guy who did politics the right way per some liberals (!), called for Biden to be executed.
Meanwhile Joe Biden put out a very strong statement condemning Kirk’s killing.
Both sides!
Wanna see something cool?
At the Grammy's in 1976, Ella Fitzgerald and Mel Torme explained what jazz is.
The result? The crowd losing its mind. 🔥
Elon Musk text message to Ashley St. Clair about his reproduction goals:
“To reach legion-level before the apocalypse we will need to use surrogates.”
Booker heading to El Salvador as well-
Significant arson damage to Pa. Gov. Josh Shapiro's home. Looks like what happened to civil rights leaders in the 1950s
Trump: "We're gonna tariff our pharmaceuticals ... we're going to be announcing very shortly a major tariff on pharmaceuticals."
The latest crazy just proves what we all know. They are discussing everything on Signal to avoid any discovery or FOIA or archival laws. So illegal but here we are.
What you have to understand about Pete Hegseth copying and pasting war plans into Signal is that it almost certainly means he’s got classified documents on his personal UNSECURE devices. Signal isn't on a secure device...are our war plans on his personal devices? @jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social
