Was it a struggle for him? Did he ever— I wouldn’t say struggle. He didn’t struggle with it. He was in a position financially to yield to it, big time. But nevertheless, he could not help himself. I’ve seen him do things which he couldn’t—couldn’t help himself, he was afflicted with it. If he had tuberculosis it wouldn’t be called a perversion, would it? Because he coughed too much?

I always loved this 2019 interview with one of Jeffrey Epstein's best friends where he complains people are being very unfair to his friend Jeffrey because he had a disease called being a huge pervert not unlike tuberculosis.

www.motherjones.com/criminal-jus...

The Trump administration possesses large amounts of information about Epstein’s corrupt and depraved dealings with unidentified members of the global elite, and Trump and his top advisers—with active GOP acquiescence—are now all in on the elite cover up. https://trib.al/gKgjT1m

'Moldova is worse than Ukraine': My clash with Russian sympathisers on the frontline of Cold War Two YouTube video by The Telegraph

Moldova is in Putin’s sights too
youtu.be/gZC5FvDt-u0?...

Daniel got arrested for putting a know your rights table.

LAPD this is so unnecessary and uncalled for. This is tyranny at the city level.

Colbert comes out swinging. Gonna be a fun 10 months...

The police also monitor rapper’s lyrics and have arrested lots of poor Black folks based on their social media accounts of we are mad about privacy now.

Virginia Giuffre, one of Jeffrey Epstein's most prominent abuse survivors, dies by suicide Other Epstein victims credited Giuffre with giving them the courage to speak out.

A reminder that after years of speaking out against Epstein and giving other survivors the courage to come forward, Epstein victim Virginia Giuffre died by suicide in April at the age of 41.

Let's not forget that there are real human tragedies behind everything we're discussing.

Pedo-dent of ‘merikkka

AOC: “It should be our mission right now to make sure that all people have health care!"

Nancy Mace gets wrecked by a community note

#ICE ’s charge is to
“Make #America White Again."

#StaceyAbrams explains how to achieve an #autocracy in 10 steps.

We're at step 9.

The military is in our streets. Is our democracy worth the effort to defend it?

The builders behind Alligator Alcatraz and other detention sites are top DeSantis donors.

They scored no-bid or “emergency” contracts worth tens of millions—while funneling cash into his political machine.

Pay-to-play isn’t just speculation—it’s backed by the paper trail.
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I don't want wellness practices that teach me to be at peace with an inequitable world. I need practices that help me to stay sane while doing my part to fight against it. if it makes you compliant to injustice, it's not healing—it's sedation.

I'm just saying....

Let's please stop calling social programs for individuals WELFARE.

Food subsidy. Housing subsidy. Healthcare subsidy. Childcare subsidy.

Like corporations, let's call them subsidies because people don't appear to mind them.

Tell me how any part of this bill makes sense?

CEO pay is up 1,085% since 1978, while typical worker pay is up just 24%. 

Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?

Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.

In the news:
Finland ends homelessness.

In other news:
Amazing what governments can do when they work on actual social problems not made up ones like <checks notes> schools performing sex changes without consent.

thebetter.news/housing-firs...

A Nation's Story: “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” In July of 1852, Frederick Douglass delivered a speech titled “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?,” a call for the promise of liberty be applied equally to all Americans. Douglass’s speech empha...

Great day to read Frederick Douglass’ brilliant speech-

“What to the slave is the Fourth of July?”

nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stor...

"A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people."

—The Declaration of Independence