LIVE: Epstein Victims PRESS CONFERENCE in DC YouTube video by MeidasTouch

Watch this live. This is so important. This is the Jeffrey Epstein survivors speaking out, many for the first time. SHARE THIS. Don’t let this ever stay hidden.

📽️ WATCH: “The U.S. sent us to El Salvador so that El Salvador could do the dirty work that the U.S. couldn’t.”

Hear from Juan José Ramos Ramos, Andry Omar Blanco Bonilla and Wilmer José Vega Sandia — three of 230+ Venezuelan men the Trump administration sent to CECOT — in their own words:

OH HEY ITS THE EUGENICS OF DISABLED PEOPLE WE ALL TOLD YOU WAS COMING

How was Joe Biden forced out of a presidential race for a disastrous debate and for looking frail and for confusing names, but this man, one of the most ignorant men to ever be elected to any office, allowed to continue on as president and treated as a normal, serious leader??

A screenshot of a tweet that reads “GOP negotiators looking at expanding the enhanced FMAP rate to at least three more states in addition to Alaska and Hawaii in order to pass muster with parliamentarian. Enhanced FMAP would be based on state population density and include North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming. Big effort being made to woo Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski.”

Republicans are about to decimate Medicaid across the country and their top two Senate leaders are trying to get their states exempted from the cuts at the 11th hour.

BREAKING: Republicans just blocked my amendment to ensure Veterans, foster kids and the homeless aren’t denied SNAP benefits.

There is no one Republicans won’t betray to ram through tax cuts for their billionaire buddies.

Millions protest for pride

Hungary banned pride and anything having to do with homosexuality. In response the country responded with the biggest pride protest in modern history. Orban is cooked. #3E

Absolutely incredible turnout for Budapest Pride! So proud of all the organizers, including some old friends, who estimate hundreds of thousands— major embarrassment to Orban

Next trip has been booked! I am headed to Budapest is August. Whooo hoooo!

Holy shit. India’s Foreign Secretary just shut down Trump’s claim he brokered peace between India and Pakistan. Modi told him: “There was never any discussion… about a trade deal or U.S. mediation… India has neither accepted mediation, nor does it do so—and never will.”

Humiliated by China, Harvard, Elon Musk, and the federal courts, Trump has launched a war inside America on vulnerable people inside America.

Like any bully, Trump is fundamentally a coward.

Cries of Defiance and Songs of Joy in Los Angeles The protesters are being called unspeakably violent by the Trump administration. I mostly saw clergy sit-ins and Tejano bands.

This took a while to get done, but I've chronicled my day among the protesters in Los Angeles, and the idea that this is anything but a celebration of cultural heritage and a firm, nonviolent demand to protect family, friends and neighbors is totally ridiculous.
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A Message to Terry Moran from MeidasTouch By Ben Meiselas

Terry Moran, if you’re reading this: the door is open.

C+ Santa Monica fascist Stephen Miller wants us to believe that peaceful protest, guaranteed by our constitution, is an insurrection.

C+ Santa Monica fascist Stephen Miller can get fucked.

Never forget, and never forgive the people who voted for this horror.

protesters surround federal detention center in Los Angeles

Welcome to America, where protesting illegal kidnappings without due process is an insurrection, but attacking the nation’s Capitol is not.

Don’t look to these extremist justices to save us.

How to watch the 2025 Tony Awards on Sunday The 78th annual Tony Awards are Sunday, June 8. Here's where to stream.

The 78th annual Tony Awards are Sunday, June 8. Here's where to stream.

It’s clear we can produce leaders who are bananas.

I would rather be in London and not in the USA. The weather is going to be stupid hot the next few days, which will make me miserable. I have to get needles poked into and around my face today. Work is stressing me out. And I slept like shit last night. It's a 4 cups of coffee day.

Captions!
1. Me at Tower Bridge.
2. At National Gallery in Trafalgar Square.
3. With drink at Sky Garden.
3. Standing on both the west and east hemispheres at the Royal Observatory.
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4. At the Thames with the London Eye behind me.
5. Me sitting on the steps of St. Paul's Cathedral.

I took hundreds of photos while in London. Here are the ones I will probably want to keep forever.

Ok. LONDON!! I’ve been home for a bit over a week, now. Time to recover. Time to reflect. My 45th was the best birthday I’ve ever had. This was one of my favorite trips I’ve been on. London was exactly what I had imagined it would be. Yet the trip was so much more. I need to narrow down pictures!!!

Between Somerville Open Studios, London, and the Beacon Hill Art Walk, I have five new pieces of art being added to my apartment’s art collection. *Laughs* I don’t -think- I need to do too much rearranging. We’ll see, once pieces getting framed come home.

The Trump Administration’s War on Children The administration is quietly putting America’s children at risk by cutting funds and manpower for investigating child abuse, enforcing child support payments, providing child care and much more.

Trump has indefinitely withdrawn federal funding for:
• Investigating child sexual abuse and internet crimes against kids;
• Responding to reports of missing children;
• Preventing youth violence

New, @propublica.org

4-year-old migrant girl, other kids go to court in NYC with no lawyer: 'The cruelty is apparent' The Trump administration cut funding for lawyers aiding unaccompanied minors in court.

The parties included a 7, 8, and 4-year-old.

"None of the children were accompanied by parents or attorneys."

"The 4-year-old girl in the tie-dye shirt raised her hand, dangling her pink plushy above her head. It wasn’t clear – was she responding to the question, or just playing with her toy?"

I got my #PaxEast badges!!!

Trump Officials Blame Mistake for Setting Off Confrontation With Harvard (Gift Article) An official on the administration’s antisemitism task force told the university that a letter of demands had been sent without authorization.

What a joke: Trump officials claimed the letter sent to Harvard with a list of demands was a "mistake" sent w/o authorization.

Because Harvard defended themselves, the White House announced they were freezing funding and Trump threatened to remove their tax-exempt status anyway.

What a shit show.

Trump Officials Blame Mistake for Setting Off Confrontation With Harvard (Gift Article) An official on the administration’s antisemitism task force told the university that a letter of demands had been sent without authorization.

Ooops! Ooopsie! Did we do that? We didn't mean to do that. Definitely don't blame us for doing that.

Oops! Day one funding freeze
Oops! Ebola
Oops! Nuclear security workers
Oops! Bird flu
Oops! PEPFAR
Oops! HHS firings

And on and on and on...

Now this.

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