BREAKING: Sen. Dick Durbin accuses Todd Blanche of lying under oath. He says Blanche told him in his office — with witnesses — that the slush fund was a mistake. In his confirmation hearing, Blanche denied that remark.
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“…and nothing can be better for us unless it is better for all.” —jps
Whitehouse: "Today I think is a sad and embarrassing day for this committee as it looks like on a party-line vote we are going to advance out of this committee probably the most discreditable person ever to seek the office of attorney general. Let's start with the Epstein files ... "
NEWS: For nearly 20 years, Epstein moved over $1B through the major banks. The banks looked away. Sen. Wyden’s 3-year probe exposes it all. But most damning? How Trump and the GOP tried to bury it.
Follow the Money: How Wall Street Bankrolled Epstein, and How the Trump Administration and CBS are Blocking The Truth
For nearly two decades, Jeffrey Epstein moved more than a billion dollars through some of the biggest banks in America. He withdrew millions in unexplained
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And this came after the groom had allegedly abused one of the president's aides, Stephanie Grisham?
Professa Murray@kalimurray.bsky.social · 3d agoTo the extent that the media is treating this as a horse story: Max Miller is not a some random candidate from Ohio. This is a picture of President Trump speaking at the wedding of Max Miller and Emily Moreno.
A decent industry would say, “this was money we didn’t earn, it’s a windfall we get from our cartel pricing scheme.” Not these corrupt, greedy and grasping rogues. apnews.com/article/oil-...
Major oil companies reap massive profits as US and Iran fighting drives energy prices higher
Major oil companies reported massive profits while fighting between Iran and the U.S. impeded petroleum shipments.
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A caucus of violent, drunk ex-husbands controls three branches of government and both chambers of Congress.
The Bulwark@thebulwark.com · 3d agoRep. Max Miller: "My former wife has claimed that during a custody exchange at my home that day, I assaulted her…If I had assaulted her, would she have offered to cook me dinner six days later?"
According to new court filings, Capital One closed the orange felon’s accounts in 2021 due to extensive patterns of money laundering. Once a fraud, always a fraud and that criminal piece of shit has been using the US govt as a tool for his latest money laundering operation.
Republicans believe vaccines cause autism, Trump won the 2020 election, Michelle Obama is a man, and ivermectin can cure Covid. Democrats need to accept at least some of these or give up the charade of bipartisanship.
Social media is making very weird things happen in the real world. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/01/w...
How 50,000 People Surged Into a Spanish Exclave in Africa (Gift Article)
On Thursday, tens of thousands of Moroccans broke into Ceuta, a Spanish territory that neighbors Morocco. By Friday evening, most of them had left, hungry and disappointed.
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The issue here isn't the Reflecting Pool (which seems trivial). The issue is the President ordering his subordinates to arrest and prosecute an innocent man on completely fabricated pretences in order to cover for his own corrupt contracting deal.
AFP News Agency@en.afp.com · 5d agoThe US Justice Department dropped its case against a former Olympian accused of damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, saying the hurried renovations ordered by President Donald Trump had been botched. ➡️ u.afp.com/SrvP
Should be a bigger story— “Alexandra Bravo, prosecutor investigating 🇺🇸 strikes on 3 Ecuadorian boats and survivor accounts of torture/kidnapping, shot dead… hitman on a black motorcycle opened fire… Bravo’s sister jumped to protect her, also killed…” www.dropsitenews.com/p/prosecutor...
We destroyed Irans military then had to go back to fighting the non existent military but had to stop because we were using too many expensive missiles attacking the not-military because we weren’t flying over the country with no military because their non military was still a threat to our planes.
Both means of promoting candidates — or discrediting competitors — have become increasingly common.
A California lawmaker wants to crack down on paid influencers and AI campaign ads
Both means of promoting candidates — or discrediting competitors — have become increasingly common.
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tell me more about conservatives and small government. trump administration now demanding that hospitals hand over "personally identifiable medical records of all patients who seek help at their emergency rooms..." www.cnn.com/2026/07/27/h...
Trump administration demands hospitals share emergency room records | CNN
A tiny federal agency tasked with protecting the public from injuries caused by lawn mowers and coffeemakers is demanding that some of the nation’s biggest health systems turn over detailed, personall...
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I'm tired of the Fettermans, Tappers and Welkers. These people are lost and it's too late for them to find their way back. Don't pop the champagne cork every time they do their job. They're not our friends.
The Vince McMahon sex trafficking suit, which led to his resignation as CEO shortly after it was filed, gets shunted into private arbitration never to be heard from again.
Big Cases Bot@bigcases.bots.law · last wk.New filing: "Grant v. WWE (Vince McMahon sex trafficking)" Doc #154: ORDER. The parties have filed a stipulation of dismissal pursuant to Rule 41(a)(1)(A)(ii). Accordingly, the Clerk is respectfully directed to terminate… [full entry below 👇] Download PDF | View Full Case #CL68191933
🇭🇳 #UPDATE Honduran ex-president Juan Orlando Hernandez returns to his country, almost eight months after US President Donald Trump controversially pardoned his 45-year prison sentence for drug trafficking ➡️ u.afp.com/SrBQ
This is really pathetic. He blames Biden for depleting our military stockpile [CITATION NEEDED] and then insists no, no, it's not depleted. So there's absolutely nothing wrong and it's all Biden's fault
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.WELKER: Is America backing away from a larger attack bc our stockpile has been depleted? WALTZ: We have to take a step back. A lot of our stockpiles were depleted because of Biden WELKER: But you acknowledge they're depleted? WALTZ: No. And the people leaking this nonsense deserve to be in jail
I don't know why these two particular episodes (out of so many) stick out in my memory, but: the Biden withdrawal from Afghanistan & Claudine Gay "plagiarism" "scandal." *No* Trump scandal has received the quantity or intensity of mainstream press fury that those two attracted.
Opinion | When I vote for Trump, it’s a strategic triangulation that doesn’t reflect my real values. When urban Democrats nominate a leftist in a deep blue district, it’s proof that every member of their party is an America-hating extremist.
Turns out that nobody anywhere makes as many voter registration errors than GOP ruled Texas. www.kxxv.com/news/local-n...
Election errors found in Texas voter database ahead of November election
A campaign worker found errors in Texas's voter database. Here's what it means for McLennan County voters ahead of the November election.
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Everything Netanyahu told Trump would happen in a war with Iran (see Haberman & Swan’s account in Regime Change below) was wrong. Iranian regime didn’t fall. Americans still being hit with ballistic missiles at bases. Iran has choked off Strait of Hormuz. Netanyahu was wrong about everything.
A French model scout who introduced several young women to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has been found dead at his home near Paris. Daniel Siad's body was discovered on Monday in Colombes, a suburb of the French capital.
Donald Trump, June 21, 2025: “Iran’s key nuclear enrichment facilities have been completely and totally obliterated.”
"Perhaps the worst blow to food safety science was the administration’s elimination of the National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods, a group of experts whose recommendations have informed many major food safety programs." gift link www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/o...
