Unreal. Steve's point isn't that they had to pay at all. A bunch of news orgs demand no freebies. But $70+ for finger sandwiches is obviously a gross overcharge. Trump constantly grifting.

Speaking as someone who just wrote a book on the Manhattan Project, I can assure you that refugee immigrants were the *entire* reason the US mastered the atom first. The most chilling part of writing my book was reading about them fleeing fascism … abroad. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/fleeing-on...

It's still just incredible the guy can be in these meetings and really not grasp anything. Not unless it is about how HE can profit.

Shaking hands with his left hand.

Zelensky lands in Miami. Not a single US official is on hand to greet him. In the language of diplomacy this send an unequivocal message of coldness and hostility. Compare it with the lavish pomp and red carpet shown to Putin when he landed in Alaska a few weeks ago.

Best Twitter riposte of the day

Putin already rejects anything but surrender ahead of the DJT/Ze meeting at MAL

Ben's hero is going to give a generation of kids measles but he's still sucking his thumb over masks during a pandemic

If anybody still cares about laws and morality: this is a death threat by Trump against Stephen Colbert. If YOU posted this the FBI would visit you.

Trump: I am fine. You sound beautiful and cute. How old are you? Caller: I am eight

I swear to God with this effing guy. (Unless he was talking about Billy Bob Thornton's Bad Santa)

They didn't mess up gathering materials. They didn't just discover a million more docs. They didn't need more time to redact. They never wanted to release any of this and are determined to slow walk and overredact and hope people lose interest. Bad bet, IMO.

The DOJ is lying when it says they *just now* received Epstein files from the Southern District of New York.

Also in January 2024, Trump posts on Truth Social that "I was never on Epstein's plane."

This is sinister. If you're wondering why so many people don't report sexual assault, this is why.

America First Guy wants to start a war with Venezuela, take over Greenland, make Canada into the 51st state, continue the disastrous economic trade war with allies, and keep supporting Israel's genocide. Well done, MAGA.

Fwiw, with help of Chat GPT, I found another Epstein note and had it do a handwriting analysis. Both samples and AI analysis below. Obviously not conclusive but points to the Nassar letter more likely being a prank than legitimate.

Seems more and more like the Larry Nasser letter was some rando in NOVA having "fun." So not "fake" in that it exists but not legitimate. Thing is, that does NOT disprove Trump's deep involvement with Epstein. In fact that letter wasn't even necessary. So really doesn't change much.

1. Keep your eye on the ball, people That Epstein-Larry Nassar letter has fake written all over it -- N. Virginia postmark, after JE's death, in a handwriting that appears not his own It's hard not to think DOJ WANTED this out there to then be debunked and thus discredit every mention of Trump...

Hey, Xmas miracles do exist!!

Watch. DOJ will eventually release the old FBI handwriting analysis of the Epstein/Nassar letter saying it's a fake, then point fingers at "dems" who "perpetrated a hoax" to "hurt president trump."

On the Larry Nassar letter from Epstein. FBI did request handwriting analysis of it suggesting they were not convinced it was actually from Epstein. That is in the files I believe. But what is NOT available (as far as I have seen as I post this) is what the analysis found.

TikTok is removing clips of the leaked 60 Minutes segment. The Ellison family (which acquired Paramount — CBS’s parent company — and The Free Press, making Bari Weiss Editor-in-Chief of CBS) is set to co-own TikTok through a Trump-backed deal.

DOJ briefly uploaded this letter from Jeff Epstein to serial child molester Larry Nassar: "Our president shares our love of young, nubile girls. When a young beauty walked by he loved to 'grab snatch,' whereas we ended up snatching grub in the mess halls of the system."

Since it's Christmas and The Sound of Music is on... 🎶Bari Weiss🎵 (Sung to the tune of Edelweiss)

Holy cow! Downloading now. Suggest everyone does too.

Expect a "revolt" among 60 Minutes staff over Bari Weiss pulling the CECOT segment at the last minute, one network insider told me. Another CBS News reporter added that a Rubicon had been crossed with this decision, which 60 Minutes correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi called "political" and not editorial.

NEW: Statement from some Epstein survivors: "It is alarming that the United States Department of Justice, the very agency tasked with upholding the law, has violated the law, both by withholding massive quantities of documents, and by failing to redact survivor identities.."

Seen on FB. 37 years ago Wednesday. Never forget.

Hate to say it, but you should no longer trust anything from CBS News. I'm sure there are great reporters there trying to do honest work, but how can we know anymore? If they're willing to kill a Trump-critical 60 Minutes segment at the order of Bari Weiss, it's been over.

Lord knows I'm not a fan of any of this corporate media consolidation — Netflix and Paramount both should be barred from buying WBD. But in terms of sending a message, would be stellar if everyone watched Good Night and Good Luck on Netflix together next Sunday when 60 Minutes is on the air.

Truth

Of course they did that and the administration refused. Bari Weiss thinks they should dictate stories and when/if they get released. Bari Weiss' email is bullshit.

I see no reason that @colbertlateshow.bsky.social shouldn't work with Sharyn Alfonsi from 60 Minutes and air her unredacted and unedited story on the El Salvadorian prison, on The Late Show one night. Bari Weiss has no say over Colbert, and Colbert isn't being renewed anyway. Stephen, do it!

WOW. They're not going to air their special on CECOT. I'd like to know who made this decision, and whether the federal government had a hand in it.

BRENNAN: What are you going to do to force DOJ to comply? MASSIE: The quickest way and most expeditious way to get justice for these victims is to bring inherent contempt against Pam Bondi. That doesn't require going through the courts. We're drafting that right now.

Has anyone had luck enhancing the text of the letter/contract in the desk? I know they're trying to hide Trump and Melania's photo but would be curious if the document also is embarrassing to Trump at all.

This photo, file 468, from the Epstein files that includes Donald Trump has apparently now been removed from the DOJ release. AG Bondi, is this true? What else is being covered up? We need transparency for the American public.

Washington Post's new headline is still wrong. 1. The release was not "huge." 2. DOJ missed the deadline to release all the files. 3, No mention of extensive redactions. Support independent, pro-democracy media. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0

From the right-wing Manhattan Institute's focus group of Gen Z conservatives -- just jaw-dropping stuff. We have a very sick society. www.city-journal.org/article/manh...

Once again asking a reporter – any reporter – to estimate how much money it will cost us to undo all the physical damage he's done to our public buildings. Removing all the gold and letters drilled into old expensive wood, marble and more, restoring WH gardens, East Wing etc. How much $$$?

Three years and one month from today, I’m going to grab a pickax and pull those letters off that building, but I’m going to need help holding the ladder. Are you in? Applying for my carpenter’s card today, so it’ll be a union job!!!

Tapper: This is one of the documents the DOJ released. It’s 100 pages. It’s all black. That’s the transparency we’re getting.

The Kennedy Center is a memorial to a war hero who ultimately gave his life for this country. Trump and MAGA may think it's funny trolling to "own the libs," but the rest of America believes those who served and sacrificed deserve respect.

"Army announces that the eternal flame at JFK grave to be renamed the Donald J. Trump Eternal Flame at the Kennedy grave." - Headline next week, I'm sure

Reps. Garcia and Raskin on the Trump DOJ not producing all of the Epstein files, as required by law: "Courts around the country have repeatedly intervened when this Administration has broken the law. We are now examining all legal options in the face of this violation of federal law."

Interesting to consider that if you were to go and deface the Kennedy center by removing Trump’s name, you’d be arrested and charged with a crime, but your act would be no more unlawful than what they’re doing right now.

Give me a good reason why the lead story on every news broadcast today and on the front of every newspaper tomorrow should not be that Donald Trump violated at least two laws today — not releasing all of the Epstein files, and defacing the Kennedy Center. (If Biden/Obama did it...)

Wow what an Xmas miracle that they got custom made letters cast and finished in under a day from a contractor and all the equipment to install them. I mean, they certainly didn't order all of this before they even voted (and muted the no votes). Right?