November 16, 2025

This is what I told my Dad last night: The TACO presidency is not over, but his aura of invincibility is. It’s not one thing. It’s the cumulative effect of a shit economy, wildly unpopular tariffs, ICE terrorizing communities, his flip flopping on H-1B visas, redistricting not going all that well

In Trump's mind, anyone who says "mean things" about Trump is a "traitor" to the country. But Marge never did. I've never heard her say anything bad about Trump. All she did was call for the release of the Epstein files. That's what Trump is calling her a traitor for.

Lol

BREAKING: Trump is suddenly reversing his monthslong campaign to stop a bipartisan effort to disclose federal records dealing with Jeffrey Epstein — just as scores of House Republicans are preparing to defy his demands concerning the late convicted sex offender.

To be clear: Trump is only calling for the GOP to release the Epstein files because he was told he’s about to lose 150+ republicans on this vote.

“I was 14… I was 16… this was me when I met Epstein… there are thousands of us… time to let the secrets out of the shadows” Powerful ad from survivors ahead of a vote to tell us where each House rep stands on protecting kids vs protecting pedophiles.

Epstein survivors just dropped a powerful message for Congress, and it hits like a warning: no more waiting, the truth is coming, ready or not. Watch till the end @housedemocrats.bsky.social @houserepublicans.bsky.social

The truth will have its day. That day is now. Release all the Epstein files.

Powerful.

“We have nothing to hide, and it’s time to move on from this Democrat Hoax perpetrated by Radical Left Lunatics in order to deflect from the Great Success of the Republican Party.” So does this mean they've finished deleting files?

Facing a likely House defeat, Trump abruptly reverses course, urging Republicans to release Epstein files. Calling the case a Democrat Hoax, the president pivots to claim a great success, implicitly admitting the GOP lacks the votes to block the measure.

NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen. Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.

Trump tells the GOP to vote to release the files, and he’ll give them whatever they’re “legally entitled to.” How long before he tells everyone they’re legally entitled to nothing because of the open and ongoing “investigation” he opened into a “hoax”?

“Conflict experts tell The Independent that the “just following orders” defense may not stick under other administrations or federal judges who could find the strikes illegal, exposing Pentagon officials & others to criminal liability.” Nuremberg, Madame Defarge, and Pepperidge Farms all remember.

An acquaintance pointed out on our fall return to Sarasota, Florida, that a major change is that all bumper stickers have disappeared. In the spring, plenty of bumper stickers advocated Trump. Now, they are all gone. What does it mean?

Thank you to everyone organizing in Charlotte. As we saw in Chicago, you can send them packing, and we know similar efforts are already underway in Charlotte. In Chicago, neighborhood groups held “Know Your Rights” trainings so residents understood what to do if ICE appeared.

There are also simple, lawful ways communities can help: business owners can choose not to serve ICE agents food or allow them to use the restroom; hotel and restaurant staff can ask to see a judicial warrant before granting access to private areas; and bystanders can legally record ICE

Really hoping the MTG shit wakes up more Republicans to the fact that Trump is loyal to no one and will turn on anyone in a fucking second.

The smile kills me. It’s the same smug “I’ll get away with this lie” smile worn by so many of these horrible people.

The oligarchs don't want you to own your home because it's more profitable for them to have lifetime renters.

We wrote this to help you imagine how quickly a city can change under Trump… Charlotte was once a place of slow, easy mornings, coffee cups clinking in cozy cafés, jazz drifting through open doors on Tryon Street, families stepping onto the light rail with strollers and soccer bags.

All Trump seems to know how to do is threaten people and attempt to force them into submission.

Chris Murphy on possible military strikes on Venezuela: "It's pretty clear it's just an effort to distract people from the rising prices and the Epstein scandal. No one wants a war with Venezuela ... and by the way, it's wildly illegal."

Priorities.

Is this losing? Feels like losing

And then think of what a cornered psychopathic human being with the morals and instincts of a rat and control of over five thousand nuclear warheads would do.

🔥REPUBLICAN REP. MASSIE: “Survivors say at least 20 politicians/billionaires/movie producers are implicated criminally— Trump isn’t going after the rich elites… billionaires in the files are funding attack ads against me… your vote on this will last longer than Trump…”

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Thomas Massie tells ABC there could be "a deluge of Republicans" who vote in favor of forcing the Justice Department to release the Epstein files.   "There could be 100 or more. I'm hoping to get a veto-proof majority on this legislation when it comes up for a vote."

The relentlessly opportunistic Marjorie Taylor Greene hasn't had a change of heart, much less politics. She is just literate enough to read the writing on the wall. She knows that Trump is damaged goods now. So she may have taken to singing like a bird, but she's really just a canary in a coal mine.

Funny, how MAGA is *outraged* over someone who is simply a Muslim in the New York City mayor's mansion, but has no comment about a Muslim who is an actual murderer in the White House.

The QAnon conspiracy theory was an on-ramp for the Trumpist cult of personality. The Epstein files were weaponized by Trump accordingly, but they are now proving to be a vulnerability through which an off-ramp can be—and perhaps is being—constructed.

MTG has been acting lately like she’s beginning to emerge from Trumpist cult brainwashing—which is good in that, if she can, maybe others can as well—but her politics remain odious. This might be what the off-ramp for other cult members looks like. We’ll see.

The House is set to vote Tuesday on forcing the release of the Epstein files.

Aide: Sir, people are saying you were part of a rich guy child rape network Trump: guess i better do something normal and not creepy

Ruh roh

Worth remembering:

We agree with LadyVols_fan31 this guy should be nowhere near a badge

Cracks in the dam. www.rawstory.com/mtg-26742992...

"If you’re thinking that the president just likes to say the word 'trillion' without any meaningful connection to reality, you’re not alone..." www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

"A citizens group in Ontario, California is spearheading an effort to make the community aware of incidents involving federal immigration agents. They're placing signs at the locations that read, 'ICE stole someone here'..." abc7.com/post/ontario...

We NEVER believed Epstein “committed suicide.”

“….how dumb (Trump) really is.”

Why would any parent subject their child to this?

There are plans for sweeping nondisclosure agreements and random polygraph testing which quietly began last month, even before the government shutdown. More details are now coming out, and the scope appears broader than originally planned. Stay safe!

Trump is once again targeting federal employees he sees as “resistors.” With pressure mounting around the Epstein files, he’s unraveling quickly, and the scramble inside his administration is becoming more obvious by the day.

A MAGA told me that we on the Left think we're better than them. I said, "Of course, we are better than you. We aren't defending rapists and applauding violence against Latino human beings." This isn't an opinion. MAGAs are objectively horrible people. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/no-good-pe...