Releasing the Epstein files isn't voluntary, it's a legal requirement..

AOC: An agency that is attacking U.S. citizens, kidnapping five-year-olds and using them as bait, and privately circulating the idea that they can violate the rights of Americans by busting down their doors—they deserve to be defunded, and I’ll take any step in that direction.

Breaking News!!! Donald Trump awarded the esteemed ‘Purple Hand’ for dodging the draft.

Yep. Trump is a dead man walking.

I can't even keep up with the lies in Jim Jordan's opening statement, but I find it interesting that he's complaining about toll record warrants obtained by a judge, while this administration has determined judicial warrants aren't needed to enter our homes.

WTF happened to the Epstein files? Full release was required December 19 by federal law. Today, 99% are still undisclosed. Initially, there were rolling releases. Now, nothing in weeks. REMEMBER: The DOJ said the review of these documents was complete in JULY.

Isn't it awful that Jim Jordan didn't even pass the Bar Exam and further kinda makes him a dick of a Judicial Chairman when he isn't even qualified?! We the ( D)s have at our side Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the Judiciary Committee of the US House of Representatives. Constitutional lawyer. 💙⚖️

Just a reminder that the DOJ is refusing to release the Epstein files.

Secret police. People disappearing. No due process. Knocking down doors. Racially profiling American citizens. History has a name for this: authoritarianism.

Jack Smith: "Trump was charged bc the evidence established he willfully broke the law -- the very laws he took an oath to uphold... After leaving office, Trump illegally kept classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago social club... highly sensitive natl security info was held in a ballroom & bathroom."

Lieu: How scared are Republicans of talking about the Epstein files? They would rather talk about the criminality of Donald Trump in trying to steal the election and stealing classified documents than about Trump's associations with Epstein

Congress can stop ICE’s violent reign of terror. Tell them to do it today:

Swalwell: My Republican colleagues, are a joke. These guys are so lucky they're not under oath because they would have to tell you what they really think of Trump. They call him a scumbag. Everyone remembers Matt Gaetz laughing at how stupid he thought Trump was.

JACK SMITH: “I have seen how the rule of law can erode. My fear is that we have seen the rule of law function in our country for so long many of us have come to take it for granted. The rule of law is not self-executing. It depends on our collective commitment to apply it.”

Ted Lieu opens by reminding us that Jim Jordan still hasn’t complied with his subpoena.

📣 STAND UP, FIGHT BACK 📣 The power of HUNDREDS of Missourians’ voices is overflowing the State Capitol today. And together, we’re demanding that MO lawmakers respect the will of the people! #StandUpFightBack

Trump at World Economic Forum Like. What the fuck, Trump is such a buffoon.. He's insulted every country in the room.. He's lied more times than you can count.. He's rambled on about vendettas & personal grievances against everyone.. Immigrants have been the reason for US tech prosperity..

People feel the ICE shooting was “unjustified”... really? Not a complete outrage? A woman is shot dead because a criminal murdered her in broad daylight. How would that criminal like it if someone murdered his wife? while dropping his kids off at school?

I have to wonder how Trump supporters can just mindlessly follow along with Trump's incoherent ramblings punctuated with claims of greatness. I mean, they've gotta get a memo each morning about "Here's the b.s. we're shoveling today," right? (Mindlessly is key)

Mike Fanone and Ivan Raiklin get into it at the Jack Smith hearing.

This is a list of businesses across Minnesota that are closing tomorrow in solidarity with the economic shutdown. Huge thanks to every one of them for stepping up. If your business is also closing, drop it below.

Something tells me that we'll only see the Epstein Files over his dead body.

Catching up on the news from today has been absolutely horrific and I am feeling enraged and so sad and just honestly ashamed of the United States government.

Stop what you’re doing and read this whistleblower report. ICE has been training its agents that they don’t need a judicial warrant to break down your door - a blatant violation of the 4th Amendment. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

Stop funding ICE and release the Epstein files. Sat free all these detained migrants who have had No due process!!!!!

There’s no reforming this

Contacted my Congress folks urging them to check executive power and impeach Trump and co. Idk what else I can do right now but it’s something.

The post of an absolute madman.

Just a reminder that Republican Jim Jordan ignored the subpoena he received in 2022 from the January 6th Committee and faced no consequences that I'm aware of.

AOC: This is quite a bit of market concentration. Agreed? CVS HEALTH CHAIR DAVID JOYNER: No. I'd suggest it's a model that works well for the consumer AOC: It works well for CVS. Health insurance gets a cut, pharmacy benefit manager gets one, drug manufacturer gets one, & the patient gets screwed

Deporting children with cancer. Using a 5-year-old as bait. Shooting moms. ICE is beyond reform. And today the House is voting to bankroll more terror. Hell no.

Remember, everything the Administration is doing is to distract us from the Trump-Epstein Files cover-up.

At the beginning of this hearing Jim Jordan said there would be a lot of screaming by Democrats. The only people I see all worked up into a froth are Republicans.

"After leaving office in January of '21, President Trump illegally kept classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago social club and repeatedly tried to obstruct justice to conceal his continued retention of those documents." Jack Smith

It appears that the White House edited this image using AI

From my hometown of Forest Lake: "Ice is working with Forest Lake police. Police are asking apartment complexes for access to buildings for 'possible medical emergencies' shortly after they requested that ice was in my building knocking on doors."

The argument against ICE isn't an especially difficult one to make politically in this moment. The issue is that people who substantively disagree with abolishing ICE prefer having a proxy fight about strategy to discussing that stance. Many such cases.

Ryan: I think the clear thing is the president is failing and flailing all across the board. And this is another attempt. He can't even get the country's name right, for goodness sakes, which is just pathetic.

BREAKING: A Minneapolis Speedway gas station just kicked slimeball Border Commander Greg Bovino out of their business. "We do NOT support ICE, get off of our property" This is what democracy looks like!

Crow: I’m concerned about the president destroying our alliances, destroying our economy, destroying working class Americans' livelihoods… this president is destroying everything that he touches

Lots of businesses in Minneapolis are shutting down on Friday in support of the economic blackout. Way to go!

I know people keep saying this but it’s hard to communicate the depth of active resistance here. Like, I’m on random cafes and people are checking in for observation shifts. Signs everywhere. Folks in visibility vests on the corners. It’s wild. Absolutely wild.

Special Counsel Jack Smith in his Opening Remarks:

Whatever is in the Epstein Files is so explosive that the leaders of the Department of Justice are openly breaking the law every day to keep us from seeing it. (Just a reminder amongst all the other stuff flying around.)

I listened to the interview with Good's dad. Her dad is awful & sides with her murderer. Doubt 'republican' dads care about their daughters having rights & not being abused. If they did, they wouldn't be republican because gop is anti-woman's rights, anti-equal rights. youtube.com/shorts/TOuIT...

Jack Smith: "My fear is that we have seen the rule of law function in our country for so long that many of us have come to take it for granted. The rule of law is not self-executing. It depends on our collective commitment to apply it."

This is important to us because what’s happening right now in Congress could permanently change protections for a beloved wilderness area. With everything else going on, this quietly moved forward while most people weren’t paying attention and it should concern all of us.

TNR reports that ICE isn't paying its bills to health care providers and is DENYING CARE to detainees. Tracks with what we hear from visitors to Delaney Hall in Newark who often emerge saying people w/ diabetes, heart conditions etc are NOT getting needed treatment. newrepublic.com/post/205458/...