Medicare for All would save $450B a year. Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity. Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall. It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford. It’s about priorities.

For years, Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, abetted by a powerful circle of accomplices, committed heinous crimes against hundreds of girls and young women.

Bessent's not only hiding these docs, he bizarrely claimed Treasury has no role investigating them at all. It’s a lie. It's impossible someone with his background doesn’t know about Treasury's extensive role investigating the kinds of financial crimes Epstein must have been committing.

What would those records help reveal? Where Epstein got his money. How he acquired and controlled his victims. Who he trafficked them to. What individuals and banks enabled the trafficking. Who else had control of Epstein’s accounts, and what crimes they committed.

Let me tell you about the other Epstein files the Trump administration is STILL HIDING — records that aren’t affected by the bill Congress passed today.

The Treasury Department has its own Epstein file containing thousands of bank records. My investigators reviewed a portion of those records last year. I've demanded the Secretary Bessent produce the file for further investigation. He has refused repeatedly.

“They buy apartments from me. They spend $40 million, $50 million. Am I supposed to dislike them? I like them very much.”

The message behind “quiet, piggy” was not subtle. I decide who speaks. I decide what truth is. I decide whose pain persists and whose gets erased. I decide what women are allowed to ask me. I decide which crimes survive and which get swallowed in smoke. open.substack.com/pub/jojofrom...

Trump’s net worth has grown by $3 billion since he took office. That’s not a coincidence.

A reminder: Tariffs are a regressive tax. The anti-Robin Hood. Trump's current tariff settings effectively impose a tax rate on low-income households that's roughly TRIPLE that on high-income folks. That's not the way taxes are supposed to work. [source: budgetlab.yale.edu/research/sta...

"The skin simply starts sloughing off and you become unable to maintain your body temperature, where you also get skin infection....They had not seen cases like that for two decades." You can thank the richest man in the world.

My son is about to turn 1 and has Down syndrome. I came across this podcast hosted by two people with Down syndrome and was simultaneously overjoyed to see them live such cool lives, and heartbroken that my son might not be able to take advantage of those services with the looming Medicaid cuts.

Nov 18, 2025 ~NOON: Speaker Mike Johnson, "I’m very confident [after the House passes the Epstein bill, the Senate] will take the time to methodically […] amend [it]." 2:16 pm: House passes the Epstein bill, 427-1. 4:20 pm: Senate agrees to pass the House bill even before it arrives. Sorry, Mike.

Trump’s racial profiling ICE goon army is ripping parents from kids

You might not have caught what just happened on the Senate floor, but the Senate just “deemed as passed” the Epstein resolution. That means as soon as it arrives from the House, it automatically passes the Senate (with no amendments) and heads to the President’s desk. Wow.

Pay attention to how Mike Johnson is trying to shift the narrative today - he’s saying some Epstein files can’t be released because they’re intelligence products and would harm national security.

Just the president of the United States rationalizing that a Washington Post reporter was basically asking to be murdered and cut to pieces with a bone saw because of his reporting. As he sits next to the thug who ordered it.

A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi. I hired and worked with Jamal for a year. www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...

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After a bird flu outbreak tore through Midwestern barns, killing hens and spiking egg prices, the USDA didn’t investigate whether the virus was airborne. @propublica.org did. www.propublica.org/article/bird...

“50,000 ICE goons in, 300,000 people out, including people who cure cancer, help learning disabled kids get through school, protect our National Parks, ensure your Social Security comes on time, and care for veterans.”

The United States Can't Afford the Opportunity Cost of Stephen Miller's Bigotry www.emptywheel.net/2025/11/18/t...

US intelligence determined that MBS ordered the murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was dismembered with a bone saw. Trump today: MBS didn't know, and "things happen." www.nytimes.com/2021/02/26/u...

"But when the Trump Administration reframed its request as a demand to redistrict congressional seats based on their racial makeup, Texas lawmakers immediately jumped on board." — Trump appointee Jeffrey V. Brown, writing for a 3-judge panel storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Mob boss attacks female reporter again for her “attitude” and says he will ask his FCC commissioner to look into revoking her company’s broadcast license.

Whoa: A federal court just barred Texas from using its new congressional map, drawn by the GOP to target Dems. "Substantial evidence shows that Texas racially gerrymandered the 2025 Map." Court says the old map must be used in 2026. Appeals are certain. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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President Trump was dead set against releasing the Epstein files until he realized they had the votes in the House with or without him. After the House vote today, the Senate needs to act.   It’s time to release the files.

ABC’S MARY BRUCE: “Why wait for Congress? Why not just release the files?” TRUMP: “It’s not the question, it’s your attitude. I think you’re a terrible reporter.” (TRANSLATION: She’s asking the right questions and he can’t handle it)

The President doesn’t really want the Epstein files to be released. He just reversed his position because Republicans were getting their asses kicked. If Trump wanted to, he could order the release of the files right now.

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We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community. The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution. Don’t give up the ship.

In today's Morning Memo, @davidkurtz.bsky.social senses a trend... talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...

So, just so everyone understands: the Epstein Files Transparency Act that's being voted on today allows for NO redaction of the names of people mentioned in the files, other than victims. That's what he's mad about. He wants perps and associates of Epstein to be protected.

New on CNN: Tammy Bruce, Trump's pick to be deputy UN ambassador and a former Fox News contributor, has a lengthy history of anti-Muslim comments including repeatedly questioning if they were loyal Americans. She also repeatedly spread claims Obama was a Kenyan Muslim. www.cnn.com/2025/11/18/p...

Republicans have a bill to deport immigrants who attack dogs. Goldman moves to have it renamed to: The Kristi Noem Canine Relief Act

Is Donald Trump's ballroom really a pay-to-play scheme to score political favors? This looks like bribery in plain sight. My new bill will put an end to it.

Trump has ordered a massive military buildup in the Caribbean. After months of lethal strikes at sea, Trump is threatening to expand this illegal unauthorized war to Venezuela. We don’t need another war. We need health care for all.

Trump's tariffs are driving up prices and hurting the cost of living in this country.

We’ve talked about how we in the media normalize (even incentivize) aberrant behavior by public figures who make it their brand. But just imagine if an official in your city or town had told a female reporter asking about a sex abuse scandal, “Quiet, piggy.” Headlines for days.

Epstein survivor Haley Robson: "To the President of the United States of America, I want to send a clear message to you…I can't help to be skeptical of what [your] agenda is…I am traumatized. I am not stupid. You have put us through so much stress…It's not right."

"We are hearing the administration say they intend to investigate various Dems who were friends with Epstein. I beg you President Trump -- please stop making this political. It is not about you. Show some class. I voted for you, but your behavior on this issue has been a national embarrassment."

Epstein: Trump spent hours at my home with one of the victims, and is one of the sickest fuckers I ever met. Johnson: IT'S THE DEMOCRATS FAULT.

Republicans have begun to run from Trump and Trumpism - but we cannot let them escape. My latest 👇 www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/trumpism-i...

"Barely legal" is not a category. It is not a defense. It is rape under the law. When Megyn Kelly minimizes Epstein by pretending fifteen year olds aren’t "really" victims, she’s running PR for predators. Minors cannot consent. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SXG... @legalafmtn.bsky.social #Epstein #Trump

Trump's DOJ confirmed 97.4% of people ICE has been arresting in Chicago have no criminal record whatsoever. The state is using its power to terrorize a community. Worst of all, Chicago is not an isolated example and these abuses are not stopping at U.S. borders. www.qasimrashid.com/p/trumps-ice...

“The Supreme Court gave presidents immunity from prosecution for just this sort of abuse of power last year, and he’s attempting to radiate it downward through the bureaucracy to anyone who violates the law on his say so.”

Sometimes I wonder if the President knows a single person on SNAP. These are working single moms, seniors, disabled vets, and others who need the help. Stop the cruelty and carelessness.

Trump and RFK Jr. are mulling their most disruptive vaccine policies yet — alarming manufacturers Changing makeup of core shots may jeopardize decades of public health progress, experts say.