Mardi Gras!!!!

I'm still SHOCKED by the obscene rise in billionaire election spending since Citizens United in the NYT piece, despite already knowing that election corruption w/ $ was profound. (Recall that BCRA fought dangerous campaign $ in *2002*) The article data didn't have a graph, so I made one to show it.

Two Days On The Hill: ICE & Pam Bondi open.substack.com/pub/joycevan... A must read on the grotesque disfunction of ICE and the Department of (IN)Justice under CONVICT and his loons.

The Epstein Cover-up Must End open.substack.com/pub/contrari... GRAND OLD PEDOPHILES = MAGA GOP

This says it and it’s exactly what it is….

A reminder: The Attorney General of the United States should be the people's lawyer, not the president's personal attorney. The Department of Justice should act to protect the public, not the occupant of the Oval Office and his political allies.

Raskin to Bondi: "You're not showing a lot interest in the victims. Whether it's Epstein's human trafficking ring or the homicidal government violence against citizens in Minneapolis, as AG you're siding with the perpetrators and ignoring the victims."

Jayapal: To the survivors in the room, if you are willing, please stand. And if you are willing, please raise your hands. If you have still not been able to meet with this DOJ. Please note for the record that every single survivor has raised their hand.

Today’s performance by Pam Bondi was not only unacceptable, it was clearly a smoke screen for a coverup, and her anger is at herself because her shattered moral compass still has a pulse.

ICYMI — @crockett.house.gov 🔥 to Bondi: “You’ll be remembered as one of the worst Attorney Generals in history.”

Pam Bondi needs to remember that Nixon’s AG went to Federal prison for the Watergate scandal. That shit is nothing compared to what she got her ass tangled up in sucking up to Trump.

Fulton County: What's In The Warrant? open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

Virginia Senate Passes Bill to Join National Popular Vote Interstate Compact

How to Rein in ICE open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

Thank you Republican governors for cancelling the annual meeting with the president bcuz Trump, that divisive prick, invited only Republican governors to the meeting. The meeting has ALWAYS been for ALL governors. Thank you GOP Govs for standing with your Dem colleagues. thehill.com/homenews/adm...

*she’s a piece of shit too, but I get the point

Words & Phrases open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

@larrysabato.bsky.social YOU KNOCKED IT OUT OF THE PARK ON @morningjoe-msnow.bsky.social JUST NOW LARRY! Well done, or Bravo Zulu as we say in the Navy......

INDICT CONVICT IN 2028 VIA JACK SMITH'S INVESTIGATION

Are we paying attention? 38,000 mentions (so far) in the #EpsteinFiles The people who tolerate racism sicken me. But this? Tolerating pedophiles, sex trafficking ... Revolting. If you're not speaking up you're no better. #Pinks #ProudBlue

They’ve Always Known He is A Racist... open.substack.com/pub/contrari... And perhaps the #1 reason REPUBLICAN MAGA support CONVICT, even now.

Europe gets it! The UK raids the home of a close Epstein pal. Poland probes ties to Russian intel. France raids the office of Musk's X. But the U.S. elites who palled around with the world's worst sex creep get away with it The crisis of elite impunity. My column www.inquirer.com/opinion/jeff...

I say, let those fucking chips fall where they may. Y’all in Texas just thought the rest of the US was going to stand there & take it cowering while y’all did what you wanted? Fuck that. Tis about to be FAFO time boys & girls. Your greed has created this. You got no one to blame but 🍊💩& yourselves

EVERYTHING CONVICT TOUCHES TURNS TOI SHIT - THAT'S WHY WE ARE NOW A SHITHOLE COUNTRY... REMEMBER IN NOVEMBER AND VOTE MAGA REPUBLICANS OUT.....

Virginia State Senator Louise Lucas is just a delight on every level

Trump & Cronies’ Top 10 Corruption Scandals open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

Undaunted from the Bench open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

We are not Nazis. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

Contrarian Calls To Action open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

In Minneapolis, masked federal agents, dressed as soldiers, have fatally shot two American citizens. Both were victims of an occupation. The lurid fantasy at the heart of the gun rights movement is playing out, but the leading roles, as they were previously imagined, have been reversed.

Heads are going to explode 💥 Cato Institute just nuked the lie. Immigrants have cut U.S. deficits by $14.5 TRILLION since 1994, slashing the national debt by a third. All that “immigrants are bleeding us dry” noise? Absolute bullshit. 1/3

Words & Phrases open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

BREAKING: Absolutely scathing decision from Judge Ana Reyes finding Kristi Noem did not follow the law or the APA when ending TPS for Haiti. Some 330,000 Haitians legally in the U.S. on TPS are facing a deadline to leave that is 24 hours from now. Administration expected to appeal.

Let it be said!

To anyone tempted to celebrate Noem's big announcement that ICE will use body cams and that it will be expanded nationwide as funding is available... That's already been official ICE policy for over two years. www.ice.gov/news/release....

Why did mega law firm Paul Weiss capitulate so quickly right after Convicted Felon Donald Trump took office?…

SNOWCRETE moon Central VA just now… @astrodave.bsky.social @capital weather.bsky.social

Listen, if you can. This is sworn testimony. A witness describes Trump threatening a 13-year-old girl with deportation to silence her. A 13-year-old is a child. We, the people must support survivors & truth tellers. The evil perpetrators can’t go unpunished. No mercy.