via @kaitlancollins.bsky.social One of the Epstein survivors, Danielle Bensky, says he threatened to withhold care from her mother, who had a brain tumor, and leveraged her brain scans against her while he abused her.

Jim Ryan's letter is not just surreal and troubling; it provides a series of deeply sobering lessons—about the perils facing public universities today; about what it means to "work with" this Department of Justice; & about what leadership does (and doesn't) entail at this especially fraught moment.

"The call for my resignation, right until the end, seemed so outlandish as not to be entirely believable. It also felt like a hostage situation, where the kidnapper threatens harm if you do not keep information about the demands confidential."

sounds like he's panicking

Epstein survivor Sarah Ransome on Ghislaine Maxwell: “It makes me sick that she is claiming to be a victim. This is the same woman that grabbed my arm and forced me into a room to be raped by Jeffrey. She had this evil smirk on her face. And she enjoyed it.” ht: @marcofoster.bsky.social

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NEWS: Diana Santillana, the beloved Rayito De Sol daycare teacher arrested with children present, was freed after a federal judge ruled her mandatory detention was illegal. She will be back teaching soon. “I am so grateful,” she said. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/13/c...

Fucking Children: It’s Unpopular. But Just How Unpopular, And What Does That Mean For The Midterms? We Made An Ugly-Ass Infographic To Explain. We’re CNN.

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Here come the “raping teenage girls isn’t actually that bad” arguments from the right.

Epstein spent Thanksgiving with Trump during president's first term in office: emails www.rawstory.com/trump-epstei...

@milestaylor.bsky.social: "DHS is no longer recognizable. The Department I once served is engaging in fascist shows of force — violating the rights of Americans — only to satiate the creepy desires of an old man who wants to seem macho. I’ve seen enough."

New: Agents rappelled from a Black Hawk helicopter in a massive show of force. Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. But after the cameras were gone, federal prosecutors did not charge anyone. www.propublica.org/article/chic...

the only thing democrats should be saying today is “the entire republican party is engaged in a coverup of the most notorious child sex trafficking ring in world history”

Harry Enten: "Nobody is buying what Trump is selling on Epstein. His net approval on it is an absolutely dreadful -39 pts... Far worse than any other major issue. It isn't improving over time. Even among the GOP, just 45% (!) approve of the job the Trump admin is doing on the Epstein case."

Blanche is admitting he went into that interview without first having subpoenaed information from Epstein’s estate???

It begins. Clearly incriminating evidence against president of the United States. Epstein to Maxwell, April 2, 2011: "i want you to realize that that dog that hasn't barked is trump. [VICTIM] spent hours at my house with him ,, he has never once been mentioned. police chief. etc."

'In one email dated April 2, 2011, Epstein emailed Maxwell: “i want you to realize that that dog that hasn’t barked is trump.. (REDACTED) spent hours at my house with him ,, he has never once been mentioned. police chief. etc. im 75 % there.”' www.cnn.com/2025/11/12/p...

Harry Enten: "Voters blame Trump, not Biden for the state of the economy. The vast majority of Americans (75%) & even Republicans (57%!!!) say Trump's not doing enough to lower costs... GOP in Congress should be scared as we just saw economy-first voters go big for Dems in VA & NJ Gov."

via @allenanalysis.bsky.social Fox turned an NFL game into a Trump rally. He lied about “prices coming down” and bragged about “$17 trillion in investment,” while Americans miss paychecks in his shutdown.

My statement on the proposed Senate deal

Miss him

President Biden spotted flying commercial at O’Hare Airport ht: @saymaysmith.bsky.social

“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.” aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...

@jessicatarlov.bsky.social: “The government has killed 32 people in 7 strikes with no proof they were traffickers. The admiral leading the mission quit. If we had evidence, they’d face a court, not a drone.” Seven strikes. Thirty-two dead. Zero indictments.

NEW: California’s attorney general said Thursday he’s wary of moves Trump could make to use federal power to interfere in the 2026 elections — through intimidation, suppression or purges of the voter rolls. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...

Correction. Our costume was: "ALLEGED assault with a deli weapon, AN ALLEGATION ULTIMATELY REJECTED BY A JURY OF HIS PEERS AFTER CAREFUL DELIBERATION."

Trump sure seems eager to starve the poor

"Former West Virginia coal miners with black lung drove to protest on the steps of the Labor Department...They held up photographs of dead friends and loved ones...On the opposite side of the building, an enormous banner with Trump’s face read 'American Workers First.'” apnews.com/article/blac...

The grand jury refused to indict felony charges so DOJ brought a misdemeanor. The trial jury acquitted—note: that means that every single person on the jury voted for acquittal. There wasn’t even a single vote to convict. joycevance.substack.com/p/prosecutor...

🚨 CNBC: "Announced corporate job cuts surging past 1 million so far this year, with 153,000 new layoffs just in October according to Challenger. That is the worst October since 2003."

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Just left the latest hearing in Jim Comey's criminal case. It did not go well for DOJ The magistrate judge scolded them for an "indict first, investigate second" posture and ordered them to turn over reams of material — including all grand jury info — to Comey's team Details TK

@mikenellis.bsky.social: "It seems like it should be a much bigger deal that the President of the United States admitted on live TV Sunday night that he has no idea who he's pardoning — that he only pardoned a crypto fraudster because his sons told him to. Why is the media ignoring this corruption?"

@sarahlongwell25.bsky.social: "Maybe having all your rich pals build you a guilded ballroom at the White House and your family raking in billions in crypto is “bad optics” while the government is shut down, people can’t afford groceries, & everything's more expensive because of your stupid tariffs."

Patriot. 🇺🇸 😢

@jessicatarlov.bsky.social: "The fact that our allies continue to have gotten the memo that Trump is made happy if you treat him like a toddler playing dress-up and give him the crown that he wishes for or have a merch stand for them, I think it's a really sad reflection..." ht: @acyn.bsky.social

NEW via @lawofruby.bsky.social: The judge assigned to decide whether the Jim Comey and Tish James cases should be dismissed because of Lindsay Halligan's appointment has ordered DOJ to submit all evidence of Halligan's participation in the grand jury proceedings in both cases. 1/

Reuters: “The step is highly unusual, given that U.S. military officials are already required to shield national security secrets from public view, and comes as lawmakers in Congress say they are being kept in the dark about key aspects of the mission.”

Disgraceful Media Blacks Out Stunning Trump Cognitive/IQ Test Rant — Hides Damning Facts Behind It www.mediaite.com/opinion/disg...

TIL Spotify is airing recruitment ads for ICE. indivisible.org/cancel-spotify

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"I hope your beeper doesn't go off." A year ago today, a racist tried to make a 'joke' about me being killed by Israel. It was the 1st time I've ever walked off of live TV. That night CNN said they'd ban the racist from their air. But in the year since, I myself haven't been invited back on CNN.

wait, what?

@stephruhle.bsky.social: Bessent said he too felt the pain because he himself is a soybean farmer. What he actually means is he collects rent on farmland that he owns. Soybean farmer: It's very obvious that we've got another Republican who's all hat and no cattle.