Clay Higgins explains why he was the only representative to vote against the Epstein petition.

Mike Johnson refused to swear in Adelita Grijalva for months because she was the 218th signature to force a vote on the Epstein files, but sure, Republicans always wanted to release them as they now claim today for the first time.

“.. Texas this summer was the first state to meet Trump’s demands in what has become an expanding national battle ..” @apnews.com #redistrict apnews.com/article/redi...

11TH CIRCUIT: “.. Trump’s argument hinges on the fact that his own interpretation of his conduct .. is true and that CNN’s is false. .. However, his conduct is susceptible to multiple subjective interpretations, including CNN’s.” @politico.com www.politico.com/news/2025/11...

Calling the ABC reporter’s question “insubordinate” explains everything about how Trump sees press freedom.

Swalwell: Kristi Noem and Tom Homan, you should familiarize yourselves with this room. Get to know that witness chair — you’re going to be parked in it for a long time. Accountability is coming.

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...

Gomez: "Is this an appropriate time to point that the Republicans named children's savings accounts in their one big beautiful bill after Donald Trump, someone connected to one of the most notorious pedophiles in this country, or that the speaker just lied on the floor!"

Raskin: "In the very presence of the victims and survivors, the Speaker said that 'now is a time we should be working on urgent legislative work.' Mr Speaker, justice is urgent legislative work. The truth is urgent legislative work. You were the one who refused to swear in Rep. Grijalva for 50 days"

Raskin: "This is the USA. Even the British monarchy wouldn't put up with this! How about the American democracy? How about we say, no way, we're not gonna allow this coverup to go on for one day more."

Turns out that the $16MM payoff ABC made to Trump bought them only a few months' reprieve. Weird how that happens.

Fox News credulously reports that "the Saudis now say their investment pledge in the US will be increased to $1 trillion." THE ENTIRE GDP OF SAUDI ARABIA IS $1.1 TRILLION, so this is total nonsense.

Massie on Johnson: "He's trying to say that rich & powerful men who were on the plane to Epstein island are now victims because their names would get disclosed. I think that's how a Christian man can stand up there & say a lie like that is he has something in his head that makes it okay"

Massie on Johnson: "He wants to create a provision of this law that would exempt the very people we're trying to expose -- the men who raped these women. He says, 'We'll make sure they are credible allegations.' Is he calling the survivors we witnessed today un-credible? That's the implication"

RAJU: What's the impact if the Senate does in fact change this bill? MASSIE: They're part of the coverup. Speaker Johnson's press conference shows he's unrepentent. They have a backup plan. And I think it's gonna work poorly, by the way

What's amazing here is that MBS looks more uncomfortable about the direction the conversation took than Trump does.

Wow.

Q: I'm confused because the bill specifically says 'the AG may withhold or redact portions related to child sex abuse materials.' The survivors are comfortable with that. These things are actually in this bill. JOHNSON: They're not Q: It's up to the AG J: No it's not! We're not making this up

“Quiet Piggy.” 🙄

Khanna: "I don't want the DC swamp playing any games. They should pass this in the Senate. They should not amend it ... no amendments, no adding loopholes. Justice is long overdue."

Q: Speaker Johnson is calling on the Senate to make revisions to this bill because he says it's doesn't adequately protect survivors MASSIE: That's been a red herring all along. The survivors have always been in favor of this legislation. He's trying to save face.

Can confirm that Fox News totally ignored the press conference where Epstein survivors and lawmakers called for the release of the Epstein files. Last week, they ignored key revelations from the Epstein emails. These omissions depict a false reality to their viewers.

"Me and Mayor Adams." This is America, Mr. Potato Head. Learn to speak English.

mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one

Halligan implodes in court, DOJ whistleblowers expose corruption, Trump flips on Epstein files, MAGA civil war explodes, and Saudi/crypto deals raise alarms. All this and more in today’s must-read Meidas+ Bulletin.

Kash ordered a team of FBI agents to go through the Epstein files many months ago to redact Trump’s name based on FOIA exemptions 6 and 7. It is highly unlikely they are going to be unredacted before they are released. ONLY victim info should be redacted, but much more will be.

President Trump walking past the flag at the Whitehouse which has fallen to the ground

Trump’s only yelling “release the files” because he knows the vote will force it anyway. He spent years protecting himself and his crew, now he’s pretending he wants the truth. No one is buying it! Reminder…

These are both Jordan’s accounts. So he’s agreeing with himself that evil Dems and media are mean to poor victim snowflake Donnie.

He should know the criminal record of those landscapers. And if he doesn’t, then he’s clearly racial profiling. Fuck Bovino.

Let me clean the up. The camp was full of very rich Texans.... elite. So yeah, this guy isn't leaving because of his overall devastating work to so many... He is being canned because very rich families suffered. Doesn't mean he shouldn't leave, at the least... all children should be protected.

The lows keep getting lower… 🤮

It’s amazing that after 15 years, the GOP is FINALLY coalescing around a healthcare plan of sorts and it essentially amounts to “fuck it, you do it.”

🤥

New in PN: Mike Johnson's Epstein bungling is a disaster for the GOP "Observing Johnson in recent months has been like watching an extended Road Runner cartoon, where the Coyote fashions intricate knots of congressional procedure in order to tie himself to a giant stack of lit dynamite."

I will not be buying any World Cup tickets or merchandise due to FIFA’s collaboration with the Trump regime. Gianni Infantino has a dictator fetish. It’s grotesque.

NEW: The White House intervened in a DHS investigation. The target? Sex offender Andrew Tate. The WH person? Paul “Nazi Streak” Ingrassia. Who was previously also Tate’s lawyer. A banger from @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Shapiro www.propublica.org/article/andr...

Epstein’s brother has said this repeatedly

Mark Epstein (Jeffrey’s brother): “The reason they’re gonna be releasing these things, the reason for the flip is that they’re sanitizing these files. There’s a facility in Winchester, Virginia where they’re scrubbing the files to take Republican names out”

😕

Scene from the James Comey grand jury room.

if dems win congress next year they need to introduce an impeachment resolution against emil bove

JUST IN: A federal judge has thrown out DOJ’s lawsuit to compel NY to aid in immigration arrests at state courthouses. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

US appeals court upholds hate crime convictions of 3 white men in 2020 killing of Ahmaud Arbery apnews.com/article/ahma...

🚨BREAKING: Ratcheting up President Donald Trump’s assault on the judiciary, a group of Republican senators Monday asked an appeals court to suspend Chief Judge James Boasberg, who initiated potential contempt proceedings against Trump administration officials in April.

“Finally, we got an ICE agent who crossed the line so bad, he got arrested,” Attorney Greg Kirakosian said in a statement to L.A. TACO. The full story: lataco.com/gerardo-rodr... By @shoton35mm.bsky.social

Two days ago, signing a petition to release the Epstein files was a treasonous act. Only 4 House Republicans were willing to do it. They were pressured, threatened and harassed by Trump to remove their name. Tomorrow, they are all going to vote for it. Spineless cowards.

POST-SHUTDOWN LITIGATION SURGE: Trump admin sues California over newly-passed state laws that purport to require federal law enforcement to unmask and wear ID. Federal agencies won't comply, want laws declared unconstitutional, suit says www.politico.com/news/2025/11...

Here’s what voters are seeing while waiting in the grocery checkout. @peoplemag.bsky.social people.com/donald-trump...

Silence. From a room full of people who know better.