Murphy: "It's clearly the biggest scandal in presidential history. He wouldn't be acting this way if he wasn't so deeply worried about what's in those files. What we've already seen is immensely incriminating. Clearly Trump was at the center of a child sex ring ... the scandal could bring him down."

On one hand polygraphs are pseudoscientific BS. On the other hand these guys believe they work so they're definitely hiding something.

This is the answer, for anyone puzzled. If it seems out of character for MTG or Boebert to suddenly have moral standards, it is. They don't. They're bailing bc he's going to lose. So "maybe he'll persuade them to override their ethical concerns" doesn't apply here. That's not why they're doing it.

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"I have met some very bad people....none as bad as trump. Not one decent cell in his body..so yes - dangerous." Jeffrey Epstein 2017

I heard from a staffer yesterday who said a veto-proof majority was a real possibility.

this gets reposted a lot, but truth be told trump has never really wriggled out of anything. what actually happens is that other people passively or actively support him

It went down in 2023. It went down in 2024. It went up in 2025.

Still working our way through approx. 23,000 pages of Epstein related documents released by House Oversight Cmte. In another email.. this one from Feb. 2017.. Epstein references Trump ==>

It all would have been much easier if, as would have happened if we were remotely a serious country, it all ended with the Access Hollywood interview.

At this point we have to assume that if the Epstein files are released they will - end the Trump Presidency - implicate many other prominent Republicans - destroy the careers of AG Bondi and his other defenders This is beginning to feel like the greatest scandal in American history.

Raise your hand if you already knew Trump is a rapey piece of crap

The Epstein files released today did not come from the DOJ's Epstein Files. They came from Epstein's estate. Pam Bondi is still protecting Trump at all costs. Today's release by Democrats was aimed at undermining her efforts. And to make it harder for Donald to pardon Ghislaine Maxwell.

Local media is calling it: Katie Wilson will be the next mayor of Seattle. Wilson ousts Mayor Bruce Harrell after running as a progressive challenger. Her win is a west coast companion to Mamdani’s as a statement victory for the left.

Epstein: I’m best friends with this pedo running for President, here’s a bunch of stories about how big a pedo he is NYT: but her emails

turns out the emails we should have been reading in 2016 were from the NYT

Really wild how all these Harvard scientists and mathematics guys constantly talked about how Jeffrey Epstein was this brilliant, "misunderstood" man and then you read his emails and he's clearly a barely literate lecher, extremely easy to understand

If Trump has nothing to hide, he'd tell Pam Bondi to release the Epstein Files like they all promised. Mike Johnson would have sworn in Adelita Grijalva yesterday. Ghislaine Maxwell would be sent back to Florida prison instead of being pampered in Club Fed in Texas. And... He's guilty as hell.

This is what losing the trade war looks like

I shall now perform the well-known actions “daily life” and “economic hardship”.

Unlike you, I can read and that’s why I know what the constitution says.

to be fair “what’s the point of standards” is the motto of the free press

I heard from my cat that she is willing to consider never throwing up on a rug again. So now we'll see if she's really gonna work with me.

its especially humiliating for the Cave Caucus that he's not even trying to pretend that he might do this.

Democratic Senator Shaheen reveals that "We kept senator Schumer informed throughout"

Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage

If Chuck Schumer was in favor of caving and his no vote was just a way to give himself cover i.e. he arranged things so his vote wasn't needed, he should step down. If his no was genuine, and he didn't want Dems to cave but they did, then he's lost control and he should be forced to step down.

Since the Democrats worked extra hard to hide who actually supported this, I think the No Kings/Resistance position should be to primary every Democrat unless they publicly call for Schumer's ouster this week Either they go into total rebellion mode, which they won't, or the people will

When you've lost *checks notes again* Chris Cillizza

Senate Democrats are about to sell us out. Remember that when they text you for money.

Dems have spent the past two months saying they're fighting to address the crisis of spiking healthcare costs and now they're caving for a deal that does nothing to address healthcare costs ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

The centrists in the Senate Democratic caucus saw that the country was rallying to the party in the 2025 elections and resolved that they would do anything they could to kill that momentum.

Here’s video of federal agents doing a drive by pepper spraying that hit a father and his one-year old on Saturday when the Feds were hitting Little Village and Cicero

Mamdani is going to implement Cheria law but with exemptions for gypsies, tramps and thieves.

Is this one of the women who ruined the workplace

At least they FINALLY admitted why they refused to negotiate on the shutdown. First they lied and promised Dems they would “negotiate” this, but only AFTER they voted for the CR. But Dems were correct when they assessed that Republicans NEVER intended to extend these subsidies.

still hasn't figured out what dogs do

Text from a low income neighbor. His family hasn’t eaten in 2 days because they didn’t get their SNAP benefits He works 60 hour weeks at a min wage job & it just isn’t enough. He has young children. This is the horrific cruelty Trump is imposing on ordinary Americans😓 (We bought them 2 weeks food)

every time you think the new WaPo editorial board can't embarrass itself any more, they manage to find a way. Left: 'Texas gerrymandering is no big deal!', from August. Right: 'Maryland gerrymandering is an affront to Western civilization!', from today.

I always find it interesting how the story changes when a lawyer gets to court. They can say anything they want outside of court without accountability but the rules are vastly different in court where you can get seriously penalized for lying.

By serving as the first woman Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi made history. But in doing so, she ruined the House of Representatives as a workplace. by Ross Douthat

Next on “Interesting Times with Ross Douthat” ….. “Are Negroes Getting Too Uppity?” Ross sits down with Chris Rufo and the ghost of Charlie Kirk for a rollicking and super white conversation about “those people.”

Should women have rights? We go through the pros and cons bsky.app/profile/jess...

Communism was clearly not a topic on the dementia exam.

Imagine thinking immigrants are a recent novelty in New York City.

We need to combat the Big Lie about neoliberalism. It was not about the free market, it's about redistributing income upward cepr.net/publications...

basically every 2024 truism is dead. Trump did not build a lasting multiracial coalition or turn young men into committed Republicans. You don’t need to cave on trans rights to win. The pundits have nothing left to tell you.

Nov 5, 2024 was terrible. But it's not Nov 2024 anymore. Trump is much more unpopular. He, not Biden, is getting blamed for affordability challenges. Democratic voters are much more activated. The "racial realignment" didn't even last a year. newrepublic.com/article/2026...

This NYT story about how Mamdani dealt with the opposition by the city's elites fails to mention one particular elite institution: The NYT editorial page, which last June railed against him as "uniquely unsuited to the city’s challenges... lacks political savvy" www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/n... 1/