Epstein files vote is forced. MAGA Mike's stunt collapsed. Survivors demand transparency. Trump melts down, GOP infighting spills out, Noem’s shady ads exposed, and polls swing BLUE. Today's bulletin is absolutely jam-packed. Catch up now:

Budget bill’s inclusion of funds for senators to sue DOJ for up to $500,000 each for investigating them is the ultimate pork barrel legislation. I’ll discuss with @chrislhayes.bsky.social on @msnbc.com at 8:25 pm ET.

Democracy Docket vs. Washington Post. Support fearless, pro-democracy media. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0

And she should. dailyboulder.com/pam-bondi-co...

Decided he's not going to ride Tariff Airlines to the ground...

Because of gov’t borrowing & hyperscaler demand for “increasingly spare capital, .. there is little to suggest that mortgage rates will move lower next year .. absent a near-term recession or an unexpected re-entry of the Federal Reserve into” the MBS market. @joebrusuelas.bsky.social

The lawlessness is amazing

Count the ways they’re corrupting DOJ: Presidents don’t direct AG’s to open criminal cases, especially ones designating only Dems for investigation when POTUS himself is involved. DOJ doesn’t publicize criminal investigations & the AG definitely doesn’t assign them on Twitter.

Remember: The richest 1% evade over $160 billion in taxes every year. That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare. Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.

That Time Magazine cover headline — “His Triumph” — looks more ridiculous by the day. @reuters.com www.reuters.com/world/middle...

The White House has said last month’s jobs report and inflation data would “likely never” be released.

Oh hey — you know that big Chicago raid where Stephen Miller said the building was “FILLED” with gang members? @propublica found 0 evidence of Tren De Aragua, the men weren’t charged with any crimes. 🤔 (sound familiar Tennessee?) All for show. www.propublica.org/article/chic...

They’re all just looting the treasury now

This may be Trump's perfect social media post. A true work of art. He confirms: ✅He personally directs criminal investigations. ✅He is targeting opponents. ✅Epstein "records" exist and he knows the contents. Bonus points for connecting it to investigation of his fondness for Putin.👀

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They’re calling her Megyn. R Kelly now.

(AP) — A confidant of Bill Pulte .. provided confidential mortgage pricing data from Fannie Mae to a principal competitor, alarming senior officials .. who warned it could expose the company to claims that it was colluding with a rival to fix mortgage rates. apnews.com/article/fann...

Years After Conviction, Epstein Bragged About 2016 Trump Tower Visit

Senate Republicans don’t want to bring in Jack Smith to testify before the American people to ask him why he subpoenaed limited phone data on 8 co-conspirators to overturn the election, they just want a quick $1 million check from the taxpayers instead.

Every day there are multiple instances of blatant corruption. Our government policy is for sale to the highest bidder and every bad actor in the world knows it. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/w...

Blanche didn’t ask Maxwell a single question about any of these emails. Then he moved her to Club Fed where she is served individual meals and has a puppy and numerous other special privileges while she prepares her clemency petition. WHY?

Not so sure the White House is going to be too happy with this ratio over at the other place

“.. 55% of employed Americans say they’re concerned about losing their jobs, and 62% of respondents said the cost of their everyday items had climbed over the last month.” @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

the thing that strikes me about this — again, besides it being false — is the venom and disrespect for the people who come here to work and build better lives. they aren’t “servants.”

Looks like we’re going to war with Venezuela to distract from the Epstein files.

Increase in productivity since 1979: 87% Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32% Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%. As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.

NPR reported this morning that, based on their review of the #Epstein emails released yesterday, Trump’s name appeared more than 1,000 times in the document— "I have met some very bad people, none as bad as #Trump. Not one decent cell in his body." - Jeffrey Epstein

Intelligence “is not for killing,” Colombian President Gustavo Petro told NBC News' Richard Engel, explaining his decision to stop sharing information with the United States in opposition to lethal strikes on boats allegedly carrying illegal drugs.

So when the aurora borealis is faint enough, you can capture its glow with the Milky Way 😍 Berthoud Pass, CO last night

The American people deserve answers, and it’s time for the DOJ and FBI to provide them. While we appreciate that the Epstein estate has been transparent, it’s time for the Administration to do their part.

In Virginia Giuffre’s memoir, she discussed being brutally abused by a PM. There’s ONE that was a close associate of Jeffrey Epstein during her enslavement. They had a business together. Ehud Barak. “Decorated” soldier in the IDF. Later negotiated Camp David PEACE Negotiations. “World leaders”

It’s half a million apiece, but it’s still outrageous.

I’d just like to reiterate that if you put on a mask, and go out without a warrant and kidnap people because they aren’t white enough, you’re a huge piece of shit…

About half of what it was going to cost to fully fund SNAP in November during the shutdown.

“This should be a nuclear bomb, it shouldn’t be a Wednesday.” - @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social

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Well well well

Raskin: "The DOJ hasn't released any of these emails that mention Trump's name & identify his role in all these activities. Those came from the Epstein estate. So this is a demonstration the govt is deliberately withholding the info everybody is actually looking for & could be damaging to Trump"

Something that’s so striking in these emails is how…unimpressive Epstein is. He comes off as a pompous, sub-literate lech. Yes everyone is so mortifyingly solicitous of him! All fawning and flattery! Why?????

NEW: A week before Donald Trump surged past Hillary Clinton to win the presidency, author Michael Wolff approached Jeffrey Epstein with a proposal to "finish" Trump's candidacy. "Interested?" Wolff wrote. Epstein, apparently, declined. w/ @eorden.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2025/11...

The longest government shutdown in U.S. history has ended, but the uncertainty for federal workers is far from over. “Even with back pay, we’ll still be starting behind and playing catch-up for a while,” said one Veterans Affairs employee who was furloughed for weeks. nyti.ms/4i4bP56

“Bible teaching, he noted, is to have ‘special care for strangers, aliens and sojourners.’ ‘It is not rocket science, but the Word of God’…” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/u...

In 1989, Neil Young was part of a US/Russia cultural exchange that fell apart. His guitarist said, “Man, I guess we're just gonna have to keep on rockin’ in the free world.” “Poncho,” said Young, “that's a good line. I'm gonna use that.” Born today in 1945. 🎸

Larry David is right. He’s disgusting. “Reasonable people can disagree over whether it [the age of consent] should be as low as 14.” - Alan Dershowitz, LA Times oped, 1997 #Epstein variety.com/2022/tv/news...