Basic stuff here. If Ukraine ceases fighting, they’re over. If Russia ceases fighting, the war is over

Hard agree

1991: The United States thinks it has decisively won the Cold War against Russia. 2025: The United States' foreign policy is being dictated by Russia.

Donald Trump is a convicted criminal. He is objectively pro-crime. The Trump administration is a criminal organization. He is turning the U.S. into a mafia state.

The President of the United States appears to be getting regular IV infusions, the public doesn’t know anything about it, & the DC media evidently doesn’t care. We are months into the mystery of Trump’s hands, the White House is lying, & I’ve seen a grand total of one serious news story about it.

So in spring, Pam Bondi said there was nothing to the Epstein investigation, then “closed” it. Now, they “find” 1 million more docs. So did she close this without seeing these docs? Or was someone hiding them?

And now someone has uploaded a version that wasn't filmed off a TV. There's also the torrent link there, which is probably the fastest way to download the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT if you want to save the file locally to your computer.

Bill Clinton just called on Trump to release the full Epstein Files, including all documents mentioning both Trump and Clinton. “Refusal to do so will confirm the widespread suspicion the DOJ’s actions to date are not about transparency, but about insinuation.”

Big graft and grift

HASSETT: If the Supreme Court doesn't find with us, refunds would go to whoever cut the check for the tariff BRENNAN: Doesn't the administration claim it was the country that paid that? HASSETT: Uhh --

You’ll recall I told you that if Bondi violated the Epstein Files Transparency Act, it would trigger a lawsuit. That’s what Schumer’s resolution does. It directs the Senate Majority Leader to file federal civil action against the government over failure to release the Epstein files. 1/

A low-effort Trump administration with minimal emotional investment, superficial conversations, and transactional relationships is hoping to sweep the Epstein files under the carpet. It is not going to happen. There is too much criminality to ignore. #disappearingfiles #fraud #abuse #epsteinfiles

"Why the decision to cover-up? It certainly seems that there are things that Trump and his lieutenants don’t want Congress and the public to know. Presumably these are things that, to put it gently, don’t reflect well on Trump." open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

A quick reminder during this busy travel season to know your rights as a passenger. Please be kind, be safe, and have a great holiday season!

🧑‍🌾 SPOTTED in Jackson County, Wisconsin…

“These men risked their lives to speak with us. We have a moral and professional obligation to the sources who entrusted us with their stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless.”

They're so transparent they're removing photos of Donald Trump. And now I'm getting an "access denied" message when I go back to look.

Yesterday we were all waiting in the Epstein line. Today, the entire country has turned into investigators, tracking which files are disappearing. Sixteen gone so far. There’s been a remarkable amount of teamwork, with people working together to identify the missing documents.

Chicago is having none of this administration's BS.

Pamela Jo Bondi, doing her part to help an administration that calls itself, with a seemingly straight face, "The Most Transparent in American History."

The only thing Trump has ever taken his name off of is the Epstein files.

It’s impossible to overstate what a big deal this is for this legendary Kentucky brand. The last time Jim Beam closed down like this was during Prohibition. Trump’s tariffs & fight with Canada are surely to blame. www.kentucky.com/news/busines...

BREAKING: At least 16 files from the Epstein release disappeared from DOJ's webpage, including a photo of Trump, with no explanation.

Ahem

Epstein victims broke down in tears after newly released files showed the FBI ignored a child pornography complaint decades ago.

Gift link to analysis of Epstein files. But yesterday was the legal deadline to produce all of it, not just to start a rolling production. The statute does not permit “good try.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...

Nobody works this hard for this long to cover up something this bad unless they are guilty.

Today, we're learning why DOJ didn't release the redacted files last March. Because the multitude of redactions exposes how much they're covering up.

Whipple: Wiles thought she was talking to someone who would give her a fair shake. And I did give her a fair shake. But the problem is, when you’re in that bubble, you wouldn’t recognize fair treatment when you see it—because crazy is crazy when you’re in that bubble.

Contempt of Congress, contempt for the law, contempt for Epstein's victims, contempt for basic human morality, contempt for their own supporters, contempt for the American people. Not merely covering up Trump and associates' awful actions, but being really obvious, throwing it in everyone's faces.

Epstein survivor Annie Farmer gets tearful over release of her sister’s 1996 report of Epstein abuse www.cnn.com/2025/12/19/u...

MAGA: I voted for this! $400 million ballroom. Triumphal arch. Qatari jet. Renaming an arts center. Foreign crypto deals. Blowing up boats. Saudi golf resorts. High tariffs on goods. Record deficits. Epstein cover up. Pardons for drug traffickers and rich fraudsters.

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NEW: Democrats threaten lawsuit as DOJ says it will miss Epstein files deadline

"Lethal kinetic strikes" are the new "enhanced interrogation."

You guys. No. It's named by statute. Do better.

Ailing wannabe dictator yelling at his people and insisting that they're getting richer and safer when all the evidence demonstrates the opposite. This is Gaddafi-levels of lunacy.

Unredacted? Come on… www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

Where are those Epstein files??,

crazy as a loon

This inflation data is a big mess with clear downward bias from methodological assumptions by BLS (essentially assuming zero inflation in Oct)

“Mr. Trump’s announcement of a “blockade” caught senior officials at the Pentagon and at Southern Command in Florida by surprise. On Wednesday, they scrambled to figure out the U.S. military’s role in the action, U.S. officials said.”

This is now the third time this year the Cowardly Speaker has sent the House home early when things weren't going his way.

Health care and social assistance have led employment growth this year. Despite Trump’s efforts, manufacturing saw among the worst job losses. My @morningjoe-msnow.bsky.social Chart

Trump’s approval rating on the economy just hit a new low of 36%, and 6 in 10 Americans say prices are rising faster than their income.

Didn't watch it. It's always lies. Moving on.

Trump says that 100% of jobs added this year were in the private sector. That's true — but only because he's overseen a massive drop in government employees. The rate of new job addition is way under 2024. www.ms.now/opinion/trum...

A former immigration judge alleged to DOJ that Trump fired her bc of her sex & national origin DOJ said equal employment opportunity laws don't supersede Trump's removal powers under Article II this is literally a claim to constitutional power to discriminate ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...