November 14, 2025

A real loss. Rest in power, Alice Wong.

Pam Bondi has now assigned a prosecutor to look into Epstein's ties to Democrats. If this investigation was legitimate, why wasn't this investigation opened months ago? If this investigation was legitimate, why isn't everyone mentioned in Epstein's emails being investigated?

NEW: Missouri Republicans are in a "bare-knuckle brawl" to create legal delays in hopes of sabotaging a citizen-led ballot measure aimed at blocking the state's new Trump-backed gerrymander ahead of a major Dec. 11 deadline.

Trump’s comments on H-1B visas were “a little hard to stomach,” said one Fox News host.

Vibe shift

Another affidavit claims there were at least 79 Starlink dishes on the roof of the notorious Tai Chang scam compound. People trafficked to run scams at Tai Chang have been subject to "rape, torture, and murder," the affidavit says. (Images include the alleged number of dishes on each building)

NEW: Further eroding the DOJ’s longstanding tradition of independence and apolitical law enforcement, Attorney General Pam Bondi publicly thanked Trump for ordering an investigation into alleged ties between Jeffrey Epstein and top Democrats.

NEW: Indiana’s Senate leader announces the chamber will not reconvene in December to redraw the state’s congressional map, citing opposition from Republican senators who refuse to change a map that already gives the party a disproportionately large advantage.

In normal times, it would be a major scandal for the President to direct his AG to criminally investigate his political opponents to deflect from his own involvement in a major scandal — and for the AG to immediately announce she is doing it. The Epstein scandal and cover up just got even bigger.

Maga-media's backlash to Trump suggests that on his signature issue — opposition to immigration — he has lost his grip on his base.

Donald "Hawk Tuah" Trump

Want climate fairly considered in Congress? Stop Big Oil’s multi-billion dollar campaign of dark-money corruption and lies. Start by pointing out the largest fraud and corruption campaign in U.S. history.

Want innovation on fossil fuel emissions? Give innovation a revenue proposition by stopping “pollute-for-free.” “Pollute-for-free” was always wrong morally and economically; it has now become actually dangerous.

By ignoring massive corruption by the fossil fuel industry, and massive wrongful subsidy of fossil fuel by allowing “pollute-for-free” business model, Gates gave aid and comfort to the deniers: “Bill Gates says innovation is going to solve this,” I often heard. www.theatlantic.com/science/2025...

We knew the Epstein case would end with Trump going down. Didn’t realize it also started with him going down.

Now that we’ve got more info about the Trump/Epstein connection, what’s next? Rep. @robertgarcia.bsky.social leading Democrat on House Oversight, joins me to answer my questions on the strategy moving forward, incl. depositions of Ghislaine Maxwell and Steve Bannon. youtu.be/ZzNVTrEkgOw?...

Wait so the person who wrote that Nuzzi profile is Carl Bernstein and Nora Ephron’s son????????? 💀 ☠️ 💀 ☠️

Trump does not take questions from reporters as he boards Air Force One to head to another weekend getaway at his private club in Florida

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:

🚨BREAKING: DOJ reached a new low Friday after Pam Bondi publicly thanked Donald Trump for ordering the department to investigate ties convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein — a longtime friend and former confidant of Trump’s — had with several prominent Democrats and institutions.

"They were intimate enough for her to see him flossing his teeth, his dopp kit overflowing with prescriptions. She writes that despite being 'sober' for decades, Kennedy [RFK Jr.] told her he still uses psychedelics, and smoked dimethyltryptamine, or DMT..." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/s...

Gosh, why and how could that be? Such an enigma!

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My friend @drannieandrews.com will be Lindsey Graham's opponent. She is a pediatric surgeon who has performed spinal surgeries on children, running against a grownup with no spine. Dr. Andrews is poised to perform a full Lindsey-ectomy on the United States Senate.

China’s Xi Jinping is latest leader to skip G20 www.semafor.com/article/11/1...

Not three months ago, Bondi and Patel stated unequivocally that there was nothing more to investigate (but that is indeed the reason the will give for not releasing the files now)

The Great Climate Insurance Collapse is coming. Fossil fuel corruption blocks Congress from responding to it, or in some cases even from seeing it. www.npr.org/2025/11/13/n...

Trump just told reporters on Air Force One that he hasn’t ruled out a pardon for Ghislane Maxwell

No lies detected, @ericholder.bsky.social!

On Epstein, Trump says he’s allowed to order an investigation into Bill Clinton because he’s the “chief law enforcement agent” of the country

Never conclude that Trump is doing the right thing, no matter what apparent pressure.Besides Clayton‘s being a loyalist, watch for them to try to use the fact that the investigation to prevent disclosure of the emails.If it’s not an ulterior motive like that, it’s something else along the same lines

It's simple: The DOJ is investigating the Epstein files, which don't exist and are a Democrat hoax, to reveal all of the connections between Epstein and Democrats, which they can't do because it would hurt the victims I hope this clears it up!

Odd that the DoJ is opening an investigation into the Epstein files since they said in July that there was no client list and nothing to release.

Sooooo dementia sleepy Joe Biden is actually a mastermind who framed Trump by adding evidence to the Epstein Files. Which are a hoax, but are being investigated. After trump closed the investigation in July, and said there was no client list.

@physiciandemocracy.medsky.social This from @maddow.bsky.social

Whatever Trump is desperately covering up about Epstein, it’s clearly so bad that he thinks it could destroy him

We can win the midterms *AND* build a Democratic Party that fights as hard as we do: indivisible2026.org/?utm_source=bluesky

I just don’t see how we can pretend even for a moment that anything involving our federal government is remotely normal when the president is covering up his involvement in a child sex trafficking ring. Like, what are we doing here

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Trump un-endorses Marjorie Taylor Greene

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UPDATE: The DOJ was officially allowed to join and back the GOP's lawsuit challenging California’s voter-approved Prop 50 map. A preliminary injunction hearing to potentially block the map is now set for December 3.

I. TOLD. YOU. It’s coming

"300 agents stormed the building, rappelled from a helicopter, knocked down doors and hurled flash-bang grenades. Agents ziptied and detained many US citizens for hours..." Prosecutors have not filed a *single* criminal charge against anyone arrested that night: www.propublica.org/article/chic...