May the entire Republican Party go the way of the ludicrous “Tea Bag” klan. Quickly.

We are witnessing the Republican Party collapse in on itself like a dying star.

Fresh from their six-week paid vacation, Speaker Johnson finally swore in Congresswoman Adelita Grijalva. A majority of the House has signed the discharge petition for full release of the Epstein File. Let’s vote.

This promise is worthless but I understand the politics of it. This leaves all the damage at the feet of Republicans going into the midterms. Well played Democrats. Well played.

The number of people in this comments section that do not believe the Republicans are exactly who they are screaming in your face that they are is TOO DAMNED HIGH! I'm sorry. There was no deal to be had. The shutdown became pointless.

Republicans have disclosed the deal includes VA funding and USDA (SNAP) funding. More details coming out soon.

Fun facts: Chuck Schumer didn't negotiate this deal. Chuck Schumer isn't voting for this deal. Chuck Schumer isn't running for leadership next Congress. Watch how many people shift their talking points.

The Venn diagram of people who didn't vote in 2024, told us we wouldn't be able to vote in the last election we just destroyed Republicans in and are now saying Democrats are just as bad as Republicans who sued to starve babies is a PERFECT circle.

Republicans sued to starve kids. Never forget who they showed you they are. Republicans showed you they believe even shitty healthcare is more than you deserve. Never forget. Medicare For All.

Schumer wanted to keep fighting for political reasons. Shaheen and crew wanted the deal because the shutdown had become pointless as there was no ACA deal to be had with Republicans. In my book they were both right. Schumer for wanting the fight and Shaheen for sticking to reality.

I told you, but so many loud talking know-nothings had Schumer diarhea of the mouth. People on the Hill talk to me because I am LOYAL. I keep their confidences and I NEVER stab them in the back for clicks. If I am punching, I am punching Republicans.

Kim Davis is a thrice married adulterer that represents Christian Nationalistic hate perfectly. Zero self reflection and evil judgement of others.

There is NOTHING about being a Ride Or Die Democrat that precludes you from supporting primary opponents. It does, however, prevent you from pissing on the party as a whole and suppressing voter turnout. 💙☠️💙☠️💙

When they they said they were taking back America, not enough people realized "they" were white racists.

Yep.

Dear Veterans, As someone who has never served yet enjoyed the freedoms this country has to offer I can not begin to thank you adequately. I can, however, work every day to elect people that will honor their pledges to you. Thank you on this Veteran's Day. Sincerely, Texas Paul

Boebert is reportedly in the meeting. Count her as a paid off no.

Drip drip drip. Trump lied. Ghislaine lied. Epstein died. Trump Regime is moving to kill a vote to release the Epstein files. All hands on deck meeting.

The Trump White House overt overtures to Lauren Boebert seems to have backfired as multiple Republicans switch to Yes on discharge petition to force vote on the release of the Epstein files.

Keep in mind this is working days so the Thanksgiving break doesn't count. We are talking December.

With Adelita Grijalva they have the votes for the Epstein files discharge petition, what now?

Here are the House calendars for Nov. and Dec. The dark gray days are in session. Those are the ones that count for the discharge petition "ripening."

I hate your AI videos and I despise you for wasting my time with them. Reality is more interesting than your fantasy plea for attention. I also resent you showing me how many gullible people can't spot made up crap. Thanks for coming to my TED talk.

Missouri's governor recently authorized the state's National Guard to assist ICE with clerical duties. Black police officers fear the trust they've built with communities of color could take years to rebuild. n.pr/3XqycYF

Re-upping this gem from the Reader archive (adapted from Robert Crease's 2022 book "The Leak")... Twenty-five years before our era of fake news and celebrity pseudoscience, the star actor teamed up with Montel Williams to promote an unfounded conspiracy:

The attorney general and the FBI director, a manosphere podcaster bro, pulled into the situation room a member of Congress best known for getting kicked out of a Beetlejuice musical for drunkenly giving her date a handy, in order to pressure her about the president's child sex trafficking scandal.

Jeffrey Epstein advised Steve Bannon that the lawyers representing Brett Kavanaugh in his confirmation hearing should accuse Christine Blasey Ford of being on medications that cause false memories or memory loss.

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.

As more and more files come out, Ghislaine Maxwell has less and less leverage for a pardon or commutation. Things are really going to start heating up.

Tariff policy has broken containment and is covered in Food and Wine magazine (that I subscribe to).

Stop me if you've heard this before: If the NYT still had a public editor, that person would have official standing to ask, WTF??? They axed the public editor. So it's up to the rest of us to ask, unofficially, WTF???

these are GOPpocalypse numbers which coincidentally was also the result we got last week Tuesday

NEW: A pro-voting group sued Texas AG Ken Paxton (R) after he tried to eliminate them for helping young Latinos register to vote. They argue his long-running intimidation campaign is designed to stop Latino Texans from exercising their growing political power.

Now they're going after Ibuprofen? Personally I can't use Tylenol or Ibuprofen, but many people do. Why on Earth is our government doing this? Are they offering alternatives? Or do they just like the idea of people suffering?

Are you kidding me, they *literally* used the Situation Room to plot how to block the Epstein files

One reason you hold a meeting to pressure/cajole/threaten Boebert in the Situation Room is so she can't record it.

Good. More of this, please. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...

Grijalva: That is why I will sign the discharge petition right now to release the Epstein files. Justice cannot wait another day.

The October jobs report flew on Epstein's private jet

fox news right now

Oof. Here's the article that Ruemmler, former Obama White House counsel, dismissed: www.thedailybeast.com/how-did-trum...

NYT: Catholic Bishops Issue Rare Statement Objecting to U.S. Immigration Tactics By Elizabeth Dias “We feel compelled now in this environment to raise our voices in defense of God-given human dignity,” they said in the statement. Gift link!

God how I will miss Nancy Pelosi reading Republicans to filth on the House floor

Outrageous. The Epstein files are telling on the New York Times, too.

hard to think of a senator who rivals Pelosi on an average day

Jeffrey Epstein in 2015: "Have them ask my houseman about donald almost walking through the door leaving his nose print on the glass as young women were swimming in the pool and he was so focused he walked straight into the door."

On Dec. 8, 2015, Jeffrey Epstein offers a NY Times reporter photos of Donald Trump and "girls in bikinis in my kitchen." Epstein tells the reporter that he "gave" Trump his "20 year old girlfriend...after two years." When people looked into these type of rumors the Times smugly criticized them.