Schiff: "Part of this is a consequence I think frankly of Chief Justice Roberts giving the president absolute immunity when it comes to his instructions to the DOJ. He can pretty much order them to do what he wants and know that he will never be held criminally liable."

I will vote for any D who punches RFK Jr. in his stupid leathery face. I would be ok with “Send us $5 and we’ll punch RFK Jr in the face” fundraising emails. DNC pay attention please.

RT with Alttext ✍️📷 The epitome of misleading bullsh*t from the WH deputy press secretary. 👇 Getty Images link to a 2003 pic of the same event. www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-...

See that’s the kind of talk that gets you buried in an unmarked grave on a second-rate golf course

Guam's Attorney-General is anti-choice and has repeatedly tried to reinstate the island's abortion ban, which has an injunction against it. He asked for a rehearing at the Supreme Court, but many doctors and healthcare groups have formally opposed this, and now the Governor has too.

Hey! Remember when Barr (Bondi) withheld the Mueller (Epstein) documents for weeks so he (she) could mischaracterize what was in the Mueller (Epstein) Report and spin the findings for three weeks and then over-redact them? I sure do!

In this week’s newsletter, I explain how Trump’s $1,776 payments is actually one of the most dangerous things he’s ever done. Armies loyal to a paycheck and not the government is how you get authoritarian overthrows of republics.

Lol one time I had a post go extremely viral over at the Nazi bar. Like picked up in the UK gossip rags. It was about hard boundaries with racist relatives and *this fucking guy* Friedersdorf slid into my DMs *just asking questions*. I told him to get fucked. Highly recommend if you get the chance.

Wrote about the Epstein Files. The redactions,the political point scoring, an administration that has long lost the benefit of the doubt, and why this very real conspiracy (with victims who deserve real accountability and transparency) won’t go away

The epitome of misleading bullsh*t from the WH deputy press secretary. 👇 Getty Images link to a 2003 pic of the same event. www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-...

The wide ranging disclosures of documents involving Bill Clinton should put to rest any arguments by the DOJ that they can’t release docs involving people under investigation, since Clinton is one of the figures whom Bondi, kissing up to Trump, ordered be the subject of a new investigation.

DOJ broke the law today by refusing to produce all the Epstein files. It also broke the law by redacting information other than to protect victims. Yet, the corporate media is acting that DOJ did us a huge favor. Now, more than ever, help build independent, pro-democracy media. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0

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Forcing the AG to publicly defend every redaction, line-by-line, would be a fun exercise.

NEW: A brief Q&A with the guy slapping Trump’s name on the Kennedy Center “Matt, is this the first time that you’ve defaced a public building?“ Today, at Law Dork:

DOJ’s Epstein Files portal is live. We tried it and can tell you it doesn’t follow the law. Trump’s own Chief of Staff says he’s in the files. Yet, he’s not here. The law is clear: they must release ALL of the files (including the ones with Trump) TODAY. ⬇️ www.justice.gov/epstein

At least Nixon gave us a half-assed cover story when he did it.

Once in a while you win one. “The board determined, after careful review, that Sinclair’s offer was not in the best interests of Scripps and our shareholders as well as our employees and the many communities and audiences we serve in the United States." coloradomedia.substack.com/p/colorado-t...

As I covered here, it's telling that they went after the hep B vaccine first. The narrative on the right is only "dirty" women have babies who get hep B. And standardized vaccines is an insult to their purity. (FWIW: half of infant transmission is not maternal) www.salon.com/2025/09/22/r...

As with public schools, the nice thing about standardized vaccines is they take some of the burden off overtaxed and underfunded parents. Making every aspect of childhood a bespoke experience that the mother has to figure out on her own isn't "choice." It's piling on duties that some can't handle.

The end goal is eugenicist. RFK and his ilk know that this will make vaccines more expensive and time-consuming — and therefore marginalized children are most likely to fall through the cracks. This is about killing kids who aren't born to privilege. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

Denmark takes friction out of vaccinating your children by automatically enrolling all residents in their health care system. It's a lot easier to see a doctor in the first place, and the system works basically the same for all but like the 1% of richest people.

The DOJ’s document dump of hundreds of thousands of pages failed to comply with the law authored by Rep. Thomas Massie and me. I explain what is missing and what the survivors and their lawyers are still expecting to be released.

What are the chances that the Trump regime is *not* demanding money and favors from powerful people in exchange for redacting their names and faces in the Epstein files?

Article 22 is a jewelry company that repurposes Vietnam War shrapnel and battlefield debris. A portion of their profits goes to the Mine Advisory Group, which works to remove landmines still left in Laos (they've removed more than 300k mines!). I like the company's "Shard" necklace collection.

the epstein files as rick owens fall/winter 2024

US Treasury quietly removed sanctions from several companies previously accused of supplying Russia's military - from Cyprus, Dubai, Turkey, and Finland - offering no explanation for the move.

I mean it seems like the administration just keeps stepping on rakes. By releasing a buffoonishly redacted and incomplete set of docs they just prolong the story and suspicion. What’s the strategy here?

In light of the Epstein Blackout, shouldn’t Khanna and Massie demand Johnson call the House back into session? (If he won’t, can they somehow hijack the pro forma session scheduled for Tuesday Dec. 23?) And Senators should make a similar demand of Thune.

I know people are rightly going to be worried about child health, their own health. But we also can't afford this. Like, John Hopkins did an estimate (next link) and every measles case during outbreaks cost on average $43,000 to treat. That kid who got tetanus cost $1 million dollars to treat /1

African migrants in the United States are being arrested and deported at rapidly escalating rates under President Donald Trump’s second term, even though most have no criminal record. https://capitalbnews.org/deportations-of-african-migrants-triple-under-trumps-second-term/

this is excellent: “it’s not just public goods that don’t matter: it’s the public. The leaders Trump socializes with most often do not have to answer to a public, and that seems like a pretty good gig to the president - and (more importantly) his circle.”

So the Epstein Files are: –not complete –comically redacted –not in a “searchable” format The Trump-Vance administration had months to recover from the embarrassing influencer binder photo-op and this is what they came up with. This is what they think of you

If you ever found yourself wondering "what sort of evil fucker would have turned in Anne Frank?" it's the people who did this.

All the lawlessness ... it all goes back to John Roberts.

Maria has been accused over the years of fabricating her story that she had gone to the FBI. After finding the document in the trove, I called her. She broke down in tears. “I’ve waited 30 years. I can’t believe it. They can’t call me a liar anymore.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...

It’s not just that he’s putting his name and gilding and schmutz all over everything, it’s also how fucking slapdash and clearly done sloppily as fast as possible to fulfill his spur of the moment egotistical whims.

rfk will not rest until your kid is dead wapo.st/4s2l2zn

Trump departed the White House tonight again wearing coverup makeup on his hand to try to disguise an apparent medication infusion site:

She says she mentioned Trump back in 1996 (!)

From this point on, I'm forced to assume that every elected politician who does not immediately call for Trump's impeachment is in the Epstein files. Sorry. Just cutting the Gordian knot here, as one does during societal collapse.

The Department of Health and Human Services has proposed a new set of rules attempting to ban gender-affirming care for transgender youth nationwide. Take action and tell HHS: No bans on gender-affirming care.

Folks can submit comments opposing these transphobic proposed rules here:

This is mob shit and they could try to use it on any other kind of medical care they don’t like. Abortion, birth control, childhood vaccines

Can’t stop thinking about this. The Trump administration is essentially extorting hospitals into dropping gender-affirming care—without Medicare or Medicaid they’d go bankrupt. It’s akin to a backdoor ban even for people with private insurance, a proposal that wouldn’t pass Congress.

"files indicated that the agency had spent at least $851,344 the week of March 17, 2025, in overtime pay for 934 agents mobilized to process and redact the Epstein files as part of a project called Epstein Transparency Project 2025" www.allsides.com/news/2025-12...

I’ve never heard of using this standard for redactions before…