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This is a very well-reasoned thread penned by a congressman that completely dismantled a brainless “thinkpiece.”
Some pundits want the left to reject progress & civil rights & become GOP-lite, but Dems lose when they bow down to oligarchs & fascists.
We only win when we fight for a better tomorrow
Some pundits want the left to reject progress & civil rights & become GOP-lite, but Dems lose when they bow down to oligarchs & fascists.
We only win when we fight for a better tomorrow
This Yglesias piece in the NYT is horrifically bad. Almost every "fact" it cites is provably false. At best it is cocktail party banter from a pundit who knows nothing of energy. At worst, it was cut/paste from oil industry talking points. So, a rebuttal: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/o...
Opinion | Obama Supported It. The Left in Canada and Norway Does. Why Don’t Democrats?
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December 21, 2025 at 4:24 AM
This is a very well-reasoned thread penned by a congressman that completely dismantled a brainless “thinkpiece.”
Some pundits want the left to reject progress & civil rights & become GOP-lite, but Dems lose when they bow down to oligarchs & fascists.
We only win when we fight for a better tomorrow
Some pundits want the left to reject progress & civil rights & become GOP-lite, but Dems lose when they bow down to oligarchs & fascists.
We only win when we fight for a better tomorrow
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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...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...
6 Takeaways From the First Batch of the Epstein Files
www.nytimes.com
December 20, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...
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It was Adam Smith in Theory of Moral Sentiments who insisted that reverence for the rich was one of the greater perverters of our moral sentiments and who called for ameliorative programs for the poor and efforts at combating monopolies.
@mattpolprof.bsky.social
@mattpolprof.bsky.social
Bernie Sanders Wants to Counter MAGA's Gains With the Working Class by Challenging the Oligarchy
He wants his party to offer a bold social democratic alternative to the neoliberal consensus just as Trump has done on the right
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December 21, 2025 at 3:00 AM
It was Adam Smith in Theory of Moral Sentiments who insisted that reverence for the rich was one of the greater perverters of our moral sentiments and who called for ameliorative programs for the poor and efforts at combating monopolies.
@mattpolprof.bsky.social
@mattpolprof.bsky.social
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Putin’s puppets.
Fascinating insights from @wsj.com re how Putin has manipulated Trump and Witkoff. U.S. billionaires who know nothing of Russia are easy marks for the wily former KGB officer. www.wsj.com/world/putin-...
December 20, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Putin’s puppets.
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🇺🇦President Zelenskyy: It is not up to Putin to decide when or in what format elections in Ukraine will take place, because these elections are exclusively for Ukrainian citizens. Therefore, he will certainly not influence anything, let alone the outcome.
December 20, 2025 at 5:28 PM
🇺🇦President Zelenskyy: It is not up to Putin to decide when or in what format elections in Ukraine will take place, because these elections are exclusively for Ukrainian citizens. Therefore, he will certainly not influence anything, let alone the outcome.
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“The tens of thousands of pages made public omitt[ed] some of the most closely watched materials, including FBI interviews with victims and internal Justice Department memos on charging decisions.”
apnews.com/article/epst...
apnews.com/article/epst...
A timeline of the Jeffrey Epstein investigation and the fight to make the government’s files public
Two decades after Jeffrey Epstein was first reported to police, the Justice Department has started to publicly release investigative files on the late sex offender and his longtime confidant Ghislaine...
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December 20, 2025 at 10:04 PM
“The tens of thousands of pages made public omitt[ed] some of the most closely watched materials, including FBI interviews with victims and internal Justice Department memos on charging decisions.”
apnews.com/article/epst...
apnews.com/article/epst...
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How do we get steven miller to take up boxing
December 20, 2025 at 3:01 PM
How do we get steven miller to take up boxing
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December 20, 2025 at 6:09 AM
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The answer to WSJ Editorial Writer James Freeman’s Rhetorical Question “What Would America Do Without Leftist Legal Pundits Parading As Legal Experts”
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The Answer to WSJ Editorial Writer James Freeman's Rhetorical Question "What Would America Do Without Leftist Legal Pundits Parading As Legal Experts"
Yesterday, with dripping contempt for the country’s “liberal” legal experts, James Freeman of the Wall Street Journal Editorial Board presumptuously purported to ask on behalf of all Americans, “What ...
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December 21, 2025 at 2:28 AM
The answer to WSJ Editorial Writer James Freeman’s Rhetorical Question “What Would America Do Without Leftist Legal Pundits Parading As Legal Experts”
open.substack.com/pub/judgelut...
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Vladimir Putin wanted useful idiot Steve Witkoff to represent the US because he targeted him as someone whose greed would be easy to exploit. And when it comes to the Trump admin, Putin gets what he wants. www.wsj.com/world/putin-...
December 21, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Vladimir Putin wanted useful idiot Steve Witkoff to represent the US because he targeted him as someone whose greed would be easy to exploit. And when it comes to the Trump admin, Putin gets what he wants. www.wsj.com/world/putin-...
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Every single decision the Trump admins made re the Epstein Files has made the situation worse for themselves. Its almost impressive.
I was at the barber earlier and more than one person in there was talking about Epstein and all of them said this was a heavily redacted cover up lol
And that’s before this happened which will ABSOLUTELY not just go away
And that’s before this happened which will ABSOLUTELY not just go away
Capture of the now-deleted image here:
December 20, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Every single decision the Trump admins made re the Epstein Files has made the situation worse for themselves. Its almost impressive.
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Lawmakers Threaten Prosecution, Impeachment if DOJ Officials Blow Epstein Files Deadline talkingpointsmemo.com/news/impeach...
Lawmakers Threaten Prosecution, Impeachment if DOJ Officials Blow Epstein Files Deadline
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said that the Justice Department is only...
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December 20, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Lawmakers Threaten Prosecution, Impeachment if DOJ Officials Blow Epstein Files Deadline talkingpointsmemo.com/news/impeach...
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The @oversightdemocrats.house.gov have done a great job on Epstein. My only suggestion to them, and to their colleagues, is that they say, instead of “we need transparency,” “we need the truth.” “We need the truth” is simple, kind of catchy…and true.
This photo, file 468, from the Epstein files that includes Donald Trump has apparently now been removed from the DOJ release.
AG Bondi, is this true? What else is being covered up? We need transparency for the American public.
AG Bondi, is this true? What else is being covered up? We need transparency for the American public.
December 20, 2025 at 6:02 PM
The @oversightdemocrats.house.gov have done a great job on Epstein. My only suggestion to them, and to their colleagues, is that they say, instead of “we need transparency,” “we need the truth.” “We need the truth” is simple, kind of catchy…and true.
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Fox reports that that while many of the redactions to the Epstein Files were made to protect victims’ identities, “the same redaction standards were applied to politically exposed individuals and government officials.”
In other words, DOJ admits that they edited Trump and his pals out.
In other words, DOJ admits that they edited Trump and his pals out.
December 20, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Fox reports that that while many of the redactions to the Epstein Files were made to protect victims’ identities, “the same redaction standards were applied to politically exposed individuals and government officials.”
In other words, DOJ admits that they edited Trump and his pals out.
In other words, DOJ admits that they edited Trump and his pals out.
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Plus side of this is that I have some academic expertise in letters of marque and privateering and related albeit rather archaic state licensed piracy on the high seas so I could go on tv as an expert in something.
😳 On 12/18/25, Senator Mike Lee posted:
“Would you like to seize cartel assets as a privateer?
My bill would allow the president to issue you a letter of marque.
Time to take these pirates down. 🏴☠️” 1/ x.com/senmikelee/s...
“Would you like to seize cartel assets as a privateer?
My bill would allow the president to issue you a letter of marque.
Time to take these pirates down. 🏴☠️” 1/ x.com/senmikelee/s...
December 20, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Plus side of this is that I have some academic expertise in letters of marque and privateering and related albeit rather archaic state licensed piracy on the high seas so I could go on tv as an expert in something.
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Goldman: This guy is so clearly trying to follow the Putin model—using the government to make money, making sure his allies control the most important companies in the country, including our media companies, doling out money by deregulating their industries, and taking money from them in return…
December 21, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Goldman: This guy is so clearly trying to follow the Putin model—using the government to make money, making sure his allies control the most important companies in the country, including our media companies, doling out money by deregulating their industries, and taking money from them in return…
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Thanks, Suze! Abrego Garcia Seizes On Vanity Fair Interview talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/susie...
Thanks, Suze! Abrego Garcia Seizes On Vanity Fair Interview
It was pretty obvious that White House chief of staff Susie Wiles’...
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December 20, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Thanks, Suze! Abrego Garcia Seizes On Vanity Fair Interview talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/susie...
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I trust major news organizations, members of Congress, and public interest groups are publicizing their secure tip lines so DOJ and FBI employees with knowledge of political interference in the Epstein files review process, can explain safely and confidentially what they saw.
December 20, 2025 at 11:11 PM
I trust major news organizations, members of Congress, and public interest groups are publicizing their secure tip lines so DOJ and FBI employees with knowledge of political interference in the Epstein files review process, can explain safely and confidentially what they saw.
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Before President Trump relented and signed legislation directing the Justice Department to release its Epstein-related files — some of which became public on Friday — his administration and House Republicans released tens of thousands of documents. Here’s a timeline of those earlier disclosures.
A Timeline of How the Trump Administration Released and Withheld Epstein Files
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December 20, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Before President Trump relented and signed legislation directing the Justice Department to release its Epstein-related files — some of which became public on Friday — his administration and House Republicans released tens of thousands of documents. Here’s a timeline of those earlier disclosures.
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At least 16 files disappeared from the Justice Department’s public webpage for documents related to Jeffrey Epstein — including a photo showing President Trump — less than a day after they were posted, with no explanation from the government and no notice to the public.
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At least 16 files disappear from DOJ site for Epstein documents, including Trump photo
At least 16 files disappeared from the Justice Department’s public webpage for documents related to Jeffrey Epstein — including a photograph showing President Donald Trump — less than a day after they...
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December 21, 2025 at 12:01 AM
At least 16 files disappeared from the Justice Department’s public webpage for documents related to Jeffrey Epstein — including a photo showing President Trump — less than a day after they were posted, with no explanation from the government and no notice to the public.
https://to.pbs.org/4p7dLvg
https://to.pbs.org/4p7dLvg
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There is no basis to withhold these images under the clear terms of the Epstein Files Transparency Act. None.
WOW: The DOJ has DELETED an image from its release of the Epstein files that shows photos of Trump in a drawer.
Yesterday, we noted that this image — file 468 — likely slipped through the cracks while officials were attempting to hide materials pertaining to Trump.
Now, it’s gone.
Yesterday, we noted that this image — file 468 — likely slipped through the cracks while officials were attempting to hide materials pertaining to Trump.
Now, it’s gone.
December 20, 2025 at 9:04 PM
There is no basis to withhold these images under the clear terms of the Epstein Files Transparency Act. None.
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And may every day be another wonderful secret.
December 20, 2025 at 7:14 PM
And may every day be another wonderful secret.