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December 30, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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Minnesota fraud didn’t “just get discovered” — it got repackaged. A viral video became the right-wing’s new shiny object, and now they want you to forget that officials have been investigating for YEARS.

The timing isn’t accidental. Here's why: brooklyndaddefiant.substack.com/p/something-...
December 30, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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Still mind-blowing that a top admin official was revealed to have taken $50,000 in cash in a paper bag from people looking for government favors, the reaction of the administration was "Whatever losers, this is how it works now" and bigshot news media said "If you say so, we'll forget about it"
Border czar Tom Homan didn't receive a normal background check for his role while his bribery probe was still ongoing:

Justice officials felt sure Homan would not be able to obtain a security clearance based on the evidence gathered. It remains unclear how Homan was eventually granted clearance.
Border czar Tom Homan didn’t receive normal background check during bribery probe
President-elect Trump initially balked at submitting names of likely nominees to the FBI for background checks, a basic step intended to flag possible financial conflicts or ethical problems.
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December 30, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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"Please be kind enough to explain when and where and under what authority you gained access to this material.”

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse & Sen. Dick Durbin write letter to White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, asking how she's "read the Epstein files"
December 30, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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THREAD
Statement Re: OU Discrimination Investigation

Today, my client, Mel Curth, submitted her appeal of the University's Institutional Equity Office finding that she engaged in arbitrary and capricious grading of a student's assignment in violation of that student's religious liberty.
December 30, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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With all this talk of how to end Russias war against Ukraine, and a cease fire, keep this in mind:

If Ukraine ceases firing, Ukraine will cease to exist.

If Russia ceases firing. the war will cease to exist.

Pretty clear
December 28, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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The Christmas Eve “million more” miracle. I’m not buying it. Catch the Epstein file discussion on Substack: substack.com/@thefrankfig...
December 28, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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It shouldn't be so rare and noteworthy for a member of Congress to call out Trump's corrupt oligarch pals by name.
AOC: "It's not just that Trump is corrupt. It's that everyone participating in this is corrupt. Elon is corrupt. Jeff Bezos is corrupt. Mark Zuckerberg is corrupt."
December 28, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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This is not idle speculation. The intercepts of the Witkoff/Kushner/Dmitriev conversations leaked by NATO intel services to various European and US publications show that this is _exactly_ what is going on. It's the most humiliating chapter in the whole history of US diplomacy.
December 28, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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Toby Morton, a 'South Park' alum, bought www.trumpkennedycenter.org months ago on a hunch that the ridiculously vain Donald Trump would rename the Center. Donald’s stupidity is only exceeded by his predictability.
HOME | Trump Kennedy Center
www.trumpkennedycenter.org
December 28, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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Bari Weiss just sent this Christmas Eve email to the CBS News staff about "building trust," which includes her tripling down on spiking the CECOT piece "to make sure it's comprehensive and fair."

One CBS staffer tells me: "She really has no idea how insulting she comes across."
December 24, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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On Christmas Eve 1968, in Lunar orbit, the Apollo 8 crew took this photo: “Earthrise."

I'll never forget how inspiring the Apollo missions were to my brother and me as kids. They showed us what our country and humanity can accomplish when we work together toward a common goal.
December 24, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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Trump: I am fine. You sound beautiful and cute. How old are you?

Caller: I am eight
December 24, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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The Department of Justice is releasing the Epstein files far too quickly.

by Merrick Garland
December 24, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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I am an opinion columnist who's never reported an investigative story or set foot in the CBS newsroom. Here's why I think 60 Minutes reporters are overreacting to Bari Weiss killing their story. 1/37....
December 24, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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Joint statement by Ranking Members Robert Garcia and Jamie Raskin on Trump Administration decision to defy Epstein Files Transparency Act.
December 19, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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For a man that regrew his ear it’s strange that his hand is always in recovery mode
December 20, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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Ro Khanna says two of the most critical documents Epstein survivors demanded were not released today, a 60-count indictment drafted before Epstein’s sweetheart deal and an 82-page memo backing it up
Both are missing
Transparency law violated.Survivors ignored.Accountability still nowhere in sight
December 20, 2025 at 5:03 AM
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Say it with me: IMPEACH PAM BONDI

Every member of Congress voted to release the Epstein files except for one holdout. The DOJ blew the legal deadline because they’re running cover for Trump. Bondi broke the law.
December 20, 2025 at 4:07 AM
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"Reasonable minds could differ as to how to interpret" Trump's call to Raffensperger, writes Skandalakis in his memo dropping the case, without quoting any portion of the call. Here's his assessment at left, and an excerpt from the call, at right.
November 26, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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So last night as I was wondering why Pam Bondi diverted almost 200 National Security attorneys who should be chasing hackers and spies to redact the Epstein files, I remembered that John Eisenberg, who heads it, is the guy who altered the Trump-Zelenskyy transcript.
December 20, 2025 at 8:22 AM
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I HOPE EVERYONE HAS A GREAT HOLIDAY WEEKEND, EXCEPT OUR CLINICALLY ILL FELON PRESIDENT, STEPHEN MILLER, JD VANCE, JD’S COUCH, JD’S FUTON, KASH KANT KATCH ‘EM PATEL, KOSPLAY KRISTI, PARTICIPATION-TROPHY PETE, KAROLYN’ LEAVITT, SECRETARY BRAINWORM, AND MIKE “ALWAYS ON HIS KNEES” JOHNSON. — GCN
December 20, 2025 at 4:17 AM
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The White House has been caught.

The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.

In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.
December 20, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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I don’t think the law passed by Congress said that DOJ has to release less than 1% of the materials by Dec 19.
December 20, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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Disgusting reminder that Alan Dershowitz wrote an op-ed for the LA Times shortly after meeting Jeffrey Epstein that argued for the age of consent to be lowered to 15.
December 20, 2025 at 12:58 PM