@janetitcomb.bsky.social
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It’s the easiest thing in the world to look up.
Trump relentlessly boasts he’s brought gasoline prices way down. The truth is they’re still slightly higher year on year and have spent almost all of 2025 solidly higher.
Somehow no one in media ever corrects him.
Somehow no one in media ever corrects him.
November 15, 2025 at 12:44 PM
It’s the easiest thing in the world to look up.
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While slashing government agencies and programs, laying off tens of thousands of people in the name of “government efficiency,” the Trump-Hegseth strongman stunt of renaming Department of Defense to Department of War could cost up to $2 billion. www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
November 15, 2025 at 12:44 PM
While slashing government agencies and programs, laying off tens of thousands of people in the name of “government efficiency,” the Trump-Hegseth strongman stunt of renaming Department of Defense to Department of War could cost up to $2 billion. www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
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Trump and Bondi aren’t chasing truth; they’re staging a purge, using Epstein’s ghost as a political boomerang, hoping vengeance lands before anyone notices the fingerprints on their own doors.
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therealmichaelcohen.substack.com/p/the-guilty...
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therealmichaelcohen.substack.com/p/the-guilty...
"The Guilty Always Yell Loudest"
Trump and Bondi aren’t chasing truth; they’re staging a purge, using Epstein’s ghost as a political boomerang, hoping vengeance lands before anyone notices the fingerprints on their own doors.
therealmichaelcohen.substack.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Trump and Bondi aren’t chasing truth; they’re staging a purge, using Epstein’s ghost as a political boomerang, hoping vengeance lands before anyone notices the fingerprints on their own doors.
Subscribe, read, comment and restack!
therealmichaelcohen.substack.com/p/the-guilty...
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therealmichaelcohen.substack.com/p/the-guilty...
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Populists, right?
Steve Bannon advised Jeffrey Epstein for years on how to rehab his reputation, texts show www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Steve Bannon advised Jeffrey Epstein for years on how to rehab his reputation, texts show
Pair devised responses to public outrage about Epstein’s criminal history, his treatment by the justice system, and his friendships with powerful people
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Populists, right?
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Meanwhile, it's being reported this morning that Trump and Pete Hegseth are ramping up their bloodthirsty and incoherent threats to wage land war on Venezuela. Note how the fact that they're threatening to do this unilaterally has been relegated to an afterthought in much of the coverage.
Trump's illegal murders in the Caribbean just got worse. An internal DOJ memo on the bombings says the victims are waging war on the US, but per NYT, it extensively cites the WH's *own claims* to this effect as evidence!
It gets even darker than that. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2032...
It gets even darker than that. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2032...
Trump Boat Bombings Take Dark, Unnerving Turn with Leaked Memo Stunner
A new Trump administration memo argues that those carrying out the boat attacks can’t be prosecuted. Why? Because the administration says so!
newrepublic.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Meanwhile, it's being reported this morning that Trump and Pete Hegseth are ramping up their bloodthirsty and incoherent threats to wage land war on Venezuela. Note how the fact that they're threatening to do this unilaterally has been relegated to an afterthought in much of the coverage.
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"Trump will likely respond to his declining popularity by accelerating efforts to immunize himself against accountability, and by attempting to distract via foreign wars and domestic repression. He will also likely escalate his and allies’ looting of America..." plus.flux.community/p/democratic...
Democratic performance in off-year elections demonstrates Trump and MAGA's weakness
A key challenge for Democrats in the coming year will be to sharpen public defiance into a force powerful enough to foil Trump's authoritarian responses to his growing unpopularity
plus.flux.community
November 15, 2025 at 1:07 PM
"Trump will likely respond to his declining popularity by accelerating efforts to immunize himself against accountability, and by attempting to distract via foreign wars and domestic repression. He will also likely escalate his and allies’ looting of America..." plus.flux.community/p/democratic...
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WATCH — @milestaylor.bsky.social : “The average 🇺🇸 family saved $1,600 a year from tax cuts, but spent $4,000 a year on Trump’s price increases — now he's realizing what conservative economists have known for centuries: Tariffs are taxes. And he's having to walk it back.”
November 15, 2025 at 1:08 PM
WATCH — @milestaylor.bsky.social : “The average 🇺🇸 family saved $1,600 a year from tax cuts, but spent $4,000 a year on Trump’s price increases — now he's realizing what conservative economists have known for centuries: Tariffs are taxes. And he's having to walk it back.”
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A clear message to the MAGA-faithful about the value of loyalty & a disgraceful exercise of the power the Founders entrusted the President with to do justice. x.com/kyledcheney/...
Kyle Cheney on X: "NEWS: President Trump has issued a *second* pardon for Jan. 6 defendant Dan Wilson. Wilson, a militia member, remained in prison on a firearms conviction unrelated to the Capitol attack. But Trump's new pardon explicitly covers the gun charges. https://t.co/5DqOQp88G8 https://t.co/X4V9P7EeWF" / X
NEWS: President Trump has issued a *second* pardon for Jan. 6 defendant Dan Wilson. Wilson, a militia member, remained in prison on a firearms conviction unrelated to the Capitol attack. But Trump's new pardon explicitly covers the gun charges. https://t.co/5DqOQp88G8 https://t.co/X4V9P7EeWF
x.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:09 PM
A clear message to the MAGA-faithful about the value of loyalty & a disgraceful exercise of the power the Founders entrusted the President with to do justice. x.com/kyledcheney/...
Are the Epstein survivors organized? Don't they need representation by a proven winner such as Roberta Kaplan?
November 14, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Are the Epstein survivors organized? Don't they need representation by a proven winner such as Roberta Kaplan?
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"These elites hold the balance of power between an autocratic administration and a resistant public. They’re swing voters with muscle. They can come down decisively on the side either of the administration or the public, on the side of autocracy or liberty."
www.thebulwark.com/p/hes-acting...
www.thebulwark.com/p/hes-acting...
He’s Acting Pretty Damn Guilty
Trump usually acts like a guy with something to hide. But his Epstein behavior is on another level.
www.thebulwark.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:46 PM
"These elites hold the balance of power between an autocratic administration and a resistant public. They’re swing voters with muscle. They can come down decisively on the side either of the administration or the public, on the side of autocracy or liberty."
www.thebulwark.com/p/hes-acting...
www.thebulwark.com/p/hes-acting...
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Raskin on Ghislaine Maxwell: "The fact she was able to be transferred to a prison camp where no sex offenders had ever been allowed to enter before, much less live there, is an indication they've got some kind of meeting of the minds about what Trump can provide to her & what she can provide to him"
November 13, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Raskin on Ghislaine Maxwell: "The fact she was able to be transferred to a prison camp where no sex offenders had ever been allowed to enter before, much less live there, is an indication they've got some kind of meeting of the minds about what Trump can provide to her & what she can provide to him"
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Raskin: "The DOJ hasn't released any of these emails that mention Trump's name & identify his role in all these activities. Those came from the Epstein estate. So this is a demonstration the govt is deliberately withholding the info everybody is actually looking for & could be damaging to Trump"
November 13, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Raskin: "The DOJ hasn't released any of these emails that mention Trump's name & identify his role in all these activities. Those came from the Epstein estate. So this is a demonstration the govt is deliberately withholding the info everybody is actually looking for & could be damaging to Trump"
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Message discipline my friends. No one ever won a war by rushing to dump all their ammunition at once. The race to be first is clouding the space. Drip drip drip and death from a thousand cuts. Let's release those Epstein emails at a measured digestible pace.
🚨 Jeffrey Epstein: "I have met some very bad people. None as bad as Trump. Not one decent cell in his body."
November 13, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Message discipline my friends. No one ever won a war by rushing to dump all their ammunition at once. The race to be first is clouding the space. Drip drip drip and death from a thousand cuts. Let's release those Epstein emails at a measured digestible pace.
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"Through this year’s resurgence of the Epstein saga, I’ve repeated one mantra: Trump acting guilty is not necessarily proof of guilt. My resolve in this department is starting to crack."
Morning Shots from @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social and @eggerdc.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/hes-acting...
Morning Shots from @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social and @eggerdc.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/hes-acting...
November 13, 2025 at 3:00 PM
"Through this year’s resurgence of the Epstein saga, I’ve repeated one mantra: Trump acting guilty is not necessarily proof of guilt. My resolve in this department is starting to crack."
Morning Shots from @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social and @eggerdc.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/hes-acting...
Morning Shots from @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social and @eggerdc.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/hes-acting...
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Jeffrey Epstein in 2015: "would you like photos of donald and girls in bikinis in my kitchen."
November 13, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Jeffrey Epstein in 2015: "would you like photos of donald and girls in bikinis in my kitchen."
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The emerging mission in the Caribbean looks less like enhanced interdiction and far more like the early shaping operations for regime-change in Venezuela.
Just say no.
New from @markhertling.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/no-venezue...
Just say no.
New from @markhertling.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/no-venezue...
No, Venezuela Is Not a ‘Small Latin American Country’
And talk of a quick invasion and easy ‘regime change’ is dangerously misleading.
www.thebulwark.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The emerging mission in the Caribbean looks less like enhanced interdiction and far more like the early shaping operations for regime-change in Venezuela.
Just say no.
New from @markhertling.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/no-venezue...
Just say no.
New from @markhertling.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/no-venezue...
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Republicans are doubling your health insurance premiums while creating a taxpayer-funded CORRUPT GIVEAWAY for insurrectionist Senators.
They want a massive payday while you can’t afford basic care to stay alive.
Their corruption is unmatched.
They want a massive payday while you can’t afford basic care to stay alive.
Their corruption is unmatched.
November 13, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Republicans are doubling your health insurance premiums while creating a taxpayer-funded CORRUPT GIVEAWAY for insurrectionist Senators.
They want a massive payday while you can’t afford basic care to stay alive.
Their corruption is unmatched.
They want a massive payday while you can’t afford basic care to stay alive.
Their corruption is unmatched.
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Just blatant corruption. They know these numbers are putrid and are making every excuse to cover them up just like they are doing with Epstein. bsky.app/profile/atru...
Kevin Hassett on the October jobs report: "We'll maybe be able to concoct something, but we'll never actually know for sure what the unemployment rate was in October."
November 13, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Just blatant corruption. They know these numbers are putrid and are making every excuse to cover them up just like they are doing with Epstein. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Be sure to check your local weather radar and remain vigilant for any extreme weather warnings as the storm rolls in.
An atmospheric River is once again headed for the California coast, with heavy rain likely to result in some isolated flash and urban flooding into this weekend.
Weather.gov
Weather.gov
November 13, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Be sure to check your local weather radar and remain vigilant for any extreme weather warnings as the storm rolls in.
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The pundit and political class tended to downplay the Epstein Files because they believed it too salacious and not serious enough to drive government policy and decision-making. Except, they are doing just that. Dismissing the importance of the Files ignores who Trump is and who he has always been.
It Was the Epstein Shutdown All Along
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:07 PM
The pundit and political class tended to downplay the Epstein Files because they believed it too salacious and not serious enough to drive government policy and decision-making. Except, they are doing just that. Dismissing the importance of the Files ignores who Trump is and who he has always been.
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NEWS: White House is preparing for at least 100 Republicans, possibly more, to break from Trump and vote to release the Epstein files when the vote happens next week.
November 13, 2025 at 3:07 PM
NEWS: White House is preparing for at least 100 Republicans, possibly more, to break from Trump and vote to release the Epstein files when the vote happens next week.
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Catch @citizencohn.bsky.social on NPR with A Martinez, talking the politics surrounding the future of the Affordable Care Act: www.npr.org/2025/11/13/n...
With the government back open, what's in the future for the Affordable Care Act?
NPR's A Martinez speaks with author and journalist Jonathan Cohn of The Bulwark about the politics surrounding the future of the Affordable Care Act.
www.npr.org
November 13, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Catch @citizencohn.bsky.social on NPR with A Martinez, talking the politics surrounding the future of the Affordable Care Act: www.npr.org/2025/11/13/n...
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🇪🇺🇺🇦 Ursula von der Leyen has suggested for the first time that there may be other options for financing Ukraine besides Russian frozen assets - if "reparation loan" is not successful.
❗️This could be the issuance of joint debt obligations or direct financing of Ukraine by the budgets of EU countries.
❗️This could be the issuance of joint debt obligations or direct financing of Ukraine by the budgets of EU countries.
November 13, 2025 at 3:09 PM
🇪🇺🇺🇦 Ursula von der Leyen has suggested for the first time that there may be other options for financing Ukraine besides Russian frozen assets - if "reparation loan" is not successful.
❗️This could be the issuance of joint debt obligations or direct financing of Ukraine by the budgets of EU countries.
❗️This could be the issuance of joint debt obligations or direct financing of Ukraine by the budgets of EU countries.
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Though the longest shutdown in history appears to be over, Trump used it to continue his campaign of traumatizing federal workers, citing politics to punish his rivals, and inflict needless harm on the public. Read Max Stier’s latest.
Learning the right lessons from the government shutdown
Public resources and government power should be used only for the public good, not to serve a personal agenda or a power
contrarian.substack.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Though the longest shutdown in history appears to be over, Trump used it to continue his campaign of traumatizing federal workers, citing politics to punish his rivals, and inflict needless harm on the public. Read Max Stier’s latest.