StevieVanWailin
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“When you’re the President, you see, they just let you do it.” - Donald Trump on the US justice system. WHY hasn't #MerrickGarland spoken out? 🤔
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I just re-listened to @djrothkopf.bsky.social’s 2022 @thedsrnetwork.bsky.social pod w/ @richardpainter.bsky.social, @rdeliason.bsky.social, et al. Then I listened to @gtconway.bsky.social’s latest pod w/ @carolleonnig.bsky.social & @byaaroncdavis.bsky.social. VERY sobering.
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Turns out one of #MerrickGarland ”most trusted“ top deputies barred Jack Smith from seeking to remove Aileen Cannon from the documents case!!!
WTAF????
WTAF????
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"The most transparent president in history" isn't, by a long shot.
At least 16 files have disappeared from the DOJ webpage for documents related to Jeffrey Epstein
The Justice Department’s webpage for documents related to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is missing at least 16 of its files a day after they were released.
apnews.com
December 20, 2025 at 9:35 PM
"The most transparent president in history" isn't, by a long shot.
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Nothing sketchy here, for sure.
December 20, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Nothing sketchy here, for sure.
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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.
December 20, 2025 at 4:22 AM
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.
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Your MAGA friends know Trump likely raped 13 year-old girls. They know he's an insurrectionist. They pretend they don't believe it. Why? Because they don't find it disqualifiying and they know that fact makes them MAGA garbage.
December 20, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Your MAGA friends know Trump likely raped 13 year-old girls. They know he's an insurrectionist. They pretend they don't believe it. Why? Because they don't find it disqualifiying and they know that fact makes them MAGA garbage.
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why did they redact this
December 20, 2025 at 8:19 PM
why did they redact this
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WATCH - @rokhanna.bsky.social : “The DOJ’s document dump DOES NOT COMPLY. We are exploring all options.” #TrumpEpsteinCoverup
December 19, 2025 at 11:32 PM
WATCH - @rokhanna.bsky.social : “The DOJ’s document dump DOES NOT COMPLY. We are exploring all options.” #TrumpEpsteinCoverup
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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.
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
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.
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.
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"Trickle release" is a good description of what the Trump regime is doing with the Epstein files.
Trickle release of Epstein files on a Friday signals move to bury Trump ties
The justice department is using a variety of tactics to try to obfuscate the US president’s connection to the sex offender
www.theguardian.com
December 20, 2025 at 3:12 PM
"Trickle release" is a good description of what the Trump regime is doing with the Epstein files.
#MerrickGarland somehow did not know who Cassidy Hutchinson was in 2022.
One of Mark Meadows’ top aides.
A year and a half after January 6.
One of Mark Meadows’ top aides.
A year and a half after January 6.
If only the AG's criminal investigation could have been completed, say, when Congress completed their's with a fraction of the investigatory authority and resources at their disposal, then even the Supreme Court could not have delayed it enough. But will and competence were lacking and here we are.
Jack Smith still wants to speak in public:
In a new letter, Smith says he wants the American public to "hear the facts" about his two criminal cases against Trump — asking the House Judiciary Committee to release video of his closed-door deposition and schedule an open and public hearing.
In a new letter, Smith says he wants the American public to "hear the facts" about his two criminal cases against Trump — asking the House Judiciary Committee to release video of his closed-door deposition and schedule an open and public hearing.
December 20, 2025 at 12:00 PM
#MerrickGarland somehow did not know who Cassidy Hutchinson was in 2022.
One of Mark Meadows’ top aides.
A year and a half after January 6.
One of Mark Meadows’ top aides.
A year and a half after January 6.
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MAGA: I voted for this!
$400 million ballroom.
Triumphal arch.
Qatari jet.
Renaming an arts center.
Foreign crypto deals.
Blowing up boats.
Saudi golf resorts.
High tariffs on goods.
Record deficits.
Epstein cover up.
Pardons for drug traffickers and rich fraudsters.
$400 million ballroom.
Triumphal arch.
Qatari jet.
Renaming an arts center.
Foreign crypto deals.
Blowing up boats.
Saudi golf resorts.
High tariffs on goods.
Record deficits.
Epstein cover up.
Pardons for drug traffickers and rich fraudsters.
December 20, 2025 at 1:25 AM
MAGA: I voted for this!
$400 million ballroom.
Triumphal arch.
Qatari jet.
Renaming an arts center.
Foreign crypto deals.
Blowing up boats.
Saudi golf resorts.
High tariffs on goods.
Record deficits.
Epstein cover up.
Pardons for drug traffickers and rich fraudsters.
$400 million ballroom.
Triumphal arch.
Qatari jet.
Renaming an arts center.
Foreign crypto deals.
Blowing up boats.
Saudi golf resorts.
High tariffs on goods.
Record deficits.
Epstein cover up.
Pardons for drug traffickers and rich fraudsters.
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Bondi needs to be disbarred.
December 19, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Bondi needs to be disbarred.
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* Number of additional unemployed Americans since January: 982,000.
* Number of federal government job losses: 271,000. 🤡
* Number of federal government job losses: 271,000. 🤡
Trump: "The only reason our unemployment tucked up and went up to 4.5 percent [it's actually 4.6 percent] is because we are reducing the government workforce by numbers that have never been seen before."
December 19, 2025 at 7:31 PM
* Number of additional unemployed Americans since January: 982,000.
* Number of federal government job losses: 271,000. 🤡
* Number of federal government job losses: 271,000. 🤡
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The White House doesn't care because they know you and your colleagues won't do shit. They know that no matter how many laws they break, Senate Democrats will still confirm Trump judges and political appointees, while advancing the administration's nearly trillion-dollar defense budget.
Missing the deadline = breaking the law.
Deputy AG Blanche just said the Trump DOJ will miss the Epstein files deadline.
He says "several hundred thousand" docs will be released today, "and then over the next couple weeks, I expect several hundred thousand more."
All files are required by law to be released today.
He says "several hundred thousand" docs will be released today, "and then over the next couple weeks, I expect several hundred thousand more."
All files are required by law to be released today.
December 19, 2025 at 4:17 PM
The White House doesn't care because they know you and your colleagues won't do shit. They know that no matter how many laws they break, Senate Democrats will still confirm Trump judges and political appointees, while advancing the administration's nearly trillion-dollar defense budget.
THIS!!!!!!!!
Yes. Yes. Yes.
It’s time to accept that the US supreme court is illegitimate and must be replaced
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
It’s time to accept that the US supreme court is illegitimate and must be replaced
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It’s time to accept that the US supreme court is illegitimate and must be replaced | Ryan Doerfler and Samuel Moyn
We need to remake the US high court so Americans don’t suffer future decades of oligarchy-facilitating rule
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2025 at 3:47 PM
THIS!!!!!!!!
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Trump’s Pick For Ambassador To South Africa Actively Opposed Fight To End Apartheid talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trumps-...
Trump’s Pick For Ambassador To South Africa Actively Opposed Fight To End Apartheid
As Black activists in South Africa fought against their country’s racist apartheid...
talkingpointsmemo.com
December 19, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Trump’s Pick For Ambassador To South Africa Actively Opposed Fight To End Apartheid talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trumps-...
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The majority of Senate Democrats are unprincipled, power-drunk fundraisers who have zero appetite for a fight and who are more comfortable (and protective of their status) around Republican billionaires than working-class Democrats. They are functionally MAGA.
Trump has called for at least three of these senators to be thrown in prison. And they’re still voting for his agenda.
16 Democratic senators joined Republicans in confirming a close ally of Elon Musk as head of NASA:
Baldwin
Cantwell
Durbin
Fetterman
Gallego
Gillibrand
Hassan
Heinrich
Kaine
Kelly
Kim
King
Schiff
Shaheen
Slotkin
Warner
Baldwin
Cantwell
Durbin
Fetterman
Gallego
Gillibrand
Hassan
Heinrich
Kaine
Kelly
Kim
King
Schiff
Shaheen
Slotkin
Warner
December 19, 2025 at 6:03 AM
The majority of Senate Democrats are unprincipled, power-drunk fundraisers who have zero appetite for a fight and who are more comfortable (and protective of their status) around Republican billionaires than working-class Democrats. They are functionally MAGA.
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TAPPER: Earlier today - this isn't the first time - Trump appeared to be struggling to keep eyes open. Does that worry you?
REINER: It's jarring to see him go from basically asleep in the Oval to this rapid fire pace during a 30-minute speech he gave in 18. There's been a lot of health issues.
REINER: It's jarring to see him go from basically asleep in the Oval to this rapid fire pace during a 30-minute speech he gave in 18. There's been a lot of health issues.
December 18, 2025 at 11:20 PM
TAPPER: Earlier today - this isn't the first time - Trump appeared to be struggling to keep eyes open. Does that worry you?
REINER: It's jarring to see him go from basically asleep in the Oval to this rapid fire pace during a 30-minute speech he gave in 18. There's been a lot of health issues.
REINER: It's jarring to see him go from basically asleep in the Oval to this rapid fire pace during a 30-minute speech he gave in 18. There's been a lot of health issues.
THIS is how a Paper Of Record documents sedition.
December 19, 2025 at 5:38 AM
THIS is how a Paper Of Record documents sedition.
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“Who’s gonna stop you?”
December 19, 2025 at 4:33 AM
“Who’s gonna stop you?”
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Mogul run through thin cover dodging sharks from earlier today at Stratton.
December 19, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Mogul run through thin cover dodging sharks from earlier today at Stratton.
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Damning Recording of Trump 2020 Call Exposed: “Who’s Gonna Stop You?” newrepublic.com/post/204607/...
Damning Recording of Trump 2020 Call Exposed: “Who’s Gonna Stop You?”
More evidence reveals how Donald Trump tried to overturn the results in Georgia’s state election.
newrepublic.com
December 18, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Damning Recording of Trump 2020 Call Exposed: “Who’s Gonna Stop You?” newrepublic.com/post/204607/...
#FaniWillis is a hero.
The fact that she was removed from the Trump election case is one of the worst examples of corruption and injustice in this country's history.
I wish we could have seen her depose and/or cross examine Trump.
What a show that would have been.
The fact that she was removed from the Trump election case is one of the worst examples of corruption and injustice in this country's history.
I wish we could have seen her depose and/or cross examine Trump.
What a show that would have been.
Wow! Congressional Democrats can learn from her because THIS is how it's done.
Fani Willis has no more fucks to give‼️🔥💥🔥Listen as she goes scorched earth on State Senator Greg Dolezal (R-GA) who is running for Lieutenant Governor. He’s questioning her about bringing the case against Trump for trying to overturn the 2020 election. This is how it’s done!
December 18, 2025 at 4:45 PM
#FaniWillis is a hero.
The fact that she was removed from the Trump election case is one of the worst examples of corruption and injustice in this country's history.
I wish we could have seen her depose and/or cross examine Trump.
What a show that would have been.
The fact that she was removed from the Trump election case is one of the worst examples of corruption and injustice in this country's history.
I wish we could have seen her depose and/or cross examine Trump.
What a show that would have been.
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For a generation, presidential races were blowouts. Then came the 2000 election, which led to Bush v. Gore. Legal experts discuss how the landmark case changed election politics on The Briefing with Michael Waldman: bit.ly/4jbTVxO
Bush v. Gore and the State of U.S. Elections
Listen to this episode from The Briefing with Michael Waldman on Spotify. For a generation, presidential races were blowouts. Every winner between 1980 and 1996 won by at least 37 Electoral College votes. These landslides relegated conspiracy theories about contested elections to the political fringes.Then came 2000. The last polls showed a dead heat. On election night, the networks called it for Al Gore, then retracted their calls, then called it for George W. Bush, and retracted again.Ultimately, five Supreme Court justices, all appointed by Republican presidents, put an end to the recount underway in Florida and effectively declared Bush the winner. The fractured opinions were a maze of disagreements, with the majority warning that the opinion should not be cited as precedent. Their reasoning flummoxed legal scholars — even those who agreed with the outcome. Listen as experts involved in the case discuss how it changed the relationship between Americans and elections and between elections and the courts.Speakers:David Boies, Founding Partner, Boies Schiller FlexnerBenjamin Ginsberg, Volker Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Hoover Institution; National Counsel, Bush-Cheney Presidential CampaignBarbara Pariente, Justice (retired), Florida Supreme CourtWendy Weiser, Vice President, Democracy, Brennan Center for JusticeModerator: Michael Waldman, President and CEO, Brennan CenterRecorded on December 9, 2025.Keep up with the Brennan Center’s work by subscribing to our weekly newsletter, The Briefing, at https://go.brennancenter.org/briefing.The Brennan Center is a nonpartisan law and policy institute that works to repair, revitalize, and defend our systems of democracy and justice so they work for all Americans. The Brennan Center cannot support or oppose any candidate for office.
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December 18, 2025 at 2:24 PM
For a generation, presidential races were blowouts. Then came the 2000 election, which led to Bush v. Gore. Legal experts discuss how the landmark case changed election politics on The Briefing with Michael Waldman: bit.ly/4jbTVxO
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President Trump delivered a primetime address Wednesday to tout his economic policies, despite widespread concern about affordability. "He is not in touch with reality," says economist @deanbaker13.bsky.social.
December 18, 2025 at 1:30 PM
President Trump delivered a primetime address Wednesday to tout his economic policies, despite widespread concern about affordability. "He is not in touch with reality," says economist @deanbaker13.bsky.social.