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The Daily Edge @thedailyedge.bsky.social · 1d

Bondi can't handle the truth: Trump Attorney General puts on desperate, humiliating display as she tarnishes the entire DOJ to protect the Epstein-Client-in-Chief www.huffpost.com/entry/pam-bo... #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles

Pam Bondi Has A Full On Meltdown Over Simple Questions About Trump

The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee let the attorney general run all over lawmakers.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 2d

If the National Governors Association chooses to remain silent, Illinois will have no choice but to withdraw from the organization.

We should be standing as one against the idea that Donald Trump can call up the National Guard against our will.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 2d

Mike Johnson says he'll swear in @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social as soon as she wants. Okay, so how about today?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

RAJU: You swore in 2 GOP members during pro forma session. Why not swear in Grijalva? Does it have to do w/her signature on Epstein petition?

JOHNSON: It has nothing to do with that. We'll swear her in when everybody is back

R: Why not now?

J: Uh - we'll schedule it, I guess, as soon as she wants

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The Daily Edge @thedailyedge.bsky.social · 2d

“Not a single Republican in leadership talked to us about this or has given us a plan to help Americans deal with their health insurance premiums DOUBLING!!!” Marjorie Taylor Greene slams GOP for the #TrumpShutdown www.politico.com/live-updates...

Mike Johnson brushes off Marjorie Taylor Greene's health care attack

The Georgia representative lambasted GOP leaders in social media posts that showed cracks in Republican unity amid the government shutdown.

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The Daily Edge @thedailyedge.bsky.social · 2d

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The Daily Edge @thedailyedge.bsky.social · Sep 4

ICYMI: A 1997 article in a UK tabloid establishes Donald Trump as a preferred client of "Madam Maxwell" — who "introduced" Trump to one of Epstein's long-term victims once she turned 20. unprecedented.ghost.io/archive/the-...

The Client and the Madam

A 1997 article in the UK's Sunday Mirror is a crucial part of the Trump-Maxwell "paper trail"

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 2d

Now you know

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The Daily Edge @thedailyedge.bsky.social · 2d

Not for the first time, thugs sent by Trump to a major US city attack police. www.newsweek.com/ice-tear-gas...

ICE accidentally tear gases Chicago police during clash with protesters

Several officers could be seen rubbing their eyes, squinting, and struggling to remain standing on October 4.

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The Daily Edge @thedailyedge.bsky.social · 3d

Speaker Johnson explains why releasing the Epstein Files is not an option for Donald Trump.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Mike Johnson: "When the simple truth is on your side, you have nothing to hide from."

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 3d

“California, and the country, cannot await the outcome of the midterms to repel Trump’s siege on democracy. More drastic action is required.”

My piece exploring "soft secession": www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

It’s time for soft secession

How blue states can use their economic clout to stand up to Trump’s agenda—starting with California.

www.motherjones.com

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The Daily Edge @thedailyedge.bsky.social · 3d

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The Daily Edge @thedailyedge.bsky.social · 3d

BREAKING: Supreme Court declines to hear appear of Trump's former "Madam" Ghislaine Maxwell unprecedented.ghost.io/archive/the-...

The Client and the Madam

A 1997 article in the UK's Sunday Mirror is a crucial part of the Trump-Maxwell "paper trail"

unprecedented.ghost.io

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The Daily Edge @thedailyedge.bsky.social · 3d

Home of SC Circuit Court judge Diane Goodstein has burned down after she had reportedly received death threats.
At least 3 members of her family, incl. her husband, former Democratic state senator Arnold Goodstein, and their son, have been hospitalized with serious injuries.
time.com/7323442/sout...

House of South Carolina Judge Criticized by Trump Administration Burns Down

Authorities are investigating a fire at the home of a South Carolina judge who had reportedly received death threats in what could be the latest incident of political violence across the country.

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The Daily Edge @thedailyedge.bsky.social · 3d

According to Lutnick, it would have been impossible for a man as close to Epstein as Donald Trump not to know what was going on at the notorious child rapist's homes. Those who hung around with Epstein didn't just know what was happening, "they participated." unprecedented.ghost.io/archive/lutn...

Lutnick's Epstein Bombshell

"Blackmail tapes" helped win Epstein his sweetheart deal

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Vince D. Monroy @vincedmonroy.bsky.social · 4d

JB Pritzker responding to Kristi Noem: “She says that people are clapping. They're not. They're booing her on the street and they're booing ICE and CBP.”

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The Daily Edge @thedailyedge.bsky.social · 3d

"It would be funny if Donald Trump's 'Katrina' turned out to be Jimmy Kimmel." @thefarce.org

www.thefarce.org/which-will-p...

Which will pop first—AI or Trump?

Two enormous bubbles threaten everything around us.

www.thefarce.org

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The Daily Edge @thedailyedge.bsky.social · 3d

Free-to-read on Ghost:

8 crucial takeaways from Lutnick's "Pod Force One" interview unprecedented.ghost.io/archive/lutn... #EpsteinCoverUp

Lutnick's Epstein Bombshell

"Blackmail tapes" helped win Epstein his sweetheart deal

unprecedented.ghost.io

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Hawk 'n' Roll Songbird @hawknrollsongbird.bsky.social · 3d

UNPRECEDENTED

unprecedented.ghost.io/archive/lutn...

Lutnick's Epstein Bombshell

"Blackmail tapes" helped win Epstein his sweetheart deal

unprecedented.ghost.io

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The Daily Edge @thedailyedge.bsky.social · 3d

When open enrollment opens on Nov. 1, millions of young adults will discover their difficult economic situations may get much worse in 2026. Premiums are set to skyrocket, roughly doubling on average, for the 24M people enrolled in plans under ACA marketplaces. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/o...

Opinion | G.O.P. to Gen Z: Pay Double for Health Insurance or Go Without

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The Daily Edge @thedailyedge.bsky.social · 3d

9 years before Epstein's first arrest for sex crimes, a UK tabloid formerly owned by Ghislaine Maxwell's father referred to the 35-year-old Ghislaine as "Madam Maxwell," noting she had "introduced several of her attractive friends" to 51-year-old Donald Trump. unprecedented.ghost.io/archive/the-...

The Client and the Madam

A 1997 article in the UK's Sunday Mirror is a crucial part of the Trump-Maxwell "paper trail"

unprecedented.ghost.io

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The Daily Edge @thedailyedge.bsky.social · 3d

Within a year of meeting Jeffrey Epstein, Alan Dershowitz wanted to legalize sex with children. unprecedented.ghost.io/archive/a-de...

A Dershowitz-Epstein Timeline

Within a year of meeting Jeffrey Epstein, Alan Dershowitz wanted to legalize sex with children.

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hospicerocks.bsky.social @hospicerocks.bsky.social · 4d

RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES! AND RECIND ANY NON-DISCLOSURE PACTS RELATED TO THIS CASE!!

unprecedented.ghost.io/archive/lutn...

Lutnick's Epstein Bombshell

"Blackmail tapes" helped win Epstein his sweetheart deal

unprecedented.ghost.io

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The Daily Edge @thedailyedge.bsky.social · 4d

Howard Lutnick is not just a Trump Cabinet member. He was also Jeffrey Epstein's next-door neighbor for more than 10 years.

His theory of the case just destroyed the #EpsteinCoverUp unprecedented.ghost.io/archive/lutn...

Lutnick's Epstein Bombshell

"Blackmail tapes" helped win Epstein his sweetheart deal

unprecedented.ghost.io

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 4d

ICE has been paying private security for 24/7 guards to watch a guy with no record whose leg they fucked up so badly he has been in a hospital for over a month, and we wonder why people were handing Tom Homan bags of cash.

Via @kyledcheney.bsky.social

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

On August 27, 2025, Petitioner was arrested at the Carson Car Wash in Carson,
California by uniformed Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) officers and unidentified
plainclothes federal agents. See Pet. ¶¶ 16, 48; Santiago Decl. ¶ 3. During the arrest,
Petitioner sustained severe leg injuries. See Pet. ¶ 48; Santiago Decl. ¶ 5. He was
handcuffed and transported by CBP to the emergency room at Harbor-UCLA Medical
Center in Carson, California. Id.
At the hospital, Petitioner was admitted under a “blackout” procedure for patients
in law-enforcement custody and was registered under the pseudonym “Har Maine UNK
Thirteen.” Santiago Decl. ¶ 7. Federal agents remained at Petitioner’s bedside during
admission, transfer to non-public treatment areas, and throughout his stay, keeping him
handcuffed to his hospital bed. Id. ¶ 6.
On or about August 27, 2025, CBP transferred custody of Petitioner to ICE. See Pet.
¶ 48. He remains detained at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center under the supervision of ICE,
which has contracted with Spectrum Detention Services (“Spectrum”) to provide guards.
See Santiago Decl. ¶ 8; Pet. ¶ 48.
Since that date, two to four uniformed guards—either Spectrum employees or ICE
agents—have been continuously stationed in Petitioner’s hospital room, monitoring him at
all times, including while he sleeps, eats, uses the restroom, or receives medical care. See
Santiago Decl. ¶¶ 9–10.

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Kristina Cooke @kristinacooke.bsky.social · 5d

I spoke to a Venezuelan woman who was arrested in this raid and later released with her 4yo son. She said agents broke down their door, pointed guns at them and made sexualized remarks about Venezuelan women. When she returned to her apartment it was boarded up and all her possessions were gone.

Ted Hesson @tedhesson.bsky.social · 5d

US Border Patrol raid sweeps in citizens, families as Chicago crackdown intensifies, w/ @reneehickman.bsky.social @kristinacooke.bsky.social www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...

US Border Patrol raid sweeps in citizens, families as Chicago crackdown intensifies

U.S. Border Patrol agents deployed to Chicago led a late-night raid on an apartment building this week, rappelling from helicopters onto rooftops and breaking down doors in an operation authorities said targeted gang members but which swept up U.S. citizens and families.

www.reuters.com

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The Daily Edge @thedailyedge.bsky.social · 5d

The former director of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library in Abilene, Kansas, said on Thursday that he was told to “resign or be fired” from his post after refusing to give the Trump administration a historic sword. www.kcur.org/politics-ele...

Director of Eisenhower Library in Kansas ousted after refusing to give Trump administration a sword

The director of the presidential library and museum in Abilene, Kansas, said he was suddenly told to resign or be fired. He refused to give the Trump administration a historic sword from the museum’s ...

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