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Mark C. Walton
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Mark C. Walton @chileboy.bsky.social · 3d
If and when Trump is finally taken down by Epstein, all of those inside and outside the Administration who enabled and covered for him need to be held accountable. Vance, Bondi, Miller, Patel, all of them must be removed and brought to justice once their king is deposed.

#Trump
#Epstein
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jenmercieca.bsky.social
Fired Bryan federal prison nurse says Ghislaine Maxwell is receiving special treatment — and she has the emails via BCS journalism treasure @rustysurette.bsky.social

www.kbtx.com/2025/11/18/f...
Fired Bryan federal prison nurse says Ghislaine Maxwell is receiving special treatment — and she has the emails
Noella Turnage was fired from her job at the prison last week. On Monday, she sat down with KBTX’s Rusty Surette
www.kbtx.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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therealjackhopkins.bsky.social
Trump isn’t afraid of the Epstein files because of girls. He’s afraid because of manhood.👇
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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crockett.house.gov
Listen… Mike Johnson can claim he never tried to stop this, but the timeline tells the truth. If he wasn’t trying to bury this petition, we wouldn’t have spent weeks begging him to do the bare minimum.

Release the files.
November 18, 2025 at 1:39 AM
chileboy.bsky.social
Wtaf is wrong with him? What a disgrace. How this moron still has any supporters whatsoever is beyond me.
November 18, 2025 at 2:05 AM
chileboy.bsky.social
The President of the United States. You know, the guy who could obliterate the planet.
onestpress.onestnetwork.com Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 2h
Donald Trump, physics expert:

"You know, when it drops the bomb, it goes down very steeply, because that gives it a better angle, and, you know, more speed for the for the bomb, very, very heavy bombs, and they go boom."
November 18, 2025 at 2:00 AM
chileboy.bsky.social
Of course he did.

#Trump
#Corruption
New disclosures show Trump bought bonds affected by government policy changes
The president has invested tens of millions of dollars in the last few months in corporate and municipal bonds.
www.ms.now
November 18, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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repyassansari.bsky.social
Trump and his DOJ have the power to release the Epstein files today, and he is already under subpoena to do so.

It’s time to stop stalling with distractions and release the full, unredacted files to the American public.

Stop shielding pedophiles. Survivors deserve justice.
oversightdemocrats.house.gov Oversight Dems @oversightdemocrats.house.gov · 10h
Trump has the power to RELEASE THE FILES today. Ranking Member @robertgarcia.house.gov's full statement ⬇️
November 17, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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whodat35.bsky.social
A federal judge says the Justice Department engaged in a “disturbing pattern of profound investigative missteps” when it secured an indictment against former FBI Director James Comey. | AP

www.huffpost.com/entry/ap-us-...
Judge Scolds Justice Department For 'Profound Investigative Missteps' In Comey Case
A federal judge says the Justice Department engaged in a “disturbing pattern of profound investigative missteps” when it secured an indictment against former FBI Director James Comey.
www.huffpost.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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erinbiba.bsky.social
🙌🙌🙌
November 17, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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jefftiedrich.bsky.social
Face the Nation host Margaret Brennan calling the Epstein Files a 'Democratic distraction' has to be one of the worst cases of journalistic malpractice yet. CBS continues to beclown and embarrass themselves. that's the topic of my post for today. thank you for reading! link is here: bit.ly/48j2Fy7
and let’s also not forget what’s at the core of this Epstein saga: a bunch of rich and powerful degenerates spent years raping children — and the sitting president of the United States may very well have been a willing participant. at the very least, he knew what was going on. isn’t that news, Margaret? might not that be a topic worthy of discussion on Face the Nation? so why is it being dismissed as a ‘Democratic distraction’?
November 17, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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rparloff.bsky.social
Fitzpatrick also says that either Halligan is wrong about the grand jury minutes being complete or we are in "uncharted territory" because the indictment returned in open court is not the same as the one presented to & deliberated upon by the grand jury. (h/t @emptywheel.bsky.social )
November 17, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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shannondrake.bsky.social
#OmarElAkkad
FROM AWARD-WINNING NOVELIST AND JOURNALIST OMAR EL AKKAD COMES A POWERFUL RECKONING WITH WHAT IT MEANS TO LIVE IN A WEST THAT BETRAYS ITS FUNDAMENTAL VALUES. On October 25, 2023, after just three weeks of the bombardment of Gaza, Omar El Akkad put out a tweet: "One day, when it's safe, when there's no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it's too late to hold anyone account-able, everyone will have always been against this." This tweet has been viewed more than 10 million times. As an immigrant who came to the West, El Akkad believed that it promised freedom. A place of justice for all. But in the past twenty years, reporting on the War on Terror, Ferguson, climate change, Black Lives Matter protests, and more, and watching the unmitigated slaughter in Gaza, El Akkad has come to the conclusion that much of what the West promises is a lie. That there will always be entire groups of human beings it has never intended to treat as fully human—not just Arabs or Muslims or immigrants, but whoever falls outside the boundaries of privilege. One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This is a chronicle of that painful realization, a moral grappling with what it means, as a citizen of the U.S., as a father, to carve out some sense of possibility in a time of carnage. This is El Akkad's nonfiction debut, his most raw and vulnerable work to date, a heartsick breakup letter with the West. It is a brilliant articulation of the same breakup we are watching all over the United States, in family rooms, on college campuses, on city streets; the consequences of this rupture are just beginning. This book is for all the people who want something better than what the West has served up. This is the book for our time.
August 4, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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out5p0ken.bsky.social
Trump comes up with a concept of a healthcare plan : give Americans money to buy their own insurance which props up big insurers, keeps costs insane, and lets them deny whatever they want while never having to fix this system.
November 17, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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justinling.ca
this is quite possibly the worse writing i have ever experienced. www.vanityfair.com/news/story/o...
Olivia Nuzzi's 'American Canto': Read the Exclusive Excerpt
She flamed out and she faded away. 'Vanity Fair'’s West Coast Editor returns to the written word to survey scorched earth.
www.vanityfair.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:20 PM
chileboy.bsky.social
Sometimes #SCOTUS actually consults the Constitution before rendering a decision.
Supreme Court turns away dispute over pregame prayer at high school football games
The Supreme Court will not reconsider a 25-year-old decision that found student-led and initiated prayer at football games unconstitutional.
www.cbsnews.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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jakevig.bsky.social
Low expectations are underrated.
November 17, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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sanho.bsky.social
Trump flipped on the Epstein files last night because he knew he would face more than a hundred Republican defections. They can vote for release all they want, but Trump will say there are ongoing investigations so his tiny hands are tied.
phillewis.bsky.social Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 1d
Trump now says House Republicans should vote to release the Epstein files “because we have nothing to hide”
Trump now says House Republicans should vote to release the Epstein files “because we have nothing to hide”
November 17, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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paleofuture.bsky.social
“Please remember that these are crimes that were committed against real humans, real individuals.”
Epstein survivors push for release of files in new PSA, say fight isn't political
“While we are Epstein and [Ghislaine] Maxwell survivors, we are standing for so many victims of sexual assault and of domestic violence, as well,” Danielle Bensky said.
www.nbcnews.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:07 AM
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cwebbonline.com
This should alarm everyone.

On Thursday, Florida, by unanimous vote, became the first state in the country to adopt “The Phoenix Declaration: An American Vision for Education.”
It was written by the Heritage Foundation, the same group behind Project 2025.

THIS IS INDOCTRINATION
November 17, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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atrupar.com
Chris Murphy: "The fact of the matter is if you don't put constraints on Donald Trump's illegality, this democracy isn't going to be here next November. It isn't going to be here in 2028. So Democrats, yes, have to draw firm moral lines in the sand right now."
November 16, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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southerngayteacher.bsky.social
“The secrets of Epstein’s inbox do not reveal an overarching conspiracy but paints a more sobering picture: a world where immense wealth, privileged access and proximity to power can insulate individuals from accountability and consequences.”

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The banality of evil: how Epstein’s powerful friends normalised him
Long after his conviction for sexual abuse, people in royalty, academia, business, journalism and politics sought his ear
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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wolfiesmom.bsky.social
This is me at 15. I’m a child.
I’m a CHILD.
November 15, 2025 at 2:17 PM
chileboy.bsky.social
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joncooper-us.bsky.social Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 2d
Yes, sadly it is real.
November 16, 2025 at 3:37 AM
chileboy.bsky.social
Don't mistake Republicans turning against Trump as new-found morality or attacks of conscience. They merely see the tide as turning, and allegiance to Trump becoming more of liability than an asset. They're all self-serving and see their own positions potentially slipping away.

#Trump
#Republicans
November 16, 2025 at 3:32 AM
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bloomberg.com
President Donald Trump has continued his purchases of municipal and corporate debt this fall, including bonds of companies affected by his administration’s policies
Trump Buys Another $82 Million of Corporate and Municipal Bonds
President Donald Trump has continued his purchases of municipal and corporate debt this fall, including bonds of companies affected by his administration’s policies.
bloom.bg
November 16, 2025 at 3:00 AM