Mike Rhone
@mikerhone.bsky.social
software QA, theater nerd, 2-time LL one-day champion, forever #NeverTrump 🏳️🌈 he/him/his. I was @mikerhoneTM at the old place.
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Mike Rhone
@mikerhone.bsky.social
· Jan 23
Hello, Facebook (and real life) friends who are finding me here as they look for alternatives to Meta! Fair warning: I use this platform to scream into the void. It’s almost all politics, all the time. If that’s not your bag, no hard feelings. If you want to scream along, great.
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there are “bad” numbers and then there are “take a hammer to the system to be sure no one ever sees these” numbers
WHITE HOUSE: FEDERAL STATISTICAL SYSTEM MAY HAVE PERMANENTLY BEEN DAMAGED WHITE HOUSE: OCTOBER JOBS REPORTS LIKELY NEVER RELEASED
November 12, 2025 at 7:03 PM
there are “bad” numbers and then there are “take a hammer to the system to be sure no one ever sees these” numbers
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My takeaway from every new Epstein revelation is that some powerful people victimized many powerless young women, many more knew, some actively enabled it--and we're still being told that MeToo and accountability for sexual violence have gone too far
November 12, 2025 at 5:05 PM
My takeaway from every new Epstein revelation is that some powerful people victimized many powerless young women, many more knew, some actively enabled it--and we're still being told that MeToo and accountability for sexual violence have gone too far
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the situation room? the national security crisis management center at the white house?
Q: "Why are White House officials…meeting with Rep. Boebert in an effort to try to get her to not sign this petition calling for the release of the [Epstein] files?"
Leavitt: "I'm not going to detail conversations that took place in the situation room."
Leavitt: "I'm not going to detail conversations that took place in the situation room."
November 12, 2025 at 6:58 PM
the situation room? the national security crisis management center at the white house?
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Here’s what is interesting about this answer: It is not a “no.” bsky.app/profile/just...
CBS News' Weijia Jiang: "Did the president ever spend hours at Jeffrey Epstein’s house with a victim?"
Karoline Leavitt: "These emails prove nothing other than the fact that President Trump did nothing wrong."
Karoline Leavitt: "These emails prove nothing other than the fact that President Trump did nothing wrong."
November 12, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Here’s what is interesting about this answer: It is not a “no.” bsky.app/profile/just...
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Earnest post: there is increasingly direct evidence that Trump participated in child sex trafficking or at least knew about it.
He should resign, be impeached and removed from office, and prosecuted.
Even if you don’t think that WILL happen it’s important to say publicly that it SHOULD happen.
He should resign, be impeached and removed from office, and prosecuted.
Even if you don’t think that WILL happen it’s important to say publicly that it SHOULD happen.
November 12, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Earnest post: there is increasingly direct evidence that Trump participated in child sex trafficking or at least knew about it.
He should resign, be impeached and removed from office, and prosecuted.
Even if you don’t think that WILL happen it’s important to say publicly that it SHOULD happen.
He should resign, be impeached and removed from office, and prosecuted.
Even if you don’t think that WILL happen it’s important to say publicly that it SHOULD happen.
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police: we have your fingerprints and DNA and 17 people who saw you stab that guy. also you are still holding the knife. and you just stabbed him again.
me: this proves nothing other than my innocence.
me: this proves nothing other than my innocence.
JIANG: Did the president ever spend hours at Epstein's house with a victim?
LEAVITT: These emails prove absolutely nothing, other than the fact that President Trump did nothing wrong
LEAVITT: These emails prove absolutely nothing, other than the fact that President Trump did nothing wrong
November 12, 2025 at 6:46 PM
police: we have your fingerprints and DNA and 17 people who saw you stab that guy. also you are still holding the knife. and you just stabbed him again.
me: this proves nothing other than my innocence.
me: this proves nothing other than my innocence.
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One of the GOP's sweatier Epstein defenses has been "if they had good stuff they'd have used it when Biden was president." But the growing awareness that Garland spiked anything that could look political explains this!
I feel like “mad at Merrick Garland” is going to hit a whole new level.
November 12, 2025 at 5:21 PM
One of the GOP's sweatier Epstein defenses has been "if they had good stuff they'd have used it when Biden was president." But the growing awareness that Garland spiked anything that could look political explains this!
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Yeah whoever jacked up tariffs on coffee from Brazil earlier this year must be a real bonehead
November 12, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Yeah whoever jacked up tariffs on coffee from Brazil earlier this year must be a real bonehead
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It’s a strange situation when we’ve established the POTUS is a criminal, we’re just trying to find a crime his party wouldn’t be okay with.
November 12, 2025 at 5:05 PM
It’s a strange situation when we’ve established the POTUS is a criminal, we’re just trying to find a crime his party wouldn’t be okay with.
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"they didn't release the good emails from the sex criminal the president was friends with"
In a statement, White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt accused the Democrats of having “selectively leaked emails” to “create a fake narrative to smear President Trump.” https://to.pbs.org/3LC1dxY
WATCH LIVE: White House holds briefing as newly released Epstein emails reference Trump
Epstein wrote in a 2011 email Trump had "spent hours" at Epstein's house with a victim of sex trafficking and said in a separate message years later Trump "knew about the girls."
to.pbs.org
November 12, 2025 at 5:01 PM
"they didn't release the good emails from the sex criminal the president was friends with"
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Remember when she left a meeting with Epstein victims in tears? I do.
November 12, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Remember when she left a meeting with Epstein victims in tears? I do.
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The House Republicans continue to protect a pedophile sex trafficking ring and all their friends who were involved.
Not surprising, but hilarious on a day when the GOP is insisting that a partial release of emails was meant to smear the innocent President.
Why keep hiding the files then?
Not surprising, but hilarious on a day when the GOP is insisting that a partial release of emails was meant to smear the innocent President.
Why keep hiding the files then?
Nancy Mace is expected to pull her support for the petition to release the Epstein Files, the day before Adelita Grijalva is sworn in.
November 12, 2025 at 4:57 PM
The House Republicans continue to protect a pedophile sex trafficking ring and all their friends who were involved.
Not surprising, but hilarious on a day when the GOP is insisting that a partial release of emails was meant to smear the innocent President.
Why keep hiding the files then?
Not surprising, but hilarious on a day when the GOP is insisting that a partial release of emails was meant to smear the innocent President.
Why keep hiding the files then?
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Lest there be any insinuation that Dems spared their own. It would be tough for Kathy Ruemmler—Obama’s WH Counsel from 2011 to mid-2014—to come off looking worse in these docs the committee Dems released. oversightdemocrats.house.gov/sites/evo-su...
![From:
Sent:
To:
Subject:
Kathy Ruemmler
9/19/2014 11:54:57 AM
jeffrey E. ljeevacation@gmail.com]
Re:
Importance: High
Doesn't look like you are prioritizing your schedule very effeetively.....how are you going to manage all of that? this is unga week so the boss will be in town too....l'Il be here all week -- you may get sick of me....just sat down on the train so can't talk freely.
On Sep 19, 2014 7:48 AM, "jeffrey E." <jeevacation@gmail.com> wrote:
"girls?", careful i will renew an old habit, . this week, thiel, summers, bill burns, gordon brown, jagland, ( council of curope and nobel chairman). mongolia pres, hardeep puree (india), boris ( gates). jabor (qatar ). sultan (dubai, ), kosslyn (harvard), leon black, woody. you are a welcome guest at any... also if you think there are interesting people in town, everyone here for climate summit, clinton security council, holy shit im on
for next 30 minutes
On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 7:15 AM, Kathy Ruemmler -
> wrote:
Most girls do not have to worry about this crap.
On Sep 19, 20147:09 AM, "jeffrey E." <jeevacation@gmail.com> wrote:
understood. it comes down to high risk / reward / low risk / reward. professional, cmotional. and financial
On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 6:15 AM, Kathy Ruemmler
Agreed, but I need to be prepared to say yes before I talk to him.
wrote:
Sent from my iPad
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November 12, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Lest there be any insinuation that Dems spared their own. It would be tough for Kathy Ruemmler—Obama’s WH Counsel from 2011 to mid-2014—to come off looking worse in these docs the committee Dems released. oversightdemocrats.house.gov/sites/evo-su...
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Democrats at every level of power could simply repeat "he must resign" over and over and over again. It's what the GOP would do if the situation were reversed. Further erode his power by pushing him to lash out more.
November 12, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Democrats at every level of power could simply repeat "he must resign" over and over and over again. It's what the GOP would do if the situation were reversed. Further erode his power by pushing him to lash out more.
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Members of Congress receive up to $79 per day for meals and incidentals when they are on official business in the D.C. area.
SNAP recipients receive $6.31 per day
SNAP recipients receive $6.31 per day
November 12, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Members of Congress receive up to $79 per day for meals and incidentals when they are on official business in the D.C. area.
SNAP recipients receive $6.31 per day
SNAP recipients receive $6.31 per day
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And it would help this effort if every Dem said something along the lines of "We *know* he rapes women. The only question is does he also rape girls."
The message from Dems the rest of the year should be simple: Trump must resign over Epstein
"House Democrats on Wednesday released emails in which Jeffrey Epstein wrote that President Trump had “spent hours at my house” with one of Epstein’s victims, among other messages that suggested that the convicted sex offender believed Mr. Trump knew more about his abuse than he has acknowledged."
November 12, 2025 at 2:34 PM
And it would help this effort if every Dem said something along the lines of "We *know* he rapes women. The only question is does he also rape girls."
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Our leading news organizations turned a cache of ultimately-innocuous emails into a scandal-coded weeklong series of front page stories leading into the 2016 election. If they do not cover the "emails from notorious pedophile implication the President" emails with the same fervor, it's curious!
November 12, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Our leading news organizations turned a cache of ultimately-innocuous emails into a scandal-coded weeklong series of front page stories leading into the 2016 election. If they do not cover the "emails from notorious pedophile implication the President" emails with the same fervor, it's curious!
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Remember how Elon said that Trump was in the Epstein files and that’s why he won’t let them be released and he apparently knew all about that but then decided to be friends with Trump again a week later so he just deleted that tweet and doesn’t mention it and no one regards that as a bit of an issue
November 12, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Remember how Elon said that Trump was in the Epstein files and that’s why he won’t let them be released and he apparently knew all about that but then decided to be friends with Trump again a week later so he just deleted that tweet and doesn’t mention it and no one regards that as a bit of an issue
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Wow, Mike Johnson is apparently aware of the emails the House Democrats have released. That means this must be huge.
Mike Johnson is really committed to covering up for Trump and Epstein
November 12, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Wow, Mike Johnson is apparently aware of the emails the House Democrats have released. That means this must be huge.
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It’s been enough years that I guess it’s unsurprising my brain would eventually assimilate a new verbal tic from the Epstein files, but man, “DO NOT REPEAT THIS INSIGHT” really sings
November 12, 2025 at 4:23 PM
It’s been enough years that I guess it’s unsurprising my brain would eventually assimilate a new verbal tic from the Epstein files, but man, “DO NOT REPEAT THIS INSIGHT” really sings
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Wow! A new low for Ken Paxton. His deranged press release claims that there cannot be any legitimate purpose for legal defense for people facing deportation — effectively saying that removal defense is not legitimate and only “radicals” would want people to have lawyers.
Horrid stuff from him.
Horrid stuff from him.
November 12, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Wow! A new low for Ken Paxton. His deranged press release claims that there cannot be any legitimate purpose for legal defense for people facing deportation — effectively saying that removal defense is not legitimate and only “radicals” would want people to have lawyers.
Horrid stuff from him.
Horrid stuff from him.
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NEW: 2020 footage said to be in 2025. A neighbor who keeps reappearing in the same clip, said to be on different days & months. A broadcast from elsewhere suggested as Portland.
How Fox News misled its viewership -- which may have included the president.
www.propublica.org/article/port...
How Fox News misled its viewership -- which may have included the president.
www.propublica.org/article/port...
“Riots Raging”: The Misleading Story Fox News Told About Portland Before Trump Sent Troops
After reviewing coverage from the network and hours of social media videos that preceded Trump’s decision, ProPublica found that Fox’s portrayal of “Portland rioters” routinely instigating violence wa...
www.propublica.org
November 12, 2025 at 3:44 PM
NEW: 2020 footage said to be in 2025. A neighbor who keeps reappearing in the same clip, said to be on different days & months. A broadcast from elsewhere suggested as Portland.
How Fox News misled its viewership -- which may have included the president.
www.propublica.org/article/port...
How Fox News misled its viewership -- which may have included the president.
www.propublica.org/article/port...
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The U.S. lost an average of 11,000 jobs every week in October, per CNBC.
November 12, 2025 at 3:13 PM
The U.S. lost an average of 11,000 jobs every week in October, per CNBC.