Pam Spaulding
LightNews LightNews
banner
pamspaulding.bsky.social
Pam Spaulding
@pamspaulding.bsky.social
23K followers 9.9K following 12K posts
Former natl political blogger, Pam's House Blend (2004-2013) during OG citizen journo era. Dipping back into pol discourse here. Spinal fusion vet (3x). DM only if I know IRL. Durham, NC native, now in Central Valley CA.

PHB history: https://is.gd/7GbAv2
Posts Replies Media Videos
pamspaulding.bsky.social
📣1/2
Alan Dershowitz, defender of #Trump & #Epstein, threw down the pedo gauntlet in 1997 — arguing sex w/underage girls (young as 14/15) should be legal, not rape.

"Statutory Rape Is an Outdated Concept" (LAT 5/7/1997)

It tracks, given he's in the #Epstein files, & he ran w/that crowd.

MORE ⬇️
Remember when Jeffrey Epstein and Donald Trump’s lawyer, Alan Dershowitz, wrote an op-ed trying to justify having sex with kids? Seems relevant now. https://x.com/i/status/2003667008005783940 Full txt: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vIxLCFTLkMZKm_enbCOuWBBVvwrQ1cE9PLkajxe3-9Y/edit?usp=drivesdk Statutory Rape Is an Outdated Concept Justice: If a 16-year-old can choose abortion, she should be able to choose to have sex. By ALAN M. DERSHOWITZ Although the most recent survey shows a slight decrease in teenage sex in the United States, it confirms the reality that the crime of statutory rape is rampant. According to the National Survey of Family Growth. nearly one-quarter of the women surveyed said they had sex before their 15th birth- day. An additional 16.5% said they were between 15 and 16, and another 16.7% said they were between 16 and 17. Every state makes it a serious crime for anyone to have sex with another person below a given age. The age of consent var- ies from state to state. In some it is as high as 18, while in others it is as low as 14. Some jurisdictions mitigate the crime if the per- petrator is close in age to the victim, while others do not. This is all theoretical, of course, since very few statutory rape charges actually are brought. The laws, however, remain on the books, poised to be used selectively in certain kinds of high visibility cases. Recently, for example, an 18-year-old Wisconsin high school senior was prose- cuted after he got his 15-year-old girlfriend pregnant and then offered to marry her. He faces 40 years in prison and a lifetime requirement that he register as a sex offender. The high visibility case that has most recently put the statutory rape laws in the headlines is the allegation that Michael Kennedy-son of Robert and nephew of John-had an affair with his children's babysitter, who is now a 19-year-old col- lege student. There is no hard evidence that there was a sexual encounter between Kennedy and the babysitter be… I stand by the constitutional (not moral) argument I offered in my controversial oped: if a 16 year old has the constitutional right to have an abortion without state or parental interference, how could she not have the constitutional right to engage in consensual sex? 1/ https://x.com/i/status/1155962389776351238
December 26, 2025 at 3:49 AM
pamspaulding.bsky.social
Christmas has Grandpa Chaos continuing to spiral out of control, yet there's zero chance he's going to get the 25thA. If anyone deserves it, it's this decomposing fool, obsessed w/himself & immortality (slapping his name on everything).

#Epstein is clearly his Achilles heel.

🦋 is.gd/cICZcK
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h
Trump: “Merry Christmas to all, including the many Sleazebags who loved Epstein, gave him bundles of money, went to his Island, attended his parties, & thought he was the greatest guy on earth, only to ‘drop him like a dog’ when things got too HOT … Enjoy what may be your last Merry Christmas!”
Merry Christmas to all, including the many Sleazebags who loved Jeffrey Epstein, gave him bundles of money, went to his Island, attended his parties, and thought he was the greatest guy on earth, only to “drop him like a dog” when things got too HOT, falsely claimed they had nothing to do with him, didn’t know him, said he was a disgusting person, and then blame, of course, President Donald J. Trump, who was actually the only one who did drop Epstein, and long before it became fashionable to do so. When their names get brought out in the ongoing Radical Left Witch Hunt (plus one lowlife “Republican,” Massie!), and it is revealed that they are Democrats all, there will be a lot of explaining to do, much like there was when it was made public that the Russia, Russia, Russia Hoax was a fictitious story - a total Scam - and had nothing to do with “TRUMP.” The Failing New York Times, among many others, was forced to apologize for their bad and faulty Election “Reporting,” even to the point of losing many subscribers due to their highly inaccurate (FAKE!) coverage. Now the same losers are at it again, only this time so many of their friends, mostly innocent, will be badly hurt and reputationally tarnished. But sadly, that’s the way it is in the World of Corrupt Democrat Politics!!! Enjoy what may be your last Merry Christmas! President Donald J. Trump
December 26, 2025 at 12:47 AM
pamspaulding.bsky.social
@mollyjongfast.bsky.social on the heart of the matter re: the #Epstein / #Maxwell survivors, & the rich, powerful, & connected that harmed & failed them. (Even with a law promising transparency & answers).

🎁 The Epstein Files Should Not Have Been Released This Way
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/o...
Failing these victims has been a nonpartisan activity. The victims have been failed by the Biden administration, by the Bush administration, by the Obama administration, by the Clinton administration, by the F.B.I. and probably countless others. These photos show a world filled with private planes and government leaders, sports cars and lots and lots of children under black boxes. These are the men who shaped policy, who went on television and who ruled the world. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/opinion/epstein-file-release-truth.html?unlocked_article_code=1._U8.dxRL.8itrui8ogmY8&smid=nytcore-ios-share The photos are revolting and also sad. Mr. Epstein’s tan, leathery skin is folded into a smile; in one photo a bit of blond hair is peeking out from under the large black redaction box. In another photo we see what looks like a young foot in a Croc. One photo shows a note that says someone (presumably a child) can’t come over tomorrow because of “soccer.” One of the photos shows just the hands of a girl who sits on Mr. Epstein’s lap. I stare at the hands of the black-boxed girl and try to guess her age. I think about myself as a careless and brazen teenager, and I fear for those girls, the ones not insulated. Mr. Epstein is dead. But what about the other men? And what about the children, the ones behind the boxes, mostly grown up now, though some have died. What about the other young people out there caught in the web of other powerful men? Will they ever be safe, even now? https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/opinion/epstein-file-release-truth.html?unlocked_article_code=1._U8.dxRL.8itrui8ogmY8&smid=nytcore-ios-share
December 25, 2025 at 11:38 PM
pamspaulding.bsky.social
All I want for Christmas...is for the end of this regime — ASAP.

Decomposing Dictator is an unhinged SOB; but *all of the enablers* not stopping him, or worse, agreeing with & executing the lunacy, death, destruction, & criming, need to go to prison.
#EpsteinDistractions
🦋 bsky.app/profile/atru...
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h
Trump on Christmas: “Tonight, at my direction as Commander in Chief, the United States launched a powerful and deadly strike against ISIS Terrorist Scum in Northwest Nigeria.”
Tonight, at my direction as Commander in Chief, the United States launched a powerful and deadly strike against ISIS Terrorist Scum in Northwest Nigeria, who have been targeting and viciously killing, primarily, innocent Christians, at levels not seen for many years, and even Centuries! I have previously warned these Terrorists that if they did not stop the slaughtering of Christians, there would be hell to pay, and tonight, there was. The Department of War executed numerous perfect strikes, as only the United States is capable of doing. Under my leadership, our Country will not allow Radical Islamic Terrorism to prosper. May God Bless our Military, and MERRY CHRISTMAS to all, including the dead Terrorists, of which there will be many more if their slaughter of Christians continues.   DONALD J. TRUMP PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
December 25, 2025 at 11:25 PM
pamspaulding.bsky.social
🤣 Heritage Foundation continues to implode as Mike Pence's new think tank, Advancing American Freedom (AAF), poaches from Heritage's core legal, econ & data teams.

AAF's focus is (no shock) low taxation, strong natl defense, & limited reg — & to look past Trump/MAGA:
🧾 www.npr.org/2025/12/22/n...
⬇️
A rift in MAGA has top Heritage Foundation officials leaving to join with Mike Pence
The exit of more than a dozen staffers follows turmoil at Heritage and the larger conservative movement over the role of right-wing influencers who've promoted antisemitic and other extremist ideas.
www.npr.org
December 25, 2025 at 9:40 AM
pamspaulding.bsky.social
“When I saw the name change on the Kennedy Center website and then hours later on the building, I chose to cancel our concert.”
— Musician Chuck Redd on Wednesday; the host canceled the Christmas Eve show after the Center was illegally defiled by 47.

🧾 www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
Kennedy Center Christmas Eve jazz concert canceled after Trump name added to building
“When I saw the name change on the Kennedy Center website and then hours later on the building, I chose to cancel our concert,” Chuck Redd said.
www.politico.com
December 25, 2025 at 4:04 AM
pamspaulding.bsky.social
Is there *any topic* where this vile mofo doesn't insert himself into the center of it?

Would be nice if Rudolph dropped a big fat 💩 on the WH for the rest of us, & Santa leave multiple bags of coal. No one in that place is gets a gift...except a stint in prison in a few years.
📺 is.gd/viUVmW
acyn.bsky.social Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d
Trump: We track Santa. We want to make sure that Santa is being good. We want to make sure that he's not infiltrated, that we're not infiltrating into our country a bad Santa. Santa loves Oklahoma like I do. You know, Oklahoma was very good to me in the election
December 25, 2025 at 3:40 AM
pamspaulding.bsky.social
Oh no! What a loss, one of the OG prog bloggers, Howie Klein, has passed away. 😔

Rest in power.

@downwithtyranny.bsky.social

Howie, spot-on, from 2019:
🌐 downwithtyranny.blogspot.com/2019/06/how-...
December 25, 2025 at 3:33 AM
pamspaulding.bsky.social
The high point of Heritage? Its brilliant (& evil) P2025 that caught Ds flatfooted.

What it didn't expect? Trump playing coy as his MAGA base embraced bold antisemites like outright Nazi Fuentes, Tucker, et. al. Heritage bought a ticket on the runaway train. 🤣
🧾 is.gd/MViIuK

🦋 is.gd/olxvqs
December 25, 2025 at 2:02 AM
pamspaulding.bsky.social
2024: 4.1 million viewers
2025: 2.65 million viewers

Dementia Don the Showman drives audiences away from his pathetic awards.

I'm sure he'll get right on the campaign to strongarm an Emmy for his trash.
🧾 www.rawstory.com/trump-kenned...
December 24, 2025 at 11:54 PM
pamspaulding.bsky.social
This sounds like some holy bullsh*t from the DOJ. How do you just find/receive a million FBI/SDNY #Epstein documents after all this time?!

🧾 share.google/tDkLXp9pTCKt...
December 24, 2025 at 11:35 PM
pamspaulding.bsky.social
Jane Doe:
- alerted DOJ officials over the weekend that her info was not redacted;
- was told her msg would be passed to those handling redactions;
- She followed up again on Sun.
- Saw her name was *still visible as of Mon.*
- Is still receiving unsolicited calls.

🧾 www.cnn.com/2025/12/22/p...
December 24, 2025 at 11:31 PM
pamspaulding.bsky.social
With less and less competition, there should be no shock at the treatment of Walgreens workers.

"In the fall of 2024 Walgreens announced it was closing 1,200 stores nationwide over the course of three years. "

🧾 share.google/gZoyN2CdcjvW...
December 24, 2025 at 11:17 PM
pamspaulding.bsky.social
@lawrenceodonnell.bsky.social explains the new details from the latest batch of #Epstein files released that mention Trump as “the completely corrupted DOJ is capable of continuing to try to cover up whatever they believe they need to cover up for Trump in the files.”
📺 youtu.be/mhPvffgGBbc?...
Lawrence: Trump was flying with Epstein around the time FBI got its first tip about Epstein
YouTube video by MS NOW
youtu.be
December 24, 2025 at 7:53 AM
pamspaulding.bsky.social
Interesting data: click over to an interactive map to see Trump's job approval by state for the year so far.
🌐 civiqs.com/results/appr...

🧾 Newsweek: Map Shows Donald Trump’s Approval Rating in Every State After 11 Months
www.newsweek.com/map-donald-t...
national Donald Trump: Job Approval, Second Term registered voters January 20, 2025—December 23, 2025: 74,554 Responses https://civiqs.com/results/approve_president_trump_2025?uncertainty=true&zoomIn=true&annotations=true&map=true
December 24, 2025 at 7:31 AM
pamspaulding.bsky.social
I was waiting for Temu Goebbels Stephen Miller to show his weasel face somewhere to bellyache about @60minutes.bsky.social.

He wouldn't comment for the story about CECOT at the time, but he now came out of his crypt to get on Fox to tell Bari Weiss to "clean house."
📺 bsky.app/profile/iwil...
iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 2d
Stephen Miller on 60 Minutes' Documentary exposing ICE & CECOT:
"Every one of those producers at 60 minutes who engaged in this revolt, clean house and fire them, that's what I say."
December 24, 2025 at 7:15 AM
pamspaulding.bsky.social
🔥 The regime's super-rapid claim that the letter from Epstein to Nassar (Trump re: "young, nubile girls") is fake is oddly shaky...

🧵 bsky.app/profile/seth...
sethabramson.bsky.social Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 2d
UPDATE: CNN confirms that "the envelope [holding the Epstein-Nassar Note] was sent from the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York City [where Epstein was being held] to Nassar"—*and* got vetted by federal officials.

Which explains the Virginia postmark (where the FBI is).
December 24, 2025 at 5:53 AM
pamspaulding.bsky.social
It's that specialized *attention to detail* of this regime.

Nothing is in the favor of the survivors, the sexual predators catered to by Epstein and Trump receive the attention and care.

Note: Trump & his DOJ have still not spoken to or met w/the Epstein survivors.
📺 bsky.app/profile/acyn...
acyn.bsky.social Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 2d
Garcia: They are, on one hand, putting names of survivors in these documents that are not redacted. And in these same documents, they're taking extra time and being extra careful to redact the names of the coconspirators
December 24, 2025 at 5:45 AM
pamspaulding.bsky.social
Are we supposed to believe that it *hasn't* been managed by the White House this entire time?

The DOJ is Decomposing Dictator's private law and investigation firm.

👀 bsky.app/profile/atru...
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d
Sounds legit
The White House has begun managing the DOJ's account on X, an effort to finish out the year and the Epstein file disclosure requirements set by Congress.
December 24, 2025 at 5:40 AM
pamspaulding.bsky.social
🔥 Hell, yeah! 🔥 🤣

Trump/Epstein projection on a wall at a *very busy* intersection in Modesto, CA (McHenry and Briggsmore).

The traffic light there is a pretty long cycle so people get a good look. 😀

🌐 www.reddit.com/r/Modesto/s/...

#Modesto #CA #CentralValley
Trump/Epstein projection on a wall of a very busy intersection in Modesto, CA (McHenry and Briggsmore). 🌐 https://www.reddit.com/r/Modesto/s/jLvVW4lAGt Trump/Epstein projection on a wall of a very busy intersection in Modesto, CA (McHenry and Briggsmore). 🌐 https://www.reddit.com/r/Modesto/s/jLvVW4lAGt
December 24, 2025 at 4:45 AM
pamspaulding.bsky.social
Mexico’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum, is a badass, unafraid of Trump.

“The United Nations has been conspicuously absent. It must assume its role to prevent any bloodshed and to always seek the peaceful resolution of conflicts.”

🧾 www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
December 24, 2025 at 4:00 AM
pamspaulding.bsky.social
And this is why so many survivors of SA don't come forward. First, that they won't be believed. And in the case of the powerful, law enforcement often protects the predators. Epstein had the system in his pocket. So does Trump.

The bravery of these survivors is amazing.
🦋 bsky.app/profile/saba...
sababausa.bsky.social ❀°。Der Siebenschläfer *.ﾟ✿ ⋆ @sababausa.bsky.social · 2d
jesus the Palm Beach Police really sought arrest warrants against underage Epstein victims for coming forward and cooperating, and (purported) admitting to crimes, and it caused the victims to become uncooperative with the federal investigation
. . . very cooperative, but the police at that point had to let [redacted] know that what she had done that she could be facing charges. Q And that was after they had told her earlier that she didn't need an attorney present, correct? A Exactly. Q Okay. So this happens to her with the Palm Beach Police Department and did the Palm Beach Police actually present or propose charging [redacted]? A They did get a probable cause affidavit against [redacted]. Q And is that why Ms. [redacted] and her attorney were concerned about her testimony here? A Yes. Q Now was a subpoena issued for Ms. [redacted] on behalf of this grand jury? A Yes, it was. Q And before Ms. [redacted] would comply with that, did she -- did her attorney request some sort of order? A Yes. Q And what did he ask for? A He asked for immunity for [redacted].
December 24, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Reposted by Pam Spaulding
robertscotthorton.bsky.social
Canada is one of the eight countries that today expressed its solidarity with the people of Greenland and Denmark in the face of threats to their territorial integrity from Trump and his newly appointed Reichsstatthalter for Greenland, Jeff Landry.
December 24, 2025 at 3:33 AM
pamspaulding.bsky.social
Do you really think a bad poll is going to stop the Decomposing Dictator from starting wars to distract from the #Epstein debacle?

Congress, on the other hand, could stop him. You know, the branch of govt responsible for declaring war?

*They* should listen to the polls.
🦋 bsky.app/profile/simo...
simonwdc.bsky.social Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 2d
74% of voters want Trump to get Congressional approval to invade Venezuela. Only 11% OK with him going alone. 11%!!!!!!!!
December 24, 2025 at 3:46 AM
pamspaulding.bsky.social
This is a very dumb lie. But it could be Grandpa Chaos melting down and "forgetting" which lies can easily be proven...or were already called out.

He's spiraling; after all, he's threatening invasions of multiple countries. He's a danger because of his power & a Congress unwilling to check him.
meidastouch.com MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 2d
This was a very strange thing for him to lie about
Screenshot of a Truth Social post by Donald J. Trump claiming Democrats are using AI against him and stating, “I was never on Epstein’s plane.” Below the post is a redacted email from an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of New York titled “RE: Epstein flight records,” stating that flight records show Trump traveled on Jeffrey Epstein’s private jet many more times than previously reported, including at least eight flights between 1993 and 1996, some with Ghislaine Maxwell present.
December 24, 2025 at 3:39 AM