raiken
@raiken14.bsky.social
Snarky grandma, retired RN, dog lover. Reading a lot since I seem to have forgotten how to sleep through the night.
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Q: Why wait for Congress to release the Epstein files? Why not just do it now?
TRUMP: It's not the question that I mind. It's your attitude. I think you're a terrible reporter. It's the way you ask these questions. You start off with a man who's highly respected asking him an insubordinate question
TRUMP: It's not the question that I mind. It's your attitude. I think you're a terrible reporter. It's the way you ask these questions. You start off with a man who's highly respected asking him an insubordinate question
November 18, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Q: Why wait for Congress to release the Epstein files? Why not just do it now?
TRUMP: It's not the question that I mind. It's your attitude. I think you're a terrible reporter. It's the way you ask these questions. You start off with a man who's highly respected asking him an insubordinate question
TRUMP: It's not the question that I mind. It's your attitude. I think you're a terrible reporter. It's the way you ask these questions. You start off with a man who's highly respected asking him an insubordinate question
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Trump: "As far as the Epstein files, I have nothing to do with Jeffrey Epstein. I threw him out of my club many years ago because I thought he was a sick pervert. But you know who does have? Bill Clinton. Larry Summers. Andrew Weissmann I hear. It's a Democrat hoax."
November 18, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Trump: "As far as the Epstein files, I have nothing to do with Jeffrey Epstein. I threw him out of my club many years ago because I thought he was a sick pervert. But you know who does have? Bill Clinton. Larry Summers. Andrew Weissmann I hear. It's a Democrat hoax."
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Trump on the 8 wars he claims to have stopped: "You know the list better than I do."
November 18, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Trump on the 8 wars he claims to have stopped: "You know the list better than I do."
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Trump in response to an Epstein question: "ABC, your company, your crappy company is one of the perpetrators. I think the license should be taken away from ABC because your news is so fake and so wrong. And we have a great commissioner, a chairman, who should take a look at that."
November 18, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Trump in response to an Epstein question: "ABC, your company, your crappy company is one of the perpetrators. I think the license should be taken away from ABC because your news is so fake and so wrong. And we have a great commissioner, a chairman, who should take a look at that."
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With subsidies, I am paying $34 per month. If subsidies are not renewed, it will be over $1500 per month with a $10,000 deductible. Not doable.
November 18, 2025 at 4:43 PM
With subsidies, I am paying $34 per month. If subsidies are not renewed, it will be over $1500 per month with a $10,000 deductible. Not doable.
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DEPUTY WH CoS: ".. We will look as hard as possible to see if there’s a way to do it without Congress because we’re circumspect about Congress wanting to stop [them]. .. The law is the law. I think that the most likely outcome is, it requires an act of Congress.”
news.bgov.com/bloomberg-go...
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White House Looking to Issue Tariff Checks Without Congress
Deputy White House Chief of Staff James Blair said the administration is eyeing ways to give millions of Americans $2,000 dividend checks from tariff revenue without congressional approval.
news.bgov.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:54 PM
DEPUTY WH CoS: ".. We will look as hard as possible to see if there’s a way to do it without Congress because we’re circumspect about Congress wanting to stop [them]. .. The law is the law. I think that the most likely outcome is, it requires an act of Congress.”
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CDC leaders 🌟 Protect your staff and act with integrity.
Follow the law, engage with employees about their needs, and don’t enforce policies that put you on the wrong side of history.
🎤💧
CDC leaders 🌟 Protect your staff and act with integrity.
Follow the law, engage with employees about their needs, and don’t enforce policies that put you on the wrong side of history.
🎤💧
November 18, 2025 at 5:40 PM
3/3
CDC leaders 🌟 Protect your staff and act with integrity.
Follow the law, engage with employees about their needs, and don’t enforce policies that put you on the wrong side of history.
🎤💧
CDC leaders 🌟 Protect your staff and act with integrity.
Follow the law, engage with employees about their needs, and don’t enforce policies that put you on the wrong side of history.
🎤💧
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"Experts have called the possibility of losing elimination status for measles 'deeply embarrassing' for a wealthy country with the medical resources of the United States..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/h...
C.D.C. Links Measles Outbreaks in Multiple States for the First Time
www.nytimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:59 PM
"Experts have called the possibility of losing elimination status for measles 'deeply embarrassing' for a wealthy country with the medical resources of the United States..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/h...
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“The people have spoken. Congress has spoken. Release the files.”
A BIPARTISAN coalition of @rokhanna.bsky.social @RepThomasMassie @RepMTG say the Epstein files need to come out to expose the “rot” and hold the rich accountable — even if it implicates the entire 🇺🇸 justice system.
A BIPARTISAN coalition of @rokhanna.bsky.social @RepThomasMassie @RepMTG say the Epstein files need to come out to expose the “rot” and hold the rich accountable — even if it implicates the entire 🇺🇸 justice system.
November 18, 2025 at 4:26 PM
“The people have spoken. Congress has spoken. Release the files.”
A BIPARTISAN coalition of @rokhanna.bsky.social @RepThomasMassie @RepMTG say the Epstein files need to come out to expose the “rot” and hold the rich accountable — even if it implicates the entire 🇺🇸 justice system.
A BIPARTISAN coalition of @rokhanna.bsky.social @RepThomasMassie @RepMTG say the Epstein files need to come out to expose the “rot” and hold the rich accountable — even if it implicates the entire 🇺🇸 justice system.
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IDAHO: “Members of the Idaho Agriculture sector say migrant workers are critical to Idaho's economy, and immigration reform is needed to stay in operation.” www.ksl.com/article/5140...
November 18, 2025 at 5:55 PM
IDAHO: “Members of the Idaho Agriculture sector say migrant workers are critical to Idaho's economy, and immigration reform is needed to stay in operation.” www.ksl.com/article/5140...
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Every stall, every attempt to stonewall or obscure, implicates the staller and the stonewaller in the coverup. When people demand the truth, those who obstruct it will be held accountable.
This is the hottest potato in this history of hot potatoes.
Mike Johnson says he's talked to Thune & he's "very confident that when this moves forward in the process - if & when it is processed in the Senate, which is no certainty - they will take the time methodically to do what we have not been allowed to do in the House. To amend this discharge petition."
November 18, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Every stall, every attempt to stonewall or obscure, implicates the staller and the stonewaller in the coverup. When people demand the truth, those who obstruct it will be held accountable.
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November 18, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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Mike Johnson refused to swear in Adelita Grijalva for months because she was the 218th signature to force a vote on the Epstein files, but sure, Republicans always wanted to release them as they now claim today for the first time.
November 18, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Mike Johnson refused to swear in Adelita Grijalva for months because she was the 218th signature to force a vote on the Epstein files, but sure, Republicans always wanted to release them as they now claim today for the first time.
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The Department of Justice (DOJ) quietly shared state voter-registration data with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), despite earlier assurances to state election officials that the information would only be used for routine voter-list maintenance. Beginning in May 2025, DOJ
November 18, 2025 at 4:38 PM
The Department of Justice (DOJ) quietly shared state voter-registration data with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), despite earlier assurances to state election officials that the information would only be used for routine voter-list maintenance. Beginning in May 2025, DOJ
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🚨 Speaker Johnson makes it clear it’s Thune’s turn to stall the release of the Epstein files in the senate
#TrumpEpsteinCoverUp
#TrumpEpsteinCoverUp
November 18, 2025 at 4:49 PM
🚨 Speaker Johnson makes it clear it’s Thune’s turn to stall the release of the Epstein files in the senate
#TrumpEpsteinCoverUp
#TrumpEpsteinCoverUp
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Kash ordered a team of FBI agents to go through the Epstein files many months ago to redact Trump’s name based on FOIA exemptions 6 and 7. It is highly unlikely they are going to be unredacted before they are released. ONLY victim info should be redacted, but much more will be.
November 18, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Kash ordered a team of FBI agents to go through the Epstein files many months ago to redact Trump’s name based on FOIA exemptions 6 and 7. It is highly unlikely they are going to be unredacted before they are released. ONLY victim info should be redacted, but much more will be.
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These people are shameless frauds.
November 18, 2025 at 4:44 PM
These people are shameless frauds.
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lordy.
Andrew Johnson — a Jan. 6 rioter who went by "Am🇺🇸rican T🇺🇸rrorist” on Elon Musk’s platform — has been arrested on child molestation charges, with police saying he used the promise of a taxpayer-funded payout from Trump's DOJ to try and keep one of the victims silent.
theintercept.com/2025/11/17/p...
theintercept.com/2025/11/17/p...
Pardoned Capitol Rioter Tried to Hush Child Sex Victim With Promise of Jan. 6 Reparation Money, Police Say
Pardoned Capitol rioter Andrew Johnson tried to keep a child sex abuse victim quiet with claimed $10 million Jan. 6 reparations, police say.
theintercept.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:00 PM
lordy.
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November 18, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Excuse me while I vomit
Nancy Mace: "You can see in the Epstein emails that he's clearly targeting President Trump as retribution for him being a good man ... he's a good man who protects women. That's what real men do."
November 18, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Excuse me while I vomit
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Survivors say they have met and they all willing to stand with MTG & rep jayapal as they read names on the floor.
November 18, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Survivors say they have met and they all willing to stand with MTG & rep jayapal as they read names on the floor.
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The misogyny is the point
"Quiet! Quiet, Piggy."
November 18, 2025 at 4:14 PM
The misogyny is the point
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It’s amazing how much potential corruption you can pack into one well-written lede.
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November 18, 2025 at 2:39 PM
It’s amazing how much potential corruption you can pack into one well-written lede.
www.wsj.com/business/a-n...
www.wsj.com/business/a-n...
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Once Congress passes the Epstein bill — and Trump signs it, if he does — we'll get these records within a month.
I'm thinking... mid December release?
I'm thinking... mid December release?
November 18, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Once Congress passes the Epstein bill — and Trump signs it, if he does — we'll get these records within a month.
I'm thinking... mid December release?
I'm thinking... mid December release?