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Donald Trump foments and supports violence against anyone who disagrees with him.
This should go without saying, but Trump is not opposed to political violence. He’s opposed to violence against his political allies.

He is either silent about, or approving of, violence against his political enemies.
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What I’m seeing here is that Epstein is a nexus point for the “intellectual” cabal that shores up the race science justifying our current immigration and anti-DEI policies (Huberman), as well the tone policing moderates (Brooks) that hamstrings oppositions. Oh and their billionaire benefactors.
January 31, 2026 at 4:32 PM
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an agency that actually cared about its officers’ lives would be in favor of body cams, unmasking and clear, visible ID because they all lessen the likelihood of this happening, but DHS wants to see their officers get killed
I really think the odds are better than even that two or more branches of law enforcement or the military get into a firefight by 2029.
"MPR News has learned that the police chief in the small southern Minnesota city of St. Peter intervened Thursday afternoon to prevent federal immigration agents from arresting a local resident" who had been observing federal agents. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
January 31, 2026 at 7:58 PM
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"[Dems] worry the raid will also pave the way for a MAGA takeover of elections in Georgia’s Fulton County, a Democratic stronghold that will be crucial to determining the balance of power in the Senate."

Worth watching:
January 31, 2026 at 8:03 PM
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DHS doesn’t even bother trying to lie well. The man whose skull was shattered told the hospital he’d been struck by ICE officers, an ICE officer told hospital staff the guy “got his sh*t rocked,” then when it became clear how badly he was injured, they claimed he deliberately ran into a wall.
January 31, 2026 at 4:59 PM
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January 31, 2026 at 8:08 PM
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this website would hate it but i think it would be legitimately good politics for senators and house members to try to make this case louder and more publicly, both so the public can hear it and so these agents can hear it
federal immigration enforcement should legitimately be low risk and mostly paperwork, they’ve turned it into paramilitary work (without paramilitary training) because they’re hoping ICE and CBP officers get killed on camera
January 31, 2026 at 8:05 PM
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This is just insane. It’s only a matter of time before DHS kills another innocent person here.

(clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)
January 31, 2026 at 6:13 PM
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“I was 13 years old when Donald J Trump raped me. Ghislaine Maxwell was also present,” reads one of the files, compiled from an FBI tip line record.
www.jezebel.com/doj-drops-mi...
DOJ Drops Millions of Epstein Files, Then Briefly Pulls 1 Listing Sexual Abuse Allegations Against Trump
“I was 13 years old when Donald J Trump raped me. Ghislaine Maxwell was also present,” reads one of the files, compiled from an FBI tip line record.
www.jezebel.com
January 30, 2026 at 10:24 PM
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What has been striking for me about every single tranche of files that gets released is just how little the adage "it's the ones you least expect" has any relevance. Without exception, it's been the ones who, if I had made a list, would have been on that list.
January 31, 2026 at 7:24 PM
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No mention of Epstein on Page One.

@nytimes.com
January 31, 2026 at 5:37 PM
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As federal agents begin arresting journalists, experts tell Status that Donald Trump's attacks on the press have crossed into openly authoritarian behavior.

Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/don-lemon-...
‘This Is a New Dimension’
As federal agents begin arresting journalists, experts tell Status that Donald Trump's attacks on the press have crossed into openly authoritarian behavior.
www.status.news
January 31, 2026 at 3:54 PM
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This explains why Virginia Giuffre was so reluctant to condemn Trump - it was out of fear #EpsteinFiles #Epstein
January 31, 2026 at 3:02 PM
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The point about "ethnic" categories not being pre-political, but rather forged strategically by political actors and by political events, is one of the most important insights one should always have in mind in politics
three key quotes about race and political reality
January 31, 2026 at 3:26 PM
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Whether it's a Hillary Clinton staffer asking John Podesta how to make risotto or Elon Musk asking Jeffrey Epstein where he could find a party featuring child sex slaves, there's plenty of embarrassing emails on both sides.
January 31, 2026 at 3:22 PM
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Another BIG story that’s only not a huge headlines because of…EVERYTHING ELSE.

And Trump gets a gold FIFA statue and a peace award as a thank you.
Update - judge orders DOJ to explain how FIFA corruption dismissal would serve interests of justice and impact numerous other convictions and hundreds of millions in penalties news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
January 31, 2026 at 4:00 PM
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Latest Epstein files include emails between Ghislaine Maxwell, LA28 Olympics head Casey Wasserman
Latest Epstein files include emails between Ghislaine Maxwell, LA28 Olympics head Casey Wasserman
The latest cache of investigative files on Jeffrey Epstein includes personal emails exchanged between Casey Wasserman, chairman of the LA28 Olympics organizing committee, and convicted sex offender Ghislaine Maxwell.
www.latimes.com
January 31, 2026 at 4:05 PM
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It's disturbing to see many of the the major figures in moral cognition all over the Epstein files

He was friendly with a huge number of the leading figures in the field, including giving millions to their labs, long after he pled guilty to sexually abusing young girls
www.justice.gov/epstein
 
www.justice.gov
January 31, 2026 at 2:19 PM
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new CBS contributor Peter Attia
Here is Peter Attia MD emailing Epstein’s assistant claiming he goes into “JE withdrawal” when he doesn’t see him.
January 31, 2026 at 10:20 AM
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New NHTSA crash data, combined with Tesla’s new disclosure of robotaxi mileage, reveals Tesla’s autonomous vehicles are crashing at a rate much higher than human drivers, and that’s with a safety monitor in every car.
Tesla's own Robotaxi data confirms crash rate 3x worse than humans even with monitor
Tesla’s nascent robotaxi program is off to a rough start. New NHTSA crash data, combined with Tesla’s new disclosure of...
electrek.co
January 31, 2026 at 11:33 AM
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If the crew at 60 MINUTES is looking for a big scoop, they should probably look into Bari Weiss's connections to Jeffrey Epstein, given that her wife was friendly with him and she just hired another longtime friend of his too.
If I have the right Nellie Bowles, the partner in question is Bari Weiss
January 31, 2026 at 3:48 PM
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Alarmed yet?
January 31, 2026 at 5:09 AM
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San Diego Unified School District has quietly embarked on a massive program to build educator housing.

The focus has been on maximizing the number of units affordable to staff, not on deepest means-tested affordability.

voiceofsandiego.org/2026/01/29/w...
January 31, 2026 at 3:43 PM
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Does anyone believe Todd Blanche's claim that the White House had "no oversight" over the handling of the Epstein files? No. But with their ever-more-brazen lies, they put us on notice that their version of reality is mandatory, and the truth will be executed unless we hide it in our basement.
Blanche: "My team has certain communications with the White House. Let me just be clear -- they had nothing to do with this review, they had no oversight of this review, they did not tell this department how to do our review, what to look for, what to redact."
January 31, 2026 at 3:14 PM
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"the hysteria that has developed about abuse of women"--Noam Chomsky
Cool thoughts from Noam Chomsky
January 31, 2026 at 3:49 AM