Christian Pelusi
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"The most sinister explanation for Trump’s reversal, and here too, some would argue is therefore the most likely, is that the DOJ at Trump’s direction has either destroyed the files or altered them in a way that absolves Trump.You’ll perhaps remember it was reported last summer...1/2
Gene Collier: The Epstein wait that won't end
Tuesday’s vote in the House of Representatives to legislate the release of the Epstein files has a lot of Americans wondering when we’ll actually...
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November 20, 2025 at 3:24 PM
"The most sinister explanation for Trump’s reversal, and here too, some would argue is therefore the most likely, is that the DOJ at Trump’s direction has either destroyed the files or altered them in a way that absolves Trump.You’ll perhaps remember it was reported last summer...1/2
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ICE is basically the comments section with weapons.
November 20, 2025 at 1:39 AM
ICE is basically the comments section with weapons.
Once again proving that citizens will not watch their neighbors struggle to subsist, even if their federal government has no problem with it.
"I always tell my kids, ‘If you’re going to complain about it, you’ve got to take action,’ ” said Bethel Park resident Tyann Neal. #Pittsburgh
"I always tell my kids, ‘If you’re going to complain about it, you’ve got to take action,’ ” said Bethel Park resident Tyann Neal. #Pittsburgh
Bethel Park residents help collect 3,000 pounds of food for nonprofits
With what turned out to be a record-setting shutdown of the federal government delaying Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits for millions of Americans, Bethel Park resident Tyann Neal de...
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November 19, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Once again proving that citizens will not watch their neighbors struggle to subsist, even if their federal government has no problem with it.
"I always tell my kids, ‘If you’re going to complain about it, you’ve got to take action,’ ” said Bethel Park resident Tyann Neal. #Pittsburgh
"I always tell my kids, ‘If you’re going to complain about it, you’ve got to take action,’ ” said Bethel Park resident Tyann Neal. #Pittsburgh
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We knew it was Felt. There were two or three people with that information and Gray was ours. With Epstein hundreds of people or more have seen these files or substantial parts of them.
This is what I want to know. @dicknixon.bsky.social alluded to T and allies “getting cute” at this stage, and I wonder what the trigger point will be for someone leaking who otherwise wouldn’t dare.
November 18, 2025 at 9:31 PM
We knew it was Felt. There were two or three people with that information and Gray was ours. With Epstein hundreds of people or more have seen these files or substantial parts of them.
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There have been a lot of disgusting and surreal moments in the Oval Office over the last 10 months that disgrace the United States, but Trump publicly dismissing the brutal assassination of a Washington Post journalist as insignificant and blowing smoke up the ass of a despotic butcher is up there
November 19, 2025 at 12:16 AM
There have been a lot of disgusting and surreal moments in the Oval Office over the last 10 months that disgrace the United States, but Trump publicly dismissing the brutal assassination of a Washington Post journalist as insignificant and blowing smoke up the ass of a despotic butcher is up there
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especially if the rumor that Netflix would get Warner Bros. (the studio) and Comcast would get HBO Max is true. All consolidation is bad, but a right-wing Trump-loving techbro dynasty owning and destroying two of the five remaining major studios is beyond bad.
November 18, 2025 at 6:31 PM
especially if the rumor that Netflix would get Warner Bros. (the studio) and Comcast would get HBO Max is true. All consolidation is bad, but a right-wing Trump-loving techbro dynasty owning and destroying two of the five remaining major studios is beyond bad.
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It's hard to overstate what a catastrophe it would be for moviemaking and moviegoers if the Ellisons are allowed to acquire Warner Brothers and merge it with Paramount. I know that rooting for Comcast and/or Netflix sticks in a lot of throats here but those would be far better alternatives... >
November 18, 2025 at 6:28 PM
It's hard to overstate what a catastrophe it would be for moviemaking and moviegoers if the Ellisons are allowed to acquire Warner Brothers and merge it with Paramount. I know that rooting for Comcast and/or Netflix sticks in a lot of throats here but those would be far better alternatives... >
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November 19, 2025 at 12:57 AM
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Hosting a man who (per the CIA) ordered the murder of a journalist, Trump berates a journalist who dares to "embarrass our guest" by asking about it and later threatens to take away her network's license for asking about Epstein files.
November 18, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Hosting a man who (per the CIA) ordered the murder of a journalist, Trump berates a journalist who dares to "embarrass our guest" by asking about it and later threatens to take away her network's license for asking about Epstein files.
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Federal agents wearing tactical gear used chemical irritants on protesters at the Bro-Tex facility in St. Paul.
Video by reporter Louis Krauss, who is on the scene.
Video by reporter Louis Krauss, who is on the scene.
November 18, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Federal agents wearing tactical gear used chemical irritants on protesters at the Bro-Tex facility in St. Paul.
Video by reporter Louis Krauss, who is on the scene.
Video by reporter Louis Krauss, who is on the scene.
"Allegheny County’s Department of Human Services receives nearly $30 million a year. That includes about 80% of the department’s funding for permanent housing programs, the county department said. About 2,000 people in Allegheny County currently benefit from such housing." #Pittsburgh
Dems warn Trump administration against changing rules for $3B in homeless funding
Sweeping changes announced by the Trump administration for a federal program meant to help homeless people are being met with stiff opposition from Senate Democrats, including John Fetterman, who fear...
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November 18, 2025 at 7:35 PM
"Allegheny County’s Department of Human Services receives nearly $30 million a year. That includes about 80% of the department’s funding for permanent housing programs, the county department said. About 2,000 people in Allegheny County currently benefit from such housing." #Pittsburgh
"Trump's purported willingness to conceal evidence from law enforcement as a private citizen is now fueling concern on Capitol Hill that his efforts to thwart the release of Justice Department files in the Jeffrey Epstein investigation could lead to similar obstructive efforts."
Could Trump destroy the Epstein files?
WASHINGTON — In political exile at his mansion in Florida, under investigation for possessing highly classified documents, Donald Trump summoned...
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November 18, 2025 at 7:12 PM
"Trump's purported willingness to conceal evidence from law enforcement as a private citizen is now fueling concern on Capitol Hill that his efforts to thwart the release of Justice Department files in the Jeffrey Epstein investigation could lead to similar obstructive efforts."
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“.. Just 217 minutes elapsed between Mr. Trump’s command .. that she investigate prominent Democrats .. and Ms. Bondi’s announcement that she had referred the matter to the U.S. attorney ..”
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“.. Just 217 minutes elapsed between Mr. Trump’s command .. that she investigate prominent Democrats .. and Ms. Bondi’s announcement that she had referred the matter to the U.S. attorney ..”
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November 18, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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“.. Just 217 minutes elapsed between Mr. Trump’s command .. that she investigate prominent Democrats .. and Ms. Bondi’s announcement that she had referred the matter to the U.S. attorney ..”
@glennthrush.bsky.social @nytimes.com
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“.. Just 217 minutes elapsed between Mr. Trump’s command .. that she investigate prominent Democrats .. and Ms. Bondi’s announcement that she had referred the matter to the U.S. attorney ..”
@glennthrush.bsky.social @nytimes.com
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This is so so disturbing. Trump is now pardoning January 6th rioters for unrelated crimes, just to reward them for their violence to keep him in power.
The Republican Party is in the full time business of endorsing and incentivizing political violence. So scary.
The Republican Party is in the full time business of endorsing and incentivizing political violence. So scary.
Trump re-pardons a Jan. 6 defendant to erase unrelated gun conviction
Trump re-pardons a Jan. 6 defendant to erase unrelated gun conviction
The new pardon ends a legal clash over the limits of Trump’s sweeping Day One clemency for those who stormed the Capitol.
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November 15, 2025 at 7:19 PM
This is so so disturbing. Trump is now pardoning January 6th rioters for unrelated crimes, just to reward them for their violence to keep him in power.
The Republican Party is in the full time business of endorsing and incentivizing political violence. So scary.
The Republican Party is in the full time business of endorsing and incentivizing political violence. So scary.
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NEWS: President Trump has issued a *second* pardon for Jan. 6 defendant Dan Wilson.
Wilson, a militia member, remained in prison on a firearms conviction unrelated to the Capitol attack. But Trump's new pardon explicitly covers the gun charges. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Wilson, a militia member, remained in prison on a firearms conviction unrelated to the Capitol attack. But Trump's new pardon explicitly covers the gun charges. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
November 15, 2025 at 1:19 PM
NEWS: President Trump has issued a *second* pardon for Jan. 6 defendant Dan Wilson.
Wilson, a militia member, remained in prison on a firearms conviction unrelated to the Capitol attack. But Trump's new pardon explicitly covers the gun charges. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Wilson, a militia member, remained in prison on a firearms conviction unrelated to the Capitol attack. But Trump's new pardon explicitly covers the gun charges. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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Is someone keeping a running database of the pardons and those arrested again. A second pardon is beyond the pale.
NEWS: President Trump has issued a *second* pardon for Jan. 6 defendant Dan Wilson.
Wilson, a militia member, remained in prison on a firearms conviction unrelated to the Capitol attack. But Trump's new pardon explicitly covers the gun charges. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Wilson, a militia member, remained in prison on a firearms conviction unrelated to the Capitol attack. But Trump's new pardon explicitly covers the gun charges. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
November 15, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Is someone keeping a running database of the pardons and those arrested again. A second pardon is beyond the pale.
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See that Rolex clock and gold bar?
It looks like those Swiss gifts paid off.
Trump cut tariffs on Swiss goods — like luxury watches — from 39% to 15%.
While Trump’s tariffs increase prices for Americans, billionaire CEOs and foreign companies sucking up to Trump get relief.
It looks like those Swiss gifts paid off.
Trump cut tariffs on Swiss goods — like luxury watches — from 39% to 15%.
While Trump’s tariffs increase prices for Americans, billionaire CEOs and foreign companies sucking up to Trump get relief.
November 15, 2025 at 9:30 PM
See that Rolex clock and gold bar?
It looks like those Swiss gifts paid off.
Trump cut tariffs on Swiss goods — like luxury watches — from 39% to 15%.
While Trump’s tariffs increase prices for Americans, billionaire CEOs and foreign companies sucking up to Trump get relief.
It looks like those Swiss gifts paid off.
Trump cut tariffs on Swiss goods — like luxury watches — from 39% to 15%.
While Trump’s tariffs increase prices for Americans, billionaire CEOs and foreign companies sucking up to Trump get relief.
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NEW: In his first interview since his arrest for protesting outside the Chicago-area ICE facility, @revdrmichaelwoolf.bsky.social tells me he has "bruises all over my body."
Even so, he said, “the cruelty that goes on that facility … must be 100 times worse." religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...
Even so, he said, “the cruelty that goes on that facility … must be 100 times worse." religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...
November 15, 2025 at 7:52 PM
NEW: In his first interview since his arrest for protesting outside the Chicago-area ICE facility, @revdrmichaelwoolf.bsky.social tells me he has "bruises all over my body."
Even so, he said, “the cruelty that goes on that facility … must be 100 times worse." religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...
Even so, he said, “the cruelty that goes on that facility … must be 100 times worse." religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...
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More impunity for the elite, courtesy of the Trump regime.
There's a law on the books to make corporations pay taxes on the huge profits they report to shareholders.
The Trump admin has quietly decided not to enforce it.
This de facto corporate tax break will add hundreds of billions to the deficit.
Why is no one talking about this?
The Trump admin has quietly decided not to enforce it.
This de facto corporate tax break will add hundreds of billions to the deficit.
Why is no one talking about this?
November 13, 2025 at 10:51 PM
More impunity for the elite, courtesy of the Trump regime.
ICYM this pandering and pocket-stuffing of the bucket-full crowd. The gap between these turd-covered thumbs-upping "haves" and the rest of us (and the hoopleheaded #MAGA) "have-nots" widens, per @jessedrucker.bsky.social 1/2 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
How the Trump Administration Is Giving Even More Tax Breaks to the Wealthy
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November 13, 2025 at 10:18 PM
ICYM this pandering and pocket-stuffing of the bucket-full crowd. The gap between these turd-covered thumbs-upping "haves" and the rest of us (and the hoopleheaded #MAGA) "have-nots" widens, per @jessedrucker.bsky.social 1/2 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
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It is incredible — the blind spots you develop when you’ve never, ever been poor.
Trump claims that food stamps "puts the country in jeopardy. People that are able-bodied can do a job, they leave their job because they figure they can pick this up, it's easier."
November 11, 2025 at 12:34 AM
It is incredible — the blind spots you develop when you’ve never, ever been poor.
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Buried in the Big Beautiful Bill were changes to food assistance that demanded “any future change be cost-neutral. Translation: no more benefit increases, even if food prices skyrocket.”
The result was “institutionalized hunger.”
@kristencrowell.bsky.social
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The result was “institutionalized hunger.”
@kristencrowell.bsky.social
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November 7, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Buried in the Big Beautiful Bill were changes to food assistance that demanded “any future change be cost-neutral. Translation: no more benefit increases, even if food prices skyrocket.”
The result was “institutionalized hunger.”
@kristencrowell.bsky.social
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
The result was “institutionalized hunger.”
@kristencrowell.bsky.social
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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I understand why we shut down American airspace for a few days after 9-11 to avoid a repeat attack but imagine shutting down American airspace to avoid releasing the Epstein files.
November 7, 2025 at 11:03 PM
I understand why we shut down American airspace for a few days after 9-11 to avoid a repeat attack but imagine shutting down American airspace to avoid releasing the Epstein files.
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the president is demanding the nation’s highest court let him starve american citizens, in case you’re wondering where we are right now www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
November 8, 2025 at 12:28 AM
the president is demanding the nation’s highest court let him starve american citizens, in case you’re wondering where we are right now www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...