@ebwrite.bsky.social
Lawyer, mother, cat mom, firm believer in kindness, justice and the rule of law
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This is Trump’s America. This must never be our America.👇
“They’re not even treating me like a human being.” Our Sunday story with @lauranrodriguez.bsky.social and Rebecca Johnson about Bovino’s agents racial profiling throughout Chicago. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/15/l...
Latino US citizens racially profiled by federal immigration agents in Chicago: ‘I felt like a piece of trash’
The Tribune spoke to U.S. citizens and green card holders who have either been questioned or detained during Trump’s Operation Midway Blitz.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:00 PM
This is Trump’s America. This must never be our America.👇
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Think about how much the press obsessed over Barack Obama’s “relationship” with former Weatherman Bill Ayers, a relationship that consisted of their serving on the same nonprofit board of directors for three years.
It's remarkable that the number of news analyses/pundit takes that the Democrats are too extreme--out of touch, too focused on divisive cultural issues, too beholden to progressive orthodoxy--far exceeds the articles on the Trump/GOP's connections to the far right. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/u...
Trump Defends Tucker Carlson After Nick Fuentes Interview
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Think about how much the press obsessed over Barack Obama’s “relationship” with former Weatherman Bill Ayers, a relationship that consisted of their serving on the same nonprofit board of directors for three years.
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November 17, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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One of the strategies of the supine Republican Party is to close their eyes to the insanity of their Mad King; think of the Epstein Files as a lever to open the eyes of Senator David McCormick who won his seat by less than a 1% in Pennsylvania.
November 17, 2025 at 1:01 PM
One of the strategies of the supine Republican Party is to close their eyes to the insanity of their Mad King; think of the Epstein Files as a lever to open the eyes of Senator David McCormick who won his seat by less than a 1% in Pennsylvania.
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“Senate GOP leaders have not committed to holding a vote, and Republicans widely expect the measure to die in the chamber.”
Why? Why should it die? All my friends in red states; all those lonely blue dots on BlueSky,THIS is your time, call your Senator NOW. www.politico.com/news/2025/11....
Why? Why should it die? All my friends in red states; all those lonely blue dots on BlueSky,THIS is your time, call your Senator NOW. www.politico.com/news/2025/11....
Trump does Epstein U-turn as House Republicans prepare to spurn him
Before the reversal, even some House GOP leaders were mulling whether to support the effort to release DOJ files dealing with the late sex offender.
www.politico.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:26 AM
“Senate GOP leaders have not committed to holding a vote, and Republicans widely expect the measure to die in the chamber.”
Why? Why should it die? All my friends in red states; all those lonely blue dots on BlueSky,THIS is your time, call your Senator NOW. www.politico.com/news/2025/11....
Why? Why should it die? All my friends in red states; all those lonely blue dots on BlueSky,THIS is your time, call your Senator NOW. www.politico.com/news/2025/11....
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" U.S. Patent and Trademark Office employees who were laid off at the beginning of the government shutdown are being called back to work following the appropriations deal that rescinded reductions in force across the federal workforce."
USPTO Workers Laid Off During Shutdown Recalled To Work - Law360 UK
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office employees who were laid off at the beginning of the government shutdown are being called back to work following the appropriations deal that rescinded reductions in fo...
www.law360.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:59 PM
" U.S. Patent and Trademark Office employees who were laid off at the beginning of the government shutdown are being called back to work following the appropriations deal that rescinded reductions in force across the federal workforce."
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“Her grandfather ‘certainly didn’t believe in masked men, in unmarked cars, raiding people’s homes and workplaces without IDs or summons,’ said White, who is also her grandfather’s literary executor, in the statement. ‘He didn’t condone fearmongering.’”
www.cnn.com/2025/11/16/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/16/u...
Granddaughter of ‘Charlotte’s Web’ author criticizes use of book title in DHS immigration crackdown operation | CNN
In the popular children’s book “Charlotte’s Web,” the title character, a spider, uses her web as an instrument of good to help secure the freedom of Wilbur, a pig on her farm.
www.cnn.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:04 PM
“Her grandfather ‘certainly didn’t believe in masked men, in unmarked cars, raiding people’s homes and workplaces without IDs or summons,’ said White, who is also her grandfather’s literary executor, in the statement. ‘He didn’t condone fearmongering.’”
www.cnn.com/2025/11/16/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/16/u...
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"Trump is historically and deeply unpopular. it’s not just that people disapprove of him; they strongly disapprove of him. This is the biggest story in US politics. [It's] bad for Rs and getting worse."
On the pod @speechboy71.bsky.social is great on the big picture:
newrepublic.com/article/2032...
On the pod @speechboy71.bsky.social is great on the big picture:
newrepublic.com/article/2032...
Trump Explodes in Angriest Epstein Tirade Yet as Allies Visibly Panic
With Trump distracted by Jeffrey Epstein even as allies and advisers fret about the midterms, the author of a new piece on Trump’s standing decodes why his approval is hitting dangerous new lows.
newrepublic.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:04 PM
"Trump is historically and deeply unpopular. it’s not just that people disapprove of him; they strongly disapprove of him. This is the biggest story in US politics. [It's] bad for Rs and getting worse."
On the pod @speechboy71.bsky.social is great on the big picture:
newrepublic.com/article/2032...
On the pod @speechboy71.bsky.social is great on the big picture:
newrepublic.com/article/2032...
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Did Kash just finish cleaning up the files? apnews.com/article/epst...
In reversal, Trump says House Republicans should vote to release Epstein files
President Donald Trump said House Republicans should vote to release the files in the Jeffrey Epstein case, a startling reversal after previously fighting the proposal as a growing number of those in his own party supported it.
https://apnews.com/article/epstein-files-house-sex-trafficking-investigation-c46716743f6f65f2f3b74906365da58b?utm§source=onesignal&utm§medium=push&utm§campaign=2025-11-16-Breaking+News
November 17, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Did Kash just finish cleaning up the files? apnews.com/article/epst...
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Non-oligarch owned journalism still alive and well at the @inquirer.com
The Epstein emails didn't expose a nostalgic "lost New York" so much as the utter moral rot of a U.S. ruling patriarchy that could never get enough money...or teenaged girls
My new column on the midnight of elites, how #MeToo didn't go far enough...and pitchforks www.inquirer.com/opinion/epst...
My new column on the midnight of elites, how #MeToo didn't go far enough...and pitchforks www.inquirer.com/opinion/epst...
Epstein’s emails are the end of America as they ruined it
If the evil banality of the world's most powerful people exposed in the Epstein emails doesn't cause a revolution, nothing will.
www.inquirer.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Non-oligarch owned journalism still alive and well at the @inquirer.com
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The biggest anti-hunger program in the U.S. is set to lose over $187 billion between now and 2034.
www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/14/s...
www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/14/s...
SNAP Is Funded Again. States Still Have to Deal With Trump’s New Eligibility Restrictions.
The biggest anti-hunger program in the U.S. is set to lose over $187 billion between now and 2034.
www.thecity.nyc
November 16, 2025 at 3:05 PM
The biggest anti-hunger program in the U.S. is set to lose over $187 billion between now and 2034.
www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/14/s...
www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/14/s...
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Crypto should be banned outright.
“.. Law enforcement can’t cope with the overwhelming amount of illicit activity in the space,” said Julia Hardy. “It can’t go on like this.”
@nytimes.com #crypto
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/t...
@nytimes.com #crypto
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/t...
November 17, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Crypto should be banned outright.
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Bovino appropriated “Charlotte’s Web” messaging Sunday in an X post. Martha White slammed the agency for riding on the book’s coattails with a message antithetical to the story her grandfather told.
“He believed in the rule of law and due process,” Martha White said.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/16/u...
“He believed in the rule of law and due process,” Martha White said.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/16/u...
Granddaughter of ‘Charlotte’s Web’ author criticizes use of book title in DHS immigration crackdown operation | CNN
In the popular children’s book “Charlotte’s Web,” the title character, a spider, uses her web as an instrument of good to help secure the freedom of Wilbur, a pig on her farm.
www.cnn.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Bovino appropriated “Charlotte’s Web” messaging Sunday in an X post. Martha White slammed the agency for riding on the book’s coattails with a message antithetical to the story her grandfather told.
“He believed in the rule of law and due process,” Martha White said.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/16/u...
“He believed in the rule of law and due process,” Martha White said.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/16/u...
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New in PN: Why Trump can't make the Epstein scandal go away
"He's pursuing a contradictory strategy: On one hand, implicitly arguing that his connections to Epstein are no big deal since lots of people are connected to Epstein, and on the other hand, engaging in what looks a lot like a cover-up."
"He's pursuing a contradictory strategy: On one hand, implicitly arguing that his connections to Epstein are no big deal since lots of people are connected to Epstein, and on the other hand, engaging in what looks a lot like a cover-up."
Why Trump can't make the Epstein scandal go away
His ordinary scandal management techniques are not working.
www.publicnotice.co
November 17, 2025 at 12:30 PM
New in PN: Why Trump can't make the Epstein scandal go away
"He's pursuing a contradictory strategy: On one hand, implicitly arguing that his connections to Epstein are no big deal since lots of people are connected to Epstein, and on the other hand, engaging in what looks a lot like a cover-up."
"He's pursuing a contradictory strategy: On one hand, implicitly arguing that his connections to Epstein are no big deal since lots of people are connected to Epstein, and on the other hand, engaging in what looks a lot like a cover-up."
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US citizen Maria Greeley, a Latina who was adopted, was walking home from work downtown when masked agents zip tied her. They said she “doesn’t look like a Greeley.” This is how the government treats people under current deportation policies.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/15/l...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/15/l...
November 17, 2025 at 1:08 PM
US citizen Maria Greeley, a Latina who was adopted, was walking home from work downtown when masked agents zip tied her. They said she “doesn’t look like a Greeley.” This is how the government treats people under current deportation policies.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/15/l...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/15/l...
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Trump's message: "L'etat c'est moi." (Louis XIV's: "I am the state.") He'll soon tell us his ballroom is "better than Versailles." But he's a low rent peasant compared to the original:
a painting of a king with a sun behind him and the words picmix below it
ALT: a painting of a king with a sun behind him and the words picmix below it
media.tenor.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Trump's message: "L'etat c'est moi." (Louis XIV's: "I am the state.") He'll soon tell us his ballroom is "better than Versailles." But he's a low rent peasant compared to the original:
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‘This Is Corruption’: ’60 Minutes’ Reports Trump Pardoned Binance Boss After He ‘Enriched’ Crypto Business Tied to Trump Family
‘This Is Corruption’: ’60 Minutes’ Reports Trump Pardoned Binance Boss After He ‘Enriched’ Crypto Business Tied to Trump Family
"60 Minutes" reported President Trump pardoned the founder of the Binance cryptocurrency exchange after he "enriched" the Trump family during its crypto push
The post ‘This Is Corruption’: ’60 Minutes’ Reports Trump Pardoned Binance Boss After He ‘Enriched’ Crypto Business Tied to Trump Family first appeared on Mediaite.
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November 17, 2025 at 2:08 AM
‘This Is Corruption’: ’60 Minutes’ Reports Trump Pardoned Binance Boss After He ‘Enriched’ Crypto Business Tied to Trump Family
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Trump has pardoned people convicted of seditious conspiracy (Stewart Rhodes & Enrique Tarrio) and who have provided a vehicle for terrorists to exchange money (Binance CEO "CZ" Changpeng Zhao)
And at least ten of the people Trump has pardoned have been rearrested
And at least ten of the people Trump has pardoned have been rearrested
New in PN: The hysteria over Biden's pardons seems extra ridiculous now
"Trump has perverted the pardon power far beyond the most questionable actions of any other modern president, emboldening a diverse cast of crooked politicians and outright fraudsters in a new American age of corruption."
"Trump has perverted the pardon power far beyond the most questionable actions of any other modern president, emboldening a diverse cast of crooked politicians and outright fraudsters in a new American age of corruption."
The hysteria over Biden's pardons seems extra ridiculous now
Trump's abuse of the pardon power makes everything else look like child's play.
www.publicnotice.co
November 15, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Trump has pardoned people convicted of seditious conspiracy (Stewart Rhodes & Enrique Tarrio) and who have provided a vehicle for terrorists to exchange money (Binance CEO "CZ" Changpeng Zhao)
And at least ten of the people Trump has pardoned have been rearrested
And at least ten of the people Trump has pardoned have been rearrested
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JUST IN:
Trump now says Republicans can vote to release the Epstein files.
He never urged Republicans to support the discharge petition. He never demanded Mike Johnson swear in Adelita Grijalva. But now, after reports indicate 100+ GOPers are planning to support their release, he caves. (Griffin)
Trump now says Republicans can vote to release the Epstein files.
He never urged Republicans to support the discharge petition. He never demanded Mike Johnson swear in Adelita Grijalva. But now, after reports indicate 100+ GOPers are planning to support their release, he caves. (Griffin)
November 17, 2025 at 3:51 AM
JUST IN:
Trump now says Republicans can vote to release the Epstein files.
He never urged Republicans to support the discharge petition. He never demanded Mike Johnson swear in Adelita Grijalva. But now, after reports indicate 100+ GOPers are planning to support their release, he caves. (Griffin)
Trump now says Republicans can vote to release the Epstein files.
He never urged Republicans to support the discharge petition. He never demanded Mike Johnson swear in Adelita Grijalva. But now, after reports indicate 100+ GOPers are planning to support their release, he caves. (Griffin)
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Trump doesn’t have to call on House Republican to vote to release the file.
Trump can order Bondi and Patel to release the files. Tomorrow.
The question is, has he already ordered Bondi and Patel to destroy some of the files after they went through them months ago.
Trump can order Bondi and Patel to release the files. Tomorrow.
The question is, has he already ordered Bondi and Patel to destroy some of the files after they went through them months ago.
Trump: "House Republicans should vote to release the Epstein files, because we have nothing to hide."
November 17, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Trump doesn’t have to call on House Republican to vote to release the file.
Trump can order Bondi and Patel to release the files. Tomorrow.
The question is, has he already ordered Bondi and Patel to destroy some of the files after they went through them months ago.
Trump can order Bondi and Patel to release the files. Tomorrow.
The question is, has he already ordered Bondi and Patel to destroy some of the files after they went through them months ago.
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I feel like I’m taking crazy pills. There’s no vote required if he wants to release them!
The only reason the house was voting was because he refused.
This is an obviously cynical ploy and major news outlets are running whole pieces without pointing this out. He could release them tonight.
The only reason the house was voting was because he refused.
This is an obviously cynical ploy and major news outlets are running whole pieces without pointing this out. He could release them tonight.
If he has nothing to hide he doesn’t need a House vote. He can just release everything.
Trump now says House Republicans should vote to release the Epstein files “because we have nothing to hide”
November 17, 2025 at 4:38 AM
I feel like I’m taking crazy pills. There’s no vote required if he wants to release them!
The only reason the house was voting was because he refused.
This is an obviously cynical ploy and major news outlets are running whole pieces without pointing this out. He could release them tonight.
The only reason the house was voting was because he refused.
This is an obviously cynical ploy and major news outlets are running whole pieces without pointing this out. He could release them tonight.
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The Founders were so concerned about bribery that the Constitution forbids it three separate times. Two emoluments clauses ban officials—unambiguously including the president—from accepting things of value, plus bribery is the only named impeachable offense besides treason.
Unprecedentedly corrupt.
Unprecedentedly corrupt.
To negotiate a trade deal with the President of the United States, the Swiss government arrived with a "special Rolex desktop clock" and "a 1-kilogram personalized gold bar"
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
How to lobby Trump with Swiss precision: gifts, gold and gab
How the Swiss broke a diplomatic logjam on tariffs by arriving with tributes fit for a king.
www.axios.com
November 16, 2025 at 1:50 PM
The Founders were so concerned about bribery that the Constitution forbids it three separate times. Two emoluments clauses ban officials—unambiguously including the president—from accepting things of value, plus bribery is the only named impeachable offense besides treason.
Unprecedentedly corrupt.
Unprecedentedly corrupt.
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E B White's granddaughter says that the author of Charlotte's Web detested fascism in all forms and would be revolted by Greg Bovino's stealing of the work's title to describe his domestic terror operations. www.cnn.com/2025/11/16/u...
Granddaughter of ‘Charlotte’s Web’ author criticizes use of book title in DHS immigration crackdown operation | CNN
In the popular children’s book “Charlotte’s Web,” the title character, a spider, uses her web as an instrument of good to help secure the freedom of Wilbur, a pig on her farm.
www.cnn.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:04 AM
E B White's granddaughter says that the author of Charlotte's Web detested fascism in all forms and would be revolted by Greg Bovino's stealing of the work's title to describe his domestic terror operations. www.cnn.com/2025/11/16/u...