Mark
@markwhittier.bsky.social
Democracy over Autocracy / Theocracy
Socially liberal – Fiscally conservative
Fitness for life: Eat whole foods & Exercise
Socially liberal – Fiscally conservative
Fitness for life: Eat whole foods & Exercise
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Mark
@markwhittier.bsky.social
· Sep 26
This is, without any exaggeration, exactly how Putin and Orbán proceeded — using antisemitism to discredit the idea of civil society and political opposition, and as an excuse to undo the rule of law.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/u...
Justice Dept. Official Pushes Prosecutors to Investigate George Soros’s Foundation
www.nytimes.com
The Executive / Judicial faces of Authoritarianism ⬇️
Maybe there's hope for Rep Lauren Boebert yet. Just look at MTG and her transformation (assuming it's real and not manufactured).
November 13, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Maybe there's hope for Rep Lauren Boebert yet. Just look at MTG and her transformation (assuming it's real and not manufactured).
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If **Jeffrey Epstein** thinks you're a evil and demented sociopath, the odds are overwhelming that you are, in fact, an evil and demented sociopath.
November 13, 2025 at 2:18 AM
If **Jeffrey Epstein** thinks you're a evil and demented sociopath, the odds are overwhelming that you are, in fact, an evil and demented sociopath.
NYTimes open share:
Mind you, this is just the early mining of the data from Epstein's estate, that Dems got a hold of through FOIA.
What Newly Released Emails Tell Us About Epstein and Trump
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
Mind you, this is just the early mining of the data from Epstein's estate, that Dems got a hold of through FOIA.
What Newly Released Emails Tell Us About Epstein and Trump
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
What Newly Released Emails Tell Us About Epstein and Trump
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:50 AM
NYTimes open share:
Mind you, this is just the early mining of the data from Epstein's estate, that Dems got a hold of through FOIA.
What Newly Released Emails Tell Us About Epstein and Trump
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
Mind you, this is just the early mining of the data from Epstein's estate, that Dems got a hold of through FOIA.
What Newly Released Emails Tell Us About Epstein and Trump
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
Epstein on Trump..."...I have met some very bad people...none as bad as Trump. not one decent cell in his body...so yes – dangerous."
"Not one decent cell in his body... so yes--dangerous"
One of history's premier criminal predators thought Trump's worse.
One of history's premier criminal predators thought Trump's worse.
November 13, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Epstein on Trump..."...I have met some very bad people...none as bad as Trump. not one decent cell in his body...so yes – dangerous."
Excellent outcome!
ICYMI: In a win for Wisconsin voters, a state judge vacated his ruling that would have forced election officials to conduct mass citizenship checks for voter registration ahead of the 2026 midterms. The registration process will remain the same for voters.
https://bit.ly/4qOx4LX
https://bit.ly/4qOx4LX
In a Win for Voters, Wisconsin Judge Withdraws Anti-Voting Order on Proof of Citizenship
Read more here.
bit.ly
November 13, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Excellent outcome!
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AOC: "It is unconscionable that what we are debating right now is legislation that will give 8 senators over $1 million a piece & we're robbing people of their food assistance & healthcare to pay for it. How can we vote to enrich ourselves by stealing from the American people?"
November 12, 2025 at 10:39 PM
AOC: "It is unconscionable that what we are debating right now is legislation that will give 8 senators over $1 million a piece & we're robbing people of their food assistance & healthcare to pay for it. How can we vote to enrich ourselves by stealing from the American people?"
Bingo...see below.
Michael Wolff suggests in an email (in 2015) that if Trump were to say in public that he had never been to Epstein’s house or on his plane, Epstein would have leverage over him.
Which…means that Trump was at his house and on his plane and that Epstein had the receipts to prove it. So.
Which…means that Trump was at his house and on his plane and that Epstein had the receipts to prove it. So.
November 13, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Bingo...see below.
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Here’s the underlying Epstein bill. For this to have legal force — as opposed to just messaging value:
1. House must pass it. (Discharge petition can only to force a vote.)
2. Senate must pass it.
3. Either Trump signs it or Congress overrides his veto.
www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
1. House must pass it. (Discharge petition can only to force a vote.)
2. Senate must pass it.
3. Either Trump signs it or Congress overrides his veto.
www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
Grijalva just signed the Epstein discharge petition.
It now has the 218 signatures necessary to start the clock that will, in a few weeks, trigger floor votes on the underlying bill to require release of the full Epstein files.
It now has the 218 signatures necessary to start the clock that will, in a few weeks, trigger floor votes on the underlying bill to require release of the full Epstein files.
FINALLY
November 12, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Here’s the underlying Epstein bill. For this to have legal force — as opposed to just messaging value:
1. House must pass it. (Discharge petition can only to force a vote.)
2. Senate must pass it.
3. Either Trump signs it or Congress overrides his veto.
www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
1. House must pass it. (Discharge petition can only to force a vote.)
2. Senate must pass it.
3. Either Trump signs it or Congress overrides his veto.
www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
Trump was in the thick with Russian money laundering in U.S. real estate.
The Kremlin disguised a nearly $100 mn payment to Trump in the form of a brokered real estate deal... and both Jeffrey Epstein and William Pulte were involved in the deal. That's very interesting.
November 13, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Trump was in the thick with Russian money laundering in U.S. real estate.
Reposted by Mark
Jeffrey Epstein advised Steve Bannon that the lawyers representing Brett Kavanaugh in his confirmation hearing should accuse Christine Blasey Ford of being on medications that cause false memories or memory loss.
November 12, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Jeffrey Epstein advised Steve Bannon that the lawyers representing Brett Kavanaugh in his confirmation hearing should accuse Christine Blasey Ford of being on medications that cause false memories or memory loss.
Reposted by Mark
My takeaway from every new Epstein revelation is that some powerful people victimized many powerless young women, many more knew, some actively enabled it--and we're still being told that MeToo and accountability for sexual violence have gone too far
November 12, 2025 at 5:05 PM
My takeaway from every new Epstein revelation is that some powerful people victimized many powerless young women, many more knew, some actively enabled it--and we're still being told that MeToo and accountability for sexual violence have gone too far
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As Karoline Leavitt concludes her press briefing and walks off, @andrewfeinberg.com asks: "What was the president doing with Virginia Giuffre for hours at Epstein's house?"
She did not respond.
She did not respond.
November 12, 2025 at 7:20 PM
As Karoline Leavitt concludes her press briefing and walks off, @andrewfeinberg.com asks: "What was the president doing with Virginia Giuffre for hours at Epstein's house?"
She did not respond.
She did not respond.
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NEW: Jeffrey Epstein said in emails that he had been advising the Russian government on how to deal with Donald Trump, one of several cases in which he wielded his connections to try to influence the course of foreign affairs. w @nahaltoosi
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
November 12, 2025 at 8:43 PM
NEW: Jeffrey Epstein said in emails that he had been advising the Russian government on how to deal with Donald Trump, one of several cases in which he wielded his connections to try to influence the course of foreign affairs. w @nahaltoosi
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
5 Alarm pressure campaign on Rep Bobert to back down her vote to release the Epstein Files. She will certainly cave.
The attorney general and the FBI director, a manosphere podcaster bro, pulled into the situation room a member of Congress best known for getting kicked out of a Beetlejuice musical for drunkenly giving her date a handy, in order to pressure her about the president's child sex trafficking scandal.
November 12, 2025 at 11:56 PM
5 Alarm pressure campaign on Rep Bobert to back down her vote to release the Epstein Files. She will certainly cave.
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Breaking on MSNBC:
A source close to former CIA Director John Brennan confirms he has received a subpoena in connection with the Florida grand jury investigation.
All the subpoenas in this round asked for docs related to the prep of the 2016 intel assessment on Russian election interference.
A source close to former CIA Director John Brennan confirms he has received a subpoena in connection with the Florida grand jury investigation.
All the subpoenas in this round asked for docs related to the prep of the 2016 intel assessment on Russian election interference.
November 12, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Breaking on MSNBC:
A source close to former CIA Director John Brennan confirms he has received a subpoena in connection with the Florida grand jury investigation.
All the subpoenas in this round asked for docs related to the prep of the 2016 intel assessment on Russian election interference.
A source close to former CIA Director John Brennan confirms he has received a subpoena in connection with the Florida grand jury investigation.
All the subpoenas in this round asked for docs related to the prep of the 2016 intel assessment on Russian election interference.
#Epstein on #Trump
“...tell your dem friends that treating trump like a mafia don ignores the fact that he has great dangerous power,”“...gambino was never the [President], there was little gambino could do as the walls closed in. not so with this maniac.”
www.cnn.com/2025/11/12/p...
“...tell your dem friends that treating trump like a mafia don ignores the fact that he has great dangerous power,”“...gambino was never the [President], there was little gambino could do as the walls closed in. not so with this maniac.”
www.cnn.com/2025/11/12/p...
Epstein mentioned Trump multiple times in private emails, new release shows | CNN Politics
Jeffrey Epstein, a convicted sex offender whose death by suicide has spawned intense scrutiny of the high-profile people he knew, mentioned Donald Trump by name multiple times in private correspondenc...
www.cnn.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:48 PM
#Epstein on #Trump
“...tell your dem friends that treating trump like a mafia don ignores the fact that he has great dangerous power,”“...gambino was never the [President], there was little gambino could do as the walls closed in. not so with this maniac.”
www.cnn.com/2025/11/12/p...
“...tell your dem friends that treating trump like a mafia don ignores the fact that he has great dangerous power,”“...gambino was never the [President], there was little gambino could do as the walls closed in. not so with this maniac.”
www.cnn.com/2025/11/12/p...
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the republican party is engaged in a cover up to keep the american people from learning whether president trump is president pedo
A direct email exchange from 2011 between Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, just released by House Oversight Committee Democrats.
November 12, 2025 at 2:35 PM
the republican party is engaged in a cover up to keep the american people from learning whether president trump is president pedo
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trump made the prosecutor who gave epstein a pass the secretary of labor!
November 12, 2025 at 2:56 PM
trump made the prosecutor who gave epstein a pass the secretary of labor!
That @edwardluce.bsky.social ! He must have a crystal ball. Here's his prescient column for today. www.ft.com/content/0fd7...
Epstein is not going away
The issue is Trump’s Achilles heel — and the US president knows it
www.ft.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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We have all been thinking about this, Ghislaine.
November 12, 2025 at 3:21 PM
We have all been thinking about this, Ghislaine.
Consumer Protection Agency being shuttered.
"The CFPB has returned more than $21bn to US consumers since it was set up.
Trump lets fraud run rampant and pardons same.
"Russell Vought, the WH OMB director, said in October that he plans to shut down the agency."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
"The CFPB has returned more than $21bn to US consumers since it was set up.
Trump lets fraud run rampant and pardons same.
"Russell Vought, the WH OMB director, said in October that he plans to shut down the agency."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump administration moves again to dismantle top US consumer watchdog
Government argues funding mechanism behind Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is unlawful
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Consumer Protection Agency being shuttered.
"The CFPB has returned more than $21bn to US consumers since it was set up.
Trump lets fraud run rampant and pardons same.
"Russell Vought, the WH OMB director, said in October that he plans to shut down the agency."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
"The CFPB has returned more than $21bn to US consumers since it was set up.
Trump lets fraud run rampant and pardons same.
"Russell Vought, the WH OMB director, said in October that he plans to shut down the agency."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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A judge’s decision to read a 111-year-old poem in court before curbing federal agents’ use of force in Chicago has brought fresh relevance to an iconic piece of local literature.
Carl Sandburg’s ‘Chicago’ poem finds fresh relevance in a city occupied by ICE
www.wbez.org
November 11, 2025 at 5:37 PM
A judge’s decision to read a 111-year-old poem in court before curbing federal agents’ use of force in Chicago has brought fresh relevance to an iconic piece of local literature.
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“If Jeanne Shaheen or Angus King, or ideally just Chuck Schumer, went to the mics and said: We have tried everything we can to make Republicans give you back your health care. They refuse to do so. The only way you’re going to get your health care back is to elect Democrats.”
Now that Dems have capitulated, at the very least they should now make every future extension of funding contingent on Trump following the law. Any lawbreaking must be met with: No more votes from us, period.
My exchange with @brianbeutler.bsky.social on that point:
newrepublic.com/article/2029...
My exchange with @brianbeutler.bsky.social on that point:
newrepublic.com/article/2029...
November 11, 2025 at 5:43 PM
“If Jeanne Shaheen or Angus King, or ideally just Chuck Schumer, went to the mics and said: We have tried everything we can to make Republicans give you back your health care. They refuse to do so. The only way you’re going to get your health care back is to elect Democrats.”
NYTimes open share:
David French is spot on as usual about the moral rot within MAGA Land.
Cruelty, Bigotry and Rage. What’s Not to Like? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/o...
David French is spot on as usual about the moral rot within MAGA Land.
Cruelty, Bigotry and Rage. What’s Not to Like? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/o...
Opinion | Cruelty, Bigotry and Rage. What’s Not to Like?
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:34 PM
NYTimes open share:
David French is spot on as usual about the moral rot within MAGA Land.
Cruelty, Bigotry and Rage. What’s Not to Like? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/o...
David French is spot on as usual about the moral rot within MAGA Land.
Cruelty, Bigotry and Rage. What’s Not to Like? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/o...