Stephen Downs
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Everybody demanding immediate action by Congress, remember options narrow. A "criminal referral" of wrongdoing of DoJ goes to.. DoJ. Congress has no independent criminal enforcement authority. Sure they thought about options. Don't expect anything immediate. That is the point of an autocracy.
The House Oversight Democrats have released a statement that they are reviewing all legal options after Donald Trump and the DOJ have violated federal law as they continue covering up the facts and the evidence about Jeffrey Epstein.
oversightdemocrats.house.gov/news/press-r...
oversightdemocrats.house.gov/news/press-r...
Joint Statement by Ranking Members Robert Garcia and Jamie Raskin on Trump Administration Decision to Defy Epstein Files Transparency Act
Washington, D.C. — Today, Rep. Robert Garcia, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, released the f...
oversightdemocrats.house.gov
December 20, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Everybody demanding immediate action by Congress, remember options narrow. A "criminal referral" of wrongdoing of DoJ goes to.. DoJ. Congress has no independent criminal enforcement authority. Sure they thought about options. Don't expect anything immediate. That is the point of an autocracy.
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Re: Epstein’s emails
November 13, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Re: Epstein’s emails
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Heavily armed paramilitary forces stormed a local San Diego restaurant today, deployed stun grenades against a crowd of onlookers, and kidnapped a handful of kitchen workers.
May 31, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Heavily armed paramilitary forces stormed a local San Diego restaurant today, deployed stun grenades against a crowd of onlookers, and kidnapped a handful of kitchen workers.
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Two weeks ago I did a thread on how the Founding Fathers declared independence from the crown for behaving literally the same way as the Trump administration.
It's getting worse and Americans need to connect today's events to this founding document.
It's getting worse and Americans need to connect today's events to this founding document.
I just re-read the full Declaration of Independence. It's the most illuminating and depressing thing I've read in a while. Highly recommend folks give it a read.
Many — if not most — of the complaints levied against King George are indistinguishable from those brought against President Trump today.
Many — if not most — of the complaints levied against King George are indistinguishable from those brought against President Trump today.
Declaration of Independence: A Transcription
Note: The following text is a transcription of the Stone Engraving of the parchment Declaration of Independence (the document on display in the Rotunda at the National Archives Museum.) The spelling a...
www.archives.gov
April 13, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Two weeks ago I did a thread on how the Founding Fathers declared independence from the crown for behaving literally the same way as the Trump administration.
It's getting worse and Americans need to connect today's events to this founding document.
It's getting worse and Americans need to connect today's events to this founding document.
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@hcrichardson.bsky.social Rep Jamie Raskin has created a FOIA form letter for people to demand details on if and how their data stored on government systems has been used.
They flood the zone, we can flood the zone right back within the structure of the law.
jamieraskin.com/doge-privacy...
They flood the zone, we can flood the zone right back within the structure of the law.
jamieraskin.com/doge-privacy...
DOGE Privacy Act Requests
U.S. Representative Jamie Raskin is encouraging all U.S. citizens to join him this week in filing formal demands for access to their personal data obtained by the Department of Government Efficiency (...
jamieraskin.com
March 14, 2025 at 11:38 PM
@hcrichardson.bsky.social Rep Jamie Raskin has created a FOIA form letter for people to demand details on if and how their data stored on government systems has been used.
They flood the zone, we can flood the zone right back within the structure of the law.
jamieraskin.com/doge-privacy...
They flood the zone, we can flood the zone right back within the structure of the law.
jamieraskin.com/doge-privacy...
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Top Dem on the House Intel Committee Jim Himes says in a statement that he understands that the White House “insisted” on the CIA transmitting the list in an unclassified email
New via NYT — The CIA sent the White House an unclassified email listing all employees hired by the spy agency over the last two years to comply with an executive order to shrink the federal work force. One former agency officer called the reporting of names a “counterintelligence disaster.”
February 5, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Top Dem on the House Intel Committee Jim Himes says in a statement that he understands that the White House “insisted” on the CIA transmitting the list in an unclassified email
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EMERGENCY PIECE: Previous reports that Musk's DOGE programmers only have "read only" access is inaccurate. I can confirm what @wired.com first reported at 1 AM today that they have Read & WRITE access with a source in BFS referring to this as "apocalyptic"
www.crisesnotes.com/day-five-of-...
www.crisesnotes.com/day-five-of-...
Day Five of the Trump-Musk Treasury Payments Crisis of 2025: Not “Read Only” access anymore
If you are a current or former career Bureau of the Fiscal Service Employee, especially if you’re a legacy IT programmer with years of experience and especially if you are a COBOL programmer currently...
www.crisesnotes.com
February 4, 2025 at 12:42 PM
EMERGENCY PIECE: Previous reports that Musk's DOGE programmers only have "read only" access is inaccurate. I can confirm what @wired.com first reported at 1 AM today that they have Read & WRITE access with a source in BFS referring to this as "apocalyptic"
www.crisesnotes.com/day-five-of-...
www.crisesnotes.com/day-five-of-...