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And may every day be another wonderful secret.
December 20, 2025 at 7:14 PM
And may every day be another wonderful secret.
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Twenty months ago, Sam Bankman-Fried was sentenced to more than two decades in prison after being found guilty of a multibillion-dollar fraud. Since then, he has become a prolific jailhouse lawyer, dispensing advice to his fellow prisoners, including the former president of Honduras and Sean Combs.
Crypto Fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried Has New Pursuit: Jailhouse Lawyer
www.nytimes.com
December 20, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Twenty months ago, Sam Bankman-Fried was sentenced to more than two decades in prison after being found guilty of a multibillion-dollar fraud. Since then, he has become a prolific jailhouse lawyer, dispensing advice to his fellow prisoners, including the former president of Honduras and Sean Combs.
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Thanks, Suze! Abrego Garcia Seizes On Vanity Fair Interview talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/susie...
Thanks, Suze! Abrego Garcia Seizes On Vanity Fair Interview
It was pretty obvious that White House chief of staff Susie Wiles’...
talkingpointsmemo.com
December 20, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Thanks, Suze! Abrego Garcia Seizes On Vanity Fair Interview talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/susie...
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Just because everyone assumed this is what Bondi would do with the Epstein files isn’t a reason to not raise holy hell about it.
December 20, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Just because everyone assumed this is what Bondi would do with the Epstein files isn’t a reason to not raise holy hell about it.
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This is the worst case scenario that everybody was worried about
It is utterly catastrophic that RFK Jr. plans to end CDC recommendations for most childhood vaccines.
It’s a betrayal of science, ethics, compassion, and the people of the United States.
And it was also a specific goal of Project 2025 (page 254).
It’s a betrayal of science, ethics, compassion, and the people of the United States.
And it was also a specific goal of Project 2025 (page 254).
December 20, 2025 at 2:16 PM
This is the worst case scenario that everybody was worried about
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In 2016, when Russia first moved to demand payback for getting Trump elected, they tested two envoys to get to Trump. First, a buddy of Jared Kushner's. Then, W/DMITRIEV SPECIFICALLY, W/Erik Prince.
Prince & Bannon then deleted texts about what went on.
The plan has literally not changed at all.
Prince & Bannon then deleted texts about what went on.
The plan has literally not changed at all.
Did you know that the US hasn’t had an ambassador in Moscow in 6 months?
Or that our chief envoy to Russia won’t take briefings from the CIA?
But wait, there’s more. Much more in this 6-byline WSJ piece on the Witkoff-Putin axis.
Free link www.wsj.com/world/putin-...
Or that our chief envoy to Russia won’t take briefings from the CIA?
But wait, there’s more. Much more in this 6-byline WSJ piece on the Witkoff-Putin axis.
Free link www.wsj.com/world/putin-...
December 20, 2025 at 6:10 PM
In 2016, when Russia first moved to demand payback for getting Trump elected, they tested two envoys to get to Trump. First, a buddy of Jared Kushner's. Then, W/DMITRIEV SPECIFICALLY, W/Erik Prince.
Prince & Bannon then deleted texts about what went on.
The plan has literally not changed at all.
Prince & Bannon then deleted texts about what went on.
The plan has literally not changed at all.
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Trump openly tells his flock he’s stealing $1 Billion from the treasury for himself — and somehow makes himself the victim in the story.
And they clap.
And they clap.
Trump makes a "joke" about stealing a billion dollars intended for charity and giving it to himself. (Something he has done multiple times.) "I negotiate with myself," he says.
December 20, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Trump openly tells his flock he’s stealing $1 Billion from the treasury for himself — and somehow makes himself the victim in the story.
And they clap.
And they clap.
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It is utterly catastrophic that RFK Jr. plans to end CDC recommendations for most childhood vaccines.
It’s a betrayal of science, ethics, compassion, and the people of the United States.
And it was also a specific goal of Project 2025 (page 254).
It’s a betrayal of science, ethics, compassion, and the people of the United States.
And it was also a specific goal of Project 2025 (page 254).
December 20, 2025 at 12:50 AM
It is utterly catastrophic that RFK Jr. plans to end CDC recommendations for most childhood vaccines.
It’s a betrayal of science, ethics, compassion, and the people of the United States.
And it was also a specific goal of Project 2025 (page 254).
It’s a betrayal of science, ethics, compassion, and the people of the United States.
And it was also a specific goal of Project 2025 (page 254).
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Good @mattpolprof.bsky.social review of @lkatfield.bsky.social's great new book on the intellectual roots of MAGA, with a focus on the sheer opportunism of MAGA intellectuals who opportunistically glommed on to Trump:
www.commonwealmagazine.org/big-ideas-no...
www.commonwealmagazine.org/big-ideas-no...
Big Ideas, No Scruples
To understand this troubling moment in American democracy, look at the history and making of the New Right.
www.commonwealmagazine.org
December 20, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Good @mattpolprof.bsky.social review of @lkatfield.bsky.social's great new book on the intellectual roots of MAGA, with a focus on the sheer opportunism of MAGA intellectuals who opportunistically glommed on to Trump:
www.commonwealmagazine.org/big-ideas-no...
www.commonwealmagazine.org/big-ideas-no...
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Bondi gets community noted
December 20, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Bondi gets community noted
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this is the news tonight. No need to frame it otherwise. zeteo.com/p/trump-epst...
New tonight for @zeteo.com
New tonight for @zeteo.com
Trump Drags Out His Epstein Files Cover-Up
The Trump administration published heavily redacted Epstein records and many photos of Bill Clinton, while failing to comply with the law from Congress.
zeteo.com
December 20, 2025 at 1:13 AM
this is the news tonight. No need to frame it otherwise. zeteo.com/p/trump-epst...
New tonight for @zeteo.com
New tonight for @zeteo.com
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I mean it seems like the administration just keeps stepping on rakes. By releasing a buffoonishly redacted and incomplete set of docs they just prolong the story and suspicion. What’s the strategy here?
December 20, 2025 at 12:11 AM
I mean it seems like the administration just keeps stepping on rakes. By releasing a buffoonishly redacted and incomplete set of docs they just prolong the story and suspicion. What’s the strategy here?
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🚨 Epstein Files: In his letter to Congress, Todd Blanche says docs were withheld under the deliberative process, atty-client privilege & atty work product. In #FOIA that's the equivalent of a B5 exemption.
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![In addition to the bases for withholding or redacting under the Act, the Department has withheld and redacted a limited amount of information otherwise covered by various privileges, including deliberative-process privilege, work-product privilege, and attorney-client privilege, These privileges are based in common law---not statutes---and Congress is fully aware of them. See Fed. R. Evid. 501; Trammel v. United States, 445 U.S. 40, 47 (1980) ("In... enacting Rule 501, Congress manifested an affirmative intention not to freeze the law of privilege."). It is a long-held principle that Congress speaks clearly when it intends to abrogate a common law principle or privilege. See Bassett v. United States, 137 U.$. 496, 505-06 (1890) ("[B ]efore any departure from the rule affirmed through the ages of the common law---a rule having its solid foundation in the best interests of society- can be adjudged, the language declaring the legislative will should be so clear as to prevent doubt as to its intent and limit.").
Although the Act broadly categorizes items required to be produced, the Act does not include language expressly requiring the Department to produce privileged materials. See Sec. 2(a); Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta, 597 U.S. 629, 642 (2022) ("Congress expresses its intentions
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through statutory text passed by both Houses and signed by the President."). A privilege log will be produced in due course as required under the Act](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:eeitvtxcbjt3vmljqfmwzahz/bafkreichouiljlyrb52lm6ral3ktbimqez6djhkoc2in52tzjgp4loazee@jpeg)
December 20, 2025 at 3:53 AM
🚨 Epstein Files: In his letter to Congress, Todd Blanche says docs were withheld under the deliberative process, atty-client privilege & atty work product. In #FOIA that's the equivalent of a B5 exemption.
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WaPo brings a much-needed focus on the people revictimized by Trump's pardons.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Trump’s pardons wipe out payments to defrauded victims
In addition to clearing prison sentences, the president’s clemency actions have erased millions in restitution payments.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 19, 2025 at 8:48 PM
WaPo brings a much-needed focus on the people revictimized by Trump's pardons.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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The Epstein file is the only thing Trump has ever taken his name off of
🚨 "The Justice Department redacted the names and identifiers of victims. Fox News Digital has learned that the same redaction standards were applied to politically exposed individuals and government officials. "
h/t @kleinmatic.bsky.social
h/t @kleinmatic.bsky.social
Epstein files explode open as DOJ details discovery of powerful figures and more than 1,200 victims
EXCLUSIVE: More than a dozen people and government officials' names appear in the hundreds of thousands of pages of Jeffrey Epstein files made public Friday, sources said.
www.foxnews.com
December 19, 2025 at 11:20 PM
The Epstein file is the only thing Trump has ever taken his name off of
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It's worth reading through the whole thing, not just these horrific excerpts. Most important: not a single person -- with the exception of a guy who says he'll turn on CNN if he's out of other options -- gets their news from actual journalists. It's all RW podcasts, YouTubers and TikTok.
From the right-wing Manhattan Institute's focus group of Gen Z conservatives -- just jaw-dropping stuff. We have a very sick society. www.city-journal.org/article/manh...
December 19, 2025 at 8:26 PM
It's worth reading through the whole thing, not just these horrific excerpts. Most important: not a single person -- with the exception of a guy who says he'll turn on CNN if he's out of other options -- gets their news from actual journalists. It's all RW podcasts, YouTubers and TikTok.
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The Trump administration’s release of the Epstein grand jury documents are entirely redacted.
It’s 119 pages of just black rectangles.
It’s 119 pages of just black rectangles.
December 19, 2025 at 10:38 PM
The Trump administration’s release of the Epstein grand jury documents are entirely redacted.
It’s 119 pages of just black rectangles.
It’s 119 pages of just black rectangles.
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The Epstein Files, everybody!
December 19, 2025 at 9:13 PM
The Epstein Files, everybody!
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good news
Elise Stefanik announces she is dropping out of the race for New York governor and won’t run for reelection to the House
December 19, 2025 at 9:09 PM
good news
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Stunning new revelation: Epstein hung out almost exclusively with guys who had black boxes where their heads should be.
December 19, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Stunning new revelation: Epstein hung out almost exclusively with guys who had black boxes where their heads should be.
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Just tried to search for Trump’s name in the Epstein files library on the DOJ’s website. You’ll be *shocked* to learn that there’s no mention of him whatsoever!
December 19, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Just tried to search for Trump’s name in the Epstein files library on the DOJ’s website. You’ll be *shocked* to learn that there’s no mention of him whatsoever!
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* Number of additional unemployed Americans since January: 982,000.
* Number of federal government job losses: 271,000. 🤡
* Number of federal government job losses: 271,000. 🤡
Trump: "The only reason our unemployment tucked up and went up to 4.5 percent [it's actually 4.6 percent] is because we are reducing the government workforce by numbers that have never been seen before."
December 19, 2025 at 7:31 PM
* Number of additional unemployed Americans since January: 982,000.
* Number of federal government job losses: 271,000. 🤡
* Number of federal government job losses: 271,000. 🤡
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Q: Do you stand by your statement from earlier this year that nobody has died from USAID cuts?
RUBIO: I'm very proud of the changes we've made in foreign aid
RUBIO: I'm very proud of the changes we've made in foreign aid
December 19, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Q: Do you stand by your statement from earlier this year that nobody has died from USAID cuts?
RUBIO: I'm very proud of the changes we've made in foreign aid
RUBIO: I'm very proud of the changes we've made in foreign aid