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As a historian I've looked at hundreds of thousands of pages of government documents. And I just have to say that aside from being obviously illegal and clearly suggestive of some major crime, this “redaction” business is not a position in which serious people or serious governments find themselves
There is no basis to withhold these images under the clear terms of the Epstein Files Transparency Act. None.
WOW: The DOJ has DELETED an image from its release of the Epstein files that shows photos of Trump in a drawer.
Yesterday, we noted that this image — file 468 — likely slipped through the cracks while officials were attempting to hide materials pertaining to Trump.
Now, it’s gone.
Yesterday, we noted that this image — file 468 — likely slipped through the cracks while officials were attempting to hide materials pertaining to Trump.
Now, it’s gone.
December 21, 2025 at 9:42 PM
As a historian I've looked at hundreds of thousands of pages of government documents. And I just have to say that aside from being obviously illegal and clearly suggestive of some major crime, this “redaction” business is not a position in which serious people or serious governments find themselves
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The corruption is absolutely staggering. One big money donor after another receiving direct benefits in return. Trump didn’t drain any swamps, he created a giant sewer to roll around in daily. Great reporting. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
December 22, 2025 at 1:25 PM
The corruption is absolutely staggering. One big money donor after another receiving direct benefits in return. Trump didn’t drain any swamps, he created a giant sewer to roll around in daily. Great reporting. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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New from MS NOW:
Kash Patel is being driven around in specially armored BMWs that the FBI bought at his request.
Patel earlier this year pressed the FBI to purchase a new, more modern FBI jet for his use, but the proposal was abandoned over cost estimates. www.ms.now/news/kash-pa...
Kash Patel is being driven around in specially armored BMWs that the FBI bought at his request.
Patel earlier this year pressed the FBI to purchase a new, more modern FBI jet for his use, but the proposal was abandoned over cost estimates. www.ms.now/news/kash-pa...
Kash Patel’s new ride of choice: an armored luxury BMW
FBI director under fire for use of government resources also asked for an upgraded jet
www.ms.now
December 22, 2025 at 1:45 PM
New from MS NOW:
Kash Patel is being driven around in specially armored BMWs that the FBI bought at his request.
Patel earlier this year pressed the FBI to purchase a new, more modern FBI jet for his use, but the proposal was abandoned over cost estimates. www.ms.now/news/kash-pa...
Kash Patel is being driven around in specially armored BMWs that the FBI bought at his request.
Patel earlier this year pressed the FBI to purchase a new, more modern FBI jet for his use, but the proposal was abandoned over cost estimates. www.ms.now/news/kash-pa...
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I thought they passed a law that federal officials can only buy domestic vehicles?
New from MS NOW:
Kash Patel is being driven around in specially armored BMWs that the FBI bought at his request.
Patel earlier this year pressed the FBI to purchase a new, more modern FBI jet for his use, but the proposal was abandoned over cost estimates. www.ms.now/news/kash-pa...
Kash Patel is being driven around in specially armored BMWs that the FBI bought at his request.
Patel earlier this year pressed the FBI to purchase a new, more modern FBI jet for his use, but the proposal was abandoned over cost estimates. www.ms.now/news/kash-pa...
Kash Patel’s new ride of choice: an armored luxury BMW
FBI director under fire for use of government resources also asked for an upgraded jet
www.ms.now
December 22, 2025 at 1:51 PM
I thought they passed a law that federal officials can only buy domestic vehicles?
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This statement is a sick joke. US foreign policy is a sick joke, being implemented by enemies of truth, freedom & democracy - people driven by personal greed & the opportunity to exploit the suffering of others by trading US power and prestige for death & business opportunities.
December 22, 2025 at 11:49 AM
This statement is a sick joke. US foreign policy is a sick joke, being implemented by enemies of truth, freedom & democracy - people driven by personal greed & the opportunity to exploit the suffering of others by trading US power and prestige for death & business opportunities.
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I’ve been voting to protect her rights for my entire life. She’s been voting against everyone’s.
IOWA — “I’m a very pissed off conservative Christian woman. I almost died because I was denied medical care after being diagnosed with a fatal fetus… Cornered by the system… pro life? Choose me. Choose the mother.”
It had to happen to her to get this? #ForcedBirthNation
It had to happen to her to get this? #ForcedBirthNation
December 14, 2025 at 1:54 AM
I’ve been voting to protect her rights for my entire life. She’s been voting against everyone’s.
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Sam is right. DOGE did exactly what they wanted it to do- hurt poor people, destroyed faith in government, enriched Elon.
November 24, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Sam is right. DOGE did exactly what they wanted it to do- hurt poor people, destroyed faith in government, enriched Elon.
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person woman man two all beef patties special sauce camera TV lettuce cheese Hannibal Lecter pickles onions Arnold Palmer's schlong shark electricity on a cofveve sesame seed bun
Trump is ranting barely coherently to McDonald's franchise owners: "The one pilot said, 'skedaddle!' And that thing just turned on its side -- pppph. And it's so unbelievable. And that knocked out Iran nuclear capability."
November 18, 2025 at 2:27 PM
person woman man two all beef patties special sauce camera TV lettuce cheese Hannibal Lecter pickles onions Arnold Palmer's schlong shark electricity on a cofveve sesame seed bun
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They should have let him cook. We could have had nice things.
Walz says Harris "would have been a fantastic president... we wouldn't wake up every day to a bunch of shit on TV. We would wake up to an adult w/ compassion & dignity doing the work, not a manchild crying about whatever is wrong with him. May his fat ankles find something today. Petty as hell."
August 25, 2025 at 8:11 PM
They should have let him cook. We could have had nice things.
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What To Know About The Epstein Files
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July 21, 2025 at 9:00 PM
What To Know About The Epstein Files
theonion.com/what-to...
theonion.com/what-to...
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think Vladimir Putin is a terrorist. Can we deport people who support him?
March 28, 2025 at 12:49 PM
think Vladimir Putin is a terrorist. Can we deport people who support him?
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Whoa.
"Now the debate among national security professionals is over whether the secretary was just incompetent or whether he was drunk. That’s how low this has gone.
- Seth Moulton, not pulling any punches
"Now the debate among national security professionals is over whether the secretary was just incompetent or whether he was drunk. That’s how low this has gone.
- Seth Moulton, not pulling any punches
March 25, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Whoa.
"Now the debate among national security professionals is over whether the secretary was just incompetent or whether he was drunk. That’s how low this has gone.
- Seth Moulton, not pulling any punches
"Now the debate among national security professionals is over whether the secretary was just incompetent or whether he was drunk. That’s how low this has gone.
- Seth Moulton, not pulling any punches
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CARTOON OF THE DAY
February 23, 2025 at 3:52 PM
CARTOON OF THE DAY
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TN LOOKOUT: — “(Trump & Musk’s) Foreign aid freeze halts UTK Ag program” tennesseelookout.com/briefs/forei...
We asked house ag committee chair Chris Todd about this yesterday, he stayed silent 🤐: x.com/thetnholler/...
We asked house ag committee chair Chris Todd about this yesterday, he stayed silent 🤐: x.com/thetnholler/...
February 12, 2025 at 8:47 PM
TN LOOKOUT: — “(Trump & Musk’s) Foreign aid freeze halts UTK Ag program” tennesseelookout.com/briefs/forei...
We asked house ag committee chair Chris Todd about this yesterday, he stayed silent 🤐: x.com/thetnholler/...
We asked house ag committee chair Chris Todd about this yesterday, he stayed silent 🤐: x.com/thetnholler/...
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DROP SITE: “State Dept procurement forecast lists Tesla as the recipient of the largest expected contract, with Marco Rubio’s department planning to buy $400,000,000 worth of “Armored Tesla” — modified December 13, 2024, a month after Trump’s election.” www.dropsitenews.com/p/elon-musk-...
February 12, 2025 at 9:01 PM
DROP SITE: “State Dept procurement forecast lists Tesla as the recipient of the largest expected contract, with Marco Rubio’s department planning to buy $400,000,000 worth of “Armored Tesla” — modified December 13, 2024, a month after Trump’s election.” www.dropsitenews.com/p/elon-musk-...
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How many questions has the legacy media asked Republicans about why they are trying to disenfranchise 60,000 North Carolina voters and steal a State Supreme Court seat?
Virtually every question today at the WH Press briefing was about the Hunter pardon, as if that is the thing the American people care about most right now. The DC press is so disconnected from the American public and serves them poorly more often than not.
December 6, 2024 at 9:31 PM
How many questions has the legacy media asked Republicans about why they are trying to disenfranchise 60,000 North Carolina voters and steal a State Supreme Court seat?
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I wrote about Americans - baby boomers especially - being conditioned to accept a post-democracy United States. bad-faith-times.ghost.io/the-american...
The Conditioning Of The American Right
The funniest part of Tucker Carlson going all the way to Russia to visit a grocery store is that he’s definitely never shopped at an American grocery store.
The living embodiment of the country club...
bad-faith-times.ghost.io
December 5, 2024 at 7:37 PM
I wrote about Americans - baby boomers especially - being conditioned to accept a post-democracy United States. bad-faith-times.ghost.io/the-american...
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didn’t see quite the same level of outrage about these pardons
December 2, 2024 at 4:29 PM
didn’t see quite the same level of outrage about these pardons
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This is what has me so crazy about Kash Patel. Everyone has jumped right to the merits of Patel and no one has even paused to say, “Presidents don’t get to fire the FBI director without paying a huge political price.”
There seems to be a vast under-appreciation for the lines we’ve crossed and the world we’re in.
Trump’s win has basically put us in a post-rules world.
People in power don’t feel constrained by rules and any remaining checks don’t feel empowered to be checks.
This reality has not set in yet.
Trump’s win has basically put us in a post-rules world.
People in power don’t feel constrained by rules and any remaining checks don’t feel empowered to be checks.
This reality has not set in yet.
December 1, 2024 at 11:05 PM
This is what has me so crazy about Kash Patel. Everyone has jumped right to the merits of Patel and no one has even paused to say, “Presidents don’t get to fire the FBI director without paying a huge political price.”
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I’m about to lecture on Watergate and I feel, for the first time, that I have to explain to students why it was such a scandal.
“No, people thought the president wasn’t a king. Even Republicans! Honest!”
“No, people thought the president wasn’t a king. Even Republicans! Honest!”
December 2, 2024 at 3:30 PM
I’m about to lecture on Watergate and I feel, for the first time, that I have to explain to students why it was such a scandal.
“No, people thought the president wasn’t a king. Even Republicans! Honest!”
“No, people thought the president wasn’t a king. Even Republicans! Honest!”
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Pearl Jam covered Temple of the Dog’s "Hunger Strike" for the first time in a decade during a concert in Sydney, Australia on Saturday
Credit: Cristiano Souza
Credit: Cristiano Souza
November 24, 2024 at 3:11 AM
Pearl Jam covered Temple of the Dog’s "Hunger Strike" for the first time in a decade during a concert in Sydney, Australia on Saturday
Credit: Cristiano Souza
Credit: Cristiano Souza
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Makes me sad re-reading this amazing letter from ex-Watergate Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox sent to high school seniors in 1994 after they asked him “What should Americans learn from Watergate?” 20 years later in ‘94.
His answer is remarkable—unfortunately things didn’t work out so well in 2024.
His answer is remarkable—unfortunately things didn’t work out so well in 2024.
November 25, 2024 at 2:50 AM
Makes me sad re-reading this amazing letter from ex-Watergate Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox sent to high school seniors in 1994 after they asked him “What should Americans learn from Watergate?” 20 years later in ‘94.
His answer is remarkable—unfortunately things didn’t work out so well in 2024.
His answer is remarkable—unfortunately things didn’t work out so well in 2024.
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“Whoever controls the media, controls the mind.”
-Jim Morrison
-Jim Morrison
November 24, 2024 at 2:31 AM
“Whoever controls the media, controls the mind.”
-Jim Morrison
-Jim Morrison