Jeffrey Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell, who had been serving a 20-year prison sentence in Florida, has been moved to a lower-security federal prison camp in Texas. "We can confirm, Ghislaine Maxwell is in the custody of the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) at the Federal Prison Camp (FPC) Bryan in Bryan, Texas," BOP spokesperson Donald Murphy said in a statement to CNN. The move comes a week after Maxwell met in private with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche at the US attorney's office in Tallahassee. read more
The Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History has removed explicit reference to President Donald Trump from an exhibit about impeachment. read more
According to the White House press release: "The White House Ballroom will be substantially separated from the main building of the White House, but at the same time, it's theme and architectural heritage will be almost identical. The site of the new ballroom will be where the small, heavily changed, and reconstructed East Wing currently sits." read more
A CBS News analysis of the video the FBI made public earlier this month reveals that the recording doesn't provide a clear view of the entrance to Epstein's cell block -- one of several contradictions between officials' descriptions of the video and the video itself. read more
If Trump cared at all, it was, by Trump's own account, because Epstein was "taking [Trump's] people""not because of what Epstein was then doing to them. It's clear that Trump never cared about Epstein's and Maxwell's victims. It's clear that he still doesn't care about the victims. Trump can't even bring himself to pretend to care. He's discussed the Epstein matter many times. He's expressed concern for Maxwell. Has he ever expressed concern for the victims? Trump feels aggrieved that Epstein stole his "people." He feels no empathy for those people"girls who were then trafficked and raped. read more
Peter York's Dictator Style: Lifestyles of the World's Most Colorful Despots (www.amazon.com) came out a few years back, but it's well worth tracking down for those who appreciate the tasteless tackiness associated with so many narcissists who attain serious political power. York wrote a related article in 2017, "Trump's Dictator Chic" (www.politico.com).
Welcome to Vanishing Commissar territory (www.amazon.com), courtesy of the fascistii who brought you "alternative facts."
"Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past."
George Orwell, 1984
From the NYT:
According to Bureau of Prison regulations, inmates [like Ghislaine Maxwell] designated as sex offenders are generally supposed to be held in low-security prisons, like the facility in Tallahassee, Fla., where Ms. Maxwell had been previously held, not in minimum-security facilities, like her new prison camp in Bryan, Texas.
www.nytimes.com
What makes her different?