"Dollars to Donuts", there are a lot of Republican names in those files. Madison Cawthorne (former republican House member from NC) said that his republican colleagues invited him to orgies before he was forced to take it back. Epstein probably organized those orgies.

Remember how Trump bad mouthed the price increases for the aircraft propulsion system on aircraft carriers? What about the price increases for the construction at the Fed? Sounds to me like he is as bad a planner as the people he railed about?

Preservation Group Urges Pause on White House Demolition

Too late for that! The next democrat to be elected president should either tear it down or set aside a large portion of it for the Smithsonian to be used as a museum featuring DEI, Woke, LGBTQ+, Immigration, CRT, etc. artifacts.

The cost of repairs is also through the f'n roof.

Israeli Military Launches Attack on Gaza

Let's see if I have this right. Israel punishes/kills the people of Gaza and claims it's ok because they are HAMAS and/or supporters of HAMAS. The war winds down and HAMAS kills the people of Gaza and claims it's ok because they were/are supporters of Israel. Which is it? Sounds to me like there were/are a lot of Palestinians that want nothing to do with either side but were trapped in that hell hole. As far as I am concerned, Israel is WORST than HAMAS because of the number of Palestinians they killed that likely wanted nothing to do with entire side but were trapped and couldn't get out; especially the children!!!

A condition for reopening the government MUST be the rehiring of all federal employees that were let go because of it and giving them back pay! I suspect that the only thing that will reopen the government is the Senate modifying the filibuster rules by putting in a carve out for passing the budget. It is the only way that republicans can solidify their budgetary and federal staffing "gains". The effect of such a move is going to cost them dearly in next years elections.

Donald Trump is setting free these "dangerous narco-terrorists" because he doesn't want them to be proven in American courts that they are ordinary people that he, Donald, attempted to murder.

I've no doubt that some enterprising investigative journalist(s) are headed to Colombia and Ecuador to interview these people.

Thune says he would not take Advice from RFK Jr. 'if I were a woman'

Is Thune having a "come to Jesus moment"? Wasn't RJK Jr. positions well known before he was approved by the Senate? Does Thune regret that the Senate approved his nomination?

HAMAS' killing of Palestinians exposes the lie that all Palestinians in Gaza supported HAMAS and deserved the pain inflicted upon them by the IDF. That has never been the case and should help buttress the claim that Israel has committed genocide in Gaza. Netanyahu had to sell that lie to hide his real intent: removal of all Palestinians from Gaza aka ethnic cleaning.

Armed, masked marauders kidnapping people off of city streets must be stopped. City police officers MUST stop and arrest these people if they don't identify themselves as federal agents. To avoid these interruptions, federal agents must be required to check in with local police departments and identify the areas of the city in which they will be working and for what time period(s).

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I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of congressional critters names are in those files as well! Madison Cawthorn, a republican former congressman from NC, said that his republican congressional colleagues invited him to orgies. If, in fact, what he said was true, could it be that Epstein sponsored and organized those orgies and republicans in congress don't want their names exposed if the Epstein files were released?

It's been reported that DOJ notified Trump that his name was in the files. He was probably told about every name mentioned therein and now has something to hold over the other child molesters. This might explain some of the hold he has over congressional republicans, business leaders, etc.

House Speaker: Shutdown Could Be Longest in US History

I believe it will be. Both dems and repubs are dug in. The drastic price increases in Obamacare premiums will work in the dems favor with 70% of the people affected by it living in red states. The repubs would have had to do something anyway so by bringing the attention to the issue now demonstrates to the public that dems are looking out for them.

I suppose you could accuse individuals at the city or state level, but it would not be as effective as doing it at the Federal level.

Use Trump's tactics as an example: do it and let the courts sort it out. However, Trump, as president, has the ace card: Insurrection Act. No doubt he would invoke it and claim Pritzker is an insurrectionist. This is something that Trump WILL do at some point. It may be better to force his hand before he is ready to play it. If he played it just prior to the elections, there may not be sufficient time for the courts to react to put an end to his efforts.

"Dollars to donuts" Trump family members/insiders bought Argentine currency before the US propped it up and sold after the US purchase and it hit its highs.

It's been reported that 70% of the people affected by the Obamacare subsidy and Medicaid cuts are in red states. This woman, a republican voter, is typical of many (most) of them. In all likelihood, republicans have lost this voter and many more to come. Poor, white, rural voters will eventually come to understand that they are just tools of the rich. Republicans will promise them anything (religious freedom, tough on crime, get rid of illegals, etc.) as long as there is little or no cost to it.

Anonymity makes it easier for humans to act in inhuman ways.

If this can occur, hopefully it would eventually lead to a crumbling of the concept of corporate personhood!

to terrorize Americans into quiescence,

While that, no doubt, is the effect one of the things being masked enables is that they can hire the dregs of society to become ICE agents.

You don't get to claim a Nobel Peace Prize after you have armed one side of a dispute and that side has used those arms to commit genocide!!! Holding ALL of the people of Gaza responsible for the actions of a few is akin to some of the old Westerns and WWII movies that I have seen where the villains round up the whole town and shoots some number of towns people if they don't give up their protectors.

WH Memo: No Backpay for Furloughed Federal Employees

If the White House acts on that legal analysis, it would dramatically escalate Dummkopf Trumpf's pressure on Senate Democrats to end the week-old shutdown

LOL! Watch the country come to a standstill and see who gets the blame.

Ok. She's in contempt. Now what?

Jury nullification is certainly a tactic that individuals can deploy but even better would be laws that force the government (fed, state, muni) to pay for the legal defenses of the defendant if the defendant prevails plus extra for the defendant's lost income and pain and suffering. Hell, add in some more for punitive damages! That type of penalty would ensure that prosecutors only bring cases that they KNOW they will win. It would also ensure that defendants with a strong case would have no problem securing top notch legal representation.

A strong case can be made for reversing some precedents but no case can be made for decisions that are contrary to the explicit wording of the constitution!

John Bolton Knew Trump Would Come After Him

I wonder if people like Bolton ever sit back and contemplate how it is that a party they so long supported could have elected someone like Trump? Do they wonder if any of their actions might have contributed to people believing that he was the president that America needed?

Dems MUST do a better job of tying this souring to Trump's enablers: members of Congress.