I am sure Epstein didn't have his guests preparing their meals, doing household chores, yard work, etc. It's hard to imagine that the maintenance workers didn't know what was going on. Some enterprising reporters need to visit the place and talk to the workers. There's an interesting story to be told from their perspective ala Downton Abby?

Trump's just doing what a lot of politicians do: find a parade and get out in front of it!

He's lying, hiding something or just plain stupid. Either of them works.

It's a good thing for democratic candidates that republicans are as bad as they are. Otherwise, democrats wouldn't get half the votes that they get!

At Trump's Urging, DOJ Seeks Probe of Epstein Ties with Democrats

I don't think democrats care one way or another about other democrats being implicated. The only reason I think dems would be concerned is if it diverted sparse DOJ resources from investigating the EXISTING junta members and their influential friends.

It's a stupid idea that simply encourages people to buy more than they can afford

Just what you would expect from a member of a family of home builders!

the United States doesn't have talented workers to fill jobs needed domestically
You would think that revelation would prompt the "ruling class" to do more to better educate American children. But no. The greedy bastards would prefer to have other countries spend the money to educate its children and then pilfer the educated from those countries.

"If a Knesset member holds an additional, non-Israeli citizenship, and the laws of the country whose citizenship he holds permit him to be released from such citizenship, he shall not declare allegiance until after he has done everything required on his part to be released from such citizenship."

In practice this means an individual who holds U.S. citizenship (and the U.S. permits renunciation) must renounce it before being sworn in.

In SNAP Appeal, Trump Admin says it Faces More Harm than Those Without Food

A ridiculous argument that the circuit court immediately saw through. Good for them. We should hear from SCOTUS Justice KB Jackson today.

How is it that the home owner (i.e. killer) has not been identified. I understand the desire to protect him from potential harassment but what about protecting the public? The public needs to be put on notice not to visit that home!

They'd do it by heavily taxing the morbidly rich (FDR raised it to 77% in 1936), giving union power to working people (Wagner Act, 1935), and providing a solid social safety net " Social Security (1935), a minimum wage (1933/38), unemployment insurance (1935), and Food Stamps (1939) " to create a middle-class floor."

Exactly!!!

Poor people don't have the money to buy the goods and services that capitalists want to provide. Henry Ford knew it. Why don't today's capitalists? It seems as if today's capitalists want to starve the golden goose. Who, then, will buy their goods/services?

All talk. What these billionaires don't realize is that when they leave, they leave a void. If their business was profitable, some body else will step in fill the void.

Supply meet Demand.

However, the owner was African American.

At least you didn't try to shoot him/her as did the tired, off duty female police officer Amber Guyger mistakenly going to the wrong apartment and shooting the owner Botham Jean; a POC.

However, I still follow the Cardinal Rule ~ Never give a Republican a political leg up for anything or anywhere, not even for dog catcher, until all traces of the MEGA junta have been dead for at least 100 years.

Amen!

Last night, SCOTUS granted a temporary stay of the Trump administration's request to stay the orders of the district court and the 3 panel appellate court's decisions until the full appellate court could weigh in. The Justice that granted the stay: Jackson!

What's the rational: deference to the POTUS? If so, that would make no sense what so ever. Why would you defer to an administration acting on the behalf of a criminal? an adjudicated sexual assaulter? an adjudicated tax cheat? a serial liar? a self admitted sexual predator?

When agents encounter strangers, the Fourth Amendment imposes three core limitations:

1. If, and only if, agents have particularized suspicion that a person may be guilty of a crime, they can stop the person (make a "Terry stop") and pose a brief series of questions to dispel or confirm their suspicions. This is the basic dividing line that border czar Tom Homan and others in the administration say the agents are following in nearly every case.

2. If, and only if, agents have developed probable cause that a person is guilty of a crime, they can arrest them -- restrain their physical movements. That includes, of course, Americans or anyone else who assaults law enforcement.

3. At all times, including during arrests, agents may not employ force that is unreasonable under the circumstances.

I don't see where POTUS derives the power to enact tariffs without accompanying legislation.

Accompanying legislation shouldn't be enough UNLESS the authority expired at the end of the legislative term. No congress should be able to transfer an authority granted to it in the constitution to the presidency if it required the president to agree to give it back.

President Donald Trump and his advisers have drawn renewed criticism amid reports indicating that they have discussed using emergency powers to expand federal control over state elections.

Of course they're coming. However, I am encouraged by the actions of the judge that gave the Trump administration only a day to comply with his order to provide full SNAP benefits. By doing so, it put a stop to the delays that a feature of Trump's appeal process. Hopefully other judges will be as mindful of the Trump's delay tactics and how they corrupt the appeals process.

its not a National Emergency

If SCOTUS comes away with the perception that its not a National Emergency, it will be bad for his credibility. Trump will become unbelievable and thought of as the "boy who cried wolf".

In a way, it will also be bad for the country because it needs the president to be able to act quickly and decisively when a true national emergency occurs.

Tax increases are more palatable and saleable when they are applied to a specific purpose. Unfortunately, what happens is, over time, the money gets diverted to other causes. Also, money that was previously applied is a "worthy cause" is reduced because there is a new funding source.

If the GOP Nukes the filibuster with 51 votes, why vote for a continuing CR? Why not just cancel a whole bunch of expenses that the Democrats wouldn't let us cancel before.

I suspect that one of the reasons senators don't want to eliminate the filibuster is they would have no place to hide! They would have to take tough votes that would alienate many of their constituents. Since senators are elected state wise, senators in "purple" states know that they will be at risk if they are forced to vote on every contentious measure coming before them. There would be a lot of intra party fighting to tweak bills to minimize their risks.

Here is the prediction....they will rule that Pedo47 has the power to do so and there ruling in this case has no precedent on any future president.

From my reading of the tea leaves, Roberts and Barrett will side with Kagan, Jackson and Sotomayor. Gorsuch may also be on board.

It will be interesting to see if they address the $2B that has been taken in.

Tuesday's victories by dems means that their opposition will be even more aggressive for 2026.

The Left wants the Government to provide everything, and in doing that control everything

You mean the way that Trump is trying to control everything by with holding government provided funds, contracts, approvals, etc. from businesses, universities, states, etc.? You mean that way? I guess that makes Trump the BIGGEST leftie ever!

Why you people won't let that continue is beyond me

I've noticed with righties, it's generally "my way or the highway", "all or nothing", "pedal to the metal", etc on EVERYTHING! Lefties are generally "live and let live", "all of the above", etc.

The right seeks to impose their will on others whereas the left says the constitution entitles each of us to live our lives the way we see fit as long as we aren't encroaching on the rights of others.