What strikes me about this young girl, who claims Trump raped her when she was 14, is just how much she looks like a young Ivanka:

KittyKatGirl
@mary1kathy.bsky.social

Yo DonOLD, is this in the Epstein files?! Inquiring minds want to know!

Oh my, the liberals were right! (video at link):

Barbara Sobel
@barbarasobel.bsky.social

When you lose Nick Fuentes

Nick Fuentes to Trump: "--- you. You suck. You're fat, you're a joke, you're stupid, you're not funny... This entire thing has been a scam. We're gonna look back at MAGA movement as the biggest scam in history. The liberals were right we will see Trump as a scam artist."

Adam Kinzinger

@adamkinzinger.substack.com
The story about Colbert being cancelled because ... . Trump doesn't like him, should be a warning shot to everyone. The oligarchy has the power ... they will use their money to silence you.

Time to rise up.

I love PBS. I never watch the news. I watch Masterpiece Theater, Masterpiece Mystery, various Ken Burns series, etc.

Yikes, who knew this is what it would take to make the macho MAGA men cry?:

Christopher Webb
@cwebbonline.com
Trump's supporters are ---- near in tears trying to come to terms with the fact he lied to them.

Trump has a type, and what strikes me about this young girl, who claims Trump raped her when she was 14, is just how much she looks like a young Ivanka:

KittyKatGirl
@mary1kathy.bsky.social

Yo DonOLD, is this in the Epstein files?! Inquiring minds want to know!

"which was the whole reason why the statute of limitations was extended solely to target Trump by making decades old allegations that are IMPOSSIBLE to defend."

I know Trump is a malignant narcissist but thinking the law was changed just to get him is taking that malignant narcissism to new heights/depths.

Gift link to WSJ article here:

Jeffrey Epstein's Friends Sent Him Bawdy Letters for a 50th Birthday Album. One Was From Donald Trump.

#333
Good! Now maybe Scotty can understand.
#335 | Posted by anton

Don't hold your breath. . . .

Under the strict definition of rape in NY state at the time, Trump could not be found to have raped Carroll:

Dismissing the counterclaim, Judge Kaplan provided an unsparing ----ysis of the legal issues that informed the New York verdict. He wrote: "The only issue on which the jury did not find in Ms Carroll's favour was whether she proved that Mr Trump raped' her within the narrow, technical meaning of that term in the New York penal law.

"The jury-- was instructed that it could find that Mr Trump raped' Ms Carroll only if it found that he forcibly penetrated Ms Carroll's vagina with his penis.

"It could not find that he raped' her if it determined that Mr Trump forcibly penetrated Ms Carroll's private sexual parts with his fingers--which commonly is considered rape' in other contexts--because the New York penal law definition of rape is limited to penile penetration."

How many boosters are we up to now?
#5 | Posted by lfthndthrds

My doctor recommends one Covid shot a year. Same thing he recommends for the flu. Unless you have a compromised immune system in which case he recommends 2 shots a year. One in the fall when the new shot comes out and one in the spring preferably about 6 months later.

PS The only way any incriminating info on Trump comes out is if the GOP is tired of him and want to replace him with someone like Vance, who is relatively young and doesn't have a lot skeletons in his closet. They could destroy Trump and his whole family in one fell swoop by releasing the photographs Wolff describes, video at link:

Republicans Against Trumpism
@rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social

At any rate, I think Democrats are being rope-a-doped on this and are going to end up with all the Epstein material related to Democrats and Hollywood types being released and none of the material related to Republicans and their wealthy donors seeing the light of day. FWIW, I agree with criticalbill, whoever he is, about the cover up that's coming:

criticalbill76.bsky.social
@criticalbill76.bsky.social

Inquiring minds need to know... Epstein was spying for Israeli intelligence BEFORE being flipped and working for U.S.I.C. I read the FBI FD-1023.

My point is: Epstein worked both sides

Outcome: Trump'll cherry-pick who's identity will be revealed, and redact what he doesn't, claim NETSEC issues.

I absolutely believe Trump is immorally capable of being being an Epstein buddy. Here's the thing - given how hard Democrats tried to put Trump in jail and have him removed from the ballot, if the Epstein files had any dirt on Trump it would have been leaked.
#16 | Posted by BellRinger

Then there is Bill Barr, who was in charge of DOJ when Epstein died, and his problematic connection to Epstein:

[A]t his confirmation hearing, Barr was asked if he would investigate the handling of a decade-old Florida plea deal that let Epstein escape responsibility for his conduct. He said he thought his former law firm was involved in the case so he might have to recuse.

I absolutely believe Trump is immorally capable of being being an Epstein buddy. Here's the thing - given how hard Democrats tried to put Trump in jail and have him removed from the ballot, if the Epstein files had any dirt on Trump it would have been leaked.
#16 | Posted by BellRinger

Whatever Epstein/Trump material that exists, if it still does which is doubtful, Democrats don't have it and never did. Repbulicans have been the ones who have handled the Epstein case on both the state and federal level and with Trump's blessing. For example, Alex Acosta, the guy who prosecuted Epstein in Florida way back when, was later appointed by Trump to be his secretary of labor during his first term.

Trump Defends Labor Secretary Acosta Over Epstein Plea Deal

President Trump is standing by Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta, at least for now.

Acosta is facing calls for his resignation after new sex trafficking charges were filed against multimillionaire Jeffrey Epstein on Monday.

What a colossal waste, and the worst part is that DOGE is still mucking around in the Social Security Adminstration/system. Read it and weep:

Elon Musk stood before a giant American flag at a Wisconsin political rally in March and rolled out an eye-popping allegation of rampant fraud at the Social Security Administration. Scammers, he said, were making 40 percent of all calls to the agency's customer service line.

Social Security employees knew the billionaire's claim had no basis in fact. After journalists followed up, staff members began drafting a response correcting the record.

That's when Leland Dudek--plucked from a midlevel job only six weeks earlier to run Social Security because of his willingness to cooperate with Mr. Musk's Department of Government Efficiency--got an angry call from the White House, according to several people familiar with the exchange.

"The number is 40 percent," insisted Katie Miller, a top administration aide who was working closely with Mr. Musk, according to one of the people familiar with the April 1 call. President Trump believed Mr. Musk, she said. "Do not contradict the president."

Apparently Trump didn't follow the proper protocol for military parade routes in DC:

Erik Ledbetter
@bandoblue.bsky.social

Some thoughts about the military parade in my hometown of Washington DC today -- specifically, the route. Military parades in DC are quite rare. But when they happen, they have always begun, symbolically and geographically, at the Capitol and moved outward. 1/

The first mass parade, celebrating Union Victory in the Civil War, followed the Inaugural procession route outwards down Pennsylvania Ave. WW1 and WW2 victory parades followed the same route. 2/

Much more somber were the interment marches for the remains of Unknowns from WW1, 2, Korea and Vietnam. These began with the Unknown lying in state in the Capitol rotunda, moved down Constitution zace along the Mall, and over the Memorial Bridge to Arling Cemetary on the hill to the west. 3/

The Gulf War victory parade followed the mourning route, a break with tradition. But it still began symbolically at the seat of the People's branch of government and moved outward. Symbolically, this encodes many mutually reinforcing meetings. 4/

Among them: the military arises from the citizenry and serves the citizenry, that the citizens are thanking and welcoming the Army back to home and civic life (symbolically and often practically, these are demobilizing parades), 5/

And that (on the mourning route) we proceed from the people's thanks in their Hall past places of memory to places of eternal rest and thanks. 6/

But the symbolizing is always that having called on and drawn a military from the Citizenry, the nation is returning the servicememebers to the citizenry, or sending them to rest, with its thanks. 7/

The parade today by contrast moves west to east, outside to in. It starts at the Pentagon not Arlington National Cemetary. It follows the symbolic route of troops entering to quell or occupy the city, not leaving with love and thanks. 8/

And it ends at the White House not the Capitol. Symbolically it the route is troops called from the Barracks/General Staff to render obeisance to the King, while demonstrating how the King can call in troops to awe the cities. 9/

The symbolism is rich, robust, and deeply un-American.

Asha Rangappa
@asharangappa.bsky.social

There must be an office or someone at DoD who understands the symbolism and protocol of parade routes, so this has to be deliberate. The Secretary of the Army ought to be asked about this

I wonder why Boelter was rooming with an old friend instead of living with his wife. We're they separated/estranged? Haven't read anything about that.
#233 | Posted by johnny_hotsauce

As I under stand it, he stayed in the city a couple of nights of week when he was on call for his job at the funeral home (he would go out and pick up dead bodies). I don't think there was an issue with his wife and that he lived with her during the rest of the week.

Simplifying this guy to a single ideology may be difficult.
This isn't someone who sees the world through a single lens.
His perspective is multifaceted, based on what he has seen and experienced around the world.
#160 | Posted by BillJohnson

Nope. Hope this clarifies things for you:

"He didn't like Nancy Pelosi," he said, referring to the California congresswoman and former speaker of the U.S. House. "He didn't like [Minnesota Gov. Tim] Walz. He didn't like [former president Joe] Biden."

But his comments were ordinary complaints about politicians, and he didn't express extreme views, Carlson said. He said Boelter supported President Donald Trump and had voted for him. He said Boelter would be offended if someone called him a Democrat.

Eleven Democratic Wisconsin lawmakers were also on the Minnesota shooter's list, and almost all were women, a Wisconsin Democratic legislator confirmed to The Washington Post. "They're all Democrats and all pro-choice," said the legislator, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of instructions from law enforcement.

Wisconsin lawmakers have been warned by law enforcement officials not to make public the names of those on the list, as the shooter is still at large.

Asha Rangappa
@asharangappa.bsky.social

I disagree with this assessment. My understanding is that all attendees had already been checked for weapons before coming in, I.e., there was no credible reason to believe he (even unIDd) was a threat. On top of that he is a U.S. Senator OF THAT STATE w direct oversight authority OVER HER AGENCY 1/

Sorry but in addition to a lack of threat, a person's identity and authority in this context matters, and force and restraint was simply not necessary. Punto. If you are a cabinet official and can't handle interjected questions during an effing press conference, get another job

PS They are also targetting food truck workers.

Wait until they start to raid nursing homes and daycare centers, or picking up the janitorial staffs at schools and hospitals, then the people will see who Trump and Stephen Miller really care about.

I read that they are going to children's playgrounds and arresting all the undocumented nannies they find.

A lot of the so-called points made in this article are bogus. They were in a federal building which required screening to enter. Padilla was accompanied by two federal agents, who he said opened the door for him. Although he wasn't wearing a Senate pin, he was wearing a Senate shirt. Homeland Security Barbie, who loves photo ops, knew who he was--or should have.

Interview with his lifelong friend and current roommate makes Boelter sounds like a total poser. Said Boelter had been living with him and another guy for a while. Sounds like he is a cosplay military enthusiast. Said Boelter is a manager at some "food place". Also said that the security company was not fully formed and is just "some fantasy" that he would "talk about it but there was no movement on that front."

Yeah, it sounds like his resume contained a lot of fantasy, and he suffered from delusions of grandeur:

Food worker with 'fantasy' of security career sought in Minnesota political shootings

Authorities said Boelter disguised himself as a law enforcement officer during the attack and news reports have focused on his apparent work as a security professional. But NPR's review of Boelter's online records and employment history found many of those claims about his professional life that appear untrue.

In social media posts and websites, Boelter said he had extensive experience as a security professional with "training by both private security firms and by people in the U.S. Military."

NPR found little evidence to support Boelter's account. He appears to have worked most of his career in the food service industry and one long-time friend described parts of Boelter's narrative about his life as "fantasy."