Wow, Gulf shippers are in a real bind here. On one hand, Donald says everything's fine and Gulf shippers should sail on thru. On the other hand: massive boat-melting fireballs. Both sides make good points!
oh good i was worried it was white supremacy and capitalism
Trump's first year in office brought the smallest growth in U.S. jobs since 2013, outside of the 2020 pandemic. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/january...
Democracy dies in billionaire hands.
https://www.avclub.com/melania-budget-paid-every-fired-washington-post-journalist-salary-three-times
Bondi won't answer if the DOJ has spoken to or has plans to speak with senior officials in the Trump administration named in the Epstein files.
Pam Bondi must have been jealous of Kristi Noem's reputation as the most soulless and horrible member of Trump's Cabinet and decided to take the title back.
BALINT: Was the president aware of Secretary Lutnick's ties to Epstein when he chose him to lead the Department of Commerce?
BONDI: Chris Malen was a Border Patrol agent----
BALINT: So I'm going to conclude that he did know!
BONDI: Shame on you
BALINT: This is pathetic! This is not a game
@balint.house.gov well done just now during the Pam Bondi questioning.
How come Lutnick and others with close ties to Epstein are still in the Trump Administration?
Especially when Lutnick lied about it?
At the end of every question, Pam Bondi reads from her little oppo binder to get one last dig in against every Democrat. She came prepared not to discuss the facts surrounding the Epsteinfiles but rather to deflect the attention onto Congressional Dems.
This tracks with LA. They make the spectacle, act like it's over when Bovino leaves and then continue the same level of crackdown without a spotlight after everyone gets used to it.
You can joke about Pam Bondi’s ridiculous unprofessionalism all you want, but I’m deeply shocked by it: She acts as if she fears absolutely no consequences, convinced that there will be no more political power transfers. — This should shake everyone to their core.
i hope one of the downstream effects of what's happening now is more scrutiny on vague anti-trafficking campaigns that manifest mostly in public relations announcements where a big banks or something touts donating millions of dollars to police departments that no one ever hears about again
Court battle over surveillance footage at the Broadview ICE detention center reaches new levels of kafkaesque absurdity: The DOJ claimed it *couldn't afford* hard drives to put video footage on. Plaintiffs bought THE US GOVERNMENT hard drives. ICE "lost" them.
www.404media.co/government-l...
Again we're going to the table to discuss a deal in good faith with an administration who has an Attorney General who wants you to believe she didn't know exactly where Maxwell was at all times lol. And a Speaker who literally never sees anything ever.
“It is proper, constitutional, and legal for a federal grand jury to indict a sitting president for serious criminal acts that are... contrary to, the president’s official duties. In this country, no one... is above the law.”
--Kenneth Starr (May 13, 1998)
www.nytimes.com/2017/07/22/u...
BALINT: We have evidence that three senior officials within the Trump administration have ties to Jeffrey Epstein--
BONDI: What does 'ties' mean?
BALINT: I think Americans would be shocked to learn that you are not interested in talking to these officials who have ties to Epstein
Shot, and one-hell-of-a-chaser.
AG Bondi and some GOP Reps define the goals of the DOJ: protecting the American people from crime, fraud, trafficking, etc. But the creation of the DOJ preceded the FBI (Federal law enforcement) by decades. Its primary purpose was to enforce civil rights laws. www.justice.gov/history/time...
The SAVE Act is a modern-day poll tax that further enables voter suppression at a time when voting rights are under attack.
My family fought for generations for the right to participate in our democracy. We can’t afford to roll back that progress now.
FWIW, the U.S had one of the worst performing major stock markets in the world last year.
Lieu plays Bondi the infamous clip of Trump & Epstein partying together & asks her if there were underaged girls at any party the two attended
"This is so ridiculous," Bondi says. "There's no evidence that Donald Trump has committed a crime"
"I believe you just lied under oath," Lieu replies
one thing that comes across in these clips is that bondi is totally out of her depth. just an absolute lightweight. barely sentient.
This is an amazing illustration of how folks like Epstein get away with everything. "Don't pay attention to the horrific crimes -- look at all this money instead!"
Invoking wealthy class solidarity to excuse sex crimes against children is sorta the Epstein Class in a nutshell
photo of Pam Bondi testifying in the foreground as a group of 7 women and 1 men raise their hands
Likely-historic photo by NBC News of all the Epstein victims asked to raise their hands if they've not yet been asked to meet with the DOJ as Bondi testifies in foreground
This is obviously incorrect as a description of fact but it is a forthright expression of MAGA goals and aspirations: they believe it should be illegal to not like, agree or associate with them bsky.app/profile/bern...
UPDATE: A former Trump attorney has now publicly stated that he believes Kasparov has summarized Trump's intentions *perfectly*: what the convicted felon, adjudicated rapist, and pedophile protector-in-chief is planning is the end of democracy—a fascist regime—this year or next.
I and millions of Americans believe exactly the same thing Kasparov does.
Too many troops, too many new prisons, too much money not under Congressional supervision.
We're not just witnessing a mass deportation scheme anymore.
This is something significantly bigger and scarier.
Bondi keeps saying "we're making America safe again", "we're getting the criminal illegal aliens out" but it's very important to note that a full 40% of people detained by ICE have no CRIMINAL conviction whatsoever.
