What a disgusting mess 😩 these people who work for trump sound like professional idiots, we're so screwed... Outstanding reporting here,Ron, Thanks so much for your hard work, and will reStack ASAP 💯👍
I hope you're right, but skeptic me thinks Putin's sending a message to Prez Perv that he needs more help destroying Ukraine ... or else. Which confirms everything most of us already figured: he's Putin's poodle and Putin holds the blackmail cards.
I am sure Putin has something on Trump .. The press conference in Helsinki in 2018 Putin treated him like a fool. You could see his disdain for Trump.. All the people Trump is always getting even with which are in the hundreds now he has never gone after Putin.. Even recently it has been pathetic. Trumps cruelty knows no bounds when he is punching down. I hope someday it all comes out.
I cannot wait to see the videos of Trump groping underage girls in the Epstein files and then receiving golden showers in the Russian files. Russia, Russia, Russia indeed….
Sure hope so. He should run them 24/7 on YouTube so everyone can see them. We all know they exist, just like the Epstein files. By the way, DJT, how’s your good buddy Ghislaine liking TX these days? Did she think to thank you? We know how important “thanks” is to you. Truck fump.
Ooooh! Get down, get dirty, Medvedev! That ain't no veiled threat. Big Boy shouldn't be poking the bear. No Sharpie redactions from Russia with love as we all wait with bated breath, to paraphrase Madeline Kahn's famed quote from "History of the World Part I" where the servant waits while the master (see above). That'll teach him, Dimitry!
Ghislaine Maxwell a convicted sex traffic immigrant luring young girls to be exploited by wealthy older men gets a cozy change of prison venue. All while this regime continues to kidnap non-violent, hardworking immigrants and throw them in the most horrendous concentration camps. Maxwell is a convicted sex trafficking POS. She gets leniency but those convicted of nothing get hard time. Make that make sense! My heart goes out to the surviving victims and their families. Thank you, Ron for this reporting, you rock!
When I read this about the prison, "limited to no perimeter fencing", my jaw dropped. What other convicted sex trafficker would get a sweet place like that to spend her remaining time in prison?
Mark my words, no matter future extenuating and/or mitigating circumstances, that biyatch don't plan on being there long. I was also appalled seeing that line of "no perimeter fencing." I live down the street from Solano State Prison and adjacent California Medical Facility where mostly non-white po' folk sex offenders serve their time behind walls topped with razor wire, fortified by armed guard towers. Reminds me of Richard Pryor on courts and the law: "You go down there lookin' for justice and that's what you find: just us."
Solano, I believe is mostly maximum security. Same for Vacaville, which also has or had a state hospital for the criminally insane.
Thanks to all the law and order barking in the late ‘80s/early ‘90s, Pete Wilson and George Deukmejian grossly expanded the prison system and by extension a very powerful public employee union. I miss California. Illinois has more than its share of public corruption, but even the most powerful get taken down.
Yes, Solano is maximum security and there are some reprehensible criminals there, but my neighbor across the street works there and says many are victims themselves ending up there, mostly people of color, many quite young. I'm not saying Maxwell should be there, but a Club Fed getaway doesn't seem commensurate with the seriousness of her crimes.
I'm just venting as I think the whole system sucks these days and thought the same years ago when I taught classes part-time at Nebraska's juvenile detention facility as well as the main max state prison. In the time of the three-strikes laws many seemed unfairly punished for what often were property crimes. Yeah, the Pete Wilson days here were almost as bad when Reagan was governor. Thanks for lending an ear and sharing your observations.
The juvenile justice system in this country is a patchwork of mostly terrible systems. The number of stories about abuse at facilities, public and private, across the country does not spur optimism. Three strikes sounded great to some and I’m sure many still think it’s great. But minorities were punished more severely, with what would be misdemeanor somehow elevated to lowest level felony to get the 3rd strike. But we can’t teach history about Black Americans in slavery or Jim Crow. While critical race theory isn’t taught outside of college social science departments, it was turned into an excuse to sanitize history. White people in power are easily threatened by the truth, and CRT is part of that hard truth.
She gets leniency because she’s got dirt on Trump and he doesn’t want her speaking. Look what Comer did . Delaying her testimony to Congress until SCOTUS hears her appeal. That’s 1 1/2 years at the earliest. Has he signed off on subpoena to the DOJ for the Epstein files to be released. I haven’t heard that he has?
I'm sure she's just passing through Club Fed, not really planning a long-term visit. I can't believe there's no campus McDonald's, KFC, or Taco Bell. What's their menu compared to the rotten crap fed hapless victims in Florida's concentration camp(s)?
I'm sorry Ron had to recite the litany of Club Fed amenities for the rich and privileged while our non-white brothers and sisters are violated barbarically, so heinous and viciously my head and heart ache for the injustice.
Their feckless propaganda outlets have likely been given orders to "terminate with extreme prejudice" (Apocalypse Now) any Epstein-Maxwell-Trump news in collaboration with suppressing MAGA cult responses. Today's red meat is all about having Jack Smith arrested.
Perpetual rubes and fools. This is the result of social media influence on people who have lost the ability to think for themselves, plus endless cuts and pathetic public education.
Trump’s plotting to replace Social Security with “savings accounts,” but can’t explain tariffs, trade, or why he keeps falling asleep during health briefings. He’s beefing with Charlamagne, boosting Lara Trump, and dreaming up a $200M White House ballroom with foreign donor money. And somehow, that’s not the headline?
“I’m not looking for that,” he said when asked about banning foreign funds for renovations. “You have very strong restrictions. And we go by the restrictions.”
Sir….what?
Meanwhile, Jeanine Pirro’s on the bench now. And Republicans are lowkey prepping a military-backed immigration crackdown that makes Japanese internment sound like a beta test. Stephen Miller’s fantasy of deporting 3,000 people a day? Not just immoral—it’s mathematically stupid. Deporting that many people would cost more than it saves, crater the economy, and gut the very labor market conservatives swear they’re trying to protect.
“The economic engine we take for granted,” the post says, “isn’t immigrants taking too much. It’s us not realizing how much they already give.”
The anti-immigrant narrative isn’t just cruel it’s broke-brain policy wrapped in a Fox News chyron. And Ron, once again, you laced the facts so tight the BS can’t breathe.
👀 If this hits, you might want to see what else I’ve been tracking lately.
Q - There are 40 people who put the jobs numbers together. Is the president planning to fire all 40 of them? HASSETT: We're gonna try to get the numbers so they are transparent and reliable. The president wants his own people there, so that when we see the jobs numbers, they are more transparent and more reliable."
Hassett is an annoying dimwit. I can just imagine what his books are like. He’s also a Hoover Institution fellow, the qualifications for which seem to be boosting outdated and libertarian policies.
Loved your idea of a class action suit (but for billions not millions) against Trump to stop or at least stall the ballroom. There has to be some regulation or law that makes destruction of federal property or altering the People's House illegal. Let's sue him. You are lawyers, we have great Senate and Governor lawyers - there has to be a way. Big lawsuit - We the People vs. DJT. DO IT.
Maxwell better have that prison reassignment in writing as Trump won't be president after 3 1/2 more years.
👇🏼. 👇🏼. 👇🏼
… “Inmates may take classes on foreign languages, gardening and beautification. They can play sports, watch TV and attend religious services. For inmates trying to trim down, the prison has a gym kitted out with treadmills, elliptical trainers, stairmasters and a range of weights. Outside, convicts can take part in sports including football, table tennis, softball, volleyball, weightlifting, yoga, Pilates and the Jumpstart weight loss program. There are also picnic tables, bleachers and TVs available for prisoners to wind down.”
Right? Just because I never groomed girls to be sex slaves I'm living in a 1-bdrm dump worrying about losing my healthcare and SNAP. And the landlord just raised my rent 15%. Good times.
Exactly my thoughts reading through it all and apparently free of charge, of course on our dime the tab sits out there somewhere. I'd like a little of that cushy lifestyle.
Ron states “with limited or no perimeter fencing to keep them in” , what would happen if she decides to get into a suburban waiting for her and off she goes. Who would look 👀 for her. Bureau of Prisons or maybe Texas Rangers? What about the FBI? Do you think DOJ would be willing to press charges for prison escape? I think you get my drift!
She's gonna have federal protection all the way to the private Gulfstream spiriting her out of the country when they'll "suddenly" discover her missing. Lions, and tigers, and bears, oh my! We're not in Kansas anymore!
I thought the same. Maxwell is making a huge "donation" to somebody's offshore bank account. Half of it paid now to get her moved to Club Fed. The rest will be paid after she slips away to another country.The woman has wealthy connections around the world. There is a two-tier justice system. One for the wealthy and well-connected and the other for the poor and disenfranchised. I am so angry that the Maxwell-Epstein victims are once again not being thought of.
Could be one variation of his-her plan and hard to tell which of them gave $$$ to whom, but Epstein kept her well-funded, plus her family has money from the father's publishing empire though he was a massive (literally and figuratively) criminal who actually died in ignominy. Most likely of all that $$$ he stole was stashed in Swiss accounts to which his heirs (she was his favorite) probably had access.
I saw some doc, maybe on CNN a few years ago about his criminality, how he robbed his employees and broke the UK unions with a lengthy strike ensued because he refused to negotiate with his employees. Obviously he had a plethora of enemies around the globe. Clearly, even if actually pardoned, Ghislaine is not welcomed back to the UK. Yeah, I think Club Fed is step #1, a veritable springboard for whatever escape plan develops. Her situation reminds me of the famous Carlos Ghosan case in 2019. It will be interesting to see what happens. Blabbermouth didn't talk about it today, instead going after Jack Smith. We shall see.
Not to mention no perimeter fence? Is this an invitation for her to flee the country or to someone with much to hide to finish her off? There is no way to make this look good for Prez Perv; I just hope the MAGAs can see it for what it is.
Unfortunately before he leaves office he will pardon her after she promises to lie and deny Trump abused underage girls with Epstein as well as supplying some of the girls.
Of course you're right, effort must be made. I'm just saying Congress might as well be dead insofar as we can rely on any support in that realm. I do my bit at every protest in our area and I've been writing letters for literally years (Social Security Fairness Act) and months to all Congressional (House and Senate) committees through our state teacher retirement activism on behalf of defending public education cuts, fighting against Medicaid and Medicare cuts, and SNAP, as well as continuing the fight to preserve Social Security.
Our organization's concerted state and nationally-affiliated effort has resulted in many thousands of letters to do what we can from where we are. I'm not a whiner, just alarmed. From my perspective I've been a keyboard warrior for years regarding the WEP/GPO penalties on Social Security, in which we finally prevailed nation-wide in January with Biden signing the bill before he left office. Since then all our efforts up to the time the BBB was passed had been fighting against budget cuts for social support services and preserving public education.
That's been my best after having an emergency craniotomy last September On May 1st we did meet with our representative John Garamendi who joined our May Day protest, a valiant man who for years has fought for veterans, the environment, education, the elderly, and all else that matters. That very May Day morning he was on TV protesting against BBB budget cuts, flew across the country, and came to our protest bearing cookies, donuts, and treats for our people. Rep. Al Green from Texas was also at our protest May 1st.
We took part in the huge California State Capitol April 5th Hands Off protest. On June 14th No Kings protest we walked again at the Capitol and Rep. Al Green made an appearance there as well even though he's from Texas. We've marched in San Francisco and locally every Saturday, plus our community has been to every Tesla protest in Vallejo since the events were first organized in February. We're protesting again this Saturday August 9th. Let me know if you have any other suggestions.
Supposedly he is tearing down the East Wing for his tacky tawdry ballroom. I object and I will write to both Reps and both Senators. I'm sure Susie Collins will be "concerned".
Re: Dems and running vets...remember Amy McGrath in KY, Marine fighter-pilot, decorated, raised gobs of money running against The Turtle? She got crushed. Ex-mil. doesn't always translate to a win, particularly in Red states.
So, did I get this right, A lawyer, for barely o er ONE year, is going to run a special council ,to go after Jack Smith? Holy covfefe, that's great! 😆 🤣 😂
Pretty sure Dems don’t want Marge and she wouldn’t want them. I heartily encourage her to keep speaking out, tho. Sing it! Stefanik is my rep and I loathe her with every fiber of my being. Marge is 100% correct that Elise got screwed over. Not saying I mind. Lots of us really enjoyed seeing shafted except it meant her being returned.
" ...Paul Walczak, who had pleaded guilty to tax crimes late last year. Less than 3 weeks after Fago attended the dinner, Trump signed a full and unconditional pardon for Walczak. It spared him from having to pay nearly $4.4 million in restitution and from reporting to prison for an 18-month sentence.”
This is one of many things we need to fix: no president should be able to pardon anyone who hasn't served a substantial part of their sentence AND paid every penny of restitution ordered by the court. And this should not be a recommendation, but an enforceable requirement with serious teeth to enforce it.
If we ever get our country back, there are so many guardrails that need to be made into law that have emerged during this regime as dishonorable. Only Patrick Henry was cynical enough to believe that a dishonest shyster could ever become President. The other Founding Fathers didn't listen.
I'm still burning up about the J6 pardons and those for the other crooks like sex trafficker Andrew Tate. Slaps in the face to the taxpayers, judges, and prosecutors who convicted them fair and square. The entire WH is now staffed with crooks, frauds, and losers who couldn't get hired to kill termites. The swamp has been well stocked.
donald no longer has any fans in Moscow -- "… Former Russian President Dmitri Medvedev: “Trump should not think that the video archive of his past immoralities is only in the hands of Mossad.”"
"... VIDEO ARCHIVE OF HIS PAST IMMORALITIES ... "
Someone should ask Dmitri if Ivanka stars in any of those videos.
What a disgusting mess 😩 these people who work for trump sound like professional idiots, we're so screwed... Outstanding reporting here,Ron, Thanks so much for your hard work, and will reStack ASAP 💯👍
Video Archive?
Ohhhhh, shit's about to get real now baby.
Is Trump at the FO stage of FAFO?
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… Former Russian President Dmitri Medvedev: “Trump should not think that the video archive of his past immoralities is only in the hands of Mossad.”
I hope you're right, but skeptic me thinks Putin's sending a message to Prez Perv that he needs more help destroying Ukraine ... or else. Which confirms everything most of us already figured: he's Putin's poodle and Putin holds the blackmail cards.
I am sure Putin has something on Trump .. The press conference in Helsinki in 2018 Putin treated him like a fool. You could see his disdain for Trump.. All the people Trump is always getting even with which are in the hundreds now he has never gone after Putin.. Even recently it has been pathetic. Trumps cruelty knows no bounds when he is punching down. I hope someday it all comes out.
I cannot wait to see the videos of Trump groping underage girls in the Epstein files and then receiving golden showers in the Russian files. Russia, Russia, Russia indeed….
I actually don't want to see it, but do want it all to come to light...someone like you with a stronger stomach can watch and verify!
Not sexually abused underage girls. Consenting adults in Moscow could be fun!
Sure hope so. He should run them 24/7 on YouTube so everyone can see them. We all know they exist, just like the Epstein files. By the way, DJT, how’s your good buddy Ghislaine liking TX these days? Did she think to thank you? We know how important “thanks” is to you. Truck fump.
Ooooh! Get down, get dirty, Medvedev! That ain't no veiled threat. Big Boy shouldn't be poking the bear. No Sharpie redactions from Russia with love as we all wait with bated breath, to paraphrase Madeline Kahn's famed quote from "History of the World Part I" where the servant waits while the master (see above). That'll teach him, Dimitry!
I believe this is a fake quote?
According to one source – Real Stories – there's no evidence this was ever stated.
Darn!
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Ghislaine Maxwell a convicted sex traffic immigrant luring young girls to be exploited by wealthy older men gets a cozy change of prison venue. All while this regime continues to kidnap non-violent, hardworking immigrants and throw them in the most horrendous concentration camps. Maxwell is a convicted sex trafficking POS. She gets leniency but those convicted of nothing get hard time. Make that make sense! My heart goes out to the surviving victims and their families. Thank you, Ron for this reporting, you rock!
When I read this about the prison, "limited to no perimeter fencing", my jaw dropped. What other convicted sex trafficker would get a sweet place like that to spend her remaining time in prison?
Mark my words, no matter future extenuating and/or mitigating circumstances, that biyatch don't plan on being there long. I was also appalled seeing that line of "no perimeter fencing." I live down the street from Solano State Prison and adjacent California Medical Facility where mostly non-white po' folk sex offenders serve their time behind walls topped with razor wire, fortified by armed guard towers. Reminds me of Richard Pryor on courts and the law: "You go down there lookin' for justice and that's what you find: just us."
Solano, I believe is mostly maximum security. Same for Vacaville, which also has or had a state hospital for the criminally insane.
Thanks to all the law and order barking in the late ‘80s/early ‘90s, Pete Wilson and George Deukmejian grossly expanded the prison system and by extension a very powerful public employee union. I miss California. Illinois has more than its share of public corruption, but even the most powerful get taken down.
Yes, Solano is maximum security and there are some reprehensible criminals there, but my neighbor across the street works there and says many are victims themselves ending up there, mostly people of color, many quite young. I'm not saying Maxwell should be there, but a Club Fed getaway doesn't seem commensurate with the seriousness of her crimes.
I'm just venting as I think the whole system sucks these days and thought the same years ago when I taught classes part-time at Nebraska's juvenile detention facility as well as the main max state prison. In the time of the three-strikes laws many seemed unfairly punished for what often were property crimes. Yeah, the Pete Wilson days here were almost as bad when Reagan was governor. Thanks for lending an ear and sharing your observations.
The juvenile justice system in this country is a patchwork of mostly terrible systems. The number of stories about abuse at facilities, public and private, across the country does not spur optimism. Three strikes sounded great to some and I’m sure many still think it’s great. But minorities were punished more severely, with what would be misdemeanor somehow elevated to lowest level felony to get the 3rd strike. But we can’t teach history about Black Americans in slavery or Jim Crow. While critical race theory isn’t taught outside of college social science departments, it was turned into an excuse to sanitize history. White people in power are easily threatened by the truth, and CRT is part of that hard truth.
You’re welcome to vent. It can be cathartic.
She gets leniency because she’s got dirt on Trump and he doesn’t want her speaking. Look what Comer did . Delaying her testimony to Congress until SCOTUS hears her appeal. That’s 1 1/2 years at the earliest. Has he signed off on subpoena to the DOJ for the Epstein files to be released. I haven’t heard that he has?
Oh, no. They might do the quickie shadow docket lane just for Dear Leader. Can't forget SCOTUS is not to be outdone in their own brand of treachery.
I'm sure she's just passing through Club Fed, not really planning a long-term visit. I can't believe there's no campus McDonald's, KFC, or Taco Bell. What's their menu compared to the rotten crap fed hapless victims in Florida's concentration camp(s)?
I'm sorry Ron had to recite the litany of Club Fed amenities for the rich and privileged while our non-white brothers and sisters are violated barbarically, so heinous and viciously my head and heart ache for the injustice.
Yeah, she is English, right?
So why didn't Trump send HER to El Salvadore?
It sure doesn't make for justice. Maybe Putin will arrange a dose of nova chuck in her newly available facial creams.
Anyone out there seeing MAGA reaction to this news? If they aren't furious, they're certifiably hopeless rubs forever.
I was wondering what MAGA's reaction was, too. I haven't read any reporting on it.
Their feckless propaganda outlets have likely been given orders to "terminate with extreme prejudice" (Apocalypse Now) any Epstein-Maxwell-Trump news in collaboration with suppressing MAGA cult responses. Today's red meat is all about having Jack Smith arrested.
Tom Cotton is duplicitous little weasel. His letter to the office of special counsel was full of distortions, political talking points and rubbish.
What a pig! It's hard to pick the worst one!
Just when I think I’ve heard the worst from some GOP pol, I hear something vile and disgusting.
Ron? You're our go-to expert on MAGA.
(that was supposed to be rubes, not rubs, though they always rub me the wrong way)
All the maga talking heads are spinning that maxwell is the victim 🤮
Perpetual rubes and fools. This is the result of social media influence on people who have lost the ability to think for themselves, plus endless cuts and pathetic public education.
You have a good memory.
I would have never remembered nova chuck, that exact term.
I looked it up. Remembered the name but not how to spell it.
good comment Anna
Agree!
Trump’s plotting to replace Social Security with “savings accounts,” but can’t explain tariffs, trade, or why he keeps falling asleep during health briefings. He’s beefing with Charlamagne, boosting Lara Trump, and dreaming up a $200M White House ballroom with foreign donor money. And somehow, that’s not the headline?
“I’m not looking for that,” he said when asked about banning foreign funds for renovations. “You have very strong restrictions. And we go by the restrictions.”
Sir….what?
Meanwhile, Jeanine Pirro’s on the bench now. And Republicans are lowkey prepping a military-backed immigration crackdown that makes Japanese internment sound like a beta test. Stephen Miller’s fantasy of deporting 3,000 people a day? Not just immoral—it’s mathematically stupid. Deporting that many people would cost more than it saves, crater the economy, and gut the very labor market conservatives swear they’re trying to protect.
“The economic engine we take for granted,” the post says, “isn’t immigrants taking too much. It’s us not realizing how much they already give.”
The anti-immigrant narrative isn’t just cruel it’s broke-brain policy wrapped in a Fox News chyron. And Ron, once again, you laced the facts so tight the BS can’t breathe.
👀 If this hits, you might want to see what else I’ve been tracking lately.
“ And Ron, once again, you laced the facts so tight the BS can’t breathe.” Wish i’d written that one. ⭐️
Q - There are 40 people who put the jobs numbers together. Is the president planning to fire all 40 of them? HASSETT: We're gonna try to get the numbers so they are transparent and reliable. The president wants his own people there, so that when we see the jobs numbers, they are more transparent and more reliable."
Um - OK - this is irony at its finest
Hassett is an annoying dimwit. I can just imagine what his books are like. He’s also a Hoover Institution fellow, the qualifications for which seem to be boosting outdated and libertarian policies.
Theey don't need to fire any more people - they can just intercept the final figures & edit them to their preferred numbers - ! Bingo done !
Sherpiegate III - BLS. Why trust the experts? https://bsky.app/profile/opsan.bsky.social/post/3lvh4fu2nos2n
Apparently John Fettermans brain is as mushy as Trumps. His word salad sounded like something Trump would say. PA needs to primary his ass.
The senator had a stroke and likely struggling. Trump has no excuse. He is a dumb-ass.
Trump has some sort of dementia, that much is obvious. But there’s no excuse for his being an asshole because he’s always been an asshole.
Yes, but he's not up until '28.
gawd. not until '28. UGH.
I know!
Loved your idea of a class action suit (but for billions not millions) against Trump to stop or at least stall the ballroom. There has to be some regulation or law that makes destruction of federal property or altering the People's House illegal. Let's sue him. You are lawyers, we have great Senate and Governor lawyers - there has to be a way. Big lawsuit - We the People vs. DJT. DO IT.
Tie it up on the courts! Seems to work for them.
Maxwell better have that prison reassignment in writing as Trump won't be president after 3 1/2 more years.
👇🏼. 👇🏼. 👇🏼
… “Inmates may take classes on foreign languages, gardening and beautification. They can play sports, watch TV and attend religious services. For inmates trying to trim down, the prison has a gym kitted out with treadmills, elliptical trainers, stairmasters and a range of weights. Outside, convicts can take part in sports including football, table tennis, softball, volleyball, weightlifting, yoga, Pilates and the Jumpstart weight loss program. There are also picnic tables, bleachers and TVs available for prisoners to wind down.”
Hell, why don't us women who are hard-working NON-CRIMINALS have access to stuff like this?
Right? Just because I never groomed girls to be sex slaves I'm living in a 1-bdrm dump worrying about losing my healthcare and SNAP. And the landlord just raised my rent 15%. Good times.
Yeah Free Yoga and Pilates classes?
Can't get them free in my city unless you are a senior on Medicare Advantage.
But for normal working women, these classes aren't cheap.
And like me you're paying big time monthly for that insurance. Nothing is free for us peons.
Exactly my thoughts reading through it all and apparently free of charge, of course on our dime the tab sits out there somewhere. I'd like a little of that cushy lifestyle.
Yup, just a 'Lil bit
Wouldn't be surrised if they were allowed to shop on Amazon either
Ron states “with limited or no perimeter fencing to keep them in” , what would happen if she decides to get into a suburban waiting for her and off she goes. Who would look 👀 for her. Bureau of Prisons or maybe Texas Rangers? What about the FBI? Do you think DOJ would be willing to press charges for prison escape? I think you get my drift!
She's gonna have federal protection all the way to the private Gulfstream spiriting her out of the country when they'll "suddenly" discover her missing. Lions, and tigers, and bears, oh my! We're not in Kansas anymore!
I thought the same. Maxwell is making a huge "donation" to somebody's offshore bank account. Half of it paid now to get her moved to Club Fed. The rest will be paid after she slips away to another country.The woman has wealthy connections around the world. There is a two-tier justice system. One for the wealthy and well-connected and the other for the poor and disenfranchised. I am so angry that the Maxwell-Epstein victims are once again not being thought of.
Could be one variation of his-her plan and hard to tell which of them gave $$$ to whom, but Epstein kept her well-funded, plus her family has money from the father's publishing empire though he was a massive (literally and figuratively) criminal who actually died in ignominy. Most likely of all that $$$ he stole was stashed in Swiss accounts to which his heirs (she was his favorite) probably had access.
I saw some doc, maybe on CNN a few years ago about his criminality, how he robbed his employees and broke the UK unions with a lengthy strike ensued because he refused to negotiate with his employees. Obviously he had a plethora of enemies around the globe. Clearly, even if actually pardoned, Ghislaine is not welcomed back to the UK. Yeah, I think Club Fed is step #1, a veritable springboard for whatever escape plan develops. Her situation reminds me of the famous Carlos Ghosan case in 2019. It will be interesting to see what happens. Blabbermouth didn't talk about it today, instead going after Jack Smith. We shall see.
I do, and that's what I was thinking. Huge coverup and an insult to justice anyway you look at it.
Ugly picture, but I wouldn’t put it past her. Especially in Texas.
Not to mention no perimeter fence? Is this an invitation for her to flee the country or to someone with much to hide to finish her off? There is no way to make this look good for Prez Perv; I just hope the MAGAs can see it for what it is.
Perhaps she can get a day job like Epstein did when he was in jail in FL. Maybe she could be a masseuse.
So many options, so little time!
Unfortunately before he leaves office he will pardon her after she promises to lie and deny Trump abused underage girls with Epstein as well as supplying some of the girls.
She'll be living abroad in luxury. Her services don't come cheap.
I do not understand why it is legal for Trump to tear down part of the White House. He doesn't "own" it. Is there any legal action afoot to stop this?
We're Remodeling! https://bsky.app/profile/opsan.bsky.social/post/3lvcbiuplzk2j .. it's not. It is renovation, and worse.
supposedly, he is going to "replace" the East Wing with a huge ballroom. I think that goes beyond redecorating.
Sure, go right ahead. See how that works out. Congress is ready to go off life support any day now.
Of course you're right, effort must be made. I'm just saying Congress might as well be dead insofar as we can rely on any support in that realm. I do my bit at every protest in our area and I've been writing letters for literally years (Social Security Fairness Act) and months to all Congressional (House and Senate) committees through our state teacher retirement activism on behalf of defending public education cuts, fighting against Medicaid and Medicare cuts, and SNAP, as well as continuing the fight to preserve Social Security.
Our organization's concerted state and nationally-affiliated effort has resulted in many thousands of letters to do what we can from where we are. I'm not a whiner, just alarmed. From my perspective I've been a keyboard warrior for years regarding the WEP/GPO penalties on Social Security, in which we finally prevailed nation-wide in January with Biden signing the bill before he left office. Since then all our efforts up to the time the BBB was passed had been fighting against budget cuts for social support services and preserving public education.
That's been my best after having an emergency craniotomy last September On May 1st we did meet with our representative John Garamendi who joined our May Day protest, a valiant man who for years has fought for veterans, the environment, education, the elderly, and all else that matters. That very May Day morning he was on TV protesting against BBB budget cuts, flew across the country, and came to our protest bearing cookies, donuts, and treats for our people. Rep. Al Green from Texas was also at our protest May 1st.
We took part in the huge California State Capitol April 5th Hands Off protest. On June 14th No Kings protest we walked again at the Capitol and Rep. Al Green made an appearance there as well even though he's from Texas. We've marched in San Francisco and locally every Saturday, plus our community has been to every Tesla protest in Vallejo since the events were first organized in February. We're protesting again this Saturday August 9th. Let me know if you have any other suggestions.
Supposedly he is tearing down the East Wing for his tacky tawdry ballroom. I object and I will write to both Reps and both Senators. I'm sure Susie Collins will be "concerned".
Re: Dems and running vets...remember Amy McGrath in KY, Marine fighter-pilot, decorated, raised gobs of money running against The Turtle? She got crushed. Ex-mil. doesn't always translate to a win, particularly in Red states.
I'm still mad Amy McGrath didn't win her election.
Me, too! I supported her all along and sent money. I was crushed she lost!
So, did I get this right, A lawyer, for barely o er ONE year, is going to run a special council ,to go after Jack Smith? Holy covfefe, that's great! 😆 🤣 😂
Wait .. what? Jack Smith for the Hatch Act? What about -everyone- in T1? T2?
If he makes it through confirmation. He looks like he learned to dress from watching “Good Fellas.”
The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.
Along with loving Big Brother.
The quote from Fetterman reflects a mentally unwell person.
Parroting Trump's delusions. What's next with him? 2028 can't come fast enough. He's become worse than Manchin was.
Pretty sure Dems don’t want Marge and she wouldn’t want them. I heartily encourage her to keep speaking out, tho. Sing it! Stefanik is my rep and I loathe her with every fiber of my being. Marge is 100% correct that Elise got screwed over. Not saying I mind. Lots of us really enjoyed seeing shafted except it meant her being returned.
I hope to see the "betrayed" female GOP house reps go after Moses Mike Johnson. It would be hilarious to see him weasel his way out of that fight.
" ...Paul Walczak, who had pleaded guilty to tax crimes late last year. Less than 3 weeks after Fago attended the dinner, Trump signed a full and unconditional pardon for Walczak. It spared him from having to pay nearly $4.4 million in restitution and from reporting to prison for an 18-month sentence.”
This is one of many things we need to fix: no president should be able to pardon anyone who hasn't served a substantial part of their sentence AND paid every penny of restitution ordered by the court. And this should not be a recommendation, but an enforceable requirement with serious teeth to enforce it.
If we ever get our country back, there are so many guardrails that need to be made into law that have emerged during this regime as dishonorable. Only Patrick Henry was cynical enough to believe that a dishonest shyster could ever become President. The other Founding Fathers didn't listen.
I'm still burning up about the J6 pardons and those for the other crooks like sex trafficker Andrew Tate. Slaps in the face to the taxpayers, judges, and prosecutors who convicted them fair and square. The entire WH is now staffed with crooks, frauds, and losers who couldn't get hired to kill termites. The swamp has been well stocked.
donald no longer has any fans in Moscow -- "… Former Russian President Dmitri Medvedev: “Trump should not think that the video archive of his past immoralities is only in the hands of Mossad.”"
"... VIDEO ARCHIVE OF HIS PAST IMMORALITIES ... "
Someone should ask Dmitri if Ivanka stars in any of those videos.