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I've been waiting for this. Independent autopsy of Renee Good is in. It's strong evidence against Agent Ross, given what it means about the second or third shot through the left-side window. It's the second and third shots that make the easiest criminal case of a willful killing.

Via @gettyimages.com

Ted Cruz has been caught on camera flying to Laguna Beach, California as Texas is expected to experience another dangerous winter storm.

If this is accurate, Good was killed by a bullet fired after there was any conceivable argument Agent Ross was in the path of her vehicle, which means there was no legal justification for using deadly force. But DOJ says there’s no reason to investigate. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/u...

Whatever is in the Epstein Files is so explosive that the leaders of the Department of Justice are openly breaking the law every day to keep us from seeing it. (Just a reminder amongst all the other stuff flying around.)

this is what it has come to for Mexican restaurants in the Twin Cities

Lol how can you tell this administration is lying to you? Because oil hasn't been shipped in actual barrels in over a century www.cnn.com/2026/01/06/b...

1. Hundreds of corps that pledged to stop donating to members of Congress who voted to overturn the election on 1/6/21 have broken their promise over the last 5 years But we've identified 10 promise keepers: Farmers Airbnb Expedia Nike Clorox Eversource Energy Holland & Hart Qurate Whirlpool Lyft

Here’s what was NOT released today: - the proffer agreement between Maxwell and the DoJ - the agreement transferring Maxwell to club fed - communications showing who waived Maxwell’s sex offender status allowing her transfer and possible work assignments outside prison - the Epstein files

My reporting has come to the attention of Ghislaine Maxwell’s attorney. Here’s the response I provided to the @thedailybeast.bsky.social

Someone forgot to take down this webpage: www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/v...

Americans will pay on average 37% more for clothes due to Trump's tariffs, and 7% more for fresh produce. Tariffs will add on average, $6,000 to the price of a new car www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Thread #EpsteinFiles

If Joe Biden had told a cable show that non-whites were made for farm labor and insisted his approval rating was in the 70s and then climbed onto the roof of the fucking White House …

Ghislaine Maxwell, who helped Jeffrey Epstein procure and sexually abuse young women, was transferred to a cushy minimum-security prison in Texas in the midst of Trump needing her support with the Epstein files. We all know what's happening but shouldn't lose focus. www.jezebel.com/since-no-one...

Coming tomorrow at 9 PM ET with @senateinsession.bsky.social: a full breakdown of my follow the money investigation on Epstein so far. How we got a look at the Treasury’s Epstein files, how it all ties back to Donald Trump, and where we go from here.

NEW: Ford says Trump’s tariffs will cost the company $2 billion this year. I thought the tariffs were designed to help American car companies🤔 www.cnbc.com/2025/07/30/f...

‘1984’ is upon us

BREAKING: A FOURTH whistleblower has come forward with information about Emil Bove, a Trump judicial nominee who Senate Republicans rubberstamped yesterday. Bove helped orchestrate the blanket pardons of violent January 6 rioters.

@gavinnewsom.bsky.social: "He's caught red handed. He's in the files. We know it. Period. He's part of this cover up... You reap what you sow. He created this. He weaponized it. He's done it from the birth certificate on down... Too cute by half, and now he's caught."

"Japanese officials said there was no written agreement with Washington — and no legally binding one would be drawn up", and surprise surprise, they deny giving Trump $550b to arbitrarily spend however he wants. www.ft.com/content/c118...

According to the WSJ, he knew he was in the files. The Attorney General helped him hide the files. He likely has already destroyed the files that implicate him. Now we need an investigation that makes Watergate look small.

The American auto manufacturer’s net income fell by 35%, the company said in its second quarter earnings call.

Is everyone really going to shrug at Trump explicitly saying a sitting US Senator should go to prison based on claims that were brought into existence by what appears to be a highly dubious process? Seems like media orgs should be trying to answer the Qs that this raises about Trump's role.

Reposting this and a few other things for no particular reason today. Maybe I’ll do it tomorrow and the next day, too.

I wrote a 2,500-word post of the kind of fact-checking people who claim to be journalists should do if they want to disseminate Trump's tweets. Here's just a fraction of what it looks like. www.emptywheel.net/2025/07/16/a...

Trump's Russia announcement is being portrayed as toughening his stance, but in fact what he did was give Putin a 50-day free pass to do anything he likes in Ukraine without further US punishment as the Senate sanctions bill is now put on hold.

Numbers don’t lie: Trump’s haphazard tariffs are bad for the economy and bad for your wallet.

Okay, I am not generally a conspiracist, but c’mon DOJ, you are making it really hard to believe that you’re releasing the real full evidence on Epstein….

#EpsteinFiles

#EpsteinFiles

This has always been the GOP's strategy: 1) Cut taxes for the wealthy & corporations by claiming they'll pay for themselves. 2) Explode deficits 3) Use the debt as an excuse to demand cuts to vital programs that help millions. 4) Repeat.

Ossoff: Did anyone really think the sexual predator president who used to party with Jeffrey Epstein was going to release the Epstein files?

PENCE: “TARIFFS ARE A TAX… American importers, businesses and ultimately consumers end up paying all of that $300 BILLION. We're paying that.”

My plan to revive American manufacturing is to: raise the price of inputs like steel, aluminum & copper; create shortages of rare earths; generate less electricity; invite retaliatory tariffs; cut R&D; raise borrowing costs by blowing out the budget; and to cover it all in a cloud of uncertainty.

I’m gonna post this every day so nobody forgets exactly who Donald Trump is and why the Epstein files have suddenly disappeared.

A very smart friend of mine has introduced me to the concept of “moral injury.” It sure does help describe the national trauma we are all experiencing. Which is a crucial step toward finding a way to produce the change we so urgently need. open.substack.com/pub/davidrot...

A huge tax break snuck into Trump & the GOP's big ugly bill would allow private jet owners to write off the full cost of their planes in the first year of purchase. Meanwhile, the law will cause millions to lose food assistance and healthcare. "Party of the working class."

The United States government is no longer able to protect us from real hazards, such as flash floods, because it’s shifting funds to fake hazards, such as a non-existent immigrant crime wave. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/u...

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Republicans in Congress have voted to devastate millions of people across our nation — kicking Americans off their health care, shuttering hospitals, eliminating food assistance, and raising costs. This is Project 2025 in action.

House passes Trump's signature domestic policy bill, which will extend and expand his first-term tax cuts, increase military and immigration spending, slash food programs for the poor, throw millions of people off Medicaid and add $3.3 trillion to the debt www.nytimes.com/live/2025/07...

Name them and shame them. #FlipCongressBlue

Yep.👇

The economy got half a percentage point smaller last quarter

AOC: "On this point of tax on tips, as one of the only people in this body who has lived off of tips, I want to tell you a little bit about the scam ... the cap on that is $25,000 while you're jacking up taxes on people who make less than $50,000 across the US ... while kicking them off the ACA."

VP Vance has cast the deciding vote in the Senate to cut Medicaid, take away food assistance, blow up the deficit, and add tax breaks for the wealthiest. This bill is unpopular because it is wrong. Congress votes this week, but it’s our voices - and our votes - that will have the final say.

My unpopular opinion remains that when someone asks "why did my mom's nursing home close?" or "what happened to my insurance?" or something similar, the response should be an honest "because you voted for it" (where applicable), rather than tell them they're not responsible for their own choices.

The data speaks volumes over the political rhetoric.