Edwin

Edwin

@epmcclain.bsky.social

Retired humanitarian aid worker

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Per a new report from House Democrats, Trump's DOJ is withholding evidence of his ties to Epstein and slow-walking the complete release of the Epstein files. It's time to end the cover-up and expose the truth. Remember this when you cast your ballot. www.ms.now/news/house-j...

ms.nowHouse Judiciary Democrats release 50-page report on Trump’s alleged involvement in Epstein filesThe report — issued just eight days before the election — makes multiple, uncorroborated allegations against the president while also detailing discrepancies in his statements about Epstein.

I would encourage anyone who is interested in East of Eden, the book or the TV series, to read Olear’s insightful piece on Prevail.

Greg Olear@gregolear.bsky.social

It is left to Zoe Kazan—Elia’s granddaughter, better known heretofore as an actress than a writer—to deliver us an apotheosis. Her limited series is an unequivocal masterpiece—"East of Eden" in its highest and most sublime form. gregolear.substack.com/p/sunday-pag...

Olear was one of the few observers to pickup on the Trump Kremlin connection. He was a Johnny-come-early.

Greg Olear@gregolear.bsky.social

“We were micro-targeted and spam-botted, but-her-email’d and Comey-memo’d into installing a Russian mole in the White House, while our national security experts—the journalists & academics, intel professionals & advisors—dismissed the threat entirely or, at least, did not take it seriously enough.”

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More than 500 U.S. citizens have been detained by ICE, according to ProPublica. 70% of ICE detainees have no criminal conviction. Trump’s promise to go after the “worst of the worst” was always a lie. It was always a pretext to terrorize Black and brown communities. Remember this.

projects.propublica.orgMore Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublicaThe government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more th

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Billionaire families have spent $1.7 BILLION on the 2026 midterms so far — a 5,200% increase since the 2010 midterms. Citizens United is among the worst decisions in history. It corrupts our system every day. Big Money is the root of our dysfunction.

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ICE just kidnapped a woman at LAX airport Saturday Oct 3, 12:50AM. A community member was able to record when several ICE goons who refused to identify themselves grabbed the woman, put her into a van and then drove off.

Nothing more needs to be said.

Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social

Mentions on Fox shows of the very newsworthy confrontation between Schmitt and Jack Smith: Ingraham (7-8pm): 0 Watters (8-9): 0 Hannity (9-10): 0 Gutfeld (10-11): 0 Fox & Friends this AM: 0

We witnessed the crime unfold in real time on 6 January. And a grand jury indicted Trump in Florida in the classified documents case.

Scott MacFarlane@macfarlanenews.bsky.social

Jack Smith: “We had proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump committed serious crimes”

Think we know who the dirt bag is.

Senator Amy Klobuchar@klobuchar.senate.gov

Before calling someone a “dirtbag,” the Senator should have had his facts straight. An apology is in order. Glad one of us knew the difference between the Atlanta Hawks and the Iowa Hawkeyes!

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Actress Susan Sarandon being arrested earlier today for protesting Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech at the United Nations. One is speaking out against genocide, one is committing it. One was arrested, one was not.

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The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $8 trillion. The entire bottom 50% of American households is worth just $4.27 trillion. Read that back. Remember: Wealth can’t be separated from power. Power begets wealth and wealth begets power.

Crooks one and all.🦹‍♂️

Asha Rangappa@asharangappa.bsky.social

So a big part of Iran Contra and one of the (many) reasons it was illegal was that third party fund weren’t deposited into the U.S. Treasury

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Newsom: "He's not screwing around. He wasn't screwing around when he called Greg Abbott for 5 seats, said he was entitled to 5 seats. Why does he do that? Because he knows he's going to lose the election unless he rigs the election before one vote is cast. That is what we're up against."

If you’re looking for a good laugh check out Olear’s short video on the dick faced Great Leader.

Greg Olear@gregolear.bsky.social

The (ridiculous) $1 Trump coin is here. Here's the end of my ramble on the subject...featuring @5gw.bsky.social... #PresidentDickface Full video is here: gregolear.substack.com/p/donalds-do...

There is no evidence that mail-in voting is less safe than in-person voting. Trump himself voted by mail in FL.

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This story is indeed insane. They literally *discounted his correct answers* (on questions about the Constitution) so that a Trump supporting girl who wants to go to Hillsdale College could win $25K and be televised meeting Trump. So. Gross.

Charlotte Clymer@charlotteclymer.bsky.social

This story is crazy. It would appear Trump admin officials rigged their nationally televised high school civics contest to keep a young man from a Sikh family out of the finalists. www.notus.org/national/ame...

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If Andy Beshear doesn’t call for a special election before August 3rd and force Mitch McConnell to prove he can speak in a video, then Andy Beshear becomes the new Merrick Garland. I’m sorry but I make the rules.

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“Prebunking” has been found to be very effective in neutralizing disinformation

capitolhunters@capitolhunters.bsky.social

Journalists: please, please get ready for this in ADVANCE. We know Trump's going to claim "new evidence shows the 2020 election was stolen". You've got 3 days to write a story that confronts that lie head-on before he says it - pre-write this like an obit. America is begging you: plan ahead. 1/

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For those who have forgotten the past 40 years: Tax cuts for the rich ...don’t trickle down Boosting military spending ...doesn’t bring peace Slashing regulations ...doesn’t create jobs Folks, we’ve seen this all before.

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I have always appreciated Marc and his team but even more so since he broke down why the voter file is the holy grail of election manipulation for my Substack. Link to my discussion with him in nect skeet 1/

Marc Elias@marcelias.bsky.social

🚨BREAKING: Federal Court DISMISSES Department of Justice lawsuit to obtain an unredacted copy of New York's statewide voter registration list. A big victory for Elias Law Group and our Client the NAACP. DOJ is now 0-12 in these cases. ELG is undefeated. www.democracydocket.com/cases/new-yo...

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After a months-long occupation, Minnesota is still recovering from a retribution campaign waged by the federal government. Now, Minnesota stands with Houston in demanding accountability for the fatal shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo. This bloodshed cannot be normalized.

A brave and patriotic man who deserves our admiration, respect and love.❤️🤍💙

Christopher Webb@cwebbonline.com

I’ve spoken with Jason Watson. He knew exactly what this would cost him. He gave up his military career to take a brave stand for democracy. Patriotism that only works with obedience isn’t patriotism.

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STUBB: What were Russia's strategic aims in this war? One was to deny Ukraine's independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity. Failure number one: Ukraine is going to become EU and NATO member. Failure number two: the aim was to prevent NATO from enlarging.

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Good

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com

The Kremlin is scrambling to respond to an intensifying campaign of Ukrainian drone attacks reaching ever deeper into Russia, hitting key arms production facilities and causing fuel shortages across the country.

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I would like a side-by-side account of the cost of: the Iran war, the reflecting pool, the ballroom, the Qatari plane, the WWE fight; DOJ settlement payoffs (like to Ashli Babbitt) and any other vanity projects I'm missing; compared with all of the "waste and fraud" supposedly saved by the DOGE cuts

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What is even happening

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

KAITLAN COLLINS: Are you okay with Iran having missiles? SEN. ROGER MARSHALL: I prefer that they not, but they have to defend themselves COLLINS: You think Iran needs to be able to defend itself? MARSHALL: I do, otherwise we turn this into a forever war

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He's lying. You know why we know? WE HAVE THE AGREEMENT HE SIGNED!!!! Here's the operative language: "The U.S. undertakes, together with regional partners, a comprehensive plan...for the rehabilitation and economic development of Iran...of at least $300 billion."

I’ve just published a late life memoir called Confidence of Memory: A Memoir of Humanitarian Work and the Limits of Recollection by Edwin P. McClain. It’s available on Amazon and other sites. Check it out.

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SNYDER: Trump is very much on Putin's side. He keeps talking how Russia has to win the war, Russia will win the war, Russia already won the war. None of these things are true. What's really happened? Russia hasn't won the war even with Trump on its side. Russia's losing the war.

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MSM here is a story. WE know TRump is too stupid to make his stock trades. He has brokers for that. Why not investigate them’. How are they getting the inside information. NOW THATS A STORY

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Has the Fraternal Order of Police — which endorsed Trump in 2024 (along with other law enforcement orgs, I imagine) — had anything to say about Trump’s slush fund?

Absolutely correct: it’s a criminal enterprise. No doubt about it.

MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com

MeidasTouch: What do you make of this $1.776 billion fund— Gavin Newsom: It’s a criminal enterprise. It’s not just corruption, it’s not just graft, it’s a full-on criminal enterprise and it needs to be shut down.