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Booker: "I love the state of Texas, but I'm going to say it very clear: This is all hat and no cattle. It's hard for me to say this as a plant-based guy, but where's the beef? This is ridiculous! We got nothing! No guarantees whatsoever that this slush fund can't still go forward...Dear God, folks."
Booker: "They have become so obsessed with the millions the Bidens made that they have ignored completely the billions of dollars the Trump family is making. That is like being obsessed with a stain on the living room carpet when behind you is a mountain of excrement."
Booker: "Ghislaine Maxwell is sitting in the lowest possible confinement after giving no information that helped us get one more investigation started and has been silent, and the man responsible for that we're about to make the attorney general of the US ... this is farcical."
One more interesting point: this spring I sat down with Sharyn Alfonsi of 60 Minutes for an extensive interview about my Epstein investigation. Subsequently, CBS pulled the segment and fired the reporter. The MAGA buyout of media has unquestionably aided the Trump administration’s cover up here.
Senator Ron WydenBombshell new report out from my investigators this morning spanning our four year investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s financial records. This report shows exactly how Wall Street protected Epstein and enabled his sex trafficking for decades. Mega thread following with some key points:
Bombshell new report out from my investigators this morning spanning our four year investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s financial records. This report shows exactly how Wall Street protected Epstein and enabled his sex trafficking for decades. Mega thread following with some key points:
Deutsche Bank, JPMorgan, BofA Enabled Epstein, Wyden Report SaysDemocrat Ron Wyden cited nonpublic documents held by the US Treasury in a report that says banks delayed reporting suspicious financial transactions and calls for tougher anti-money-laundering rules, ...www.bloomberg.com
BREAKING: Bombshell report alleges the Trump Administration and CBS News have engaged in covering-up how banks and Wall Street bankrolled Epstein. United States runs out of long range missiles. Trump demands reparations. DOJ drops more reflecting pool cases. Subscribe to support my work:
NEWS: Bombshell Epstein Report Reveals Trump/CBS Cover-Up of Money Trail, Military Runs out of Munitions, DOJ Drops More CasesGood morning everyone.open.substack.comWhitehouse: "The last Q I'm left with is what's left of this committee? What's left when we don't demand straight answers? How many times has this DOJ been asked what became of the $50k the FBI reported it handed to Homan? ... our Republican colleagues see no evil, hear no evil, and speak no evil"
BREAKING: Sen. Dick Durbin accuses Todd Blanche of lying under oath. He says Blanche told him in his office — with witnesses — that the slush fund was a mistake. In his confirmation hearing, Blanche denied that remark.
Whitehouse: "Next we get to this crooked slush fund Trump family tax amnesty scam. We've got these two new pieces of paper. One signed only by Blanche, one not signed by anybody. Neither of which has any legal effect whatsoever. They are decorative. Can you trust Todd Blanche? I do not."
Whitehouse on Blanche and Ghislaine Maxwell: "It was to get exculpatory information about Donald Trump and then reward her ... How often does a prisoner allegedly facing threats or danger get moved to a less secure facility? Think about it. It doesn't pass the test of common sense."
New Bluesky CEO wants fascists and chuds to join en masse to boost numbers. Expect them to be held to zero standard while you get banned for a meme.
Whitehouse: "Today I think is a sad and embarrassing day for this committee as it looks like on a party-line vote we are going to advance out of this committee probably the most discreditable person ever to seek the office of attorney general. Let's start with the Epstein files ... "
MS: One of your criticisms of Fauci is that he said one thing publicly, where he sort of downplayed the virus, & one thing privately, where he acknowledge its seriousness. President Trump did exact the same thing. Does Trump deserve the same level of scrutiny? RAND PAUL: *immediately changes topic*
NEW: Two government watchdog groups have demanded an investigation into whether FCC officials violated ethics requirements by accepting luxury gala tickets from Paramount as it sought federal approval for its $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros.
FCC Commissioners Face Ethics Complaints for Taking Luxury Gifts From ParamountCiting a ProPublica report on Paramount providing luxury Kennedy Center gala tickets to FCC officials, the complaints note that commissioners accepted the gifts while the FCC was reviewing or about to...www.propublica.org
A video shared by attorneys shows a California ICE detainee holding up a water bottle crawling with "worm-like creatures" just weeks after a judge ordered the facility to fix its water problems.
'Disturbing' video shows 'worm-like creatures' swimming in ICE detainees' drinking waterA video shared by attorneys shows a California ICE detainee holding up a water bottle crawling with "worm-like creatures" just weeks after a judge ordered the facility to fix its water problems.The footage, filmed last week and shared with The Guardian by attorney Margaret Hellerstein, shows Carlito...bit.lyPresident Donald Trump claimed hikers, hunters and anglers were locked out of Utah's Bears Ears National Monument and used that story to justify slashing its size by more than 1.2 million acres.
'Lying' Trump caught using made-up story to justify slashing national monument: NY TimesPresident Donald Trump claimed hikers, hunters and anglers were locked out of Utah's Bears Ears National Monument and used that story to justify slashing its size by more than 1.2 million acres. Newly obtained government documents tell a very different tale."You can't go hunting, you can't go fishin...bit.ly
The Trump admin and DOGE have created chaos for federal workers who keep our communities running. Forcing these wasteful changes has uprooted their lives, disrupted their work and actually cost taxpayers even MORE money. Wasteful.
Bedbugs, bad Wi-Fi: Federal workers say forced summer relocations have been chaosFederal agencies are rushing to move hundreds of workers into new buildings. Employees say the moves are significantly disrupting their work.www.npr.org