The takeaway from the Epstein survivorsā press conference: the era of silence is over. The powerful men who exploited and protected this network ā including those in Congress and the Oval Office ā will no longer escape accountability.
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The takeaway from the Epstein survivorsā press conference: the era of silence is over. The powerful men who exploited and protected this network ā including those in Congress and the Oval Office ā will no longer escape accountability.
Anyone that calls him a financier is whitewashing child sex trafficking.
Friends, I'm speechless. In just the last two weeks, we've had HUNDREDS of people join Blue MO. When I started Blue MO in 2017, I dreamed of what we could do with a grassroots community of people supporting nominees throughout the state. Just goes to show. Dreams can come true.
Ohhhhmygod!!! Look how many people are supporting down-ballot Democratic nominees in Missouri. This is just within the last few weeks. We are taking the fight to them. Scroll through the list for a little balm for your soul. ā¤ļø
I watched most of the press conference with the Epstein survivors today. Hard to understand how someone (yes, Mr President, Iām talking about you) can listen to those women and then refuse the transparency they deserve.
Thank you Congress woman MelanieS
The most beautiful statement I have heard for at least the last 6 months...was this morning, when one of Epstein's survivors said the group will be creating their OWN list of powerful people who do REALLY BAD things.š„ You could hear all of the guilty...and terrified sphincter's slamming shut.
Rand Paul: "The reason we have trials & we don't automatically assume guilt is what if we make a mistake and they happen to be people fleeing the Venezuelan dictator? ... off our coast it isn't our policy just to blow people up ... even the worst people in our country, they still get a trial."
According to a 1842 issue of Punch magazine, poor orphan boys in Victorian England often swarmed wealthy pedestrians, commenting on their attire while marching after them, imitating their gait. They'd shout: "Voudn't I have a pair o' ducks," "I never see sech a mop," or, "Oh, my! vot a lummy tile!"
To the brave women who spoke today about the horrors of Epstein/Maxwell, I say this: For any legal concerns about speaking the names of people who sexually abused you and others, have no fear of legal expenses; I'm sure plenty of angry Americans will help fund you. Count me in. Get it done.
New Mexico also. sourcenm.com/briefs/nm-he...
San Joaquin Valley onion workers do intense labor in hot conditions. They fill 20lb buckets, dump them into sacks and line the sacks up at the end of the day. Sacks weigh up to 80lbs when full. "Juan" says his back hurts from being bent over by the end of the day. #WeFeedYou
New Mexico is bypassing the federal government to protect New Mexicans. sourcenm.com/briefs/nm-he...
For those asking about the North East, they have already been working on this:
"Through this partnership, California, Oregon, and Washington will start coordinating health guidelines by aligning immunization recommendations informed by respected national medical organizations ā regardless of shifting federal actions."
In response to the dismantling of the CDC, California, Oregon, and Washington have launched the West Coast Health Alliance, which will make their own science-based vaccine guidelines, and make sure vaccines are accessible to everyone.
All across the country, @sanders.senate.gov has been building the movement against corporate power and for an economy that works for the working class. On Saturday, he brings the fight to Brooklyn ā just as Trump, Cuomo and the billionaires conspire to stop us. See you there.
As a gov shutdown looms, the GOP is in the House engaging in more politics of the absurd and helping to cover up the Epstein files for a WH that is threatening Members if they sign on to a discharge petition. To my colleagues across the aisleādo what is right. The petition is there at the desk.
These survivors and their family members are stronger and more courageous and better at speaking publicly than the overwhelming majority of people in public office. This is so incredibly powerful.
Abuse like Epstein's proceeds w/ the premise that the victims are voiceless or can be shamed, intimidated, threatened, or discredited so iif they do try to speak up. Today they spoke up and were heard on national media. May their power continue, may accountability come for all the perpetrators.
CNN, MSNBC, and Newsmax are currently covering the Epstein survivors press conference on the Hill. Fox News and NewsNation are not.
Moskowitz: Do you think the Epstein list should come out? Farage: I have no opinion on it. Raskin: Itās been reported that heās called for it to be released Moskowitz: I have it here. Do you agree with yourself?
Why didnāt some of the Epstein survivors speak out earlier? āI thought someone was going to kill me,ā one explained. As another asked, āWhy did the government work so hard to protect Jeffrey Epstein and not victims like me?ā
"I thought they were going to make me board the plane like they did with the other kids from the shelter, but they asked me for my name and told me I was not on the list." A terrifying declaration from an unaccompanied child nearly removed to Guatemala straight out of Schindler's List.
I have tears in my eyes watching them. They are brave and strong, and F-off to anyone that doesn't support them! I hope DJT keeps calling it a hoax, because the women are putting him to shame!
I was a victim of childhood sexual abuse. Seeing these women getting the coverage and support they are this morning...brings a smile to my face. I don't see broken women. I see strong and empowered women. They. Will. Prevail.
Unbelievable! Hearing that 100 Epstein survivor victims will appear at the rally and press conference this morning at 10:30. We will be watching together. Join us at 10:00 so we can prepare for this important moment www.youtube.com/watch?v=94EF...
For more than a decade, Andrew Cuomo pretended he had nothing to do with deteriorating subways and endless delays ā even as he siphoned off funding from the MTA he controlled.
Guess which network is ignoring the survivors? Fox isnāt news.
De Georgiou: And to be clear, the only motive for opposing this bill would be to conceal wrongdoing. You have a choice: stand with the truth or with the lies that have protected predators for decades.
Massie: "The Speaker of the House just offered a fig leaf to my colleagues. They're gonna vote on a non-binding resolution today that does absolutely nothing ... they're allowing the DOJ to curate all of the information that the DOJ is giving them ... the perpetrators are being protected"
"Stay tuned for more details" -- Epstein survivor announces that survivors are creating their own list of Epstein-related abusers
Watching Republicans join EPSTEIN survivors was powerful and deserves the response they are asking for. Watching Dump just refer to them as part of a Democratic hoax was expected because he is a habitual liar. What happens next is up to the enablers. Will this move them? RELEASE THE FILES!
Trump says the Epstein victims are pushing a hoax and what they have to say is irrelevant. Proud day to be a Republican! bsky.app/profile/acyn...
BREAKING: Epstein survivor says that Jeffrey Epsteinās biggest brag was that he was friends with Donald Trump. She says he had an 8x10 framed photo on his desk of himself and Trump.
The overall takeaway from the Epstein survivorsā press conference is that they are united and are no longer going to allow rich and powerful men to victimize, silence and intimidate them. Including the ones in Congress and the perp in the Oval Office.
Epstein survivors say theyāre compiling their own client list. āWe know who abused us. We saw who came and went. This list will be survivor-ledāfor survivorsā
military flyovers disrupt the Epstein victim press conference
WAKE UP! The survivors of Jeffrey Epstein deserve justice. They deserve to be heard. Today at 10:30 AM EST / 7:30 AM PST, theyāre speaking live at a press conference. The system tried to bury the truth, but these voices are rising anyway. Watch. Share. Donāt look away. (Link in š§µ)
LAPD sergeant falsely claimed press are NOT exempt from dispersal orders a direct violation of both California law (PC 409.7) as well as a federal restraining order.
NEW: Massie tells CNN that there is significant pressure from the White House to BLOCK the release of the Epstein files.
very few ppl are as talented and fortunate as bill cunningham. but i often think about how he was able to live an honest life doing what he loved because he lived simply. even at the height of his career, he slept on a cot. as he once said, "if you donāt take money, they canāt tell you what to do."
āš¾Way to fight Melanie!
Today, we met and heard the stories of the victims of Jeffrey Epstein. What they revealed is not only the trauma of hundreds of young women, but a cover-up of epic proportions involving the wealthy, the well-connected, and even our own government. We will follow every thread until there is justice.
REP. @yassaminansari.bsky.social on the bipartisan demand for the Epstein files: āThis is the most corrupt administration in šŗšø history, and this story shows it more than anything.ā
As long as reporters look away from Trumpās dementia, he will never seem demented. And they will continue to look away. They are incentivized to. They need attention. Trump brings it, especially when his statements are insane. As long as they do that, his insanity will seem like strength.
100 VICTIMS is astounding. Even more astounding, that's less than 10% of Epstein and Maxwell's victims.
Trump on moving Space Command to Alabama from Colorado: They went to all mail-in voting. So they have automatically crooked elections. When a state is for mail-in voting, that means they want dishonest elections. That played a big factor also
Pritzker: "When did we become a country where it's ok for the US president to insist on national television that a state should call him to beg for anything? Especially something we don't want. Have we truly lost all sense of sanity in this nation that we treat this as normal?"
From my latest. open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
ICE Protest in Downtown Los Angeles gets crazy. Everyone GASSED #protest #ICE #california
Capitalism is a scourge on the solar system
Mine too!
My Congresswoman from New Mexico @repstansbury.bsky.social Hold them accountable!
Rep. Stansbury: āWhat we heard today is a cover-up. A cover-up potentially involving foreign countries and foreign actors. As you will find out in coming days and weeks, this goes all the way to the top. Because thereās happen to be a very powerful person who doesnāt want these stories out.ā
My Rep from New Mexico District 1 @repstansbury.bsky.social She is kicking ass, taking names, and isn't afraid to hold the powerful to account. Don't make mess with Albuquerque pendejos!
Itās not just that the President of the United States posted a video of eleven people being murdered in international waters itās that the President of the United States ordered the murder of eleven people in international waters so he could post a video of it.
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I'm aware that the President likes to go on television and beg me to call him to ask for troops. I find it strange, as Chicago doesn't want troops. I also have experience asking him for assistance ā just to have the rug pulled up from underneath me when execution meets reality.
Pritzker: "We've gathered information from unauthorized, patriotic officials inside the government and from-sourced reporters about Donald Trump's plan, which is to deploy armed military personnel to the streets of Chicago."
Senate Democrats: DO NOT FUND the government when the current continuing resolution expires at the end of the month. SHUT IT DOWN unless DC is funded, the troops are withdrawn from our cities, elections are protected, the Epstein files are released in full... SHUT IT DOWN.
Pritzker: "I refuse to pretend that any of this is normal ... I refuse to fall into the pundit trap that demands we sacrifice vital constitutional rights if it's being done in the fake guise of fighting crime."
That Pritzker press conference was... surreal, and I think marks a significant moment of escalation in the constitutional omni-crisis. This was the governor of a state saying plainly the Union itself is being torn apart and his state is being militarily invaded by an authoritarian regime.
Pritzker: "Any rational person who has spent even the most minimal amount of time studying human history has to ask themselves one important question: once they get the citizens of this nation comfortable with the current atrocities committed under the color of law, what comes next?"
Pritzker: "It breaks my heart to report that we have been told ICE will try to disrupt community picnics and peaceful parades. Let's be clear -- the terror and cruelty is the point, not the safety of anybody living here."
Pritzker: When did we become a country where it's okay for the president to insist on national television that a state should call him to beg for anything, especially something we don't want? Have we truly lost all sense of sanity in this nation that we treat this as normal?
The next Democratic president should declare that the National Emergencies Act and Article II of the Constitution allow him to: ā¢admit D.C. and Puerto Rico as states ā¢abolish ICE ā¢grant citizenship to any immigrant ā¢disband the 5th Circuit ā¢expand the Supreme Court Seriously: Why the hell not?
šØBREAKING: Federal court STRIKES DOWN down new South Dakota law imposing a nine-month deadline to file ballot measures declaring it unconstitutional under the First Amendment. Congrats to Dakotans for Health and their legal team! www.democracydocket.com/cases/south-...
Despite Speaker Johnson and President Trumpās efforts to hide the Epstein Files, Congress still has a chance to ensure their release. Iām signing a discharge petition on the House floor to force a vote to release the files because the American people deserve transparency.
Listen to my wonderful cohost Kate Shaw @kateshaw.bsky.social talking with Ezra Klein about the Supreme Court and Trump!! A must-listen conversation - in part because if Kate & Ezra are where they are on SCOTUS ... it's a 5 alarm+ fire! @strictscrutiny.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/o...
This is not reporting. This is propaganda.
If you really want to preserve historic buildings, you should advocate *more* height and density when vacant lots are being developed into housing. Every unit built there is less demand pressure to demolish and redevelop old buildings.
NEWS: A federal judge has ruled that Trumpās deployment of military forces to Los Angeles violated the Posse Comitatus Act, a law that prohibits the use of the armed forces as a domestic police force.
šØWho makes money off of human detentions? Core Civic and GEO Group 1/2
They Tried to Sneak Out 600 Kids on a Holiday Weekend The government was loading Guatemalan minors, unaccompanied, some as young as 6-7.
Boston is a union town.
Here's the response from Paul Bryant, the Black veteran and lawyer whom the govt arrested in part bc he had a legal weapon in DC, to USG attempt to get him detained. It leans heavily into the lack of Body Cam proving he shoulder checked some Guardsmen. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Think about it - we have no idea about any negotiations, details, offers, ideas. We only know what they āagreed toā, photo ops, some bogus number which then gets debunked and it turns out thereās nothing at the end. We have no transcripts of anything. All outlets keep repeating the same nonsense
In short - I refuse to get dumbed down to reporting on truth social posts and tweets. Tweets and X are the main sources of news. You saw yesterday how quickly the misinformation spread about DJT āgoing to Parisā. We need real sources, we need data. We need to stay curious and smart
What I did this weekend: Spent hours emailing the foreign affairs offices of all major nations with one simple request - to send me their press releases, data and statistics directly with ability to follow up. First tens of emails came back approving the request. Now we will have actual information
The thing about Curtis Yarvin is that he is stupid. Very, very stupid. Here he is mixing up "Roma" and "Romanians." He is very stupid.
There is no such thing as ātoo little too late.ā In interpersonal relationships, sure. Someone is trying to apologize for something horrible they did to you, but they donāt deserve to be forgiven? Absolutely. But in organizing? In fighting for our rights? Get a grip. 1/
Concern over low birth rates was what the theocracy in Margaret Atwoodās Handmaidās Tale used to come to power.
Uh subscribe to The Onion, by the way. For like one more week you also get a tote bag. membership.theonion.com
Anyway, my friends at Bluesky proper should start marketing this place with these kinds of quotes. It makes this website seem like the fucking Thunderdome when in reality it's a place where I post pictures of Viscous Brown Food-Like Substance On A Plate solely to unnerve people.
"Blueskyism" helped make The Onion one of the largest newspapers in the world in less than a year. If we had spent all of our time on Twitter, we'd be poorer, dumber and terminally ill with internet poisoning. He's just angry he's wasting away over there in a nazi agnostic lane that doesn't exist.
Congressman Jerry Nadler would more than likely have been reelected to an 18th full term in Congress. He's long had the support and confidence of NYC voters. Instead, he's passing the torch and doing his part to center and strengthen the next generation of Democratic leadership. (thread)
Los Angeles, CA Music Festival 9/1/25
NEW: Nadler will not seek re-election, citing the need for a new generation of leaders. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/n...
Itās still early, but pretty good turnout so far for Bernie Sanders and Graham Platnerās (running against Susan Collins) rally here in Maine today.
A plane carrying Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the EU's executive arm, suffered from jamming of GPS navigation while flying over Bulgaria. The authorities believe that Russia was behind the operation, European officials said on Monday.
Iām sorry, WHAT?
I donāt know if you all remember, but Sharice Davids was reelected in Kansas even after the GOP gerrymandered her districtā¦
area man incapable of separating the Roma vs the Romanians
MO Gov Mike Kehoe is calling a special session to gerrymander the 5th District which encompasses Kansas City. He is specifically violating Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, which bans any voting practice that denies or weakens the power of a racial minority to elect its preferred candidates.
You guys see where this is going? Right?
hell i wish brands would post garment dimensions rather than vague sizing charts
i wish brands would include more technical information in their product descriptions. i don't need to know this was inspired by timeless italian men summering in nantucket who could dress up or down. i want to know the fabric weight, leather tanning method, seam construction, etc.