Susan Taylor (@suechitown.bsky.social) reposted
Would anyone be surprised that both MSNBC and CNN are airing the Epstein survivor press conference, but that Fox News is not? RELEASE THE COMPLETE EPSTEIN FILES.
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view profile on Bluesky Susan Taylor (@suechitown.bsky.social) reposted
Would anyone be surprised that both MSNBC and CNN are airing the Epstein survivor press conference, but that Fox News is not? RELEASE THE COMPLETE EPSTEIN FILES.
Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) reposted
It sure didn’t take long for Jeanine Pirro to turn the DC US Attorney’s Office into the most incompetent, feckless, and ridiculous prosecutor’s office in the United States.
Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) reposted
Davies: And his biggest brag forever was that he was very good friends with Donald Trump. He had an eight by ten framed picture of him on his desk with the two of them, like they were very close.
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
Mehmet Oz on covid: "We have 4% of the world population and 19% of the deaths -- well, the CDC failed us."
RitaMG (@ritamg.bsky.social) reply parent
Let’s talk about being offended!! How the hell did you get elected?? I’m very offended that you think we’re stupid enough to believe your BS
Alt National Park Service (@altnps.bsky.social) reposted
Trump says he is now considering targeting New Orleans for a takeover in two weeks.
The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted
“Several of us Epstein survivors have been discussing creating our own list of names. We know the names. Many of us were abused by them.”
Nicholas Grossman (@nicholasgrossman.bsky.social) reposted
So the US military is now at war with a vaguely defined enemy (drug cartels) across a vast area (the Caribbean) with no specific goal (“winning” and “defeating them”) and accusing a regional government (Venezuela) of sponsoring that vague enemy without showing proof? Sounds pretty forever warish.
God (@thegodpodcast.com) reposted
Thou Shalt Release The Damn Epstein Files!
Alt National Park Service (@altnps.bsky.social) reposted
“To be clear, the only motive for opposing this bill would be to conceal wrongdoing.” - Anouska De Georgiou
KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 (@kojamf.bsky.social) reposted
The Guardian @theguardian.com
Congressman Don Beyer (@beyer.house.gov) reposted
I signed the Rep. Massie & @rokhanna.bsky.social discharge petition to force a binding vote - unlike Speaker Johnson's nonbinding resolutions - to require release of the Epstein files. It's up to 205 signatures; it needs 218 to take effect. See who signed here: clerk.house.gov/DischargePet...
MeidasTouch (@meidastouch.com) reposted
Reporter: What is your message to President Trump? Epstein Survivor: Listen, I don't want to send a direct message to him. I'm already scared enough. Just pass the vote. Listen to us. This is not a hoax. It’s not going to go away
Marc Elias (@marcelias.bsky.social) reposted
No wonder Trump is so intent on keeping the files from being released.👀
M Meerkat (@kackbro.bsky.social) reposted
Speaking of Fraud and Immigrants, Illegal or otherwise, There's Chump's wife,Melanoma ?
United Farm Workers (@ufw.bsky.social) reposted
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
BumblingBard42 (@bumblingbard42.bsky.social) reposted
This hits harder than when I saw this movie the first time. #CaptainAmerica
muscular baby jeb lund (@mobute.bsky.social) reposted
you'd think the governor of illinois basically going "we're being invaded by an authoritarian" would be something you'd see real easy on the front page of most everything an hour later
MeidasTouch (@meidastouch.com) reposted
Massie: I'm calling on my colleagues: be one of the next two who sponsors this discharge petition. I think it's shameful that this has been called a hoax. Hopefully today we can clear that up. This is not a hoax. This is real. There are real survivors.
Jess Piper (@piperformissouri.bsky.social) reposted
I need someone to sue the shit out of the Missouri governor for redistricting without a new census.
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
Epstein survivor Marina Lacerda: "The worst part is that the government is still in possession right now of documents & information that could help me remember and get over all of this maybe, and help me heal. They have documents w/ my name on them that were confiscated from Jeffrey Epstein's house"
Jon Cooper (@joncooper-us.bsky.social) reposted
A victim of convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein has revealed how a group of survivors is compiling a client list of their own.
MeidasTouch (@meidastouch.com) reposted
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.
Dr. Jack Brown (@drjackbrown.bsky.social) reposted
"We know the names." Epstein survivor
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
military flyovers disrupt the Epstein victim press conference
Rep. Ted Lieu (@reptedlieu.bsky.social) reposted
You cannot “rebrand” crap.
Tabatha Southey 🇨🇦 (@tabathasouthey.bsky.social) reposted
It’s not just that the President of the United States posted a video of eleven people being murdered in international waters it’s that the President of the United States ordered the murder of eleven people in international waters so he could post a video of it.
shauna (@goldengateblond.bsky.social) reposted
literal lunatics are in charge of public health right now
Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com) reposted
"For so many years, it felt like Epstein's criminal behavior was an open secret." “We’re not going away. We’re not staying quiet. We’re not going to give up.” Annie Farmer (Epstein survivor)
John Pavlovitz (@johnpavlovitz.bsky.social) reposted
BREAKING: Epstein victms are holding a press conference saying they will release all the names. All networks covering except Fox News.
CREW (@citizensforethics.org) reposted
BREAKING: A bipartisan group of members of Congress have come to a compromise on a bill to ban congressional stock trading. This is a hugely popular reform and it's encouraging that Congress is finally listening. Now it's time to get it passed!
Dr. Jack Brown (@drjackbrown.bsky.social) reposted
“Why did the government work so hard to protect Jeffrey Epstein and not victims like me?” Epstein survivor
Congresswoman Sydney Kamlager-Dove (@kamlager-dove.house.gov) reposted
There’s a reason the White House is pushing hard against this discharge petition. I’m signing so that the truth comes out. The survivors of Epstein’s abuse—and the American people—deserve answers.
MeidasTouch (@meidastouch.com) reposted
WATCH LIVE: Epstein Victims Press Conference in DC
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
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"
Charlotte Clymer (@charlotteclymer.bsky.social) reposted
Kinda hard to avoid the feeling that the military flyovers taking place over D.C. right now are intentional as ordered to interfere with the Epstein survivors press conference on the Hill. Survivors have paused their remarks until the flyovers pass.
RitaMG (@ritamg.bsky.social) reply parent
I concur
Politico (@politico.com) reposted
RFK Jr. will face "hard questions" over CDC shakeup, according to Thune. The Senate majority leader expressed frustration over the firings of recently confirmed officials.
Derrick ♎ 🟧 🟦#BLM 🏳️🌈 (@spawn03.bsky.social) reposted
So after the Epstein survivors themselves said this matter wasn't a hoax and told their stories, the President told them they were lying. That's the headline every reputable media outlet should be running.
Senator Patty Murray (@murray.senate.gov) reposted
They're right. RFK Jr. is a serious threat to public health and our lives. He is undermining vaccines, boosting dangerous conspiracy theories, and decimating lifesaving research. Resign or be fired. He needs to go.
Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) reposted
There is no moral justification for today’s extraordinary concentration of wealth. It is distorting politics, rigging markets, and granting unprecedented power to a handful of people. Closing our staggering wealth gap is crucial to the survival of our economy and our democracy.
Dr. Jack Brown (@drjackbrown.bsky.social) reposted
"Now, together as survivors, we will confidentially compile the names we all know were regularly in the Epstein world. And it will be done by survivors – and for survivors. No one else is involved. ...Because history is watching – and so are the women who will come after us." Epstein survivor
Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) reposted
Because he lied. And he’s been a habitual liar his entire life. Pretty easy to find lots of evidence of that in about 15 minutes.
jeffreyalexander07.bsky.social (@jeffreyalexander07.bsky.social) reposted
NEVER...they're in the worst kind of cult.
Mrs. Betty Bowers (@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social) reposted
The president is using the military to dismantle cities that didn't vote for him The president is using the military to distract from women speaking out against his and Jeffrey Epstein's sexual abuses. We are not living in ordinary times. Extraordinary responses are called for.
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
Nigel Farage looks uncomfortable as Jamie Raskin uses his opening statement to absolutely demolish him
RitaMG (@ritamg.bsky.social) reply parent
Godspeed ladies 💙
Angry (@angrystaffer.bsky.social) reposted
Epstein survivors say they’re compiling their own client list. “We know who abused us. We saw who came and went. This list will be survivor-led—for survivors”
Carter P. Hayes (@allchronology.com) reposted
That Pritzker presser? Unreal. A sitting governor saying, flat out, the Union is coming apart and his state is being invaded by an authoritarian regime. This is a whole new level of crisis.
Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) reposted
AOC: If anybody says “this isn’t fair, I'm gonna have to divest all my stocks if I run for congress” maybe you should stay home.
Kelly 🦋🦋86 47🦋🦋 (@kelofchgo.bsky.social) reposted
Abortion and having say so over your own body is NOT a complicated moral debate and nobody cares about your personal beliefs #amyconeybarrett Feelings are not supposed to be involved when you are a SCOTUS. Shove it! #Pinks www.rawstory.com/abortion-267...
Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) reposted
The overall takeaway from the Epstein survivors’ 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.
Home of the Brave (@ofthebraveusa.bsky.social) reposted
Why are federal agents covering their face? What are they hiding? Public servants should face the public! @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social has a mobile billboard driving around D.C. demanding that federal agents take their masks off. Check it out!
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
"Stay tuned for more details" -- Epstein survivor announces that survivors are creating their own list of Epstein-related abusers
Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) reposted
The House and Senate are back in session this week. Who else thinks it's time to ban members of Congress from trading stocks?
Steven Beschloss (@stevenbeschloss.bsky.social) reposted
In a metaphor that was too on-the-nose, there was a military flyover in Washington, D.C. that drowned out Epstein survivors who were speaking out. I'm happy to report they persisted.
Krassensteins (@krassenstein.bsky.social) reposted
MASSIVE BREAKING: Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi just revealed that an attorney told them today that an Epstein bodyguard was an intermediary between Epstein and the CIA in 2009. Release the Epstein files now !
Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) reposted
As a survivor, I can't think of a more fitting metaphor than a rapist creating loud noises with planes as a survivor tries to tell her story. I mean... just wow. Nevertheless, she persisted.
Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) reposted
Since returning to office, Trump has: -Stripped 1 million federal workers of collective bargaining rights -Reversed Biden's minimum wage hike for federal contractors -Gutted OSHA and frozen enforcement of a regulation protecting miners from lung disease "Pro-worker" president.
Jess Piper (@piperformissouri.bsky.social) reposted
HE VOTES BY MAIL!!!
Jon Cooper (@joncooper-us.bsky.social) reposted
GOP Rep. Thomas Massie filed a discharge petition today to force the disclosure of Justice Department investigative files related to the late sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. Working with Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna, Massie now needs to persuade 216 additional House members to sign it.
PacificNorthWexican 🌱 🫘💚🐼 is at #ATmosphereConf (@mandertang.bsky.social) reposted
What a twat. Oh your vacation was ruined? My tax paying ass doesn’t have bodily autonomy ACROSS A COUNTRY FOR WHICH I PAY FEDERAL TAXES. What medical rights do men lose when they cross state lines based on a singular religion’s wants and desires? www.rawstory.com/abortion-267...
Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) reposted
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
jtickel STAND WITH UKRAINE (@tickedoff.bsky.social) reposted
An oysterman would be splendid addition to the Senate with extra heaps of pleasure knowing Platner would replace the perpetually concerned and perpetually dreadful Collins. www.commondreams.org/news/sanders...
Tom Scocca (@tomscocca.bsky.social) reposted
Don't feel like doing a repost that puts the murder video on the timeline yet again but do feel like repeating the point that the president just straight-up assassinated 11 people for supposedly doing something that wouldn't be a death-penalty crime if they were caught and convicted
Denver Riggleman (@denverr.bsky.social) reposted
Morning
Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com) reposted
WAKE UP! The survivors of Jeffrey Epstein deserve justice. They deserve to be heard. Today at 10:30 AM EST / 7:30 AM PST, they’re speaking live at a press conference. The system tried to bury the truth, but these voices are rising anyway. Watch. Share. Don’t look away. (Link in 🧵)
Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) reposted
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?
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
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."
butterflygirl24 (@butterflygirl24.bsky.social) reposted
Applaud these women for protesting at Union Station in DC in the blazing heat! ✊🏼 #dc #notofascism
Asawin Suebsaeng (@swin24.bsky.social) reposted
The red state im currently sitting in has a higher violent crime rate than Illinois, this is Not About Crime
Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) reposted
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.
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
Pritzker: "He has no idea what's he's talking about. There is no emergency that warrants deployment of troops. He is insulting the people of Chicago by calling our home a hellhole, and anyone that takes his word at face value is insulting Chicagoans too."
Kevin M. Kruse (@kevinmkruse.bsky.social) reposted
The president is sending the military to control American cities and if you're a reporter who's framing that illegal power grab as "pushing the boundaries of constitutionality" or "acting boldly to fight crime" or whatever, please go find another line of work where you won't get us all killed.
Jon Cooper (@joncooper-us.bsky.social) reposted
As many as 100 survivors of Jeffrey Epstein and other victims of sexual abuse are expected to attend a rally Wednesday in Washington, D.C. as a bipartisan Congressional effort gains steam to force the U.S. Department of Justice to make public its controversial files on the disgraced sex trafficker.
Krassensteins (@krassenstein.bsky.social) reposted
BREAKING: Iowa Senator Joni Ernst officially announces she will NOT seek reelection next year.
Andy Craig (@andycraig.bsky.social) reposted
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.
Scott Smith (@canaansdad1987.bsky.social) reposted
Just a reminder, the Epstein victims have scheduled a press conference for Wednesday. We should hear the real truth.
Mother Jones (@motherjones.com) reposted
It wasn't a great last week of the August recess for Republican members of Congress. At town hall events across the country, attendees booed, laughed, jeered, and demanded answers as their GOP representatives tried to defend President Donald Trump’s agenda.
Denise Wu (@denisewu.bsky.social) reposted
FAFO Farmers were aware of the impending tariff and chose their ideology over self-interest, so no one should feel sorry for them.
RitaMG (@ritamg.bsky.social) reply parent
I hope his family keeps away from him
TrumpsTaxes (@trumpstaxes.com) reposted
Pro-MAGA GOP State Rep. Ty Burns of Oklahoma - who tried to gouge his wife's eye out and run his wife and 16 year-old daughter off the road with his truck - has resigned after pleading guilty. lawandcrime.com/crime/lawmak...