There is hope…the survivors-bless them all-did a great job explaining what they went through. The fighter jets flying overhead confirms trump was causing yet another deflection. He is such a disgraceful person…c’mon Republicans…grow a fucking pair!🤬
I’m wondering why this press conference was held outside? Didn’t congress think they deserved a dignified space to tell their stories? Of course they didn’t. The stupid flyover was part of the plan and only served to show everyone who witnessed it that trump is absolutely, positively a pedophile who raped more than a few of the survivors who showed up yesterday.
AND they were much safer out there in the open! rump and his magats didn't dare do anything except fly jets overhead to try and shut them up! He is terrified.
Ask the people who refuse to sign the discharge petition if they refuse because THEY have something to hide. Surely some Trumpublicans are on the Epstein list.
Yes, I wondered the same thing, people standing outside in the hot sun for that length of time and to suffer through the noise of those flyovers, such brave women telling their stories, so heart-braking to hear, in such an uncomfortable venue. All were extremely courageous to bring us their life experiences.
The pedo-loving-KKK-pelicans control Congress for now. These women would never have been given space to speak their truth under that dome at this time.
There are probably more. I bet there are others out there who cannot overcome the shame and go public. And that's not counting the women who have committed suicide because of epstein, trump and the rest of the so far un-named rapists who don't want their names revealed.
I hope the survivors compile that list and reveal it world-wide, no matter who is on it and what their political persuasion. They all need to be outed.
I’ve been using it ( with some discretion) for MANY years. I’m a WW || baby and # grow a pair frequently went through my thoughts and sometimes escaped my lips on its own. Of course “ fucking “ wasn’t used in my earlier days. Clark Gable’s “ I don’t give a damn “ was considered horrific. Today, I don’t give a fuck !
I heard this repeatedly from Baby Boomer women calling in to a podcast. Previously I only heard men say this. Now women are pissed & using it with abandon. Love it.
Re the fly-over: All I could picture was a spoiled (and soiled) little brat in diapers, his little hand on a joy stick flying his toy jets out on the mansion lawn.
You did, as always, but you also gave this story the appropriate weight, seriousness, it deserves. Thank you.
"he’s so fucking dumb it makes my head hurt just transcribing this nonsense."
But grateful for all the transcriptions so that we are not forced to listen to all the insane shite they spew - especially from tRump and his nazi spox. Her voice is like a cheese grater on my soul.
What kind of nation treats victims so poorly while protecting offenders so zealously? A nation with no moral compass, despite all the grandstanding professions of faith.
This. A country in a world that has, since time immemorial, has dismissed women, treated us as inferior, tried to silence us, written us out of history and counted us among their possessions. The same goes for children. The world is designed by and for men and anything that threatens their dominance is to be destroyed, denied and becomes cause for further abuse. And, to be fair, it’s not just white supremacists - look at Iran, Afghanistan, Sudan, Yemen, Iraq and more. Quasim Rashid wrote about it a week or two ago. I’ll link the article in my next reply.
Hear hear! We are a nation in moral rot, as Michael Cohen wrote today. The depraved GQP has dragged us all into the gutter. 45 years we’ve put up with this shite. It’s time to crush the party of pedophiles and banish all Repuke traitors, forever.
Congresswoman Sporkfoot declared that if the Epstein survivors compiled their list of abusers, she would read the names out loud to Congress. I would think she has immunity if it is in the course of her congressional duties. I double dog dare her. Marge, put your money where your big, fat mouth is.
Look, if she does go through with it, then more power to her. Ro Khanna stated that he never had shared a stage with MGT and never thought they’d be in agreement on anything. So things can turn.
One should be able to discern if raping/torturing children is right or wrong. It's not difficult. Why this has to be a partisan thing shows massive cover up of rich, powerful, and morally corrupt men. With one evil woman who sits in a country club awaiting her pardon. Another slap in the faces of those brave women who spoke out yesterday.
…and that mealy mouth little shit Mike Johnson doesn’t want the files released because ‘the victims aren’t adequately protected’ or some such shit. Yes, because if we all know one thing, it’s just how protected women and children are in authoritarian religions such as the fucking Baptists.
An indecent nation is that kind of nation. The people, a plurality anyway, voted for this indecency. Actually a majority of “we the people “ didn’t even bother to vote. White evangelicals in the United States of America are without any decency, none, absolutely none.
These women are amazing. I am so thankful they finally got the opportunity to have their say. Right out there in the open where it should be. And I know that those who give a shit are ready, willing and able to do anything we can to keep this alive. We must keep in mind, however, that most republicans, over half of Congress, ALL of MAGA, and the worthless piece of orange shit at the top do not give one flying fuck about any of it, except for keeping their sorry-assed asses covered.
Lots of high profile “other notables” are among the survivors’ list of predators. Very wealthy and powerful. Do you think Bill Gates (et. al.) might be tossing a few dollars to the suppression effort?
I am sure they have already made the list. I think their statement was to remind those on the list that they are the ones with the power…and “watch out!”
I am glad they announced their list-compiling. Puts the pedos on public notice. They are not in danger; they are too numerous nd now have names and faces.
Unfortunately, in this case the pedos have lots of money and power. They’re not just the freaks in trench coats that hang around schools. They can afford hit men. They can afford 100 hit men. They’ve already proved they have no qualms about destroying the lives of children; now that those children have become adults, they’re inconvenient to the uber wealthy predators with no consciences.
Listen: I think I hear the sound of pitchforks being sharpened!
The rich white trash that manipulated the trailer trash set into voting for them are about to get their asses handed to them. If I were them I’d flee while you still can.
I think you did. The not depressing part is these women finally being able to tell their stories IN PUBLIC. With finally saying what they’ve probably been keeping inside for decades.
Why would I NOT believe them? Don’t forget the special flyover they got. One big orange man is melting down like a blob of fat in a simmering pot.
The flyover was repulsive, childish and blatantly underscored DiaperLoad’s guilt. Sadly… “its” behavior is not shocking. I can’t use the masculine pronoun for DiaperLoad…. Switching to “it” because it signifies a non-human subject.
Today’s Guardian has an opinion piece by Stacey Williams, whom Epstein brought to Donald’s Trump Tower office as an offering for Donald to grope in his presence. Her consensual relationship with Epstein was brief after that and learning he had been filming her.
The gif of the LA fire hurricane reminds me of the Dylan lyric: "You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows." Even MTG sees it. The Epstein firestorm should torch the GOP to the fucking ground.
Not just the women. Expect the support of the trans, gay & lesbian community as well as our other oppressed minority populations. Like it or not, we must all be in this fight together!
Jeff, I want to thank you for your amazing writing, and also for taking the time to transcribe the video clips, especially the ones from the Mad King. I just can’t listen to his voice saying incomprehensible bullshit anymore.
You were right: these testimonies are inspiring us to work harder to send the Trump administration, its enablers in Congress, its funders (especially its funders), 6/9 of the Supreme Court, and the rest of them down to the molten core of the earth, i.e., Hell.
Their testimony was heartbreaking, the acknowledgment of their abuse was long overdue.
These well guarded “secrets” of the rich and powerful must be exposed and dealt with just like the rest of the rot inside their souls.
After hearing their stories, I phoned utterly useless congressional unit Anna Luna(tic) to sign onto this, but of course got no confirmation of her position.
Guess she’s too involved in how to desecrate national monuments thinking it will help her with reelection. lol good luck with that honey
To the victims though-second saddest takeway aside from the youthful trauma and PTSS they’ll suffer for the rest of their lives- is the very real probability of stalking, intimidation, and even possibly death that exposing these heavyweight losers poses to them.
100 who have stepped forward; there are numerous others. Chilling. Our national misogyny is as robust as ever. (Why we will not see a woman president for a long time).
Off topic: Steve Vladeck wrote a dynamite post this morning gaging how the courts have reined in the Trump administration to a significant, but limited degree. He allowed me to restock the post on my sub stack where you can read it for free:
You did just right. I can’t begin to fathom how many victims have told their parents and authorities and were shut down and not believed, whether the offenders were famous or not. You did good.
The counter for the Pulitzer gets a snort out of me every time. So Epstein subject = evil, sad, spitting nails mad but the Lifetime Pulitzer brought me back to snort level.
I pray every day that he has a debilitating stroke…where he can still understand everything but can’t talk or move on his own. And then lives for another 10 years like that. Then dies & goes straight to hell!
Not sufficiently painful. I’ve long hoped that he would die on the toilet, alone, fall over and cover hisself with fœcal debris and lay there undiscovered for hours and have flies over him and then have his body man discover him and just walk away, leaving it for someone else to take care of and having everyone working in the private quarters given a chance to take photos and post them and have that be the official portrait that hangs in the WH in some basement closet along with a stack of all that TEMU gold crap and all those hats.
I disagree….it will be very painful for him to be unable to speak or attract attention to himself. I want him to be aware and suffer before he dies. I’ve been a nurse for a long time…I’ve seen suffering. He needs to experience it!
Retired hospice nurse here. Evil people often have a horrific dying process and need powerful meds to control their agitation/anxiety/emotional pain.👹💀
It only takes 20 minutes for pressure sores to develop. If he's covered with feces that will hasten the infectious process. Too many years working in the ER and ICU. I've seen peoples tailbones from tunneling pressure sores. I like your idea of the Elvis treatment.
I have so many fantasies, including Satan—movie lover that he must be—assuming the form of Vincent Price to greet Trump in his forever home. But I’m a practical man. I don’t care how he gets out of the position he usurped, as long as he gets gone.
Locked-In Syndrome....the result of a brain stem stroke.
The FUN part being that he'd have to lay there, for YRS, listening to those who *used* to support him come to their senses & publicity speak out about EVERYTHING he's done, & what a fake, low-life chunk of dog shit he REALLY is.
My grandmother was as devout a Catholic as you could ever find. And God did that to her, so, yes, Trump can have that. Good enough for grandma, good enough for Trump
Every day is one day closer to the inevitable. While I detest AI slop, someone did a great one of Mr Wonderful plummeting through the clouds of heaven and landing with a cannonball splash into the lake of fire reserved for Satan and his angels. And then, out of the shadows behind a demon's throne, came Fred and Mary Trump to cackle at their damned for all eternity offspring.
Off topic: Steve Vladeck wrote a dynamite post this morning gaging how the courts have reined in the Trump administration to a significant, but limited degree. He allowed me to restock the post on my sub stack where you can read it for free:
"James Comer, despite being a five-alarm fucknut" 😂 Now I see why Comer gets elected. Thats some map.
The harder they try to suppress this, the worse it looks. America is such an embarrassment, that any decent person would try to hide this...it's obscene.
Laura Loomer. A wing nut of the first degree. 🤣 I was actually impressed with Three Toes yesterday. Then hell froze over.
When someone like Sporkfoot lies her way into power, then has a moment of logical clarity and expects everyone to bow down to her truth telling, even an important message is diminished.
Don’t count on Marji to accomplish ANYTHING of value or you will be disappointed. She is the very essence of a shyster.
She is a foul- mouthed embarrassment of ignorance, stupidity and mean spiritedness. We used to expect some modicum of class and humility from our politicians, but the president and these Fox News superstars have debased our entire government. It’s embarrassing to be an American right now.
Counting on MTG to *accomplish* anything is beyond the point. She won't initiate anything, but she will predictably jump in front of any camera and be Marjie. This is useful to us, which is why MAGA heads exploded. Before, *any* apostasy would have been met with an immediate and brutal crushing. But Trump's response was petulant and whiny. Bringing Trumpism down will entail a multitude of little cracks forming within MAGA and then widening. This crack with some MAGA women is not enough, but it might be the first.
It's kind of weird that Spork Toes came out in support of the victims. Was it just to get Laura Loony enraged? Who knows. Who the Hell is Loony, anyway? How did she get so much power over the nutjob-in-chief?
Post nip and tuck, Loomer's face looks like the lunch meat she accused MTG of cramming in her pants. Same for ICE Barbie. Closeups are not their friend.
Fake tits, fake ass, fake cheekbones, fake lips. It’s annoying that she has so much influence over Krasnov when what is she? Nothing. She’s not even smart, except in a weaselly sense.
They absolutely don't care. The thing that matters most is power, and Murc's Law will protect them. They have a death cult of millions and all these victims are just collateral damage, speedbumps in their way as they coast to absolute power. They have the mission of remaking the USA into the unreconstructed hellscape where the minorities they hate are under their thumbs.
And wow, I love how the Biggest Fake In The House was all performative yesterday, then later on puts out a tweet saying the pricktator was the one who banned Epstein (his scumbag best friend!) from Mar-A-Lago. Just completely playing in our faces for clout.
Never count on these people; they always tunnel under your expectations.
Jeff, Donald’s actions fit the DARVO pattern… Deny, Attack, Reverse victim-offender. He uses this technique time and again, all of America saw this behavior yesterday when questioned about the Epstein victims. The military fly over was merely Donald’s chef’s kiss, demonstrating that he is more powerful, that he should never be questioned about his behavior and finally militarizing justice. Another interpretation is Donald is a lying degenerate piece of 💩. Thank you for your attention🤡🤡🤡
Juxtapose Trump's pathetic flyover as Epstein's rape victims were speaking with Xi's endless display of apocalyptic military force, with Putin and Kim getting benevolently schooled in who their daddy is.
More powerful than Donny’s noisy-toy tantrum in the sky was the speaker’s reaction, which was to simply pause until the rude interruption was over, and then continue.
Jeff, please forgive, but I am hijacking your Comment session to attempt to inform as many Americans as possible about something terrifying that is happening. This is NOT being reported in the U.S. media -- only in two U.K. media outlets: "The Guardian" and "The Independent". As Lautman writes: "Trump is accelerating a surveillance state."
OLGA LAUTMAN, "Russia Unmasked", 9/3/25
"ALERT: Trump Hands ICE a Dangerous Surveillance Tool
Please Share Widely: Everyone Needs to Know ICE Will Soon Have Graphite Spyware"
Graphite Spyware Was Used to Infect iPhones of European Journalists, Researchers Confirm
The University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab has produced forensic proof that Paragon Solutions’ “Graphite” iOS spyware was used to hack European journalists’ phones, deepening concern over the booming mercenary-spyware industry
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As I document my daily Trump Tyranny Tracker, I came across something extremely disturbing that is receiving virtually no coverage outside of The Guardian and deserves our full attention. Yesterday, they reported that Trump lifted the freeze on a $2 million contract granting ICE access to Graphite, a commercial spyware tool developed by the Israeli company Paragon Solutions. This move reverses a Biden-era pause imposed after mounting evidence showed that spyware was being misused against journalists and human rights defenders in Europe. And out of all agencies, Trump has chosen to hand this technology to ICE—an agency he is shaping into his own private police force.
Graphite’s track record abroad is already deeply alarming. Citizen Lab has confirmed that Italian journalists’ iPhones were compromised, Amnesty International has documented its use against activists conducting sea rescue work, and Meta reported its exploitation of WhatsApp to target users in more than twenty countries, including a campaign disrupted in December 2024 that used Paragon’s spyware against about 90 journalists and civil society members. From Europe to Africa, these campaigns show that the spyware is nothing more than mercenary surveillance technology turned against civil society. Graphite, like Pegasus before it, is a weapon for authoritarian governments and a direct threat to all of us.
Once installed, the software gives near-total access to a device: encrypted messaging apps like Signal and WhatsApp, location data, photos and contacts, and even the ability to remotely activate microphones or cameras. Giving this power to ICE—already notorious for lawlessness—does not make any of us safer, hands Trump’s private police force a weapon of control, and pushes the U.S. closer to a surveillance state.
The spread of commercial spyware always follows the same playbook: sold as tools to “fight” crime or terrorism, they end up turned inward to crush dissent, monitor activists, silence journalists, and intimidate political opponents. Graphite is a dictator’s weapon, and putting it in the hands of ICE makes clear that Trump is accelerating a surveillance state.
What We Can Do:
I’m asking everyone to please spread the word and share this widely, so more people understand what Graphite is and the danger it poses. Contact your representatives in Congress and state officials, demand answers, and push for strict limits or an outright ban on government spyware. Report abuses to Citizen Lab or trusted media, and protect yourself by keeping devices updated and using tools like Lockdown Mode. We cannot let ICE have this dictator’s weapon, and we can try to stop it by bringing attention to it.
Thanks, birdwatcher! I'm posting this on three of the major substacks that I read (Vance, Richardson, and Jeff), and trusting that the three authors will not be offended that I am using their air space to put out the word.
It's a gift. They should be happy. Why do I feel that Israel's intelligence services are our enemy, not our friend? Therefore, surely, Israel is not our friend...
(I just sent you a message about another column you will probably want to take a look at. This second column is about something very frightening happening environmentally, about which I'd heard nothing before. )
Ha! Now I don't see yours! Try this link: https://substack.com/home/post/p-172256768 Morgaan Sinclair, PhD, "Politsage", 8/29/25. "Atlantic Ocean Currents Are Near Collapse: We have to cut carbon emissions NOW or face a point of no return and an inevitable collapse in 100 years, 50 years, or even sooner." Like the article above which I posted, VERY, VERY few people are aware of this vital information. Maybe I'll post it here in a couple of weeks. Please share!
This is really fucking bad. Thank you to kdsherpa for bringing this to our attention! Especially since our American MSM apparently can't be bothered to do any actual journalism.
KD, very good deep dive, it’s only getting worse. I just found a innocuous LOOKING site owned quietly by guess who, Rocket inc-PayPal- musk of course and who my have hacked USB bank just before that, you know.
Yes, I subscribe to the Guardian and several other papers from other countries -- including "The Kiev Independent". Truth cannot be found in so many of the U.S. newspapers anymore. It is terrible, and frightening.
The biggest take-away from the Capital Hill group, in my opinion, was that these women are going to create their own "list." This is a big and wonderful end run. I'm sure there some very agitated souls on the Hill.
Indeed--it's more than past time to post the names. And, if the accused would like to sue for defamation, by all means, let's go to court. Exhibit A for the defense and for the prosecution: the unredacted Epstein files.
I believe the term is.......CHECKMATE, you child rapist fuckfaces.
The survivors (or anyone) are sadly mistaken if they are calling on Trump to do something for them. Trump only humors himself because fuck you. That is his only motivation: fuck you. That means me, you, and everyone but Trump himself.
Everyone but Trump himself should have fucking wised up to his shit by now. Every day there is more and more evidence of his criminality and depravity. None of his Executive Orders are legal but all of his minions act on them. His word is worthless and his pronouncements are those of an insane person.
He was crying all day because the dictators held a pow-wow in China and didn't invite him. Is there more evidence needed that he is set against the United States?
One thing this whole sorry mega-scandal has done is invigorate the country’s women. (Yeah right, the alpha macho men are quaking in their boots; “Pfft! Women! Can’t live with ‘em, can’t kill ‘em, amirite?” and all the other teeny-wienie misogynist garbage they carry around in their pea-brains.)
Listen up, fuckheads of the patriarchy: The Epstein survivors’ speaking out en masse on the Capitol steps strikes a chord with every American woman who’s ever been raped or sexually abused and subsequently ignored, and our number is legion. The uber-wealthy douche-bros are not gaslighting their way out of this one.
Uber wealthy douche bros’ involvement is my only source of concern about the way this all unspools. Wealth and power and control over institutions plus ability to protect themselves.
It’s so sad that the survivors had to resort to such a public display before they can be taken seriously, where it counts. But unfortunately, with the current president living in denial, not much will happen because he’s surrounded himself with spineless yes-men. These survivors, who have already been through so much, are being forced to discuss things they wish they could forget. It’s criminal to call what they’ve been through a hoax. Heartless, but what else do you expect from Donny?
These women have infinitely more grit, intestinal fortitude, character, dignity, and perseverance than any elected rethuglican. Wait, my comparison is inexact because the GOPpers have NONE of those attributes.
I for one am exceedingly glad that this story hasn’t died, because it was starting to feel like it might. It’s obvious to all sentient beings that Trump is deeply involved, and the excuses his allies are coming up with are unbelievably stupid. Ten minutes listening to Ghislaine M’s testimony to Todd Blanche gives it away. No one listening to it can believe her. Every line has been lawyer-approved.
These survivors have more guts than most of Congress. I don’t know how Trump or Maxwell live with themselves. I pray the survivors
Yeah, they keep yelling that no one has accused Trump of any wrongdoing. So then why is he so desperate to not release the files? Why keep calling it a Democratic hoax if you're so damn innocent? And Comer and company are so dumb that they don't even realize that by insisting that everyone has "exonerated" Trump, they're just making it obvious that there's no logical reason not to release the files if that is the case.
Preznit Fuckwit truly believes that we are all as ignorant and self-abusive as his MAGAts. His practice of saying any demented lie that occurs to his broken brain has expanded into a full on science fiction ten part series that NEVER ends.
He still doesn’t get it - we are not the fools that listen to him without asking your billion dollar question, “What the fuck is wrong with you?” The level of excitement over this past weekend is clear evidence that we are ready to have this hellish, sicko landscape cleared of orange waste. There are more of us than there are of them.
It’s been like Catch 22 or One Flew Over the Cukoo’s Nest. I am not going to allow them to drive me crazy - I’m going to do everything possible to fight back. I believe all of us are going to have to shove our way out of this corner.
The call to Release the Epstein Files is NOT going away! Trump campaigned on releasing the Epstein Files along with promising to lower the price of “groceries”. The latter promise didn’t work too well, but, as POTUS, he has the power to release the Epstein Files! JUST DO IT, DONNY!
I found nothing, zero, zilch, referencing the Epstein survivors’ news conference in the digital version of America’s newspaper of record, NYT this morning. But, hey, Giorgio Armani is dead and RFK, Jr is even more batshit crazy.
Y'all remember Joe Paterno, legendary coach at Penn State? He had to resign in shame because he covered up the pedo abuse of a coach on his staff, Jerry Sandusky. He didn't take part, mind you, he just knew about it but did nothing. Paterno was a coaching god in PA for 185 years but he had to go.
I'm not saying I believe rump didn't participate; I believe he did. But even if he hadn't, he is guilty of a massive cover-up and for this, and many, many other reasons, he needs to go.
Ms Spouse: "what are you writing about today?"
me: "the Epstein survivors"
Ms Spouse: "seriously?"
me: "I think I found a way to make it not-depressing"
I hope I was right.
There is hope…the survivors-bless them all-did a great job explaining what they went through. The fighter jets flying overhead confirms trump was causing yet another deflection. He is such a disgraceful person…c’mon Republicans…grow a fucking pair!🤬
I’m wondering why this press conference was held outside? Didn’t congress think they deserved a dignified space to tell their stories? Of course they didn’t. The stupid flyover was part of the plan and only served to show everyone who witnessed it that trump is absolutely, positively a pedophile who raped more than a few of the survivors who showed up yesterday.
There was a private hearing earlier. That's the one nancy mace ran out of to get attention.
Yes I know but was the crowd expected to be that large? Maybe that’s why it was outside. Just seems kind of casual for the subject matter.
The steps of the Capitol are symbolic of a soapbox in the square.
AND they were much safer out there in the open! rump and his magats didn't dare do anything except fly jets overhead to try and shut them up! He is terrified.
Plus, the symbolism (and practicality) of holding it out in the open, for all to see.
The military jets were, at least in part, intended to honor a fallen Polish military pilot.
It went from 10 to 100 victims.
I agree that the location was poor. The whole presser was crucial and yet it was so mismanaged. Could have been a lot more impactful.
To the congress and those that turned their heads I say .....your Jesus is blind and is riding Satan's horse.
Ask the people who refuse to sign the discharge petition if they refuse because THEY have something to hide. Surely some Trumpublicans are on the Epstein list.
Am sure many were aware of Fantasy Island and Fantasy Mar a Lago.
or more accurately, riding Satan’s horse’s ass
He's " Fucking Satan ".
Yes, I wondered the same thing, people standing outside in the hot sun for that length of time and to suffer through the noise of those flyovers, such brave women telling their stories, so heart-braking to hear, in such an uncomfortable venue. All were extremely courageous to bring us their life experiences.
The pedo-loving-KKK-pelicans control Congress for now. These women would never have been given space to speak their truth under that dome at this time.
There are probably more. I bet there are others out there who cannot overcome the shame and go public. And that's not counting the women who have committed suicide because of epstein, trump and the rest of the so far un-named rapists who don't want their names revealed.
I hope the survivors compile that list and reveal it world-wide, no matter who is on it and what their political persuasion. They all need to be outed.
And ousted!
Perfect phrase. Can I use it?
Chris H., "Riding Satan's horse" is one of the best descriptions I've heard. I also ask permission to use it. Is it your own?
Yes it is Margaret. Help yourself.
Thanks Chris!
Grow a fucking pair is my new comment for Repubs. It has the distinction of also being true. Besides, get a spine doesn’t do it for me anymore.
We should hash tag that and make it go viral. #Growafuckingpair, has a nice ring to it!
Republicans in elected office everywhere are hiding under their desks .
Not hiding under their desks, they are on their hands and knees looking for their balls!
Where there’s plenty of room; easy to maneuver and hide under when you don’t have a pair
I’ve been using it ( with some discretion) for MANY years. I’m a WW || baby and # grow a pair frequently went through my thoughts and sometimes escaped my lips on its own. Of course “ fucking “ wasn’t used in my earlier days. Clark Gable’s “ I don’t give a damn “ was considered horrific. Today, I don’t give a fuck !
Yes. That cracks me up that “Frankly, I don’t give a damn” was so shocking.
I heard this repeatedly from Baby Boomer women calling in to a podcast. Previously I only heard men say this. Now women are pissed & using it with abandon. Love it.
But what’s to become of the shiver looking for a spine to crawl up J.R.?
👍😂
I think a NUMBER of them are in the files too.
Like Matt Gaetz (trump's 1st pick for AG).
He definitely seems the kind of guy who would definitely be in that "lifestyle" seeing as how we already know that he likes them young.
Re the fly-over: All I could picture was a spoiled (and soiled) little brat in diapers, his little hand on a joy stick flying his toy jets out on the mansion lawn.
Probably Hegseth's suggestion.
I'm waiting to see when he admits he did that, or rather brags about doing that.
The survivors were clear and articulate. You showed that, so I say you absolutely did. Mad props to those brave women and their courage
You did, as always, but you also gave this story the appropriate weight, seriousness, it deserves. Thank you.
"he’s so fucking dumb it makes my head hurt just transcribing this nonsense."
But grateful for all the transcriptions so that we are not forced to listen to all the insane shite they spew - especially from tRump and his nazi spox. Her voice is like a cheese grater on my soul.
I should have scrolled down.
Once sexually abused as children, they speak out telling us all we need to know. Call your Congress people. These abused speakers have the names. Trump is clearly a complicit abuser. There is more to expose with this administration. https://hotbuttons.substack.com/p/vegas-joint-ops-child-sex-decoy-stings?r=3m1bs
What kind of nation treats victims so poorly while protecting offenders so zealously? A nation with no moral compass, despite all the grandstanding professions of faith.
A white male supremacist patriarchy - That's what kind of nation behaves this way.
Always.
This. A country in a world that has, since time immemorial, has dismissed women, treated us as inferior, tried to silence us, written us out of history and counted us among their possessions. The same goes for children. The world is designed by and for men and anything that threatens their dominance is to be destroyed, denied and becomes cause for further abuse. And, to be fair, it’s not just white supremacists - look at Iran, Afghanistan, Sudan, Yemen, Iraq and more. Quasim Rashid wrote about it a week or two ago. I’ll link the article in my next reply.
https://open.substack.com/pub/qasimrashid/p/maga-attacks-on-women-in-hyperdrive?r=42w9u&utm_medium=ios
My "swiftie" bracelet says FUCK THE PATRIARCHY.
Hear hear! We are a nation in moral rot, as Michael Cohen wrote today. The depraved GQP has dragged us all into the gutter. 45 years we’ve put up with this shite. It’s time to crush the party of pedophiles and banish all Repuke traitors, forever.
Sadly 77 million people like it this way.
Not so sure that number is accurate right now.
Congresswoman Sporkfoot declared that if the Epstein survivors compiled their list of abusers, she would read the names out loud to Congress. I would think she has immunity if it is in the course of her congressional duties. I double dog dare her. Marge, put your money where your big, fat mouth is.
Look, if she does go through with it, then more power to her. Ro Khanna stated that he never had shared a stage with MGT and never thought they’d be in agreement on anything. So things can turn.
One should be able to discern if raping/torturing children is right or wrong. It's not difficult. Why this has to be a partisan thing shows massive cover up of rich, powerful, and morally corrupt men. With one evil woman who sits in a country club awaiting her pardon. Another slap in the faces of those brave women who spoke out yesterday.
…and that mealy mouth little shit Mike Johnson doesn’t want the files released because ‘the victims aren’t adequately protected’ or some such shit. Yes, because if we all know one thing, it’s just how protected women and children are in authoritarian religions such as the fucking Baptists.
An indecent nation is that kind of nation. The people, a plurality anyway, voted for this indecency. Actually a majority of “we the people “ didn’t even bother to vote. White evangelicals in the United States of America are without any decency, none, absolutely none.
Empty hypocrites. Hypocrisy has become a disturbingly frequent trait
A prerequisite for those seeking office
Perfectly stated. So simple and direct and true. Thank you
H12, one without a constitution.
Sadly Doc, it’s become our kind of Nation!
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/19/israeli-official-soliciting-minor-las-vegas?CMP=share_btn_url
More than likely!
These women have taken the power back in saying THEY will create a list so not depressing at all!
These women are amazing. I am so thankful they finally got the opportunity to have their say. Right out there in the open where it should be. And I know that those who give a shit are ready, willing and able to do anything we can to keep this alive. We must keep in mind, however, that most republicans, over half of Congress, ALL of MAGA, and the worthless piece of orange shit at the top do not give one flying fuck about any of it, except for keeping their sorry-assed asses covered.
Lots of high profile “other notables” are among the survivors’ list of predators. Very wealthy and powerful. Do you think Bill Gates (et. al.) might be tossing a few dollars to the suppression effort?
I erred. MOST of Congress.
I wish they just made their list without saying they were going to do that. I think they just put themselves in more danger.
I am sure they have already made the list. I think their statement was to remind those on the list that they are the ones with the power…and “watch out!”
I hope so. And store it in a vault until needed.
I am glad they announced their list-compiling. Puts the pedos on public notice. They are not in danger; they are too numerous nd now have names and faces.
Unfortunately, in this case the pedos have lots of money and power. They’re not just the freaks in trench coats that hang around schools. They can afford hit men. They can afford 100 hit men. They’ve already proved they have no qualms about destroying the lives of children; now that those children have become adults, they’re inconvenient to the uber wealthy predators with no consciences.
Listen: I think I hear the sound of pitchforks being sharpened!
The rich white trash that manipulated the trailer trash set into voting for them are about to get their asses handed to them. If I were them I’d flee while you still can.
It might help turn a few more Repubs. in favor of the victims, but let's get this list compiled and submitted NOW!
I think you did. The not depressing part is these women finally being able to tell their stories IN PUBLIC. With finally saying what they’ve probably been keeping inside for decades.
Why would I NOT believe them? Don’t forget the special flyover they got. One big orange man is melting down like a blob of fat in a simmering pot.
Those women have a lot of courage .
The flyover was repulsive, childish and blatantly underscored DiaperLoad’s guilt. Sadly… “its” behavior is not shocking. I can’t use the masculine pronoun for DiaperLoad…. Switching to “it” because it signifies a non-human subject.
And when you say "it", everyone knows exactly who we're all talking about.
Today’s Guardian has an opinion piece by Stacey Williams, whom Epstein brought to Donald’s Trump Tower office as an offering for Donald to grope in his presence. Her consensual relationship with Epstein was brief after that and learning he had been filming her.
The gif of the LA fire hurricane reminds me of the Dylan lyric: "You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows." Even MTG sees it. The Epstein firestorm should torch the GOP to the fucking ground.
Amen, sister! The women are coming. Expect us.
Not just the women. Expect the support of the trans, gay & lesbian community as well as our other oppressed minority populations. Like it or not, we must all be in this fight together!
Oh, yeah; solidarity!!
Jeff, I want to thank you for your amazing writing, and also for taking the time to transcribe the video clips, especially the ones from the Mad King. I just can’t listen to his voice saying incomprehensible bullshit anymore.
His voice is vomit inducing and his gross thin lips look like he spits when he talks 🤢🤮
Anus lips. His lips are always puckered up. Who talks like that? I know a lot of people and no one talks like that with puckered up lips.
Eww. Ok Now I need another image before I head to bed💤💤💤
You were right: these testimonies are inspiring us to work harder to send the Trump administration, its enablers in Congress, its funders (especially its funders), 6/9 of the Supreme Court, and the rest of them down to the molten core of the earth, i.e., Hell.
Their testimony was heartbreaking, the acknowledgment of their abuse was long overdue.
These well guarded “secrets” of the rich and powerful must be exposed and dealt with just like the rest of the rot inside their souls.
After hearing their stories, I phoned utterly useless congressional unit Anna Luna(tic) to sign onto this, but of course got no confirmation of her position.
Guess she’s too involved in how to desecrate national monuments thinking it will help her with reelection. lol good luck with that honey
To the victims though-second saddest takeway aside from the youthful trauma and PTSS they’ll suffer for the rest of their lives- is the very real probability of stalking, intimidation, and even possibly death that exposing these heavyweight losers poses to them.
We are all ready for that list!! Brave women 🫡
These women are heroes and it’s so inspiring I could cry. But that there are 100 of them is staggering. I could cry about that too.
100 who have stepped forward; there are numerous others. Chilling. Our national misogyny is as robust as ever. (Why we will not see a woman president for a long time).
So good that you quoted some of the confident, powerful words of the Epstein survivors
Off topic: Steve Vladeck wrote a dynamite post this morning gaging how the courts have reined in the Trump administration to a significant, but limited degree. He allowed me to restock the post on my sub stack where you can read it for free:
Bonus 176: Law, Lawlessness, and Doomerism
Guest post by Professor Steve Vladeck
https://kathleenweber.substack.com/p/bonus-176-law-lawlessness-and-doomerism
You did just right. I can’t begin to fathom how many victims have told their parents and authorities and were shut down and not believed, whether the offenders were famous or not. You did good.
The counter for the Pulitzer gets a snort out of me every time. So Epstein subject = evil, sad, spitting nails mad but the Lifetime Pulitzer brought me back to snort level.
I believe speaking out is a way of graduating from victim to survivor. My trauma buddy says it is liberating.
The way to beat a bully is to gang up on him. Believe these women and follow them. They are taking names and are about to kick some ass.
The flames of Hell are licking at the backs of fatfuck’s hands.
I pray every day that he has a debilitating stroke…where he can still understand everything but can’t talk or move on his own. And then lives for another 10 years like that. Then dies & goes straight to hell!
Not sufficiently painful. I’ve long hoped that he would die on the toilet, alone, fall over and cover hisself with fœcal debris and lay there undiscovered for hours and have flies over him and then have his body man discover him and just walk away, leaving it for someone else to take care of and having everyone working in the private quarters given a chance to take photos and post them and have that be the official portrait that hangs in the WH in some basement closet along with a stack of all that TEMU gold crap and all those hats.
I disagree….it will be very painful for him to be unable to speak or attract attention to himself. I want him to be aware and suffer before he dies. I’ve been a nurse for a long time…I’ve seen suffering. He needs to experience it!
Retired hospice nurse here. Evil people often have a horrific dying process and need powerful meds to control their agitation/anxiety/emotional pain.👹💀
We can dream...Personally, I hope the medical purveyors withold meds.
" Suffering is a gift from god "
* Psychopathic " Mother " Teresa.
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She was indeed psychopathic. I’ve long shared Christopher Hitchens’ vision of her.
Works fer me, ah reckons.
It only takes 20 minutes for pressure sores to develop. If he's covered with feces that will hasten the infectious process. Too many years working in the ER and ICU. I've seen peoples tailbones from tunneling pressure sores. I like your idea of the Elvis treatment.
I’m certain the sores have been waiting for the opportunity to erupt.
Toss his corpse in a garbage bag ,out a White House window.
Don’t tie the bag. I wanna see corpulent flesh.
Neal, FYI amigo, every body let’s go when they pass. It’s going to happen but I do appreciate your scenario.
Bowel evacuation.
Sounds like the name of your punk band.
Good name, I always thiought
VULGAR was too.
I have so many fantasies, including Satan—movie lover that he must be—assuming the form of Vincent Price to greet Trump in his forever home. But I’m a practical man. I don’t care how he gets out of the position he usurped, as long as he gets gone.
That’ll play Neal!
Locked-In Syndrome....the result of a brain stem stroke.
The FUN part being that he'd have to lay there, for YRS, listening to those who *used* to support him come to their senses & publicity speak out about EVERYTHING he's done, & what a fake, low-life chunk of dog shit he REALLY is.
And HE WON'T BE ABLE TO SAY WORD ONE ABOUT IT. 🤣
My grandmother was as devout a Catholic as you could ever find. And God did that to her, so, yes, Trump can have that. Good enough for grandma, good enough for Trump
👩🍳’s 💋 !!
I could be happy with that Heather!
Oh, Lord hear our prayer. Let this evil fucker join you in Hell, and soon.
Every day is one day closer to the inevitable. While I detest AI slop, someone did a great one of Mr Wonderful plummeting through the clouds of heaven and landing with a cannonball splash into the lake of fire reserved for Satan and his angels. And then, out of the shadows behind a demon's throne, came Fred and Mary Trump to cackle at their damned for all eternity offspring.
Great diagnosis, Neal!
Off topic: Steve Vladeck wrote a dynamite post this morning gaging how the courts have reined in the Trump administration to a significant, but limited degree. He allowed me to restock the post on my sub stack where you can read it for free:
Bonus 176: Law, Lawlessness, and Doomerism
Guest post by Professor Steve Vladeck
https://kathleenweber.substack.com/p/bonus-176-law-lawlessness-and-doomerism
I read it. Excellent.
Thank you, Kathleen. Very important clarification.
( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡ – ✧) 𝕋𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕜 𝕪𝕠𝕦, 𝕂𝕒𝕥𝕙𝕝𝕖𝕖𝕟.
What does this mean? ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡ – ✧)
It’s a graphic of a face pointing out a happy acceptance of what you wrote.
thx!
Very powerful image, Neal. Bravo!
Cathartic, actually. 😉
You can say THAT again!
"James Comer, despite being a five-alarm fucknut" 😂 Now I see why Comer gets elected. Thats some map.
The harder they try to suppress this, the worse it looks. America is such an embarrassment, that any decent person would try to hide this...it's obscene.
Laura Loomer. A wing nut of the first degree. 🤣 I was actually impressed with Three Toes yesterday. Then hell froze over.
When someone like Sporkfoot lies her way into power, then has a moment of logical clarity and expects everyone to bow down to her truth telling, even an important message is diminished.
Don’t count on Marji to accomplish ANYTHING of value or you will be disappointed. She is the very essence of a shyster.
Oh, I totally agree...thats why I said hell froze over....she's hideous!!
She is a foul- mouthed embarrassment of ignorance, stupidity and mean spiritedness. We used to expect some modicum of class and humility from our politicians, but the president and these Fox News superstars have debased our entire government. It’s embarrassing to be an American right now.
I’m right there with you. 🙄
She looked like a chimp in a blue dress up there. I don’t trust that bitch for one second.
She was desperate for a little attention.
Agree.
I know, that was a good one.
Counting on MTG to *accomplish* anything is beyond the point. She won't initiate anything, but she will predictably jump in front of any camera and be Marjie. This is useful to us, which is why MAGA heads exploded. Before, *any* apostasy would have been met with an immediate and brutal crushing. But Trump's response was petulant and whiny. Bringing Trumpism down will entail a multitude of little cracks forming within MAGA and then widening. This crack with some MAGA women is not enough, but it might be the first.
Add Nancy Mace and Lauren Boebert. Loomer Loonies all of them.
Sporky wants to run for president.
It's kind of weird that Spork Toes came out in support of the victims. Was it just to get Laura Loony enraged? Who knows. Who the Hell is Loony, anyway? How did she get so much power over the nutjob-in-chief?
Loomer fits the model Diaper Don prefers. Idolizing, stupid and performative.
She's not blond. That's a problem that I suppose he is willing to overlook. Yuck.
Did she ever obtain a real job? I doubt it, when too stupid to get on that group you are low really low.
She seems intent on a career as an Overly Attached Girlfriend.
A Chorus Line did it best, but it’s all “tits and ass” with Loomer!
Post nip and tuck, Loomer's face looks like the lunch meat she accused MTG of cramming in her pants. Same for ICE Barbie. Closeups are not their friend.
She's really not that attractive. I don't get it. Maybe she wields a mean whip?
She is Crazy and she is Mean. Two traits Trump understands.
It’s like she went to a plastic surgeon with a picture of Jessica Rabbit and said, “I want this.”
😂😂😂
Fake tits, fake ass, fake cheekbones, fake lips. It’s annoying that she has so much influence over Krasnov when what is she? Nothing. She’s not even smart, except in a weaselly sense.
Ew. Now, where did I put that Brain Bleach?.....
Looks 8, Memes 3!
Comer’s district map looks similar to Ohio Gym Jordan’s “duck” district map. Only Comer’s looks like a “dead duck.” Quack and Quack!
😂😂😂
AGREE!!!
𝕀 𝕒𝕞 𝕚𝕟 𝕤𝕪𝕟𝕔 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖. Then again, when am I not?
We do seem to be Dana!
They absolutely don't care. The thing that matters most is power, and Murc's Law will protect them. They have a death cult of millions and all these victims are just collateral damage, speedbumps in their way as they coast to absolute power. They have the mission of remaking the USA into the unreconstructed hellscape where the minorities they hate are under their thumbs.
And wow, I love how the Biggest Fake In The House was all performative yesterday, then later on puts out a tweet saying the pricktator was the one who banned Epstein (his scumbag best friend!) from Mar-A-Lago. Just completely playing in our faces for clout.
Never count on these people; they always tunnel under your expectations.
Good one.
Trump did run on a Democrat “hoax” doo da doo da
He pulled the wool over lots of folks doo da doo da
Going to lie all night, going to lie all day
I bet my money he’s in files
Someone will have to pay
Kay-El!!! !!!! !!!
🥳
A noble effort 😁
Jeff, Donald’s actions fit the DARVO pattern… Deny, Attack, Reverse victim-offender. He uses this technique time and again, all of America saw this behavior yesterday when questioned about the Epstein victims. The military fly over was merely Donald’s chef’s kiss, demonstrating that he is more powerful, that he should never be questioned about his behavior and finally militarizing justice. Another interpretation is Donald is a lying degenerate piece of 💩. Thank you for your attention🤡🤡🤡
That flyover was the epitome of him being the biggest asshole in every situation where he has the ability to do so.
Juxtapose Trump's pathetic flyover as Epstein's rape victims were speaking with Xi's endless display of apocalyptic military force, with Putin and Kim getting benevolently schooled in who their daddy is.
I was hoping it was coincidence, but I don't think so.
It was not a coincidence. He is just a pig.
Supposedly acknowledging a fallen Polish soldier during the president of Poland’s visit. Yeah right
No it wasn’t
That's what I'd assumed. It wasn't. (I'm still so darned NAIVE!)
No, it wasn’t
More powerful than Donny’s noisy-toy tantrum in the sky was the speaker’s reaction, which was to simply pause until the rude interruption was over, and then continue.
He’s still melting about the China Summit where they’re all laughing at him and the manipulated tabulators that put him back in office.
It was just his true vindictive ass showing.
Every accusation is actually a confession .
Both interpretations are true
Jeff, please forgive, but I am hijacking your Comment session to attempt to inform as many Americans as possible about something terrifying that is happening. This is NOT being reported in the U.S. media -- only in two U.K. media outlets: "The Guardian" and "The Independent". As Lautman writes: "Trump is accelerating a surveillance state."
OLGA LAUTMAN, "Russia Unmasked", 9/3/25
"ALERT: Trump Hands ICE a Dangerous Surveillance Tool
Please Share Widely: Everyone Needs to Know ICE Will Soon Have Graphite Spyware"
Graphite Spyware Was Used to Infect iPhones of European Journalists, Researchers Confirm
The University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab has produced forensic proof that Paragon Solutions’ “Graphite” iOS spyware was used to hack European journalists’ phones, deepening concern over the booming mercenary-spyware industry
Share
As I document my daily Trump Tyranny Tracker, I came across something extremely disturbing that is receiving virtually no coverage outside of The Guardian and deserves our full attention. Yesterday, they reported that Trump lifted the freeze on a $2 million contract granting ICE access to Graphite, a commercial spyware tool developed by the Israeli company Paragon Solutions. This move reverses a Biden-era pause imposed after mounting evidence showed that spyware was being misused against journalists and human rights defenders in Europe. And out of all agencies, Trump has chosen to hand this technology to ICE—an agency he is shaping into his own private police force.
Graphite’s track record abroad is already deeply alarming. Citizen Lab has confirmed that Italian journalists’ iPhones were compromised, Amnesty International has documented its use against activists conducting sea rescue work, and Meta reported its exploitation of WhatsApp to target users in more than twenty countries, including a campaign disrupted in December 2024 that used Paragon’s spyware against about 90 journalists and civil society members. From Europe to Africa, these campaigns show that the spyware is nothing more than mercenary surveillance technology turned against civil society. Graphite, like Pegasus before it, is a weapon for authoritarian governments and a direct threat to all of us.
Once installed, the software gives near-total access to a device: encrypted messaging apps like Signal and WhatsApp, location data, photos and contacts, and even the ability to remotely activate microphones or cameras. Giving this power to ICE—already notorious for lawlessness—does not make any of us safer, hands Trump’s private police force a weapon of control, and pushes the U.S. closer to a surveillance state.
The spread of commercial spyware always follows the same playbook: sold as tools to “fight” crime or terrorism, they end up turned inward to crush dissent, monitor activists, silence journalists, and intimidate political opponents. Graphite is a dictator’s weapon, and putting it in the hands of ICE makes clear that Trump is accelerating a surveillance state.
What We Can Do:
I’m asking everyone to please spread the word and share this widely, so more people understand what Graphite is and the danger it poses. Contact your representatives in Congress and state officials, demand answers, and push for strict limits or an outright ban on government spyware. Report abuses to Citizen Lab or trusted media, and protect yourself by keeping devices updated and using tools like Lockdown Mode. We cannot let ICE have this dictator’s weapon, and we can try to stop it by bringing attention to it.
I read this in The Guardian yesterday. Will amplify.
Thanks!
Done.
Hereʻs something else in the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/19/israeli-official-soliciting-minor-las-vegas?CMP=share_btn_url
🤮
As always, kdsherpa, you're on it!!!
Thanks, birdwatcher! I'm posting this on three of the major substacks that I read (Vance, Richardson, and Jeff), and trusting that the three authors will not be offended that I am using their air space to put out the word.
It's a gift. They should be happy. Why do I feel that Israel's intelligence services are our enemy, not our friend? Therefore, surely, Israel is not our friend...
Agree.
(I just sent you a message about another column you will probably want to take a look at. This second column is about something very frightening happening environmentally, about which I'd heard nothing before. )
I'm sure I will, but for some reason I cannot get it. I'm not a good substack person.
Do you know how to find your messages on your substack page? There's a fairly large "box" to the right, on the page?
? I just sent you a message through Substack...
Ha! Now I don't see yours! Try this link: https://substack.com/home/post/p-172256768 Morgaan Sinclair, PhD, "Politsage", 8/29/25. "Atlantic Ocean Currents Are Near Collapse: We have to cut carbon emissions NOW or face a point of no return and an inevitable collapse in 100 years, 50 years, or even sooner." Like the article above which I posted, VERY, VERY few people are aware of this vital information. Maybe I'll post it here in a couple of weeks. Please share!
OMG! Thanks for this heads up. 😳
kd....is there specific link to this? Scary stuff.
Here's the Guardian article: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/02/trump-immigration-ice-israeli-spyware
This is really fucking bad. Thank you to kdsherpa for bringing this to our attention! Especially since our American MSM apparently can't be bothered to do any actual journalism.
Google "Unmasking Russia", Olga Lautman's substack. She published that column yesterday.
Thanks....I got it. JESUS!
KD, very good deep dive, it’s only getting worse. I just found a innocuous LOOKING site owned quietly by guess who, Rocket inc-PayPal- musk of course and who my have hacked USB bank just before that, you know.
Thank you for sharing your experience.
It was covered Tuesday by Washington Post reporter Joseph Menn, who covers technology and cybercrime.
I'm SO glad to hear that! I missed it. (Was it front page?)
I’m not sure because I it got off the syndicate’s website. I don’t think it was on the print Page 1.
Thank you for highlighting this. I often read the Guardian because clearly you can’t rely on the US press any more, but I hadn’t seen that yet.
Yes, I subscribe to the Guardian and several other papers from other countries -- including "The Kiev Independent". Truth cannot be found in so many of the U.S. newspapers anymore. It is terrible, and frightening.
The biggest take-away from the Capital Hill group, in my opinion, was that these women are going to create their own "list." This is a big and wonderful end run. I'm sure there some very agitated souls on the Hill.
Indeed--it's more than past time to post the names. And, if the accused would like to sue for defamation, by all means, let's go to court. Exhibit A for the defense and for the prosecution: the unredacted Epstein files.
I believe the term is.......CHECKMATE, you child rapist fuckfaces.
I fear for their safety. Their lives are in danger, and they know it.
I just don't think they can kill all of them. It's like a nest of ants swarming, overwhelming. This will hold.
PBS published the total number of actual Epstein victims: 1,000
I’d just as soon they not kill any of them.
I know, I know. I certainly don't wish that on any one of them.
Dan really ‘souls’ nah.
The survivors (or anyone) are sadly mistaken if they are calling on Trump to do something for them. Trump only humors himself because fuck you. That is his only motivation: fuck you. That means me, you, and everyone but Trump himself.
Everyone but Trump himself should have fucking wised up to his shit by now. Every day there is more and more evidence of his criminality and depravity. None of his Executive Orders are legal but all of his minions act on them. His word is worthless and his pronouncements are those of an insane person.
He was crying all day because the dictators held a pow-wow in China and didn't invite him. Is there more evidence needed that he is set against the United States?
One thing this whole sorry mega-scandal has done is invigorate the country’s women. (Yeah right, the alpha macho men are quaking in their boots; “Pfft! Women! Can’t live with ‘em, can’t kill ‘em, amirite?” and all the other teeny-wienie misogynist garbage they carry around in their pea-brains.)
Listen up, fuckheads of the patriarchy: The Epstein survivors’ speaking out en masse on the Capitol steps strikes a chord with every American woman who’s ever been raped or sexually abused and subsequently ignored, and our number is legion. The uber-wealthy douche-bros are not gaslighting their way out of this one.
Uber wealthy douche bros’ involvement is my only source of concern about the way this all unspools. Wealth and power and control over institutions plus ability to protect themselves.
It’s so sad that the survivors had to resort to such a public display before they can be taken seriously, where it counts. But unfortunately, with the current president living in denial, not much will happen because he’s surrounded himself with spineless yes-men. These survivors, who have already been through so much, are being forced to discuss things they wish they could forget. It’s criminal to call what they’ve been through a hoax. Heartless, but what else do you expect from Donny?
These women have infinitely more grit, intestinal fortitude, character, dignity, and perseverance than any elected rethuglican. Wait, my comparison is inexact because the GOPpers have NONE of those attributes.
I for one am exceedingly glad that this story hasn’t died, because it was starting to feel like it might. It’s obvious to all sentient beings that Trump is deeply involved, and the excuses his allies are coming up with are unbelievably stupid. Ten minutes listening to Ghislaine M’s testimony to Todd Blanche gives it away. No one listening to it can believe her. Every line has been lawyer-approved.
These survivors have more guts than most of Congress. I don’t know how Trump or Maxwell live with themselves. I pray the survivors
receive justice and some financial recompense.
Yeah, they keep yelling that no one has accused Trump of any wrongdoing. So then why is he so desperate to not release the files? Why keep calling it a Democratic hoax if you're so damn innocent? And Comer and company are so dumb that they don't even realize that by insisting that everyone has "exonerated" Trump, they're just making it obvious that there's no logical reason not to release the files if that is the case.
Liz, the most vacuous person award, empty suit and less. His eyes have nothing behind them just blankness.
Trump and Ghislaine are sociopaths… being able to “live with oneself” I not part of the profile
Preznit Fuckwit truly believes that we are all as ignorant and self-abusive as his MAGAts. His practice of saying any demented lie that occurs to his broken brain has expanded into a full on science fiction ten part series that NEVER ends.
He still doesn’t get it - we are not the fools that listen to him without asking your billion dollar question, “What the fuck is wrong with you?” The level of excitement over this past weekend is clear evidence that we are ready to have this hellish, sicko landscape cleared of orange waste. There are more of us than there are of them.
There are more of us, which makes the fact that they are in charge of all 3 branches of government that much more painful.
It’s been like Catch 22 or One Flew Over the Cukoo’s Nest. I am not going to allow them to drive me crazy - I’m going to do everything possible to fight back. I believe all of us are going to have to shove our way out of this corner.
The call to Release the Epstein Files is NOT going away! Trump campaigned on releasing the Epstein Files along with promising to lower the price of “groceries”. The latter promise didn’t work too well, but, as POTUS, he has the power to release the Epstein Files! JUST DO IT, DONNY!
He’s never going to do it. As usual, it will take the women to get the job done themselves.
As usual. You are right
I found nothing, zero, zilch, referencing the Epstein survivors’ news conference in the digital version of America’s newspaper of record, NYT this morning. But, hey, Giorgio Armani is dead and RFK, Jr is even more batshit crazy.
Y'all remember Joe Paterno, legendary coach at Penn State? He had to resign in shame because he covered up the pedo abuse of a coach on his staff, Jerry Sandusky. He didn't take part, mind you, he just knew about it but did nothing. Paterno was a coaching god in PA for 185 years but he had to go.
I'm not saying I believe rump didn't participate; I believe he did. But even if he hadn't, he is guilty of a massive cover-up and for this, and many, many other reasons, he needs to go.
Excellent point.
185 years. That's positively Biblical.