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Jeff Tiedrich's avatar

programming note: this was intended to be a *short* write-up about Ghislaine Maxwell, to be followed by the other news of the day, and I kind of fell down a Ghislaine rabbit hole.

but Jay Kuo has a really good write-up of how the Democrats fleeing Texas has really fucked up Greg Abbot's plans, so it's ok that I didn't get around to writing about it today.

https://statuskuo.substack.com/p/texas-showdown

Joe Witkowski's avatar

Thankfully, Greg Abbott can’t walk and chew gum at the same time.

Kevin Rice's avatar

He can't walk at all. Stupid wheelchair!

Anastasia Pantsios's avatar

He can't roll and chew gum at the same time. And no, this isn't making fun of the disabled. It's making fun of a guy who got a huge settlement for having an accident that left him paralyzed and then worked to ban other people in a similar position from getting a similar settlement. I will never not be pissed about this. His total lack of empathy earns him all the rude comments he gets.

celeste k.'s avatar

Spot on, Anastasia! Thank you for pointing out another example of the cruelty being inflicted by the hypocritical republicans.

James Starr's avatar

we call him Hotwheels

Anastasia Pantsios's avatar

I think I heard that from Jasmine Crockett, who rules.

Guy's avatar

You're too kind.

SPW's avatar

Beat me to it. 👏🏻.

meryl selig's avatar

Hahaah! He can’t roll and chew gum simultaneously

Ellis Weiner's avatar

...because that's how he rolls.

Kay-El's avatar

🔥 🔥 🔥

Jennifer's avatar

Well, technically, he can't walk at all. (Sorry, Mrs. Obama!)

Scott Gilbert's avatar

Thanks Jeff. I read his "Status Kuo" every day!

Wendy The Druid 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🌈's avatar

Thats a brilliant write there Jeff. I insta-subbed (so its all your fault if I read it now).

I was an idiot this morning and double posted. (probably because Im in Vegas for the DefCon conference, and Im still jet lagged or something).

Carl Selfe's avatar

The time is now. The line is here. Ours is a job to do. From New York Harbor, we heard the unarmed but alarmed Lady Liberty’s clarion call. I made us 100 protest signs, here. Atop the U.S. Capitol Building Lady Freedom heard her. It is Lady Freedom that holds this Nation’s sword .She pulled it, dismounting to lead us to the streets. They both pointed out clear ways without bloodshed: boycott and gerrymander. Yes, we can, Cesar, Sí se puede. Rise!

https://hotbuttons.substack.com/p/tone-telling-terror?r=3m1bs

John Sherwood's avatar

And Trump’s name is on every page of the Epstein files

Susan P Thatcher's avatar

I'm happy when anyone fucks up Greg Abbott.

Permian Extinction's avatar

No problem. Tomorrow is another day.

Valerie's avatar

Jay's great! Highly recommend his as well as yours of course. :)

Lisa Tantillo's avatar

Thanks as always, Jeff! I do like Jay Kuo, despite his negligent non-use of the word "fuck."

george  campbell's avatar

That is a very meaningful rabbit hole , Jeff . Maxwell 's progress will be maximum security to minimum security facility to being spirited out of the company and nobody who had custody will claim to know anything about it . She'll be living comfortably in a country that will not reciprocate with the US in returning her . She'll' probably get treatments that will change her appearance .

george  campbell's avatar

Spirited out of the country ....

Susan Niemann's avatar

"these self-owning clownfuckers can’t even get their stories straight about a meeting to get their stories straight." 😂😂

They're trying so hard, but they're all too stupid to even lie well. I think it's great that her fellow inmates already hate her. Ghislaine honey, I wouldn't go to yoga class if I were you. 🙄

Leslie Goodman-Malamuth's avatar

The piece about Club Fed that Jeff posted doesn’t say that Julie, the woman quoted, is doing time for stealing from Tarleton State University to pay her gambling debts. The habit worsened after her teenage daughter was trafficked and impregnated. Julie’s thrilled to see Ghislaine at Bryan, no doubt.

Joyce's avatar

Child rapists are generally not received well in any prison, no matter the security level. Even the most hardened criminals, it seems, tend to have a red line....

Susan Niemann's avatar

Now, if MAGA people could also have a red line. Anyone who still supports this depraved administration must approve of their behavior. Its so gross.

MzNicky in East Jesus, TN's avatar

It’s a cult. They will fucking die for their orange god. I hope it happens soon.

Leslie Goodman-Malamuth's avatar

Those red hats will identify MAGA so we can avoid them, and distrust them if we can’t.

MzNicky in East Jesus, TN's avatar

It’s the Mark of the Beast.

Chris Hierholzer's avatar

There's a lot of childhood victims in prison.

Dr J's Sanity Space's avatar

Yes, even & maybe more so in max security. They make short work of that inmate, but this is an all women facility, so I am not sure about that. They can certainly shun her.

SLS's avatar

Wasn't "Orange is the New Black" about an all-women's prison? I did not see it but I read about it. From what I read, the inmates had their own internal system of justice...

Dr J's Sanity Space's avatar

Yes, I did watch a lot of that. It was not violent as men's prisons are.

Susan Niemann's avatar

I imagine Julie and Ghislane will have a lot to talk about. 🤣🤣

Kathleen Weber's avatar

sex-offender sleazeball did nothing wrong, claims sex-trafficking sleazeball

Jeff, you left something out. Should be:

"claims sex-offending sex-trafficking sleazeball”

Maxwell participated!

Terri Nighswonger's avatar

The strength of those women uniting against her is beautiful. My guess is those women are pretty tough and may have experienced some sexual bullying themselves. 👍😊

Patrick Daniels aka Cromulent1's avatar

One can only hope no harm comes to Ghislaine before the tell all book deal is published!!

Dave Drell's avatar

One can only hope…. lol … I’ll pray for poor G every day

James Starr's avatar

if they are cross examined by our intelligent democratic leaders who have brains they will slip up on their stories multiple times and look like the fools they are.

Susan Travis's avatar

😱💯‼️‼️‼️

PEACE, LOVE, RESIST's avatar

"these self-owning clownfuckers can’t even get their stories straight about a meeting to get their stories straight”.

Best line in the whole piece.

Charles Austin's avatar

An "unfortunate accident" waiting to happen.😂😂

Kay-El's avatar

How disappointing to have dinner cancelled. I heard they were serving up some fancy bullshit

Rick Calegari's avatar

Filet of bullshit with a side order of more cover up on how to continue protecting Dear Cheater. If 82% of the MAGA turdosphere want the files released then the sand in the hourglass should be running a full speed. Bondi and her very fraudulent and corrupt law firm can only keep the lid on this shit for so long. The Sharpies can black out President Pervey's name but they can't cover up the truth.

Stranger Than Friction's avatar

Did they also plan to discuss the 25th Amendment? It would be irresponsible not to speculate

Mary Greenwald's avatar

And after Vishnu prepared all that food! I'll bet she steamed!

Douglas Paul Truhlar's avatar

Jd ran to get a box of doughnuts, came back with dog nuts he just can’t connect.

CroneEver's avatar

Let's not forget that Maxwell actually got into bed with Epstein and his victims and showed them how to do what Epstein liked, and piloted their hands and mouth and netherparts, and apparently sometimes assaulted them as well... That sweet little uninnocent bitch.

Walt Svirsky's avatar

She was a full participant in the rapes of minors.

Songgirl Kim's avatar

Excellent newsletter, Jeff.

But on a serious level, I studied and was accepted into a SANE position at a local hospital. SANE: sexual assault nurse examiner. We receive specialized training in comprehensive care to victims of sexual assault. Including collecting forensic evidence, we provided emotional support. The stories would infuriate you or break your heart. Most of these victims are living with PTSD and will never recover. For everyone who has a wife, daughter, sister, or friend, ALL the victims need their voices heard.

Kristy Kanen's avatar

I am a survivor of under age rape. I CANNOT SLEEP AT ALL, without anxiety meds. I have TMJ from severe bruxism,

& CONSTANT SEVERE TINNITUS.

But here I am, a survivor of a couple of suicide attempts, & trying these days not to be a full on RAGEAHOLIC.

Hannah's avatar

I'm sorry Kristy. It's a huge club and our meetings are shit. 🫂

Kristy Kanen's avatar

Love you Hannah 💖

arne link's avatar

So sorry. What doesn't kill you makes you stronger and you seem very strong to me. Rage is natural. We're all enraged 24/7. This too shall pass. Eventually. Take care of yourself.

Kristy Kanen's avatar

Thank you, people tell me I'm strong,

occasionally I believe them. There's

been so much wierd & awful shit that has happened to me in my life, I am often an obnoxious bitch about it.

But I'm a comedian at heart, you know we USE IT . Gotta laugh or I'd be crying all the time.

Songgirl Kim's avatar

Hugs to you Kristy. I heard your stories, and I don’t blame you if you don’t want to re-live that by sharing it again.

Kristy Kanen's avatar

You're wonderful, I appreciate you & your work. Hugging you right back .

🫂

Douglas Paul Truhlar's avatar

You’re doing well and I for one am grateful you are here.

Walt Svirsky's avatar

A lifetime of hell for the victims…60 days probation for MAGATY violators. This is life in the Upside-Down.

Monnina's avatar

Upside down indeed. A life sentence for the targeted survivors and a perpetual social fountain showering wealth and power benefits for the perpetrators. Malice in Underworld.

Stacy1946's avatar

The only just outcome for Trump would be to spend the rest of his life in an asylum for the criminally insane, eating rats and playing handball with his own shit.

Walt Svirsky's avatar

24x7x365 pay per view

Sharon Hudnall's avatar

Whether he actually ends up there or not, his worsening dementia and paranoia will encase him in a 24/7 liminal hell, rife with Russian and Democratic demons. They'll have to lock all the windows and exits to the roof.

Chris Hierholzer's avatar

He doesn't have any demons because he is the demon.

arne link's avatar

No! He must be put on the roof daily for his mandated exercise. That is the only humane thing to do.

Sharon Hudnall's avatar

Someone should put a trampoline up there.

Wendy The Druid 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🌈's avatar

Uncle Jeff, its because its all a hoax. Everything is a hoax to him. Wanna know why? Well here the fuck we go. https://thistleandmoss.com/p/the-rigged-reality-of-a-prolapsed

Keep rocking it Jeff.

Tess's avatar

Excellent post Wendy…the REAL HOAX-all so true! Thank you for the summaries!

bruce klassen's avatar

....nice rant Wendy, and yet...here he is and we can't seem to make him go away. Ya get what they voted for! Shitsinpants gets to continue his Kayfabe until the Republic is no more.

Wendy The Druid 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🌈's avatar

Tough crowd

Im here all week

Tip your waitresses

Douglas Paul Truhlar's avatar

Wouldn’t that prolapsed anus be hanging down a leg, hard to aim.

Victoria Wilson's avatar

Thanks for this link, Wendy!

Mingo's avatar

"Trumpy Ass Prolapse " 🤣🤣🤣 Best one of the day. There's not a Depends big enough to contain a rectal prolapse .

Douglas Paul Truhlar's avatar

Wendy, great compilation of the whole scene, I would add vonshitznpants did accept the advice of one sort of human being a dear man Roy Cohen. He wasn’t hoaxing.

SethTriggs's avatar

I totally believe the sex predator who got moved to a cushy Club Fed in order to keep the pricktator's name from coming out of her mouth! After all, using 1,000 FBI agents to flag the records to make sure his name isn't exposed is totally a mark of innocence. How could it be especially when the only time we have ever seen the pricktator laughing has been in the company of his fellow scumbag when they're sizing up prey at Mar-a-Lago?

I sure, totally believe her! 100%!

Sharon Hudnall's avatar

I could sit down now and create a transcript of that 9 hour interview with Blanche because I'm just that intuitive.

SethTriggs's avatar

Ghislaine will even be nice enough to say the pricktator kept his panties on and everything!

Sharon Hudnall's avatar

Right? The Douchewits alibi. So much hangs on the compromised statements from a perjured perv/perp. I could be referring to any of them though.

Stephanie Lajeskie's avatar

Even in maximum security prisons, sex offenders are considered the scum of the earth by the other violent criminals. I cannot even imagine how much the inmates at Club Fed detest Maxwell. Maybe she should sleep with BOTH eyes open.

SethTriggs's avatar

It's minimum security so it's easy for someone to get in there and suicide her.

CroneEver's avatar

And that may well be why they sent her there.

Nancy Brown's avatar

Just what I was thinking.

Dave Drell's avatar

The clock is ticking….

Walt Svirsky's avatar

And the last testimony from her will be of Shitler’s innocence. JFC!

Stephanie Lajeskie's avatar

They probably don’t even need to shut off a camera.

arne link's avatar

You know it's coming...

Betsy L's avatar

Justa Dick sure takes a lot of family vacations, doesn't he? This latest one is to go canoeing on the Little Miami River in OH. The Corps of Engineers graciously opened the dam to raise the water level so that they'd have a "better experience." I imagine he decided on this trip since it's tough for people to line up on the river bank to scream insults at him and hold up entirely true but nasty signs.

Walt Svirsky's avatar

Once I worked for the Corps of Engineers…now they shame us all with privileged treatment for fascist fuckfaces.

Betsy L's avatar

I know a lot of CoE people through the military. They're all good people. I have a hard time believing that they all participated willingly, any more than those who opened up that reservoir in northern CA did. One has to have a pretty good brain to be in the CoE at all, and, while there might be MAGAts mixed in, I think most of them are disgusted with their orders from on high.

Cyndi's avatar

Yes, but they OBEY those orders. Just like the Marines did in Los Angeles.

I have multiple veterans in my close family. They rant about the Nuremberg Defense practically daily.

It is a very slippery slope.

George A. Polisner's avatar

Thank you Jeff.

All you need to determine guilt or innocence is to look someone in the eyes and shake their hand. Remember when the Criminal elect concluded that Putin was innocent of any and all crimes at Helsinki? I'm pretty certain that is the kind of hardball questioning the sex trafficking Maxwell endured during questioning by former Trump lawyer Todd Blanche.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-44830012

Itsy Bitsy Spider's avatar

I think that very first photo of good old Ghislaine, says everything. That smile is saying “Yes, I’ve seen Donald’s wiener, 🔍 and it has done nothing concerning”.

Stephen Brady's avatar

You mean his itty-bitty Toadstool?

Linda Weide's avatar

Apparently crime went down in 2024 according to the FBI. Wonder when the person reporting that will be fired.

Liz and Max the No. 1 Cat's avatar

Oh you know Assmouth will take credit for that. He'll say it was because everyone knew he would be elected so they stopped committing crimes out of fear of his crackdowns on crime.

Donald Lipkis's avatar

Transcripts from the Blanche interview would be like a deposition given by a client’s defense attorney who previously coached his client without allowing the prosecuting attorney to ask questions or show evidence. I’m sure we can believe everything Maxwell says and that her move to the luxury prison facility has nothing to do with her protecting the Sleaze-bag and pining for a pardon.

Mary Hall's avatar

Pardon my third grade humor but I’m seeing her name spelled “Jizzlaine.” I will show myself out.

MzNicky in East Jesus, TN's avatar

“Ghislaine Maxwell said … that Trump had never done anything in her presence that would have caused concern.”

Well, to be fair, it seems that not much of anything really caused her concern.