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Prepare for Catastrophe! emptywheel.net/2026/08/20/p...

Bombshell new report out from my investigators this morning spanning our four year investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s financial records. This report shows exactly how Wall Street protected Epstein and enabled his sex trafficking for decades. Mega thread following with some key points:

One more interesting point: this spring I sat down with Sharyn Alfonsi of 60 Minutes for an extensive interview about my Epstein investigation. Subsequently, CBS pulled the segment and fired the reporter. The MAGA buyout of media has unquestionably aided the Trump administration’s cover up here.

Banger report from @shaanthx.bsky.social on self-dealing from Oregon's Republican gov. hopeful. Sen. Christine Drazan registered a new consulting business in 2023, then a new nonprofit 3 weeks later, then paid her consulting biz $100k from the nonprofit. oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2026/08/04/h...

🧵 This piece is really important, because it gets to something that is a prerequisite for and recurring feature of atrocities worldwide: selective empathy. Most people assume that when atrocities happen, it’s bc everyone involved is a sociopath. Some are. But not all. 1/

Here's another easy way for a corporation (domestic or foreign) or a foreign government to shove money into Trump's pocket.

My Latest: Donald Trump didn't reveal evidence of voter fraud on Thursday night. Instead, his speech was the culmination of a crisis he and Republicans manufactured as an excuse to take over elections. newsletters.democracydocket.com/trump-didnt-...

Epstein survivors released this video today urging senators to block the confirmation of Todd Blanche for Attorney General. They’re trying to get to 20,000 signatures on their petition to send a message to the Senate. ujoin.co/campaigns/45...

White Sands National Park is trying to contact a teenage visitor who handled a dead bat with bare hands and brought it into the visitor center June 18. Park officials say the visitor may need medical guidance about possible rabies exposure.

Fox is buying Roku. Ellison bought CBS and CNN. Bezos owns WaPo. ABC and NBC owners support Trump. We need to grow independent, pro-democracy media. Support Democracy Docket now. bit.ly/4qmEiFz

anyway, you should read this important piece about how elon is, in fact, a killer:

Meet Crumb, Button, and Clover. A friend in the Bay Area found them behind a gas station. Unfortunately, she isn't able to keep them, so if she can't find someone to adopt them, they will be going to a shelter. Can you help me find them a home? They are in good health and very tame.

You're not being governed, you're being looted... and culled.

Back in April, the LAST time Maggie and Swan wrote fan-fic about JD Vance, I pointed out that what they describe in no way backs their presentation of him as a hero. emptywheel.net/2026/04/08/t...

The DOGE official who allegedly wanted to falsify SSA data is Jon Koval, a VP at Valor Equity, which was founded by Antonio Gracias, one of Musk’s oldest friends... 1/

This is insane all insane levels of corruption. My opponent Ann Wagner is the Chairwoman of the Capital Markets subcommittee. She hasn't said a word.

Republicans Soft Launch Their 2026 Election Disinfo Campaign With California Freakout talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things...

Wajahat Ali from The Left Hook interviews ETA's Nathan Taylor: Let's learn about election forensics together. Watch the FULL interview: lnkd.in/gne7xNgp Learn more and get involved: ElectionTruthAlliance.org #VerifyTheVote #ItsUpToUs #TruthMatters #ProofisinthePaper #HandCountPaperBallots

Posted 5 days ago "russ_and_stacie_sullivan: Good morning, friends! Last night at WaterFire in Providence, 🔥a bunch of friends from different groups got together for a Signs of Fascism awareness event Signs of #Fascism is an event that highlights historical warning signs of #authoritarianism..."

Please listen and share. Your mission: to bring the same level of energy, sincerity, empathy – and the facts as has Mershawn.

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People will be closely studying how Hungary's opposition pulled off their win in such a pro-incumbent system. Important to note that the theme was corruption. Democrats need to get much better at calling out Trump's corruption.

5 large data centers are being proposed in Seattle. They would use 369 megawatts, which is 1/3 of the electricity Seattle currently uses Seattle City Light declines to identify the four companies. They should hold a public input meeting before making any final decisions.

I was a public defender for years, and what that job entails as much as anything is negotiating with government agents daily. I've a feeling everyone else whose job is oriented toward negotiation is asking the same thing I do daily: why would *anyone* negotiate with Trump, Kushner or Witkoff? Ever?

Urge your senators and representative to return to DC, reconvene Congress, and end Trump’s illegal war.

Trump’s threats on social media create real world desperation and escalation, as Iranians take to bridges to become human shields. Is this peace?

LATEST:

Residents of Tabriz form a human chain in front of the city's thermal power plant to prevent it from being targeted. Reports circulating that regime forces are driving through Iranian cities with loud speakers telling citizens to gather around infrastructure. Bravery? Coercion? (📸 DD Geopolitics)

This is the scene on the White Bridge in Ahvaz, Iran A human chain of adults and children spanning the bridge. Never seen anything like it. (🎥 Ariel Oseran)

BREAKING: Extraordinary scenes as Iranian citizens start forming human chains outside key infrastructure sites. This is Kazerun Power Plant in Fars province, southern Iran (🎥 i24 News)

A crucial piece of context for Trump’s deranged threat to annihilate Iran’s “whole civilization” is that both Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and his key outside advisers at Fox News champion the commission of brutal war crimes by the U.S. military.

Yep. Dems need to be speaking loudly and in unison about the urgent national need to remove this madman from office immediately.

I called all three of mine and left voicemails. I've heard some offices have people answering their phones despite congressional recess. Feels like an exercise in futility but it's still worth doing because nihilism in the face of nuclear war is pathetic.

There's a whole Congress that should have put a stop to this

Shit, I would too, to be fucking honest Why would you negotiate with a psychopath who repeatedly and consistently threatens to kill your entire family

We need your help. The Trump administration is dismantling the U.S. Forest Service. 193 million acres of public land (bigger than Texas) is being handed over to political operatives and industry insiders.

klan shit

This story is off base. All along, Democrats offered to fund ALL the other parts of DHS. Republicans held TSA and the rest hostage.

Iran. Speaking for myself - there’s so much to learn.

We Need to Recognize that the Problem is Psychiatric, Not Political bandyxlee.substack.com/p/we-need-to...

Jack Smith thought Trump intended to exploit national security secrets for profit. Trump's second administration is suddenly a machine of trading on national security secrets. These are two scandals—but really just one. And the great powers re-evaluating America's role in the world are watching.

"Trump has stained the US, but it isn’t really clear to anyone yet if he’s permanently altered its character. Clarity will come from future elections." Good @brianbeutler.bsky.social case for making Trump/war profiteering/corruption big issue in coming elections: www.offmessage.net/p/expose-all...

1. Yesterday, the NYT dropped a bombshell: Saudi Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) has been aggressively lobbying Trump not to end the fighting and pushing him to launch a ground operation. Why would Trump listen? Follow the money.

"The best example of the news media deciding somebody is unfit for office, because of their mental fitness or unfitness, is how they treated Biden in 2024. Biden was old and rational. Right now, Trump is old and irrational, but he’s not getting the same kind of treatment." — @markjacob.bsky.social

Yes, I saw a clip of Sen. Kennedy basically admitting that on Faux News. I raised an eyebrow because I could detect a bit of frustration w/ Dear Leader on Kennedy's part.

I read a report saying Thune brought the deal to trump and he said no deals with Democrats so it was squashed because of Donald.

Senate Democrats voted multiple times to fund TSA separately from ICE. Republicans voted it down every time. Republicans are to blame for today’s airport chaos — all because they’re happy to keep letting Trump’s thugs terrorize our communities with no consequences. Remember this.

NEW: "The Treasury just declared the U.S. insolvent. The media missed it." fortune.com/2026/03/23/u...

So this seems bad and also illegal. Too bad we don't have a justice department willing to prosecute blatant corruption. 1/3