Open Thread | Josh Marshall’s Latest Take on the Epstein Chronicles

Trump Is Failing and Flailing – No One’s Ever Seen Anything Like It!
July 18, 2025 10:56 a.m.

You’ve no doubt seen the Wall Street Journal story on Trump’s lewd and innuendo-rich 2003 birthday card to Jeff Epstein. That speaks for itself. To me what speaks more loudly is what appears to have been an all out war from the White House to get the Journal to kill the story. Just after 8:30 the President posted a jangling rant attacking Rupert Murdoch and Journal editor Emma Tucker, insisting he’ll sue, blaming Hillary and Obama. An hour and a half later, he posted a more succinct version of the same post, again claiming the letter was “FAKE”, threatening to sue, yada. In between those two posts he did yet another post clearly intended to appear to be Trump finally losing his patience and insisting that all information be made public. Only it wasn’t that at all. Trump said he was asking Attorney General Pam Bondi to “produce any and all pertinent Grand Jury testimony, subject to Court approval. This SCAM, perpetrated by the Democrats, should end, right now!”

There are three problems with this.

First, grand jury testimony is secret and unauthorized release of it is a serious crime. Judges can under some circumstances allow the release of grand jury testimony. But they rarely do. So “subject to Court approval” makes this whole statement basically meaningless. At most it’s a way to blame some judge for the coverup.

Second, agreeing to release only the information Trump or Bondi find “pertinent” makes the whole thing not only meaningless but laughable. My defense attorney will allow the jury to see all the pertinent information from the investigation!

Third and most importantly, no one has ever talked about grand jury testimony. It’s not even clear what testimony he’s referring to. To the extent anyone knows just what the government has, the focus has always been on materials confiscated from Epstein during the 2019 investigation and especially what was taken from his residence and safe when he was arrested. So the whole “grand jury testimony” thing is a silly red herring.

Trump spouting BS is not surprise to us. What gets my attention is that this supposed throwing down of the gauntlet — that’s it! release the files! — is something anyone with a basic understanding of the case and the law would know was meaningless. So the half life of this latest effort to get ahead of the story is maybe an hour. It’s of a piece with the last 10 days — desperate, hapless, self-incriminating and accelerating on each one of those fronts. You have to be really desperate to try to put out the fire with a gambit that can’t work for more than a few hours.

…………………………………………….

Big scandals usually first come into view as black holes do. You can’t see them directly. But they exert a mammoth gravitational pull on the things around them. People start doing inexplicable things, acting in what seem like weird and self-destructive ways; people run for the hills for no clear reason or any logical explanation. Like a black hole, the gravity of the scandal has this distorting effect on people and things around it and you can infer the scope and scale by those effects even though you can’t see it directly. This is one of those cases. I don’t know what “it” is. But its force is staggering. It looks like Trump’s actions are self-destructive and inexplicable. But the most straightforward explanation is that these actions are the only option he has. He’s trapped and he’s desperate and doesn’t have any better options.

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73 Responses to Open Thread | Josh Marshall’s Latest Take on the Epstein Chronicles

  1. rikyrah says:

    Breaking statement from the Office of President Obama:

    “Out of respect for the office of the presidency, our office does not normally dignify the constant nonsense and misinformation flowing out of this White House with a response. But these claims are outrageous enough to merit one. These bizarre allegations are ridiculous and a weak attempt at distraction.

    “Nothing in the document issued last week undercuts the widely accepted conclusion that Russia worked to influence the 2016 presidential election but did not successfully manipulate any votes. These findings were affirmed in a 2020 report by the bipartisan Senate Intelligence Committee, led by then-Chairman Marco Rubio.”

  2. rikyrah says:

    https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/22/business/tesla-regulatory-credit-sales-revenue
    Regulatory credit sales have been a huge source of revenue for the automaker, which currently faces a sales and profit slump. Legacy automakers purchase credits from Tesla to keep selling gas-burning cars that would otherwise violate emission regulations and cost them a fine.
    But the Republican tax and spending bill passed earlier this month removes that financial penalty for automakers, meaning they will no longer have any incentive to purchase these regulatory credits from Tesla.
    The loss of such credits hasn’t gotten nearly as much attention as the blowback to Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s alliance, then battle, with President Donald Trump or the elimination of the $7,500 tax credits for EV buyers. But removing those regulatory credits from Tesla’s balance sheet could spell disaster for the company’s financial future, perhaps even resulting in ongoing losses.

  3. rikyrah says:

    Max Flugrath🗳️ (@MaxFlugrath) posted at 2:17 PM on Mon, Jul 21, 2025:
    NEW: Their agenda is so unpopular, they’re rigging the midterms in plain sight.

    Trump and Republicans want to steal 5 House seats – not by earning votes, by redrawing maps.

    I wrote about this + why Democrats must use their power ruthlessly, just like Beto O’Rourke said on CNN. https://t.co/MNpToGWqNK
    (https://x.com/MaxFlugrath/status/1947375379309859259?t=G-g4rWyVwIokWvSPyPSOfQ&s=03)

  4. rikyrah says:

    HUNTER BIDEN

    President Kamala’s Hand (Again) (@myronjclifton) posted at 2:34 PM on Mon, Jul 21, 2025:
    Clips are online. The full on YouTube.

    Highlights:
    His support of Kamala “I genuinely love her as family”

    Calling out Pelosi/big elite white democrats for not wanting Kamala/undermining Joe

    Pod bros “dining out on 16 year old association w/Obama

    Fuk George Clooney & Tapper
    (https://x.com/myronjclifton/status/1947379716299886812?t=gqDHXJRnv2wE5bWPVDEMTw&s=03)

  5. rikyrah says:

    CLAP CLAP CLAP

    EBONY (@EBONY) posted at 2:34 PM on Mon, Jul 21, 2025:
    Michelle Obama Will Close Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival with Live Appearance https://t.co/rzO06PtDzk
    (https://x.com/EBONY/status/1947379683114266980?t=VRzo5fDskwFdCcn9Kd93Xg&s=03)

  6. rikyrah says:

    JUST PHUCKING GHOULS

    Spencer Hakimian (@SpencerHakimian) posted at 2:36 PM on Mon, Jul 21, 2025:
    Howard Lutnick’s 2 sons, is now buying rights to tariff refunds from small companies that cannot afford to wait a year for either the courts or Trump himself to overrule these tariffs.

    Poor people selling their hard earned money for pennies on the dollar to the son of a billionaire who literally gets to decide these policies himself.

    How much more obvious can they make it for you all?https://t.co/U6pLb2TdNz
    (https://x.com/SpencerHakimian/status/1947380186942742748?t=vd__4Np2vg5Z88zDlHPpkA&s=03) Cantor Fitzerland, the company being ran by

  7. rikyrah says:

    Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) posted at 10:19 AM on Mon, Jul 21, 2025:
    One year ago today, I began my campaign for President of the United States.

    Over the 107 days of our race, I had the opportunity and honor to travel our nation and meet with Americans who were fighting for a better future. And today, millions of Americans continue to stand up https://t.co/DfppWIIrCy
    (https://x.com/KamalaHarris/status/1947315568861749523?t=XHGGFI-nCFkSTOM9iy2p5w&s=03)

  8. rikyrah says:

    No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen (@NoLieWithBTC) posted at 2:43 PM on Mon, Jul 21, 2025:
    Donald Trump has removed the Wall Street Journal from the White House press pool for his upcoming trip to punish them for reporting on his connections to Jeffrey Epstein. https://t.co/BP4cxhiIj3
    (https://x.com/NoLieWithBTC/status/1947381867017343287?t=I9AhMTNiXrwi26fU69G5FQ&s=03)

  9. rikyrah says:

    improvise. Adapt. overcome. (@reesetheone1) posted at 9:46 PM on Sun, Jul 20, 2025:
    Harris won more liberals than Obama.

    Ran worse with moderates conservatives and indies.

    Alot of moderates stayed home or moved right. https://t.co/xpNbgwEURj
    (https://x.com/reesetheone1/status/1947126016700252669?t=VVwUn_rRU4vcajR6doZoDw&s=03)

    Tim 🇺🇸 (@trouble_man90) posted at 2:43 PM on Mon, Jul 21, 2025:
    According to voters, Kamala was the most left wing candidate they had ever seen, and unfortunately they didn’t like it. Going further left isn’t the answer.
    (https://x.com/trouble_man90/status/1947381957525995652?t=JIvQIbWlPW46n-eVi565fA&s=03)

  10. rikyrah says:

    Bobby Kogan (@BBKogan) posted at 1:46 PM on Mon, Jul 21, 2025:
    Final CBO score of the “big beautiful bill” is out

    Biggest Medicaid cuts ever – in fact, 4 times the size of the previous biggest; $894-$990 bn

    Kicks 10 million off health insurance

    Biggest SNAP cuts ever, $187 bn

    Still increases deficit by $3.4 trillion from huge tax cuts https://t.co/COh90thwIe
    (https://x.com/BBKogan/status/1947367525307515246?t=JFiOqUG6ir9CnmSWnW8P0g&s=03)

  11. rikyrah says:

    Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) posted at 9:42 AM on Mon, Jul 21, 2025:
    Rich men marry educated women.

    https://t.co/gUOuoJkiOU https://t.co/r4Xh5YqKaM
    (https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/1947306186115576265?t=sEUpYguT17Wak1IwIYG_vA&s=03)

  12. rikyrah says:

    Democracy Docket (@DemocracyDocket) posted at 0:00 PM on Sat, Jul 19, 2025:
    Criminal prosecutors at the DOJ are pressuring Rhode Island for voter roll data, part of a broader Trump-era effort to weaponize federal power in the name of “election fraud.”

    Experts say it’s a dangerous shift with no clear legal basis.

    https://t.co/yv1eZhI5YX
    (https://x.com/DemocracyDocket/status/1946616019532857437?t=2hR3Ruq4S8_o96AT2bIgjw&s=03)

  13. rikyrah says:

    Karen Piper (@PiperK) posted at 4:18 AM on Sat, Jul 19, 2025:
    .@DHSgov sent immigrants to Eswatini, claiming their home countries would not accept them. Eswatini claims the immigrants will be rerouted to their home countries.

    Meanwhile, the immigrants sent to South Sudan have not been heard from again. https://t.co/N607v2U8Uq
    (https://x.com/PiperK/status/1946499888772239486?t=FhG1y0B7VNzUmWrCJzpRSA&s=03)

  14. rikyrah says:

    Tim 🇺🇸 (@trouble_man90) posted at 2:34 PM on Sat, Jul 19, 2025:
    Every country in the modern world would have destroyed a president for doing what Trump did. Such a global and historical shame on us for allowing him to assume power a second time.
    (https://x.com/trouble_man90/status/1946654849212232000?t=GDXp2aaG5UApjHSTvc6VNg&s=03)

  15. rikyrah says:

    ProPublica (@propublica) posted at 1:01 PM on Sat, Jul 19, 2025:
    Calling from a Texas detention center, José Manuel Ramos Bastidas told his wife to hit record:

    “They detained me simply because of my tattoos. I am not a criminal.”

    “Just in case something happens to me, so you can be aware.”

    A month later, he was gone.
    https://t.co/s3Zy2E6puH
    (https://x.com/propublica/status/1946631373004919106?t=LAafwKYW5ys7Bz-osh0GRg&s=03)

  16. rikyrah says:

    Ian Weissman, DO (@DrIanWeissman) posted at 9:52 PM on Fri, Jul 18, 2025:
    The United States officially won’t be involved in an enhanced pandemic global response enacted by the World Health Organization, the Trump administration said Friday.
    https://t.co/B7WIZZ2Q2K
    (https://x.com/DrIanWeissman/status/1946402679254577217?t=wun0Bbsyu_5mIX5IVg-ABA&s=03)

  17. rikyrah says:

    Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline) posted at 0:58 PM on Sat, Jul 19, 2025:
    The official CBP account is now just a troll account. They publicly mocked a detained migrant for wearing an American flag shirt.

    Reminder: Tom Homan told agents to hit 7,000 arrests per day. That’s more than double current numbers. https://t.co/AqFchh4w87
    (https://x.com/cwebbonline/status/1946630627975188718?t=xX1bqR5RKodY7QkaaF-KCA&s=03)

  18. rikyrah says:

    Cabot…as in..
    The Cabots only talk to the Lodges, who only talk to God…CABOT.

    THEM.

    The allegedly jilted husband touts his family lineage as the sixth-generation owner of the longstanding rum brand, founded by the “original” Andrew Cabot.

    The Cabot fortune has spanned generations, and was estimated at $200 million in a 1972 New York Times profile of the family. That’s $15.4 billion in 2025.
    […]
    The Cabot family is one of the original “Boston Brahmin” clans that controlled New England for centuries — a club so old, WASPy and distinguished that the Irish-Catholic Kennedys are left out in the cold.

    The family made its fortune in soot, known colloquially in industry circles as “carbon black,” a key ingredient in car tires, and dates back to New England for 10 generations.
    https://nypost.com/2025/07/20/us-news/kristin-cabot-coldplay-cheating-scandal-exec-married-into-bostons-wealthy-cabot-family/

  19. rikyrah says:

    RIP
    RIP
    OMG

    Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Who Played Son Theo on The Cosby Show, Dies at 54 After Drowning on Family Trip
    The actor died while on a family trip, a source confirms to PEOPLE
    
    By Julia Moore Updated on July 21, 2025 01:34PM EDT
    
    Malcolm-Jamal Warner has died. He was 54.
    
    The actor was in Costa Rica on a family vacation and drowned while swimming, a source confirms to PEOPLE.
    
    A rep for Warner did not immediately respond to a request for comment
    
    https://people.com/malcolm-jamal-warner-cosby-show-dead-54-11775980

  20. rikyrah says:

    Amanda Goodall (@thejobchick) posted at 2:57 AM on Sat, Jul 19, 2025:
    This should be front-page news.
    – 1 in 5 jobs? Fake.
    – 22% never meant to be filled.
    – 1 in 3 companies admit it.

    And yet the blame still hits job seekers.
    Ghost jobs are a deliberate strategy.

    Why do we never hear this on CNBC?
    (https://x.com/thejobchick/status/1946479370291593504?t=rPmd9Z5D0-kMZDOYm3k-RQ&s=03)

  21. rikyrah says:

    Boring_Business (@BoringBiz_) posted at 5:39 PM on Fri, Jul 18, 2025:
    Male college grads are now just as likely to be unemployed as people who never went to college

    Same is not true for women, who are much more likely to land a job once they graduate college

    The data is just eye opening. We are leaving young men behind like never before https://t.co/JTnEgO1Vls
    (https://x.com/BoringBiz_/status/1946339034126533065?t=JNGL2GdB1-AMev57vQ-igQ&s=03)

  22. rikyrah says:

    ManfromRio (@jrocinha99) posted at 7:39 PM on Fri, Jul 18, 2025:
    CBS says they canceled Colbert for financial reasons. The Number One Late Night show for 9 years
    (https://x.com/jrocinha99/status/1946369286190035318?t=jhxwL7ncp-Gpt8PxJkEwfw&s=03)

  23. rikyrah says:

    Paul Jacobs (@PaulJacobsMedia) posted at 8:15 PM on Sat, Jul 19, 2025:
    I’ve consulted public radio stations for 20+ years. Currently, 10% of listeners are members. If that number rose to 20% they’d be financially independent
    It’s up to us to save and support local public radio stations -it’s not hard and it’s worth it
    @NPR @NPRinskeep @Deggans
    (https://x.com/PaulJacobsMedia/status/1946740823866904835?t=SmMutVOMk6-FuJjf-WUIng&s=03)

  24. rikyrah says:

    Pedro L. Gonzalez (@emeriticus) posted at 9:07 PM on Sat, Jul 19, 2025:
    Nothing to see here. Just the vice president meeting in secret with the heads of major media networks amid one of the biggest media scandals in recent history. Definitely not the White House trying to influence the press at all in order to control what people see and hear.
    (https://x.com/emeriticus/status/1946753887370637559?t=ypJiYu04tberB8uXcAoNJw&s=03)

  25. rikyrah says:

    Mike Nellis (@MikeNellis) posted at 9:38 PM on Sat, Jul 19, 2025:
    JD Vance jets off to Montana for a secret meeting with Rupert Murdoch and Fox News brass—then days later, the WSJ drops that Trump-Epstein bombshell. Feels like he was trying to kill the story. But Vance is a snake, so who knows. Trump better watch his back.
    (https://x.com/MikeNellis/status/1946761515425566730?t=PaRwwZ-hGIQrU-_UVDFPbw&s=03)

  26. rikyrah says:

    The United States versus Elon R. Musk (@Needle_of_Arya) posted at 8:47 PM on Sat, Jul 19, 2025:
    the appearance of the “conservative-coded white liberal,” known on here pretty much two things: retweeting rage-bait posts about how angry all liberals are about Trump being in office, and tweeting snobby condescension at Black liberals

    bro, ¿whose side are you actually on?
    (https://x.com/Needle_of_Arya/status/1946748805346406821?t=2aVeKRmsuC1w7gLFWbHEhA&s=03)

  27. rikyrah says:

    RIP

    Errol Lewis (@ErrolLewis) posted at 7:44 PM on Sat, Jul 19, 2025:
    BREAKING / Eileen Fulton, best known for her iconic role as Lisa Grimaldi on the soap opera “As The World Turns,” has died after a period of declining health. She was 91 years old. #AsTheWorldTurns #ATWT #Obituary #RIPEileenFulton

    https://t.co/cAn4nhx0X5
    (https://x.com/ErrolLewis/status/1946732990459162645?t=J6j0chS2Mb26VEdqBl4aqw&s=03)

  28. rikyrah says:

    Lindsay Gowin (@lwgowin) posted at 11:45 AM on Sat, Jul 19, 2025:
    To be clear, loan forgiveness will never happen again because Biden took a significant political hit for doing it, and then the beneficiaries didn’t just not vote for him – they actively campaigned against him because they are the dumbest, vainest mfers that ever lived.
    (https://x.com/lwgowin/status/1946612413056376930?t=va-_h4LG9ZxvnugH95AFSA&s=03)

  29. rikyrah says:

    Howard ✡. 🟦🇮🇱🎗🧡 (@HowardA_AtLaw) posted at 5:27 PM on Sat, Jul 19, 2025:
    DSA, 2015 to 2024:

    “ democrats must earn our vote. Rashida will not endorse Clinton, Biden or Harris. no matter the cost to America”

    DSA’s 2025: “every Democrat from Alabama to Wyoming MUST endorse Mandami (Who campaigned against Harris) in this hyperlocal race or else”
    (https://x.com/HowardA_AtLaw/status/1946698512814551224?t=SlQOWD6n1P8tVcdJiCS2uQ&s=03)

  30. rikyrah says:

    zellie (@zellieimani) posted at 9:56 PM on Sat, Jul 19, 2025:
    The poorest people are paying the highest price for housing. Motels cost more than rent, but people stay because they have no savings, no credit, and nowhere else to go.
    (https://x.com/zellieimani/status/1946766168548573238?t=VEuqlV_kWF6GORhT5hbHYg&s=03)

  31. rikyrah says:

    Democracy Docket (@DemocracyDocket) posted at 7:29 PM on Sat, Jul 19, 2025:
    North Carolina’s new voter plan could block more than 100,000 people from state/local races over “missing info.”

    It’s more than bad policy. It sets a precedent for two-tiered voting and could restrict full ballot access nationwide.

    https://t.co/zCUEuawRqL
    (https://x.com/DemocracyDocket/status/1946729264423796834?t=_Kc0BVyyv45bAtqlI9QsTQ&s=03)

  32. rikyrah says:

    John Ondrasik (@johnondrasik) posted at 9:07 AM on Sat, Jul 19, 2025:
    Respectfully @maggieNYT. With the hard evidence released by @DNIGabbard that the media participated with @comey and Brennan to create and disseminate the “Russian Collusion” narrative to ravage a President elect, will you be returning your Pulitzer Prize?

    And if not, why not? https://t.co/dxMP4ZwmNZ
    (https://x.com/johnondrasik/status/1946572485480099954?t=bzpFP91qqvxlP3XgtXv6Zg&s=03)

  33. rikyrah says:

    The Seneca Project (@senecaprojectus) posted at 0:33 PM on Sat, Jul 19, 2025:
    NEW VIDEO: Mr. Rogers once saved @PBS with nothing but his voice.
    This week, MAGA Republicans destroyed it—voting at 2AM to gut its funding and wipe out public media as we know it.

    This isn’t just budget politics. It’s cultural erasure. And it’s a warning. https://t.co/a8p1fjMnR9
    (https://x.com/senecaprojectus/status/1946624417842245723?t=WAIUByKBIyu8crn30x_syA&s=03)

  34. rikyrah says:

    Democracy Docket (@DemocracyDocket) posted at 7:59 AM on Sun, Jul 20, 2025:
    Trump deported hundreds of Venezuelans to a Salvadoran prison earlier this year and secretly exchanged them on Friday for 10 Americans jailed by Maduro. The same men the U.S. said it couldn’t repatriate are now part of a behind-closed-doors deal.

    https://t.co/X1sd5UuoYH
    (https://x.com/DemocracyDocket/status/1946918008540058013?t=h60BUDzP58EFu37yINWuuQ&s=03)

  35. rikyrah says:

    Lincoln Square (@LincolnSquareHQ) posted at 5:31 PM on Sat, Jul 19, 2025:
    Trump’s State Dept. revoking the visas of judges who hold criminal dictators responsible for their crimes, while granting US visas to family members of the world’s most dangerous cartel leaders. Tha’s Trump’s America.
    (https://x.com/LincolnSquareHQ/status/1946699322579370352?t=6jVJ0FX8uwd83KG0jRu6uw&s=03)

  36. rikyrah says:

    OBAMA

    improvise. Adapt. overcome. (@reesetheone1) posted at 9:32 PM on Sat, Jul 19, 2025:
    So you mean saved us from a Great Depression and Installed a healthcare system where you no longer denied for preexisting conditions, no lifetime spending caps on plans and folks can be on their parents plans until age 26……..

    Ok.
    (https://x.com/reesetheone1/status/1946760217674264923?t=gb3651O9GUaf8TW9vcPACQ&s=03)

  37. rikyrah says:

    Pat (Not Given) (@talkatone2016) posted at 7:13 PM on Sat, Jul 19, 2025:
    Cassidy Hutchinson, “Mark Meadows left the White House on Jan 19 with the Russia Raw Data Classified Binder.”
    The intelligence was so sensitive Lawmakers with top secret security clearance were only able to view the material at CIA headquarters.
    The Binder was Never Seen Again. https://t.co/NcGKvsO6pc
    (https://x.com/talkatone2016/status/1946725146607128774?t=4PkkkDcXCApXqWrqoFTHfQ&s=03)

  38. rikyrah says:

    Alex Cole (@acnewsitics) posted at 9:41 PM on Sat, Jul 19, 2025:
    How do you “create a hoax” when the GOP-led Senate and Donald’s own CIA, NSA, DNI, FBI, and DOJ confirmed Russia interfered and helped Trump?

    Did Obama mind control them too?

    Did he also create the indictments, confessions, plea deals, and Flynn flipping like a pancake?
    (https://x.com/acnewsitics/status/1946762461191045170?t=71tl5PlZTOSqDRTKHFmukQ&s=03)

  39. rikyrah says:

    Molly Ploofkins (@Mollyploofkins) posted at 6:08 AM on Sun, Jul 20, 2025:
    Trump filed the lawsuit to prevent the Wall Street Journal from releasing further incriminating evidence of his relationship with Epstein.
    (https://x.com/Mollyploofkins/status/1946889986457948395?t=7egGMAFBotpTxRxQbzR6uw&s=03)

  40. rikyrah says:

    Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) posted at 1:01 PM on Sat, Jul 19, 2025:
    🚨 JASMINE CROCKETT (TX): “We only have 4 seats that are represented by black folk.”

    “They are specifically deciding to splinter the communities of common interest, as well as just blatantly say, we’re gonna dilute minority voices.”

    “I need people of color to understand.” https://t.co/1308qkqPMI
    (https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/1946631460498141560?t=QRqodqj4nwjbBAMLLMH61Q&s=03)

  41. rikyrah says:

    Suzie rizzio (@Suzierizzo1) posted at 0:53 PM on Sat, Jul 19, 2025:
    Holy Crap look at the posted job applications for Alligator Auschwitz! The amount of money these so called Guards will be making is insane! 🤬🤬 https://t.co/GWukGhBtTz
    (https://x.com/Suzierizzo1/status/1946629557940875689?t=sSBNV3ZLieikb8dOYqUefw&s=03)

  42. rikyrah says:

    Alex Cole (@acnewsitics) posted at 11:14 PM on Sat, Jul 19, 2025:
    MAGAs are really on here defending pedophiles now that they think Trump is in those Epstein files.

    Never underestimate the power of cults.
    (https://x.com/acnewsitics/status/1946785768594387038?t=gQe457e8qdW4eJ4C4-OnDw&s=03)

  43. rikyrah says:

    Tim 🇺🇸 (@trouble_man90) posted at 0:28 PM on Sat, Jul 19, 2025:
    When you sit out in presidential elections or vote for non-viable candidates, you’re letting these 20 lunatics pick the president. You’re letting them set our foreign and domestic policy, you’re letting them dictate our future.
    (https://x.com/trouble_man90/status/1946623088814072176?t=x9sXBFBjBcVeBFhYBWTXDQ&s=03)

  44. rikyrah says:

    Mike Madrid (@madrid_mike) posted at 8:26 PM on Sat, Jul 19, 2025:
    JD Vance flew to Montana for secret meeting with Rupert Murdoch and Fox News execs | The Independent https://t.co/hqvCazYjfI
    (https://x.com/madrid_mike/status/1946743606137516202?t=L_bmPePIi58dQ0j9svhRgQ&s=03)

  45. rikyrah says:

    Alex Cole (@acnewsitics) posted at 5:22 PM on Sat, Jul 19, 2025:
    Trump hates intelligent women who speak their minds. He hates it even more if they’re Black or Latino.
    (https://x.com/acnewsitics/status/1946697059115139549?t=Gcm16DtiIt5pKbxRsX16PQ&s=03)

  46. rikyrah says:

    James F. Love IV (@JamesFLoveIV) posted at 7:15 AM on Sun, Jul 20, 2025:
    It’s against the law to fail to identify yourself to a police officer.

    Every Police Department in the United States should be asking masked ICE officers to identify themselves, and if they refuse, arresting them, booking them, and running a fingerprint check on them. https://t.co/76DGSZzAlY
    (https://x.com/JamesFLoveIV/status/1946906876941050277?t=IomcwG24CxpDmyRyAu5oIw&s=03)

  47. rikyrah says:

    Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) posted at 6:49 PM on Sat, Jul 19, 2025:
    What if boys and men are lonely and disassociated in America because it’s profitable for the right to make sure boys feel/are lonely and disassociated?
    (https://x.com/shannonrwatts/status/1946719056268013642?t=6CeCl2gjpJFhMZFC3p4nHQ&s=03)

  48. rikyrah says:

    Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline) posted at 6:44 PM on Sat, Jul 19, 2025:
    They’re chasing quotas, not criminals!

    The former head of Chicago’s immigration court, fired by Trump, is finally speaking out. A new lawsuit accuses the administration of unlawfully targeting documented immigrants who were already showing up to court, just so ICE could hit arrest quotas.

    Immigrants are being detained not because they broke the law, but because they were easy to “target.”https://t.co/wDUIBtKlof
    (https://x.com/cwebbonline/status/1946717779236954303?t=6GHxtyTm_T3A5vjGY7-WoQ&s=03)

  49. rikyrah says:

    Christopher Bouzy (spoutible.com/cbouzy) (@cbouzy) posted at 7:31 AM on Sun, Jul 20, 2025:
    Where was the outrage when MSNBC fired Joy Reid, Tiffany Cross, Alex Wagner, Ayman Mohyeldin, Katie Phang, and Jonathan Capehart for similar reasons? Colbert is a comedian; they were journalists. This is what happens when you ignore injustices to marginalized people; it spreads.
    (https://x.com/cbouzy/status/1946910889640128700?t=NAkMZ1r_KbaxT14n_V9dOw&s=03)

  50. rikyrah says:

    Booker G. Washington (@BookerGWash) posted at 7:04 AM on Sun, Jul 20, 2025:
    Some Democrats think running two white liberal men in 2028 (if there are free and fair elections) will somehow sway white conservatives, including white women and conservative-leaning independents, to vote for that ticket.

    What have we learned about white voters since 1964?
    (https://x.com/BookerGWash/status/1946904067214655777?t=DyDJT8zQ5nJOK0uN4tQjHQ&s=03)

  51. rikyrah says:

    improvise. Adapt. overcome. (@reesetheone1) posted at 6:32 PM on Sat, Jul 19, 2025:
    Win the argument….. lose the election.

    That’s what the left want to do.
    (https://x.com/reesetheone1/status/1946714796490961191?t=Es5ic9mzn8OrKPvCE3edOw&s=03)

  52. rikyrah says:

    Politics & Poll Tracker 📡 (@PollTracker2024) posted at 7:01 AM on Sun, Jul 20, 2025:
    CNN: House Democrats are actively exploring redrawing congressional lines in California, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York and Washington state in the midst of Texas redrawing their congressional map to favor the GOP.

    https://t.co/ZBPwaKXpUm
    (https://x.com/PollTracker2024/status/1946903392313385251?t=IzZe7E9qAFlPpHGPlM6kaQ&s=03)

  53. rikyrah says:

    (((DeanObeidallah))) (@DeanObeidallah) posted at 1:26 PM on Fri, Jul 18, 2025:
    Trump celebrating Stephen Colbert being cancelled and calling for Jimmy Kimmel to be next is NOT what a US President says. It’s what a petty tyrant/scumbag says.
    (https://x.com/DeanObeidallah/status/1946275287387218046?t=LbrwueX6DML9JswYPKVADw&s=03)

  54. rikyrah says:

    Brian Allen (@allenanalysis) posted at 9:32 AM on Sun, Jul 20, 2025:
    Beto’s calling it like it is: Democrats need to play the map the way Republicans do.

    Harsh GOP gerrymanders in Texas, Ohio, and North Carolina?

    Then it’s time to draw bold lines in California, Illinois, and New York.

    You can’t win a fair fight when the ring is rigged. Beto’s https://t.co/qXC0k9nuWR
    (https://x.com/allenanalysis/status/1946941323165970667?t=yXX-IN5WyAVZ7QhOb_rUng&s=03)

  55. rikyrah says:

    UH HUH
    UH HUH

    Biden/Obama/HRC/Harris Democrat (@KTforBiden) posted at 0:26 PM on Sun, Jul 20, 2025:
    Thank you!
    I wish a white so called friend of mine would try to tell me why they don’t like Obama, Harris, Clyburn and Jeffries!
    Nor do they like the white folks that empower Black ppl – HRC, Bill, Biden or Pelosi!

    They are nothing but racist left wing MAGA.
    (https://x.com/KTforBiden/status/1946985070209740908?t=7q0T0xtF1xC2r1b74IZwuQ&s=03)

  56. rikyrah says:

    Kamenetzky Brothers (@KamBrothers) posted at 0:39 PM on Sun, Jul 20, 2025:
    Here’s the thing. National NPR will survive this defunding measure. It’s a culture war optics “win” against them, but little else. What will get crushed are local public radio stations that many GOP constituents in rural areas rely on for news sources. That’s the real endgame. AK
    (https://x.com/KamBrothers/status/1946988452186042428?t=jHUcoLypbpS5ATYV9AtnYg&s=03)

  57. rikyrah says:

    GO KENNY!

    2RawTooReal (@2RawTooReal) posted at 9:55 AM on Mon, Jul 21, 2025:
    I was able travel to NYC with the CBC and we had a hard conversation about Democratic strategy @CBCPAC https://t.co/IFV3UlQVcE
    (https://x.com/2RawTooReal/status/1947309370691170697?t=yWMEPKShAj04kwypNLl5bA&s=03)

  58. rikyrah says:

    Earl Landix 🇺🇸 (@EarlLandix) posted at 10:35 AM on Mon, Jul 21, 2025:
    Shonda & LaDonna Aaron are in the process of building generational wealth from the 136 acres passed down to their family by their great-grandfather in Birmingham, Alabama.

    #BlackAmericans https://t.co/9zfYyzoBoR
    (https://x.com/EarlLandix/status/1947319596253384925?t=pH-FgHO8aX-JlO7rD7DfZQ&s=03)

  59. rikyrah says:

    BLACK VOTERS WHO STAYED HOME IN NOVEMBER 2024, AND WHAT THEY COST US

    Horseshoe Crab🪷🪷🪷 (@eiralaVpr7) posted at 0:49 PM on Sun, Jul 20, 2025:
    I’m still pissed about those numbers in GA and NC. We can’t get out of our own way.
    (https://x.com/eiralaVpr7/status/1946990754326319329?t=zicpZV58gUMzyKDbosjuIw&s=03)

    President Kamala’s Hand (Again) (@myronjclifton) posted at 11:54 AM on Mon, Jul 21, 2025:
    It’s a hard truth. One we should not run from but face head on. Understand all the “other” reasons we all know… doesn’t excuse 1m /600k not voting. Period. We can’t get better by living in partial denial and not holding ourselves accountable and then leaning on “but she did win”
    (https://x.com/myronjclifton/status/1947339336988692866?t=XwzKGh6DYcXgEHlnDAV5mA&s=03)

    • rikyrah says:

      BMB Empower Network (@BmbEmpower) posted at 11:57 PM on Sat, Jul 19, 2025:
      How many #blacks that didn’t vote how much did #trump win in #Georgia and #NorthCarolina.

      In Georgia 1,016,000 #blackpeople didn’t #vote, trump won by 115,000 votes.

      In North Carolina 661,000 black people didn’t vote, trump won by 183,000 votes

      40% of black people did not vote in the 2024 election but 70% of WHITE #evangelicals voted for trump

      Speaker Mike Johnson became the speaker by 7000 votes

      Our silence and #misinformation is killing us! Thank you @rolandsmartin for bring these numbers to light and it’s a shame.

      https://t.co/b28SUY6Azq
      (https://x.com/BmbEmpower/status/1946796473959772172?t=ZtJcyifCzJgzHF1nmvSeVQ&s=03)

  60. rikyrah says:

    ren (evil) (@florencecel) posted at 9:42 AM on Sun, Jul 20, 2025:
    the fertility rates are down because women are scared to have children with deadbeat losers who don’t do anything because it happens all the time
    (https://x.com/florencecel/status/1946943782403887359?t=gXtuZVCyTr8mZfd6Wx–dw&s=03)

  61. rikyrah says:

    Kyle Cheney
    @kyledcheney
    JUST IN: Trump’s lawsuit against Murdoch and the WSJ goes to Judge Darrin Gayles, an appointee of Barack Obama.
    https://x.com/kyledcheney/status/1947270645554839581

  62. rikyrah says:

    IT WAS A YEAR AGO TODAY.
    YES, I AM STILL BITTER.
    I WILL NEVER NOT BE BITTER ABOUT THIS.

    Joe Biden
    @JoeBiden
    My fellow Democrats, I have decided not to accept the nomination and to focus all my energies on my duties as President for the remainder of my term. My very first decision as the party nominee in 2020 was to pick Kamala Harris as my Vice President. And it’s been the best decision I’ve made. Today I want to offer my full support and endorsement for Kamala to be the nominee of our party this year. Democrats — it’s time to come together and beat Trump. Let’s do this.
    https://x.com/JoeBiden/status/1815087772216303933

  63. rikyrah says:

    Trump Seeks to Upend Civil Service Protections
    July 21, 2025

    The Trump administration is formally arguing before a federal oversight body that it has unilateral authority to fire many federal employees at any time, seeking to unwind decades of precedent and current federal law.

    Federal workers are typically not considered at-will and current statute requires that agencies provide notice, cause and an opportunity to rebut allegations before a firing can take place.
    https://www.govexec.com/management/2025/07/trump-admin-tells-judge-it-can-fire-least-some-career-feds-any-time-any-reason/406797/

  64. rikyrah says:

    Senator Chris Van Hollen

    @ChrisVanHollen
    Trump has fired, bullied, and silenced independent watchdogs across the government. Now many are too afraid to do their jobs.

    He doesn’t want to root out waste, fraud, and abuse — he wants to hide it. Shameful.
    https://x.com/ChrisVanHollen/status/1946218626157043928

  65. rikyrah says:

    WTFGOP
    @doggintrump
    I just saw a report on ABC News that the Trump administration is gonna take away subsidies for affordable housing. So what the fuck are they gonna do put everybody out on the street?

    Cruelty is the fucking point.
    12:37 PM · Jul 20, 2025
    https://x.com/doggintrump/status/1946987834323472592

  66. rikyrah says:

    EXCLUSIVE: Not only does an Excel spreadsheet of Trump mentions in the Epstein files exist, but so do training videos explaining how to flag the files for Trump mentions. Plus, the number of people who had access is larger than previously known. My latest: http://www.muellershewrote.com/p/the-epstei

    [image or embed]
    — Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) Jul 20, 2025 at 3:35 PM

    Wowza.
    “Here’s what caught my attention: the files were stored on a shared drive that anyone in the division could access. Normally, access is only granted to those working on a project, but because of the hurried nature of the exercise, the usual permission restrictions were not in place. …”

    [image or embed]

    — George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 (@gtconway.bsky.social) Jul 20, 2025 at 5:09 PM

  67. rikyrah says:

    Philip Bump

    ‪@pbump.com‬

    Follow
    Earlier this week, I wrote about Epstein, making a timeline for my own clarity. It was originally appended to the piece but was too long. So here it is on my personal site, if useful. pbump.net/timeline.html
    https://bsky.app/profile/pbump.com/post/3lubkjqgjls25

  68. rikyrah says:

    Good Morning, Everyone😊😊😊

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