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JANE FONDA: “I know Don Lemon. My husband created CNN. And I will fight for their right to speak… they arrested the wrong Don. This is how autocrats act. We can’t fall for it.”

This is just insane. It’s only a matter of time before DHS kills another innocent person here. (clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)

It should not take a court order to get a toddler out of a prison.

straight up Gestapo shit

“This isn’t a moment, it’s a movement”

Buttigieg on Fox News: "When you see an American woman opening the door to her home and on her doorstep finds half a dozen federal agents in tactical gear that is more tricked out than what I would take outside the wire in Afghanistan -- I think most people get that that is wrong."

I won’t stop reporting the truth. The First Amendment is the bedrock of our democracy, and I’ll continue to fight to protect it 🤝🏾🇺🇸

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche admits that the DOJ excluded all images showing “death, physical abuse, or injury” from yesterday’s Epstein files release. WHAT ELSE ARE THEY HIDING???

Yes, we need ALL the Epstein files.

They’re taking kids from Minnesota and sending them to detention camps. They’re shooting American citizens in the street and locking investigators out of the crime scenes. The world is watching what happens next.

The president of the United States had his DOJ raid the Fulton County election office and seized ballots. This is clearly a dry run for 2026. Yet, this is treated by too many in legacy media as normal. I founded Democracy Docket in 2020 because you deserve better. Subscribe now. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0

MINNEAPOLIS: “Thousands and thousands— the people of Minneapolis are not letting up. Despite Tom Homan saying there’s a drawdown, these people don’t believe it. They want ICE OUT COMPLETELY.”

Buttigieg on Fox News: "Seeing an American taken to the ground, having his gun removed, being shot in the back 10 times, then having the govt say he was a terrorist all along based on no evidence.. those are kinds of things that as painful as they are, can actually bring together a lot of Americans"

NEW: A federal judge has ordered 5-year-old Liam Ramos and his father RELEASED from the Dilley detention center. www.cnn.com/2026/01/31/u...

I Really Don't Care- Do U?

DM me? We used to get hundreds of highly qualified applicants for a single job posting. Good prosecutors are increasingly hesitant to work for this DOJ.

POWERFUL: With snow falling in freezing weather in Chicago last night, the massive anti-ICE/Border Patrol rally wrapped up in front of City Hall as the energized crowd chanted, "I believe that we will win!"

God bless these people.

The thing that shocks me most is that all of this incriminating stuff was sitting at the DOJ for 4 years and Biden & Garland were not cynical or ruthless enough to use it against Trump & Musk in the run up to 2024. If only they were the evil ‘weaponizers of government’ that MAGA claimed they were!

Ocean Beach this morning… just wow!!

Yes, who wrote this email to Jeffrey Epstein — and why did DOJ redact his name?

UTAH auto body shop owner: “You guys broke the fucking window to get in here! Where is your warrant??” Trump’s ICE goons: “Yes we did… We don’t need one.” 🤔 Rights are gone under this regime. (From Somali Snaps: www.instagram.com/reel/DUKpzuS...)

So weird that the guy they chose to direct the Melania Bribe-Umentary was a Me Too-canceled has been pictured with Epstein and another Epstein-backed child sex trafficker who also *killed himself* in prison So many coincidences!

It's been fun seeing The Consultants lose their mind about how they don't get this ad, which is the coolest shit she's done yet. (Also, yes, that's Matt Mercer, who I've come to learn since this ad dropped is more famous than Michael Jordan.)

If the Epstein files are this vile and incriminating already, just imagine all the stuff they’re still hiding.

Here’s Epstein after being told he has “permission to kill” an unidentified man: “whoops” Epstein after being told Mary Kennedy was found dead in her backyard: “whoops” Follow along this short thread… 1/

Respect. 👊

Buttigieg on Fox News: "How did this criminal get a pardon from President Trump? Did he contribute to the ballroom project? Did he buy some of that cryptocurrency and make the Trump family wealthier? Why are these many fraudsters getting these pardons?"

It’s amazing to me that Musk had the sheer gall to tweet that the ‘bomb’ was that Trump is in the Epstein files knowing full well… that he was in there too. These people are astonishing. No shame. Just zero shame or self-awareness.

The nazis redistributed the stolen property of deported Jews to the German population. It was called Aryanization. This is no different. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aryaniz...

This is the winter of our rage. Bless the protesters in Minneapolis.

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I think it is OUTRAGEOUS that people are LEAPING to the conclusion that some our post prominent Americans are child rapists when it is EQUALLY PLAUSIBLE that they are simply indifferent to whether other people are child rapists so long as those other people can offer them access to power.

Whether it's a Hillary Clinton staffer asking John Podesta how to make risotto or Elon Musk asking Jeffrey Epstein where he could find a party featuring child sex slaves, there's plenty of embarrassing emails on both sides.

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www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/...

Epstein survivor Lisa Phillips reacts to Todd Blanche: I’m actually shaking right now. I want to fucking cry. It makes me so sick. And he has a wedding ring on. Like, really—how does he go home to his wife. I’m looking at the files right now that shows names…

Not true. I've been writing about menswear for 15+ years, so there's a clear record of what I believe. My posts include: — Nearly 700 posts rounding up quality menswear on eBay — Guides on how to thrift online — Guides on how to build a wardrobe on a budget — Guides to high-value brands

ROLLING STONE: “The damage from Miller’s grand designs are plain for all to see. Americans’ mistrust and hyper-partisanship has grown only more poisonous. The country feels like a tinder box and Miller, and ICE are running around with lit matches.” www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

shocked to learn that Ernst Runt over here is an antisemite

Redacted to Epstein: I give you permission to kill him.' He is apparently with Olga. He lied to you and he lied to me. Epstein: whoops Redacted: No one will lie to you and get away with it from me. No one. Whoops is correct.

A federal judge warned Justice Department lawyers that their statements on a slavery exhibit display in Philadelphia were "horrifying." "You can’t erase history once you’ve learned it. It doesn’t work that way"

granular, practical, well organized info here: www.wired.com/story/how-to...

Yeah hey JD remember that? What ever happened with that?

Getting the impression that ICE is gearing up for a pogrom in Springfield, Ohio, which was ground zero of Vance’s lies about Haitians during the campaign. Haitians lose temporary protected status on February 3rd. Reporters, lawyers, neighbors — please get ready.

The MELANIA reviews are in.

@donlemonofficial.bsky.social: "There is no more important time than right now, this very moment, for a free and independent media that shines a light on the truth and holds those in power accountable. Again, I will not stop now. I will not stop ever."

“There was no way this person ran headfirst into a wall.” abc7ny.com/post/ice-min...

This is Zeus. He's 13 and can't howl quite like he used to. But that doesn't stop him from stepping pup when his community needs him. 14/10 #SeniorPupSaturday (IG: zeustheoldiegoldie)

Armenian Worker in Van Nuys Responds to Dr. Oz: I’ve been an American citizen for 26 years. We are hardworking. I’ve worked here almost 20 years. We are in the United States. It doesn’t matter if you are Mexican, Armenian, Russian—we are all American.

Kristol means Kristallnacht: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristal...

I guess this didn't make it into the documentary.

“U.S. District Judge Fred Biery excoriated the federal government, saying the case ‘has its genesis in the ill-conceived and incompetently-implemented government pursuit of daily deportation quotas, apparently even if it requires traumatizing children.’” www.ms.now/news/liam-ra...

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Judge orders US to release father and 5-year-old taken into custody during Minnesota immigration crackdown.

real question is which prominent trump administration figures *aren't* in the epstein files?

Homan's message: When we kill you, you have to be especially nice to us. Or else we will keep killing you.

What do these corporations have in common? -Amazon -AT&T -Home Depot -Microsoft -Palantir They all reaped billions in tax breaks from Trump's Big Ugly Bill — and are actively collaborating with ICE's deportation machine. Always follow the money.

BREAKING: A federal judge just ordered the release of 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father from immigration custody — condemning their removal from Minneapolis as unconstitutional. Judge Fred Biery condemned "the perfidious lust for unbridled power" and "the imposition of cruelty."

“I was raped three times a day and I wasn’t the only girl. It was a conveyor belt of abuse.” #TrumpEpsteinCoverUp

Minnesotans on Bde Maka Ska, a lake in Minneapolis. Photo credit WCCO-TV

Trover: It happens all the time. Joe Biden's wealth increase while he was in office. Mockler: Joe Biden's wealth increased from $8 million to $11 million because of investments. Donald Trump’s wealth increased by $4 billion in one year.

Former Tennessee Libertarian party chair @joshuaeakle.com notices how many in Trump’s cabinet/inner circle are in the files — and theorizes maybe this is no coincidence

This is a dangerous slope. When you damage the trust in elections, you damage the success of democracy. People need to trust that their voice is heard. Check out my full recap in my Weekend Video available at the Substack link in my reply.

Minnesota may be known for our lakes, Bob Dylan, and Prince - but our civic engagement runs deeper. If Donald Trump intended to make an example out of Minnesota, then I am damn proud of that example.

Pete Buttigieg is spitting facts about Trump and the GOP on Fox News this morning

Mockler: My unpopular opinion is that Melania's movie makes a great first date. Because the theater will be empty. You can bring in food, you can chat. There's nobody around there bothering you.

stephen miller just a few posts away from recreating the "mudsill" theory from first principles

💯 Not a hoax and never was

This was four years after Epstein had pleaded guilty to (and sentenced to incarceration for) solicitation of prostitution with a minor.

Goldman: They’re still covering up, because only half of the documents have been released. I don’t understand why they get to decide—without explanation—why half of the material should be held back. Trump’s name is all over it. So now we know why there was such a cover-up…

Abolish ICE and fire all agents is the moderate position.

This is creepy as hell. Will Musk be asked by reporters to explain this?

EPSTEIN SURVIVORS: “This is a betrayal of the very people this process is supposed to serve… This is not over. We will not stop until the truth is fully revealed and every perpetrator is finally held accountable.”

To be fair, World's Economy Held Hostage by Child Sex Trafficking Ring is much less important than Plan to Save Elephants Turns Deadly.

They had Epstein dead to rights. Nearly 3 dozen victims. He shouldve been in jail for life. They gave him a sweetheart deal that allowed him to keep raping girls while hopping in and out for prison for 13 months.. www.thedailybeast.com/how-the-fbi-...

always struck whenever i read anything from rufo how it is absolutely clear that he is a dumbass

🔥 ALHAMBRA, CA: “Don’t give up. Don’t give in. Don’t let the bastards grind you down.” Original: www.instagram.com/reel/DUI-mOZ...

I am worried but that doesn't paralyze me. It makes me more determined to fight for free and fair elections.⚖️🗳

Thank you! ✊💚 Danish veterans, many of whom fought alongside U.S. troops, stage a silent protest as they march from Kastellet to the American embassy in Copenhagen.

Republicans in Congress get very brave after they announce their retirement.

Utterly pathetic and historically unprecedented.

“When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” “My nation is under attack." #3E #GoodVsEvil #NationalStrike #ICEOut

This is the guy who moved Maxwell to camp Fed. He knows the sickness in these files, and he is protecting the perpetrators.

If Pamela Jo Bondi's DOJ is willing to release documents about Epstein making snuff/torture films, I can't imagine what's revealed in the files DOJ deems too incendiary for Donald to release.

Elon attempts to explain away being all up in the Epstein files… Reminder: he knew Trump was all over them too, and he helped make him president

"It’s really a shame that I learned all of this too late."

All this news is really completely confirming all my unfair knee-jerk judgments about a certain cadre of rich/famous douchebags, I gotta say

Watch the video as a recklessly driven cheap car careens around and a gang of armed thugs spring out to menace an innocent civilian, like a kidnapping or robbery or murder-for-hire. It looks like organized crime taking place in a third-world country, because it is.

Distress signal, Minnesota-style. #ICEOutOfMinnesota www.facebook.com/share/p/1C2Z...

Maybe the invasion of Minnesota and the murder of Americans by their government was meant to distract us from the fact that the president is all over the Epstein files and has been accused of raping children.

Federal paramilitaries running up on the rooftops to fire irritants and flash bangs down into a peaceable assembly full of little kids

Yesterday, Todd Blanche said that people weren't going to find in the Epstein files what we always suspected. And while I'm mostly watching what others find in the Epstein files second hand, I keep thinking, are you fucking HIGH? Everything I'm seeing is precisely what we expected.

KNOXVILLE STUDENTS: “To see this many people come out, it means so much. Because living in the South it can feel isolating to have these different viewpoints.” Huge student-led anti-ICE walkout happened today, despite threats of discipline from school officials💪🏽 (From WBIR)