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"JD Vance sprang to Trump’s defense on Thursday night. “Forgive my language but this story is complete and utter bullshit. The WSJ should be ashamed for publishing it,” Vance wrote on X. “Where is this letter? Would you be shocked to learn they never showed it to us before publishing it? Does anyone honestly believe this sounds like Donald Trump?”

Seriously JD?

Does anyone honestly believe this sounds like Donald Trump?

Trump requests release of Epstein grand jury transcripts amid report of ‘bawdy’ birthday note | Donald Trump | The Guardian

.https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/17/trump-epstein-grand-jury-testimony-wall-street-journal.

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Stephen Brady's avatar

MAGA is a cult.

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David A Pitock's avatar

So he did draw the picture 📸. Nice try Felonious, where is the Epstein file. That should be our cry it will drive tRump further around the bend.

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lin•'s avatar

OK. I'm late to the show ...

They've destroyed the Washington Post.

They're defunding Public Broadcasting.

They're destroying law firms and universities.

Now they've cancelled The Late Show?

It's not just breaking government. It's everything all at once.

"...[Leonard]Leo conveyed his inspiration and intentions: “I just said to myself, ‘Well, if this can work for law, why can’t it work for lots of other areas of American culture and American life where things are really messed up right now?’”

Private, Conservative Teneo Seeks Political, Cultural Influence — ProPublica

.https://www.propublica.org/article/leonard-leo-teneo-videos-documents.

I know it's taken decades ... but ... just had to say it.

Meanwhile. We had a good protest in Ellsworth, Maine. Changed from assembling by city hall and then marching around the block, to standing along the highway. Good turnout. Good (very loud) response. I hope all your protests went well.

"Bella Ciao" - Italian Anti-Fascist Song (Rare Version)

.https://youtu.be/cUAP-fE81zs?si=8tpNu_Tm7YJhnkjp.

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Kate McMullan's avatar

Thanks for including the Teneo link, Lin. Eye opening!

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Cara Lopez's avatar

SERIOUSLY, does anyone NOT believe this sounds like Orange Hitler? Get a clue, Mr. VP!

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Arthur Maisel's avatar

In a way, it is fitting that something "unimportant" should be what brings the collapse of MAGA. Be it understood that "unimportant" is used in the context of the larger scheme of things, such as war, genocide, destruction of the economy and the climate, the handing over of essential government functions to incompetents and loonies, one of the two major political parties perhaps approaching its culmination as a cult in mass suicide, and so on.

Epstein and friends do rate words like "evil," but the suffering they caused was limited to a small number of women as contrasted with hundreds of thousands of immigrants and entire peoples, countries, and even the world. The suffering was as real for those it touched, but it was on a far different scale.

Among the things Trump destroyed was the distinction between the petty, the trivial concerns of a three-year-old psyche and the grown-up concerns that had formerly been the focus of politics. So that the small-scale personal crimes of Trump's life are what are catching up with him at last, rather than his massive presidential crimes, is disappointing but has the look of poetic justice.

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Francis/Clare's avatar

Haha. If the WSJ would print something negative about the Gop, you know it's gotta be true.

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Rosa Maria's avatar

Short but mortal.

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zachariah's avatar

I never wrote a drawing neever.:-)

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