USA news & politics

[Ragey Erasmus]

I assume "why didn't Biden release the files then"

During the entire Biden administration there were appeals going on. The appeals did not conclude until October 6, 2025, 9 months after the Biden administration ended.
On October 6, 2025, the Supreme Court denied Maxwell's petition for certiorari.[1] With Maxwell's appeals exhausted, the legal barrier to unsealing documents is removed.
During ongoing appeals, courts could and did unseal Epstein-related documents if they deemed no prejudice to proceedings, as evidenced by batches released in 2020 and 2024 from the Giuffre-Maxwell civil case.
Legally, no other evidence could have been released until October 6, 2025, due to ongoing appeals.

[1] https://www.scotusblog.com/.../supreme-court-declines-to.../

As an aside, of course, Biden didn't run a presidential campaign on "Release the Files"

Plus Trump doesn't need Congress to vote for the files to be released for him to do it. If Republicans wanted the files released, they could have voted for this months ago but obstructed it. The gaslighting from Republicans from everything from Jan 6th to Epstein is incredible. If you lay it out, there is no consistency to what they claim to believe at all. They have literally made "Democrats are pedos and Trump is going to bring down the pedo rings" as a core part of their claims. Now it comes time to deliver and oops, nope we don't actually want that after all, it was all a Democrat hoax.

Then again this is a party that goes on about law and order whilst protecting one of the most criminal presidents in US history. A party of personal responsibility which claims every problem is everyone else's fault but their own, the party of low taxation which raises taxes on the poorest, the party of fiscal responsibility who have blown up the deficit every time they've been in office, the party who said they wanted to end omnibus spending bills who've passed a bill called "the big beautiful bill", the party of free speech which bans books and was engaged in the mythical "war on Christmas", the party of religious liberty which tried to block Muslims and Atheists from being elected, the party of Lincoln who chase after ex Confederate states and support the Confederate flag.

 

[Kiwiwomble]

i had a good chuckle at this....and then thought..."yeah....probably about right"

 

[Which Tyler]

The Trump Administration Is Quietly Preparing to Bring Back School Segregation - The American Prospect

It starts with vouchers and the destruction of the Office for Civil Rights.

prospect.org

 

[Ragey Erasmus]

Trump is his saying Democrat lawmakers who said gross should refuse to comply with illegal orders should be locked up and / or put to death...

Usual suspects will make excuses of course but this kind of language is unacceptable and should be grounds for impeachment. Regardless of the credibility of the threat, a patient saying members of Congress should be put to death should not be president. There should be no excuses for this sort of behaviour.

 

[Ragey Erasmus]

BBC News - Ex-federal worker accused of staging own attack with slashes, political slurs on body

Lawmaker's former staffer staged violent political attack, police say

A former congressional staffer was accused of faking a political attack that included hiring someone to slice her body.

www.bbc.com

So now a MAGA congressional staffer has paid to fake an attack on her as a false flag... These people are insane.

 

[dirty harry]

BBC News - Ex-federal worker accused of staging own attack with slashes, political slurs on body

Lawmaker's former staffer staged violent political attack, police say

A former congressional staffer was accused of faking a political attack that included hiring someone to slice her body.

www.bbc.com

So now a MAGA congressional staffer has paid to fake an attack on her as a false flag... These people are insane.

Jesus christ she pulled a Smollett?!?!? I had my money on AOC pulling another stunt!

 

[Welsh Exile]

Jesus christ she pulled a Smollett?!?!? I had my money on AOC pulling another stunt!

Leave my queen AOC alone.

 

[Which Tyler]

An amendment to said bill to also condemn fascism was voted down

 

[Which Tyler]

 

[Ragey Erasmus]

An amendment to said bill to also condemn fascism was voted down

Who would have thought?

 

[dirty harry]

This is incredibly laughable.

Mamdani did a great job with Trump, stroked just enough ego to get him onside, didnt pander too much, took the stance of side issue when needed, and managed to keep focused on the very key areas they are absolutely aligned Cost of living, broken politics and New York, which he knows is close to Trumps heart.

Trump was incredibly cool calm and collected, and played the situation very well also, he gave Mamdani a get out clause or 2, went to bat for him against divisive questions, and as Mamdani did stayed on topics of agreement.

Any other comments of the such of the rights memes 'find you a girl who looks like you how Mamdani does Trump' or 'Mamdani twist Trump 180' are just sad attempts to pander to a base.

Both were well aware of sound bite politics and they gave each other just enough to celebrate a 'win' while looking like theres a genuine relationship about to form...

Until there isnt again!

 

[Ragey Erasmus]

Looks like the prosecution of James Comey is falling apart due to a whole litany of legal malpractice, incompetence and straight up lack of evidence. Kinda par for the course considering the woman prosecuting it is an insurance lawyer as all the actual government prosecutors refused to take the case due to lack of evidence...

 

[Ragey Erasmus]

Judge dismisses criminal cases against Trump political adversaries Comey and James

President Donald Trump has repeatedly called for the prosecution of Comey and James, declaring them "guilty as hell".

www.bbc.co.uk

There we go, cases against James Comey and Leticia James thrown out. As the statue of limitations for the case has expired, the government shouldn't be able to simply try to charge him again, even though it was thrown out without prejudice, not that little things like proper legal procedure and the law have ever bothered the Trump administration.

 

[The Seeker]

Trump approval on economy down 15 points since March: Poll

President Trump’s approval on the economy is down 15 points since March, according to a CBS News/YouGov survey released Monday. The poll, conducted late last week, shows 36 percent of Americans approve of Trump’s handling of the economy, down from 51 percent in a poll released in early March...

www.yahoo.com

 

[dirty harry]

Demonstrators use "ice scraper protests" to denounce immigration raids, pressure action from Home Depot

Demonstrators used a unique and symbolic measure to denounce the ongoing immigration actions across Los Angeles County over the weekend at a Home Depot store in Monrovia.

www.cbsnews.com

I cant tell if this is insanely clever or idiotic, bit at least its original.

 

[Vaquer]

 

[Ragey Erasmus]

So in addition to his "piggy" insult, Trump has now decided to lash it at another female reporter calling her "ugly" and yet another one calling her "stupid" because she dared to fact check his claims live.

He's continuing his petty vindictiveness against Biden too, blaming him for the recent shooting. The man is a straight up **** and a disgrace to the office. Also the bullshit that this is a "character" is just that, bullshit. This is why he is, a stupid, petty, nasty, vindictive, envious sack of ****.

 

[Ragey Erasmus]

BBC News - Trump says he will pardon ex-Honduras president convicted of drug trafficking

Trump says he will pardon ex-Honduras president convicted of drug trafficking

Juan Orlando Hernández was sentenced in the US to 45 years behind bars for conspiring to smuggle cocaine.

www.bbc.com

Right when he's launching illegal strikes to destroy supposed drug traffickers, and going after the president of Venezuela for being a drug trafficker, Trump is pardoning an actual convicted drug trafficker...

It's just an extension of his pettiness, the conviction happened during the Biden presidency and in a New York court, so for that reason alone Trump wants to abuse the pardon power.

He is a ****. There's no galaxy brained 4d chess, he's a ******* idiot.

 

[dirty harry]

BBC News - Trump says he will pardon ex-Honduras president convicted of drug trafficking

Trump says he will pardon ex-Honduras president convicted of drug trafficking

Juan Orlando Hernández was sentenced in the US to 45 years behind bars for conspiring to smuggle cocaine.

www.bbc.com

Right when he's launching illegal strikes to destroy supposed drug traffickers, and going after the president of Venezuela for being a drug trafficker, Trump is pardoning an actual convicted drug trafficker...

It's just an extension of his pettiness, the conviction happened during the Biden presidency and in a New York court, so for that reason alone Trump wants to abuse the pardon power.

He is a ****. There's no galaxy brained 4d chess, he's a ******* idiot.

You really think this is about drug trafficking and Maduro?

 

[dirty harry]

So in addition to his "piggy" insult, Trump has now decided to lash it at another female reporter calling her "ugly" and yet another one calling her "stupid" because she dared to fact check his claims live.

He's continuing his petty vindictiveness against Biden too, blaming him for the recent shooting. The man is a straight up **** and a disgrace to the office. Also the bullshit that this is a "character" is just that, bullshit. This is why he is, a stupid, petty, nasty, vindictive, envious sack of ****.

This is laughable, if this was framed sensibly, like Trumps grossness being extended and getting worse as he berates journalists, i think it would start to convice those who voted for him, but the hysterical 'hes saying it to wommmmmmeeeeeeen' faux outrage of 'mysogineeeeeeeeee' is a step too far, and allows the public to see the headline, and switch off and not even consider the story.

Stop pretending to be outraged, and just be calmly upset like a normal person!