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DuncinToffee · 12/11/2025 19:09

Leavitt isn't wearing her cross today

DuncinToffee · 12/11/2025 19:24

The White House confirms Trump officials tried to convince Lauren Boebert today to drop her support for the Epstein files discharge petition.

Once Adelita Grijalva is sworn in this afternoon, majority support will be reached on that discharge petition in the House.

Spandauer · 12/11/2025 20:19

Wonder what they offered her?
(Or threatened her with)

Bluesky (earlier) seemed to think that she and Mace weren't going to withdraw their signatures but we shall see...

...and as more and more files come out, Ghislaine Maxwell has less and less leverage for a pardon or commutation.

thehill.com/homenews/house/5602400-trump-boebert-mace-epstein-petition/amp/

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PerkingFaintly · 12/11/2025 20:24

Jaichangecentfoisdenom · 12/11/2025 18:49

This is odd. So far, no-one seems to know why the Rs have done it. All will be revealed and Trump will be forgiven all his past, present and future mis-steps later today. Probably.

Pretty sure they're trying to bury the first release of three emails.

Deluging the recipient is a well-known tactic which can easily tie up a legal team or hide a needle in a haystack to keep journalists from noticing...
BUT
It doesn't work if the other side has already highlighted the cherries.

BruceAndNosh · 12/11/2025 20:26

DuncinToffee · 12/11/2025 19:09

Leavitt isn't wearing her cross today

Possibly it burned her skin as a heretic

DuncinToffee · 12/11/2025 21:31

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/12/jeffrey-epstein-donald-trump-russia-emails-00648919

Jeffrey Epstein claims he gave Russians insight into Trump

AcrossthePond55 · 12/11/2025 21:31

DuncinToffee · 12/11/2025 19:24

The White House confirms Trump officials tried to convince Lauren Boebert today to drop her support for the Epstein files discharge petition.

Once Adelita Grijalva is sworn in this afternoon, majority support will be reached on that discharge petition in the House.

Grijalva was just sworn in, I just got the 'flash' from CNN on my phone.

DuncinToffee · 12/11/2025 21:34

AcrossthePond55 · 12/11/2025 21:31

Grijalva was just sworn in, I just got the 'flash' from CNN on my phone.

And she just signed the Epstein Files discharge petition.

AcrossthePond55 · 12/11/2025 21:50

Yee HAW! Let the voting commence!

Or rather, I wonder when the voting will begin. Since I took myself out of the loop I really don't know what stage the petition is at.

Edit: Good explanation here:

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/12/house-epstein-files-vote-00647392

AcrossthePond55 · 12/11/2025 22:04

Vote to end the shutdown to take place 'soon' per Jake Tappert (CNN). Of course, 'soon' is a vague timespan in the hallowed halls of Congress. The last time I did a 'vote watch' the vote was to take place 'soon' at around 5pm. It actually took place shortly after midnight.

CaveMum · 12/11/2025 22:28

The mental gymnastics they’re going to have to do to get out of this one 🤣

Surely at this stage all they’ve got is that the Dems must have invented a Time Machine to go back to 2011 and plant all these emails before 🍊 had even considered a run for President😜

AcrossthePond55 · 13/11/2025 00:22

Per CNN:

Spkr Johnson says the Epstein vote 'will take place next week'.

TooBigForMyBoots · 13/11/2025 01:30

Just watched Bev Turner ask the first question (and the 2nd, 3rd, 4th...) at the White House briefing for GB News. What the actual fuck?🤯

Talk about unprofessional! Sychophantic, shit stirring, bad "journalism". She made an embarrassing show of herself.🤦‍♀️

Evenstar · 13/11/2025 09:05

😮

Cobwebs in Congress, Bigly Ballrooms, Tariff Tantrums, Dementia Denials - Trump Thread #150
MO0N · 13/11/2025 12:14

TooBigForMyBoots · 13/11/2025 01:30

Just watched Bev Turner ask the first question (and the 2nd, 3rd, 4th...) at the White House briefing for GB News. What the actual fuck?🤯

Talk about unprofessional! Sychophantic, shit stirring, bad "journalism". She made an embarrassing show of herself.🤦‍♀️

Edited

I don't disagree, but for those who are inclined to watch GB news, well let's just say they have their own set of standards😶

TooBigForMyBoots · 13/11/2025 12:45

One of her guests pulled her up on it and she lost it, ranting about how the BBC wouldn't have her no shit Bev and how a transwoman was "breast" feeding a baby and that was the BBC's fault.🙈

It was brilliant.🤣🤣🤣

MO0N · 13/11/2025 12:58

So Wolff had discussions with Epstein where he told him that he (Epstein) had enough dirt to bring Trump down, trump therefore has a motive to want Epstein dead (in order that he can't tell tales).
Presumably G Maxwell also knows about said dirt, but he can't have her killed, it would be too obvious. So he's keeping her sweet with the best prison conditions he can arrange for her so that she keeps quiet.

AcrossthePond55 · 13/11/2025 14:56

This whole Epstein emails, lies, and whataboutery from SCROTUS reminds me of that age old adage "Oh what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive".

Problem is, although he hasn't deceived those who see him for what he really is, he HAS deceived those who want to see him for what he really is not!

Another worry is what crisis is he going to create to deflect attention now that the shutdown is over. Scary thought.

CaveMum · 13/11/2025 15:21

jumpingthehighjump · 13/11/2025 15:19

BREAKING: Jeffrey Epstein and Donald Trump spent Thanksgiving together in 2017. While Trump was in office.

WTAF 🫨🫨🫨

https://twitter.com/SpencerHakimian/status/1988818473481621522

😱 how are they going to spin that?!

AcrossthePond55 · 13/11/2025 15:51

@CaveMum

No spin needed because it's all 'fake news' and 'never happened'. Those who seek the truth, know the truth when we see it. Those that don't want to know will accept whatever shit he puts out there.

But for those of us who have a functioning brain, let us channel our inner Lt Joe Kenda when evidence starts to emerge in one of his cases: "Well, my, my, my".

PerkingFaintly · 13/11/2025 16:10

jumpingthehighjump · 13/11/2025 15:19

BREAKING: Jeffrey Epstein and Donald Trump spent Thanksgiving together in 2017. While Trump was in office.

WTAF 🫨🫨🫨

https://twitter.com/SpencerHakimian/status/1988818473481621522

Wut? Shock

PerkingFaintly · 13/11/2025 16:19

TooBigForMyBoots · 13/11/2025 01:30

Just watched Bev Turner ask the first question (and the 2nd, 3rd, 4th...) at the White House briefing for GB News. What the actual fuck?🤯

Talk about unprofessional! Sychophantic, shit stirring, bad "journalism". She made an embarrassing show of herself.🤦‍♀️

Edited

I don't fancy trawling through them all to make a fair assessment, so I could be wrong, but has anyone else noticed an unfortunate overlap between some of the loudest self-proclaimedly "patriotic" British figures (GB News, some Tory politicians) and those most frenziedly brown-nosing Trump while dissing the BBC?

SerendipityJane · 13/11/2025 16:38

PerkingFaintly · 13/11/2025 16:19

I don't fancy trawling through them all to make a fair assessment, so I could be wrong, but has anyone else noticed an unfortunate overlap between some of the loudest self-proclaimedly "patriotic" British figures (GB News, some Tory politicians) and those most frenziedly brown-nosing Trump while dissing the BBC?

Maybe that paranoid idea of a cabal of high profile abusers wasn't so short of some sort of truth ?

I'm not saying that the people defending Trump are paedophiles or abusers - that's for others to say. However I find myself asking, if they were then would they protest too much, rather than remain quietly out of the media ?

Be curious to see if this comment stands.

AcrossthePond55 · 13/11/2025 16:50

@PerkingFaintly

I've sort of noticed the direction the 'right' is taking in the UK, although not in a 'deep' way and certainly not as one knowledgeable of the 'nuances' of UK politics.

It seems to me things are starting to get kind of 'Trumpian' there, although nowhere near the way things are here and not to say it will go that way. I don't mean Trumpian in actual governmental policies or actions. Just little things I've read and politicians of a certain ilk have said. Sort of like a small sound in your house that makes you go 'What was that?" but not loud enough to make you get up and look IYSWIM. But I think enough that perhaps people should be a bit concerned and start paying close attention. And becoming politically active. After all, our 'downfall' was in thinking "Oh it could never happen here!" and sitting on our complacent and apathetic arses. And then it did.

I think I read somewhere that Musk is starting to get involved (or try to get involved) in UK politics. It was during my 'dark time' so I didn't pay close attention, but if he starts throwing money at certain political figures the UK could find a DOGE in the UK.

Out of curiosity, does Musk have any kind of citizenship/'nationality' portential in the UK since he was born in a Commonwealth country? Would he be able to hold political office in the UK? He's already holds SA, US, and Canadian citizenship. Maybe he wants to collect another one?

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