And now those 17 agencies seem to be fully on the side of Trump and Putin. It's no longer a rogue President; it's a betrayal the magnitude of which we did not imagine, just six years ago. True, many of us are outraged. But the outrage is muffled, when it needs to be deafening.
No, the intelligence agencies are not on Trump's side. The leadership of those agencies is carried out by Trump supporters who will not release anything that denies Trump's version of "truth". Most, a majority, of federal employees work for us, not Trump. Don't mistake the information released by Trump toadies with the assessments of intelligence professionals.
The good people in national intelligence, the professionals, are trying to do their jobs. But they are being silenced and purged at agency after agency.
Don't blame the agencies, blame the administration for its narrow and biased views on what is patriotic or true. We have to be clear about who we are protesting. Yes, the agency heads are pushing Trumpian propaganda because they can and believe that they own the majority, but a majority of Americans are NOT with the administration and we need to keep telling them that more people in America did NOT vote for this crap than who did - and even those who voted for it are having second thoughts.
Kompromat. Hmmm. As Heather Cox Richardson offered in one of her newsletters this week, perhaps Putin has proof of Trump's actual involvement with Epstein's girls. If the Russians were able to hack Hillary's emails, what makes us think that they haven't hacked the Epstein files, or any of the surveillance cameras throughout Epstein's many residences? We know that world leaders work up detailed profiles of other leaders so that they know what they are dealing with in any negotiation or meeting. It's likely the US intel community has such a profile on Putin but Trump can't read and Tulsi wouldn't dare give him bad news. I'm not a conspiracy freak, but I don't think it's a stretch to conclude Putin definitely has kompromat and that Trump is terrified of it getting out. And as for any "peace" deal regarding Ukraine, it is only right and proper that Zelensky says to those two evil autocrats: go fuck yourselves.
If you look at the cases where victims sued & the court approved settlements with JP Morgan and Deutsche Bank & statements from Senator Wyden you can see Epstein’s money trail passed through Russia and other foreign countries. Wyden’s staff found over $1.5B and 4,700+ transactions flagged due to those cases. (There are links to other info on his investigation in the article.) This administration cut off access at Treasury to review the flagged transactions. (The US Virgin Islands also filed and received a settlement.)
I probably should mention that Epstein started his own ‘modeling agency’ about 2004, MC2. It was similar to trump’s. This is maybe not so coincidentally when the Epstein / Trump friendship may have begun fraying. He put $1M into a partnership with Jean-Luc Brunel. He was arrested returning to France after evading French police by traveling the world. He was wanted after charges were brought in the NY against Epstein. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60443518
It has received some. Enough for Leavitt to claim it was all fake news. He was not at the point where they could draw conclusions. I think of it as another example of complaints for Dems not doing anything are often tied to not having any of the levers of power. It puts Dems at a disadvantage with the media which knows nothing will come of his statements because the Senate is not going to subpoena them or demand access.
But we will remain here on the dark side of the mountain if there is no one to shed some light on the truth. Yes, I believed as you did in 2018 that we were being offered a lot of malarkey when Trump spoke for Putin, and so many believed him. We’ll be given that same entree again from Alaska this week. The brave and the knowledgeable must step up to honor Ukraine.
Putin has everything on Trump. That’s why Donny does his bidding for him. Like Steven mentioned, Russia has been priming The Convict since the mid 80’s for just this moment.
These meetings are the laughingstock of the world now even as they are equally as dismaying. We and the world look on in disgust, as these performative coffee klatches appear by design to continue to solidify the mutual financial benefit between the two of them. But why Alaska? Do they still have their sights set on Greenland? Is that Trump’s ‘finger in the eye’ to Lisa Murkowski? I still can’t wrap my mind around four long years of this fox cleaning out the open hen house through a door left wide open by congress and the Supreme Court. Where does this end? With ICE-retained retirees and young thugs roaming the streets looking for illegal immigrants because they can’t find other employment? With a Justice Department rounding up “the usual suspects” because Trump can’t abide criticism or admit that he WON the 2016 election with a “little help from his friend”? The path always seems to end at Russia’s door…and that scares the hell out of me.
Thanks for this post. It brings it all back to our memory—the bond of Trump and Putin. Trump knows most Americans do not trust Putin, and that is why he always tries to sound like he is the strong one in this relationship. In reality, he allows Putin to do what he wants with Ukraine. He has NEVER gone against Russia with any true force or pushback. It has all been talk.
It is not a stretch to believe that Putin and Co. has multiple credible instances of Trump misbehaving. Having grown up a stones throw from NYC, it remains a mystery how someone we considered a male version of Paris Hilton, woman- pestering his way through Studio 54, could be president. Twice.
The thing is…everyone realizes that Trump is a horrid person ..so why would he care about any other “things” become public? His Cult will only love him even more.
This could be Stephen Beschloss’s most important column ever, in that he lays out for us the traitorous ways of the Orange Menace, one-by-one. It’s something most of us knew, but bringing it to the fore is critical. Unfortunately, I and all of you are powerless to stop this betrayal. Know that in the future, like the word “quisling,” Trump will be a synonym for traitor.
Meeting Putin in Alaska. Alaska which ‘belonged’ to Russia at one time; where remnants of its distinctive architecture, names and beauty of Russian Orthodox Churches remain. Less spoken of the Sitka Massacre, enslavement of indigenous people or their status as subhumans while under Russian domination. Politico wrote about this in 2023 as a warning and explanation of why Ukraine resists Russia’s invasion. Something not forgotten where Putin is headed.
U.S. BANKS stopped lending to TRUMP after the CASINO fiascos in which he overspent & had no personal commitment in violation of NJ GAMING REGULATIONS. RUSSIA subsequently bailed TRUMP out, paid a premium for real estate money laundering schemes. (Now Trump is going after banks for discriminating against him?).
Note that RUDY GHOULiani made his reputation by prosecuting 'organized crime,' but ignored the Russian Mafia.
David Cay Johnston wrote 2 well researched books about TRUMP'S CASINOS.
SENATOR RON WYDEN has reported on the TREASURY WIRE TRANSFERS to one EPSTEIN account. Those need to be investigated.
excerpt:
There are specifics: Banks flagged more than $1.5 billion in transactions involving Epstein. They included “thousands of wire transfers for the purchase and sale of artwork for rich friends, fees paid to Mr. Epstein by wealthy individuals, and payments to numerous women.” Very intriguing.
Jeffrey Epstein’s ties to Russia’s underworld will be explored in new book
excerpt:
Two weeks after the death of disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, publisher Dutton announced a new book that will explore his connections with the Russian underworld.
Journalist Craig Unger, author of “House of Trump, House of Putin: The Untold Story of Donald Trump and the Russian Mafia,” will release a new book about Russian connections to public figures, including Epstein, U.S. Atty. Gen. William Barr and President Trump, the Penguin Random House imprint revealed Tuesday.
The publisher said the book, due for release in 2020 and as yet untitled, “will contain deeply reported, explosive newsbreaks that shed new light on Russian ties to powerful politicians and financiers.”
The Department of Justice did not respond to request for comment about Unger’s book.
Amanda Walker, Dutton’s publicity director, said the book was in the works before Epstein died in custody on Aug. 10 while awaiting trial on new sex trafficking charges. His death was ruled a suicide.
“In light of Jeffrey Epstein’s recent suicide, Unger will pursue the story behind his death as the news unfolds and will continue to research his connections using the civil suits against his estate and the prosecution of his co-conspirators,” the Dutton announcement said.
Excerpt from CRAIG UNGER's book indicates PUTIN has EPSTEIN's VIDEOS....
American Kompromat: How the KGB Cultivated Donald Trump, and Related Tales of Sex, Greed, Power, and Treachery
READ Craig Unger's book(s) available from your public library:
American Kompromat: How the KGB Cultivated Donald Trump, and Related Tales of Sex, Greed, Power, and Treachery Hardcover – January 26, 2021 by Craig Unger (Author)
RUSSIA HAS THE VIDEOS!
• How John Mark Dougan, a former deputy sheriff in Mar-a-Lago’s Palm Beach County, says he acquired 478 videos confiscated from the Jeffrey Epstein investigation, fled to Moscow, became only the fourth American to win asylum in Russia, and immediately gained access to Putin’s inner circle, showing the ongoing power that comes from kompromat and how its value is highest before it is “used.”
ADDITIONAL COMMENT:
Most importantly, is the story of Deputy Sheriff John Mark Dougan. He was a former Palm Beach County sheriff’s deputy and was “under investigation by the FBI for allegedly collaborating with Russian military intelligence to spread misinformation about Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign. (25 WPBF News, written by Malcolm Shields, October 25, 2024) Before his arrest, Dougan snatched from the Evidence Room all 478 videos from Epstein’s files. He then drove to Toronto and caught a plane to Moscow.” According to Craig Unger, “Dougan was only the 4th American to receive asylum in Russia.” He presented the Russians evidence - known in Russia as Kompromat - to be used against worldwide leaders - including Donald Trump.
FLIGHTS have been documented:
Jeffrey Epstein’s island: What really happened there?
Accusers say billionaire’s private paradise of Little St James in U.S. Virgin Islands was centre of international sex trafficking ring
Trump is a self-serving liar whose motivation seems to be being honored with a Nobel Peace Prize. But for what? Consorting with Putin, who has been charged by the World Court for serious crimes against humanity? For selling out Ukraine in a typical bullying fashion? For cozying up to Netanyahu? Hell NO!
I hope you’re wrong about Trump’s desire to get Putin’s support in an attempt to seize Greenland, although given who we’re talking about, it’s hardly unlikely. I’ve long suspected that Putin has information on Trump— he wouldn’t be giving him the time of day otherwise. Trump’s attraction to Putin could be attributed to his fondness for strongmen, his constant desire for attention on the world stage, insecurity and, yes, fear. I blame the Republican leadership for setting up our country for assault and their complicity in furthering Trump’s agenda of vengeance, destruction and mind boggling ignorance.
Steven as much as I look forward each day to reading your factual and honest Commentary…it’s beginning to feel like salt is being rubbed into an open wound that is not being allowed to heal! Not faulting you…far from it! As far as the rest of Media Majority is concerned…they aren’t worth the Powder to blow them to Hell! Incidentally, that’s beginning to include the mindless Electorate that put tRump et al into office as well. My only hope…they’re getting screwed worse than the rest of us! By the way…what ever happened to our surging, peaceful resistance. Oh..for those of you that may have forgotten already…I refer to the “No Kings flash in the pan demonstrations”?
I’m hoping that some International Agency swoops in and arrests Putin and Trump in Alaska. For those of you who would be offended by such an incursion on American soil…why have you not demanded the same action regarding the Criminal Cabal currently wreaking havoc on American soil…my advice…WAKE THE “F” UP! Have a soul searching “Read In” of Steven’s commentaries on events since tRump seized the Presidency!!!!
That meeting in Helsinki (as gross as it was) feels quaint compared to everything he has done to this country in just 7 months. None of our business?!! Day in and day out we are bombarded with attacks on the laws and norms that have held our democracy together. Their Project 2025 is "flooding the zone" so we can't keep up and I'm afraid it's working as planned
When are we going to stop all this craziness by modernizing the Constitution so the PEOPLE HAVE THE POWER TO RECALL OUT OF CONTROL DESTRUCTIVE OFFICIALS instead of waiting 4 years for the next scheduled election. We can use our inalienable rights and the Bill of Rights to hold a private, invitation only assembly to work out the text and then let the people approve the modernized version in a state by state plebiscite followed by a RECALL VOTE!
The PEOPLE will vote for Trump again and again until he dies. They like an over-weight, uneducated MAN who wears make-up and cannot put together a complete thought or sentence and who lies and commits crimes. He represents America. America will show its disdain for Democracy when we elect even more Republicans who align themselves with Trump. Recall votes will recall only the worst.
We won;t need approval of a political party or legislature. We are the Governed with Inalienable rights to chose the type of self rule we want. The fact that the RINOs are only a few states short means that people better get behind my movement and quickly. We just need 10-20 lawyers with Constitutional expertise like Laurence Tribe at Harvard and 220-40 open minded pro-democracy citizens willing to donate their time. We could then approach a law school to provide meeting rooms (and dormitory space?) set up a non-profit and raise funds, or fund our own costs to attend. The major expense would be a state by state mailer with the doculent and a ballot to return with the voters name address and social security number to prove they are a legitimate citizen. Once we have the people we can find a consensus on when are where to meet. The Founding Fathers were it able to do it in about a month and they had no existing model and had to create one. We have the skeleton of a Constituion that has worked for 250 years, we could you this and remove the impediments andd corrup[ted parts. LOOK FOR THE POSITIVES, NOT THE ROAD BLOCKS. THING POSITIVE AND DO WHAT YOU CAN TO SPREAD THE WORD AND CONTACT PEOPLE AND LAW SCHOOL FACULTY LIKE I HAVE BEEN DOING TO ENCOURAGE INVOLVEMENT. The more people who do the more courage they will acquire. If the MAGA RINOs beat us it will be harder but not to late because they will NEVER seek a plebiscite that allows a dictatorship. Our movement and modernized Constitution is to make our democracy more perfect and we the Governed more powerful in oversight =to avoid dictatorship or further destruction of our freedoms.
But recalling a few will put the politicians on notice that they can no longer protect each other, nor can big money. We can do that in California. They\ Republicans even tried twice to recall Newsome and failed. Bu
t we did recall a California Supreme Court Chief justice a while back when we refused to reinstate her. It is much harder to buy the votes of 25-30 million voters than to buy 67 Senators to prevent Impeachment and Removal. Trump beat that weak bullet twice.Impeqchment by the House and removal by the Senate is no longer a reality. Remember 100 Senators could not find Trump guilty when Impeached twice, but 12 Democratic and Republican jurors did in New York on 34 counts of tax evasion.
Here are 100 protest signs. The moment demands protest. To each it should be unmistakable—urgent and morally unassailable. I speak for justice, duty, and shared humanity. Act now for those we must protect. Rise. We have protests to do. Good trouble. Restack these signs to spread your wealth.
And now those 17 agencies seem to be fully on the side of Trump and Putin. It's no longer a rogue President; it's a betrayal the magnitude of which we did not imagine, just six years ago. True, many of us are outraged. But the outrage is muffled, when it needs to be deafening.
Too many citizens are not paying enough attention.
No, the intelligence agencies are not on Trump's side. The leadership of those agencies is carried out by Trump supporters who will not release anything that denies Trump's version of "truth". Most, a majority, of federal employees work for us, not Trump. Don't mistake the information released by Trump toadies with the assessments of intelligence professionals.
The good people in national intelligence, the professionals, are trying to do their jobs. But they are being silenced and purged at agency after agency.
https://www.axios.com/2025/05/15/gabbard-fires-intelligence-officials-venezuela-tren-de-aragua
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/08/07/trump-fbi-patel-dismissals-jan6/
Don't blame the agencies, blame the administration for its narrow and biased views on what is patriotic or true. We have to be clear about who we are protesting. Yes, the agency heads are pushing Trumpian propaganda because they can and believe that they own the majority, but a majority of Americans are NOT with the administration and we need to keep telling them that more people in America did NOT vote for this crap than who did - and even those who voted for it are having second thoughts.
Kompromat. Hmmm. As Heather Cox Richardson offered in one of her newsletters this week, perhaps Putin has proof of Trump's actual involvement with Epstein's girls. If the Russians were able to hack Hillary's emails, what makes us think that they haven't hacked the Epstein files, or any of the surveillance cameras throughout Epstein's many residences? We know that world leaders work up detailed profiles of other leaders so that they know what they are dealing with in any negotiation or meeting. It's likely the US intel community has such a profile on Putin but Trump can't read and Tulsi wouldn't dare give him bad news. I'm not a conspiracy freak, but I don't think it's a stretch to conclude Putin definitely has kompromat and that Trump is terrified of it getting out. And as for any "peace" deal regarding Ukraine, it is only right and proper that Zelensky says to those two evil autocrats: go fuck yourselves.
The entire WORLD realizes what a monster Trump is…so, whatever they have on him must be beyond our imaginations.
"The entire WORLD" -- minus the 77 million USians who voted for him, and their equivalent right-wingers in any number of other countries.
If you look at the cases where victims sued & the court approved settlements with JP Morgan and Deutsche Bank & statements from Senator Wyden you can see Epstein’s money trail passed through Russia and other foreign countries. Wyden’s staff found over $1.5B and 4,700+ transactions flagged due to those cases. (There are links to other info on his investigation in the article.) This administration cut off access at Treasury to review the flagged transactions. (The US Virgin Islands also filed and received a settlement.)
https://www.finance.senate.gov/ranking-members-news/as-trump-sits-on-key-epstein-files-wyden-lays-out-follow-the-money-investigation-for-doj
I probably should mention that Epstein started his own ‘modeling agency’ about 2004, MC2. It was similar to trump’s. This is maybe not so coincidentally when the Epstein / Trump friendship may have begun fraying. He put $1M into a partnership with Jean-Luc Brunel. He was arrested returning to France after evading French police by traveling the world. He was wanted after charges were brought in the NY against Epstein. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60443518
Wyden’s research should be headlined in the media. Why isn’t it?
It has received some. Enough for Leavitt to claim it was all fake news. He was not at the point where they could draw conclusions. I think of it as another example of complaints for Dems not doing anything are often tied to not having any of the levers of power. It puts Dems at a disadvantage with the media which knows nothing will come of his statements because the Senate is not going to subpoena them or demand access.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/wyden-says-trump-admin-sitting-214344500.html
But we will remain here on the dark side of the mountain if there is no one to shed some light on the truth. Yes, I believed as you did in 2018 that we were being offered a lot of malarkey when Trump spoke for Putin, and so many believed him. We’ll be given that same entree again from Alaska this week. The brave and the knowledgeable must step up to honor Ukraine.
Putin has everything on Trump. That’s why Donny does his bidding for him. Like Steven mentioned, Russia has been priming The Convict since the mid 80’s for just this moment.
These meetings are the laughingstock of the world now even as they are equally as dismaying. We and the world look on in disgust, as these performative coffee klatches appear by design to continue to solidify the mutual financial benefit between the two of them. But why Alaska? Do they still have their sights set on Greenland? Is that Trump’s ‘finger in the eye’ to Lisa Murkowski? I still can’t wrap my mind around four long years of this fox cleaning out the open hen house through a door left wide open by congress and the Supreme Court. Where does this end? With ICE-retained retirees and young thugs roaming the streets looking for illegal immigrants because they can’t find other employment? With a Justice Department rounding up “the usual suspects” because Trump can’t abide criticism or admit that he WON the 2016 election with a “little help from his friend”? The path always seems to end at Russia’s door…and that scares the hell out of me.
The Red Russian Republican Party has aided and abetted this traitor….
Lisa’s being really, really QUIET about this, isn’t she? Will she be serving Tea to them?
Why was he allowed to launder Russian money for decades with no consequences? Why are known Russian assets in our government?
Many traitors inside now.
Thanks for this post. It brings it all back to our memory—the bond of Trump and Putin. Trump knows most Americans do not trust Putin, and that is why he always tries to sound like he is the strong one in this relationship. In reality, he allows Putin to do what he wants with Ukraine. He has NEVER gone against Russia with any true force or pushback. It has all been talk.
It is not a stretch to believe that Putin and Co. has multiple credible instances of Trump misbehaving. Having grown up a stones throw from NYC, it remains a mystery how someone we considered a male version of Paris Hilton, woman- pestering his way through Studio 54, could be president. Twice.
The thing is…everyone realizes that Trump is a horrid person ..so why would he care about any other “things” become public? His Cult will only love him even more.
This could be Stephen Beschloss’s most important column ever, in that he lays out for us the traitorous ways of the Orange Menace, one-by-one. It’s something most of us knew, but bringing it to the fore is critical. Unfortunately, I and all of you are powerless to stop this betrayal. Know that in the future, like the word “quisling,” Trump will be a synonym for traitor.
Meeting Putin in Alaska. Alaska which ‘belonged’ to Russia at one time; where remnants of its distinctive architecture, names and beauty of Russian Orthodox Churches remain. Less spoken of the Sitka Massacre, enslavement of indigenous people or their status as subhumans while under Russian domination. Politico wrote about this in 2023 as a warning and explanation of why Ukraine resists Russia’s invasion. Something not forgotten where Putin is headed.
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/10/27/russia-colonization-alaska-ukraine-00123352
Keep asking questions!
U.S. BANKS stopped lending to TRUMP after the CASINO fiascos in which he overspent & had no personal commitment in violation of NJ GAMING REGULATIONS. RUSSIA subsequently bailed TRUMP out, paid a premium for real estate money laundering schemes. (Now Trump is going after banks for discriminating against him?).
Note that RUDY GHOULiani made his reputation by prosecuting 'organized crime,' but ignored the Russian Mafia.
David Cay Johnston wrote 2 well researched books about TRUMP'S CASINOS.
SENATOR RON WYDEN has reported on the TREASURY WIRE TRANSFERS to one EPSTEIN account. Those need to be investigated.
excerpt:
There are specifics: Banks flagged more than $1.5 billion in transactions involving Epstein. They included “thousands of wire transfers for the purchase and sale of artwork for rich friends, fees paid to Mr. Epstein by wealthy individuals, and payments to numerous women.” Very intriguing.
The Republican Party’s Assault on Democracy:
From George W. Bush to Donald Trump
https://www.craigunger.com/books
ALTHOUGH WE'D NEVER PURCHASE FROM AMAZON, THEY OFFER REASONABLE INFORMATION ABOUT CRAIG UNGER'S BOOK - SURELY AVAILABLE FROM YOUR PUBLIC LIBRARY
Craig Unger
https://www.amazon.com/stores/Craig%20Unger/author/B001H6EMQO
THIS BOOK WAS RIVETING!
Jeffrey Epstein’s ties to Russia’s underworld will be explored in new book
excerpt:
Two weeks after the death of disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, publisher Dutton announced a new book that will explore his connections with the Russian underworld.
Journalist Craig Unger, author of “House of Trump, House of Putin: The Untold Story of Donald Trump and the Russian Mafia,” will release a new book about Russian connections to public figures, including Epstein, U.S. Atty. Gen. William Barr and President Trump, the Penguin Random House imprint revealed Tuesday.
The publisher said the book, due for release in 2020 and as yet untitled, “will contain deeply reported, explosive newsbreaks that shed new light on Russian ties to powerful politicians and financiers.”
The Department of Justice did not respond to request for comment about Unger’s book.
Amanda Walker, Dutton’s publicity director, said the book was in the works before Epstein died in custody on Aug. 10 while awaiting trial on new sex trafficking charges. His death was ruled a suicide.
“In light of Jeffrey Epstein’s recent suicide, Unger will pursue the story behind his death as the news unfolds and will continue to research his connections using the civil suits against his estate and the prosecution of his co-conspirators,” the Dutton announcement said.
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2019-08-27/jeffrey-epstein-russian-ties-craig-unger
Excerpt from CRAIG UNGER's book indicates PUTIN has EPSTEIN's VIDEOS....
American Kompromat: How the KGB Cultivated Donald Trump, and Related Tales of Sex, Greed, Power, and Treachery
READ Craig Unger's book(s) available from your public library:
American Kompromat: How the KGB Cultivated Donald Trump, and Related Tales of Sex, Greed, Power, and Treachery Hardcover – January 26, 2021 by Craig Unger (Author)
RUSSIA HAS THE VIDEOS!
• How John Mark Dougan, a former deputy sheriff in Mar-a-Lago’s Palm Beach County, says he acquired 478 videos confiscated from the Jeffrey Epstein investigation, fled to Moscow, became only the fourth American to win asylum in Russia, and immediately gained access to Putin’s inner circle, showing the ongoing power that comes from kompromat and how its value is highest before it is “used.”
ADDITIONAL COMMENT:
Most importantly, is the story of Deputy Sheriff John Mark Dougan. He was a former Palm Beach County sheriff’s deputy and was “under investigation by the FBI for allegedly collaborating with Russian military intelligence to spread misinformation about Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign. (25 WPBF News, written by Malcolm Shields, October 25, 2024) Before his arrest, Dougan snatched from the Evidence Room all 478 videos from Epstein’s files. He then drove to Toronto and caught a plane to Moscow.” According to Craig Unger, “Dougan was only the 4th American to receive asylum in Russia.” He presented the Russians evidence - known in Russia as Kompromat - to be used against worldwide leaders - including Donald Trump.
FLIGHTS have been documented:
Jeffrey Epstein’s island: What really happened there?
Accusers say billionaire’s private paradise of Little St James in U.S. Virgin Islands was centre of international sex trafficking ring
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/crime/jeffrey-epstein-island-where-virginia-giuffre-visitors-b2740242.html
THE GUARDIAN PANNED UNGER'S BOOK:
Review
American Kompromat review: Trump, Russia, Epstein … and a lot we just don't know
This article is more than 4 years old
A new book on the old president is titillating but scattershot, a compendium of wild stories and salacious accusations
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/feb/07/american-kompromat-review-trump-russia-epstein-craig-unger
The FBI cleaned out EPSTEIN'S ISLAND - where's the information?
This is a history of EPSTEIN'S ISLAND
https://youtu.be/WkVFLjB6lDQ?si=xdFtwe2N-xw8xjr4
Trump is a self-serving liar whose motivation seems to be being honored with a Nobel Peace Prize. But for what? Consorting with Putin, who has been charged by the World Court for serious crimes against humanity? For selling out Ukraine in a typical bullying fashion? For cozying up to Netanyahu? Hell NO!
I hope you’re wrong about Trump’s desire to get Putin’s support in an attempt to seize Greenland, although given who we’re talking about, it’s hardly unlikely. I’ve long suspected that Putin has information on Trump— he wouldn’t be giving him the time of day otherwise. Trump’s attraction to Putin could be attributed to his fondness for strongmen, his constant desire for attention on the world stage, insecurity and, yes, fear. I blame the Republican leadership for setting up our country for assault and their complicity in furthering Trump’s agenda of vengeance, destruction and mind boggling ignorance.
Steven as much as I look forward each day to reading your factual and honest Commentary…it’s beginning to feel like salt is being rubbed into an open wound that is not being allowed to heal! Not faulting you…far from it! As far as the rest of Media Majority is concerned…they aren’t worth the Powder to blow them to Hell! Incidentally, that’s beginning to include the mindless Electorate that put tRump et al into office as well. My only hope…they’re getting screwed worse than the rest of us! By the way…what ever happened to our surging, peaceful resistance. Oh..for those of you that may have forgotten already…I refer to the “No Kings flash in the pan demonstrations”?
I’m hoping that some International Agency swoops in and arrests Putin and Trump in Alaska. For those of you who would be offended by such an incursion on American soil…why have you not demanded the same action regarding the Criminal Cabal currently wreaking havoc on American soil…my advice…WAKE THE “F” UP! Have a soul searching “Read In” of Steven’s commentaries on events since tRump seized the Presidency!!!!
That meeting in Helsinki (as gross as it was) feels quaint compared to everything he has done to this country in just 7 months. None of our business?!! Day in and day out we are bombarded with attacks on the laws and norms that have held our democracy together. Their Project 2025 is "flooding the zone" so we can't keep up and I'm afraid it's working as planned
His TOADIES a/k/a the Red Russian Republican Party will also obey.
When are we going to stop all this craziness by modernizing the Constitution so the PEOPLE HAVE THE POWER TO RECALL OUT OF CONTROL DESTRUCTIVE OFFICIALS instead of waiting 4 years for the next scheduled election. We can use our inalienable rights and the Bill of Rights to hold a private, invitation only assembly to work out the text and then let the people approve the modernized version in a state by state plebiscite followed by a RECALL VOTE!
The PEOPLE will vote for Trump again and again until he dies. They like an over-weight, uneducated MAN who wears make-up and cannot put together a complete thought or sentence and who lies and commits crimes. He represents America. America will show its disdain for Democracy when we elect even more Republicans who align themselves with Trump. Recall votes will recall only the worst.
Keep in mind that the Republican plans for a Constitution Convention is just a few states short of approval. https://www.commoncause.org/articles/a-constitutional-convention-with-no-guardrails-is-a-real-possibility-we-must-stop-it/
We won;t need approval of a political party or legislature. We are the Governed with Inalienable rights to chose the type of self rule we want. The fact that the RINOs are only a few states short means that people better get behind my movement and quickly. We just need 10-20 lawyers with Constitutional expertise like Laurence Tribe at Harvard and 220-40 open minded pro-democracy citizens willing to donate their time. We could then approach a law school to provide meeting rooms (and dormitory space?) set up a non-profit and raise funds, or fund our own costs to attend. The major expense would be a state by state mailer with the doculent and a ballot to return with the voters name address and social security number to prove they are a legitimate citizen. Once we have the people we can find a consensus on when are where to meet. The Founding Fathers were it able to do it in about a month and they had no existing model and had to create one. We have the skeleton of a Constituion that has worked for 250 years, we could you this and remove the impediments andd corrup[ted parts. LOOK FOR THE POSITIVES, NOT THE ROAD BLOCKS. THING POSITIVE AND DO WHAT YOU CAN TO SPREAD THE WORD AND CONTACT PEOPLE AND LAW SCHOOL FACULTY LIKE I HAVE BEEN DOING TO ENCOURAGE INVOLVEMENT. The more people who do the more courage they will acquire. If the MAGA RINOs beat us it will be harder but not to late because they will NEVER seek a plebiscite that allows a dictatorship. Our movement and modernized Constitution is to make our democracy more perfect and we the Governed more powerful in oversight =to avoid dictatorship or further destruction of our freedoms.
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I agree with George Washington…there should be NO PARTIES…power corrupts…
But recalling a few will put the politicians on notice that they can no longer protect each other, nor can big money. We can do that in California. They\ Republicans even tried twice to recall Newsome and failed. Bu
t we did recall a California Supreme Court Chief justice a while back when we refused to reinstate her. It is much harder to buy the votes of 25-30 million voters than to buy 67 Senators to prevent Impeachment and Removal. Trump beat that weak bullet twice.Impeqchment by the House and removal by the Senate is no longer a reality. Remember 100 Senators could not find Trump guilty when Impeached twice, but 12 Democratic and Republican jurors did in New York on 34 counts of tax evasion.
Here are 100 protest signs. The moment demands protest. To each it should be unmistakable—urgent and morally unassailable. I speak for justice, duty, and shared humanity. Act now for those we must protect. Rise. We have protests to do. Good trouble. Restack these signs to spread your wealth.
https://hotbuttons.substack.com/p/100-free-protest-signs?r=3m1bs
It would be helpful if America still had an actual MSM to cover the TRUTH