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Stories the felon does not want you to see (with poll) [1]
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Date: 2025-09-17
Why do we keep hearing about Charlie Kirk?
The right is trying to blame us for it. Lying doesn’t bother them. Nor does lack of logic.
One goal is to vilify us and to reunite their factions, which have been fracturing. Nothing like a common enemy to cause unity! (But those fracturing factions are an opportunity.)
The felon hopes that we on the left will be spending all our time talking about why the accusations are not true, and ignore the terrible news that he’s generating in so many areas.
That’s why it’s more important than ever to elevate these stories, the stories that are actually true and will weaken the felon’s grip on the country as we shed light on the corruption and the weakness and the weird incompetence.
As always, I welcome more points in the comments. The felon and the maladministration are doing so much damage at home and abroad it’s not possible to track all the stories.
EPSTEIN
Despite the DOJ’s stonewalling with respect to the Esptein files, there are other sources with respect to Epstein, the felon, and other abusers.
Emails — much more interesting than the Hillary Clinton emails! — 18000 were released by Bloomberg.
Birthday letter
handwriting analysis shows it’s the felon’s letter Sky News via MSN (Note Sky News used to be run by Murdoch but is now owned by Comcast) (I could not figure out who wrote it)
Graphologist Emma Bache compared the signature with others the president wrote at the time, and told Sky News: "It is very much the signature he had in the 2000s. I can absolutely say it is Donald Trump's." ✂️ "It's incredibly distinctive. If we look at the way he has formed the 'o' of Donald, it's actually a circle. "He also has a very long horizontal stroke at the end of his name - which funnily enough is saying to people 'keep away' - and it's absolutely identical in pressure, in length and formation of about every single stroke (to his current official signature)." She said the capital 'D' of his name in the Epstein message, was also very distinctive and exactly the same as another letter written in 1996 and 2000.
I mean, we can all see it, so let’s not deny our eyes. Still, it’s nice to have an expert with some extra information.
Then, there were two bits to that letter that were unusual “enigmas never age” and “May every day be another wonderful secret”
Interestingly, enigma and gamine are currently two of the most searched-for words in Merriam Webster. So this story is sparking interest.
And, what does “wonderful secret” mean? It’s an anagram for “C**T DEFLOWERERS”. Ugh.
Yeah, you can tell me that this is a coincidence. I don’t buy it.
Maxwell / Epstein correspondence Jason Leopold, Ava Benny-Morrison, Jeff Kao, Dhruy Mehrotra, Surya Mattu, Harry Wilson, Max Abelson Bloomberg News
The emails, part of a cache of more than 18,000 obtained by Bloomberg News, show that Maxwell and Epstein were closer, in many respects, than either publicly admitted. Maxwell opened at least one foreign bank account using one of his addresses, was a named director on one of Epstein’s main revenue-generating companies and traded stock in a company they were both invested in, details that haven’t been previously reported. The pair discussed undergoing a shared fertility procedure, long after Maxwell claims she largely disassociated from him. They corresponded about discrediting women who raised allegations against them, including in one exchange where Maxwell said she planned to circulate compromising information on one of Epstein’s sexual-abuse victims.
As Lawrence O’Donnell pointed out in The Last Word on Monday night (9/15), these emails prove that Maxwell perjured herself when she spoke to Todd Blanche. Because she said she didn’t have much of a relationship with Epstein in later years. But that’s a lie.
Bankers: How JP Morgan Enabled Jeffrey Epstein Art Shapiro at NPR’s All Things Considered
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with New York Times' Matt Goldstein, who reported on the money from Jeffrey Epstein to J.P. Morgan Chase — concluding that the bank enabled his crimes. Transcript (partial): SHAPIRO: You say that even before investigations into Epstein became public, warning lights should have been flashing inside J.P. Morgan. Explain why. GOLDSTEIN: Yeah. So, you know, he really becomes essentially what they call a private bank client in 1998. And that's, like, a special kind of - it's not like you or me going to a bank and having a checking account or, like, having to call 1-800 number on our credit card if we have a problem. And by 2003, they're already seeing a lot of big cash transactions being pulled out - huge ones, as much as 175,000, 1.7 million altogether by 2004. And this was money that was going to, largely, to make payments to women and people in his social circle. And the bank had an awareness of this, of where the money was going, and that should have raised more flags internally. SHAPIRO: So what pushback was there within the bank? GOLDSTEIN: Well, there was pushback. Early on, it starts. There are some people on the compliance and the anti-money laundering side who start to flag some of these transactions. They write emails. They're raising concerns. But at this point, he's become a favorite and important customer of this person, Jes Staley, who's a very critical and high-rising employee at the bank. And he basically vouches for Epstein. And what you start to have is this pattern where he vouches for Epstein. He says there's no problem here. I know this guy. These things are OK. Don't worry about them. And maybe it's a little bit of human nature, but people sort of defer, also, according to his rank in the bank. So basically, the concerns don't really get elevated or go anywhere.
David Cay Johnston thinks the felon might even resign over this — if the Epstein files check out! Now, I don’t think that’s likely, not unless some other very powerful people (who?) told him to go. I mean, the felon is doing everything he can to stay in power. On the other hand, David Cay Johnston knows the felon personally, and I do not.
ECONOMY
Budget deficit
There’s that budget deficit that the GOP pretends to care about when Team Blue is in charge. But when the felon is in charge, they skip the story:
Also, notice how the tariffs are not making a difference because the felon just makes up numbers.
x This can’t be accurate because Trump said we took in like $17 trillion in tariffs. — Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) 2025-09-12T23:56:36.428Z
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Farmers are struggling under the felon Jasmine Laws Newsweek, Sep 13, 2025
Even in states which voted overwhelmingly in Trump's favor in the 2024 Presidential Election, farmers are concerned about their future, and bankruptcy filings have soared this year. Farmers are in desperate need of help and earlier this month in Arkansas, hundreds of them gathered in Brookland to share their concerns with representatives. One farmer, Chris King, said: "Mr. Trump, you looked at me and said, 'I love you.' Mr. Trump, I need to see the fruit of your love." King added: "I have never been as worried as I am now about whether or not my kids and grandkids will be able to carry on." Another, Scott Brown, said: "You are going to lose 25 to 30 percent of the farmers in this country if they don't do something... and it's not just here; it's everywhere." Some farmers in the state have been praying to God for help, others deeming it a "very dire situation."
This is mostly due to tariffs and due to the felon pissing off the rest of the world. Also, I expect the lack of immigrants, legally in the US or not, is making a lot of the work difficult.
And yes, the farmers were foolish to vote for the felon, but I still hate this.
Food costs are up
x Trump spent his 2024 campaign promising Americans he'd lower grocery prices. Virtually all major grocery categories are now more expensive than they were a year ago, however, some substantially so. — Axios (@axios.com) 2025-09-11T22:55:59.861Z
The tariffs increase the cost of food coming from other countries. ICE raids means that there’s a labor shortage in the US, and so the food coming from the US will be more expensive.
ICE killed an important investment in a purple state
Apparently the felon kind of regrets this at the moment.
Wish we had done like South Korea when someone tried a coup there! Well done, SK! Please shine a light on this.
Health care costs
A health care bomb is coming unless Congress acts Grace Seger The New Republic
It will be a different world should these benefits expire. Without the enhanced subsidies, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office has estimated that marketplace enrollment would drop dramatically, predicting that only around 15 million people would be enrolled by 2030. The CBO has also predicted that more than four million people could lose their insurance by 2034 thanks to the expiration of the enhanced subsidies. A family of four that earns $150,000, for example, would lose subsidies altogether, which would mean that they would go from paying around 8 percent of their income to roughly 20 or 30 percent, said Cynthia Cox, vice president and director of the Program on the ACA at KFF. So they might decide to drop health insurance—and insurance companies, predicting this eventuality, are already hiking premiums in advance.
CORRUPTION AND INCOMPETENCE
The felon and his family are selling our secrets and our advantages, all for themselves. This cryptocurrency thingy is but a drop in the bucket:
x "In May, Witkoff’s son announced Tahnoon’s investment firms would deposit $2b into World Liberty Financial, a cryptocurrency start-up founded by the Witkoffs & Trumps. Weeks later, the WH agreed to allow UAE access to the world’s most advanced & scarce chips, a crucial tool in race to dominate AI." — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2025-09-16T23:52:51.740Z
Shouldn’t this be illegal? Isn’t it illegal? Yes, it is, and to the tune of 2 billion dollars.
Still, not everything goes as planned. That weird case of the birth control that was allegedly destroyed:
x Yesterday we shared reporting that $10 million in birth control supplies had been incinerated in Belgium. Authorities in Belgium say it isn't true. If you're confused, you're not alone. — Alt USAID/ USAID Forever (@altusaid.altgov.info) 2025-09-12T20:29:45.241Z
Stories about other stuff being destroyed, wasn’t there? Like food? What if that wasn’t destroyed, but stolen and sold away to enrich some of the lowlifes infesting the maladminstration?
Kash Patel at the FBI looked so stupid he’s about to be made into an ambassador (although he will be moved out for telling something accurate instead of holding to the lying line)
x The timeline for Andrew Bailey to take over as FBI Director just got moved up. — Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) 2025-09-16T16:56:02.088Z
HEALTH
The felon is still alive, but there’s still evidence of very poor health. My apologies for showing his face, but in this case the face is relevant.
I am not a doctor, but I compared the felon’s face to other images of people with strokes and people with Bell’s palsy, and the downward angle to the mouth sure resembles those pictures.
x I'm generally dismissive of claims that Trump is on the way out but yeah, he clearly had a stroke. Unless it's Bell's palsy. But more likely a stroke. — Heather in Chicago (@heatherk.bsky.social) 2025-09-11T20:42:33.628Z
I can’t tell the difference, but then there’s this:
x My nurse practitioner friend says it appears not to be Bell's Palsy, as that tends to linger, and Trump didn't have the droop yesterday. She thinks it's the lingering side effects of a mini stroke. — Sunny "Burl" Daze (@sunnyburldaze.bsky.social) 2025-09-13T18:14:06.898Z
Given the problems with the cankles, the way the felon hid from the public for several days, and other signs — problems walking, diet, obesity — a stroke seems likely.
Also, mini strokes are apparently more common than Bell’s palsy. When you consider the felon’s age and general physical condition, then it’s even more likely.
If you need a laugh, there’s Jon Stewart wondering, if the felon isn’t dying, why are people treating him like he’s the oldest kid getting a dream out of the Make-A-Wish Foundation?
POLLING AND UNPOPULARITY
The felon keeps pretending he’s the most popular person on the planet, but we have so much evidence to the contrary.
There are the boos (and well done to CNN for reporting them):
x President Donald Trump was met with boos and chants of "USA" when he appeared on the jumbotron during the national anthem at the Yankees-Tigers game. — CNN (@cnn.com) 2025-09-12T10:00:46.548224742Z
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There are the polls. This is from Reuters/Ipsos Jason Lange Reuters
Trump's approval rating at 42% in recent Reuters/Ipsos poll
56% disapprove of Trump's presidential performance
Trump's handling of economy receives poor marks, 36% approval
That 36% approval on the economy is about the size of the hard-core base — and it’s going to slip as inflation gets worse.
WEAKNESSES AND LOSSES — TACO MAN
The felon is cosplaying a strongman. Unfortunately, too many people and organizations obey in advance.
But standing up to him is possible — and often works.
Governor Pritzker stands up to the felon, and the felon does the usual TACO Marc Elias at Democracy Docket
Most leaders confronting Trump have tried to extend partial olive branches to appear reasonable and willing to compromise. Pritzker took a very different approach: he denounced Trump’s efforts outright. For example, in late August, when Trump suggested deploying troops to Chicago, Pritzker responded: “There is no emergency in Chicago that calls for armed military intervention. What President Trump is doing is unprecedented and unwarranted. It is illegal. It is unconstitutional. And it is un-American. This is not about fighting crime. This is about the President and his complicit lackey, Stephen Miller, searching for ways to circumvent our democracy, militarize our cities, and end elections.” ✂️ When Trump suggested the military would assist policing, Pritzker called it “armed military intervention.” When Trump claimed it was routine, Pritzker called it “illegal,” “unconstitutional” and “un-American.” Most importantly, when Trump claimed it was about safety, Pritzker made clear it was about dictatorship. We all know what happened next: Trump retreated. Instead of Chicago, he landed on sending troops to Memphis — a city in a Republican-led state.
Everyone who marched or protested, well done!
I do feel bad for the good people of Memphis, and I hope they will be OK.
Then there’s Lisa Cook at the Federal Reserve Board, who refused to go when the TACO man fired her.
x BREAKING NEWS: A federal appeals court JUST REJECTED Trump’s illegal attempt to fire Lisa Cook from the Fed. — Chuck Schumer (@schumer.senate.gov) 2025-09-16T01:34:29.244Z
She may not be able to continue indefinitely, but she’s in the Fed this week, and that’s a good thing.
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