Constance Ford

Writer, mother, teacher, feminist

[Constance Ford @ConstanceFord]

The answer is revision. Every great writer starts dumb and refines it. "You ask the secret. It has just one name: again." -- Miroslav Holub

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New reporting reveals Pete Hegseth's broker at Morgan Stanley attempted to make a multi-million-dollar investment in defense companies in February.

The inquiry occurred shortly before the US launched attacks on Iran.

[The Debt Collective 🟥 @StrikeDebt]

Trump and McMahon are on track to create what could be the largest administrative disaster in the history of the existence of student loans.

[Carrie Coon @carriecoon]

Anne Applebaum nails it:

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AG Pam Bondi has been subpoenaed to testify on the Trump administration's handling of the Epstein Files.

Every Democrat and 5 Republicans on the Committee voted to pass the motion.

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The Trump administration has just deleted this photo of Trump Cabinet Secretary Howard Lutnick with Jeffrey Epstein on what appears to be an island.

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A new investigation reveals that the Trump administration withheld Epstein files with allegations that Trump sexually abused a minor.

The files include "50 pages of FBI interviews" and interviews with "a woman who accused Trump of sexual abuse decades ago when she was a minor."

[Just Jack @7Veritas4]

Let’s recap the global fallout from the Epstein files so far:

The files Trump repeatedly called a hoax and what the DOJ remains reluctant to investigate.

Over 3 million pages, 2,000 videos, and 180,000 images from Epstein’s devices, estate, flight logs, emails, photos, and investigations.

There’s more, but the DOJ refuses to release it, in defiance of the law passed by Congress.

10+ countries have launched investigations related to the released Epstein files.

Norway, UK, France, Lithuania, Latvia, Sweden, Australia, North Macedinia, Turkey, Poland, Slovakia

Turkey - Prosecutors reviewing allegations of trafficking Turkish children

UK - criminal inquiry into Peter Mandelson (fmr labor ambassador to the US) for potential misconduct in public office and leaked information. PM Starmer in trouble for appointing Mandelson. He’s facing calls to resign. Andrew (stripped of royal titles) also facing police inquiries.

Poland - investigations into trafficking of Polish girls and links to broader networks

Lithuania - Prosecutors investigating human trafficking after reports of Lithuanian models named in the files

Norway - Crown Princess Mette-Marit publicly apologized for her ties to Epstein. Ex-PM Thorbjørn Jagland lost immunity for a corruption probe. Ex-ambassador Mona Juul resigned over her affiliations.

Latvia - criminal investigation into possible sexual exploitation of Latvian nationals

Australia - pursuing probes linked to names/connections in the files

Sweden - high level resignations; pursuing ties to royal or elite mentions

France - ex-Culture Minister Jack Lang stepped down from Arab World Institute amid tax probe. Ongoing review of public figures, cultural elites and correspondence in the files

Slovakia - ex-Foreign Minister Miroslav Lajčák resigned as national security adviser.

UN human rights experts have called the files evidence of a “global criminal enterprise” involving systematic sexual abuse and trafficking that may constitute crimes against humanity.

In the United States, the epicenter of the scandal, thanks to Trump and the DOJ refusing to investigate political elite and oligarchs implicated in the files, the fallout has been restricted to the private sector:

Boardroom exits at companies like Hyatt, DP World, Goldman Sachs affiliates; leadership changes at cultural orgs (e.g., Arab World Institute).

Nonetheless, public sentiment here and abroad is clear.

Resignations are wildly insufficient.

Efforts to distract from the files, misinformation campaigns on Mainstream and Social Media are not working.

If not for the bravery of the survivors and some in Congress, the Epstein files would never have seen the light of day.

It has quickly grown beyond party lines.

Republicans and Democrats are finding common ground. Hold all the perpetrators and their enablers accountable, no matter who they voted for, no matter who they are, no matter how much money they have, no matter the impact to the Dow fucking Jones.

Many in MAGA are not letting Trump off the hook for his latest betrayal.

He promised transparency and accountability. What they got was a brazen coverup.

This is about doing what is right. It could be our last moral boundary left.

If we don’t hold this global cabal of evil accountable now, we will never be able to again.

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Trump two weeks ago: “I didn’t post [the video depicting the Obamas as apes]. This was done by somebody else.”

Leavitt today: “When you see something on Truth Social, you know it’s directly from President Trump. It’s coming straight from the horse’s mouth. That’s the beauty of this president.”

[Megatron @Megatron_ron]

NEW:

🇺🇸 Rep. Ted Lieu says Epstein Files shows Donald Trump raping children:

“Donald Trump is in the Epstein files thousands and thousands of times. In those files, there are highly disturbing allegations — allegations — of Donald Trump raping children and threatening to kill children.”

[Governor Newsom Press Office @GovPressOffice]

New White House bio?

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Republican caller reacts to Kid Rock's halftime show:

"I flipped to it for about 10 or 15 seconds and all it was some song trying to rile up the MAGA base. Not all republicans support Donald Trump."

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Multiple Epstein survivors release a Super Bowl Ad criticizing the Trump administration:

"Tell Attorney General Pam Bondi it's time for the truth."

[Gavin Newsom @GavinNewsom]

HAPPY BAD BUNNY DAY, AMERICA!

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Trump voter: I voted for Trump, but I really want to apologize. I'm looking at this awful picture he just posted of the Obamas as monkeys. What an embarrassment to our country

[Melanie D'Arrigo @DarrigoMelanie]

Can a reporter please print out this screenshot on a large poster and hold it up in front of every Republican and ask them if they support Donald Trump posting this racist garbage, that way they can’t pretend they didn’t see it — again?

[Covie @covie_93]

trump posting AI slop of the Obamas as monkeys just reminds everyone that he is a racist who also raped kids.

[Steve Schmidt @SteveSchmidtSES]

“Trump is a cancer. He is vileness personified. He is cruel, malicious and immoral. He is a criminal, a rapist and almost certainly a pedophile.”

https://t.co/mENBRwQ2JZ

[Brian Allen @allenanalysis]

Epstein survivor Annie Farmer to Kaitlan Collins:

“I appreciate how persistent you were.
This isn’t something to smile about.
You handled it appropriately.”

When survivors are thanking journalists for doing their jobs, it tells you everything about who’s failing them.

[Lawrence O'Donnell @Lawrence]

Everything Trump does—every shot fired at an unarmed mother, every starving baby denied USAID nutrition, every racist tweet about the Obamas—was aided and abetted by every Trump voter.

Trump never disguised himself.

Trump has never surprised us & he never will.

[Kaveh Shahrooz کاوه شهروز @kshahrooz]

There's no CEO or university president in America who would keep their job if they posted something like this.

America will one day need to have a reckoning over this era.