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[WhenBrianSmiles @WhenBrianSmiles]

What you see vs. what I see.

[WhenBrianSmiles @WhenBrianSmiles]

It's my last week in my Jesus year and I'm currently vacationing in Spain. Old town Valencia is beautiful.

[WhenBrianSmiles @WhenBrianSmiles]

The last two lines are what's happening with people in the Epstein files.

[Aakash Gupta @aakashgupta]

She was 21 and a huge fan of Russell Brand. Months after he raped her, she spotted him at a work event and ran out, and then he texted her. She wrote back that he'd treated her like an animal. She told the jury his reply was two words.

"I'm sorry."

A London judge just turned that night into a 10 and a half year prison sentence. How the jury and the judge got there is a lot more careful than the headline makes it sound.

She'd met him after one of his shows in the spring of 2009. Friends testified she was hurting so badly she couldn't sit down for days afterward. A nurse at the sexual health clinic she went to gave a statement that she'd told her she never agreed to what he did.

Six women testified, and none of them knew each other. The jury sat through seven charges over four weeks and still didn't give the prosecution everything it wanted. They found him not guilty of two rapes, including a 1999 hotel room allegation in Bournemouth, plus an attempted assault. In one case they convicted him of groping a woman at a bar and cleared him of the rape she said came next. All 12 of them had to agree on every single count.

Even his own lawyer's closing argument was pretty revealing. He told the jury "it is not criminal to treat women unkindly before, during or after sex."

Then there's the sentence itself. Prosecutors asked the judge to start the rape at 12 years. He started at 8, added two because Brand took off the condom without her agreement, then knocked one off for mitigation. That's 9 years for the rape. The three sexual assaults got 9, 18 and 8 months, served at the same time as each other but on top of the rape, and that's where the 10 and a half comes from.

Under UK rules he has to serve two thirds before he can get out, so about 7 years, and he's a registered sex offender for life.

The rape happened in the spring of 2009, and Brand didn't see the inside of a cell until last Thursday. The judge opened his sentencing remarks by explaining why. His fame protected him right up until reporters went public with the allegations in 2023. Do the math and fame bought him 14 of those 17 years.

[WhenBrianSmiles @WhenBrianSmiles]

My type of politician to follow on social media 🤣

[Rep. Debbie Dingell @RepDebDingell]

My doctor sent me a note last night about my Diet Coke consumption (I didn’t know she followed me).

Thought I’d better start with orange juice this morning instead.

[WhenBrianSmiles @WhenBrianSmiles]

This is crazy. My sisters in the group chat talmbout they thinking about moving back to Texas. Y’all turned the state out that hard 🤭

[Nancy Pelosi @SpeakerPelosi]

Speaker Hakeem Jeffries.

[NBC News @NBCNews]

BREAKING: Democrat Wes Moore wins Maryland's governor race, NBC News projects. https://t.co/LZJBplGuQw

[WhenBrianSmiles @WhenBrianSmiles]

Halloween 26 🧚✨

[Dr. Abdul El-Sayed @AbdulElSayed]

Bedtime duties.

[BIG BEAN @Gail_BeAN]

Bruh I just saw a commercial for my next show while watching my current show #TheDrop #TheDropFX😱😱😱that's how tf you go BIG on BIG!👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾I see you @STARZ @PValleySTARZ well played!

[Dr. Abdul El-Sayed @AbdulElSayed]

OUR 44th president. Let's finish what he started and guarantee healthcare for every American. 🇺🇸

[D. @Lush_Beauty1]

I fully understand why David prayed for God to create in him a clean heart and renew a right spirit within him. Sometimes, the greatest battle is not with the people around us but with what is happening inside us. You can have a good heart and still need God to work on your attitude, your thoughts, your reactions and the things you struggle to control.

[WhenBrianSmiles @WhenBrianSmiles]

No face no case.

[COCO @TWOTIMESABITCH]

Elon is now threatening the United States Government if he is investigated after the midterms. You know what eliminates those threats? Seizing all of his assets, nationalizing SpaceX, and putting him on trial for treason against the United States and war crimes against Ukraine. If he wants to threaten with all his money, take away all his fucking money.

[. @Omgemeraldddd]

I saw a post on Reddit that said, “When you walk through a museum, you’re not just looking at art. You’re moving through centuries of people trying to explain love, grief, power, beauty, and belonging.” I don’t think I’ve ever seen a museum described so beautifully.

[Dr. Abdul El-Sayed @AbdulElSayed]

“He's gunna go up to the Upper Peninsula and get a pretty cold welcome.”

And the UP said…

[Lasizwe @lasizwe]

A little red carpet moment, and 10 years later, I finally won my first award🏆🥹! Still taking it all in. What a special night. ❤️

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

It is a basic principle of American democracy that the government can’t selectively target individuals simply because of their political beliefs or what they say. But that’s exactly what the Trump Administration is doing to Congresswoman Ilhan Omar of Minnesota.

To understand why this is so appalling, it’s important to know the facts. Congresswoman Omar came to this country with her father when she was 12 years old. Five years later, her father became a naturalized citizen. If Ilhan had been 18 at the time, she would have had to apply for citizenship separately. But because she was 17, she became a naturalized citizen automatically.

Congresswoman Omar went on to graduate from college, work as a community organizer, become the first Somali-American legislator elected to public office in the U.S., and win a seat in Congress. There, she has been one of the Trump Administration’s fiercest critics, which has led the president to repeatedly single her out as someone who he believes does not belong in this country.

Now the Administration is actively trying to deport Congresswoman Omar, seemingly based solely on the unsubstantiated theory that she was actually 18 when her father was naturalized, and therefore is not a citizen. Federal agents have raided her home, confiscated personal records, and seized her phone — all to try and uncover a nonexistent smoking gun from 20 years ago that will somehow make their case.

Think about that. The full weight of the federal government is being brought down on a law-abiding elected official because she has dared to criticize the president. And it’s not the first time this has happened. Under President Trump, the Justice Department has repeatedly gone after those he considers his political enemies — from the Attorney General of New York, to the former head of the FBI, to members of the Federal Reserve.

In those cases, the prosecutions either stalled or were dismissed for having no basis in law, and the same is likely to happen in this case. But not before Congresswoman Omar’s life has been turned upside down, her legal bills have piled up, and she’s been forced to spend time fighting unsubstantiated charges instead of serving the people of Minnesota.

The fact that any president, or any administration, is willing to engage in such transparent efforts to intimidate someone should outrage all Americans, regardless of how they feel about Congresswoman Omar’s political views. Because if this becomes the new normal, there’s no reason to believe it will stop with her — or that future presidents, in either party, won’t do the same.

[BMB Empower Network @Bmbempower]

You know who did pass the bar exam? First Lady #MichelleObama, Justice #KetanjiBrownJackson, VP #KamalaHarris, and Congresswoman #JasmineCrockett.

#DEI doesn’t lower the bar. It exposes those who can’t reach it.

[jo johnson @josbjohnson]

the trick is having the courage to live through a chapter you hate without letting it poison your belief in the story. even in the middle of something painful, you can hold onto that deep pull toward what your life could become. so much of life comes down to your ability to keep believing in what you cannot see yet, to keep faith in the story while you’re still living through the parts that make it hard to believe