curiosus curans

[Citizens for Ethics @CREWcrew]

We still have a lot of questions about the so-called Board of Peace, including its funding and operations.

So we're investigating.
https://t.co/OPZ4IFZv7O

[Bill Kristol @BillKristol]

Senate Republicans ignore the Epstein survivors and confirm Todd Blanche.

House Republicans ignore Bernie and Emily Moreno and do nothing about Max Miller.

Zuckerberg's yacht ignores people in distress.

It's Donald Trump's party.

[Amber Woods @AmberWoods100]

🚨 EPSTEIN FILES UPDATE — MARK YOUR CALENDAR.

August 13. 1 PM ET.

A federal court will hold a PUBLIC hearing on the Justice Department’s compliance with court orders involving the Epstein files.

Judge Emmet G. Sullivan presiding.

Anyone can listen:

📞 1-833-990-9400
Meeting ID: 712190216

I’ll be listening live and posting real-time updates here.

Be sure you’re following me.

Recording/rebroadcasting is prohibited. Listen only.

[Citizens for Ethics @CREWcrew]

The Treasury Department is hiding whether January 6th insurrectionists and Trump political allies are receiving massive payouts from the federal government.

So we're suing.
https://t.co/c58iubQO99

[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: PANIC! Trump SCRAMBLES at the last minute to block court order exposing his tax returns and business documents in BBC lawsuit.

Donald Trump sued the BBC for $10 billion. Now that lawsuit is about to expose exactly what he doesn't want anyone to see, and he's panicking in real time.

A federal judge overseeing the case ordered Trump to hand over tax returns, ownership documents, and financial statements dating back to 2023 for the Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust — the entity holding roughly 400 of his business entities. Trump had 10 days to comply. He waited nine of them, then asked the BBC for a voluntary extension. When they said no, his lawyers filed an "emergency" motion just one day before the deadline, desperately trying to freeze the order entirely.

Why the sudden panic? Because Trump's OWN lawsuit created this mess. He sued the BBC over a 2024 documentary that edited his January 6th speech, claiming it damaged "the value of his brand, properties, and businesses." That's exactly the language that opened the door to full financial discovery — Judge Enjoliqué Lett ruled the trust's records were directly relevant to assessing those claimed damages.

Now, realizing what he unleashed, Trump's team is scrambling to rewrite the complaint entirely, suddenly claiming he only wants damages for "reputational harm," not financial losses — even though he's still demanding a staggering $10 billion. BBC's attorney has already pointed out the obvious contradiction: Trump built his entire political brand around his supposed business success, so you can't claim reputational damage while hiding the finances that reputation is built on.

Trump's lawyers accused the BBC of having "political motivations" for wanting his financial records public. But Trump is the one who chose to sue. He's the one who claimed financial injury. And now that a judge has simply asked him to prove it, he's desperately trying to change the rules mid-game rather than open the books.

If Trump's emergency motion fails, his trust must hand over the records or face sanctions. Trial is set for February 2027, with the BBC also seeking to depose Trump under oath.

Sometimes the lawsuit really is the trap you build for yourself, and only someone as clueless as Dementia Donnie could not foresee the outcome of his litigation.

Please like and share if you can’t wait to see Trump’s financial details laid out in an open court!

[Republicans against Trump @RpsAgainstTrump]

Retired Republican County Judge Glen Whitley endorsed James Talarico for US Senate:

“Ken Paxton…Is the most corrupt politician Texas has ever seen.”

[Acyn @Acyn]

Phang: The breaking news is… an order was just entered within the last hour by Judge Sullivan in my lawsuit against Todd Blanche.

The reason why this is so momentous is that Judge Sullivan has now set a status hearing for next week, ordering both parties—me and Todd Blanche—to appear. He has pretty much said in this order, “Todd Blanche, you have now defied my orders.”

I think this is a really important moment when it comes to compliance and whether this judge is going to allow Todd Blanche to continue to violate not only the Epstein Files Transparency Act but also the judge’s own orders.

[The Lincoln Project @ProjectLincoln]

Republicans have the majority in the Senate and House and they're telling you they cannot rein Trump in, so stop giving them power. They're telling you they refuse to use it.

[William Reymond @WilliamReymond]

🚨🚨🚨 « Zorro Ranch, c’est la partie la plus secrète du dossier Epstein. Là où le FBI n’a jamais enquêté. Là où l’administration Trump refuse d’aller… »

Epstein: les secrets du Zorro Ranch

Une ÉDITION SPÉCIALE de La Chute

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[Dr. Serge Zaka (Dr. Zarge) @SergeZaka]

Ça y est ! La sécheresse de 2026 devient la plus intense jamais observée depuis le début des relevés météorologiques en France, dépassant désormais les épisodes historiques de 1976 et de 2022.

À l'échelle nationale, il ne reste plus que 17 % de l'eau disponible dans les deux premiers mètres de sol (graphique 1). Plus frappant encore, de la Vendée à la Saône-et-Loire, les sols sont désormais totalement vidés de leur réserve en eau (carte 1). Et la situation devrait continuer à se dégrader avec l'arrivée d'une cinquième canicule dès dimanche.

En termes d'étendue géographique, cette sécheresse dépasse également celle de 1976 pour un mois de juillet (carte 2), ce qui souligne son caractère dorénavant historique.

Lorsque cet épisode prendra fin, il sera alors possible d'en mesurer la sévérité, c'est-à-dire la combinaison de son intensité et de sa durée. Si les conditions actuelles persistent encore plusieurs semaines, 2026 pourrait également devenir la sécheresse la plus sévère jamais observée en France.

[Marc E. Elias @marceelias]

Another late night in the fight for democracy. Thanks to everyone who has supported Democracy Docket. If you haven't yet signed up, now would be a great time to do so. https://t.co/7W0yoPHmq2

[Citizens for Ethics @CREWcrew]

Communications between Trump's private attorneys and the DOJ concerning Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS should be released.

So we sued: https://t.co/jrz9zBhHnx

[Mike Levin @MikeLevin]

The Trump Organization had roughly 385 accounts closed by Capital One after the bank’s anti-money-laundering team spent months reviewing them.

Imagine the reaction if this involved any other prominent political family.

If any other president’s businesses had hundreds of bank accounts terminated after an anti-money-laundering review by one of the nation’s largest banks, it would dominate the news cycle.

Instead, it surfaced in a federal court filing on a Friday afternoon and is being largely forgotten by Monday.

And it wasn’t just one bank.

There is a separate lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase involving accounts it also closed during roughly the same period. Trump says the banks engaged in politically motivated debanking. The banks say they acted for legitimate business and compliance reasons. The courts will decide those cases.

What is not in dispute is that while these lawsuits are pending, Trump is using the power of the presidency to push regulators toward policies that would make it harder for banks to take similar actions in the future. When a president’s private business disputes and public authority begin to overlap, every American should pay attention.

We’ve seen this pattern before. In 2019, during his first term, Trump sued Capital One and Deutsche Bank to block them from complying with congressional subpoenas seeking his financial records.

The public deserves to know why hundreds of Trump-linked accounts were closed, why so much of the record remains under seal, and whether a sitting president’s personal financial interests are influencing the exercise of public power.

This is not the standard of accountability we should expect from someone entrusted with the presidency.

https://t.co/xEzM3sPzed

[Amber Woods @AmberWoods100]

228 days since the Trump DOJ missed the legal deadline to release the complete Epstein files.

The law protects survivors—not powerful people from embarrassment, reputational harm or political fallout.

For 228 days, America has been fed every other story.

Release the files.

[Democracy Docket @DemocracyDocket]

NEW: Republican officials were set to vote on a plan to cut almost half of Election Day voting locations in Tarrant County, a major Texas battleground county.

But all that changed when outraged voters who packed the meeting room demanded their voting locations remain open. https://t.co/GyHsh933Om

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

🚨PATHETIC: Holdout Thom Tillis folds like a cheap accordion for Donald Trump and announces he’ll vote to confirm Todd Blanche as Attorney General.

His reason?

“What about Obama? What about Biden?… Nobody is clean here.”

Translation: Instead of explaining why Blanche deserves the job, Tillis excuses it by saying everyone else is just as bad.

What a f*cking coward.

[Rep. Jamie Raskin @RepRaskin]

We've got every House Democrat signed on to our discharge petition to permanently reject President Trump's corrupt $1.8 billion slush fund, his payoffs to MAGA foot soldiers and his corrupt Super Pardon.

We need just six self-respecting Republicans to join us to protect taxpayer dollars and end this gargantuan ripoff of the public treasury.

[Bill Kristol @BillKristol]

“But if Miller had abused someone who wasn’t the daughter of a senator, and if there were no electoral repercussions, would any of them have spoken up to condemn his behavior? No. The Republican Party seems happy to turn a blind eye to the abuse of women.”
https://t.co/yc7dQg40vG

[MeidasTouch @MeidasTouch]

NEWS: For nearly 20 years, Epstein moved over $1B through the major banks. The banks looked away.

Sen. Wyden’s 3-year probe exposes it all. But most damning? How Trump and the GOP tried to bury it. https://t.co/8tYccFjQbV

[Marc E. Elias @marceelias]

DOJ is now 0-20 in cases to obtain state voter files. Here is the list:

Arizona
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Illinois
Kentucky
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Virginia
West Virginia
Wisconsin