🌞 Linda Saladin 🌷

Toto/Def Lep/Scorpions/ELP/k.d. lang fan, urban farmer, personal chef, music is oxygen, Resister, Socialist, Buddhist, retired early to give back. 🌻

[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: A third Donald Trump Cabinet nominee is embroiled in a sordid sexual scandal as it's reported that Linda McMahon — his pick for Education Secretary — was sued for knowingly enabling the sexual exploitation of children.

This is horrifying...

According to the lawsuit, McMahon enabled the abuse by a World Wrestling Entertainment employee that began in the 1980s. She is the former CEO of the WWE and co-founded it with her husband Vince, himself an alleged sex trafficker.

The lawsuit alleges that Linda and Vince, in conjunction with the WWE and TKO Group Holdings (the company's parent company), knowingly allowed an employee named Melvin Phillips Jr. to exploit his job as a ringsider announcer to abuse children.

Allegedly, Phillips Jr. recruited children as "Ring Boys," ostensibly to help with preparation and takedown of wrestling rings. He then used his proximity to sexually exploit the children — sometimes in front of wrestlers and executives in the locker room. He even filmed it.

The suit was filed in October in Maryland on behalf of five anonymous John Does who claim that they were exploited by Phillips when there were between ages 13 and 15.

"Phillips lured and manipulated the young boys with promises of meeting famous wrestlers and attending the highly popular wrestling shows, experiences that were otherwise unattainable for these kids," the lawsuit states. "(The McMahons, WWE and TKO Holdings) allowed Phillips and others to engage in, and foster, the WWE’s rampant culture of sexual abuse."

Linda McMahon denies that she was aware of the abuse — just like Donald Trump has denied his numerous rape accusations and Matt Gaetz has denied his child sex trafficking.

The MAGA movement is absolutely riddled with predators and enablers, an unsurprising reality given the fact that it's led by a monster like Donald Trump.

Please retweet and ❤️ to demand that McMahon withdraw her name from consideration — and consider joining the growing exodus to Tribel, a new pro-democracy social network that is exploding in popularity because Twitter and Facebook are trying to stop its growth — which is only making Tribel grow even faster. Please follow us on Tribel to get all of our breaking news alerts sent straight to your phone or computer by clicking the following link: https://t.co/HnJzSKj4Hp

[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: CNN drops bombshell news that Matt Gaetz withdrew as Attorney General just 45 minutes after they called to ask him about a SECOND alleged sexual encounter with the minor.

This just got so much worse...

The woman who claims that she had sex with Gaetz when she was still a minor reportedly told the House Ethics Committee that she had two sexual encounters with him at a party in 2017.

This second encounter had not been previously reported and allegedly including another adult woman. Both allegations appear in a civil deposition related to a lawsuit tied to the allegations.

It appears that Gaetz realized this revelation would sink his nomination completely and chose to withdraw to get ahead of the story.

His sudden panicked decision raises an obvious question: Is there more sexual misconduct he hopes to keep hidden?

Please retweet and ❤️ to demand a larger investigation to ensure that there are no other alleged victims — and consider joining the growing exodus to Tribel, a new pro-democracy social network that is exploding in popularity because Twitter and Facebook are trying to stop its growth — which is only making Tribel grow even faster. Please follow us on Tribel to get all of our breaking news alerts sent straight to your phone or computer by clicking the following link: https://t.co/HnJzSKj4Hp

[Ed Krassenstein @EdKrassen]

BREAKING: Donald Trump’s social media company, is reportedly in advanced negotiations to acquire Bakkt, a cryptocurrency trading platform owned by Intercontinental Exchange.

Bakkt, which focuses on digital assets and cryptocurrency trading, also provides infrastructure for crypto wallets and payment processing.

If the deal goes through, it could signal Trump’s growing interest in digital currencies and blockchain technology as part of his broader media and financial ventures. It could also bring up concerns about conflicts of interest.

[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: Donald Trump gets crushing news as a leading Black political action committee pledges a seven-figure spend to mobilize Black voters for Democrats this election.

And it gets even better...

Rolling Sea Action Fund and the nonprofit Let It Resound have revealed their plan to target Black voters in several city crucial to securing Democratic control of the House of Representatives.

"This is a part of a seven-figure push to ensure no stone is left unturned and we fully engage Black voters who will determine House control in critical races," a well-informed source told The Hill.

"We’ve got nearly 100 days to make Vice President Harris, President Harris and Hakeem Jeffries Speaker of the House," they added.

The organizations plan to rebuild the Democratic Party's relationship with Black voters through community engagement events, civic education, and partnerships with community-based organizations. The plan is to "make clear" that MAGA is destructive to Black voters.

"We intend to invest more than $8 million in a hyper-targeted, blunt and toothy media and message campaign to reach voters online, on the air waves, and with out-of-home media in their communities," the PAC said in a memo.

They also intend on registering 150,000 Black voters, including first-time voters.

"We are doing the work to engage and persuade our most loyal voting base as national headwinds signal an exhausted cohort of these voters need a reminder of how Democrats are delivering and the stakes of this critical election," explained the memo.

This historic announcement comes in as donations continue to pour in for Kamala Harris and enthusiasm for her campaign quickly grows.

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[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: Donald Trump gets slammed with shockingly bad news as polling reveals that 21% of independents say that they are less likely to vote for him after his conviction.

And it gets even better…

A Politico/Ipsos poll also found that the 21% also stated that the guilty verdict is “very important” to how they’ll vote in November.

7% of Republicans stated that they are less likely to support him now, which seems low but is actually devastating since he can’t afford to lose any of his MAGA base at this point.

Only a paltry 5% of independents said that the conviction was important and makes them MORE likely to vote for him.

If these numbers hold, Trump is cruising towards a historic collapse at the ballot box. He can’t afford to alienate independents like this since they’ll decide the battleground states.

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[Republicans against Trump @RpsAgainstTrump]

Nate White, a British writer penned the best description of Donald Trump I’ve ever read:

“Why do some British people not like Donald Trump?”

A few things spring to mind. Trump lacks certain qualities which the British traditionally esteem. For instance, he has no class, no charm, no coolness, no credibility, no compassion, no wit, no warmth, no wisdom, no subtlety, no sensitivity, no self-awareness, no humility, no honour and no grace – all qualities, funnily enough, with which his predecessor Mr. Obama was generously blessed. So for us, the stark contrast does rather throw Trump’s limitations into embarrassingly sharp relief.

Plus, we like a laugh. And while Trump may be laughable, he has never once said anything wry, witty or even faintly amusing – not once, ever. I don’t say that rhetorically, I mean it quite literally: not once, not ever. And that fact is particularly disturbing to the British sensibility – for us, to lack humour is almost inhuman. But with Trump, it’s a fact. He doesn’t even seem to understand what a joke is – his idea of a joke is a crass comment, an illiterate insult, a casual act of cruelty.

Trump is a troll. And like all trolls, he is never funny and he never laughs; he only crows or jeers. And scarily, he doesn’t just talk in crude, witless insults – he actually thinks in them. His mind is a simple bot-like algorithm of petty prejudices and knee-jerk nastiness.

There is never any under-layer of irony, complexity, nuance or depth. It’s all surface. Some Americans might see this as refreshingly upfront. Well, we don’t. We see it as having no inner world, no soul. And in Britain we traditionally side with David, not Goliath. All our heroes are plucky underdogs: Robin Hood, Dick Whittington, Oliver Twist. Trump is neither plucky, nor an underdog. He is the exact opposite of that. He’s not even a spoiled rich-boy, or a greedy fat-cat. He’s more a fat white slug. A Jabba the Hutt of privilege.

And worse, he is that most unforgivable of all things to the British: a bully. That is, except when he is among bullies; then he suddenly transforms into a snivelling sidekick instead. There are unspoken rules to this stuff – the Queensberry rules of basic decency – and he breaks them all. He punches downwards – which a gentleman should, would, could never do – and every blow he aims is below the belt. He particularly likes to kick the vulnerable or voiceless – and he kicks them when they are down.

So the fact that a significant minority – perhaps a third – of Americans look at what he does, listen to what he says, and then think ‘Yeah, he seems like my kind of guy’ is a matter of some confusion and no little distress to British people, given that:

• Americans are supposed to be nicer than us, and mostly are.

• You don’t need a particularly keen eye for detail to spot a few flaws in the man.

This last point is what especially confuses and dismays British people, and many other people too; his faults seem pretty bloody hard to miss. After all, it’s impossible to read a single tweet, or hear him speak a sentence or two, without staring deep into the abyss. He turns being artless into an art form; he is a Picasso of pettiness; a Shakespeare of shit. His faults are fractal: even his flaws have flaws, and so on ad infinitum.

God knows there have always been stupid people in the world, and plenty of nasty people too. But rarely has stupidity been so nasty, or nastiness so stupid. He makes Nixon look trustworthy and George W look smart. In fact, if Frankenstein decided to make a monster assembled entirely from human flaws – he would make a Trump.

And a remorseful Doctor Frankenstein would clutch out big clumpfuls of hair and scream in anguish: ‘My God… what… have… I… created?' If being a twat was a TV show, Trump would be the boxed set.”

[Ed Krassenstein @EdKrassen]

WOW!

Sex Trafficking victim Karla Jacinto has some very harsh words for Republican Senator Katie Britt.

Britt, who used Jacinto’s story in the GOP response to the State of the Union Address, not only seems to have gotten facts wrong, but she also didn’t ask Jacinto permission to use her story.

FACTS:
- Jacinto was not trafficked by the drug cartels. She was trafficked by a Pimp.
- Jacinto was Trafficked in Mexico — never in the United States.
- The events took place under President George W. Bush.

Jacinto told CNN:

“I hardly ever cooperate with politicians, because it seems to me that they only want an image. They only want a photo — and that to me is not fair… I work as a spokesperson for many victims who have no voice, and I really would like them to be empathetic: all the governors, all the senators, to be empathetic with the issue of human trafficking because there are millions of girls and boys who disappear all the time. People who are really trafficked and abused, as she [Britt] mentioned. And I think she [Britt] should first take into account what really happens before telling a story of that magnitude”

Is Britt going to apologize for using Jacinto as a political tool?

[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: E. Jean Carroll's superstar attorney suggests that she may file a third defamation lawsuit against Donald Trump — just days after he posted a $91.6 million bond for the last case he lost against her.

This is simply too good...

"The statute of limitations for defamation in most jurisdictions is between one and three years," said Roberta A. Kaplan, the lawyer in question. "As we said after the last jury verdict, we continue to monitor every statement that Donald Trump makes about our client."

The statement comes in the wake of a string of new attacks that Trump has launched on Carroll in recent days, using language conspicuously similar to his past defamatory remarks.

During a rally in Georgia, Trump whined about posting bond and smeared Carroll as "not a believable person" and said that her accusations were false. A jury has already ruled that she was in fact sexually abused by him.

Trump then mocked Carroll as "Ms. Bergdorf Goodman," a reference to the store where he assaulted her, during a phone interview with CNBC. He slammed the rulings against him as "ridiculous."

"I got charged. I was given a false accusation and had to post a $91 million bond on a false accusation,” said Trump.

This is clear cut. Carroll must sue again. She should take every last penny he has until he stops defaming her.

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[George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway3d]

This is magnificent.

[bostonteaparty @bostonteapartyd]

@OccupyDemocrats My analysis

[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: Fox News shocks its viewers as right-wing host Steve Doocy rips into MAGA House Majority Whip Tom Emmer live on-air over the Republican scheme to torpedo the bipartisan border bill.

This is not what conservatives expected to see when they turned on their TVs...

Republican lawmakers have been lining up to attack the new border legislation because Donald Trump has commanded them to. Trump wants to run on immigration and if Biden signs a border bill, Trump loses his signature campaign issue.

The truth, of course, is that Trump doesn't actually care about the border. He only cares about regaining power.

Doocy had Emmer on his show and called out the blatant hypocrisy.

"I know a lot of Republicans are against it because Donald Trump is against it," said Doocy. "But here's the problem for you guys the Border Patrol union came out and the acting CBP chief both came out and said that it's not perfect, but this is the best thing we've seen in decades."

"So are Republicans gonna say that the Border Patrol union and the acting CBP chief are wrong?" asked Doocy.

"Well look, they can have their perspective, Steve and we've got a lot—" said Emmer.

"It's their jobs, Tom!" interjected Doocy.

"Well and it's our job to, uh, actually make sure the laws will accomplish what we're seeking to do," said Emmer.

The truth is that the bill does accomplish what Republicans claim to want to accomplish. Biden and the Democrats have negotiated for months and compromised on numerous points.

Under normal circumstances, Republicans would be praising this bill. But since Trump doesn't want it passed for selfish reasons, Republicans are pretending to hate the bill.

This attempt to hurt the country to get Trump back into office is utterly transparent and American voters will see right through it come election day.

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[Gene Trevino @GenoVeno73]

🚨 ICYMI 🚨

So, not only does Jack Smith have the recording of Donald Trump trying to pressure Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger into finding 11,780 non-existent votes to overturn Joe Biden’s win Georgia....

But Jack Smith now has a recording of Donald Trump pressuring TWO Michigan Republican canvassers to NOT certify the 2020 presidential election.

In case you don't know, Michigan Republican canvassers is a Board composed of four members (2 Republicans and 2 Democrats) who are appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the State Senate.
They have a few duties regarding the state of Michigan - one of those, is certifying statewide elections.

Donald Trump pressured these two Republican canvassers NOT to certify Joe Biden’s win in Michigan.

Oh, and there's a HUGE cherry on top:
According to the report, Republican National Committee Chairwoman @GOPChairwoman Ronna McDaniel was also on that call. She's recorded as saying: “If you can go home tonight, do not sign it. ... We will get you attorneys.”

“We’ll take care of that,” Trump added.

And there you have it folks, some members of the @GOP @HouseGOP @SenateGOP are involved with Donald Trump's ILLEGAL efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election.

[🌞 Linda Saladin 🌷 @bellalark]

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[🌞 Linda Saladin 🌷 @bellalark]

@LakotaMan1 Helllll noooo! Indigenous woman here. 🪶

[🌞 Linda Saladin 🌷 @bellalark]

Trump learns he's a special counsel 'target,' turns to GOP allies https://t.co/vuJOyAeFB9 via @msnbc

[🌞 Linda Saladin 🌷 @bellalark]

@RpsAgainstTrump 🟠🐖

[🌞 Linda Saladin 🌷 @bellalark]

Soon. 🌸

[🌞 Linda Saladin 🌷 @bellalark]

@_WendyJenks 💔🥺

[🌞 Linda Saladin 🌷 @bellalark]

@_WendyJenks @hellyesadiva I’m sorry to hear that. 🥺😢

[🌞 Linda Saladin 🌷 @bellalark]

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