Dale J. Dangremond 🌊💙🇺🇦

Disability advocate, consultant, ASL/SL interp, crusader for the downtrodden/defender of those in need/Swiss Army Wife/Co-caregiver of Dad/wife of @tedescobill.

[Sandi Bachom 📹 @sandibachom]

Seven years ago today the SDNY held a press conference after they arrested Jeffrey Epstein at Teterboro airport in a sting so secretive, not even other FBI agents knew.

Geoffrey Berman announce the charges of sex trafficking underage girls. He announced what was taken out of the mansion. There were 1700 photographs on the walls. There were tapes marked underage girls. There were small diamonds in the safe and several passports with his picture but different names.

A week later after the press conference or Berman announced that this investigation was going to be ongoing. It was shut down and Berman was fired.

We went from the Press conference into court with Epstein. I took verbatim notes. Epstein‘s Lawyer laughed and said Your Honor this has been adjudicated. This was not r*pe this was prostitution. The judge said an underage girl cannot agree to sex that’s r*ape. To which his lawyer replied it can’t be. “There was no penetration”.

When I left that day, I said this will top all the nations. I was wrong.

[Joyce Alene @JoyceWhiteVance]

I'll confess to finding one thing about Trump especially frustrating as a former prosecutor: his willingness to use delay as a litigation strategy. Tonight, the courts moved quickly in the E. Jean Carroll case—and that means time is just about up. Read about it here, so you’ll know exactly what happened and what comes next: https://t.co/9S3pUiBZbu

[EU says Elon should not lie abt my blue check @emptywheel]

Turns out that when you accept a bribe you harm security -- literally, in the case of the Flying Bribery Palace.

Trump COULDN'T even resist accepting the bribe even though it put himself at risk.

https://t.co/doQMMDT9YY

[ProPublica @propublica]

President Trump wants to soften one of the strongest legal protections American workers have: the right to hold an employer accountable when retirement savings are mishandled.
https://t.co/BfEHz9mrHx

[Mother Jones @MotherJones]

Trump has claimed repeatedly that the career workers his minions drove out are “getting private sector jobs” and making “twice as much money, three times as much money.” The numbers paint a more troubling picture.

Many struggled to find work, with about 40 percent searching for at least six months. https://t.co/c50YWjjw49

[American Oversight @weareoversight]

Freedom 250 isn’t done with its 250th anniversary events — and many of them seem to be more about Trump than the country as a whole.

We sent FOIAs for communications, internal guidance, and donor information that could show how Freedom 250 is funded.
https://t.co/8rwnHhIpKQ

[Democracy Docket @DemocracyDocket]

⚠️ Trump’s DOJ threatened top election officials in all 50 states with criminal prosecution if they knowingly retain noncitizens on voter rolls.

The action comes as the GOP continues to allege widespread noncitizen voting — a problem for which they have not produced evidence. https://t.co/3Pyi02TafG

[The Lincoln Project @ProjectLincoln]

When Democrats take back control they have to do more than correct course. Every criminal act by Trump and his administration must be prosecuted fully. LP Senior Advisor @stuartpstevens joins MSNOW:

[Project On Government Oversight @POGOwatchdog]

Whistleblower protections are being systematically dismantled by the Trump administration.

It’s not too late for lawmakers to fight to reinforce them. In May, @jdspielberger wrote this piece explaining how they can do so: https://t.co/XTaipLZ5IL

[Chris “Law Dork” Geidner @chrisgeidner]

Back in May, a fed'l judge issued a decision in SDNY declaring the DOGE-related mass-cancellation of National Endowment for the Humanities grants to have been illegal and unconstitutional.

On Monday, the final day to appeal, DOJ filed its notice of appeal to the Second Circuit.

[S.V. Dáte @svdate]

BTW, if you’re wondering why two new AF1s ordered a decade ago are not yet in service, the reason is that Donald Trump is profoundly ignorant yet believes himself really smart.

https://t.co/WTTDIwgkVe

[Scott MacFarlane @MacFarlaneNews]

UPDATE: Appeals court will NOT intervene to restore Trump’s name to the Kennedy Center

Judges noted how Team Trump claimed financial harm.. then ruled “Appellants, however, have failed to
support this assertion with any specific facts or evidence”

[The Shallow State @OurShallowState]

It's important for us to remember that besides being a narcissist, sociopath, grifter, rapist, traitor, and serial criminal, he's also an idiot.

[Roger Sollenberger @SollenbergerRC]

Looks like Cory Mills broke the law when he filed his candidate paperwork with Florida last month. Now it’s past the filing deadline, so he may have knocked himself off the ballot and out of Congress without any help from the Ethics Committee investigation
https://t.co/EoU9PCbb7y

[Marc Polymeropoulos @Mpolymer]

Reposting, as this issue is getting some traction now as to why a real AF1 is coming on station…. With added notion that perhaps there was some threat reporting as well. But bottom line is at the Qatari origin bridge aircraft is not yet suitable for international travel for the president. Which is something that those of us in the ntl security world immediately saw as a very real possibility, last week. The vanity project met reality.

[Steve Rattner @SteveRattner]

The emoluments clause is supposed to prevent the President from receiving foreign bribes.

That hasn’t stopped Trump’s family from receiving about $13 billion in “investments” from foreign governments, especially in the Middle East.

My @Morning_Joe Chart

[Melanie D'Arrigo @DarrigoMelanie]

60% of Americans struggle to afford basic necessities, while Trump tripled his personal wealth.

He ran for president to avoid prison and make money, and was boosted by dark money, paid influencers and media allies. He was never planning on doing anything to help you.

[Fred Wellman @FPWellman]

This is corruption at a scale we have not witnessed. The pathetic toadies of the Republican Doormat Congress spent years going after Hunter Biden for a pittance of the amounts the Trumps are directly taking from our own government! The moral cowardice of Rep. Ann Wagner as she watches this open theft is unmatched. We will end the silence in November.

[Molly Ploofkins @Mollyploofkins]

So far this morning, Trump has...

• Declared the ceasefire over
• Threatened to commit war crimes against Iran
• Suspended trade with Spain
• Accused the 'Islamic Republic of Japan' of launching 111 missiles
• Referred to Zelenskyy as 'President Putin'
• Said he is number one on 'Tic Tack'
• Claimed prices are down on everything
• Suggested the U.S. should have carpet-bombed Khomenei's funeral
• Mentioned taking over Kharg Island
• Removed Syria from the State Sponsors of Terrorism list
• Praised China, Russia, and Turkey while disparaging NATO
• Tanked the markets

[Jo @JoJoFromJerz]

Now take the fucking tarp down!!