Bless Your Heart

[Melanie D'Arrigo @DarrigoMelanie]

Billionaires, tech oligarchs, Trump officials, and foreign government officials attending a secretive summit to learn cult building, prepping for World War 3, and sex tips, should be getting attention — especially since no one from the Epstein files has faced justice.

[Justin Wolfers @JustinWolfers]

The most important fact about Elon Musk's election spending isn't the dollar amount.⁣
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It's that, relative to a trillion-dollar fortune, it was extraordinarily cheap.⁣
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That's what makes this a story about democracy, not just wealth.⁣
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https://t.co/QPnFXy8SOv

[ESPN FC @ESPNFC]

Lionel Messi has scored more World Cup goals after turning 35 (10) than the following players in their entire careers:

-Cristiano Ronaldo
-Thierry Henry
-Maradona
-Rivaldo
-Neymar
-Harry Kane

Absolutely insane 🤯🐐

[Rob Sand @RobSandIA]

Our opponent's first attack ad is already misleading Iowans and even caused the local anchors featured in it to issue a fact-check. Be skeptical and careful with what Zach Lahn says.

[Zachary Cohen @ZcohenCNN]

“Losing control of the strait will be the biggest blunder of this era because it is a card the US cannot counter without going all in,” a fourth source involved with the military planning for the war said. “Now there is no way to undo the strait without amassing a massive force.”

[The Olympic Games @Olympics]

With 26 World Cup appearances and counting, Lionel Messi has played more matches on football’s biggest stage than any player in history. 🐐⚽

Here's how a kid from Rosario became one of the greatest athletes of all time.

#Olympics #FIFAWorldCup

[Courthouse News @CourthouseNews]

.@RepRaskin said the payments — which amounted to as much as $40,000 per agent on Director Kash Patel's advisory team — depleted FBI accounts dedicated to employee bonuses. @BenjaminSWeiss https://t.co/9MvEfz08Na

[Lev Parnas @levparnas]

BREAKING: Epstein survivors respond to @maggieNYT and @jonathanvswan’s book revelations.

Statement from the Survivors:

Today, on behalf of survivors of Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse and trafficking network, we are responding to the release of Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan’s book and the reported inclusion of disturbing Epstein-related information that was not made public when it was first known. For survivors, this is not about politics, media competition, publishing, or book sales.This is about justice. Information connected to Jeffrey Epstein, his associates, the people who enabled him, and the institutions that protected him belongs in the hands of survivors, investigators, law enforcement, Congress, and the public. It should never be withheld for months and then revealed as part of a commercial book release.

Survivors have already endured decades of silence, delay, sealed records, broken promises, and institutional failure. They have watched powerful people avoid accountability while the truth has been selectively released, buried, or timed for someone else’s benefit. That pattern must end. If journalists, publishers, government officials, law enforcement agencies, courts, political institutions, or any other individuals possess Epstein-related information that could help expose the network, identify those who enabled abuse, or bring accountability to survivors, it must be disclosed responsibly and without unnecessary delay.

Survivors are not storylines. Their trauma is not content. Their pursuit of justice should never be timed around a publishing schedule, media rollout, or financial gain. Survivors have waited long enough.There can be no more selective transparency. No more delay. No more profit from survivors’ pain while accountability remains out of reach.
The truth must come out now.

Lisa Phillips
Lara Blume McGee
Sharlene Rochard
Audra Lynn Fasano
Marina Lacerda
Wendy Pesante
Jena-Lisa Jones
Jane Doe 
Jane Doe
Jane Doe

[The New Yorker @NewYorker]

Before President Trump officially nominated Todd Blanche to be the nation’s 88th Attorney General, Blanche had engaged in what looked like a manic spree of auditioning for the top job. He touted one flimsy indictment (of the former F.B.I. director James Comey, for posting on social media a photo of “86 47,” written in seashells) after another (criminal charges against the Southern Poverty Law Center, for allegedly defrauding its donors). He ramped up a seemingly stalled criminal investigation into the former C.I.A. director John Brennan. And he presided over the creation of a nearly $1.8-billion “anti-weaponization” slush fund, supposedly to settle the Trump family’s lawsuit against the I.R.S., for a private contractor’s leak of tax records. (This looting of the Treasury has apparently been averted, following a rare revolt by Republican lawmakers.)

The Senate vote on Blanche’s nomination to be Deputy Attorney General last year was 52–46, along party lines. That was when his background—he had been a registered Democrat until 2023—offered the hope that he would stand up for the norms of Justice Department independence. “The optimism that Blanche would be a moderating force, though, seems to have underestimated the corrupting power of ambition,” Ruth Marcus writes. “In a Senate that took its constitutional role seriously, Blanche would not win confirmation a second time.”

Read Ruth Marcus on why Todd Blanche should not be Attorney General: https://t.co/auHF6XyqgP

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Breaking News from @TheAthleticFC: Lionel Messi scored three goals in Argentina's win over Algeria, tying the all-time men's World Cup scoring record. This is Messi's first-ever World Cup hat-trick, in his sixth tournament. https://t.co/ANlhkYgm0e

[Bleacher Report @BleacherReport]

LIONEL MESSI ARE YOU SERIOUS??? 🤯

HIS FIRST CAREER HAT TRICK IN THE WORLD CUP 🔥

He's now TIED for the most goals in World Cup HISTORY

(via @foxsports)

[Congressman Robert Garcia @RepRobertGarcia]

Oversight and Judiciary Dems visited Ghislaine Maxwell’s prison today, it is essentially a pristine park with fountains and ample green space. She’s the only convicted sex offender there. Why did @DAGToddBlanche move her here? This isn’t justice.

[Joyce Alene @JoyceWhiteVance]

Some women at a Turning Point USA summit talked about relinquishing their right to vote to create a “more conservative” country. Here’s why we can’t afford to laugh it off as ridiculous.
https://t.co/3dtpBdcO5T

[B/R Football @brfootball]

The ref’s view of Messi’s golazo 😮‍💨

(via @TelemundoSports)

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

The expansive Epstein files released by the Justice Department have exposed the financier’s cozy relationships with high-profile and powerful associates, leading to cascading resignations and public shaming.

A review of the files by The Washington Post reveals how Epstein cultivated a network of lesser-known associates who offered to bring women into his orbit in the years after he was released from jail.

Epstein's interactions with Ramsey Elkholy, a former New York City modeling agent, were captured in more than 100 emails spanning a decade starting in 2009. Elkholy addressed those interactions in an hour-long interview with The Post, providing insights into the reasons he and others introduced young women to the financier.

Elkholy said that he’s “1,000 percent sure” he did nothing illegal and that Epstein never paid him. He said he is “ashamed” of what he wrote, explaining that his crude emails were merely intended to impress or curry favor with Epstein.

Read the full investigation: https://t.co/dZHeiLQFef

[ProPublica @propublica]

Oil tycoon Jeffery Hildebrand gave millions to Donald Trump’s 2024 election campaign.

He is set to reap a financial windfall as the EPA moves to weaken restrictions on wells like his that produce very little energy but release vast amounts of methane.
https://t.co/5yLBogmUlh

[MeidasTouch @MeidasTouch]

Wow. The Trump regime is now effectively telling Americans: don't read the actual agreement.

A U.S. official says the MOU should be viewed as a vague "political document," and says "people shouldn't read too much into the language" when the text is released.

[Rep. Mike Levin @RepMikeLevin]

Let’s talk about the Kennedy Center.

We just had a huge win: Trump’s name was finally removed.

You’d think that would be the end of it. But now they’re hiding the sign that says “The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts” behind a tarp, with no plans to take it down.

Rather than simply let the Kennedy Center be the Kennedy Center, they’re literally covering up its name.

How vain can one man be? It’s petty. It’s absurd. And frankly, it’s embarrassing.

[Headquarters @HQNewsNow]

Mike Collins, the new Republican Senate candidate for Georgia:

—Praised college students making monkey gestures and noises at a Black woman
—Employed a chief of staff who was in a white nationalist group chat
—Denies the results of the 2020 election
—Has been the subject of a House Ethics committee investigation

[Headquarters @HQNewsNow]

Sen. @timkaine: Was the 2024 presidential election rigged?

Trump Nominee: President Trump won the 2024 presidential election.

Kaine: He was asked twice if the 2020 election was rigged and he wouldn't answer the question. You answered so easily when I asked you the question about 2024. The fact that you were unable to give the simple answer about 2020 raises serious questions.