Saturday, November 15, 2025
Friday, November 14, 2025
The Snapshot
This week, Jamie Raskin, Democrat of Maryland, revealed that a whistle-blower gave the House Committee on the Judiciary information about the special treatment that Ghislaine Maxwell is receiving at the minimum-security federal prison she was recently transferred to.
In a letter to Donald Trump, Raskin wrote that Maxwell, who is serving a 20-year sentence for her role in Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking operation, has had custom meals delivered to her cell. The warden, he said, personally arranged for Maxwell to meet privately with family members and other visitors and even provided snacks and refreshments. According to Raskin, her guests were allowed to bring computers, potentially allowing her unauthorized communication with the outside world.
Maxwell was allegedly taken to the prison’s exercise room after hours so she could work out alone, and “allowed to enjoy recreation time in staff-only areas,” wrote Raskin. An inmate who trains service dogs was reportedly instructed to give her special access to a puppy. Raskin claimed that a top official at the prison said that he is “sick of having to be Maxwell’s bitch.”
The use of high-level staff for menial tasks, along with special mail privileges
According to Raskin, the whistleblower said Maxwell used high-ranking prison staff for certain tasks, employing FPC Bryan warden Tanisha Hall as her “personal secretary and administrative assistant.”
Ms. Maxwell’s correspondents would email documents directly to the Warden, who would provide them to Ms. Maxwell, who would then review and edit them and provide them back to the Warden to scan and provide to the original sender. For other inmates, simple mail can take weeks to arrive and is frequently lost
Special rules for her visitors
In his letter, Raskin said the prison’s preferential treatment of Maxwell extended to her visitors as well. In one instance, the warden personally arranged a private meeting for Maxwell and a group of visitors, some of whom were relatives. Allegedly, the warden “provided a special cordoned off area for visitors to arrive, as well as an assortment of snacks and refreshments for her guests.”
Unmonitored internet access
According to Raskin’s letter, Maxwell’s visitors were also allowed to bring computers into the facility with Raskin noting the “security risk and potential” for her to use the internet unmonitored.
Less restricted movement
Last month, The Wall Street Journal reported on one specific incident in August where inmates were placed on lockdown, limiting their time for visits and recreation, while Maxwell met with visitors in the prison chapel. According to the outlet, Maxwell was allowed to shower after 8 p.m., when other inmates were mandated to be in their bunks.
Maxwell said in her interview with Blanche that she never saw Trump behave inappropriately. Shortly after the interview, her lot in life improved significantly, as MSNBC’s Ken Dilanian explains:
After the interview, she was transferred from a low-security prison in Florida to a minimum-security federal prison camp in Bryan, Texas. The Federal Bureau of Prisons has not explained the transfer, which MSNBC and other outlets reported deviated from a policy that generally forbids sex offenders from serving in prison camps. Days after her arrival, she said in emails to friends and relatives that she was much happier at the less-restrictive facility.
The timing of Blanche’s interview combined with Maxwell’s exceptional transfer reeks of a potential quid pro quo. (A senior administration official told NBC News in August, “Any false assertion this individual was given preferential treatment is absurd.”) New details of special treatment in her new prison camp only strengthen suspicions of an arrangement.
Invoking a “particularly urgent way of speaking as a body of bishops”, the US Bishops’ Conference has issued a “Special Message” addressing their “concern for the evolving situation impacting immigrants in the United States.
It is the first Special Message released by the bishops since "a similar communication in 2013, published in response to the federal government’s contraceptive mandate. Such Messages can only be issued at the Conference’s plenary assemblies, and then only with the approval of two-thirds of those bishops present and voting at the Assembly. The current Message passed with almost 97% in favour, and only five bishops voting against the measure.
The Special Message assures immigrants that they are not alone, with the Bishops saying they "stand with you in your suffering.” The very beginning of the letter highlights the Bishops’ concerns about immigrants living in “a climate of fear and anxiety”, the current state of the debate over immigration, including the “vilification” of immigrants, conditions in detention centres, lack of access to pastoral care, and other attacks on the dignity of immigrants.
Precisely because of their love for their country, and recalling their prayers for “its peace and prosperity,” the Bishops say they feel “compelled” to raise their voices “in defence of God-given human dignity.”
“Catholic teaching exhorts nations to recognize the fundamental dignity of all persons, including immigrants,” the Bishops write. At the same time, they maintain that “human dignity and national security are not in conflict,” and that “both are possible if people of good will work together.”
The Bishops contend that “safe and legal pathways” for immigration can serve as an “antidote” to the risks of trafficking and exploitation immigrants face, while acknowledging the need for nations to “regulate their borders and establish a just and orderly immigration system for the sake of the common good.”
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Thursday, November 13, 2025
Isaiah's THE WORLD TODAY JUST NUTS "MAGA Christians"
Isaiah's latest THE WORLD TODAY JUST NUTS "MAGA Christians." Propaganda Pig Karoline Leavitt is in a panic, "Oh, Pam, I just read NYT's expose on Matt Gaetz's coke use and statutory rape. I was defending him November 21st. Am I going to hell?" AG Pam da Bimbo Bondi reassures, "Oh, Karoline, you know we're pharisaic. Just as surely as your child has a pig snout, you and I are going to hell." "Me too!" chimes in Matt Gaetz. Isaiah archives his comics at THE WORLD TODAY JUST NUTS.
The Snapshot
Thursday, November 13, 2025. Donald Chump knew. Let that register. And Donald Chump celebrated the 2017 holidays with . . . Jeffrey Epstein. So many thing emerging.
Adelita Grijalva, let's start with her. Yesterday, she was finally sworn in.
Finally? Annie Grayer (CNN) notes:
After 50 days of waiting, Rep. Adelita Grijalva was sworn into Congress Wednesday, bringing an end to a contentious chapter in the US House of Representatives that included a lawsuit and rising tensions inside the Capitol over her seating.
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“It has been 50 days since the people of Arizona’s 7th Congressional District elected me to represent them,” Grijalva said on Wednesday. “This is an abuse of power. One individual should not be able to unilaterally obstruct the swearing in of a duly elected member of Congress for a political reason.”
Immediately after being sworn in, Grijalva become the decisive 218th member in support of an effort to force the House to vote on the release of all of the Jeffrey Epstein case files, an issue that has roiled the House and sparked division among Republicans. Hours before her signature advanced the effort forward, top Trump administration officials met with at least one Republican who had also signed onto the petition.
That was late in the day yesterday. A lot happened yesterday so let's go chronological for a bit and we'll mix in some videos with it. .
As Marcia noted last night in "Kim Davis and other Nazis," people who are not Nazis don't have to spend time denying that they're not Nazis.
Instead of releasing the files, Chump and his administration are trying to derail the Congressional effort to release the files. What's Fatty Chump hiding?
Travis Gettys (RAW STORY) reports:
President Donald Trump's relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein continued into his first term in the White House, so much so that Epstein spent Thanksgiving with Trump while the president was in office, according to newly released emails written by the late financier.
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee released a new batch of emails Wednesday obtained from Epstein's estate, followed by the Republican-led panel's release of 20,000 additional documents, and one of those exchanges shows that he claims to have spent Thanksgiving 2017 – Trump's first as president – at his private Mar-a-Lago resort.
Epstein exchanged emails on Thanksgiving morning, Nov. 23, 2017, with Manhattan modeling management guru Faith Kates, who asked where he was spending the holiday.
If you've forgotten the lie, it has been stated that Chump broke off contact with Epstein in the '00s -- some saying 2004 and some saying 2006. 2017? That's a decade later and two years before Epstein died. The friendship clearly continued. How many US presidents do you think have dinners with convicted sex offenders?
At THE AMERICAN PROPSECT, Ryan Cooper writes:
Well, now we have it. On Wednesday, Democrats on the House Oversight Committee released another batch of documents related to notorious pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. Among them were several emails about Donald Trump. One was from Epstein to his accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell back in 2011. He wrote: “i want you to realize that that dog that hasn’t barked is trump.. [victim] spent hours at my house with him ,, he has never once been mentioned. police chief. etc. im 75 % there[.]” (Excuse the spelling and grammar errors, that’s all Jeffrey.)
By now, we’re all familiar with what “spent hours” meant in the context of rich, powerful men and Epstein’s victims—particularly given the reference to ‘barking,’ which has to mean going to prosecutors or the media.
Cooper also pulls from TAP's previous Epstein coverage to note these ten stnd out pieces:
- 1992: Trump and Epstein are filmed partying together with young cheerleaders at Mar-a-Lago.
- 2002: Trump tells New York magazine: “I’ve known Jeff for fifteen years. Terrific guy … He’s a lot of fun to be with. It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side.”
- 2003: As part of an incredibly revolting book celebrating Epstein’s 50th birthday, Trump sends a birthday note with a hand-drawn note of a pubescent, nude female form, and a poem reading in part: “Donald: Enigmas never age, have you noticed that? … A pal is a wonderful thing. Happy Birthday—and may every day be another wonderful secret.”
- 2008: Epstein is finally investigated for sexual abuse of minors. Then-U.S. attorney Alex Acosta grants Epstein one of the most bizarre sweetheart deals in American legal history, in which Epstein not only secretly pled to a much lesser charge of soliciting an underage prostitute, but also got all his unnamed accomplices immunized forever.
- 2011: Epstein sends the above email.
- 2016: Epstein claims in another email that he is hanging out in Trump Tower a week after the election.
- 2017: Trump nominates Acosta, who has no relevant experience, to run the Department of Labor, which he does until 2019.
- 2019: Epstein is finally indicted for sexual abuse. A few months later, he apparently commits suicide under the most suspicious circumstances imaginable.
- 2022: Maxwell is convicted of conspiring with Epstein to abuse children, and sentenced to 20 years in prison.
- 2025: Trump, back in office, fires the prosecutor who successfully prosecuted Epstein. His lawyers have a meeting with Maxwell. She subsequently says that Trump definitely didn’t do anything wrong, and then she is transferred to apparently the cushiest prison cell in the Western Hemisphere, according to a recent whistleblower report, which includes a service puppy.
Let's wind down with this from Senator Elizabeth Warren's office:
Rollbacks include a rule that would have ensured workers with disabilities are paid competitive wages
Trump admin’s FY26 budget proposes a complete elimination of team that ensures compliance with disability protections
Washington, D.C. — In a new letter, U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), along with Representatives Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.), Chair of the Bipartisan Disability Caucus, and Lateefah Simon (D-Calif.) led 56 members of Congress in pressing Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer about the Department of Labor’s (DOL) dismantling of key disability employment protections. Secretary DeRemer’s rollbacks include regulations that prohibit discrimination by federal contractors, a proposed rule that would have ensured competitive wages for disabled workers, and funding to teams that enforce labor protections.
“(Y)our actions as Secretary of Labor represent the most significant retreat from opportunities for workers with disabilities and federal disability rights enforcement in decades,” wrote the members.
In July, Secretary DeRemer proposed a rule that would eliminate directives from Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, including hiring goals for federal contractors and data collection requirements to monitor compliance with disability employment objectives.
“This provision serves as a cornerstone of federal efforts to promote disability employment in the private sector…Without concerted action, a growing number of disabled people would be shut out of the workforce and increasingly reliant on social safety net programs,” said the members.
Eliminating data collection and measurable targets means there would be no accountability mechanisms to ensure private companies are complying with the law. This policy reversal would also run counter to the Trump administration’s goal of reducing government dependency and promoting workforce participation, and would likely reduce employment opportunities for disabled workers, increasing their reliance on government benefits.
Secretary DeRemer has also laid off nearly 90 percent of the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, leaving only 50 employees to process thousands of federal contractor audits that affect millions of workers. President Trump’s FY26 budget proposes getting rid of the office entirely.
President Trump’s FY26 budget also proposes cutting the Office of Disability Employment’s budget by more than 20 percent.
“By cutting this office’s funding, your administration is decreasing the federal government’s leadership role in promoting competitive integrated employment at a time when such coordination is most needed,” wrote the lawmakers.
Secretary DeRemer is also undermining workers with disabilities’ fight for competitive wages. The Biden administration had proposed phasing out 14(c) certificates, which are waivers allowing employers to pay a wage lower than the federal minimum wage to workers with disabilities. In July, Secretary DeRemer abandoned this proposal, and the DOL continues to issue the certificates.
“This exploitative practice undermines the dignity and economic security of people with disabilities while creating perverse incentives for employers to segregate disabled workers in sheltered workshops, where most employees are people with disabilities,” said the lawmakers.
In July, the DOL also proposed eliminating equal opportunity regulations in registered apprenticeships, which combine paid job training with technical instruction, providing clear pathways to employment. Data shows that workers who completed apprenticeships saw a 49 percent increase in their earnings.
“The disability community deserves leadership that expands employment opportunities…you have instead continued a systematic dismantling of decades of bipartisan progress that has measurably improved employment opportunities and quality of life for millions of Americans with disabilities,” concluded the lawmakers.
The coalition asked Secretary De-Remer to provide clarity by December 11, 2025 on her decisions to eliminate the above protections and how the department plans to fulfill its legal obligations to workers with disabilities without those regulations.
Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) joined in signing the letter.
Representatives Alma Adams (D-N.C.), Yassamin Ansari (D-Ariz.), Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio), Donald Beyer (D-Va.), Brendan Boyle (D-Pa.), Nikki Budzinski (D-Ill.), André Carson (D-Ind.), Judy Chu (D-Calif.), Angie Craig (D-Minn.), Danny Davis (D-Ill.), Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.), Mark DeSaulnier (D-Calif.), Veronica Escobar (D-Texas), Dwight Evans (D-Pa.), Cleo Fields (D-La.), Sylvia Garcia (D-Texas), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-Pa.), Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.), Steny Hoyer (D-Md.), Jared Huffman (D-Calif.), Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), Julie Johnson (D-Texas), Bill Keating (D-Mass.), Robin Kelly (D-Ill.), Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.), Greg Landsman (D-Ohio), Summer Lee (D-Pa.), Stephen Lynch (D-Mass.), John Mannion (D-N.Y.), Sarah McBride (D-Del.), Jim McGovern (D-Mass.), LaMonica McIver (D-N.J.), Gwen Moore (D-Wis.), Kelly Morrison (D-Minn.), Seth Moulton (D-Mass.), Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), Mark Pocan (D-Wis.), Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.), Emily Randall (D-Wash.), Delia Ramirez (D-Ill.), Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.), Adam Smith (D-Wash.), Eric Sorensen (D-Ill.), Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.), Shri Thanedar (D-Mich.), Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), Dina Titus (D-Nev.), Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), and Jill Tokuda (D-Hawaii) joined in signing the letter.
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