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This thought provoking article is making me rethink my recent assertion that the Epstein files scandal is distracting us from the "real issues".

>>There’s an incorrect belief that the Epstein case is somehow separate from the real concerns facing America, a conspiracist concoction untethered to reality. But it’s actually about the policy issue I’ve probably spent more time writing on than any other in my career in journalism: the two-tiered system of justice and accountability in America, and the impunity we afford the nation’s elites.<<

Do read the whole thing.

prospect.org/justice/2025-07-1…

#EpsteinFiles #JeffreyEpstein #DonaldTrump #USPolitics #CriminalJustice


Jeffrey Epstein Is a Policy Issue

It’s about elite impunity, the defining issue in America for more than two decades.
David Dayen (The American Prospect)
#uspolitics #donaldtrump #epsteinfiles #jeffreyepstein #criminaljustice

It starts with disinformation.
It progresses to bludgeoning the press into silence.
It moves on to denying election results and fighting like hell to overturn an election they squarely lost ...

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#politics #uspolitics


URGENT: MAGA Trying to Steal Supreme Court Seat in NC

The MAGA attack on 65,000 votes — and the judge fighting back.
Ben Meiselas (Meidas+)
#politics #uspolitics

Latest comic: What's the point of an economy that no longer serves the interests of human beings?

#labor #workers #economy #oligarchy #technology #automation #uspol #uspolitics #plutocracy

Welcome to AI-merica TWO WOMEN WALKING THROUGH WINTER LANDSCAPE HAVING A CONVERSATION WOMAN 1: SO BILLIONAIRES ARE TRYING TO REPLACE GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AND PRIVATE-SECTOR WORKERS WITH AI. WOMAN 1: ANYTHING A ROBOT WOULDN'T NEED IS BEING THREATENED OR DISMANTLED-- MEDICAID, MEDICARE, THE EPA, POSSIBLY SOCIAL SECURITY… WOMAN 1: THESE WEIRD TECH OLIGARCHS AND THEIR REPUBLICAN SERVANTS ARE ACTING LIKE THERE ARE NO PEOPLE WHO WOULD EVEN NEED INCOME OR FOOD OR A DECENT RETIREMENT! ROBOTS APPEAR ROBOT 1: ORGANIC MATTER DETECTED. ROBOT 2: REPORT TO BOT SERVICE HUB FOR BALL BEARING LUBRICATION DUTY. WOMAN 2: I'M GETTING THE SENSE THAT THE "BIPARTISAN COMPROMISE" STRATEGY ISN'T WORKING. ©2025 Jen Sorensen
#technology #Labor #uspol #automation #economy #plutocracy #uspolitics #workers #oligarchy

#BookBan #USPolitics
Post by sober scientist life: "Did you know John Steinbeck's depression-era classic 'The Grapes of Wrath' is among the 'Top 100 books banned' in America? I can see why: "Here's a short passage from Chapter 25: 'There is a crime here that goes beyond denunciation. There is a sorrow here that weeping cannot symbolize. There is a failure here that topples all our successes. The fertle Earth, the straight tree rows, the sturdy trunks, and the ripe fruit. And the children dying of (hunger) must die because a profit cannot be taken from an orange. And coroners must fill in the certificates - died of malnutrition - because the food must rot (if not sold at a profit). "...and in the eyes of the hungry there is a growing wrath. In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage."
#uspolitics #bookban

Latest comic: It did happen here

#cartoon #comic #uspol #USPolitics #election2024 #democracy #media

It Did Happen Here 2020 WAS OUR REPRIEVE AFTER A BRUSH WITH AUTHORITARIANISM. JOE BIDEN SMILING AT LECTERN GUY WIPING BROW - WHEW, THAT WAS CLOSE! JANUARY 6 SEEMED TO BRIEFLY MAKE THIS CLEAR TO EVERYONE. THEN MUCH OF THE MEDIA FORGOT ALL OF THAT AND REVERTED TO FAMILIAR NARRATIVES. TV PUNDIT ON PUTZ TALK - HOW DARE BIDEN POLITICIZE THE MIDTERMS BY ARGUING DEMOCRACY IS AT RISK? TV PUNDIT 2 - ORDINARY AMERICANS ARE PUT OFF BY ACADEMIC JARGON THEY JUST LEARNED ABOUT FROM ME! IN THE END IT WAS A CATCH-22. GROUP OF PEOPLE - HEY, WE'RE FEELING A LITTLE EXISTENTIALLY THREATENED OVER HERE. TV PUNDIT - SO ELITIST AND POLARIZING! YOU MUSTN'T ALIENATE THE PEOPLE WHO DEMONIZE YOU. WE HAD THIS ONE CHANCE... WOMAN LOOKING AT PHONE - HMM... WE'RE BLAMING THE MOST VULNERABLE GROUPS INSTEAD OF GROTESQUE ABUSERS AND THEIR DERANGED PROPAGANDA. WHERE HAVE I HEARD THAT BEFORE? ...AND WE BLEW IT. © 2024 Jen Sorensen - Be a subscriber! jensorensen.com/subscribe
#Comic #cartoon #Media #democracy #uspol #uspolitics #Election2024

Latest comic: The Last Firewall

#uspol #USPolitics #cartoon #comic #election #democracy #fascism #media #journalism #vote

The Last Firewall THE FORMER ATTORNEY GENERAL FAILED US. NOTHING THERE! MUELLER REPORT BARR REPUBLICAN LEADERS FAILED US. IMPEACHMENT HEARINGS NO. CORPORATIONS FAILED US. DONATING TO INSURRECTIONISTS? IT'S JUST BUSINESS. FEDERAL JUDGES FAILED US. MAGA I JUDGE MYSELF IMPARTIAL! CANNON THE SUPREME COURT FAILED US. AN APPEAL TO HEAVEN PRESIDENTIAL IMMUNITY! SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANIES FAILED US. SPROING! LEGACY NEWSPAPERS FAILED US. L.A. End Times NY Fascism-NormalizingTimes Washington Post-Democracy GUESS IT'S UP TO US NOW. THINGS REALLY NEED TO START CHANGING. © 2024 Jen Sorensen
#Comic #cartoon #fascism #Media #election #VOTE #journalism #democracy #uspol #uspolitics

Vote as if you life and future depends on it, because it does…

#votebluetosavedemocracy #uspol #uspolitics

#uspol #uspolitics #votebluetosavedemocracy

Latest strip. At the Lancaster, PA rally, Trump got on the subject of his mental fitness and stated “I have no cognitive. She may have a cognitive problem, but there’s no cognitive problem… Got no cognitive.”

#cartoon #uspol #USPolitics #election #election2024

PERFORMANCE ISSUES 1. TRUMP WEIRDLY SWAYED BACK AND FORTH FOR 38 MINUTES AT A TOWN HALL. CAPTION - LIKE A DAZED DUCK Y-M-C-A! GUY IN MAGA HAT - HE'S STILL STANDING TALL! 2. AFTER CANCELING MULTIPLE EVENTS DUE TO EXHAUSTION, HE RAMBLED ABOUT GOLFER ARNOLD PALMER'S GENITALIA. TRUMP - "WHEN HE TOOK SHOWERS WITH THE OTHER PROS, THEY CAME OUT OF THERE, THEY SAID 'OH MY GOD, THAT'S UNBELIEVABLE." GUY IN MAGA HAT - WOO! HE SAYS WHAT'S ON HIS MIND, I GUESS. 3. THE NEXT DAY HE SAID: "I HAVE NO COGNITIVE." GUY IN MAGA HAT - UH, MAYBE AN ALPHA DOESN'T NEED TO COMPLETE SENTENCES? 4. AT THIS POINT IT'S PRETTY CLEAR WHO HAS THE MOST STAMINA. KAMALA HARRIS - THIS IS MY 11th PODCAST TODAY. LET'S GO! GUY IN HARRIS WALZ HAT - IT'S NICE TO HAVE A CANDIDATE YOU DON'T NEED TO MAKE EXCUSES FOR! © 2024 Jen Sorensen
#cartoon #election #uspol #uspolitics #Election2024

This week's comic is for my home state of Pennsylvania and other swing states that will decide the US election.

#cartoon #comic #uspol #USPolitics #election #pennsylvania

SWING STATE CONFIDENTIAL 1. I GREW UP IN RURAL LANCASTER COUNTY, PA. AS A TEEN, I WORKED AT A PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH-STYLE FAMILY RESTAURANT. THE AUTHOR DRESSED IN JUMPER AWKWARDLY CARRYING A TRAY WITH HOG MAW CAPTION - WORST WAITRESS EVER 2. IT WAS A CONSERVATIVE AREA, WITH A MIX OF PEOPLE WHO WERE DECENT AND FRIENDLY TO ONE ANOTHER. AUTHOR AS A TEENAGER WAVING TO AMISH MAN DRIVING A BUGGY ON A RURAL ROAD CAPTION - STILL COMFORTED BY THE SMELL OF MANURE DECADES LATER 3. SO WHEN I SEE TRUMP AND OTHER BILLIONAIRE CREEPS IN THESE PLACES, PRETENDING TO HAVE WORKING-CLASS VALUES, I GET ANGRY. 3. TRUMP AT LECTERN SPEWING LIES THREATS DEHUMANIZATION NoNSENSE Vanity BLAH BLAH THESE GUYS ARE SLEAZY FAKES, AND THEY'RE TURNING NEIGHBOR AGAINST NEIGHBOR. 4. TO ALL THE GOOD PEOPLE OF SMALL-TOWN AMERICA: YOUR COUNTRY NEEDS YOU. PENNSYLVANIA MAN IN BALLCAP - HE'S A CHEATER AND A CROOK-NOT LIKE FOLKS I KNOW! T-SHIRT READS FASNACHTS NOT FASCISTS
#Comic #cartoon #election #Pennsylvania #uspol #uspolitics

Latest comic - Just a few of the horrors of Project 2025

#cartoon #uspol #USPolitics #election #lgbtq

Project 1025 1. REMEMBER THIS GUY, THE ARCHITECT OF PROJECT 2025? "THE SECOND AMERICAN REVOLUTION... WILL REMAIN BLOODLESS IF THE LEFT ALLOWS IT TO BE." JD VANCE WROTE THE FOREWORD TO HIS NEW BOOK 2. SO, WHAT IS THIS "SECOND REVOLUTION," ANYWAY? FOR STARTERS, PROJECT 2025 WOULD DELETE THESE TERMS FROM EVERY FEDERAL RULE, LAW, GRANT, AND CONTRACT. "abortion" "reproductive rights" "reproductive health" "gender" "sexual orientation and gender identity" FORBIDDEN 3. IT WOULD "UNWIND" CLIMATE INITIATIVES, END STUDENT LOAN FORGIVENESS PROGRAMS, ABOLISH THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, AND LEGALIZE CHILD LABOR. CEO OF MEATPACKING COMPANY WITH CHILD WORKER - A CHILD'S PLACE IS AT THE MEAT GRINDER. 4. SO THIS IS NOT A PLAN FOR THE FUTURE, BUT A TRIP TO THE DISTANT PAST. COME 2025, DO YOU WANT TO WAKE UP BEING RULED BY PEOPLE FROM 1025? © 2024 Jen Sorensen
#cartoon #lgbtq #election #uspol #uspolitics

Latest comic: Prairie Progressives
#uspol #USPolitics #cartoon #comic #TimWalz #media #journalism #rural
Prairie Progressives 1. The popularity of Tim Walz has reporters flummoxed Tim Walz holding a piglet flanked by supporters Reporter: What -- are we expected to cover these people as "real" Americans? 2. Reporter in diner interviewing guy in a Harris-Walz t-shirt: You're from a small midwestern town... and you're pro-choice and pro-union? Diner guy: You've been hanging out in the wrong diners, buddy. 3. Reporter in field interviewing woman: But--but--rural folks aren't progressive! Woman: Have you studied the history of farmers' and labor movements at all, my dude? 4. Reporter holding up MAGA hat to bearded guy: Come on -- don't you like MAGA just a teeny bit? Put on this hat and say something adorably rude. Guy: When do I get my valorizing puff piece? Reporter: Not until you put on the hat.
#Comic #cartoon #Media #journalism #uspol #uspolitics #rural #timwalz


Just 57 companies linked to 80% of greenhouse gas emissions since 2016

Jonathan Watts (The Guardian)
#climatechange #ClimateCrisis #paris #coal #carbon #climateemergency #greenhousegas #capitalism #us #globalwarming #fossilfuels #co2 #fossilfuel #emissions #oil #uspolitics #ghg #gas #bp #shell #Chevron #cement #exxonmobil #unitedstates #TotalEnergies #Klima #KlimaKrise

That captures the sorry state of much of #MSM when it comes to #DonaldTrump and #Election2024

Real #journalism requires practioners to ask every member of the #GOP to clarify whether they are in alignment with the #VerminSpeech

Real #journalists do not accept the usual evasive tactics utilized by pols in evading hard questions by attempting to run the clock down because of the tyranny of time slots

No moving on or spinning away without answering the question

#USPolitics

#GOP #journalists #journalism #uspolitics #msm #donaldtrump #Election2024 #verminspeech

Nice one. Also, do the murdering while screaming bloody murder. #republicans #uspolitics
#republicans #uspolitics

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