Wes Elder
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WTF happened to the Epstein files? Full release was required December 19 by federal law. Today, 99% are still undisclosed. Initially, there were rolling releases. Now, nothing in weeks.
REMEMBER: The DOJ said the review of these documents was complete in JULY.
REMEMBER: The DOJ said the review of these documents was complete in JULY.
DOJ admits it has still not released 99% of Epstein files, violating law
The DOJ said it is still reviewing millions of Epstein files, after previously claiming it completed the review in July
popular.info
January 22, 2026 at 5:41 PM
WTF happened to the Epstein files? Full release was required December 19 by federal law. Today, 99% are still undisclosed. Initially, there were rolling releases. Now, nothing in weeks.
REMEMBER: The DOJ said the review of these documents was complete in JULY.
REMEMBER: The DOJ said the review of these documents was complete in JULY.
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Why are Republicans on the Supreme Court poised to treat firing Fed Commissioners different from Trump firing everybody else? Because Republicans on the Supreme Court like money.
Don’t overthink it. Occam’s Razor has you covered.
My latest in @thenation.com
Don’t overthink it. Occam’s Razor has you covered.
My latest in @thenation.com
The Supreme Court Shows It’s Willing to Thwart Trump—When Money Is on the Line
The court’s conservatives appear likely to block trump from firing Lisa Cook—not because they care about principle but because they care about the Fed.
www.thenation.com
January 22, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Why are Republicans on the Supreme Court poised to treat firing Fed Commissioners different from Trump firing everybody else? Because Republicans on the Supreme Court like money.
Don’t overthink it. Occam’s Razor has you covered.
My latest in @thenation.com
Don’t overthink it. Occam’s Razor has you covered.
My latest in @thenation.com
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Rather than immediately replying “Probably? What do you mean PROBABLY?”…maybe try reading the article first.
@orinkerr.bsky.social is the world’s leading scholar on Fourth Amendment law. You might learn a thing or two!
@orinkerr.bsky.social is the world’s leading scholar on Fourth Amendment law. You might learn a thing or two!
Can ICE enter a home to make an arrest with only an administrative warrant?
@orinkerr.bsky.social says DHS’s new policy is probably unconstitutional.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/can-...
@orinkerr.bsky.social says DHS’s new policy is probably unconstitutional.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/can-...
Can ICE Enter a Home to Make an Arrest With Only an Administrative Warrant?
A tentative take, on both the rights and the remedies.
www.lawfaremedia.org
January 22, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Rather than immediately replying “Probably? What do you mean PROBABLY?”…maybe try reading the article first.
@orinkerr.bsky.social is the world’s leading scholar on Fourth Amendment law. You might learn a thing or two!
@orinkerr.bsky.social is the world’s leading scholar on Fourth Amendment law. You might learn a thing or two!
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The ICE deaths we're not talking about
Trump's biggest concentration camp in Texas is rocked by 3 deaths in 33 days - one deemed 'homicide' after a violent encounter with guards. The ICE detention death rate is 10X (!!) Biden's final year
My new column on a crisis www.inquirer.com/opinion/deat...
Trump's biggest concentration camp in Texas is rocked by 3 deaths in 33 days - one deemed 'homicide' after a violent encounter with guards. The ICE detention death rate is 10X (!!) Biden's final year
My new column on a crisis www.inquirer.com/opinion/deat...
People are dying in Trump’s squalid concentration camps | Will Bunch
People are dying in ICE detention facilities at nearly 10 times the rate of the Biden years. It will likely get worse.
www.inquirer.com
January 22, 2026 at 5:51 PM
The ICE deaths we're not talking about
Trump's biggest concentration camp in Texas is rocked by 3 deaths in 33 days - one deemed 'homicide' after a violent encounter with guards. The ICE detention death rate is 10X (!!) Biden's final year
My new column on a crisis www.inquirer.com/opinion/deat...
Trump's biggest concentration camp in Texas is rocked by 3 deaths in 33 days - one deemed 'homicide' after a violent encounter with guards. The ICE detention death rate is 10X (!!) Biden's final year
My new column on a crisis www.inquirer.com/opinion/deat...
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Reposted by Wes Elder
It is quite uncommon, I think, for presidents to refer to people they do not particularly like as "animals". This is the speech of a deranged man, whose frontal lobe dementia has made him lose inhibitions over his emotions.
January 22, 2026 at 6:08 PM
It is quite uncommon, I think, for presidents to refer to people they do not particularly like as "animals". This is the speech of a deranged man, whose frontal lobe dementia has made him lose inhibitions over his emotions.
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I wouldn’t want a fine man like Jack Smith to go through a sham prosecution.
But the thought of Trump and his accomplices having to go through a long and thorough discovery process would be gratifying.
But the thought of Trump and his accomplices having to go through a long and thorough discovery process would be gratifying.
January 22, 2026 at 6:04 PM
I wouldn’t want a fine man like Jack Smith to go through a sham prosecution.
But the thought of Trump and his accomplices having to go through a long and thorough discovery process would be gratifying.
But the thought of Trump and his accomplices having to go through a long and thorough discovery process would be gratifying.
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Trump is now calling on Pam Bondi to prosecute Jack Smith.
January 22, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Trump is now calling on Pam Bondi to prosecute Jack Smith.
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Q: Did you uncover evidence to prove Trump knew his claim the election was stolen was false?
SMITH: Yes
Q: And Trump claimed it was stolen while he privately acknowledged he lost?
SMITH: Yes
Q: Yet on the 5th anniversary of J6, Trump still promoted the stolen election theory on a govt webpage
SMITH: Yes
Q: And Trump claimed it was stolen while he privately acknowledged he lost?
SMITH: Yes
Q: Yet on the 5th anniversary of J6, Trump still promoted the stolen election theory on a govt webpage
January 22, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Q: Did you uncover evidence to prove Trump knew his claim the election was stolen was false?
SMITH: Yes
Q: And Trump claimed it was stolen while he privately acknowledged he lost?
SMITH: Yes
Q: Yet on the 5th anniversary of J6, Trump still promoted the stolen election theory on a govt webpage
SMITH: Yes
Q: And Trump claimed it was stolen while he privately acknowledged he lost?
SMITH: Yes
Q: Yet on the 5th anniversary of J6, Trump still promoted the stolen election theory on a govt webpage
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Even the ones doing the right thing can't stand up quite tall enough morally.
January 22, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Even the ones doing the right thing can't stand up quite tall enough morally.
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Renee Good Family’s Lawyer: We gave the federal government a letter of preservation last week. We asked them to preserve that vehicle to make sure that it’s stored in a safe manner so that none of the evidence gets altered…That is an example of one piece of evidence that we don’t have access to.
January 21, 2026 at 11:52 PM
Renee Good Family’s Lawyer: We gave the federal government a letter of preservation last week. We asked them to preserve that vehicle to make sure that it’s stored in a safe manner so that none of the evidence gets altered…That is an example of one piece of evidence that we don’t have access to.
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My take on the Jan 23 action in Minneapolis is that I don’t really care whether it’s a “true” general strike (we could argue about that all day).
What DOES matter is that it’s a bold and necessary escalation, and local labor leaders are publicly encouraging workers to join in anti-ICE resistance
What DOES matter is that it’s a bold and necessary escalation, and local labor leaders are publicly encouraging workers to join in anti-ICE resistance
January 21, 2026 at 11:51 PM
My take on the Jan 23 action in Minneapolis is that I don’t really care whether it’s a “true” general strike (we could argue about that all day).
What DOES matter is that it’s a bold and necessary escalation, and local labor leaders are publicly encouraging workers to join in anti-ICE resistance
What DOES matter is that it’s a bold and necessary escalation, and local labor leaders are publicly encouraging workers to join in anti-ICE resistance
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state-sponsored child trafficking
This picture making the rounds on reddit, Columbia Heights. I'm not OK.
January 21, 2026 at 11:25 PM
state-sponsored child trafficking
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AOC: The president has been acting in increasingly erratic ways. It is really damning when we think about the degree to which media outlets reported on Joe Biden, yet we are seeing behavior from Trump that is alarming and everyone is pretending this is normal.
January 21, 2026 at 10:49 PM
AOC: The president has been acting in increasingly erratic ways. It is really damning when we think about the degree to which media outlets reported on Joe Biden, yet we are seeing behavior from Trump that is alarming and everyone is pretending this is normal.
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NY Dem congressional candidate @gtconway.bsky.social says Trump should be impeached and the 25th amendment should be revised to make it easier to remove an incapacitated president. youtube.com/live/PFgScULk1…
January 22, 2026 at 2:44 AM
NY Dem congressional candidate @gtconway.bsky.social says Trump should be impeached and the 25th amendment should be revised to make it easier to remove an incapacitated president. youtube.com/live/PFgScULk1…
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Just watching excerpts from PM Mark Carney’s Davos speech. What an utter national humiliation for America to have this malevolent senescent and absurd clown representing this great nation before the nations of the world.
January 22, 2026 at 1:04 AM
Just watching excerpts from PM Mark Carney’s Davos speech. What an utter national humiliation for America to have this malevolent senescent and absurd clown representing this great nation before the nations of the world.
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Please share this video widely. Rule of law has broken down, dangerous dehumanization is now government policy.
Minnesota: "School officials say the [5-year-old] child was used as bait. They say [ICE] agents made little Liam knock on the door to ask to be let in in order to see if anyone else was home."
January 22, 2026 at 3:09 AM
Please share this video widely. Rule of law has broken down, dangerous dehumanization is now government policy.
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Reposted by Wes Elder
HUGE: With the inaugurations of Governors Abigail Spanberger and Mikie Sherrill, Democrats now hold 24 governor’s mansions nationwide, up from 18 held ten years ago.
This also marks the most Democratic women serving as governors at any time in our nation’s history.
This also marks the most Democratic women serving as governors at any time in our nation’s history.
January 21, 2026 at 6:57 PM
HUGE: With the inaugurations of Governors Abigail Spanberger and Mikie Sherrill, Democrats now hold 24 governor’s mansions nationwide, up from 18 held ten years ago.
This also marks the most Democratic women serving as governors at any time in our nation’s history.
This also marks the most Democratic women serving as governors at any time in our nation’s history.
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ICE is out of control.
Local law enforcement is now holding press conferences, issuing statements, and doing interviews because ICE is taking illegal actions against them too.
If ICE doesn’t want their officers to be put at more risk, they need to follow the law.
Local law enforcement is now holding press conferences, issuing statements, and doing interviews because ICE is taking illegal actions against them too.
If ICE doesn’t want their officers to be put at more risk, they need to follow the law.
January 21, 2026 at 6:34 PM
ICE is out of control.
Local law enforcement is now holding press conferences, issuing statements, and doing interviews because ICE is taking illegal actions against them too.
If ICE doesn’t want their officers to be put at more risk, they need to follow the law.
Local law enforcement is now holding press conferences, issuing statements, and doing interviews because ICE is taking illegal actions against them too.
If ICE doesn’t want their officers to be put at more risk, they need to follow the law.
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you don’t usually see a shot/chaser in one post but i applaud the efficiency
Trump in Davos, Switzerland:
"Without us, right now you'd all be speaking German".
German is the main language of Switzerland.
"Without us, right now you'd all be speaking German".
German is the main language of Switzerland.
January 21, 2026 at 7:05 PM
you don’t usually see a shot/chaser in one post but i applaud the efficiency
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The Democrats should shut down the government on this sentence alone.
January 21, 2026 at 6:44 PM
The Democrats should shut down the government on this sentence alone.
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Border patrol is being sued in Minnesota for operating outside their 100 mile jurisdiction.
Bovino is outside his range, well over his skis, and out of his depth.
www.aclu.org/know-your-ri...
Bovino is outside his range, well over his skis, and out of his depth.
www.aclu.org/know-your-ri...
January 21, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Border patrol is being sued in Minnesota for operating outside their 100 mile jurisdiction.
Bovino is outside his range, well over his skis, and out of his depth.
www.aclu.org/know-your-ri...
Bovino is outside his range, well over his skis, and out of his depth.
www.aclu.org/know-your-ri...
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