From the halls of Mar-a-Lago to the ruins of Ukrainian hospitals, the toxic bond between Trump, Putin, and Epstein may have reshaped the world and cost the lives of countless children…
The real question - Why are there so few articles like this calling for impeachment?!
“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists.”
An article of impeachment is brought to the floor of the House of Representatives after the House Judiciary Committee investigates and approves the articles, which are then sent to the full House for consideration and a vote. The articles are then subject to debate by the full House, which can be structured by a resolution from the Rules Committee or a unanimous-consent agreement, before a simple majority vote on each article determines whether to impeach.
And who controls the Judiciary Committee, who controls the congress?
There is at least one pending. Al Green is the sponsor.
If he can get a discharge petition, can get a vote. But the real issue is whether Dems can hold hearings, call witnesses, as a predicate, to show even right wing Republicans how bad it is.
At least in theory Congressional Republicans would not want to implicate themselves in crimes.
When the House managers brought the 2 impeachment cases during # 45, they did not ask for permission to voir dire senators who might have been material witnesses and maybe even accomplices to Trump's "crimes and misdemeanors." It was possible that many of them were involved and if they had lawyers, the advice would be to take the 5th and recuse from voting to avoid dire consequences.
If all went well in the house. The problem is the senate. To my knowledge a senator can not be voir dired, removed from the jury. There is no mechanism.
But before the impeachment is sent to the senate for a vote, during "discovery" the House can call witnesses, including senators if they are "material".
Here's how our millions can use the unearthed Epstein communications: as hope for #TheGreatUnraveling.
We can hasten the process as the #ImmediateFlipMovement, encouraging House Republicans to declare as independent, #ConscientiousDEFECTORS caucusing with Dems.
Hopefully we are a few days from the Trumpepstein vote. Check out the 2025 House Oversight Committee which include Chairman James Comer (R-KY), Nancy Mace, Marjory Taylor Greene who are signers of the discharge petition. Other Republicans: Eric Burlison (MO-7), Glenn Grothman (WI-6), Clay Higgins (LA-3),Pete Sessions (TX-17) and William Timmons (SC-4).
2. Re Putin. Several of the people who comment here frequently refer to Krasnov, Trump's alleged Russian persona. There is a lot of documentation to allege that 2 of the 3 Trump wives may/may not have been foreign agents.
Mueller had the goods on. Trump but he was a loyal Republican and possibly farblonget and did not proecute the case fully. Didn't even depose Trump. Biden failed to follow up on the case, let the statutes of limitations run although Manafort, Trump's campaign manager was convicetd.
Epstein apparently was a self promoter. From the Miami Herald:
Crime: Jeffrey’s journalists: Epstein emails reveal cozy relationship with two reporters
Reeling from a 2018 Miami Herald investigation about the sweetheart deal he had struck with federal prosecutors to settle claims he had sexually abused dozens of teenage girls, Jeffrey Epstein turned to a trusted confidant for advice: journalist Michael Wolff.
While Epstein’s friendships with billionaires, politicians and royalty have been well-documented, the newly released documents reveal the close relationship he appeared to enjoy with two journalists: Wolff and former New York Times reporter Landon Thomas Jr.
It's a bit laughable to think that Epstein offered Putin and Lavrov help, so they could manage and manipulate TRump. Putin and TRump go way back. M. Gessen's book said all young Vladimir wanted was to be a spy. Now he is master of all the Russian spies. Pretty obvious he has mastered Donald too.
Everything you wrote is not only possible, it's probable. Just listen to Lev Parnas on his YouTube Channel called "Lev Remembers". He was born in Ukraine, worked for TRump, and went to prison because of him:
TRump is up to his eyeballs in Russians and has been since he tried to cut a deal for a Moscow tower in 1987. Russia Russia Russia---True True True---Treason Treason Treason. That's the sign I carry. See you in the streets.
Americans believe what they want to believe. It was well-known that Trump openly expressed his admiration for ruthless strongman dictators early in his first term, if not before. He was openly racist with his full-page ad calling for the executions of the "Central Park five". He was known for cheating in business and on taxes and for bankruptcies and failed casinos. He hated the UN and trash talked NATO early on. Investigations should be conducted. The Epstein connections should be examined in every detail. But far too many Americans are oblivious to the death and destruction in Ukraine and Putin's grandiose delusions and ambitions. All they need to know with great certainty is that Trump is a pedophile and rapist. Unless that is established without question, MAGA will claim he is being set-up and persecuted by the "deep state". There is plenty of evidence that he is a pedophile and rapist and racist. We can only hope that media will follow the leads and keep it all front and center and that more people will stop denying the obvious. The DOJ will continue to cover up the truth. But hopefully they cannot stop the Epstein estate from spilling the real beans with graphic visual evidence exposed widely.
She is sick, all Trump humpers are sick, and hypocrites, There are quite a few that are motivated by pyschosexual needs, some motivated by pecuniary needs, some motivated by social needs., regardless of motivations they are civilizatonal threats.
Or , William, is Meghan saying a victim of pedophelia can be considered a victim at 5 but not at 15? I am not familiar with the quote.
In addition I saw the code in the votes in Congress Schumer et al as directed at me 7-8. Do this or we expose the Epstein files? I am well aware that everything is not about me, but I have been watching this scenario around the tacit slander about me for years.
Another thing how did your tests results you mention come out? Hopefully 🤞 good news!
There was an increase in Standard Uptake values (SUV) for the nodules. I will be taken a CT Scan in February to see if there is any progression.
I am resigned to my mortality and have been for aeons, but my will and all affairs are current, so i don't leave a mess for others to clean up and suffer
Still in all, my wife and cats need me, so there is reason to hang on.
Robert,good post.The amt of pressure on MTG,Boebert,Mace to take their names off the discharge petition reveals the Epstein files are a huge threat to this "Nazi" .Of course if he and his followers are able to continue the coverup,the media may get tired of following it. We know he abused young girls,just do not know the #.The financial trail that Ron Weydon has put together will obviously out Trump and others.
You are by far the most astute, honest, and plain spoken of all the commentators I have occasion to read. I can't spend as much time as I ought to in order be even marginally informed, but my work as a doctor, writer, and father of 3 children and husband of 1 woman (of 38 years) takes most of my time.
I hate to say this, but your brilliant analysis of this utterly dismal situation leaves out my primary reaction. Given the crimes, cover-ups, conspiracies, and swamps of lies we're dealing with, I'm afraid I've become so jaded i say to myself, "So what? His "base" will enable and excuse ANYTHING he does." I anticipate his engineering a monumental economic collapse that will dwarf all our previous crashes and depressions to serve as a smoke-screen to cover the evil doings Trump cooked up with Epstein and Putin. What is a humble citizen like me to do when even being armed with the truth in no more powerful than pissing in the wind to put out a forest fire?
Congratulations on 38 years, too. Louise and I are on a cruise/vacation of Tahiti right now to celebrate our 53rd wedding anniversary this week. She sends her regards!
Hey, Ned! I don’t think we can ever underestimate the power of even a single voice.
When we were kids there was a little Sunday show they used to come on before the cartoons that opened with a person lighting a candle and a song, “If every person lit just one little candle, what a bright world this would be!”
Ned, Trump is not smart enough to engineer anything, shit does happen because he has to cater to his carnal desires.
Here is an axiom. A tree that outgrows the soil that anchors the ability of the soil that feeds it , tumbles and dies.
This is the fate that awaits us.
Trump is only an accelerant, he is the Round Up on the national vegetation.
Look at history, as technology advances the life span of empires and kingdom's collapse.
Those that live in the death throes of a civilization, an empire, don't notice the collapse, anymore than a man can watch his beard or garden grow.
Do you think the Romans and it's vassals saw the Empire collapsing around them.
Rome withdrew its legions from Britain, Gaul, Germania, Hispania to protect the center from the onslaught from the east. Do you think the Romanized celts of Gaul and Brittania knew that their civilization, their way of life, their lifestyle, their commerce, their safety and security had fallen? No they didn't. And we don't either.
The great experiment we live in, has had a remarkably short run, but people are never satisfied when they truly have agency, they fear, abhor, the unknown, certainty, up one day, down the next, they desperately seek stability, or what is sold as stability, even if it means forfeiting some agency.
I totally agree with Thom's take on Putin and Trump. Over decades, circumstantial evidence of a corrupt relationship between Putin and Trump has trickled out - starting with the "Pee tapes" conspiracy theory that Putin used a secret spy video of Trump getting a golden shower from some slut in a Moscow hotel room. How do people think Trump survived more than 4 bankruptcies? Where did the money come from - Russia? Where did the social media blitz against Trump political opponents come from? Russia? How about where the dark money to pay for TV adds to promote Trump's presidential aspirations came from? Why does Trump continue to support Russia while spending my tax dollars to keep the Ukraine War going? Maybe the answer lies with Epstein documents.
I saw the image before it was pulled. Trump is a germaphobe, and would never let someone pee on him, the photo I saw was shot from behind the woman, all you saw was her legs, and in the background framed between the legs, Trump with a big grin and a thumbs up
Heretofore we always thought Trump was caving to Putin because of some alleged "peepee" tapes, but what is a joyful moment watching women urinate compared to the extortion value to be gained from proof of Trump's lap dance with an Ivanka sex substitute? Allegedly.
Thom - thank you for spelling out what should have been obvious to everyone from the jump. It is insane that people are in gross denial of the obvious. There have been other journalists who pointed out that Russia targeted Trump for manipulation in the 1980’s - because they saw his arrogance, egotism, immaturity and lust for power and $$ as perfect for becoming a Russian asset. Plus his wife, Ivana, had a father who already was connected to Russian intelligence. Our own intelligence agencies have known about Trump making many business deals with Russian oligarchs for years before he became president and they apparently ignored this information - or at least never alerted the American public that these were “problems”!
Odds are that if the case against Trump gets too close, finally builds up to an inevitability, he will get the Shah treatment. Khomeini overthrew the Shah, he fled to Egypt. April 1980; Operation Eagle Claw, the aborted hostage rescue attempt, July of 1980 The Shah conveniently dies of cancer, probably would have lived to 100 if not overthrown.
1982 Reagan campaign strikes a deal with Khomeini, he will supply them arms in his war with Saddam (which America was also supporting) , if he holds the hostages until he is sworn in as president. January 20th, 1981 as soon as Reagan lifted his hand off the bible, Khomeini released the hostages.
I don't think Trump is really in charge, he is allowed to use the government as his toy box.
In the world money is power, he has a lot of money and a lot of power, but is still a two bit player, as long as he stays in his sandbox,he can play with his toys. And his sandbox is the Technate of America.
Trump said he could shoot someone on 5th Ave. and he would not drop support. After he has survived all of his other sex and business scandals, why is he so freaked out about the Epstein files? And why does he show puppet-like obedience to Putin? These two big Trump mysteries may very well be connected. Did Epstein give Putin video of some unspeakable act by Trump?
Unbelievable that one man can destroy the world order and cause untold deaths just to hide his misdeeds. I just hope that the Epstein files haven’t been totally scrubbed.
Two agencies and four units were assigned to the scrub. There were training tapes. All had access to whole files, at first. That's a lot of witnesses. Probably Patel and Bondi realized the screw-up, and later they broke things up.
They are going to fire the wrong agent, and we're going to give them immunity. Could be a while till we can do that, but we can talk to them in the meantime. Reporter, Allison Gill, says some agents were shook by what they saw and have already talked. She filed a FOIA request for the training materials.
I believe you, Mr. Hartmann. I also believe that your allegations will be borne out by the evidence. Most of us are looking forward to significant change to come from the midterm election in November 2026. We hope for impeachment proceedings shortly thereafter.
Unless we catch a break, we are stuck with the President until the end of his term. I do not hold out hope that he will be impeached AND removed from his vulgar Oval Office before his time is up. I say that we must endure this garbage until he leaves involuntarily, or otherwise.
Realistically I do not expect Trump to leave office except on a gurney, He has effectively transformed 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, into his own personal domicile/office space., and is in the process of even more work.
He has staffed the third branch with extreme loyalists, including national and international police, he controls the first two branches of government, and has rigged the next two elections. In any event he won't leave, because there is nobody to make him leave, Not the Capitol Police, not the military, nobody.
He is not leaving Neal. Like a dog he has lifted his leg andmarked every corner of the White House. From the Lincoln Bedroom, through the Presidential hall of fame, which he created, to the ball room in the east wing.
He control the military, the police, the justice department, the secret service, who is going to make him leave, he has already pulled off a self coup.
"If Republicans have an ounce of integrity left they’ll not only sanction investigations that could lead to criminal prosecutions; they’ll convene impeachment proceedings." I agree, Thom.
Though I'm a person of no particular faith, I do believe in redemption for all - if we choose it in sincerity. There are of course broken human beings that this could never apply to. Mother nature is a mad scientist.
To my point: If Republicans have any ambition to redeem their party, themselves, and America's standing at home and abroad - today is the day. Do it now.
Life is rarely this or that. There's a lot of grey. But this moment is not ambiguous: Establishment politicians and power brokers must redeem themselves today - or find annihilation, tomorrow.
The real question - Why are there so few articles like this calling for impeachment?!
“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists.”
— Arendt
An article of impeachment is brought to the floor of the House of Representatives after the House Judiciary Committee investigates and approves the articles, which are then sent to the full House for consideration and a vote. The articles are then subject to debate by the full House, which can be structured by a resolution from the Rules Committee or a unanimous-consent agreement, before a simple majority vote on each article determines whether to impeach.
And who controls the Judiciary Committee, who controls the congress?
There is at least one pending. Al Green is the sponsor.
If he can get a discharge petition, can get a vote. But the real issue is whether Dems can hold hearings, call witnesses, as a predicate, to show even right wing Republicans how bad it is.
At least in theory Congressional Republicans would not want to implicate themselves in crimes.
When the House managers brought the 2 impeachment cases during # 45, they did not ask for permission to voir dire senators who might have been material witnesses and maybe even accomplices to Trump's "crimes and misdemeanors." It was possible that many of them were involved and if they had lawyers, the advice would be to take the 5th and recuse from voting to avoid dire consequences.
If all went well in the house. The problem is the senate. To my knowledge a senator can not be voir dired, removed from the jury. There is no mechanism.
Up to discretion of the CJ.
Who or what is the C.J.. I am assuming that whatever it is,in currently in the hands of the Republicans, therefore Trump
Chief Justice.Rules on procedure.
But before the impeachment is sent to the senate for a vote, during "discovery" the House can call witnesses, including senators if they are "material".
Here's how our millions can use the unearthed Epstein communications: as hope for #TheGreatUnraveling.
We can hasten the process as the #ImmediateFlipMovement, encouraging House Republicans to declare as independent, #ConscientiousDEFECTORS caucusing with Dems.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/11/12/2353554/-Could-Epstein-Revelations-Convince-House-Repubs-to-FLIP-THE-HOUSE-BLUE-THIS-MONTH
1. This is a variation on the Jerry Weiss scenario. https://jerryweiss.substack.com/
Hopefully we are a few days from the Trumpepstein vote. Check out the 2025 House Oversight Committee which include Chairman James Comer (R-KY), Nancy Mace, Marjory Taylor Greene who are signers of the discharge petition. Other Republicans: Eric Burlison (MO-7), Glenn Grothman (WI-6), Clay Higgins (LA-3),Pete Sessions (TX-17) and William Timmons (SC-4).
What if we try a little jufitsu? https://flareusa.cargo.site/
2. Re Putin. Several of the people who comment here frequently refer to Krasnov, Trump's alleged Russian persona. There is a lot of documentation to allege that 2 of the 3 Trump wives may/may not have been foreign agents.
Mueller had the goods on. Trump but he was a loyal Republican and possibly farblonget and did not proecute the case fully. Didn't even depose Trump. Biden failed to follow up on the case, let the statutes of limitations run although Manafort, Trump's campaign manager was convicetd.
Epstein apparently was a self promoter. From the Miami Herald:
Crime: Jeffrey’s journalists: Epstein emails reveal cozy relationship with two reporters
Reeling from a 2018 Miami Herald investigation about the sweetheart deal he had struck with federal prosecutors to settle claims he had sexually abused dozens of teenage girls, Jeffrey Epstein turned to a trusted confidant for advice: journalist Michael Wolff.
While Epstein’s friendships with billionaires, politicians and royalty have been well-documented, the newly released documents reveal the close relationship he appeared to enjoy with two journalists: Wolff and former New York Times reporter Landon Thomas Jr.
Read more at: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/crime/article312906176.html#storylink=cpy
Note the dates. What does Landon Thomas know about Trump and when did he know it?
https://nymag.com/nymetro/news/people/n_7912/
All roads lead to Putin....
It's a bit laughable to think that Epstein offered Putin and Lavrov help, so they could manage and manipulate TRump. Putin and TRump go way back. M. Gessen's book said all young Vladimir wanted was to be a spy. Now he is master of all the Russian spies. Pretty obvious he has mastered Donald too.
Everything you wrote is not only possible, it's probable. Just listen to Lev Parnas on his YouTube Channel called "Lev Remembers". He was born in Ukraine, worked for TRump, and went to prison because of him:
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAxSoHgDHO0sZSs4pzql95w
TRump is up to his eyeballs in Russians and has been since he tried to cut a deal for a Moscow tower in 1987. Russia Russia Russia---True True True---Treason Treason Treason. That's the sign I carry. See you in the streets.
Putin is a prime example of the little man with a complex, syndrome. Hiitler was another.
This is my take on Trump's reaction to the Epstein doc release:
"Well, here's another nice mess you've gotten me into."
I'm was psychotherapist for 40 years and I look at how Trump deals with frustration. https://halbrown.substack.com/p/well-heres-another-nice-mess-youve
Americans believe what they want to believe. It was well-known that Trump openly expressed his admiration for ruthless strongman dictators early in his first term, if not before. He was openly racist with his full-page ad calling for the executions of the "Central Park five". He was known for cheating in business and on taxes and for bankruptcies and failed casinos. He hated the UN and trash talked NATO early on. Investigations should be conducted. The Epstein connections should be examined in every detail. But far too many Americans are oblivious to the death and destruction in Ukraine and Putin's grandiose delusions and ambitions. All they need to know with great certainty is that Trump is a pedophile and rapist. Unless that is established without question, MAGA will claim he is being set-up and persecuted by the "deep state". There is plenty of evidence that he is a pedophile and rapist and racist. We can only hope that media will follow the leads and keep it all front and center and that more people will stop denying the obvious. The DOJ will continue to cover up the truth. But hopefully they cannot stop the Epstein estate from spilling the real beans with graphic visual evidence exposed widely.
Even Now Megyn Kelley is interceding for Trump, claiming that he isn't a pedophile because a 15 year old is not a 5 year old.
I ask her and those like her:. At what age does pedophilia begin? If not 15, then 14? 13?
12? 11? 10?i? 9?8? 7? 6? 5? the age at which Mohammad betrothed himself to Aiyasha.
Her 13 y/o daughter, perhaps? She's one sick b---h who should be investigated by CPS. She may be endangering her daughter.
She is sick, all Trump humpers are sick, and hypocrites, There are quite a few that are motivated by pyschosexual needs, some motivated by pecuniary needs, some motivated by social needs., regardless of motivations they are civilizatonal threats.
And rape is rape, whatever the age.
Yep, too bad you weren't there responding to Megyn Kellley
Or , William, is Meghan saying a victim of pedophelia can be considered a victim at 5 but not at 15? I am not familiar with the quote.
In addition I saw the code in the votes in Congress Schumer et al as directed at me 7-8. Do this or we expose the Epstein files? I am well aware that everything is not about me, but I have been watching this scenario around the tacit slander about me for years.
Another thing how did your tests results you mention come out? Hopefully 🤞 good news!
There was an increase in Standard Uptake values (SUV) for the nodules. I will be taken a CT Scan in February to see if there is any progression.
I am resigned to my mortality and have been for aeons, but my will and all affairs are current, so i don't leave a mess for others to clean up and suffer
Still in all, my wife and cats need me, so there is reason to hang on.
Robert,good post.The amt of pressure on MTG,Boebert,Mace to take their names off the discharge petition reveals the Epstein files are a huge threat to this "Nazi" .Of course if he and his followers are able to continue the coverup,the media may get tired of following it. We know he abused young girls,just do not know the #.The financial trail that Ron Weydon has put together will obviously out Trump and others.
Dear Thom.
You are by far the most astute, honest, and plain spoken of all the commentators I have occasion to read. I can't spend as much time as I ought to in order be even marginally informed, but my work as a doctor, writer, and father of 3 children and husband of 1 woman (of 38 years) takes most of my time.
I hate to say this, but your brilliant analysis of this utterly dismal situation leaves out my primary reaction. Given the crimes, cover-ups, conspiracies, and swamps of lies we're dealing with, I'm afraid I've become so jaded i say to myself, "So what? His "base" will enable and excuse ANYTHING he does." I anticipate his engineering a monumental economic collapse that will dwarf all our previous crashes and depressions to serve as a smoke-screen to cover the evil doings Trump cooked up with Epstein and Putin. What is a humble citizen like me to do when even being armed with the truth in no more powerful than pissing in the wind to put out a forest fire?
Please advise.
Your friend,
Ned
Congratulations on 38 years, too. Louise and I are on a cruise/vacation of Tahiti right now to celebrate our 53rd wedding anniversary this week. She sends her regards!
Hey, Ned! I don’t think we can ever underestimate the power of even a single voice.
When we were kids there was a little Sunday show they used to come on before the cartoons that opened with a person lighting a candle and a song, “If every person lit just one little candle, what a bright world this would be!”
Great to hear from you and hope all is well…
Ned, Trump is not smart enough to engineer anything, shit does happen because he has to cater to his carnal desires.
Here is an axiom. A tree that outgrows the soil that anchors the ability of the soil that feeds it , tumbles and dies.
This is the fate that awaits us.
Trump is only an accelerant, he is the Round Up on the national vegetation.
Look at history, as technology advances the life span of empires and kingdom's collapse.
Those that live in the death throes of a civilization, an empire, don't notice the collapse, anymore than a man can watch his beard or garden grow.
Do you think the Romans and it's vassals saw the Empire collapsing around them.
Rome withdrew its legions from Britain, Gaul, Germania, Hispania to protect the center from the onslaught from the east. Do you think the Romanized celts of Gaul and Brittania knew that their civilization, their way of life, their lifestyle, their commerce, their safety and security had fallen? No they didn't. And we don't either.
The great experiment we live in, has had a remarkably short run, but people are never satisfied when they truly have agency, they fear, abhor, the unknown, certainty, up one day, down the next, they desperately seek stability, or what is sold as stability, even if it means forfeiting some agency.
I totally agree with Thom's take on Putin and Trump. Over decades, circumstantial evidence of a corrupt relationship between Putin and Trump has trickled out - starting with the "Pee tapes" conspiracy theory that Putin used a secret spy video of Trump getting a golden shower from some slut in a Moscow hotel room. How do people think Trump survived more than 4 bankruptcies? Where did the money come from - Russia? Where did the social media blitz against Trump political opponents come from? Russia? How about where the dark money to pay for TV adds to promote Trump's presidential aspirations came from? Why does Trump continue to support Russia while spending my tax dollars to keep the Ukraine War going? Maybe the answer lies with Epstein documents.
I saw the image before it was pulled. Trump is a germaphobe, and would never let someone pee on him, the photo I saw was shot from behind the woman, all you saw was her legs, and in the background framed between the legs, Trump with a big grin and a thumbs up
I think whatever Epstein gave Putin is what colored Helsinki and everything since
Heretofore we always thought Trump was caving to Putin because of some alleged "peepee" tapes, but what is a joyful moment watching women urinate compared to the extortion value to be gained from proof of Trump's lap dance with an Ivanka sex substitute? Allegedly.
Thom - thank you for spelling out what should have been obvious to everyone from the jump. It is insane that people are in gross denial of the obvious. There have been other journalists who pointed out that Russia targeted Trump for manipulation in the 1980’s - because they saw his arrogance, egotism, immaturity and lust for power and $$ as perfect for becoming a Russian asset. Plus his wife, Ivana, had a father who already was connected to Russian intelligence. Our own intelligence agencies have known about Trump making many business deals with Russian oligarchs for years before he became president and they apparently ignored this information - or at least never alerted the American public that these were “problems”!
How, why, wtf?
Odds are that if the case against Trump gets too close, finally builds up to an inevitability, he will get the Shah treatment. Khomeini overthrew the Shah, he fled to Egypt. April 1980; Operation Eagle Claw, the aborted hostage rescue attempt, July of 1980 The Shah conveniently dies of cancer, probably would have lived to 100 if not overthrown.
1982 Reagan campaign strikes a deal with Khomeini, he will supply them arms in his war with Saddam (which America was also supporting) , if he holds the hostages until he is sworn in as president. January 20th, 1981 as soon as Reagan lifted his hand off the bible, Khomeini released the hostages.
I don't think Trump is really in charge, he is allowed to use the government as his toy box.
In the world money is power, he has a lot of money and a lot of power, but is still a two bit player, as long as he stays in his sandbox,he can play with his toys. And his sandbox is the Technate of America.
Look at this map Notice that it includes the three countries under threat by Trump. Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela. https://www.deviantart.com/grimbeans/art/Alt-World-Technate-The-World-Plan-760750706
He is a fool and a tool, but so was Adolph Hitler, Thyssen, Messerschmidt, Opal,Porsche, Bayer, Krupp all thought that they could control him
Trump said he could shoot someone on 5th Ave. and he would not drop support. After he has survived all of his other sex and business scandals, why is he so freaked out about the Epstein files? And why does he show puppet-like obedience to Putin? These two big Trump mysteries may very well be connected. Did Epstein give Putin video of some unspeakable act by Trump?
MAGA might/would go absolutely berserk if it's proven Trump is a Russian asset. They claim to be such hyper-patriots, anyway.
They would say, “It’s a Democrat [sic] hoax.”
Putin uses the carrot and stick. I assume, without reason or cause, that there are some behaviors that even his base can't abide or excuse.
A++ Mr. H. Merci.
99.987 % sure that KRASNOV [Donald] is a SPY, too many beneficial [to him] murders around him.
For Vladdie the Pu, Big Faced Lavrov's buddy Krasnov is like a daily hole-in-one.
Unbelievable that one man can destroy the world order and cause untold deaths just to hide his misdeeds. I just hope that the Epstein files haven’t been totally scrubbed.
And, if it walks like a duck………
And quacks....
Two agencies and four units were assigned to the scrub. There were training tapes. All had access to whole files, at first. That's a lot of witnesses. Probably Patel and Bondi realized the screw-up, and later they broke things up.
They are going to fire the wrong agent, and we're going to give them immunity. Could be a while till we can do that, but we can talk to them in the meantime. Reporter, Allison Gill, says some agents were shook by what they saw and have already talked. She filed a FOIA request for the training materials.
I believe you, Mr. Hartmann. I also believe that your allegations will be borne out by the evidence. Most of us are looking forward to significant change to come from the midterm election in November 2026. We hope for impeachment proceedings shortly thereafter.
Neil,I agree but can we put up with this for another yr.?
Unless we catch a break, we are stuck with the President until the end of his term. I do not hold out hope that he will be impeached AND removed from his vulgar Oval Office before his time is up. I say that we must endure this garbage until he leaves involuntarily, or otherwise.
Realistically I do not expect Trump to leave office except on a gurney, He has effectively transformed 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, into his own personal domicile/office space., and is in the process of even more work.
He has staffed the third branch with extreme loyalists, including national and international police, he controls the first two branches of government, and has rigged the next two elections. In any event he won't leave, because there is nobody to make him leave, Not the Capitol Police, not the military, nobody.
He is not leaving Neal. Like a dog he has lifted his leg andmarked every corner of the White House. From the Lincoln Bedroom, through the Presidential hall of fame, which he created, to the ball room in the east wing.
He control the military, the police, the justice department, the secret service, who is going to make him leave, he has already pulled off a self coup.
If those dots are to be connected, it adds a whole new dimension of kompromat.
"If Republicans have an ounce of integrity left they’ll not only sanction investigations that could lead to criminal prosecutions; they’ll convene impeachment proceedings." I agree, Thom.
Though I'm a person of no particular faith, I do believe in redemption for all - if we choose it in sincerity. There are of course broken human beings that this could never apply to. Mother nature is a mad scientist.
To my point: If Republicans have any ambition to redeem their party, themselves, and America's standing at home and abroad - today is the day. Do it now.
Life is rarely this or that. There's a lot of grey. But this moment is not ambiguous: Establishment politicians and power brokers must redeem themselves today - or find annihilation, tomorrow.
From Craig Unger:
https://craigunger.substack.com/p/the-epstein-emails-the-russian-connection