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The anti-abortion bill has stalled in the Senate of South Carolina, which would have made it the most restrictive abortion law in the #UnitedStates 🇺🇸.

Apparently jailing women for 30 years was something many #GOP members (& all of the #Democrats) would not accept as law, & attempts by other #Republicans to soften the bill were rejected.

Even the Governor was not thrilled with the bill.

👉🏾 #SouthCarolina #abortion ban bill stalls in Senate subcommittee https://www.wrdw.com/2025/11/18/sc-lawmakers-vote-against-most-restrictive-abortion-bill-us/

The Japan Times

@thejapantimes@mastodon.social · 2 days ago

The U.S. Congress has voted to force the release of Justice Department files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, an outcome President Donald Trump had fought for months before ending his opposition. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/19/world/politics/jeffrey-epstein-files-legislation/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #jeffreyepstein #ghislainemaxwell #us #donaldtrump #republicans #democrats #congress #sexcrimes

Yogthos

@yogthos@social.marxist.network · 4 days ago

After a 43-day government shutdown staged to "protect healthcare," Democrats utterly capitulated. They passed a bill that doubles or triples premiums for millions, proving their performative resistance was a sham.

The working class, who endured the shutdown's misery, is now left with a devastating healthcare cost hike and the grim certainty that neither party will fight for them.

https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/11/16/shutdown-capitulation-and-austerity-how-democrats-failed-to-defend-affordable-healthcare/

#usa #uspol #democrats

Peoples Dispatch

Shutdown, capitulation, and austerity: how Democrats failed to defend affordable healthcare : Peoples Dispatch

While the Democratic Party claimed to be defending working-class people in the US, its capitulation to a Republican spending bill leaves millions facing skyrocketing healthcare costs and exposes the limits of partisan opposition in the face of billionaire-driven austerity.

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai · 4 days ago

Hmmm, what’s been purged since his last refusal?

#Trump says #House #Republicans should vote to release #EpsteinFiles, a startling reversal after previously fighting the proposal.

“We have nothing to hide, & it’s time to move on from this Democrat Hoax perpetrated by Radical Left Lunatics in order to deflect from the Great Success of the Republican Party,” Trump posted after landing at Joint Base Andrews following a weekend of golf in Florida.

#law #rape #CoverUp
https://apnews.com/article/epstein-files-house-sex-trafficking-investigation-c46716743f6f65f2f3b74906365da58b?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-11-16-Breaking+News

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai replied · 4 days ago

#Democrats & some #Republicans have been pushing a measure that would force the #DOJ to make public more documents from the case.

#Trump’s shift is an implicit acknowledgement that supporters of the measure have enough votes to pass the #House, although it has an unclear future in the #Senate.

#law #Epstein #EpsteinFiles #criminal #rape #SexualAssault #SexTrafficking #felon47 #CoverUp

vruz

@vruz@mstdn.social · 4 days ago

Dear Rachel,

Blink twice to the left if you received this memo. Wink to the right if Comcast (the owner of NBCUniversal and MSNBC) is making life difficult for you and they're threatening to drown your puppy in the bathtub. We understand, it's not beneath them.

Thank you for all you continue to do.

#dems #Democrats #VoteBlue

Rachel,

You covered No Kings. You even seemed relieved that America still had a pulse. Which makes your silence about Remove the Regime, the three-day constitutional protest landing in D.C. on November 20–22, just a teensy bit… Rachel, are you okay? Blink twice if the booking producer hid this story under your desk.

Anyway, since you’re busy being the nation’s bedtime storyteller for constitutional crises, we took the liberty of preparing a full segment you could read on air. It’s written in your voice. Your cadence. Your sly pauses. Your signature “I’m not mad, I’m disappointed in this country” gravitas.

Thank you for all you continue to do. — Rachel, You covered No Kings. You even seemed relieved that America still had a pulse. Which makes your silence about Remove the Regime, the three-day constitutional protest landing in D.C. on November 20–22, just a teensy bit… Rachel, are you okay? Blink twice if the booking producer hid this story under your desk. Anyway, since you’re busy being the nation’s bedtime storyteller for constitutional crises, we took the liberty of preparing a full segment you could read on air. It’s written in your voice. Your cadence. Your sly pauses. Your signature “I’m not mad, I’m disappointed in this country” gravitas. Thank you for all you continue to do.

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Nathaniel Gregory

@Faithslayer202@mastodon.social · 4 days ago

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@Faithslayer202@mastodon.social · 4 days ago

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Nathaniel Gregory

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The Japan Times

@thejapantimes@mastodon.social · 5 days ago

Donald Trump was eager to claim victory after the government shutdown but then the White House was forced to battle a familiar bogeyman: Jeffrey Epstein. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/16/world/politics/trump-epstein-elections/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #jeffreyepstein #donaldtrump #congress #us #republicans #democrats

The Japan Times

@thejapantimes@mastodon.social · 6 days ago

The clash over health care subsidies is threatening to reshape the 2026 midterm elections. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/15/world/politics/health-care-subsidies-2026-us-midterms/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #democrats #republicans #donaldtrump #health

The Japan Times

@thejapantimes@mastodon.social · 6 days ago

U.S. President Donald Trump has rolled back tariffs on more than 200 food products in the face of growing angst among American consumers about the high cost of groceries. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/15/economy/trump-food-inflation-reverse/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #us #food #donaldtrump #tariffs #democrats #republicans

The Japan Times

@thejapantimes@mastodon.social · 6 days ago

The U.S. Justice Department has said it will fulfill President Donald Trump's request to investigate Jeffrey Epstein's ties with former Democratic President Bill Clinton and JPMorgan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/15/world/trump-democrats-epstein-probe/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #us #donaldtrump #jefferyepstein #democrats #republicans

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai · 6 days ago

“This is another example of #BillPulte weaponizing his role to do Donald Trump’s bidding, instead of working to lower costs amidst a #HousingCrisis,” said Sen. #ElizabethWarren, of Massachusetts, the ranking #Democrat on the #Senate #Banking Committee. “His behavior raises significant questions, & he needs to be brought in front of #Congress to answer them.”

#law #scammers #housing #affordability #CostOfLiving #WealthGap #Trump

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai replied · 6 days ago

The episode marks the latest example of #BillPulte using what is typically a low-profile position in the federal bureaucracy to enhance his own standing & gain the attention of #Trump. He’s prompted #mortgage #fraud investigations of prominent #Democrats who are some of Trump’s best known antagonists, including Sen #AdamSchiff of California, #NYAG #LetitiaJames & California Rep #EricSwalwell.

#law #scammers #housing #HousingCrisis #affordability #CostOfLiving #WealthGap

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai · 6 days ago

“Lauren, the information that was provided to #FreddieMac in this email is a problem,” Malloy Evans, snr VP of #FannieMae’s single-family #mortgage division, wrote in an Oct 11 email. “That is confidential, competitive information.”

He also copied Fannie Mae’s CEO, Priscilla Almodovar, on the email, which bore the subject line: “As Per Director Pulte’s Ask.” Evans asked Fannie Mae’s top attorney “to weigh in on what, if any, steps we need to take legally to protect ourselves now.”

#law #Trump

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai replied · 6 days ago

While Smith still holds her position, the senior #FannieMae officials who called her conduct into question were all forced out of their jobs late last month, along with internal #ethics #watchdogs who were investigating #BillPulte & his allies.

The dismissals rattled the #housing industry & drew condemnation from #Democrats. It also gave more evidence to support claims that Pulte has leveraged the nonpublic information available to him to further his own political aims.

#law #Trump

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Nathaniel Gregory

@Faithslayer202@mastodon.social · last week

After an #economic crash you always see headlines like What Was Everyone Thinking? What do you mean everyone, most of us are waving our arms & screaming every day, it's a handful of insanely #rich assholes who aren't listening.

#Politics #Democrats #Republicans #Liberals #Conservatives #Vote #Election #DemocraticParty #RepublicanParty #DonaldTrump #Trump #JDVance #JoeBiden #Biden #KamalaHarris #TimWalz #Democracy #USA #Musk #Fascism #Fascist #BernieSanders #AOC #FraudSquad #Progressive

The Japan Times

@thejapantimes@mastodon.social · 7 days ago

U.S. airlines are kicking off an unprecedented effort to shake off the travel chaos caused by the government shutdown and reboot their networks in time for the busy Thanksgiving holiday travel period. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/14/companies/us-shutdown-airlines-bounce-back/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #us #democrats #republicans #tourism #airlines

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Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai · last week

“I have been thinking about that,” Maxwell wrote back.

In an email from January 2019, #Epstein wrote to Wolff of #Trump: “Of course he knew about the girls as he asked Ghislaine to stop.” #House #Democrats, citing an unnamed whistle-blower, said this week that Maxwell was preparing to formally ask Trump to commute her federal prison sentence.

#criminal #law #rape #SexualAssault #felon47 #EpsteinFiles

Email from Epstein to writer Michael Wolff: “Of course he knew about the girls as he asked Ghislaine to stop.”

Nathaniel Gregory

@Faithslayer202@mastodon.social · last week

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@Faithslayer202@mastodon.social replied · last week

The problem of course is we have a #political & #economic system that has eliminated the downsides of insane behavior & risk taking. You can burn down the world, then shrug & walk away with billions. Seems like a problem

#Politics #Democrats #Republicans #Liberals #Conservatives #Vote #Election #DemocraticParty #RepublicanParty #DonaldTrump #Trump #JDVance #JoeBiden #Biden #KamalaHarris #TimWalz #Democracy #USA #ElonMusk #Musk #Fascism #Fascist #BernieSanders #AOC #FraudSquad #Progressive

Nathaniel Gregory

@Faithslayer202@mastodon.social · last week