ProPublica
@ProPublica@newsie.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick says Elon Musk is “one of the only people in the world” who could build Houston’s much-needed tunnel system for flood water mitigation.

But his company, Boring, has never completed a major public project in Texas.
https://www.propublica.org/article/elon-musk-wesley-hunt-houston-tunnels-boring-co?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News#ElonMusk#Musk#Texas#Houston#Flood#Tunnel
Davie Duck
@WackyIdeas@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago
@ProPublica Meanwhile, #Epstein?
Darnell Clayton :verified:
@darnell@one.darnell.one  ·  activity timestamp last week

So the #UnitedStates 🇺🇸 government considers her a liar (as in she will lie under oath), yet they are taking her statements seriously‽

She is already claiming that both #BillClinton & #DonaldTrump are innocent, & that she did not see anything bad happen on #Epstein Island.

👉🏾 #GhislaineMaxwell provided no incriminating information during meetings with deputy AG on high-profile individuals who interacted with #JeffreyEpstein, transcript shows https://abcnews.go.com/US/ghislaine-maxwell-provided-no-incriminating-information-meetings-deputy-ag/story?id=124894271
Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai  ·  activity timestamp last week

The #Justice Department's publication of the interview comes as #Trump has faced criticism from his conservative base of supporters & congressional Democrats over the #DOJ's decision not to release the files from its #Epstein investigation.

#GhislaineMaxwell is serving a 20-year sentence after her 2021 #SexTrafficking #conviction. Prosecutors said she recruited underage girls for #JeffreyEpstein to #abuse during encounters that began as massages & then escalated into unwanted sexual activity.
Robert Link
@phaedral@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp last week
@lauren And we should all try to collect for telling them about the traitor rapist pedophile at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. The orange guy in the smelly diaper. #DiaperDon#Epstein
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William Lindsey :toad:
@wdlindsy@toad.social  ·  activity timestamp last week

"If Trump has nothing to hide, he should honor his campaign promise and immediately release the Epstein files. Any other outcome raises the reasonable inference that Trump and his Republican enablers are concealing Trump's involvement in Epstein’s horrific crimes.

We must not relent on this issue. An overwhelming majority of the American people support full disclosure—and believe that the government is concealing evidence relating to Epstein."

#Epstein#Trump #pedophiles#CoverUp
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William Lindsey :toad:
@wdlindsy@toad.social  ·  activity timestamp last week

"On the road to authoritarianism, [what Texas Republicans are doing] is a whole factory of red flags.

It lays bare the political power grab driving the Trump administration’s expansion of the police power. Although administration officials claim to be combating crime, they are setting up a one-state political system that will answer only to MAGA."

~ Heather Cox Richardson

#Trump#WashingtonDC #fascism #military#Texas #redistricting #gerrymandering
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https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/august-19-2025
William Lindsey :toad:
@wdlindsy@toad.social replied  ·  activity timestamp last week

"The D.C. occupation is a totalitarian threat indicative of Trump’s wider ambition to militarize American cities and a distraction from Trump’s colossal failures (e.g., inflation, Ukraine, cutting healthcare to pay for billionaires’ tax cuts, the Jeffrey Epstein files coverup)."

~ Jennifer Rubin

#Trump#WashingtonDC #fascism #military#Epstein #Putin #economy#BigBeautifulBill#Medicare#Medicaid
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https://contrarian.substack.com/p/trumps-crime-canard
William Lindsey :toad:
@wdlindsy@toad.social  ·  activity timestamp last week

"In any other era, the shockingly cushy treatment for the convicted sexual offender Ghislaine Maxwell would be a weeks-long scandal.

The longtime associate of accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein sat down with a justice department attorney last month & then, before long, was transferred to a minimum-security prison in Texas known for its arts & crafts programs and inmates’ ability to move around the grounds."

~ Margaret Sullivan

#Epstein#Trump#GhislaineMaxwell
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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/20/ghislaine-maxwell-prison-transfer-epstein
William Lindsey :toad:
@wdlindsy@toad.social replied  ·  activity timestamp last week

"The Maxwell prison transfer – outrageous as it is – is just another element of the many-ringed circus act that is American politics these days. ...

Her transfer is more than special treatment; it smacks of a struck deal – a transaction that is deeply unfair, a slap in the face to the many victims of her and Epstein’s exploitation."

#Epstein#Trump #pedophiles#CoverUp#GhislaineMaxwell
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William Lindsey :toad:
@wdlindsy@toad.social replied  ·  activity timestamp last week

"In any other era, the shockingly cushy treatment for the convicted sexual offender Ghislaine Maxwell would be a weeks-long scandal.

The longtime associate of accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein sat down with a justice department attorney last month & then, before long, was transferred to a minimum-security prison in Texas known for its arts & crafts programs and inmates’ ability to move around the grounds."

~ Margaret Sullivan

#Epstein#Trump#GhislaineMaxwell
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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/20/ghislaine-maxwell-prison-transfer-epstein
William Lindsey :toad:
@wdlindsy@toad.social replied  ·  activity timestamp last week

"Over 80 percent of America, it's the only issue that's bipartisan in America that 80 percent of Republicans, 80 percent of independents and 90 percent of Democrats want to know more about the Epstein files."

#Epstein#Trump #pedophiles#CoverUp#GhislaineMaxwell
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William Lindsey :toad:
@wdlindsy@toad.social  ·  activity timestamp last week

"If Trump has nothing to hide, he should honor his campaign promise and immediately release the Epstein files. Any other outcome raises the reasonable inference that Trump and his Republican enablers are concealing Trump's involvement in Epstein’s horrific crimes.

We must not relent on this issue. An overwhelming majority of the American people support full disclosure—and believe that the government is concealing evidence relating to Epstein."

#Epstein#Trump #pedophiles#CoverUp
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William Lindsey :toad:
@wdlindsy@toad.social replied  ·  activity timestamp last week

"MAGA is not going to let it go. The Epstein files is like herpes. It's going to stay with them forever, right? No matter how much he tries to punt and distract, and he will, and as he punts and he distracts and he becomes more and more authoritarian."

~ Wajahat Ali

#Epstein#Trump #pedophiles#CoverUp#GhislaineMaxwell
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https://thelefthook.substack.com/p/on-putin-playing-trump-and-how-the
William Lindsey :toad:
@wdlindsy@toad.social  ·  activity timestamp last week

"If Trump has nothing to hide, he should honor his campaign promise and immediately release the Epstein files. Any other outcome raises the reasonable inference that Trump and his Republican enablers are concealing Trump's involvement in Epstein’s horrific crimes.

We must not relent on this issue. An overwhelming majority of the American people support full disclosure—and believe that the government is concealing evidence relating to Epstein."

#Epstein#Trump #pedophiles#CoverUp
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William Lindsey :toad:
@wdlindsy@toad.social  ·  activity timestamp last week

"Despite [Mike] Johnson’s efforts to shut down a floor vote, the House Oversight Committee issued a subpoena to the Department of Justice requiring the production of the Epstein files on Tuesday of this week. On Monday, the DOJ announced that it would miss the Tuesday deadline and would begin a partial production on Friday.

In other words, the cover-up continues."

~ Robert B. Hubbell

#Epstein#Trump #pedophiles#CoverUp#GhislaineMaxwell
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https://roberthubbell.substack.com/p/the-epstein-scandal-isnt-going-away