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  Forwarded this email? Subscribe here for more   Watch now   Important Saturday Update: Major Epstein News Ahead of Trump's Birthday, Please Watch and Share Aaron Parnas Jun 13 Good evening, everyone. Tonight’s update is a little different. I spent the day at the Trump-Epstein Reading Room in Washington, D.C., where I had the privilege of sitting down with two survivors, Marina Lacerda and Andrea Sterling. The conversation was raw, emotional and deeply honest. They spoke about their experiences, the abuse they endured and the lasting impact it has had on their lives. They also had a message for Donald Trump ahead of his birthday tomorrow: they are not going away, and they will not stop fighting for justice. This interview is longer than what I typically publish, and it is different from our usual coverage. But I have made two promises to you. First, I will continue to amplify the voices of survivors and keep telling their stories until they receive justice. Second, I...

Sunday thought: It's time again for good trouble Time to take action against Trump's mayhem Robert Reich Jan 18 Friends, Tomorrow we honor the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr. Trump has removed MLK Jr.’s birthday from the National Park Service’s fee-free days and substituted his  own  birthday of June 14 as a fee-free day. I write this more in sorrow than in anger. All told, I feel profound sorrow for America. Sorrow for the people of Minneapolis who are enduring this Trump-made hell. Sorrow for Renee Good’s three children and wife. I also feel sorrow for Greenlanders and Venezuelans and others around the world fearing what the sociopath in the Oval Office may do next. Sorrow for everyone justifiably worried about the future of America and the planet because of him. I’m old enough to remember when Martin Luther King Jr.’s mission seemed impossible. Just as the mission you and I must now engage in — defeating Trumpism and creating a new and better America out of the rubble an...

We Can't Trust the Government The Trump Administration has completely eroded any confidence that Americans once held in our institutions. Ally Sammarco Jan 12   Photo by  Tim Mossholder  on  Unsplash Living in a democracy depends on one basic assumption: that government institutions will tell the truth and act in the public interest. When that assumption collapses, citizens are thrust into a climate of uncertainty and distrust. Today, Americans are witnessing this erosion in real time. One of the most recent examples of this erosion is the Trump administration’s attempt to influence the   Federal Reserve ’s independence. President Trump has publicly and repeatedly criticized Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell for not cutting interest rates aggressively and has even taken the extraordinary step of having the Department of Justice subpoena the Fed and threaten Powell with criminal indictment over routine testimony about renovation projects—an unprecedented esc...

The Week Ahead March 16, 2025 Joyce Vance Mar 17   It’s going to be an eventful week. That’s already clear. Chief among the issues is whether this is the week we reach the tipping point where the administration flagrantly ignores a federal court’s order, and we begin to see the ensuing constitutional crisis , which would be full blown at that point, play out. It’s not a prospect any of us relish focusing on, but nothing gets better just because you look the other way. Every federal prosecutor, really every lawyer, understands this one basic rule: If a court orders you to do something, you do it. If you don’t like the ruling, you can appeal it at the appropriate time, but unless and until that order is reversed, like it or not, you must obey it. Democracy flows from this basic underpinning of the rule of law. It guarantees certainty and clarity so that people can contract, invest, feel safe, trust government—because everyone must follow the same laws. If Trump busts that covenant ...