Reposted by Tonya OetkenCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Yeesh. 👀 “.. we find limited evidence that data center development improves fiscal balances, employment, or business formation.” (via @talsmith.bsky.social) download.ssrn.com/2026/9/1/738... 27937365 937
Reposted by Tonya OetkenKate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 08/09/2026PISTORIUS: Today I've decided to deliver urgently needed PAC-2 interceptors, AIM-9 air to air missiles and IRIS-T air defense systems from Bundeswehr stocks to Ukraine. These missiles are being delivered as we speak and will strengthen Ukraine’s air defenses before winter comes. 27693166 693
Reposted by Tonya OetkenDedanna @dedanna.bsky.social · 08/09/2026When are we going to get rid of RFKJr and his minions and get this kind of stuff over with? www.newsweek.com/pork-recall-...newsweek.comPork recall in 8 states as highest warning issuedUSDA recalled pork guanciale in eight states over possible listeria contamination amid a surge in foodborne-illness cases. 21399177 399
Reposted by Tonya OetkenAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 08/09/2026I wish I had my own little stock market I could invest in before making business decisions that would benefit my portfolio using taxpayer money. 33666242276 6.6K
Reposted by Tonya OetkenElizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 08/09/2026www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...washingtonpost.comAs Social Security fund runs dry, some Republicans say it’s time to raise taxesRaising the payroll tax is emerging as a popular fix — even in the anti-tax GOP — to fend off deep cuts in retirement benefits. 1134779 347
Tonya Oetken @taoetken.bsky.social · 25/12/2025open.substack.com/pub/robertre...open.substack.comThe Brazen Cruelty of the Trump RegimeIts plan to warehouse immigrants has shades of Nazi concentration camps and America's shameful imprisonment of Japanese Americans during World War II. 000 0
Reposted by Tonya OetkenAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 24/12/2025This is sinister. If you're wondering why so many people don't report sexual assault, this is why. 631151336369 15.1K
Reposted by Tonya OetkenAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 24/12/2025I noticed a change in the last few weeks in how the NYT describes gender affirming care. They now use the term "gender related care" in their coverage. This term had only been used sparingly (4 times) prior to this year. Now it's becoming ubiquitous in standard coverage. 20715169 715
Reposted by Tonya OetkenBrad Takei @bradtakei.bsky.social · 24/12/2025Nothing says ‘authoritarian’ quite like trying to shut down anyone who doesn’t praise you. 811337194 1.3K
Reposted by Tonya OetkenKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 24/12/2025Jack Smith is calling for the House Judiciary Committee to release the recording of his full closed-door deposition before the panel. "Doing so will ensure that the American people can hear the facts directly from Mr. Smith, rather than through second-hand accounts." 313126744136 12.7K
Reposted by Tonya OetkenAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 24/12/2025The DOJ is lying when it says they *just now* received Epstein files from the Southern District of New York. 578125704561 12.6K
Reposted by Tonya OetkenAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 24/12/2025NEW: A federal agent has fired shots in Baltimore, and two people have been taken to the hospital. www.thebanner.com/community/lo...thebanner.comICE shooting in Glen Burnie leaves 2 people hospitalized, officials sayTwo people were taken to the hospital Wednesday after a federal immigration agent shot someone in Glen Burnie, Anne Arundel County officials said. 17019691044 2K
Reposted by Tonya OetkenThe Advocate @advocate.com · 24/12/2025Kishla Askins was investigated several times for being a gay woman while serving in the military. Now she's running for Congress to make those she lost on deployment proud.advocate.comAfter 30 years in uniform, a veteran in Nebraska who survived ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ is running for Congress 1195 19
Reposted by Tonya OetkenElizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 24/12/2025New data shows that Donald Trump’s economic policies have driven up prices this year’s holiday season by 26%. Americans are paying the price for Donald Trump’s policies. 671287427 1.3K
Reposted by Tonya OetkenMark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 29/11/2025What he said: 💯 🎯 1046340387403 34K
Reposted by Tonya OetkenDr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 29/11/2025In a new leaked memo, the FDA outlined plans to make it much harder to get new vaccines approved, claiming, without sharing evidence, that the COVID vaccines have killed at least 10 children. This is so reckless. The science shows us that COVID vaccines have saved millions of lives. 28706239 706
Reposted by Tonya OetkenGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 29/11/2025You know, apropos of nothing in particular, and although I haven't researched it yet, I strongly suspect that a president starting a foreign war to distract from his extensive ties with child sex traffickers is probably a high crime or misdemeanor under the Constitution's impeachment clauses. 394106252714 10.6K
Reposted by Tonya OetkenMichael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 29/11/2025I prosecuted international drug trafficking organizations for the Justice Department. In fact, for years one of my cases was listed as the #1 noted case on DOJ's Special Operations Division website. But killing people with no trial or due process is wrong. It is cruel and degrades America. 25503146 503
Reposted by Tonya OetkenRepublicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 29/11/2025Multiple foreign-born spouses of U.S. citizens appeared for their final green card interviews at the local office of USCIS. In several cases, shortly before their interviews concluded, ICE agents entered, handcuffed them and placed them under arrest www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/u...hindustantimes.comICE arrests military spouses during Green Card interviews; families shockedSeveral foreign-born spouses of US citizens were detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) while attending green-card interviews in San Diego. 58896446 896
Reposted by Tonya OetkenJesse Eisinger @jeisinger.bsky.social · 14/11/2025NEW: DHS launched a $200mln+ ad campaign, featuring, Kristi Noem, aimed at stemming illegal immigration. We found the firm secretly hired for the work has ties to Noem. @justinelliott.bsky.social, @josh-kaplan.bsky.social & @amierjeski.bsky.social: www.propublica.org/article/kris... 1102461934 2.5K
Reposted by Tonya OetkenAnonymous @opdeatheaters.bsky.social · 14/11/2025Mark Epstein asked his brother Jeffrey Epstein whether Steve Bannon could confirm if Putin has “the photo of Trump blowing Bubba. Jeffrey Epstein: "I thought I had tsuris,” using the Yiddish term for troubles. #OpDeathEaters 1341654563 1.7K
Reposted by Tonya OetkenCharlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 05/11/2025"All of these candidates who won last night didn’t shy away from talking about gender equality and LGBTQ rights. They didn’t buy the theory that doing so would alienate young men. And they were right. Stick that in your pipe and smoke it, Mr. Carville." charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/what-young...charlotteclymer.substack.comWhat Young Men Problem?Democrats won clear majorities of this constituency. 25872195 872
Reposted by Tonya OetkenBradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 05/11/2025Classic Trumpian move. Everything is just on the horizon, it’s almost there, so keep putting in good money after bad. He spent four years claiming he was on the verge of solving everything in 2020, but lost to Biden. It’s always “just there in the distance”. 81933175 933
Reposted by Tonya OetkenRandi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 05/11/2025It is outrageous ICE is behaving this way, traumatizing our kids and terrorizing families. They are violently grabbing parents in front of families. They deploy tear gas near schools and playgrounds and Halloween parades. Now storming into a daycare. This must stop. 19514195 514
Reposted by Tonya OetkenKamala Harris @kamalaharris.com · 05/11/2025Last year after the election, I reflected: "When we fight, we win—but sometimes the fight takes awhile." Last night, we saw Democratic victories across our nation. I am so proud of these enthusiastic, principled, inspirational leaders who will continue to fight for our nation, ideals, and progress. 340108962324 10.9K
Reposted by Tonya OetkenThe Advocate @advocate.com · 09/10/2025“I simply asked if they had a signed judicial warrant,” Jessie Fuentes told The Advocate. “That’s not a crime. That’s a constitutional question."bit.lyChicago alderperson describes ‘sanctioned violence’ after ICE detained her for simply asking questions“I simply asked if they had a signed judicial warrant,” Jessie Fuentes told The Advocate. “That’s not a crime. That’s a constitutional question." 0184 18
Reposted by Tonya OetkenGovernor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 09/10/2025Our farmers want trade, not aid. This is a band-aid solution to a problem Trump caused single handedly. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/u...nytimes.comTrump to Unveil Farmer Aid as China Shuns U.S. Crops 631230232 1.2K
Reposted by Tonya OetkenMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 09/10/2025Trump promised a health care plan TEN YEARS AGO and has never come up with one. Unless you consider it a "health care plan" when you cut health care and use the savings to give rich people a tax cut. 71781219 781
Reposted by Tonya OetkenHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 09/10/202520 paragraphs down in the NBC News story that broke the information that the administration is considering invoking the Insurrection Act is the report that Stephen Miller is driving the issue. 683139765545 14K
Reposted by Tonya OetkenZach Wahls @zachwahls.bsky.social · 11/06/2025I'm Zach Wahls. A sixth-generation Iowan and a new generation of Democrat. And I'm running for U.S. Senate to defeat Joni Ernst. 562101555 2.1K
Reposted by Tonya OetkenThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 09/10/2025Context matters 13752392526 5.2K
Reposted by Tonya OetkenRep. Angie Craig @repangiecraig.bsky.social · 08/10/2025Speaker Johnson is refusing to swear in Rep-elect Grijalva during a pro forma session – but he swore in two Republican members in April using that exact procedure. Conveniently, she is the last signature needed to release the Epstein files... This isn'tt normal. What do they have to hide? 1023861 238
Reposted by Tonya OetkenJustin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 25/09/2025Credit to ABC News for this headline on the Comey indictment. abcnews.go.com/US/former-fb...abcnews.go.comFormer FBI Director James Comey indicted days after Trump demanded his DOJ move 'now' to prosecute enemiesFormer FBI Director James Comey has been indicted just days after President Trump issued a public demand for the DOJ to act "now" to prosecute him, sources say. 431418329 1.4K
Reposted by Tonya OetkenMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 26/09/2025🚨 BREAKING: James Comey posts a video statement following his indictment "My family and I have known for years that there are costs to standing up to Donald Trump...But I'm not afraid. And I hope you're not either...And I'm innocent. So let's have a trial and keep the faith." 522117611899 11.8K
Reposted by Tonya OetkenCharlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 28/07/2025Let me get this straight: Trump was invited to Epstein's island but he didn't want to go because something bad was going on there and he considers that "one of his proudest moments" but if he knew something was going on there, why didn't he alert authorities? 561310232 1.3K
Reposted by Tonya OetkenAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 28/07/2025His plans are to remove Gazans by whatever means necessary so he can build beachfront property with Bibi and Jared. We've long known this. 1993154968 3.2K
Reposted by Tonya OetkenGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 28/07/2025Nature is telling us, but we aren’t listening. 852127651 2.1K
Reposted by Tonya OetkenAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 28/07/2025This proves five things: 1. The protests in LA were peaceful 2. The National Guard and Marines were unnecessary 3. ICE officers lie 4. DHS stats on ICE agent assaults are overblown 5. You can not, in fact, indict a ham sandwich if you have no case www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...theguardian.comDropped cases against LA protesters reveal false claims from federal agentsRevealed: records show border patrol gave inaccurate testimony about people it jailed. Prosecutors now face ‘embarrassing’ dismissals 17774963038 7.5K
Reposted by Tonya OetkenGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 20/07/2025A primer for the civically ill-informed. 382186906556 18.7K
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Reposted by Tonya OetkenBrian Stelter @brianstelter.bsky.social · 20/07/2025"Local. Trusted. Defunded." That's what the big digital sign outside GBH's building in Boston says now. Like other PBS/NPR stations, it is starting a new fund-raising push: "We're not backing down" despite the federal funding loss, "but we can't do it without you" 272152432 2.2K
Reposted by Tonya OetkenAnonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 20/07/2025People don't like hearing this, Trump was a democrat for most of the time he was partnering up with Epstein. Reducing the Epstein Network into Republicans vs Democrats and MAGA vs non-MAGA misses the mark completely. This a transnational organized crime network beyond politics. 2043520768 3.5K
Reposted by Tonya OetkenJess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 20/07/2025The schools I taught in didn’t have a supply closet. I couldn’t go anywhere for pencils or pens or Kleenexes. If the kids didn’t bring their own, I bought them. I taught 16 years. I left making $41,000 a year. 1450744 507
Reposted by Tonya OetkenAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 20/07/2025EXCLUSIVE: Not only does an Excel spreadsheet of Trump mentions in the Epstein files exist, but so do training videos explaining how to flag the files for Trump mentions. Plus, the number of people who had access is larger than previously known. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/the-epstei...muellershewrote.comThe Epstein Cover-Up at the FBIInside the chaotic review process of the Epstein and Maxwell files at the Bureau 544127245385 12.7K
Reposted by Tonya OetkenJustin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 25/06/2025When Republican voters learn that the "Big Beautiful Bill" takes from the poor to give to the rich, they oppose it. 1102242730 2.2K
Reposted by Tonya OetkenMichael Lowry @michaelrlowry.bsky.social · 26/06/2025A huge blow was dealt to hurricane forecasters this week as a critical tool was abruptly terminated by the Department of Defense and NOAA. The immediate discontinuation of data from three weather satellites will severely impact hurricane forecasts this season and beyond. More ⬇️michaelrlowry.substack.comCritical Hurricane Forecast Tool Abruptly TerminatedU.S. Department of Defense announced Tuesday it would no longer process and deliver data essential to most hurricane forecasts 19523191555 2.3K
Reposted by Tonya OetkenMark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 26/06/2025In her furious dissent, Jackson writes of the Supreme Court's decision: "The project of stymying one of the country’s great civil rights laws continues." She likens today's ruling to notorious decisions after the Civil War cutting back civil rights statutes. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p... 181806560 1.8K
Reposted by Tonya OetkenKyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 26/06/2025When an official responds to a question with anger and insults rather than an answer, that’s every journalist’s signal that they’ve asked a good question. 1103018563 3K
![From:
Mark L. Epstein
Sent:
3/21/2018 2:54:13 PM
To:
'jeffrey E.' [jeevacation@gmail.com]
RE: hey
Subject:
High
I'd rather be in Donni Dee's shoes.
Importance:
From: jeffrey E. [mailto:jeevacation@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2018 10:43 AM
To: Mark L. Epstein
Subject: Re: hey
you mean DONNI TEE
On Wed, Mar 21, 2018 at 9:54 AM, Mark L. Epstein
wrote:
You and your boy Donnie can make a remake of the movie Get Hard.
Sent via tin can and string.
On Mar 21, 2018, at 09:37, jeffrey E. <jeevacation@gmail.com>
wrote:
and i thought- I had tsuris
On Wed, Mar 21, 2018 at 4:32 AM, Mark L. Epstein
Ask him if Putin has the photos of Trump blowing Bubba?
wrote:
From: jeffrey E. [mailto:jeevacation@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, March 19, 2018 2:15 PM
To:
Subject: Re: hey
All good. Bannon with me
On Mon, Mar 19, 2018 at 1:49 PM Mark L. Epstein
wrote:
How are you doing?
A while back you mentioned that you were prediabetic. Has anything changed with that?
What is your boy Donald up to now?
please note
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