Political news I want to share. 8-14-2026

In addition to trying to re-scrawl his name on the Kennedy Center facade by adding “Restored and Renovated By President Donald J. Trump,” Trump's trying to rename the physical site “the President Donald J. Trump Plaza.”
Opposing attys' statement below. (Wash Litig Grp & @DDFund_) pic.twitter.com/JMEoaKjJ0x
— Roger Parloff (@rparloff) August 13, 2026

https://www.tumblr.com/reagan-was-a-horrible-president/824787850938793984/source

https://www.tumblr.com/truth-has-a-liberal-bias/824769857191051264

The reports from the USS Abraham Lincoln about multiple sailors attempting to jump into the sea are disturbing. Long deployments are hard. They are a lot harder when the mission isn’t well defined and there is no end in sight. Here is some information on how to get help:… https://t.co/06a8Nu1ckx
— Senator Mark Kelly (@SenMarkKelly) August 13, 2026

The Department of the Navy must allow a bipartisan Congressional Delegation to visit the USS Lincoln to conduct oversight investigation into this horrible situation.
CODELs have visited war zones to inspect the conditions of our troops. There is no reason to be denied access. https://t.co/l1OwrXwJo1
— Ruben Gallego (@RubenGallego) August 13, 2026

NEW: The USS Abraham Lincoln was supposed to come home in May — instead, under Trump's Navy, its sailors are grinding through a ninth month at sea with no end date, and the crew is so broken that multiple have attempted suicide. This should be a national scandal.
— Mike Nellis (@MikeNellis) August 13, 2026

The U.S. has long miscalculated due to intelligence failures. Case in point: The war on Iran. Now, an even bigger miscalculation on the Strait of Hormuz.

Worse than fake news is fake intelligence. Be careful.

Allah is Great, Greater than ANY power on Earth. In Allah we trust.
— Seyed Abbas Araghchi (@araghchi) August 13, 2026

EXCLUSIVE: The wife of the USS Lincoln sailor who jumped overboard last week says she wasn't notified about the incident until four days after & said her husband repeatedly expressed concerns over his mental health but was "brushed off." w/@PriyaReporting https://t.co/jJlmtDHHNC
— Lindsey Pipia (@LP_Reports) August 13, 2026

NEW: The U.S. military has lost at least 45 MQ-9 Reaper drones during the war with Iran, or roughly 25 percent of its fleet, according to three U.S. officials familiar with the matter. The high-demand drones cost between $30 million and $50 million a piece. w/ @noahjrobertson…
— Tara Copp (@TaraCopp) August 13, 2026

https://www.tumblr.com/truth-has-a-liberal-bias/824766210610741248

NYP: Kari Lake, Scott Jennings and Spencer Pratt are seen as possible contenders who could replace White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt.

Link to article: https://t.co/tqqFENRHXo pic.twitter.com/T5JUZvyDF0
— Politics & Poll Tracker 📡 (@PollTracker2024) August 13, 2026

Here’s my conversation with @ErinBurnett about my essay in today’s @nytimes. https://t.co/TDzc335oya https://t.co/yhsNNu5zqx
— Jonathan Reiner (@JReinerMD) August 13, 2026

I Was Dick Cheney’s Cardiologist. Trump Has Not Looked Well, and We Should Know Why. http://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/12/o…
— Elizabeth West (@limeylizzie.bsky.social) 2026-08-12T15:15:51.480Z

Florida allows voucher schools to cite their faith as a reason to deny admission to gay students.
But the AG says the same schools can't cite their faith as a reason to deny admission to anti-vaxxers.
What a selective version of faith and “freedom.”https://t.co/tdSfAUJwhi
— Scott Maxwell (@Scott_Maxwell) August 12, 2026

GOP Rep Falsely Claims 82% of Women Vaccinated in First Two Trimesters Miscarried
— Mediaite (@mediaite.com) 2026-08-11T23:13:17Z

The “covered up” data was published in the New England Journal of Medicine in September 2021, where it has sat, publicly, for five years. It shows vaccinated women miscarried at the same rate as everyone else, about 1 in 8. The 82% figure comes from a denominator error: it counts… https://t.co/HtVOF5dDkR
— Jake Scott, MD (@jakescottMD) August 12, 2026

Ted Cruz has been better than a lot of Republicans, but as it turns out even “better” is pretty bad. https://t.co/AAEaEINybq
— Richard Hanania (@RichardHanania) August 12, 2026

Shame on you @tedcruz. This is a bald faced lie. You are lying. You are purposely lying. You are purposely spreading malicious & dangerous disinformation. How the fuck do you live with yourself? Shame on you. https://t.co/1s040cuCAZ
— Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) August 12, 2026

This is a disgusting, disgraceful, reckless statement from Senator Cruz.

Not only are these statistics and claims totally, objectively wrong and false.

The data he's referencing was NEVER "covered up" by Dr. Fauci.

It's been public since its 2021 publication in NEJM.

And… https://t.co/i99Oh2sWFq
— Brad Polumbo (@brad_polumbo) August 12, 2026

🚨BREAKING: A Nebraska court Wednesday rejected the RNC’s lawsuit seeking to block certain U.S. citizens abroad from voting in the state, handing the national GOP another major loss in its escalating legal campaign against overseas voters. https://t.co/4nHl5KtzSE
— Marc E. Elias (@marceelias) August 12, 2026

This is one of the cringiest things I’ve ever watched. Is he mad at it? If this is his idea of campaigning, Gina has a real shot.

Also, thanks for reminding us that we can’t afford beef. https://t.co/DkNg0gl8KH
— Sara McGee for Texas HD 132 (@SaraForTexLege) August 12, 2026

BREAKING WaPo:Republican Rep. Max Miller's ex-wife has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against Miller and his attorney — alleging that they "recklessly published" a nude image of Miller's 2-year-old daughter online.
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1.bsky.social) 2026-08-13T03:05:42.548Z

Watching the media and Democrats fall all over themselves defending Graham Platner is truly next level.

After all the sanctimonious lectures about everything, it turns out, they don’t actually care about Nazi affiliations or sexual abuse and harassment. pic.twitter.com/pV9FrBbO0x
— Mike Lawler (@lawler4ny) June 12, 2026

Abdul El-Sayed’s best pal and campaign partner says the USA should resume lynchings against black people.

Listen for yourself and understand what the socialists have in store for the black community pic.twitter.com/N3ntbIHefw
— Scott Jennings (@ScottJenningsKY) August 12, 2026

CNN contributor Scott Jennings just falsely accused Hasan Piker of supporting lynchings using out-of-context clips in an attempt to attack Abdul El-Sayed's campaign. Defamation like this is highly unlawful and can result in millions of dollars in damages if Piker sues. pic.twitter.com/7mqYoacwGm
— Fifty Shades of Whey (@davenewworld_2) August 13, 2026

This is beyond insane, even for TX: Fort Worth police just ARRESTED a man for saying "bullshit" while speaking at last week's Tarrant County meeting opposing a plan to cut nearly 50% of Election Day voting locations. He's charged with disrupting a meeting, @startelegram reports.
— Jen Rice (@jen_rice_) August 12, 2026

Man arrested after profanity at last week’s Tarrant commissioners meeting, from @startelegram https://t.co/i6LsUVw4sa pic.twitter.com/ykdJYJIR5O
— Jen Rice (@jen_rice_) August 12, 2026

I’m very disappointed that SacAnime has disinvited me from a Halo 25 reunion at their conference next month. If you thought we defeated Cancel Culture in 2024, guess again! pic.twitter.com/DSEWcIEjDA
— Marty O'Donnell (@MartyTheElder) August 11, 2026

“Does not feel safe”

Because they are intellectual children who see a calmly articulated opposing worldview as violence.
— Brandon Herrera (@TheAKGuy) August 11, 2026

Its as simple as just not being an asshole dude. You're not entitled to be at an event when you speak out against the rights of the people organizing it.
— Zack Hatrick (@BionicZack) August 11, 2026

You cant hate the left enough.

They preach about acceptance yet the secound you are not 99.9% aligned with them they turn on you like a bunch of rabid dogs.

Truly, leftist are a bane on not only American society, but the world at large.

Be cool if we could just send them all…
— Vismier 🇺🇸 (@Vismier17) August 11, 2026

This isn't going to become some anomalous method of arresting people. They will be shocking people like this as a matter of course. pic.twitter.com/U9SuvaMTvu
— David J. Bier (@David_J_Bier) August 13, 2026

Long but interesting news articles.

https://www.tumblr.com/reagan-was-a-horrible-president/824675271660748800

https://www.tumblr.com/truth-has-a-liberal-bias/824681902203174912

https://www.tumblr.com/truth-has-a-liberal-bias/824670965003911168

https://www.tumblr.com/socialjusticeinamerica/824705166776352768

https://www.tumblr.com/saywhat-politics/824702580148011008/trumps-air-force-one-escape-while-leaving

Mar-a-Lago Spa Would Send Teen Workers on House Calls to Jeffrey Epstein’s Mansion: Report

Full disclosure. Ron was working for tRump at Mar-a-largo as his nighttime butler and nighttime house supervisor. He knew all about this and told me of it. Sadly he couldn’t do anything about it other than give the doctor and staff comfort and support.

https://people.com/mar-a-lago-spa-would-send-teen-workers-to-jeffrey-epstein-s-house-report-11877952

A new report from the ‘Wall Street Journal’ reveals new ties between Epstein and President Donald Trump

By

Meredith Kile

Published on December 31, 2025 04:36PM EST

Jeffrey Epstein and Donald Trump.Credit : Davidoff Studios/Getty

A new report from the Wall Street Journal alleges that Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago spa had teenage workers make house calls to Jeffrey Epstein’s mansion

“Epstein wasn’t a dues-paying member of the club, but Trump told staff to treat him like one, the employees said,” according to the report

The house calls reportedly stopped in 2003 when an 18-year-old worker said Epstein pressured her for sex, and Trump cut him off from spa services

A new report from the Wall Street Journal alleges that Donald Trump‘s Mar-a-Lago spa had teenage workers make house calls to Jeffrey Epstein‘s mansion.

The report, which cites unnamed former Mar-a-Lago and Epstein employees, claims that Trump’s spa would send masseuses, manicurists and other spa workers to Epstein’s nearby residence.

“Epstein wasn’t a dues-paying member of the club, but Trump told staff to treat him like one, the employees said,” according to the report.

It also alleges that workers “warned each other about Epstein, who was known among staff for being sexually suggestive and exposing himself during the appointments.”

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement to the Journal that the publication was “writing up fallacies and innuendo in order to smear President Trump.”

“No matter how many times this story is told and retold, the truth remains: President Trump did nothing wrong and he kicked Jeffrey Epstein out of Mar-a-Lago for being a creep,” Leavitt said in a text message.

Leavitt’s claim about Trump kicking Epstein out seems to align with the Journal’s reporting, which goes on to say that, in 2003, an 18-year-old worker returned to Mar-a-Lago from an Epstein house call and said the billionaire had “pressured her for sex.”

“A manager sent Trump a fax relaying the employee’s allegations and urged him to ban Epstein, some of the former employees said,” the report claims. “Trump told the manager it was a good letter and said to kick him out.”

The incident was not reported to police, according to WSJ. However, two years later, Epstein would be investigated after a parent alleged that he sexually abused her 14-year-old daughter. Ultimately, he pleaded guilty to solicitation of prostitution and solicitation of prostitution with a minor under the age of 18.

That conviction preceded the 2019 charges of sex trafficking, for which Epstein was awaiting trial when he died in prison. The billionaire’s friendships with many high-profile celebrities and businessmen have been highly scrutinized in recent months as Trump’s Department of Justice — which was ordered to release all evidence in the Epstein case by Dec. 19 — has continued to release documents and photos one batch at a time.

Though Trump has continued to downplay his longtime friendship with Epstein since taking office for his second term, there was a disturbing mention of the president in the last drop of evidence.

One of the documents, dated Oct. 27, 2020, appeared to be an FBI intake report that featured the account of a former limo driver, who claimed to have met Trump in 1995, when he said he drove the real estate mogul to Dallas Fort Worth International Airport.

The document read, “[Driver] reported some of the things President Trump had spoken about during the ride while on his cell phone were very concerning. [Driver] reported he was ‘a few seconds from pulling the limousine over on the median and within a few seconds of pulling him out of the car and hurting him, due to some of the things he was saying.’ “

Donald Trump, Melania Trump, Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell at Mar-a-Lago in 2000.Davidoff Studios/Getty

While telling the story to an unnamed woman years later, the driver alleged that the woman went “stone cold.”

“[Woman] stated, ‘He raped me,'” the FBI intake report read. “[Driver] said, ‘What?’ as [Woman] replied ‘Donald J. Trump had raped her along with Jeffrey Epstein.’ “

The Department of Justice took proactive measures against the claims while releasing the new batch of documents. In a Tuesday, Dec. 23, statement on social media, they wrote, “The Department of Justice has officially released nearly 30,000 more pages of documents related to Jeffrey Epstein. Some of these documents contain untrue and sensationalist claims made against President Trump that were submitted to the FBI right before the 2020 election.”

“To be clear: the claims are unfounded and false, and if they had a shred of credibility, they certainly would have been weaponized against President Trump already,” the statement continued. “Nevertheless, out of our commitment to the law and transparency, the DOJ is releasing these documents with the legally required protections for Epstein’s victims.”

Epstein Is Destroying MAGA

Who are today’s “men of Sodom”?

More right wing … diarrhea on the country.

Jordan: “Trump Has Never Been About Retribution”

Maker Of Recalled Raw Milk May Get Role At FDA

Pete Hegseth’s Lawyer Threatens To Sue His Accuser

NEW

U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal is accusing Pete Hegseth’s attorney, Timothy Parlatore, of witness intimidation because Parlatore suggested that Hegseth may sue the woman who accused him of sexual assault and received a settlement if he doesn’t get confirmed.

This was…
— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) December 6, 2024

100 US Ex-Security Officials Raise Alarm Over Gabbard In Letter To Senators Calling For Closed-Door Hearings

Hitler Fan Nick Fuentes Arrested For Assaulting Woman

GOP Rep Shrugs At Hegseth Rape Allegations: “We’ve All Had Indiscretions In Our Past And Things Like That”

Chip Roy dismisses the Pete Hegseth rape allegation: "We've all had some indiscretions in our past and things like that." pic.twitter.com/qrngbpzCtl
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) December 6, 2024

GOP Rep: Let Govt Shut Down Until Trump Takes Over

NIH Pick Plans To Defund Research By “Woke” Colleges

Trump NIH pick "considering a plan to link likelihood of receiving research grants to some measure of academic freedom…Bhattacharya wants to counter what he sees as a culture of conformity that ostracized him over his views on masking and school closures" http://www.wsj.com/health/healt…
— Richard Sever (@richardsever.bsky.social) 2024-12-06T16:20:39.999Z

Secretive Group To Hegseth: Fire All “Woke” Generals

The list compiled by the American Accountability Foundation includes 20 general officers or senior admirals and a disproportionate number of female officers. Those on the list in many cases seem to be targeted for public comments they made either in interviews or at events on diversity, and in some cases for retweeting posts that promote diversity.

The above-named group is a dark money organization that does not reveal its donors. Their leader is a former staffer for nutbag Sen. Ron Johnson.

These people what a Russian style military of only white cis straight males which Ted Cruz gave such praise to over our US military. The thing is the Russian military was stopped and driven out of a country by the rag tag Ukrainian military with gifted supplies dripping in. A diverse military of the entire population is the strongest one, which has been demonstrated over and over again. Talk about a group wanting purity in a place, this is what these bigot racist haters want. Hugs

Trump: Hegseth “Does Not Have A Drinking Problem”

Giuliani Ordered To Face Contempt Hearing On Jan 3

See Kennedy’s Truly Bizarre MAHA Job Application

“Republican Messiah” Rioter Rages At Judge As He Heads To Prison: “Trump’s Gonna Pardon Me Anyway”

Johnson On Hegseth: “We’ve All Made Mistakes In Life”

Among Hegseth’s alleged “mistakes” are sexual assault, countless incidents of adultery (including with a coworker), at last one bastard child, drunkenly attempting to climb onto a strip club stage, on the job drinking, being fall down drunk at corporate events, shouting “kill all Muslims,” having white supremacist tattoos, belonging to a far-right misogynist Christian nationalist church, and running two nonprofits for veterans into the ground with what former colleagues call questionable spending on partying and travel. It’s what Jesus would want.

Politico: Foreign Agent Bondi To Face “Ethics Morass”

https://twitter.com/RpsAgainstTrump/status/1861120221991293322

So much for draining the swamp!

1. Bondi asked for a $25,000 campaign donation from Trump, and got it.
2. Then she dropped her state’s investigation into Trump University.
3. Now she’s Trump’s nominee for Attorney General.

GOP Plans $100 Billion Backstop For Bitcoin Owners

Watch the clip and you’ll see an excited Lummis wave a copy of her bill, calling it a “present for President Trump.” Hayes calls the bill an “enormous heist” and an “explicit bailout” of bitcoin holders should the price plummet

Say it loud and proud again please!

EYup: Exactly Right …

Ten Bears has made me Jealous. I wish I had found this first. But to give credit I think he can do more with it. If you don’t know ask him his work out regiment. If anyone who claims to be male thinks their bigotry can out male his actual being … I hope they never tell that to him face to face. I was in the military and even in my best fitness I don’t think I could have kept up with his regimen. Hugs