RE: https://mstdn.social/@_L1vY_/115998439538924072

Regardless whether this specific email is true, and proof positive of participation, Chomsky remained friends with Epstein to the end. If nothing else, he knew of the 2008 conviction.

#Via Moira Donegan
@moiradonegan
5:48PM · Jan31 2026

"...the underlying issue with the persistence of sexual violence isn’t exactly women’s credibility, as the 'believe women' slogan suggested, but rather with rape’s moral status. It’s not that people think it doesn’t happen. They think it doesn’t matter."

I warned people about Chomsky some time ago. I guess it’s good that some more are catching on. Better late than never.

Every time Trump does something else horrific, I see people sharing the content on social media and asking what more it could possibly take for his supporters to abandon him. “Surely this must be the breaking point, right?”

Today it is the disgusting racist caricature of the Obamas, last week it was evidence of Trump's horrific crimes from the Epstein files, and next week it will be some fresh new display of evil.

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I think it speaks to the sincere empathy of those who earnestly inquire if this newest development is finally the tipping point, if this latest demonstration of criminality, racism, pedophilia, or corruption is enough, because they imagine that if only Trump supporters could see how hateful he is, then they would abandon him.

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The trouble is that his supporters already know all these things...and they love him all the more for them.

Save yourself the effort. They do not care.

Something has absolutely rotted the minds and consciences of a significant portion of the population, and that thing is sheer, unadulterated hatred. They don't care if they are suffering as long as someone they hate is suffering more.

There’s not a moment coming that’s going to turn them around.

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The American political news media needs to be completely destroyed and rebuilt from scratch.

Democrats were constantly told that it was out of touch to accurately describe the Biden economy as good, sometimes from people allegedly on the left.

Then Trump was allowed to swoop in and just say "I will make everything better on day one" without any pushback at all from the media or almost anyone else.

And now, reality. The Biden economy was good. This one isn’t.

FACT FOCUS: Trump says tariffs have created an economic miracle. The facts tell a different story:
https://apnews.com/article/trump-economy-inflation-tariffs-gdp-fact-check-fc415e879519f14ea5219f00a97994f4

People pointing out how Dearborn or “never Kamala” people voted (or didn’t) aren’t saying “they deserve this.” They’re saying: “you don’t get perfect choices in elections. If you cling to the (obviously false) idea of the high ground of ‘both are bad,’ then decisions get made without you—and the outcome is usually the worst option.”

This goes for many other issues as well.

U.S. secretly deporting Palestinians to West Bank in coordination with Israel:
https://www.972mag.com/us-secretly-deporting-palestinians-ice-dezer/

@TonyStark The "never Kamala" people didn't hurt the former vice president. She may not be president but all but two (three? I don't or care where Barron lives) American citizens don't live in the White House and Harris is still an upper class American citizen who lives in California. Those voters hurt a bunch of regular people without regard to whether they are citizens or not, documented or not.

@TonyStark

As flawed as media was in the past, it still managed to inform. We've lost that, it is utterly corrupted. That's one place to start.

@TonyStark Texans didn’t even vote on this.

California? We voted. Specifically to counteract what Texas did. The language is pretty brilliant actually.

Prop 50 won by such a huge margin I think it’s got the gerrymanderers a lil twitchy 🙂

It's hilarious to see Republicans losing their shit for Democratic-led states doing exactly what Texas did.

They're upset because Democrats are fighting back, because the default expectation for Republicans is they get to wreck things and Dems have to play by the rules.

Virginia Democrats propose potential 10–1 congressional map for 2026 midterms:
https://www.vpm.org/news/2026-02-05/va-congressional-redistricting-maps-trump-lucas-spanberger-surovell-stanley

I legitimately not only remember people deadass telling us “you’re overreacting” about the danger of Trump being elected again, but I can read the old posts.

Yeah. we were not.

I heard "both sides are the same" as an excuse and that it was stupid to "trust any politician" as another.

It all lead to the same outcome of Trump being elected.

Don’t let your country be overrun by social media bots and morons.

All the Planned Parenthood clinics in my area and closing at least temporarily because Donald Trump defunded them.

So if you continue to go on about how both parties are the same, I will continue to tell you you’re a non-useful idiot.

Pittsburgh-area Planned Parenthood clinics are closing this month due to staffing shortage:
https://www.wesa.fm/health-science-tech/2026-01-07/pittsburgh-planned-parenthood-closing-staffing-shortage

The strategy of giving Trump and Republicans total control of the government and hoping Democrats would clean up the mess later was a poor strategy, for whoever decided to encourage that.

During the first Trump administration people were afraid to go outside because of COVID.

Now they're afraid to go outside because of the Trump administration.

Some differences between the parties for ya.

Not surprised because corporations along with billionaires bought the election and now the EPA works for them, not us.

Please bother to vote properly this year unless air pollution is a pro for you.

The EPA is changing how it considers the costs and benefits of air pollution rules:
https://www.npr.org/2026/01/13/nx-s1-5675307/epa-air-regulations-health-benefits

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris invested money into America that created hundreds of thousands of jobs through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, the CHIPS and Science Act, and the Inflation Reduction Act.

Trump hasn’t done shit for anyone except himself.

U.S. Has Lost Manufacturing Jobs Every Month Since ‘Liberation Day’:
https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/stock-market-today-dow-sp-500-nasdaq-01-09-2026/card/u-s-has-lost-manufacturing-jobs-every-month-since-liberation-day--zSktO9HE1fJuovugQy8V

Well, that list would include Utah, Louisiana, Georgia, Michigan, Virginia, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania, so good luck I guess.

I told people not to vote for this guy and not to sit it out and let him get elected or throw their vote away on the Green Party who nominated the same person three times in 4 Presidential elections.

Trump vows to withhold federal funds from sanctuary cities and states:
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/01/13/trump-withhold-funds-sanctuary-cities-states-immigration/88164480007/

Democrats blocked this rotten Republican bill (and got some Republican House members to join them) designed to allow employers to not pay overtime to workers if they classified work hours as “education” or “training.”

People keep saying that Democrats need to be doing stuff like this but I don’t see any of them talking about it. Maybe those people should pay more attention.

GOP defections sink labor bill to ease overtime rules:
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/01/13/congress/gop-defections-labor-bill-overtime-rules-00725803