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“Jeffrey Epstein is not unique,” says a child sex trafficking expert. Actually, his case is “absolutely classic” in reflecting a wider pattern of how powerful (usually white and wealthy) men exploit vulnerable children.
Low prosecution rates, victim-blaming and systemic failures let trafficking flourish.
Let’s dive into the facts:
theconversation.com/jeffrey-ep…
#news #Epstein #Congress #USPolitics
‘Jeffrey Epstein is not unique’: What his case reveals about the realities of child sex trafficking
Child sex traffickers are typically white, wealthy men who often insulate themselves from detection and charges, according to a sexual exploitation scholar.The Conversation
WTF do they think is going to happen to #schools?
#Trump admin to announce dismantling of much of #Education Dept
The Education Dept plans to announce Tuesday that it will move multiple parts of the agency to other federal depts, an unprecedented & unilateral effort to dismantle an agency created by #Congress to ensure all Americans have #EqualAccess to educational #opportunity & better coordinate federal programs.
#law #SeparationOfPowers #FederalFunding #PublicSchools
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Asked about the #EpsteinFiles, #Trump attacks #reporter
The same reporter who asked earlier about #Khashoggi asked Trump why he is not releasing the #Epstein files now, rather than waiting for #Congress to vote.
Trump responded: "It's not the question that I mind. It's your attitude. I think you are a terrible reporter. It's the way you ask these questions."
He added "You're a terrible person & terrible reporter."
He added that he thinks #ABC's license should be taken away.
Here's a link to the #Epstein files bill that the #House is to vote on.
#US #AircraftCarrier arrives in the #Caribbean in major buildup near #Venezuela
The nation’s most advanced aircraft carrier arrived in the Caribbean Sea on Sunday in a display of US #military power, raising questions about what the new influx of troops & weaponry could signal for the #Trump admin’s purported drug enforcement campaign in #SouthAmerica.
#law #murder #Constitution #InternationalLaw #Congress #WarPowers #authoritarianism #despotism #Autocracy
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Rep #AdelitaGrijalva, Democrat of Arizona, addressed #Congress for the first time as a lawmaker in a fiery speech calling out #Republicans for delaying her swearing in for the purpose of quashing the #EpsteinFiles vote. She chastised them for abdicating their #power as a coequal branch of government to #Trump & for letting millions go without benefits during the shutdown. After finishing her speech, she immediately signed the petition to release the full #Epstein files.
I mean 🤬🤬🤬
Though #AdelitaGrijalva provided the final signature necessary to advance a vote on the #EpsteinFiles, the vote will likely not place before December. Under the rules that govern this procedural maneuver, the #House cannot act on the measure until after it “ripens” for 7 legislative days — days when #Congress is in session.
How slowly the bureaucracy moves!
#Trump #Epstein #criminal #law #rape #SexualAssault #SexTrafficking #felon47 #CoverUp
Confirmation: the so-called discharge petition that would force a vote on the #EpsteinFiles has the backing of 218 members, their signatures are frozen & cannot be removed.
#House #Congress #DOJ #law #criminal #Trump #Epstein #rape #SexualAssault #SexTrafficking #felon47 #CoverUp
Well, there ya go, Rep #AdelitaGrijalva #Democrat of #Arizona has been sworn in.
She will be the 218th signature needed to force the #EpsteinFiles release vote, as long as no #Republicans defect.
#Trump #Epstein #criminal #law #rape #SexualAssault #SexTrafficking #felon47 #CoverUp
“The only reason to move it there is to use it against Venezuela,” Cancian surmised, adding that the Ford’s arrival means “the shot clock has started because this is not an asset they can just keep there indefinitely. They have to use it or move it. And moving it would mean they are standing down” from a potential attack on #Venezuela, he said.
#Trump #law #WarPowers #Congress #SeparationOfPowers #InternationalLaw #LawOfArmedConflict #authoritarianism #autocracy
Carriers are strategic assets, & the #US uses its fleet of 11 — many of which are in scheduled maintenance & not available to sail at any given time — for power projection & deterrence in its top-tier #security concerns, notably countering #China in the Indo-Pacific region & maintaining a deterrent presence in the #MiddleEast, said Mark Cancian, a senior #defense adviser at CSIS.
#Trump #law #Venezuela #WarPowers #Congress #SeparationOfPowers #InternationalLaw #authoritarianism #autocracy
The objective is to place “the entire country’s #military arsenal on full operational readiness,” Padrino López said. The preparations include “massive deployment of ground, aerial, naval, riverine & missile forces” with the participation of all security forces & militia.
#Trump #law #WarPowers #Congress #InternationalLaw
…The development, though forecast weeks ago, appeared certain to deepen the sense of unease felt in some corners of #Congress since #Trump began to ruminate about a potential regime change in #Venezuela. Last week, admin ofcls hoping to quash bipartisan legislation aimed at restraining the president’s ability to unleash #military force there told lawmakers no active preparations were underway for such an attack — a declaration that persuaded enough #Republicans to vote down the measure.
#law
The Ford & its 3 accompanying #warships arrived in the region Tuesday, the Navy said in a news release. The ships were not yet in the #Caribbean Sea but had crossed into the #US #SouthCom’s jdx, a vast area that also includes part of the #Atlantic Ocean & drug smuggling routes in the #Pacific used by cartels based in #Colombia & neighboring #Ecuador.
#Trump #law #Venezuela #WarPowers #Congress #SeparationOfPowers #InternationalLaw #LawOfArmedConflict #authoritarianism #autocracy
The USS Gerald R. Ford #AircraftCarrier has entered waters near #LatinAmerica, prompting #Venezuela to put the entire country’s #military arsenal at the ready as the #US naval buildup fuels speculation that the #Trump admin intends to dramatically escalate its deadly counternarcotics campaign there.
#law #WarPowers #Congress #SeparationOfPowers #InternationalLaw #LawOfArmedConflict #authoritarianism #autocracy
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Venezuelan #military preparing #guerrilla response in case of #US attack
#Venezuela is deploying #weapons, including decades-old Russian-made equipment, & is planning to mount a guerrilla-style resistance or sow chaos in the event of a US air or ground attack, according to sources with knowledge of the efforts & planning documents seen by Reuters.
#Trump #law #WarPowers #Congress #SeparationOfPowers #InternationalLaw #LawOfArmedConflict #authoritarianism #autocracy
reuters.com/world/americas/ven…
AYFKM???
And some Democrats actually voted for this?!
Deal to end #shutdown would also allow some #Republicans to sue the #US government for #Jan6 investigation
Legislation moving through #Congress that would end the longest government shutdown in US history would also allow 8 Republican senators to seek hundreds of thousands of dollars in damages for alleged privacy violations stemming from the #DOJ's investigation of the Jan 6, 2021, Capitol #insurrection.
Good. Stop enabling the fascist #Trump regime’s #ExtrajudicialKillings
#UK suspends some #intelligence sharing with #US over boat strikes in major break
The #UnitedKingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the #Caribbean because it does not want to be #complicit in US #military strikes & believes the attacks are #illegal, sources familiar with the matter told CNN.
#law #murder #DueProcess #WarPowers #Congress
cnn.com/2025/11/11/politics/uk…
