Kathleen Clark

Representative Tony Gonzales Will Not Seek Re-election Several House members had called for Mr. Gonzales, a Texas Republican, to step down after texts emerged showing his pursuit of a staff member who later killed herself.

Representative Tony Gonzales, a Texas Republican accused of coercing a staff member into a sexual relationship before she killed herself, said on Thursday he would not seek re-election amid growing bipartisan outcry from fellow House members.

That’s more like it:

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/u...

There, I fixed it.

< “affair” inaccurately implies consent >

See this short 🧵 from @chrisgeidner.bsky.social about a decision from a Trump-appointed district judge:

Sure:
Who doesn’t want to return to the good ole days
- when the executive branch was utterly unconstrained, so could spy on its own citizens (e.g., MLK)?
- when Presidents would barely inform Congress before launching us into disastrous wars, killing tens of thousands of Americans?

👆🏼 Yoo’s vision

Our running list of judges who have ruled on ICE’s mass detention policy POLITICO is keeping track of the federal judges who have ruled on the administration’s effort to systematically lock up thousands of people.

That’s true of
- R justices: all of them;
- R appellate judges: many of them;
- R district judges: fewer than you’d think.

See

“District court judges appointed by every president since Ronald Reagan have overwhelmingly agreed, rejecting the new policy”

Former ICE agent: My first day training new cadets, I received secretive orders to teach them to violate the Constitution by entering homes without a warrant. I watched ICE cut classes that teach our legal system, firearms training, use of force, lawful arrests, and the limits of officers' authority

Bitcoin (BTC) news: Fed's Kashkari says crypto is 'utterly useless' The Minneapolis Fed president said stablecoins don’t beat Venmo and argued crypto fails basic real-world tests.

that's not fair. it's excellent for ponzi schemes, blackmail, and money laundering

www.coindesk.com/policy/2026/...

The opposite of impunity is accountability.”

In literally hundreds of court decisions,
federal district judges
have slapped down
Trump administration lawlessness.

OTOH,
Republicans in Congress …
silently stare into the middle distance.

very few exceptions:
e.g.,
Epstein Files Transparency Act

"In light of [Charles Kushner’s] apparent failure to grasp the basic requirements of the ambassadorial mission and the honour of representing one's country,” the French Foreign Minister asked “that he no longer be allowed direct access to members of the French government.”

In France: Accountability

Not as a gift.
But I found another gift link that worked
Thanks for posting about it

This gift link worked:

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a 🧵 👇
What the "Epstein files" can tell us about
the corruption that pervades our legal/political system.

The data dump mandated by
the Epstein Files Transparency Act
enables us to explore in concrete detail
the ecosystem of influence & impunity
that enabled Epstein to continue abusing children.

...
the Epstein Files Transparency Act,
w/ its astonishingly broad disclosure mandate,
is a singular example of
the federal government
providing some accountability.

Thanks,
Rep. Thomas Massie &
@rokhanna.bsky.social
for ensuring transparency
not just for Epstein's victims,
but for the nation.

...
the Epstein Files Transparency Act,
w/ its astonishingly broad disclosure mandate,
is a singular example of
the federal government
providing some accountability.

Thanks,
Rep. Thomas Massie &
@rokhanna.bsky.social
for ensuring transparency
not just for Epstein's victims,
but for the nation.

In an era when:
- government accountability is nearly absent
- the executive branch openly violates the law
- Congress is silent in the face of that law-breaking
- the Supreme Court enables & offers legal cover for such illegality
- critical news outlets are mere shadows of their former selves
...

Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA), whose Epstein Files Transparency Act is responsible for this glimpse at what the people who run the world say to each other when they think nobody else is looking, was a guest on our Organized Money podcast, and he expressed a change in his entire view of politics because of his work on this. “Until we get some of this elite accountability,” he said, “until people see that the people who did this are being held accountable, the bankers who caused the Great Recession, the people who got us into wars, this Epstein class, until they see that, I don’t know that we will have the trust to do the bold democratic projects that I want to do.”

We know this because
Ruemmler's email exchange with Epstein
made its way into
DOJ's investigative files about Epstein.

IOW:
the Epstein Files Transparency Act
gives us
a "glimpse at
what the people who run the world
say to each other
when they think nobody else is looking."
-- @ddayen.bsky.social

From: Sent: To: Subject Yes, and EW is the worst. Kathy Ruemmler < Friday, June 5, 2015 11 :31 PM j effrey E. Re: On Jun 5, 2015 7:10 P , ''jeffrey E.01 &=t ;jeevacation@gmail .com <mai lto:jeevacation@gmail.com> > w=ote : good mj is good On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 7:00 PM, Kathy Ruemmler < > wrote: I a working on a PR strategy for MJ White v. Elizab=th Warren.

Epstein,
apparently supportive of
White's lax enforcement regime at the SEC,
replied:
"good mj is good."

Ruemmler wrote back:
"Yes, and EW is the worst."

We now know that Ruemmler tried to help White
defend her record of
failing to go after corporate wrongdoers
...
...thanks to the Epstein files.

3 days after Sen. Elizabeth Warren criticized
SEC Chair (& former BigLaw partner) Mary Jo White
for failing to hold corporate wrongdoers accountable,
former Obama WH Counsel Kathy Ruemmler
told Epstein that she was
"working on a PR strategy for
MJ White v. Elizabeth Warren.”

It's important,
-- essential, really --
to answer these questions:

What methods does the "Epstein class" use to avoid accountability?
&
Who enables their impunity?

The Epstein files offer some answers.

Here's one example ...

The Quintessential Epstein Files Email - The American Prospect Jeffrey Epstein and his friends standing up for Mary Jo White against Elizabeth Warren tells you everything about the class war at the heart of the files.

Yes,
members of the "Epstein class"
are extremely wealthy.

But this class is also defined by
a belief in &
determination to maintain
"their own personal impunity."

The "Epstein class" is
"an elite that schemes to remain ... unaccountable"
--@ddayen.bsky.social

Democratic lawmaker reacts to Trump's reversal on Epstein files NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., after President Trump's recent comments about the potential release of files from the Justice Department's investigation of Jeffrey Epstein.

Let's call these ultra-wealthy folks:

the "Epstein class"

@khanna.house.gov uses that term to refer to
"people with extreme wealth who
- have donated to politicians and ...
- think the rules don't apply to them, and ...
- have created a system that has shafted a lot of forgotten Americans."

Thanks to the Act's broad disclosure,
we can now learn
not just about Epstein's sex crimes,
but also about his extensive network:
billionaires & the ultra-wealthy

The Epstein files provide a peek into
how billionaires & the ultra-wealthy interact
w/ each other &
w/ those who protect their interests

An Act To require the Attorney General to release all documents and records in possession of the Department of Justice relating to Jeffrey Epstein, and for other purposes. ... SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Epstein Files Transparency Act’’. SEC. 2. RELEASE OF DOCUMENTS RELATING TO JEFFREY EPSTEIN. (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall, subject to subsection (b), make publicly available in a searchable and downloadable format all unclassified records, documents, communications, and investigative materials in the possession of the Department of Justice, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation and United States Attorneys’ Offices, that relate to: (1) Jeffrey Epstein including all investigations, prosecutions, or custodial matters. (2) Ghislaine Maxwell. (3) Flight logs or travel records, including but not limited to manifests, itineraries, pilot records, and customs or immigration documentation, for any aircraft, vessel, or vehicle owned, operated, or used by Jeffrey Epstein or any related entity. (4) Individuals, including government officials, named or referenced in connection with Epstein’s criminal activities, civil settlements, immunity or plea agreements, or investigatory proceedings. (5) Entities (corporate, nonprofit, academic, or governmental) with known or alleged ties to Epstein’s trafficking or financial networks. (6) Any immunity deals, non-prosecution agreements, plea bargains, or sealed settlements involving Epstein or his associates. (7) Internal DOJ communications, including emails, memos, meeting notes, concerning decisions to charge, not charge, investigate, or decline to investigate Epstein or his associates. (8) All communications, memoranda, directives, logs, or metadata concerning the destruction, deletion, alteration, misplacement, or concealment of documents, recordings, or electronic data related to Epstein, his associates, his detention and ...

The Act requires DOJ to disclose
not just evidence of sexual abuse,
but also
virtually all documents relating to
- Epstein
- Maxwell or
- entities "with known or alleged ties to Epstein’s ... financial networks."

DOJ must disclose information about
Epstein's "financial networks."

That's huge.

Releasing Epstein files can 'bring the country together,' says Rep. Ro Khanna Congress could vote on a measure requiring the release of files related to late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. One of its sponsors says the bill has strong bipartisan and public support.

Rep. @khanna.house.gov
explained that the goal of
the Epstein Files Transparency Act
was to:
- "hold accountable rich and powerful men who have abused young girls" &
- "seek justice for these victims."

a 🧵 👇
What the "Epstein files" can tell us about
the corruption that pervades our legal/political system.

The data dump mandated by
the Epstein Files Transparency Act
enables us to explore in concrete detail
the ecosystem of influence & impunity
that enabled Epstein to continue abusing children.

These judges are true believers in democracy.
Their opinions read like religious texts, or perhaps a founding document (“We hold these truths to be self-evident…”).

No doubt @orinkerr.bsky.social has not been swept up in the fervor of yesterday’s opinion.
Looking forward to his analysis/critique.

These judges are true believers in democracy.
Their opinions read like religious texts, or perhaps a founding document (“We hold these truths to be self-evident…”).

No doubt @orinkerr.bsky.social has not been swept up in the fervor of yesterday’s opinion.
Looking forward to his analysis/critique.

Judge Goodwin & Judge Young are national treasures, no?
Such moral clarity in their opinions.
True patriots.