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Eva Policastro protests outside the Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse as the trial of Ghislaine Maxwell begins in New York on Nov. 29, 2021. The 59-year-old was convicted of recruiting underage girls for her former partner, the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, who killed himself in jail in 2019 while awaiting trial. (Bryan R. Smith/AFP/Getty Images/TNS)

Is the Jeffrey Epstein Scandal Finally Behind U? Don't Bet On It

From the Left / Clarence Page / Jul 14, 2025

When a reporter asked Attorney General Pam Bondi about the Jeffrey Epstein investigation on Tuesday, President Trump could not contain himself a moment longer.

”Are you still talking about Jeffrey Epstein?” he said, pushing back against the question. “This guy’s been talked about for years. ... Are people still talking about this guy? ...Read more

Welcome to the World of MAGA Machismo, Where Muscles Trump Brains

From the Left / Dick Polman / Nov 16, 2023

Ladies and gentleman, here is your United States Senate, then and now:

Sen. Daniel Webster on March 7, 1850: “It is fortunate that there is a Senate of the United States (with) a just sense of its own dignity, and its own high responsibilities, and a body to which the country looks with confidence for wise, moderate, patriotic, and healing ...Read more

Trump and his lawyers think he can get away with anything. It's outlandish.

From the Left / Ruth Marcus / Oct 25, 2019

WASHINGTON -- "The king can do no wrong." That is the ancient legal maxim used to explain why a sovereign should not be held to account for misdeeds. President Trump and his lawyers are now making arguments that make this legal doctrine look wimpy. Their vision boils down to: The king can do whatever wrong he damn pleases, and there's nothing ...Read more