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Grins's JournalGhislaine Maxwell's petition to the Court
The Daily Beast wrote yesterday (27 Jan 2026) that Ghislaine Maxwell "detonated a political time bomb from behind bars," in her habeas petition, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff v. GHISLAINE MAXWELL, Defendant, filed 17 December 2025.
Daily Beast:
"Four co-conspirators: and "25 Men." That surprised me. So I found and read much of her habeas petition. First thought: "She wrote this herself? Pro se? Not her lawyer? (She has one. Who is also a friend of Deputy U.S. Attorney, Todd Blanche.) If she did write this, she wrote a very impressive petition.
Some snips:
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That's her, "But...but...but whadabout them?" argument.
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She claims there were 29 others the DoJ could have prosecuted and did not. Of those 29 she only mentioned Wexner and Black. No others.
What's missing from the petition? "I didn't do it."
Notes. Mentioned in her petition:
- Bradley Edwards Esq., a Florida attorney who represents over 50 victims of sexual abuse by Jeffrey Epstein.
- Sharon Churcher is a former London Daily Mail journalist. Chrucher interviewed Virginia Giuffre who accused Prince Andrew of abusing her as a teenager in 2011.
- "JKB" refers to Miami Herald journalist Julie K. Brown; credited with re-opening the Jeffrey Epstein sexual abuse case with a series of reports starting in November 2018.
With all the vile fuckery aimed at Canada by the treasonous orange gasbag, REMEMBER THIS...
27 January 2026
On this date in 1980, six American diplomats who had taken refuge in the the Canadian Embassy in Tehran during the Iran hostage crisis, were successfully smuggled out of Iran.
All at great peril to their lives, Canadian Ambassador Ken Taylor and his staff hid the Americans for nearly three months before arranging their escape on January 27–28, 1980, using fake Canadian passports to fly them out disguised as a film crew.
If you Google "Thank You Canada", and click on images, you will see the appreciation from Americans for that bravery. From everyday Americans, from President Carter, and later - Ronald Reagan.
For myself, I was at a fancy restaurant in Washington, DC a day or two after the news was leaked to the public. Six Canadians were also, by chance, in the restaurant. When one of the guests at the restaurant heard there was a table of Canadians, he told them their money was no good, their night was on him. Other restaurant guests cheered and sent bottles of champagne to the Canadian's table.
And then MAGA REPUBLICANS elected a seething clinical-narcissist, a black hole of despair, deceit, and wretched debauchery.
All that good will and friendship - Gone! What have we become?
25-Years ago today; 25 January 2001. Remember this?
While fighting two wars that he won, fighting off a hostile Republican Congress that desperately wanted to impeach him, Bill Clinton still managed an economy that brought annual surpluses to the national economy. For the first time in decades the deficit was in minus territory and the debt going down - because Clinton ordered the surplus be applied to the debt.
On the FOURTH DAY of our "MBA president's" first term, this fucking guy no less:
Translation: Go ahead and cut taxes. Surpluses are bad! Endless surpluses were an economic danger to the nation's very survival!
Greenspan and the GOP said we needed to prevent the horror of having too much fucking money! Cuz' next thing you know, the government would have zero fucking debt and we'd be socking away all that extra money by buying private sector financial assets - "Soshilism!!!" And besides, those damn big-government liberals will just blow the money on new government programs, like education, hunger, health care, housing, etc.
But, no. THE FIRST legislation proposed by the Bush II administration was this bill to cut taxes.
Projections by Republicans and the Bush administration then saw of surpluses of $5.6 trillion over 10 years. Within MONTHS that outlook in 2001 quickly turned into estimated deficits of at least $1.4 trillion and possibly as much as $5 trillion.
Isn't that adorable??? $5-Trillion! Remind me what the deficits were during the Bush II administration. And what they aretoday...
A quick history on Trump demolishing the White House...Why should anyone be surpriosed?
Yesterday the Washington Post ran a story on the destruction of the East Wing of White House, writing that the treasonous, orange bloated gasbag, said the construction wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure. And moved on.
There was massive "interference" with the White House. This should not have been unexpected. Some quick history.
The venerable Bonwit Teller department store closed its store at Fifth and 56th in 1979. The building was bought by Trump to be demolished so he could build his hideous "Trump Tower." The Bonwit Teller building had an artistic elegant facade that featured a spectacular 15-foot-high Art Deco sculptural ensemble. It was a treasured landmark in New York! (Google and find the image.)
Like the destruction of the White House, Trump assured NYC that the valuable art deco-style bas-reliefs, as well as the fence located above the entrance to the store, would be donated to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. The museum was eager to have it and put it on display.
New York Times, June 6, 1980:
That "real estate developer" said "the merit of these stones was not great enough to justify the effort to save them.” That three independent appraisals (that he never identified) found them to be "without artistic merit” and worth less than $9,000 in “resale value.”
Which is odd because the Metropolitan Museum of Art had estimated its value at 22-times that at $200,000.
That "real estate developer" quickly became known in NY as “That fucking bastard.”
He was - who else? - Donald Trump.
Below, a snip of that NY Times story in 1980. Anything jump out at you...? (Hint: Last sentence.)
Yes; THAT "John Baron." To complete that sentence:
Five months later on 17 November, Trump would boast about smashing the art deco-style bas-reliefs pieces. He remarked that the gilt (because of course) lion’s head medallions at the Grand Hyatt's ballroom entrance were: “real art, not like the junk I destroyed at the Bonwit Teller.”
And seated nearby - Roy Cohn.
Today's quote of the day! History can be a bitch! (You should save this.)
Quick questions on the Comey indictment...
From the news: The basis of the grand jury charging Comey was the 2020 hearing on the FBI’s probe into links between Trump and Russia during the 2016 campaign. The grand jury charged Comey on two counts:
- Making false statements to Congress, and
- Obstruction of a congressional proceeding,
A third count of lying to Congress was rejected by jurors.
Questions:
#1: Did Congress file charges against Comey? Isn't that the first step in any crime? Someone has to file a complaint? No complaint, no injury?
#2: If the third count of lying to Congress was rejected, then how can Comey be indicted for "Making false statements?"
#3: If the hearing was about the 2016 campaign and Russia, can the full (Bill Barr 100% unredacted) Mueller Report be brought into evidence?
Trump goes after Judge's WIFE. (Another) new low.
Press Release
U.S. Department of the Treasury
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Sept. 22, 2025
Here it comes!
Today’s action is being taken pursuant to Executive Order 13818, which builds upon and implements the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act and targets perpetrators of serious human rights abuse around the world.
Link: https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sb0257
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Read that sentence again, but substitute "Trump" for "de Moraes," and then see how it reads. Tell me how that does not also scream "TRUMP!!!"
Terrorism charges against Luigi Mangione dismissed
BBC:
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Although prosecutors argued that writings left by Mangione demonstrated a terrorism motive, the judge said they failed to show that the suspect intended to put political pressure on the government or terrorise the general population – key provisions of New York’s terrorism law which was passed in the wake of the 11 September 2001 attacks.
In case you missed it and need a laugh - Jared Moskowitz on the "fake" Trump signature in Epstein's birthday book
In case you missed it and need a laugh, this is Jared Moskowitz nailing "Gym" Jordan and James Comer, aka, "Comer Fudd", over the Reich's bull-squat argument that it was not Trump's signature on the Epstein birthday book.
I transcribed it from the video, so any errors are all mine, as is the emphasis.
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10 Sept 2025
C-SPAN
Jared Moskowitz calls on Chairman Jim Jordan to find out who "forged" Trump’s signature on the Epstein birthday card 22 years ago.
So this morning our close personal friend, Mr. Comer, said that he was not going to look into the letter, or the doodle, uhhh the president's doodle - he's a decent doodler, by the way - so he wasn't going to look into whether the signature was a forgery, and I'm concerned about that.
Because this is the president of the United States. If there are forgeries or forgers out there, I think we should investigate it.
In fact, this document is 22-years old! So you are telling me that someone - 22-years ago - went 'Back to the Future' and forged his signature - when he was a Democrat, and somehow this person was Nostradamus, KNEW he would become a Republican, become president 22-years later.
So listen. I submit to you that we can solve this problem for the American people. You don't have take my word for it, you don't have to take our dear personal friend, Mr. Comer's, word for it - let's bring in a signature expert!
You guys pick the witnesses, bring in your signature experts, swear them under oath, and let's have this signature examined. Is it his; or it is not his.
We don't have to play games or...you know, the president says it's not his; we say it is him. No! No! No! Let's bring in a signature expert, a referee because we can't agree on anything, even when it is right in front of our face.
Missing: the laughter from the Rep. sitting next to him!
Why is it the Reich-wing went all barking-mad over George Soros, but...
Why is it that the Reich-wing went all barking-mad over George Soros, but remained silent over Trump's Treasury Secretary, Scott Bessent, being hired by Soros Fund Management and eventually becoming the head of its London office? And that after Bessent left Soros' employ, Soros made a $2 Billion (yes; with a "B"!) anchor investment in Bessent's new venture?
Asking for several millions of people...
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