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Quiet Em

Quiet Em's Journal
Quiet Em's Journal
July 21, 2025

The victims were children and no one should lose sight of that

The Epstein scandal is repulsive and horrific. It was heinous assault and abuse of children. That fact seems to be getting lost in some of the reporting and commentary. It's not, "sex with a child". It's the most atrocious form of abuse and assault committed on a child. 13 and 14 year old girls are not "young women". They are children.

July 14, 2025

Has anyone tried the humidipaks for their acoustic guitars?

I really want to take mine camping next week but the weather in my area has been grossly humid. Do you think the humidipakes would help in this situation?

July 13, 2025

It's facinating to watch how the MAGA cult is so close to having their biased, misleading, disinformed bubble of

of talking points popped.

They seem to have no idea of how close the con artist was to Epstein and how involved he was.

July 13, 2025

The con artist got ratioed on his own social network

according to Newseek.

Trump Gets 'Ratioed' on Truth Social for First Time Amid Epstein Backlash

https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-jeffrey-epstein-truth-social-post-pam-bondi-2098351

I'm not a member of that site nor would I ever be, but I used to be able to google it when I wanted to see what crazy shit he was talking about and that is no longer an option. Only registered members can read his shit posts now.

July 13, 2025

Prince Andrew, Alan Dershowitz

I think they both know about who committed child rape through Epstein.

I don't think this is going to go away.

July 13, 2025

It's interesting how much Elon and the con artist have in common

Selfishness, greed, always looking for ways to cheat the system for their own benefit. But most interesting is the way they both hold grudges and become focused and determined to seek revenge.

I look foward to witnessing them both destroy each other.

July 11, 2025

The reason why candidates like AOC and Mamdani resonate with so many people

is that they are young, charasmatic, and up for the fight for the people.

But what they don't do is trash the Democratic Party, fellow Democrats, or Democratic voters.

They build bridges, they build coalitions, and they sell their ideas in a positive way.

This is the way forward.

Nobody is looking for divisiveness. Nobody is looking for a takeover of the Democratic Party. Nobody is in the mood to create unneccesary obsticles in our goal of putting Democrats back in control of the House, Senate, and White House.

July 2, 2025

House Republican Hardliners Warn of a Delay to Tax Vote

The leader of a hardline conservative caucus in the House on Wednesday cast doubt on the prospect President Donald Trump’s sprawling tax and spending legislation will be completed by July 4.

“We could take another week to get this thing right,” said House Freedom Caucus Chairman Andy Harris, a Maryland Republican, during an appearance on CNBC. “We’re willing to stay until we resolve this.”

“I don’t think it’s going to be ready by July 4,” he added, saying that the Senate “should not have left town” after passing their version of the measure on Tuesday.


Two key House lawmakers, Texas Representative Chip Roy and Representative Ralph Norman of South Carolina, on Wednesday predicted the first procedural vote will fail, meaning the House would likely not be able to move to a final vote on Wednesday. House Speaker Mike Johnson can afford to lose few Republican votes in the closely divided chamber.


https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/house-republican-hardliners-warn-of-a-delay-to-tax-vote/ar-AA1HPjG4?ocid=BingNewsSerp

Keep calling.
July 2, 2025

Maxwell Frost: 20 House Republicans a 'no' on 'big, ugly bill'

“But the most important conversations — the most impactful ones — are actually [with] constituents and the people reaching out, and that’s why the big strategy right now is delay,” he added.


Frost told Psaki on Tuesday that it’s imperative for Democrats, aided by public pressure, to kill the “horrible bill” and he views time as their biggest advantage.

“Every minute we keep this bill from passing, it becomes even more unpopular, and every minute we keep it from passing, that means there’s more people going to the district offices, calling the offices in D.C., sending letters, protesting, reaching on social media,” Frost said.

“When that compiles, we get to the point where hopefully many of these members will stick to it and vote ‘no,’ and that’s our goal,” he continued.


https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5381020-democrats-delay-trump-megabill-maxwell-frost/

Keep making those calls, folks. Keep the pressure on them.

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