Posts by Shopie Claire
Trump’s Dumbest Lawyer Is Officially Out of a Job—Goodbye, Alina Habba
Federal judges in New Jersey have ousted Alina Habba as the interim U.S. attorney for New Jersey, refusing to extend the 120-day appointment President Trump gifted her in March. Trump appointed her as interim attorney, but to stay full-time, Habba would need to be approved by district judges or have the Senate confirm her position.…
Read MoreICE Is Begging People to Un-Retire to Keep Up With Trump’s Demands
“We recognize that the release of documents concerning the assassination of our father, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., has long been a subject of interest, captivating public curiosity for decades. As the children of Dr. King and Mrs. Coretta Scott King, his tragic death has been an intensely personal grief—a devastating loss for his wife,…
Read MoreMLK Jr.’s Daughter Brutally Taunts Trump Over Epstein Files
“We recognize that the release of documents concerning the assassination of our father, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., has long been a subject of interest, captivating public curiosity for decades. As the children of Dr. King and Mrs. Coretta Scott King, his tragic death has been an intensely personal grief—a devastating loss for his wife,…
Read MoreTrump’s Epstein Scandal Turns Another Beltway Cliche on Its Head
Trump lost a civil suit brought by E. Jean Carroll after Trump denied sexually abusing her. The sexual abuse got Carroll a $5 million award and the defamatory denial got her $83 million. Nevertheless, I think we can all agree that committing sexual abuse is worse than telling a lie to cover it up. Another civil…
Read MoreTrump Press Sec Throws FBI Under Bus Amid Brutal Epstein Poll Fallout
President Trump’s propagandists are getting more frantic in their efforts to spin away the scandal around the Jeffrey Epstein files. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, unsurprisingly, has been the most creative of all. Speaking to reporters, Leavitt fobbed the whole fiasco off on to the FBI not once but twice, as videos posted by…
Read MoreAs MAGA Demands Epstein Files, Trump Releases MLK Jr. Files Instead
“We recognize that the release of documents concerning the assassination of our father, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., has long been a subject of interest, captivating public curiosity for decades. As the children of Dr. King and Mrs. Coretta Scott King, his tragic death has been an intensely personal grief—a devastating loss for his wife,…
Read MoreTrump Finds Another Way to Take Revenge on Murdoch for Epstein Letter
“Fuck you! What do you have to do with fucking anything? Why do I have to fucking listen to you? What right do you have to step on a man who’s given 52 years of his fucking life to the service of this country and decide that you, George Clooney, are going to take out…
Read MoreTrump Just Threw Pam Bondi and Kash Patel to the Wolves on Epstein
Donald Trump is letting his underlings take the fall for the administration’s seismic Epstein scandal. Facing enormous pressure from his base last week, Trump ordered the Justice Department to release additional documents pertaining to its investigation into Epstein. The White House did not specify at the time if the documents would be made public, and…
Read MoreMinnesota’s Narrow Democratic Majority Is Suddenly at Risk
Minnesota state Senator Nicole Mitchell announced Monday that she plans to resign, just days after she was convicted of felony burglary. Mitchell’s resignation will leave the Senate tied between Republicans and Democrats until Governor Tim Walz calls a special election, putting the state Democratic Party’s majority in jeopardy unless they win it. Mitchell said she…
Read MoreNew Report Shows Just How Badly Trump Is Lying About His Budget
The report, which focused on three immigrant detention centers in Florida—Krome North Service Processing Center, the Broward Transitional Center, and the Federal Detention Center—was based on interviews with 11 detainees, 14 immigration attorneys, and the family and friends of seven detainees who were held in detention between January and June 2025. They alleged that in…
Read MoreFBI’s Process to Check Epstein Files for Trump Mentions Was Pure Chaos
Analysts tasked to review the Epstein files allege that there was a “log” to track mentions of Donald Trump. Allison Gill, a legal analyst known for her work covering Robert Mueller’s investigation into Trump, reported Sunday that some of the 1,000 personnel from the Information Management Division and the FBI New York field office who…
Read MoreThe Epstein Files Are Going to Haunt Trump’s Presidency
The truth was somewhat less salacious. Trump was openly encouraging Putin to help his campaign because he wanted his help—and because he thought Clinton was already “cheating” in numerous other ways. He also respected Putin as a strongman and had long railed against alliance systems like NATO—meaning that the Russian dictator had ample reason to…
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