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This is an excellent idea!!! (Original Post) sheshe2 Nov 3 OP
Next time Anne Frank's Diary. chowder66 Nov 3 #1
I expect Anne Frank's Diary to be put on their list of banned books. erronis Nov 3 #12
I love this idea nt drmeow Nov 3 #2
Kick SheltieLover Nov 3 #3
great idea! rurallib Nov 3 #4
Insert RAPE testimony also about DonOLD Rump. insert testimony from E. Jean Carrol and other victims Trueblue1968 Nov 3 #5
Great idea. OLDMDDEM Nov 3 #6
Epstein who? marble falls Nov 3 #7
Excellent idea. I have only read a few opening pages so far, and was so niyad Nov 3 #8
The areas that Epstein made his life in are sickening. Pedophilia/trafficking minors for sex is damning enough, but ... marble falls Nov 3 #20
i am assuming that anyone who is not eager to prosecute epstein's clique rampartd Nov 3 #24
It certainly feels that way. marble falls Nov 4 #34
I finished it a few days ago. It's horrifying and enraging. iscooterliberally Nov 4 #38
Thats pretty much the first 150 pages. Volaris Nov 4 #39
Oh, boy I hope someone does this. Joinfortmill Nov 3 #9
One of our Congresswomen or Senators should do it! sheshe2 Nov 3 #11
No fillibuster in the House. Good idea for the Senate, though...nt Wounded Bear Nov 3 #25
Love this! bluestarone Nov 3 #10
What a GREAT idea!!! calimary Nov 3 #13
I'm about half way through the book. debsy Nov 3 #14
Oh, Maxwell needs to spend the rest of her life in a cement box with no door. Volaris Nov 4 #40
ABSOLUTELY!!!!!!!!! BurnDoubt Nov 3 #15
K&R ReRe Nov 3 #16
It should be a woman. sheshe2 Nov 3 #19
Yes!!! Fantastic idea, sheshe2!! Grijalva would be perfect. wordstroken Nov 3 #22
Thanks, wordstroken. sheshe2 Nov 3 #23
No fillibuster in the House. Has to be a Senator...nt Wounded Bear Nov 3 #26
Absolutely! ReRe Wednesday #43
There might be copyright issues? FakeNoose Nov 3 #17
Why would the publishers not want it read on the floor of Congress? Best publicity ever. No loss of sales. marble falls Nov 4 #35
Please do! Ohioboy Nov 3 #18
Read From Ghislaine Maxwell Trial Transcript 2na fisherman Nov 3 #21
Id assume it would take a few of them. quakerboy Nov 3 #27
THIS. Maru Kitteh Nov 3 #28
Please 🙏🏽 PLEASE Do it!!!!!!! live love laugh Nov 3 #29
Great idea! summer_in_TX Nov 4 #30
My answer to your question. sheshe2 Nov 4 #31
Love it. summer_in_TX Wednesday #41
Whatever it takes. sheshe2 Wednesday #42
That's a great idea! Bayard Nov 4 #32
Her words, her pain need to be heard everywhere. sheshe2 Nov 4 #33
schindlers list. AllaN01Bear Nov 4 #36
Excellent idea. Martin68 Nov 4 #37

erronis

(21,896 posts)
12. I expect Anne Frank's Diary to be put on their list of banned books.
Mon Nov 3, 2025, 05:41 PM
Nov 3

And then any of Jesus's words.

Trueblue1968

(18,945 posts)
5. Insert RAPE testimony also about DonOLD Rump. insert testimony from E. Jean Carrol and other victims
Mon Nov 3, 2025, 04:43 PM
Nov 3

niyad

(128,427 posts)
8. Excellent idea. I have only read a few opening pages so far, and was so
Mon Nov 3, 2025, 05:18 PM
Nov 3

sickened I had to stop.

marble falls

(69,209 posts)
20. The areas that Epstein made his life in are sickening. Pedophilia/trafficking minors for sex is damning enough, but ...
Mon Nov 3, 2025, 07:15 PM
Nov 3

... he was involved in moving tens and hundreds of millions around in laundering schemes, extortion, influence peddling, as well.

I think a lot of influential men will be caught up in this. i honestly believe that very few of ours will get caught up in this.

We had the Akron, Ohio version of this mess in the late 70s. The rich males must have drawn lots, because only one out of the dozen or so caught up in this went to jail, and on of the girls went to jail, too. And the Judge Barbuto thing. All of them GOP, BTW.

rampartd

(2,935 posts)
24. i am assuming that anyone who is not eager to prosecute epstein's clique
Mon Nov 3, 2025, 09:03 PM
Nov 3

are involved in it,

talkin' to you mike johnson, john kennedy, cassidy. roberts. kavenaugh, gorsuch, lindsey graham etc etc etc..

iscooterliberally

(3,142 posts)
38. I finished it a few days ago. It's horrifying and enraging.
Tue Nov 4, 2025, 12:30 PM
Nov 4

I hope the full files get released and the billionaire and prime minister get outed as well. I don't blame you for having to put it down. I quite literally lost my appetite for a couple of days after reading it.

calimary

(88,479 posts)
13. What a GREAT idea!!!
Mon Nov 3, 2025, 05:42 PM
Nov 3

Hello, Dems! Anybody know where we can find somebody with a spinal column?

debsy

(706 posts)
14. I'm about half way through the book.
Mon Nov 3, 2025, 05:58 PM
Nov 3

It is very difficult to read in that what happened to Virginia (like too many others) is sickening, yet I don’t want to put it down. The scum bag who was Jeffrey Epstein and his side-kick “ghee-lane” Maxwell were/are greedy, entitled, vile, despicable human specimens, much like their bff, Donnie dumpster.

Volaris

(11,258 posts)
40. Oh, Maxwell needs to spend the rest of her life in a cement box with no door.
Tue Nov 4, 2025, 03:37 PM
Nov 4

That she's on WORK RELEASE and fucking yoga classes should be infuriating to everybody in America that has raised daughters.

BurnDoubt

(1,230 posts)
15. ABSOLUTELY!!!!!!!!!
Mon Nov 3, 2025, 06:20 PM
Nov 3

MAKE IT SO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ReRe

(12,154 posts)
16. K&R
Mon Nov 3, 2025, 06:50 PM
Nov 3

Absolutely, sheshe. Read it into the record on the floor of the House in the evenings when the House isn't legislating.

sheshe2

(94,802 posts)
19. It should be a woman.
Mon Nov 3, 2025, 07:09 PM
Nov 3

It should be a woman. Dayum, that would leave a mark.

Pressley who is a rape survivor or maybe Crockett?

Wait, how about Grijalva on the day she is FINALLY sworn in! Now that would be classic! At the end of the filibuster, they can vote on the release of the Epstein files, now that would be poetic justice.

ReRe

(12,154 posts)
43. Absolutely!
Wed Nov 5, 2025, 06:17 AM
Wednesday

As many women of the House who want to participate. They can take turns and read it straight thru. They would have to get permission of the living author & Virginia's family, though.

FakeNoose

(39,410 posts)
17. There might be copyright issues?
Mon Nov 3, 2025, 06:58 PM
Nov 3

If they do it they should get the publisher's permission first...

marble falls

(69,209 posts)
35. Why would the publishers not want it read on the floor of Congress? Best publicity ever. No loss of sales.
Tue Nov 4, 2025, 07:02 AM
Nov 4

2na fisherman

(163 posts)
21. Read From Ghislaine Maxwell Trial Transcript
Mon Nov 3, 2025, 07:15 PM
Nov 3

When Don The Con pardons her, selected bits of the transcript should be read to let all know what acts she committed as a sex criminal while assisting his best friend in those crimes.

summer_in_TX

(3,923 posts)
30. Great idea!
Tue Nov 4, 2025, 01:03 AM
Nov 4

But, and this is a truly scary, what if Johnson never calls the House back into session?

In all previous shutdowns, both parties stayed in Washington to work on ways to solve the impasse. Not this time.

A fascinating and chilling 4-part post about that very thing. Here are the sections that make the case that Mike Johnson does not intend to call the House back into session. Ever.
Part II
https://open.substack.com/pub/andyetwithtonoccusmcclain/p/the-call-is-coming-from-inside-the-f55
Part III
thttps://open.substack.com/pub/andyetwithtonoccusmcclain/p/the-call-is-coming-from-inside-the-e8d

sheshe2

(94,802 posts)
31. My answer to your question.
Tue Nov 4, 2025, 01:19 AM
Nov 4
But, and this is a truly scary, what if Johnson never calls the House back into session?


If he does not, we the taxpayers need to call for a refund. Not just their salary, their health benefits need to be repaid to the US taxpayers as well along with their spending accounts, airfare, food etc. I would like to limit this to every republican since it is their speaker, third in line for the presidency that is making the decisions.

sheshe2

(94,802 posts)
33. Her words, her pain need to be heard everywhere.
Tue Nov 4, 2025, 01:39 AM
Nov 4

She was an amazing woman to have survived for so many years with her pain. In the end, she let go yet her words are here with all of us forever. I hope they haunt the ones that betrayed a beautiful young girl.

Rest in peace my child, rest in peace.

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