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The Guardian | Howard Lutnick said he had three ‘inconsequential’ meetings with Epstein by Anna Betts

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Howard Lutnick, the U.S. commerce secretary, testified before a House oversight committee that he met Jeffrey Epstein only three times—in 2005 for coffee at Epstein’s home, in 2011 to discuss “scaffolding,” and in 2012 for a brief, “meaningless and inconsequential” lunch on Epstein’s private island—describing each encounter as insignificant and denying any personal or professional relationship or any knowledge of illegal activity. He recounted that during the 2005 visit he saw a massage table and was told Epstein received a “right kind of massage” daily, which he interpreted as possibly sexual, prompting him and his wife to sever ties. Lutnick asserted he never saw young women or girls at Epstein’s residence or island and condemned Epstein’s conduct. Democratic lawmakers criticized his testimony as evasive, while the Republican committee chair praised his transparency. Lutnick’s statements contradicted earlier comments made on a podcast and have fueled calls for his resignation as the first Trump‑administration official to appear before the panel.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/13/howard-lutnick-jeffrey-epstein-interview-transcript

#HowardLutnick #JeffreyEpstein #Trumpadministration #JamesComer #PamBondi #HouseCommittee #houseofrepresentatives #NewYork #sextrafficking #uscrime #uspolitics

Howard Lutnick said he had three ‘meaningless and inconsequential’ meetings with Epstein https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/13/howard-lutnick-jeffrey-epstein-interview-transcript #TrumpAdministration #JeffreyEpstein #SexTrafficking #HouseOfRepresentatives #UsCrime #NewYork #UsCongress #UsPolitics #UsNews

Howard Lutnick said he had three ‘meaningless and inconsequential’ meetings with Epstein https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/13/howard-lutnick-jeffrey-epstein-interview-transcript #TrumpAdministration #JeffreyEpstein #SexTrafficking #HouseOfRepresentatives #UsCrime #NewYork #UsCongress #UsPolitics #UsNews

Howard Lutnick said he had three ‘meaningless and inconsequential’ meetings with Epstein https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/13/howard-lutnick-jeffrey-epstein-interview-transcript #TrumpAdministration #JeffreyEpstein #SexTrafficking #HouseOfRepresentatives #UsCrime #NewYork #UsCongress #UsPolitics #UsNews

Howard Lutnick said he had three ‘meaningless and inconsequential’ meetings with Epstein https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/13/howard-lutnick-jeffrey-epstein-interview-transcript #TrumpAdministration #JeffreyEpstein #SexTrafficking #HouseOfRepresentatives #UsCrime #NewYork #UsCongress #UsPolitics #UsNews

Howard Lutnick said he had three ‘meaningless and inconsequential’ meetings with Epstein https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/13/howard-lutnick-jeffrey-epstein-interview-transcript #TrumpAdministration #JeffreyEpstein #SexTrafficking #HouseOfRepresentatives #UsCrime #NewYork #UsCongress #UsPolitics #UsNews

#Trump’s #Commerce Secretary #HowardLutnick appears before #House panel over ties to #JeffreyEpstein

Lutnick is sitting for a closed-door interview over his contact with the convicted sex offender in the years after 2008. Lutnick has given contradictory statements about his relationship with Epstein.

#EpsteinFiles #Congress #DOJ #law #criminal #Trump #Epstein #BestFriendsForever #rape #ChildSexCrimes #pedohilia #SexTrafficking #felon47 #RapistInChief #CoverUp
https://apnews.com/live/trump-administration-news-updates-05-06-2026#0000019d-fdc7-dee6-a7bf-ffff3cc00000

https://www.europesays.com/videos/17047/ Former FCDO chief tells MPs of his concern over Mandelson’s Epstein links #ChildTrafficking #DonaldTrump #enquiry #Epstein #EpsteinClientList #EpsteinEmails #EpsteinFiles #EPSTEINISLAND #EpsteinJeffrey #EpsteinSurvivors #FOREIGNAFFAIRSCOMMITTEE #gdnpfpnewspolitics #gdnpfpnewsus #GhislaineMaxwell #guardian #GuardianNews #JeffreyEpstein #LabourParty #PETERMANDELSON #PhilipBarton #politics #sex #SEXCRIMES #SEXOFFENDER #SexTrafficking #Trump #TrumpEpstein #UKPolitics #US

ProPublica: The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation. “Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.”

ProPublica: The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation. “Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.”

ProPublica: The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation. “Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.”

ProPublica: The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation. “Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.”

ProPublica: The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation. “Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.”

Patricia McCormick’s “Sold,” a 2006 novel about #SexTrafficking in India, topped the list for 2025. Others targeted include Stephen Chbosky’s high school novel “The Perks of Being a Wallflower,” Maia Kobabe’s graphic memoir “Gender Queer” & Sarah J. Maas’ romantasy favorite “Empire of Storms.”

#books #BookBans #literature #access #education #censorship #indoctrination #Whitewashing #racism #misogyny #heterosexism #bigotry #hate #law #USpol #fascism #CultureWars #FarRight #extremism #Republicans

Patricia McCormick’s “Sold,” a 2006 novel about #SexTrafficking in India, topped the list for 2025. Others targeted include Stephen Chbosky’s high school novel “The Perks of Being a Wallflower,” Maia Kobabe’s graphic memoir “Gender Queer” & Sarah J. Maas’ romantasy favorite “Empire of Storms.”

#books #BookBans #literature #access #education #censorship #indoctrination #Whitewashing #racism #misogyny #heterosexism #bigotry #hate #law #USpol #fascism #CultureWars #FarRight #extremism #Republicans

Patricia McCormick’s “Sold,” a 2006 novel about #SexTrafficking in India, topped the list for 2025. Others targeted include Stephen Chbosky’s high school novel “The Perks of Being a Wallflower,” Maia Kobabe’s graphic memoir “Gender Queer” & Sarah J. Maas’ romantasy favorite “Empire of Storms.”

#books #BookBans #literature #access #education #censorship #indoctrination #Whitewashing #racism #misogyny #heterosexism #bigotry #hate #law #USpol #fascism #CultureWars #FarRight #extremism #Republicans

Patricia McCormick’s “Sold,” a 2006 novel about #SexTrafficking in India, topped the list for 2025. Others targeted include Stephen Chbosky’s high school novel “The Perks of Being a Wallflower,” Maia Kobabe’s graphic memoir “Gender Queer” & Sarah J. Maas’ romantasy favorite “Empire of Storms.”

#books #BookBans #literature #access #education #censorship #indoctrination #Whitewashing #racism #misogyny #heterosexism #bigotry #hate #law #USpol #fascism #CultureWars #FarRight #extremism #Republicans

Patricia McCormick’s “Sold,” a 2006 novel about #SexTrafficking in India, topped the list for 2025. Others targeted include Stephen Chbosky’s high school novel “The Perks of Being a Wallflower,” Maia Kobabe’s graphic memoir “Gender Queer” & Sarah J. Maas’ romantasy favorite “Empire of Storms.”

#books #BookBans #literature #access #education #censorship #indoctrination #Whitewashing #racism #misogyny #heterosexism #bigotry #hate #law #USpol #fascism #CultureWars #FarRight #extremism #Republicans

This is pretty pointless. She never answers a question straight.

#House #Oversight chair issues #subpoena for Attorney General #PamBondi for deposition in #Epstein probe

#EpsteinFiles #Congress #DOJ #law #criminal #Trump #BestFriendsForever #rape #ChildSexCrimes #pedohilia #SexTrafficking #felon47 #RapistInChief #CoverUp
https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/17/politics/pam-bondi-subpoena-house-comer-epstein?cid=ios_app

How #Epstein’s biggest financial client shaped #millennial teen culture

#VictoriasSecret and #AbercrombieAndFitch taught a generation of young people what was desirable.

by Constance Grady, Mar 12, 2026

Excerpt: "It appears that Epstein wasn’t the only bad actor surrounding Wexner. #EdRazek, former chief marketing officer at #LBrands and a close friend of Wexner’s, has been accused of nonconsensually groping Victoria’s Secret models and blackballing those who refused his advances. #MikeJeffries, the former CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch, is awaiting trial on #SexTrafficking and prostitution charges, having allegedly targeted young men who modeled for #Abercrombie, worked as the stores’ infamous shirtless greeters, or aspired to do any of the above. Bruce Weber, a photographer who shot many of Abercrombie’s famously edgy ads, has been accused of sexually exploiting male models."

Read more:
https://www.vox.com/culture/482207/les-wexner-jeffrey-epstein-victorias-secret-abercrombie-fitch

#EpsteinFiles #USPol #LesWexner #Exploitation #Sexualization #SexObjects #NoConsent #SleezyMarketing #Grooming

“Mandelson ‘released from bail conditions’. Anti-genocide activists were jailed more than 1.5yrs”

by Skwawkbox with The Canary

@thecanaryuk
@UKLabour
@uk_politics

“Although he supposedly remains ‘under investigation’, the kid-glove treatment the Zionist former peer is receiving is a stark contrast with the brutal detention without trial inflicted for up to nineteen months on young people who tried to prevent the manufacture of weapons for Israel’s genocide.”

https://www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/2026/03/07/mandelson-released-from-bail/

#Press #SocialMedia #UK #Starmer #Labour #Mandelson #Epstein #EpsteinFiles #Bail #KidGloves #Paedophilia #SexTrafficking #Trump

“We are witnessing a White House #CoverUp of serious allegations against the President by a survivor. We demand Attorney General #PamBondi come clean about why these documents are being hidden, comply with our legally binding subpoena by sharing all records, & tell the American people if their President is under investigation for allegations of #SexualAssault,” said Rep #RobertGarcia.

#EpsteinFiles #Congress #DOJ #law #Trump #Epstein #rape #ChildSexCrimes #SexTrafficking #RapistInChief

“Documents that are listed, which should be included, which are referenced in other documents, are not in the files,” Rep #RobertGarcia said. He added that the #DOJ had also NOT provided them to the #Oversight Cmte, which issued a #subpoena last year for all of the DOJ’s investigative material regarding #Epstein.

#EpsteinFiles #Congress #law #criminal #Trump #BestFriendsForever #rape #ChildSexCrimes #pedohilia #SexTrafficking #ViolenceAgainstWomen #RapistInChief #CoverUp

December of that year, memos from federal prosecutors about the #Epstein case described #LesWexner & his relationship with Epstein. While some names & sections are redacted in versions released by the #DOJ, the publicly available memos do not allege that Wexner committed any crimes.

#GhislaineMaxwell, Epstein’s former girlfriend, became the prosecution’s main target. She was arrested the following year & later convicted of #SexTrafficking minors.

#EpsteinFiles #law #rape #pedophilia #CoverUp

“The attorneys emphasized Wexner’s relationship with Epstein was more professional than social,” the memo states.

2 weeks after that meeting, #Epstein was found dead in his jail cell. Prosecutors shifted the investigation to focus on the enablers of his #SexTrafficking.

In mid-Aug 2019, the #FBI listed a string of 8 “co-conspirators” associated with Epstein in a document. #LesWexner’s name & photo were included, the document included no details about why the individuals were labeled that way.

The #FBI fielded other tips about #LesWexner & #Epstein, the files show. In 2019 a man named Richard Adrian called the FBI & said he served as Wexner’s bodyguard in 1991 & 1992. He described Wexner as “best friends with Epstein,” & said he’d seen “young girls” at Epstein’s Palm Beach home but “assumed they were family.”

“Adrian was told by another bodyguard to keep to yourself & not ask questions,” the memo said.

#EpsteinFiles #DOJ #law #criminal #rape #pedophilia #SexTrafficking #CoverUp

A spox pointed to a court document in which one of Wexner’s attorneys stated, “Mr. Wexner was unaware of, and was never a participant in, any of the abhorrent behavior engaged in by #Epstein against Epstein’s victims, that Mr. Wexner had never met Ms. Giuffre, & that any claims to the contrary were not true.”

#LesWexner #VirginiaGiuffre #EpsteinFiles #Congress #DOJ #law #criminal #rape #ChildSexCrimes #pedophilia #SexTrafficking #CoverUp

A Republican lawmaker leveled a stunning allegation last week∶ Not only had government documents named a #billionaire retail magnate a #CoConspirator in #JeffreyEpstein’s #SexTrafficking case, the #DOJ had tried to shield the man from #accountability.

Rep #ThomasMassie chastised the DOJ in a #House hearing for redacting various names & details in records released with the #EpsteinFiles.

#LesWexner #Congress #law #Epstein #rape #ChildSexCrimes #pedophilia #CoverUp
https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/18/us/les-wexner-epstein-files-ohio-invs

Investigative author Whitney Webb’s latest interviews. #trump #musicindustry #organisedcrime #whitneywebb #sextrafficking #violence

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7N8uI4m__Lw

…The #EpsteinFiles show #Epstein, on April 1, 2019, emailed himself “in the closet of the vatican,” & later sent #SteveBannon an article titled “Pope Francis or Steve Bannon? Catholics must choose” to which Bannon replies “easy choice.” [delusions of grandeur]

…Bannon was messaging Epstein several years after his 2008 conviction for #ChildSexOffenses & just before he was arrested for the #SexTrafficking of #minors.

#law #criminal #rape #ChildSexCrimes #pedohilia #SexTrafficking

‘Invisible’ children born in the brothels of Bangladesh finally get birth certificates https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/feb/13/invisible-children-born-in-the-brothels-of-bangladesh-finally-get-birth-certificates #GlobalDevelopment #Children #HumanRights #SexWork #Society #Bangladesh #SouthAndCentralAsia #WorldNews #SexTrafficking #GlobalEducation

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"Don't worry, boys are hard to find"

detailed account & voice recording of interview with male #Epstein / #Trump #SexTrafficking victim #SashaRiley who was witness of children being murdered & victim of horrific sexual abuse & trafficking as a child by the hands of members of the #BillionaireClass..

https://open.substack.com/pub/lisevoldeng/p/dont-worry-boys-are-hard-to-find?

#press #news #GlobalNews #media

⚠️ CONTENT WARNING ⚠️

"Don't worry, boys are hard to find"

detailed account & voice recording of interview with male #Epstein / #Trump #SexTrafficking victim #SashaRiley who was witness of children being murdered & victim of horrific sexual abuse & trafficking as a child by the hands of members of the #BillionaireClass..

https://open.substack.com/pub/lisevoldeng/p/dont-worry-boys-are-hard-to-find?

#press #news #GlobalNews #media

Seriously? #Epstein isn’t even in the “trending”top 5 on #BlueSky. People’s #attention spans are pathetic.

#criminal #law #ViolenceAgainstWomen #ChildSexTrafficking #rape #SexualAssault #SexCrimes #ChildSexualAbuse #CSA #CommercialSexualExploitationOfChildren #CSEC #SexTrafficking #DOJ #Trump #EpsteinFiles #felon47 #RapistInChief #CoverUp

Alex Acosta's Congressional Interview Transcript Released Defending the 2008 #Plea Deal with #JeffreyEpstein #Acosta repeatedly defended the decision to settle for a plea instead of going to federal trial, calling a #trial a “crapshoot” due to evidentiary and #victim cooperation issues. #survivors #victims #sextrafficking #corruption #criminal #crimes #law #politics #maga #trump #epsteinfiles #bestfriends #fraud #courts Link to the transcript https://krassencast.com/api/v1/file/1203dd21-0d60-49ab-ba32-764daefe97eb.pdf 1/

How many #Senators #Congressmen and #Judges were "guests" of #Epstein and involved with #moneyLaundering, #bribery, as well as #sextrafficking

Release the #epsteinFiles

How many #Senators #Congressmen and #Judges were "guests" of #Epstein and involved with #moneyLaundering, #bribery, as well as #sextrafficking

Release the #epsteinFiles

How many #Senators #Congressmen and #Judges were "guests" of #Epstein and involved with #moneyLaundering, #bribery, as well as #sextrafficking

Release the #epsteinFiles

How many #Senators #Congressmen and #Judges were "guests" of #Epstein and involved with #moneyLaundering, #bribery, as well as #sextrafficking

Release the #epsteinFiles

TSUNAMI, TSUNAMI, TSUNAMI!
(To the tune of RUSSIA, RUSSIA, RUSSIA!)
Trump spokesbully Steven Cheung tried to use the tsunami off the coast of Kamchatka Tuesday to distract from a tsunami of new Epstein revelations.
Convicted felon Trump's senile babbling about his late pedophile friend Jeffrey Epstein is stirring up an ocean of verifiable facts that Trump's lying about.
Trump's enablers are running out of Democrats, laptops, and autopens to blame for his sex-trafficking (alleged) and now must resort to going all squirrel! on ocean phenomena.
Many details, so much details in THIS story from Evan Hurst at Wonkette!
(Are YOU getting sick of all the details?)
No tsunami. You're the tsunami.
https://www.wonkette.com/p/how-can-yall-talk-about-trumps-epstein
#EpsteinFiles #USPolitics #Trump #SexTrafficking #Tsunami #StevenCheung

#Manhattan #Prosecutor Who Handled #Epstein Cases Is #Fired. Maurene Comey, who is the daughter of the former #FBI director #JamesComey, worked on the #criminal cases against #JeffreyEpstein and his associate #GhislaineMaxwell. The attorney who prosecuted the case, and is fully aware of the documents associated with the prosecution, was fired by #trump why? #maga #corruption #crimes #sextrafficking #financier Ms. Comey was also a prosecutor on trial of #SeanCombs, hip-hop mogul known as #Diddy

Maurene #Comey was a veteran lawyer in the #SDNY, long considered the most elite of the #DOJ’s prosecution offices. Her cases included the #SexTrafficking prosecution of #JeffreyEpstein, who killed himself behind bars in 2019, & the recent case against #SeanCombs, which ended earlier this month with a mixed verdict.

#law #Trump #RevengePolitics #MafiaState

#jeffreyepstein #pambondi #taco #sexpredator #sextrafficking #maga

This is something I didn’t expect, the maga crowd is revolting because they know that “ scam “ Bondi is protecting someone , could this be the end of this presidency? I love this .

https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/no-one-believes-this-maga-heavyweights-flatly-reject-trump-dojs-claims-that-there-was-no-epstein-client-list/

#sextrafficking #sexpredator #gop

I missed this one last week, it had to be a “ moral values “ republican;

“ A Republican member of the South Carolina House who prosecutors say used the screen name “joebidennnn69” has been arrested and charged with 10 counts of distributing sexual abuse material involving children.”

https://apnews.com/article/sex-crimes-south-carolina-lawmaker-rj-may-81901be6f700f24a99ba3346086f8b61

#Gay #congressman calls #MattGaetz an “#idiot” & tells him to “f**k off”

Gaetz made an #inappropriate #joke about a #schoolshooting in Rep. #MarkPocan's #district.

Gaetz faces release of #damning #sextrafficking #Ethics #report

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/12/gay-congressman-calls-matt-gaetz-an-idiot-tells-him-to-fk-off/

Hidden America:
Chilling New Look at #SexTrafficking in the #US

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSgTmcq-bBk&list=WL
#prostitution #hostages #sextraffickers

Hidden America:
Chilling New Look at #SexTrafficking in the #US

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSgTmcq-bBk&list=WL
#prostitution #hostages #sextraffickers

I stand with Janel Grant!

https://www.pwinsider.com/article.php?id=179638

#janelgrant #vincemcmahon #johnlaurinaitus #wwe #wrestling #tko #sextrafficking #sexualassault #boycottwwe #boycottroyalrumble #boycottnetflix

150 Years after the 13th Amendment

After the United States civil war, in 1865 the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution were approved by Congress and ratified.

What seems so natural, so obvious and simple was not so simple in the New World. it took a long time before the majority was willing to accept it was wrong in every sense.

13th Amendment of the nited States Constitution. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

The Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution reads:

Section 1. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.

Section 2. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

 

But lots of pioneers who came from Europe and liked those cheap labour-forces did not want to have those “monkies” like they were often called, being part of their normal co-habitats.

Abraham Lincoln and his son Tad looking at an album of photographs. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

President Abraham Lincoln (1861–1865) had issued the Emancipation Proclamation, based on congressional acts, which gave the president authority to confiscate rebel property and forbid the military from returning slaves of rebels to their owners. Being liberated from their masters those Negroes started to create their own free businesses. Only addressing the rebelling southern states the proclamation did not resolve the issue of slavery for the nation as a whole. It was thought the Thirteenth Amendment (the first of the three so-called “Civil War Amendments“) would bring a solution for all coloured people, prohibiting slavery throughout the country. To extend the rights of citizenship to all people regardless of race or colour the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments were added.

Congress enacted a number of statutes to enforce the provisions of the Civil War Amendments, but by the end of the nineteenth century, most of those statutes had been overturned by the courts, repealed, or nullified by subsequent legislation.

Segregation of the races in schools, public accommodations, public transportation, and various other aspects of public life, was honoured for a long time after the amendment was written.

It has taken many man years before that all persons could have full and equal enjoyment of public inns, parks, theatres, and other places of amusement, regardless of race or colour.  Even today, anno 2015, we see that in the United states there are still many states or regions where the white people are not so happy with those with a darker skin. In several regions it is still more difficult for a coloured man to find work than for a white man.

1904 caricature of “White” and “Jim Crow” rail cars by John T. McCutcheon. Despite Jim Crow’s legal pretense that the races be “separate but equal” under the law, non-whites were given inferior facilities and treatment {John McCutheon. The Mysterious Stranger and Other Cartoons by John T. McCutcheon, New York, McClure, Phillips & Co. 1905.}

The Supreme Court struck down the Civil Rights Act of 1875 by an 8–1 vote, holding that Congress had exceeded its authority to enforce the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments. The Court held that private discrimination against African Americans did not violate the Thirteenth Amendment’s ban on slavery. Following this decision, several northern and western states began enacting their own bans on discrimination in public places. But many other states did the opposite: they began codifying racial segregation and discrimination in laws that became known as the Jim Crow laws. Enacted after the Reconstruction period, these laws continued in force until 1965.

Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court Potter Stewart (1915–1985)

Justice Potter Stewart, writing for the majority, turned to the Thirteenth Amendment and observed that it was adopted to remove the “badges of slavery” and that it gave Congress power to effect that removal. Stewart wrote:

Congress has the power under the Thirteenth Amendment rationally to determine what are the badges and the incidents of slavery, and the authority to translate that determination into effective legislation…. [W]hen racial discrimination herds men into ghettos and makes their ability to buy property turn on the color of their skin, then it too is a relic of slavery.

Normally this 13° amendment also enables Congress to pass laws against sex trafficking and other modern forms of slavery, but the sex trafficking is still a very flourishing business, though some part may come under threat when Donald Trump shall be able to get a firm wall between the Mexican border with increased controls.

“At the bus station in Durham, North Carolina.” May 1940, Jack Delano. Deutsch: “An der Bushaltestelle, Durham, North Carolina.”, Mai 1940, Jack Delano. Français : “A la gare routière, Durham, Caroline du Nord.”, Mai 1940, Jack Delano. Español: “En la estación de autobuses, Durham, Carolina del Norte.”, Mayo de 1940, Jack Delano. Italiano: “Alla fermata dell’autobus, Durham, Carolina del Nord.” Maggio del 1940, Jack Delano. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

The ratification of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution was a long overdue step in the long road the Americans continue to walk in their efforts to address and uproot the systemic injustices embedded into their society. Still today we can see there too many people being forced to terrible inhuman conditions.

Having politicians speaking arrogantly about other coloured and other cultured people makes it that other Americans do not see any harm in using those people as cheap labour and treating them as scum. This week in Europe we once more got to see and hear how a man with lots of money could point his finger to those whom he considered to be cullings and scourings which were just there to be used outside the United states of America to produce cheap products for the American White supremacy.

In the Republican primary the material or essence of those amendments from 150 years ago are at large.

In Europe many people, like me, were afraid the first black president of America would have been put in the grave soon. It worked out differently, for the good. Though lots of good ideas were retained by the republicans, America may be proud of the work Barack Obama still could establish with all that counteraction.

Standing in the United States Capitol today, President Obama reflected on the history of the progress which was made in the United States of America — hard-fought, hard-won, incomplete, but always possible.

Watch his remarks here about the century and a half of freedom and about the stealing of men, women and children from their homelands, separating husbands from wives and parents from children:

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As many made clear at the time of its ratification, the 13th Amendment was not a final step, but rather the first step in making real the promise that all men are created equal. Read the letter that Annie Davis, an enslaved woman living in Maryland, wrote to President Lincoln asking if she was free after he had signed the Emancipation Proclamation. He never replied, but the answer was no. It would take an amendment to Maryland’s constitution — and the 13th Amendment — to ensure that she and all enslaved people in the U.S. were free in the eyes of the law.

“President Lincoln understood that if we were ever to fully realize that founding promise, it meant not just signing an Emancipation Proclamation, not just winning a war. It meant making the most powerful collective statement we can in our democracy — etching our values into our Constitution.”

The 13th Amendment: 150 Years Later, President Obama Reflects on the Abolition of Slavery 9 December 2015

“We would do a disservice to those warriors of justice — Tubman and Douglass, and Lincoln and King — were we to deny that the scars of our nation’s original sin are still with us today. We condemn ourselves to shackles once more if we fail to answer those who wonder if they’re truly equals in their communities, or in their justice systems, or in a job interview. We betray the efforts of the past if we fail to push back against bigotry in all its forms.”

“For however slow, however incomplete, however harshly, loudly, rudely challenged at each point along our journey, in America, we can create the change that we seek.

“All it requires is that our generation be willing to do what those who came before us have done: to rise above the cynicism and rise above the fear, to hold fast to our values, to see ourselves in each other, to cherish dignity and opportunity not just for our own children but for somebody else’s child. To remember that our freedom is bound up with the freedom of others — regardless of what they look like or where they come from or what their last name is or what faith they practice…

“That is our choice. Today we affirm hope.”

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Preceding

Coming closer to the end of 2015 and the end for Donald Trump as presidential candidate

Vatican against Opponents of immigration

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Additional reading

1. Stand Up
2. Consequences of Breivik’s mass murder
3. Religion, fundamentalism and murder
4. Believing in God part of being American for Discriminating Americans who feel discrimiated
5. Why I’m Angry
6. A last note concerning civil rights

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4. Donald Trump, the Great Wall of China … and a little history
5. Trouble on the border?
6. America’s Berlin Wall
7. Think it’s time to admit Donald Trump is right about Mexico but of course you won’t…
8. Trump proposes increase of fees on Mexican visas to build Mexico border wall
9. We Already Have a Wall, Mr. Trump
10. “Donald Trump’s hot minute at the US-Mexico border”
11. Trump: Border Patrol Union Backed Out Because They Were ‘Petrified’ To Say What’s Happening At Border
12. Border Patrol Union In Texas Backs Out Of Meeting With Donald Trump
13. Donald Trump fights back
14. Why the Donald is dangerous
15. “Sinvergüenza”: Trump, Bush Don’t Care That ‘Anchor Baby’ Isn’t ‘Politically Correct’
16. Democrates Hope Race Across US-Mexico Border Will Ease Building Tension Over Trade
17. Refugees on Our Doorstep
18. The Draft Riots of 1863
19. How well do you know your American history?
20. The Emancipation Proclamation
21. Emancipation Proclamation
22. Emancipation Proclamation and Gettysburg Address
23. More thoughts on The Civil War rebroadcast
24. 5 Things You May Not Know About Lincoln, Slavery and Emancipation : Sarah Pruitt
25. If Slavery Is Not Wrong, Nothing Is Wrong
26. Hallowed Ground Retained
27. Ben Carson Uses Empowerment Message in Bid to Sway Black Voters
28. The New Slavery

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