Debbie's Pet And House Sitting

06/07/2026

06/07/2026

New Mexico just did something Washington has refused to do for years: it issued subpoenas.

The state's bipartisan legislative "truth commission" voted to compel testimony and records from 14 targets tied to the Jeffrey Epstein case - and the list reads like a map of every institution that looked away. Epstein's estate. The FBI. The Department of Justice. Two U.S. Attorney's offices. Deutsche Bank. JPMorgan Chase. And several state agencies.

This is what accountability looks like when federal officials won't act. For years, the public has been told the Epstein files are closed, sealed, or simply gone. Now a state legislature is using its own subpoena power to pry them open - demanding the banks explain the money, and the federal agencies explain what they knew and when.

The choice of targets matters. Deutsche Bank and JPMorgan didn't stumble into this - both processed years of transactions tied to Epstein. The FBI and DOJ had files, informants, and chances to act. A truth commission backed by both parties is now asking all of them, under oath, to account for it.

The subpoenas don't guarantee answers. Institutions fight these demands, stall them, and run out the clock. But this time, the questions are coming with legal force behind them - from lawmakers who decided that "we may never know" was no longer good enough.

Will the banks and federal agencies comply, or fight the subpoenas in court?

06/07/2026

OMG: Stephen A. Smith just told Trump to stay home from the NBA Finals

Trump confirmed this week that he plans to attend Game 3 of the NBA Finals at Madison Square Garden after receiving a personal invitation from Knicks owner James Dolan. He even floated the idea of coming back for Game 4. But the response from New York has been anything but welcoming.

Sports media heavyweight Stephen A. Smith used his radio platform to publicly urge Trump to stay home, warning that his presence would turn the game into something nobody asked for.

"I don't want him there," Smith said bluntly, predicting the kind of disruption that would overshadow the basketball entirely. "There is nothing short of madness that is coming the way of everybody come Monday."

Smith's concerns are well-founded. The Knicks organization has already issued warnings to fans, announcing a strict no-bag policy, TSA-style screening at every entrance, and asking ticket holders to arrive at least two hours early. Secret Service agents and thousands of NYPD officers are expected to flood the surrounding area, with streets around the Garden set to be closed entirely to both vehicles and pedestrians.

The security footprint is so massive that only ticket holders will be permitted inside the secured perimeter at all.

This is the same president who skipped his own son's wedding over Memorial Day weekend because of the ongoing Iran War, but apparently the NBA Finals are a different calculation. Meanwhile, the cheapest seats to Monday's game have already surpassed $9,000, with some premium tickets listed north of $74,000.

The Knicks lead the series 2-0 and are two wins away from their first championship in over 50 years. New York fans have waited decades for this moment. Now they have to spend it navigating a presidential security circus.

06/07/2026

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06/07/2026

Chief Justice John Roberts is now facing something no sitting Chief Justice has faced in modern memory: a formal impeachment effort in the House.

Rep. Steve Cohen, a Tennessee Democrat, introduced six articles of impeachment against Roberts on May 21, accusing him of steering the Supreme Court away from neutrality and toward raw partisan power. Cohen's resolution, H.Res.1309, argues that under Roberts the Court has handed sweeping wins to the powerful while stripping protections from everyone else.

It's important to be clear about what this is and isn't. This is an introduced resolution - a long-shot, largely symbolic move. It has not passed the House, and there is no Senate trial. With the current makeup of Congress, it almost certainly won't go anywhere soon.

But that's not really the point. Cohen is putting on the record what millions of Americans have been saying for years: that a Court controlled by a 6-3 supermajority has stopped looking like an impartial referee and started looking like a partisan actor. From gutting voting rights to expanding presidential immunity, the rulings keep breaking the same direction.

Roberts has long insisted the Court sits above politics. A growing number of lawmakers and voters no longer buy it - and now one of them has put it in writing.

06/07/2026

On June 14 - Flag Day, and Donald Trump's 80th birthday - the White House is planning a celebration centered on the president himself. The "No Kings" movement has a very different idea about how to mark the day.

Organizers have announced a nationwide "Rise Up, Sing Out" concert in New York City, paired with hundreds of local watch parties across the country, all built around a single message: in America, no one is a king. It's a direct counter to the day's official spectacle, turning Trump's birthday into a coordinated show of people power.

This is the kind of organizing that has defined this moment - ordinary people refusing to let one man's image stand in for the whole country. Instead of a parade for one, the "No Kings" coalition is offering music, community, and a reminder that the flag belongs to everyone, not to whoever happens to hold power.

The concert anchors the day in NYC, but the watch parties are the point: neighbors gathering in living rooms, union halls, and community centers from coast to coast, streaming the same show and making the same statement at the same time.

Flag Day was meant to celebrate the country, not crown a person. On June 14, the "No Kings" movement is betting that millions of Americans agree - and they plan to sing it loud enough that everyone hears.

06/07/2026

Grrrrr, are those summer jobs?!

06/07/2026