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San Francisco Sends Trump a Birthday Message

We will not forget Epstein.

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On Saturday, on the eve of Trump’s gaudy birthday celebration in DC (which will include UFC fighters promoting the kind of machismo and violence this president relishes), peaceful protesters in San Francisco had another kind of birthday message for our president and his allies.

At twelve noon on a foggy day in San Francisco, nearly 1,000 protesters flooded Ocean Beach to spell out the words “EPSTEIN.” Participants of all ages and backgrounds, many elderly, marched into careful formation, spelling out “EPSTEIN” inside a folder marked “TRUMP.” At the bottom a blue ribbon read “FILES TO TRIALS,” alongside an upside-down American flag—the now-famous maritime signal of distress, held aloft by men and women, hundreds of strangers, working together.

This creative “human banner” protest was well-timed—given this week’s release by The New York Times of an excerpt from the book Regime Change by Maggie Haverman and Jonathan Swan. This book brings to light the frantic efforts of JD Vance and White House staff to cover up Trump’s ties to the infamous pedophile Epstein and the infighting among them over what should—or should not be—revealed about Trump’s own involvement with the sexual abuse of young girls.

Brad Newsham, the human banner’s innovator, reminded me that, even in these devastating times, it is the audacity of ordinary people stepping up that can make a difference.

Newsham is a 74-year-old........

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