Republicans are standing by while more and more of their sexual predator friends are rewarded. These are just two recent examples. I wasn’t sure who I wanted to send a postcard to about this, but decided to start with Mike Johnson. He pretends to be so devout but is truly a lying hypocrite. It’s important to put more blame on ALL Republicans for being complicit in all the heinous things going on with this administration.
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GHISLAINE MAXWELL
Stories are all over the news in the last week about Ghislaine Maxwell so I didn’t feel the need to do much of a deep dive on this one. She was just moved from a Florida prison to a new minimum-security country club facility in Texas, even though sex traffickers are not allowed that privilege.
Ghislaine’s move required special permission from the new Bureau of Prisons Director, Billy Marshall. He was appointed in April of 2025 even though the jails he managed previously were the target of several civil rights suits, including one filed in 2022 that alleged the jail had broken toilets infested with maggots, 70 people sharing a single shower, and people being forced to sleep on “cold, wet floors in the winter without heat.” Republicans have been pretty thorough when it comes to putting sycophants in any positions where they might need special favors.
While all prisoners are expected to work at the Texas prison, they also have access to foreign language and business classes, can play sports, watch television and attend religious services. They can have video calls with family, and inmates are permitted visitors during weekends and holidays. She’s living in far better circumstances than so many of the immigrants who are in those heinous concentration camps.
Earlier in July, Ghislaine had two meetings with the Deputy US Attorney General Todd Blanche, the details of which have not been made public. Some say the reasons for her transfer from the Florida prison are unclear, but if you ask me, the reasons seem fairly obvious.
LAWRENCE TAYLOR
Another predator situation - Lawrence Taylor is a former New York Giants linebacker. Trump just appointed him to a council that will advise on matters including youth sports. The thing is - he is a registered sex offender. Taylor plead guilty to to having NONconsensual sex with a 16 year old. As a convicted sex offender, he is not supposed to have contact with children, yet he is heading up a council for youth.
Taylor was arrested in 2021 in Florida for failing to report a change of residence as a sex offender. He later pleaded no contest to an amended charge and the case was closed. He was again arrested and charged with failing to report a residence change as a sex offender in July 2024, but prosecutors closed the case a few weeks later. Hmmmm.
Taylor has appeared on stage with Trump at campaign rallies in the past. Trump said this about Taylor: "Acknowledged to be the greatest defensive player in the history of the NFL, a friend of mine for a long time. Too long, right Lawrence? Lawrence Taylor, he's an incredible guy and just been my friend a long time. Knew him forever."
Another funny thing, at the conference where they announced Lawrence’s appointment, it was pretty clear he had no idea what he was be appointed to do - “I'm just proud to be on this team. I don't know why, I don't know what we're supposed to be doing, but I'm here to serve, and I'm here to serve you, OK, so I'm going to do the best I can for as long as I can. Thank you very much.”
SOURCES
BBC - Ghislaine Maxwell moved to women's prison in Texas
Snopes - Former NFL linebacker tapped by Trump for new sports council is registered sex offender
Newsweek - Donald Trump Inviting Sex Offender into White House Raises Eyebrows