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What have the aliens done with the real Ted Cruz? (And should we care?)

The Trump drawing in Epstein's birthday book, according to House Oversight Dems.

DOJ's motion "appears to be a 'diversion' from the breadth and scope of the Epstein files in the Government's possession."

Vlad still doesn't love you, Donnie.

But the price of eggs in Gaza.

"The law and order party."

The R party is irretrievably broken.

NEW from Oversight's Robert Garcia: "The favorable change to the conditions … raises possibility that the Trump Administration and the Bureau of Prisons may be affording Ms. Maxwell preferential treatment in an effort to shape or distort her testimony about Jeffrey Epstein." tinyurl.com/3ste8mhy

Gee, that doesn't look suspicious or anything, does it?

Leader Schumer: "What does a bad leader do when they get bad news? Shoot the messenger. That's just what happened with the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics."

NBC News: Ghislaine Maxwell was ineligible to be transferred to a minimum security prison camp — like the one she was transferred to in Texas — because she is a convicted sex offender, according to the Bureau of Prison's own designation policy.

This is what happens when you put an infantile megalomaniac in power with a party behind him too spineless and terrified to ever say no to him on anything. Nice job, voters, and nice job media, with your relentless sanewashing: "Trump IS a normal candidate, ignore what he says!"

"It is with horror and outrage that we object to the preferential treatment convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell has received. Ghislaine Maxwell is a sexual predator who physically assaulted minor children on multiple occasions, and she should never be shown any leniency."

The family of Virginia Giuffre responds to the Maxwell prison move: "President Trump has sent a clear message today: Pedophiles deserve preferential treatment and their victims do not matter."

Gee, they're being really subtle about the corrupt bargain with that monster, aren't they?

Breaking Bloomberg: The FBI redacted Trump's name in the Epstein files. "An FBI [Freedom of Information Act] team redacted Trump's name—and the names of other prominent public figures—from the documents, according to three people familiar with the matter." www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

Schumer: "Just now, the White House announced construction of a $200 million White House ballroom that will begin in September. A $200 million ballroom! Where'd this money come from? Did Congress appropriate it? I don't think so. It's almost like DOGE was never about waste."

"She's not an object; she's a person," he said through tears. "She's a mom. She's a sister. And she was recruited by Maxwell. She wasn't stolen."

BREAKING: Sky Roberts, Virginia Giuffre's brother, says the family was "shocked" by Trump's use of the word 'stolen' to describe their sister. He said it makes him wonder how much Trump knew about what Epstein was doing.

Despite Trump just saying his August 1 tariff deadline was set in stone, he has now caved and given Mexico another extension — this one of 90 days.

The Trump DOJ just dropped a case against restaurant group Fat Brands and its chairman, Andy Wiederhorn — months after the White House took the unusual step of directly firing a career federal prosecutor handling the case. Wiederhorn is a Trump and GOP donor. www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

MORE from Virginia Giuffre's family: "The government and the President should never consider giving Ghislaine Maxwell any leniency." “Ghislaine Maxwell is a monster who deserves to rot in prison for the … violence and abuse she put not just our sister Virginia through, but many other survivors."

New WaPo poll:   16% of Americans approve of the way Trump is handling issues related to the Epstein files. 58% disapprove.   63% of Independents disapprove. 24% of Republicans disapprove.

He's going to destroy US car manufacturing. It'll actually be cheaper to buy foreign cars. Unemployed, mostly armed auto workers are not people you want to piss off.

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Of course it wouldn't. It's an obvious effort to release selected materials that wouldn't touch on Trump himself. Which doesn't mean the Trump cult wouldn't choose to be "satisfied" anyway.

Rs did not allow the whistleblowers to testify. Hearing the truth would have made their preordained obedience even more embarrassing.

Wait a sec. Last year NYC had 171 firearms deaths on a population of 8.3 million. Louisiana had 1,266 deaths on a pop of 4.6 million, which is on the order of 12 times as many. You are twelve times as likely to be killed by a bullet in Louisiana than in NYC.

Of course it does. The major goal of this regime is to simply repeal facts in favor of MAGA dogma.

A new whistleblower has come forward to challenge the federal judicial nomination of Emil Bove — sharing evidence with lawmakers suggesting Bove misled lawmakers during his confirmation hearing. The info follows revelations from two other DOJ whistleblowers. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Senate Judiciary Democrats have sent a letter to Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche seeking a public commitment that the DOJ will not advocate for a pardon or commutation for Ghislaine Maxwell in exchange for her cooperation. tinyurl.com/49pj452h

They're also seeking comms about how DOJ officials should "approach or address references to Donald Trump or Mar-a-Lago" appearing in the Epstein files.

Trump just said he "never had the privilege of going to" Epstein's island.

Trump just said he's "allowed to give" convicted sex offender Ghislaine Maxwell a pardon. He then adds: "Right now it would be inappropriate to talk about it."

Trump is increasingly frustrated with how his administration's handling of the furor around the Epstein files has dominated the news and overshadowed his agenda. 
His exasperation follows weeks of missteps and no clear strategy from officials. "They seem to be in full-bore panic mode."

As Trump visits Scotland: Hundreds of anti-Trump protesters poured onto the streets of Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Dumfries. One protester, playing bagpipes, carried a sign: "Pipe down Donald." Kids were photographed with signs that read, "Keep orange fizzy, not fascist," with a logo of Irn-Bru.

The DNC is launching a digital ad campaign pressuring the GOP to release the Epstein files — targeting vulnerable Republicans in their home districts.

I do not like Occupy Democrats. But this is completely accurate. Any "deal" Ghislaine makes with Trump is DOA. She's a rapist and a trafficker.

They're giving a monster a corrupt bargain in plain public view so she can say what Trump demands she say (and her lawyer is a buddy of the Trump official conducting the "interviews"). It stinks to heaven and beyond.

Todd Blanche, the Deputy Attorney General who's meeting again today with Ghislaine Maxwell, said on a podcast last year that he considers Ghislaine Maxwell's attorney "a friend." "You are by far the best out there." www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/u...

Which of course is a direct announcement that he's offering to pay her off is she'll lie for him.

Contempt for the law is Trump's hallmark.

NYT confirms: Trump's name appeared on a contributor list for the book celebrating Jeffrey Epstein's 50th birthday — evidence that he participated in the collection. Trump's name is listed among dozens of Epstein's acquaintances who were asked to contribute messages.

Meanwhile, the left's hero, Iran, has sent 1.5 million Afghan refugees back to Afghanistan, where they will be butchered. Get those campus protests going. Chop chop.

Leader Schumer is calling on the Trump admin to provide a closed-door briefing to all senators on the Epstein files. "This issue isn't going away. It's only getting bigger and more dangerous the longer Republicans ignore it."

On the Senate floor, Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin just admitted this on Epstein: "What we're simply wanting to do here is give [Trump] cover."