What do you suppose Melanomia is on about, with her claims that she never knew Jeffrey Epstein or Ghislaine Maxwell anything more than casually and that she didn’t hang out with them or communicate with them in emails and all of those photos showing Melanomia with Jeffrey and Ghislaine and the affectionate emails should just be ignored? They’re fake news, especially when they’re not.
One journalist, Michael Wolff, suggested she was trying to get out in front of a book released a day or two ago. The book is about Andrew, the Brit formerly known as a prince. But Andrew is a former prince, in part, because of his involvement with Epstein, Maxwell, Trump, and, apparently, Melanomia. The book is said to quote Epstein from a 2007 interview in which Epstein claims to have had sex with Melanomia a full year before she met the Drumpfster.
I’m not sure why that might be news. Based on what I know of Melanomia, I’d say a LOT of men had sex with her before she met the Drumpfster. Like, a LOT. Many people are saying that was her job before she met Donald. Do you think Donald cares about stuff like that? I’d bet that Epstein and Trump became “Eskimo Brothers” long before Melanomia showed up. Why would that make any difference now?
But there she was, getting the Trump/Epstein files all out onto Page One again, making denials that were debunked almost as quickly as she issued them, and telling Congress to let the Epstein survivors testify. That irritated the survivors. One said, “We’re supposed to testify in front of Congress under oath? For what? Please tell us the reason why. Will it change anything? Will people be held accountable?”
There’s even speculation out there that Melanomia’s goal was to distract from Donald Dork’s disastrous surrender in Iran – by putting the Trump/Epstein files back on the front page. I think these guys really thought Trump’s lost war-that-wasn’t-a-war would make everyone forget about President Pedo’s past. That didn’t work. I doubt President Pedo’s past is going to drive his military failure off the front pages, either.
At this point? This all looks like flailing, to me. Juggling scandals because scandals are all you have doesn’t work to hide them. I suppose it CAN feel like a ‘Three Card Monte’ in trying to keep up with all of them, but we’re paying attention. I think we can handle it. We’re making an impeachment list. We’re checking it twice. We’re gonna follow up ’cause you haven’t been nice…
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Yesterday, the Artemis II spacecraft came back to Earth after, among other things, setting the record for human beings being farther away from Earth than anybody else ever. The previous record was held by Apollo 13, which was originally launched on this date in 1970. Sometimes, history rhymes, I guess…
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Well, I guess that’s it for Eric Swalwell in his Gubernatorial run. He stands accused of sexual misconduct. He denies it completely and absolutely. BUT… he also said he has made “mistakes in judgement” in his past but that those “mistakes” are between him and his wife. Technically, that’s true, but with a semi-acknowledgment that he hasn’t always been faithful, coupled with charges of sexual impropriety, his opponents will be able to pummel him out of the race.
For now, he says he’s staying in the race but he’s going to leave the campaign trail and go spend time with his family. That’s often a precursor to the inevitable, “After considering the details of my situation and looking at all options, I have determined that now is not my time and have, therefore, decided to “suspend” my campaign for <office title here>.” It’s not always true, but it’s almost always true…
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Wow! Cadet Bone Spurs has diesel fuel running at $8/gal and more! Fortunately, that’s only going to hurt you if you drive a diesel or, you know, buy any products moved anywhere by truck in this once-great nation. When gas prices were up under Biden, cons were running around with stickers of Biden that read, “I did that!” They stuck them to the pumps, blaming Biden for high prices. When our National Embarrassment took over, suddenly they all understood: the President doesn’t set the gas prices.
That’s true. He doesn’t. That’s a boardroom thing, just like it was a boardroom thing under Biden. But what the President – or in this case, Trump – CAN do is bomb the crap out of a major oil producer, prompting that nation to cut off nearly 60% of the world’s oil supply. He can so completely disrupt the flow of oil – AFTER working so hard to make sure we maintained our stupid addiction – that those boardrooms don’t have any choice but to raise prices…
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Is it stupid or is it strategy? I once learned this rule: when a person or entity makes a “mistake” that puts money in their pocket, expect that person or entity to make that “mistake” again and again. It’s a good rule of thumb. I’ve been applying it to 47 and his long, long – I mean, long – list of “failures” that, somehow, manage to make rich people richer.
He promised MAGA Heaven but has only delivered Hell. Well, unless you started off filthy rich. Do you deal in oil? Donny helped you tons. Do you build missiles? Oh, BOY, are you in a great position! A Wall Street investor into single family homes? Your position has been secured for the foreseeable future. He never – ever – seems to make a “mistake” that helps Joe Sixpack. After a while, isn’t it fair to wonder if these “mistakes” might be intentional? Inquiring minds want to know…



