You’ll forgive me if I’m suspicious. Donny has made a full 180 on the Epstein files? Really? Why? “Oh,” he says, “because we have nothing to hide.” Uh-huh. For someone with nothing to hide, you’ve sure been hiding it for a long time. He might be putting a supportive public face but telling MAGA Mike in the background, “No, never.” That sounds like him all over, though he’s not very good at keeping secrets. If that’s the scheme, he’ll confess it sooner or later.

I suspect what he means is, “We’ve had time to go through, page by page, and make sure my name is completely redacted.” Either way? Good. If he now supports the release of the files, it should just move forward with ease, right? For me, the fight has always been about the victims but Donny kept pushing himself into the limelight by trying to put out the limelights.

So, I guess that’s that and we’ll just move on from– what? He included weasel words? Here’s his statement, “The House Oversight Committee can have whatever they are legally entitled to, I DON’T CARE!” There’s more but that’s the important part, that “legally entitled to” bit. See, he just told Pam Bondi to open an investigation on various Democrats.

MAGA keeps asking why Biden didn’t release the files, as though that’s an important question that makes sense. The actual answer is that Ghislaine Maxwell’s legal case was still proceeding throughout most of Biden’s administration – and one doesn’t release investigative information during an investigation or the subsequent trial. And now, Donny has conveniently created an “investigation” into Democrats. So, “whatever they are legally entitled to” means there will still be a lot of information withheld because of all of those “investigations” going on.

He’s a slippery little weasel, isn’t he? MAGA will only hear that he called for the release. They will NOT hear about the “still keeping much of it private due to investigations” part…

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With all of the gerrymandering going on, the battles keep raging, going from one state to the next. Donny and Texas started it when they decided to cheat in Texas by gerrymandering to favor the Republicans and give them five more seats. California responded by redistricting California to pick up five more Democratic seats, balancing everything out. But then came all of the other states, lining up, one-by-one, to demonstrate either their love of the Constitution or their love of Donny.

Utah was dutifully trying to gerrymander their state to favor Republicans. They split the Salt Lake City area into four different districts, effectively diminishing Democratic input. Last Monday, a judge ruled against that map and reinstated one that maintains the Salt Lake City area as one district, making that district competitive – it’s about 43% Republican.

It looks like Utah’s attempt to help Republicans steal the 2026 election has backfired and will actually help the Dems pick up another seat. Lovely. Bear in mind, all of this cheating and rigging is taking place because the Republicans don’t feel good about their chances in 2026. They COULD govern in a way that pleases enough people to win fair and square but that doesn’t seem to be an option they’ve even considered. It’s un-American, if you ask me…

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“Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.” (Mark Twain)

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Jack Smith was a special counsel who indicted The First Felon – twice! Once for trying to overturn the results of the 2020 election and once for mishandling of classified documents. It’s safe to say, Jack Smith knows a LOT about Donny and his trumpery. As we’ve all seen, Donny has been on a revenge tour ever since seizing the White House again and he got the Office of Special Counsel to investigate Smith. No, the investigation is purely “independent,” I’m sure.

The matter is being pursued by Republicans, led by Charles Grassley of Iowa. So Smith’s lawyers sent Grassley a letter that read, “Such political meddling in prosecutorial decision making undermines the credibility of the Justice Department and the integrity of any subsequent enforcement actions. Political meddling in prosecutorial actions also risks turning impartial law enforcement agencies into partisan tools to protect the President’s allies and punish his perceived adversaries.” That’s a kind of a swipe at Donny and what he’s doing.

Now Grassley and House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) claim they want to hear from Smith regarding new revelations that the ex-special counsel obtained the phone records of several congressional Republicans as a part of his investigation into Trump’s election interference. This is the bit that feeds that section of the latest spending bill that gives Republicans a chance for a taxpayer-funded windfall they don’t deserve.

They keep pumping Smith for answers to questions and Smith keeps avoiding the questions while the conversation is only between himself and the corrupt Republicans. He wants to testify in a public forum. In their letter, Smith’s lawyers wrote, “Mr. Smith is fully committed to providing information about the work of the Special Counsel’s Office, and we are committed to working with you to provide the public an opportunity to hear directly from Mr. Smith regarding his work.” Then they asked for guidance on what information he can share with lawmakers and for the ability to review files that supported his case to prepare his testimony.”

In short, Smith’s position is, “Sure, I’ll talk all about it – in public. Let’s share ALL of the information I have about the criminality of your Precious – in public.” For reasons I can’t quite put my finger on, the Republicans seem less interested in discussing the details in public. It’s almost as if they know that exposing the details hurts their case more than helps it. It’s an ongoing theme with these clowns.

They call themselves the most transparent administration in history but they only promise to show things, they never actually do it. That’s a con. Anytime someone tells you they have the evidence but they’re not ever going to show it, they’re lying to you…