Things known and Unknown…
One of the things we know is that Ghislaine Maxwell recruited her victims from Mar-a-Lago, among other places.
What we don’t know? Is it at ALL possible that Mar-a-Lago’s hiring practices took into account that Maxwell would be “fishing” there? If 47 was hiring girls that seemed particularly vulnerable to Maxwell’s advances, might that make Donny a co-conspirator in the scheme?

All of that is just random thinking while the Epstein File crisis continues to simmer. Deep State Donny promised to release the files and is now working as hard as he can to distract his base from them. He doesn’t WANT to release them. I’ll just bet.

Now MAGA Mike the Johnson is running interference for Donny in Congress, where a bipartisan effort to force the release of the files is gaining steam. The Johnson said, “I agree with President Trump, with the Department of Justice, with the FBI that you need all credible evidence and information out there. That word ‘credible’ is important. And why? Because you have to protect innocent people’s names and reputations whose names might be, as you noted at the outset of the program, intertwined into all these files.”

Yeah, Mike, we do that with a difficult, challenging process called “redaction.” It’s a tough concept so, try to stay with me, here. What you do is, you cross out the names of the victims with a magic marker. Black, preferably. I wouldn’t normally specify ‘black,’ but this is MAGA we’re dealing with, here. These guys might grab a yellow highlighter and consider it good enough.

As it happens, people are less interested in the victim’s names than they are in the perpetrator’s names. Most especially when it turns out that ONE of those perpetrator’s names is likely ‘Trump.’ Or ‘Clinton,’ if you’ve contracted MAGA. I mean, let’s be honest. But I’ll tell you this: The only way we can ever know for sure is if we see the files…

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Unmask the ICEholes…
Uh-oh. It seems some of these ICEholes who arrested protestors in LA lied. Yeah, who knew that someone who could so easily terrorize human beings by kidnapping innocent people off the streets while wearing masks and who make jokes about tossing innocent people into ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ might be moral reprobates?

The ICEhole’s testimony included “false and misleading” statements in their arrest reports. Prosecutors have had to dismiss at least eight cases against Angelenos because their prosecution relied so heavily on false ICEhole claims.

Nine people arrested for “assault” and “impeding” felony cases were paraded around by Pam Bondi in a great show, then, almost immediately, seven of them were released with charges dismissed because the agents lied. Notably, there was less pomp associated with the dismissals.

DHS agents made “false or misleading statements” (they lied) about sequences of events and “misrepresented” incidents captured on video. One guy got arrested for pushing an agent, only to have the video showing the exact opposite – the agent “forcefully” pushed the citizen.

A former California state prosecutor named Cristine Soto DeBerry, now director of a criminal justice reform group called ‘Prosecutors Alliance Action,’ said, “When I see felonies dismissed, that tells me either the federal officers have filed affidavits that are not truthful and that has been uncovered, or US attorneys reviewing the cases realize the evidence does not support the charges.”

She said it’s common that officers call for charges that prosecutors end up not filing, but called it uncommon for the justice department to file and then dismiss those cases – especially numerous felonies in rapid succession. Then she added this little tidbit: “It seems this is a way to detain people, hold them in custody, instill fear, and discourage people from exercising their first amendment rights.” In short, it’s a terror campaign, intended to quell dissent.

The President of the United States is running a terror campaign against the American people. Is THAT how one makes America great again? It seems like petty tyrant bullshit, to me…

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Lindsey’s Reward…
Here’s the standard reward for loyalty in the Republican Party: Challenges in elections. Consider this: Lindsey Graham. You know who he is. He’s a senator from South Carolina. He has been as loyal to Donny as anyone can be. He has debased himself on command. He has publicly bent the knee, kissed the ring, and groveled for approval. I’ve known dogs with less enthusiasm for their owners.

So, obviously, Donny is getting a different dog. Graham’s loyalty is being rewarded with a primary run by one of Project 2025’s evil authors, Paul Dans. Dans is an attorney who worked in the first Trump administration as White House liaison to the office of personnel management before going to work for the America-hating Heritage Foundation and working on Project 2025.

Stay loyal to Donny, get primaried anyway. What a great deal. Behave and get primaried or misbehave and get primaried. It seems one should just vote one’s conscience either way. But we know no MAGA can do that. It’s not allowed…

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Grass is hard…
This is nothing, really, but did you know 47 paved over the Rose Garden at the White House? The official reason was that the grass was always wet and it was difficult for people in heels to walk on. The thing is, I’ve noticed that Donny is a feeble old man who has difficulty walking under the best of conditions and stands like he has an invisible little holder up his behind, holding him up.

Perhaps, he paved over the Rose Garden because HE can’t easily walk on the grass and the Rose Garden, famously, a place where pressers were held, paid the price…

It’s the obvious advantage of being a lefty. We get to make determinations based on right and wrong, not political affiliations. I hear Bill Clinton’s name is in the Epstein files. I’ve long suspected that’s the main reason MAGA is interested, a chance to “get” Bill Clinton. My attitude? So, what? Guilty is guilty. To a lefty, this issue is about sex with kids and it’s not sorted by party affiliation.

If Bill Clinton was part of that scene in a criminal way, he should be tried. Maybe he could be tried in the courtroom right next to Donny. I’m not going to defend Clinton if he’s in those files. I say, release the files and let the chips fall where they may. Nobody – I mean NOBODY – should get away with what the perpetrators did to those kids and I don’t care which party they claim.

But, hey, if we have over 200 victims of Epstein’s evil scheme – and according to lawyer Brad Edwards, who represented them, that’s the count – why don’t we just ask THEM who might be in those files for inappropriate behavior? If anybody knows who did what to whom, it’s the victims they were doing it to, right?

There seems to be a new scheme afoot, as well. Donny’s corrupt DOJ has been visiting Ghislaine Maxwell in prison. After Jeffrey himself, nobody has more information about the goings on than Ghislaine. She, of course, is sitting in prison for her role in the evil scheme that doesn’t exist but the Democrats made up and it’s fake news and… Jeffrey who? Even without dangling a pardon, she’s motivated to say nothing happened and it’s all an overblown misunderstanding.

So, I expect to see her soon, declaring Donny’s innocence. The pardon will only be to “correct the miscarriage of justice,” right? Personally, I still want to see the files, themselves. Donny promised repeatedly to release them and this is one ‘promise made’ he should keep.

I can’t just take his word for it, though. I don’t believe Deep State Donny. I’m a little surprised he went Deep State, too. I don’t believe Bondi. I won’t believe Maxwell when she comes out with whatever statement she’s been handed. ONLY the files will tell the story.

So far, 47 has done anything and everything he could think of to keep from having to release the files he promised over and over to release. This whole effort to create a “nothing to see, here” atmosphere is shown false because of the obvious, common sense response: if there’s nothing incriminating in the files, why not release the files?

When he landed in Scotland and was asked about the files, yet again, he said, “You’re making a very big thing over something that’s not a big thing.” No, Donny. YOU are making a very big thing of it by refusing to keep your promise. If it’s “not a big thing,” as you pretend, then it’s no big thing to release the files. Right? I mean, right?

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The situation in Gaza has become so dire, I’m finding it difficult to stay informed. I wonder if there are STILL defenders of Israel out there because there can be no question this is an intentional, attempted genocide. Starving babies? Are you really going to try to convince me those babies are Hamas?

Even if they’re not babies, starving the people. Then, offering them food. Then, when they come for the food, cutting them down with bullets? These are not armed people. They’re not legitimate combatants. They’re starving civilians. Maybe this is something the Israelis picked up from the Nazis during WWII. Maybe not, but it sure seems like a Nazi move.

To my mind, not only has Israel surrendered the moral high ground, they’ve surrendered their morality entirely. These are not legitimate military operations. They’re crimes against humanity and the US is complicit. WE keep sending the weapons that allow Netanyahu to get away with his murderous rampage – but 47 thinks he deserves a Nobel Peace Prize? The world is clearly in upheaval. We seemed trapped in an endless “opposite day,” but if facilitating a genocide earns one a “Peace Prize,” my head just might explode…

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I haven’t seen the whole episode but I’ve seen enough. I just LOVE what ‘South Park’ did to Donny. I was laughing harder than I have for a long, long time. I don’t know if it’s true, about old Tiny Hands, but it sure would explain why he prefers to be with kids, doesn’t it? He still has a chance to convince them he’s swinging pipe, even if it IS only a tiny little straw. A grown woman knows better.

I’m not normally one to tease people about physical attributes, especially things one has no control over. I feel like one can’t tease ONE guy about “little hands” without risking offending ALL guys with “little hands.” He sure does take the bait though, doesn’t he? He’ll be talking about how he’s “fine down there” for months to come. Like many Alzheimer’s patients, the dude obsesses.

The way he is, I half-expect him to release photos of his junk before he releases the Epstein Files. Well, unless releasing said photos would only reinforce the public perception the same way the Epstein Files would. Especially if he used a Sharpie to make it look bigger…

Well, let’s see what fresh hell he’s serving up today…

On the left, they’re saying 47 was dealt an early blow because the harassment lawsuit 47 filed against ‘The Wall Street Journal’ was assigned to an Obama-appointed judge, Darrin Gayles. I suppose it’s true that an Obama judge is bad news for the Drumpfster, but not because he’s an Obama-appointed judge.

People NEED to know when a case comes before a Trump-appointed judge because those “judges” are appointed by how well they kiss his a–, um, ring and not by qualification. Obama-appointed judges were appointed based on qualifications and judicial history. In short, an Obama-appointed judge will be fair and impartial and rule according to the law, so the case will be judged on the merits and that, obviously, IS a problem for 47.

I suspect big, tough Donny will drop the suit before it ever gets that far. At some point, Murdoch’s lawyers are going to want to depose 47. Among Donny’s evil powers is the ability to string out lawsuits until mountains crumble into the sea, but he’ll be stringing out his own lawsuit if he does that. Worse, the deposition is always out there, waiting, stalking his deranged mind, and threatening his safety. The longer he strings it out, the longer his own lawsuit haunts him. Eventually, he’ll drop it. Taco…

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Remember, it’s better to stonewall and be thought a child-raping pedophile,
than to release the files and remove all doubt…

When it comes to the Epstein files, the latest word is that Pam Bondi told Donny back in May that he was in the files. My guess is, that’s how Elon knows. He was, likely, present at the briefing. People keep stressing, because that’s the way we do things in this country – or used to, that there’s no evidence that Trump did anything wrong or broke any laws with Epstein’s victims.

Of course, there’s also no evidence that he didn’t and so far, we, the people have seen an awful lot of smoking guns sitting around suggesting he did. If I was going to bet, based only on the available evidence today, I would bet Donny is clearly identified as a perpetrator in those files because that’s the direction the evidence is leaning.

Donny, of course, has resorted to his usual playbook: distract and lie. He tried several distractions. The one that seems to have succeeded, for now, was his move to have the grand jury testimony released. The regime had to get the judge’s permission to do that. The thing is, everyone agreed the grand jury testimony was about other things, not the specific charges of who did what with whom and when. It’s a moot point now, though, because the judge denied the request, as expected by every legal scholar I heard from.

So now, Team Evil will start, “Well, we tried. The judge wouldn’t let us. Oh, and we wanted to so badly. You KNOW we were just about to release those files when that big, old, meany-pants judge told us we couldn’t, right?” Then they’ll breathe a sigh of relief as MAGA stands down and the Epstein file scandal recedes into the background.

I think MAGA got hooked on those files because they thought they were going to finally nail Bill Clinton, whose name also appears in the files. I think MAGA was surprised to find 47 protecting the files that could bring old Bill down and then more surprised to find out Trump is all over them.

Consider this: one of Trump’s many dodges in this case is an oldie but a goodie: fake news. But in trying to protect his own worthless name by lying about the files, he’s also, de facto, protecting Bill Clinton’s name. Talk about strange bedfellows. Maybe that’s a poor choice of words, considering the topic at hand. The point, here, is, Donny knows his name appears in the files. Bondi told him so.

Speaking of which, guess who else thinks Donald Trump’s name is all over those files. That would be one MAGA Mike the Johnson. HE’S so sure of Trump’s guilt, he shut down the House of “Representatives” a little over a week early in an effort to stop a bipartisan effort to force the DOJ to release the Epstein files. Just… shut it down. You know, as one does over fake news.

I’m sure we’d ALL like to just shut down and take August off. Congress actually does. Well, the House anyway. 47 is trying to get the Senate to hang around and confirm corrupt judges. Even with an entire month off, the House is leaving early. Is it a commitment to that ‘work ethic’ they’re always on about for workers? No, they’re actually lazy. It’s not JUST laziness, though. It’s a dodge. MAGA Mike is hoping the news cycle has moved on by September and then the Epstein files might be a distant memory.

It speaks volumes about the GOP that they know Trump is in the files, they know he was best friends with Jeffrey Epstein and as far as they’re concerned, the biggest problem with all of that is having to do damage control. The sex with minors part? Oh, THAT part is just fine with them, but this damage control is really hard.

I’ve always been glad I never contracted MAGA, but I’m extra happy these days. I REALLY would not like having to pretend I’m okay with pedophiles or that sex with children is something I can overlook. But MAGA is going to have to.

If it wasn’t such a nightmare, it would be fascinating to watch this case study in how an entire group is slowly peeled away from whatever moral base they may once have had. Before Trump, I suspect they would have been offended if you had suggested they might defend pedophiles or kill their own parents for a political win…

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All right, I need something different. It looks like the 49ers are already in injury trouble and the season hasn’t even started yet. The expected starting Wide Receivers are not in great shape. Brandon Aiyuk won’t be opening the season. Ricky Pearsall may not be opening the season. This created an opening for a new guy, Jacob Cowing. He’s been shiny in camp, but, oh, rats, now HE pulled a hamstring.

The team still has Christian McCaffrey at running back but there’s a great big question mark over him. Will he be the McCaffrey of old, the guy who ran all over the league a couple of years ago, or has he crossed a tipping point? We’ll all find out as the season opens and progresses but going into it, things look a little… disquieting…

Well, it just keeps getting weirder, doesn’t it? Look, it makes sense to me that if one is part of a shady group that traffics in, or benefits from, underage women forced into prostitution, there might be some private, inside jokes, doesn’t it? Here’s one the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) is attributing to our inglorious misleader, the Drumpfster:

According to the WSJ, Donny was asked by Epstein’s girlfriend and co-conspirator, Ghislaine Maxwell, to submit a letter to a collection from Epstein’s friends. She put them into a leather bound volume. Nice gift, really, if only the topic was less sordid. The page from Donny to Epstein was said to include a drawing of a nude woman and “a typewritten note said to be styled as an imaginary conversation between Trump and Epstein.

“Voice Over: There must be more to life than having everything,” the note reportedly began.
Donald: Yes, there is, but I won’t tell you what it is.
Jeffrey: Nor will I, since I also know what it is.
Donald: We have certain things in common, Jeffrey.
Jeffrey: Yes, we do, come to think of it.
Donald: Enigmas never age, have you noticed that?
Jeffrey: As a matter of fact, it was clear to me the last time I saw you.
Donald: A pal is a wonderful thing. Happy Birthday – and may every day be another wonderful secret.“

47 has filed a lawsuit against the WSJ. HE says he knows nothing about it. Of course, he also says he doesn’t know who appointed Jerome Powell Fed Chair. Spoilers: it was him. HE says he doesn’t know who negotiated the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). It was him. I must admit, I was surprised he filed. Now there can be depositions all around. Under oath. On the Epstein Affair.

Oh, yeah, the Epstein Affair. He found a new trick. He said he ordered Pam Bondi to release the transcripts of the Grand Jury testimony. She said she would – right after the judge gave the okay. Here’s the thing, the Grand Jury testimony is mostly about Epstein and Maxwell. It’s not about the rich and powerful people who were availing themselves of Epstein’s victims and continue to be protected by other rich and powerful people. Worse, Grand Jury testimony is commonly NOT released.

Every American wants to see the client list. Most MAGA want to see it, too. Epstein didn’t keep a client list? Maxwell did. Even if one didn’t use Maxwell’s little black book, the FBI could MAKE the list based on the DVDs that were found at Epstein’s properties during the FBI raid. We don’t need to see the videos. We don’t need to know the victim’s names. We want confirmation on who these men were – and we already know some of them.

Donald J. Trump, for example. We KNOW he was there many times. We KNOW he was very good friends with Epstein for years and years. We KNOW Donny knew what Epstein was about. It remains to be seen as to how MAGA will react to this latest trick. I suspect they’ll give him a little time, since he said he might release something. When he doesn’t? They’ll get irritated again, but then what?

One of the biggest faults I see in this whole play is this: MAGA has no where to go. Sure, they’re pissed off at Donny right now as they discover he’s every bit as “Deep State” as any other politician, but what are they going to do, vote AOC? And just to be sure MAGA has no where to go, I’m sure the Democrats are out there, beating the bushes looking for their next sure-fire candidate – a black, trans, half Jewish, half Muslim woman who espouses abortions for all and a complete open border…

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I’ve heard some grumbling about how Deep State Donny is cowing the media with threats and lawsuits. What I’m watching feels more like the Capitalist-owned, corporate media is willingly standing down. I suspect that the ‘Capitalist-owned, corporate media’ part is the reason. The latest co-conspirator? CBS. 47 filed a lawsuit against them, whining that ’60 minutes’ had edited an interview with Kamala Harris that made 47 look bad. CBS doesn’t need to do that. He makes himself look bad by the minute. But that was his claim and he sued for $20 billion dollars.

Everybody knew CBS was going to win in a walk. Everybody knew CBS had only engaged in standard practices, made no effort to distort the interview, made no effort to smear 47 and would easily win their case – so CBS settled. They gave him $16 million dollars. Oh, AND they canceled ‘The Late Show’ with Stephen Colbert. In fairness CBS doesn’t deserve, Colbert DID call the $16 million dollar bribe payment a $16 million dollar bribe payment.

CBS said it was a “financial decision.” That’s a kind of truth, if you stand on your head and look at it just the right way. The Late Show is the late night ratings leader. Colbert is VERY popular. The show was making money. If the decision had anything to do with the show, itself, it was essentially killing a cash cow. Yes, that IS a “financial decision,” but it’s a very, very stupid one. Maybe there is some other financial consideration, yes?

See, CBS wants to merge with another company, Skydance, and they need FCC approval to do so. The FCC is ultimately controlled by – wait for it – Deep State Donny and he doesn’t LIKE Stephen Colbert. (He doesn’t like anybody smarter than him so, just about everybody.) The merger is worth billions to the execs at CBS. Since no big business he can interfere with gets done without getting Donny’s beak wet, the $16 million was a small price to pay. Firing Colbert was just the cherry on top.

Frankly, if I was Skydance, I’d be pissed off that Paramount just hurt the value of the deal by canceling one of the more popular shows on the network. But Donny’s a petulant child everyone has to placate, lest he wish them into the corn field, so Colbert had to go. There’s speculation ‘The Daily Show’ is next, since Donny doesn’t like Jon Stewart, either.

I hope, after the revolution, that we, the people put some controls on the abuses of wealth. We had them once. The guardrails made America great in the first place. Let’s do that again…