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'Directly implicates Trump': DOJ releases — then pulls — 'bombshell' Epstein letter online The Justice Department released a letter allegedly written by Jeffrey Epstein Monday that it then quickly removed from its website — and its contents, some critics say, “directly” implicates President Donald Trump.The letter was postmarked “just days after Epstein died” in 2019, according to the pro...

The Justice Department released a letter allegedly written by Jeffrey Epstein Monday that it then quickly removed from its website — and its contents, some critics say, "directly" implicates President Donald Trump.

I suggest this will have little to do with the essential gosple of Jesus.
We are reading and discussing the book “How to End Christian Nationalism” by Amanda Tyler in our church’s adult forum after services each Sunday. I recommend this book. 2/2

A Christian Nationalist service is going to be performed in Phoenix today. They have their martyr. Charlie Kirk. He will be “sainted” at that service. Christianity will be co-opted to serve political purposes at that service. Marching orders will be suggested at that service. 1/2

“Kiss of Life” —Sade

Goodnight everybody. Sweet dreams.

A picture of the National Mall in DC, with practically no people in sight.

The latest thing Trump has done to DC: Scare the visitors away. Damaging all the businesses, large and small, that depend on them.

Along the National Mall today, 1pm, on a stunningly beautiful Saturday afternoon in late August.

(Article and more photos to come later today.)

Marvelous capture of the wet street.

Trump and Elon just cut off all Federal Funding for Lutheran Social Services, Lutheran Family Services, Lutheran Immigration Services, Pacific Lutheran University and Washington State University. Bit by Bit they are deconstructing our country and what we say we stand for.

People want to blame someone. Obama, Biden DEI.
None of them are to blame. It was a tragedy. What Trump is to be blamed for is not showing the families who have received the most horrible news in their lives that he understands a great loss has come to them. That he is so sorry this has happened.

Who will rid me of this meddlesome priest?

A vaccine he and his family quietly took for themselves.

No Inaugural crowd size debates this year. Just announced, the Inaugural is going to be moved indoors. Sorry for all you folks who got tickets or paid for tickets to the Mall to watch your leader take the "Oath".

This does not end well.

Trump speaking at Turning Point USA conference: “He's [Elon Musk] not going to be president, that I can tell you. And I’m safe. You know why? He can’t be, he wasn’t born in this country.” [nervous laughter]

Someone’s getting HUGELY scared.

I am a fan!

A couple people have asked me whether I really think of The Bulwark as a magazine. I do! And not in some quaint, retro sense.

A magazine is a model for building an audience with shared interests and connecting it with a range of writers worth reading and thinkers worth learning from. That's us.

Getting his ass handed to him and it’s on fire!

Good morning and Happy Tuesday to everyone who wishes the media would grow a spine and learn to interview the lying piece of shit properly the way Barbara Walters did fearlessly back in the day.

She was prepared for his lies and HANDLED him.

Stop sanewashing his crazy bullshit.

ABC News Just Showed Trump Exactly How to Silence Journalists A multimillion-dollar settlement proves corporate media will choose profits over press freedom every time.

The message to other journalists is clear: Challenge Trump at your own risk. Your corporate owners might not have your back. https://newrepublic.com/article/189444/abc-news-trump-silence-journalists

I would add some fear-mongering in for good measure.

The Real Scandal of Our Media Tycoons They’re rich, powerful, and increasingly antagonistic to the journalism they fund.

“The more worrisome costs of media-mogul acquiescence to Trump are the quiet decisions of owners who think: Is it really in my interest to beef up my news teams right now? Why chase scoops about the new administration when they might put a target on my back?”

www.thebulwark.com/p/the-real-s...

I have my dad’s war diaries. He was in the National Guard on December 7th and stationed in Louisiana. I have his entry into the first one where he expressed his feelings about the attack. The next day entry on what may be coming for him next. Guadalcanal was his first combat stop.

Does Trump Even Care About Pete? Plus: The subtle art of telling the president-elect ‘no.’

"For the Bannonites, any Trump nominee rejected, even on the grounds of obvious, grave scandal, is an intolerable reminder that the establishment still gets a say."

Today's Morning Shots from @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social and @eggerdc.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/does-trump...

Debunking the Myth of the ‘Migrant Crime Wave’ Data does not support claims that the United States is experiencing a surge in crime caused by immigrants.

Politicians may claim there is an “immigrant crime wave,” but the data proves that is a myth.

Of course.

F*ck. When you see it like this...it sinks in on an even deeper level.

Wall Street Wins Once Again as US Assets Outpace Rest of World In a week in which US inflation data accelerated, Donald Trump threatened some of America’s closest neighbors with aggressive tariffs, and half of Wall Street was on vacation, the S&P 500 still co...

From the sellside to the buyside, the verdict is that American capital markets are set to continue their global domination in 2025

Let that sink in: in the occupied territories, ru has destroyed “750 libraries, 120 museums, 38 theaters, cinemas, and philharmonics, as well as more than 1,179 cultural heritage objects. Additionally, Russian forces have destroyed over 200 million Ukrainian books.”

Well they say a picture is worth a thousand words, this is spot on. Do not obey in advance!

If this war is about security (NATO etc) and not identity, why these systematic efforts at the erasure of Ukrainian culture?