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Too creepy for woody Allen is a level of creep that bends the mind

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What won't Trump and his team do in order to try to get people to start talking about anything else but the Epstein files in which Trump's name appears multiple times.

Pam Bondi orders grand jury probe of Obama administration review of 2016 election Past probes, including two conducted by Republicans, found no such crimes. Democrats have accused Bondi of trying to distract attention from the Jeffrey Epstein scandal.

Bondi’s order to open grand jury investigation of Obama is absurd. Besides statute of limitations and presidential immunity problems, it will be a stretch to show a then-confidential investigation interfered with the 2016 election. THIS is lawfare.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

computer is it normal for the state dept spokesperson to sound like my freshman philosophy professor

Bruce: "So... you know, there's... that's our opinion regarding the bill. Um. We also. How can I say that - um. I think that's as much as I can say in that regard. I-I-um. That's as much as I can say today. But I'll be back with you Thursday & will likely try to have as much more as I possibly can."

Literally the only time Tammy Bruce is comfortable during these briefings is when she's going on fact-free rants like she used to on Fox News. She seems to know as much about world affairs as somebody who skims the New York Times every few days.

Um ….

Commission’s Ribera blasts Israel’s potential full Gaza takeover The EU’s second-most powerful politician has sharply criticized Israel’s reported plan to expand the ongoing military campaign in Gaza.

European Commission Vice President Teresa Ribera has lambasted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s reported plans to push for full control over the Gaza Strip, calling it an “unacceptable provocation” on social media.

A twofer

Charlie Kirk accuses Rep. Jasmine Crockett of being part of an “attempt to eliminate the white population in this country”

www.mediamatters.org/charlie-kirk...

Fox News is running an Anything But Epstein strategy which means Sydney Sweeney Discourse is on Day 7 on its airwaves.

Podcaster Tim Dillon: The Trump administration "has basically been ... an auction" where "everybody is submitting a bid on our country"

Right-wing podcaster Tim Dillon: "The Trump administration has basically been an auction... And everybody is submitting a bid on our country."

Applebaum on Autocracy Anne Applebaum warns that Sudan’s descent into chaos shows what happens when institutions fail—and why a free press is essential to prevent America from following the same path.

Anne Applebaum: "If American media can’t convey how dangerous this behavior is—for our prosperity, for our health, for our democracy—then American media will eventually cease to exist."

More from our convo in @status.news: www.status.news/p/anne-apple...

A stock trading ban for Congress is a no-brainer. And yet. You can have their brokerage accounts when you pry them from their cold dead hands.

New in PN: A stock trading ban for Congress is a no-brainer. And yet.

"It’s important for Democrats to remember that regardless of the fact that one can find MAGA bros cheering on whatever latest crypto scam the president and his family have engineered, as a general rule, *voters hate corruption*"

"Believing it’s OK to do business with a fascist government that disdains everything good about higher education because it keeps the cash flowing is the opposite of everything about morality and civic virtue that my professors on College Hill taught me nearly a half-century ago."

Opinion: The year is barely halfway done but China is 2025’s runaway winner, writes Ed Luce on.ft.com/3HmNqJT

E.P.A. Moves to Cancel $7 Billion in Grants for Solar Energy If finalized, the move would escalate the Trump administration’s efforts to claw back billions of dollars in climate grants awarded under President Biden.

Breaking News: The Trump administration is preparing to terminate $7 billion in federal grants intended to help low- and moderate-income families install solar panels on their homes, according to people briefed on the matter.

Look at what's happening in Washington.

The President also suggested there were other post election revisions. But the next revisions came out Dec 5, when Sept and Oct were revised UP by a combined 148k. So there remains not a single piece of data supporting the president’s assertion that the data is rigged politically.

President Trump claimed again in a @cnbc.com interview today that the -818k annual benchmark revisions to jobs came out after the election in Nov, showing the data was rigged to hurt him. But he was fact-checked on air by Joe Kernen who pointed out the report was actually released in Aug 24.

Trump takes surprise visit to the roof of the White House President Donald Trump took a surprise trip to a place that might be a first for a president: the roof of the White House.

Anyone else find this a bit disturbing...
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

Krill fishery in Antarctica shut down after record catch triggers unprecedented early closure Officials have shut down the krill fishery near Antarctica early after exceeding the seasonal catch limit for the first time.

apnews.com/article/whal...

Live updates: House committee issues subpoenas for Epstein files, depositions with Clintons and other officials The House Oversight Committee subpoenaed the Department of Justice over the sex trafficking investigation into Jeffrey Epstein. The committee issued subpoenas for depositions with former President Bil...

apnews.com/live/donald-... updates: House committee issues subpoenas for Epstein files, depositions with Clintons and other officials

US citizens jailed in LA Ice raids speak out: ‘They came ready to attack’ Exclusive: Andrea Velez and Adrian Martinez recount their capture by immigration officers and its effects on their lives

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

tehran is a city of 10 million people, and this article was published one week ago, to give you a sense of the urgency here

New non-profit law firm in DC aims to challenge Trump’s executive power | CNN Politics A group of well-known Washington lawyers is opening a law firm focused on challenging President Donald Trump’s executive orders and agency actions as he strives to dramatically reshape the federal gov...

These fine lawyers coming out of retirement to suit up for this fight is inspiring.

www.cnn.com/2025/08/04/p...

Well, I’m gonna insist that you listen to this.

Definition of terms:

“these people” = Latino migrants

“Inner city people” = Black people

“We tried to get them [inner city people] to do it” = slavery & sharecropping

Didn’t even do better than Romney.

What it is going to take is one university after another simply saying, we will not deal. This is not a legitimate way for the executive branch to interact with universities and we will not do it. Full stop.