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Here are all the names Oversight Chair James Comer just subpoenaed for testimony related to Epstein.

One name not subpoenaed: Ghislaine Maxwell.

Bill and Hillary Clinton, James Comey, Loretta Lynch, Eric Holder, Merrick Garland, Robert Mueller, William Barr, Jeff Sessions, and Alberto Gonzales.

The House Oversight Committee just subpoenaed the Epstein files from the Justice Department.

Will journalism become impossible in the U.S.? Trump’s war on the free press follows foreign dictators’ playbook

Trump’s assault on the news media is not creative. It’s straight out of the dictator playbook. It’s why the U.S. has slipped into the “problematic” category in the World Press Freedom Index.
My Stop the Presses newsletter.

Let’s not forget Donald Trump’s “Justice” department is giving special favors to a convicted sex trafficker who participated in the sexual abuse of children. The lack of outcry by Republicans after Ghislaine Maxwell was moved to a low-security prison tells us they stand by Trump’s moral depravity.

The Hegseth brothers (Pete and his younger brother Phil, a top adviser to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and DHS's liason to the Pentagon) may be collaborating to pressure Pentagon brass to get more involved in domestic law enforcement.

Seems like Dems should take an interest in that.

Trump is on CNBC making a case that jobs numbers are rigged -- even as MAGA-friendly host Joe Kernen tries to push back

TRUMP: Joe, looking at energy. Energy is down $2.20 cents a barre-- a gallon for a car


KERNEN: I've seen $2.80

Cheater:

Naw

Grandpa's brain is gone.

KERNEN: The revision last year was in August. There was still plenty of time for voters to see those weren't real jobs.

TRUMP: No. After the election in November. I believe it was in November.

KERNEN: This was in August

TRUMP: The numbers were rigged

ICYMI, this is still happening:

TRUMP: I got the highest in the history of TX, a record that won't be beat unless I run again

CNBC: Are you going to run again?

T: Probably not. I'd like to. I have the best poll numbers I ever had.


C: Among Republicans


T: No. I'm talking about generally.


C: Polls have you down in the 30s

To Live Inside a Lie Firing the top labor statistics official for doing the normal monthly jobs report is only the latest attempt to force everyone else to abandon reality too

Good @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social take on systematic lying as core to the MAGA project. Trump "degrades institutions by getting officials to lie or replacing them with someone who will." The official lie is an expression of power in and of itself:
www.arcdigital.media/p/to-live-in...

The looming Trump-cession Orange man bad (for the economy).

New in PN: The looming Trump-cession

"No administration in history has done so much so quickly to immiserate the American people. And no administration since Herbert Hoover’s seems less willing to change course as it barrels over a cliff."

CNBC: Do you think we are starting to see a real slowdown in the jobs market?

HASSETT: Yeah, I think the jobs numbers were slower than we expected

Cult!

Casar: "This idea of fining legislators -- and now I'm starting to hear about the governor or the speaker of the house trying to expel lawmakers from office -- is deeply unconstitutional and it is part of a worrying trend ... it's the kind of authoritarian thing that we think about in other nations"

Sidney Sweeney, a registered Republican, has the HOTTEST ad out there. It’s for American Eagle, and the jeans are “flying of the shelves.” Go get ‘em Sidney. On the other side of the ledger, Jaguar did a stupid, and seriously WOKE, advertisement, THAT IS A DISASTER. The CEO just resigned, the company is in turmoil. Shouldn’t they have learned a lesson from Bud Lite, which went Woke and essentially destroyed, in a short but very Woke campaign, the Company. The market cap destruction has been unprecedented, BILLIONS OF DOLLARS LOST. Or just look at Woke singer Taylor Swift. Ever since I alerted the world as to what she was by saying on TRUTH that I can’t stand her

brain leaking out his ears

No one should ever have to wonder if their senator or representative is making choices in Congress just to benefit their own wallet.

There's a clear solution: ban Congressional stock trading.

The looming Trumpcession Orange man bad (for the economy).

"The president usually has limited control over the economy, with downturns being caused by events beyond their control. In this case, however, Trump’s policies are directly responsible for job losses, rising prices, wavering confidence, and a speedrun toward what looks like stagflation."

Elizabeth Warren: "We have Republicans, in theory, they could stand up to him. But I say 'in theory.' It's the most spineless bunch of people I've ever seen."

ELIZABETH WARREN: What Zohran is saying is 'I want people to be able to afford to live in NYC'

FABER: But raising taxes in order to do it?

WARREN: Oh my goodness! Oh dear! Are you worried that billionaires are going to go hungry?

Jeffries: "These extremists want to be able to choose their voters as opposed to allowing the Texas voters to choose the people who should be privileged to represent them in Washington. It's theft. That's what gerrymandering in its extreme form is."

the Elizabeth Warren CNBC hit that triggered Trump: "Trump ran for office saying he'd lower costs on day 1. Cost of groceries are up, cost of housing is up, healthcare is up. And where is Trump? He's passing a signature bill to throw people off healthcare so he can do tax cuts for billionaires."

REPORTER: Do you think the independent redistricting commission should be disbanded?

HOCHUL: Yes. I'm tired with fighting this fight w/ my hand tied behind my back. With all due respect to the good govt groups, politics is a political process. And to think we're gonna do this with a purity test ...

Is there an ugly patio like the new one at the White House at Mar-a-Lago? I feel like he’s trying to morph the WH into MAL

Hochul: "I will put saving democracy as my top priority at any cost. Bc it's under siege. Just like those who put on uniforms to fight battles across the ages. For centuries we stood up & fought. Blood has been shed. This is our moment in to stand up for all we hold dear & not let it be destroyed."

What's going on with Trump's economy?

- Inflation is up.
- People are worried about finding a job.
- Groceries are getting more expensive.

No matter how hard he tries, Trump can’t distract from his broken promise to lower costs on “Day One.”