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By Brandon Morse Well... that was anticlimactic.  If I'm being honest, I didn't think it would be as easy as just releasing the information about Epstein's clientele. Sure, it would have been a best-case scenario, but with a criminal syndicate that ran so deep that people in the highest parts of our government were involved, there was going to be more needed than just a book of names.  As I wrote previously, what we call the "Epstein client list" isn't just a sheet of names. It's logs, footage, written statements, and likely evidence of blackmail, and with every instance involves a victim, and that also makes things even more complicated. Then, as it was reported, players within the FBI are apparently attempting to sabotage the release by destroying evidence.  ( READ: Why Hasn't the Epstein Client List Been Released? ) This was never going to be clean and crisp. There are a lot of skeletons buried here, and in the shadiest parts of ...

By Mike Miller In this episode of "Try to Control Your Shock and Amazement"... A senior aide for former President Joe Biden and Biden family insider has finally admitted the administration was “gaslighting” Americans when it repeatedly dismissed growing concerns about the oldest-ever president’s 82-year-old age and cognitive (in)ability. As a refresher, "gaslighting" is "a form of psychological abuse or manipulation in which the abuser attempts to sow self-doubt and confusion in their victim's mind."  In other words, the Biden administration and its left-wing lapdog media lied for years that clearly confused president was sharp as a tack — which was laughable yet troublesome to the sane and rational among us.  Laughable because it ultimately became tragic theater, the more the "Where am and what am I doing? president tried to shake hands with air delivering remarks, cluelessly wandered around on stage, only to be dragged off by "Dr."...

By Nick Arama It was quite something to see the fireworks at the White House during the meeting between President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for the signing of the mineral deal on Friday.  Things fell apart because of Zelensky's attitude. Trump and Vance were not having any of it. They didn't feel like he was showing any gratitude at all and that he was trying to dictate to us. So they apparently told him to leave until he was ready to come back and talk.  According to Fox's Jacqui Heinrich, they not only didn't sign the mineral deal and canceled the press conference, but they gave the lunch they were going to have with him to the press office staffers to eat. Ouch.  Given that the Zelensky team was already backpedaling after the meeting, I suspect they will ultimately come to a better place. But I think he learned he's not dealing with open-pocket Joe Biden anymore.  Now, of course, you had t...

By Sister Toldjah On Thursday, the first phase of the DOJ's Epstein files release took place, with heavily redacted documents first being given in binders to a select group of conservative influencers at the White House before being posted online several hours later. As we reported , a press release from the DOJ that also came later in the day acknowledged that much of the information they released was "previously leaked but never released in a formal capacity by the U.S. Government."  They also alleged there was some pre-Kash Patel FBI interference ahead of Phase One, with Attorney General Pam Bondi learning of "thousands of pages of documents related to the investigation and indictment of Epstein that were not previously disclosed" and ordering the FBI to have them to her by 8 a.m. Eastern Time Friday. READ MORE:   AG Bondi Says FBI's NYC Field Office Is Withholding Epstein File Docs, Orders Them Delivered by Friday While the release ...

By Victoria Taft Greetings from the West Coast, Messed Coast™ where this week I'm in Seattle, wrapping up filling in for my fellow conservative and colleague Jason Rantz on KTTH. Tune in, won't you?  When they needed help, he gave them a podcast Gavin Newsom is one person who deserves to be afflicted with imposter syndrome. The California governor was absolutely horrible in the days after the devastating fires in the Palisades, Malibu, Altadena, and Pasadena. I wrote about it in a piece called " Gavin Newsom Has Found the L.A. Fires' Biggest Victim: Himself " and others.  Now, instead of leadership, getting rid of red tape, yelling at planners to make it easier for the normies to rebuild their homes, and dunking on the dysfunctional commie mayor, the likely 2028 presidential contender has announced another podcast.  The "This is Gavin Newsom" podcast is probably the idea of some highly paid campaign adviser who convinced the governor that everyone wo...

By M. D. Kittle The Biden FBI blocked the release of a Nashville elementary school schooler’s manifesto in the name of identity politics. For those who believe politically weaponized justice is injustice, Pam Bondi running the Department of Justice and Kash Patel at the helm of the FBI feels like a warm spring breeze after a brutally cold winter. For those who turned federal law enforcement into the  Stasi  and cheered on the myriad abuses (I’m looking at you  Schiff,  you weasel), things are about to get, well, difficult.  There’s much to look forward to in the reckoning that Trump 2.0 is bringing to the people who transformed America’s DOJ into a banana republic. It’s long past time for accountability and, hopefully, justice served to the wicked. The FBI is entering a new era—one that will be defined by integrity, accountability, and the unwavering pursuit of justice. There will be no cover-ups, no missing documents, and no stone left unturned — and anyon...

Twenty years ago, Republicans were this clueless, too. Hubris need not be their undoing this time like it undid the Democrats in 2024. By Kimberley A. Strassel Donald Trump’s shock troops are bro fist-bumping, having used their online influence to browbeat GOP senators into confirming most of the president’s nominees. They might be careful of the political conformity they wish for. Democrats are wandering somewhere between the desert and the wilderness. Their Trump thumping left them without power, a leader or a message, and their current, near total irrelevance is one result. Mr. Trump blazes his way through Washington while Democrats—a day late, and two topics short—stage stand-ins outside the Treasury building, Chuck Schumer shout-gasping “We will win!” Win what? The Democratic Party can’t effectively oppose Mr. Trump’s worldview if it doesn’t formulate a coherent one of its own. Many Democrats rolled out of the election acknowledging the urgent need for a change in directio...