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Jeffrey Epstein? Forget It by John Hinderaker Jeffrey Epstein has been dead for six years, and during the four years of the Biden administration he was largely forgotten. Earlier this year Epstein enjoyed a brief revival of sorts, as desperate Democrats tried to link him to President Trump. But that effort was obviously futile, because 1) whatever his faults, Trump is not a pervert, and 2) if Trump had a disreputable connection to Epstein, we would have known about it long ago. Today, former Attorney General William Barr, who knows the Epstein case and the “Epstein files,” testified before the House Oversight Committee. He said what we all knew to be true: Former Attorney General Bill Barr told House investigators on Monday that he never saw anything that could tie President Donald Trump to Jeffrey Epstein’s sordid crimes, Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., said. “He said that he had never seen anything that would implicate President Trump in any of this, and that he believed if there had been anything pertaining to President Trump with respect to the Epstein list, that he felt like the Biden administration would probably have leaked it out,” Comer told reporters partway through Barr’s testimony. I think the Democrats knew all along that they had nothing, which is why the Epstein case dropped suddenly out of the headlines. But don’t worry: they will come up with another fraud before long. Meanwhile, we await more information about Bill Clinton’s relationship with Epstein, and what lay behind the infamous painting of Clinton in a blue dress that hung in Epstein’s house. https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2025/08/jeffrey-epstein-forget-it.php

The amount of people twisting themselves into knots to oppose a deal getting done just because "TRUMP BAD" should be a litmus test for those who are either too stupid, too broken, or too brainwashed to be taken seriously. Ever. Take a lap through the MSM, podcast, socials, or print media and you'll see a dozen examples in minutes.

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BREAKING: The Department of Homeland Security has just confirmed to me that ICE is seriously considering immigration enforcement at Truck Weigh Stations across America. This follows a criminal alien truck driver killing three Americans in Florida when he executed an illegal u-turn. Harjinder Singh entered the country illegally and was handed a Commercial Driver’s License from California. He’s being charged with manslaughter after killing three American Citizens. DHS spokesperson tells me ICE enforcement at Truck stops and DOT Weigh Stations are “on the table.” “Secretary Noem and DHS is keeping all enforcement options on the table to keep Americans safe. This should have never happened.” “Three innocent people were killed in Florida because Gavin Newsom’s California DMV issued an illegal alien a Commercial Driver’s License—this state of governance is asinine. How many more innocent people have to die before Gavin Newsom stops playing games with the safety of the American public? We pray for the victims and their families.” According to trucking industry insiders, illegal aliens are rampant in the profession.

BUT THE SUPREME COURT’S OPINION DOESN’T COUNT WHEN CONSERVATIVES ARE IN THE MAJORITY, I’M TOLD: Who Says You Can Redistrict Mid-Decade? The Supreme Court. “For the overwhelming majority of that two century history, Democrats have been the ones wielding the gerrymander pen, reaping the partisan advantage of lopsided representation. Now that Republicans are finally in a position to do the same, they want to to cry foul.” Since the Constitution talks about having a census every ten years, some have interpreted this to mean redistricting can only occur every ten years, making Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s mid-decade redistricting plan unconstitutional. You know who says that idea is bunk? The United States Supreme Court. https://www.battleswarmblog.com/?p=66851 .

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WATCH THIS SPACE: Ed Martin: The Russia Hoax Is About to Blow Up, Schiff and Biden’s DOJ Are Next. https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2025/08/18/ed-martin-the-russia-hoax-is-about-to-blow-up-schiff-and-bidens-doj-are-next-n4942796

Obama is the New Nixon By John Kass Barack Obama is the new Nixon. There, I wrote it down and my name is on it. It’s not publicly approved speech yet, but it is no longer the Thought Crime it once was. Many Americans are thinking it. And some, like me, are saying out loud. Barack Obama is our modern Nixon figure. Worse than Nixon, actually. Nixon was considered devious. He was presented as demon by The Washington Post and most of the rest of American journalism as the devil who had to be crushed, his followers subjected to never ending ridicule, his political party was sent on a Walk of Shame. Facing certain impeachment conviction–the result of a botched burglary–Nixon resigned in 1974 rather than put the nation through more political hell. And what of Obama, the creature and darling of the political left and the beloved of the Post, New York Times, my old paper the now-woke Chicago Tribune, what remains of corporate legacy media? It was Obama who orchestrated the FBI and CIA to create what is now understood as the “Russia Collusion Hoax” and used it in attempts to destroy his political rival President Donald Trump. He set them like attack dogs on the American presidency, to rip it apart after the American people had elected Trump as their president. Once Obama’s cabal of Deep State secret intelligence chiefs were exposed, their methods opened to public scrutiny, the public began asking questions. The fall from grace is impossible for a political immortal. And for that he can’t be forgiven. {snip} The thing about Obama is that his legacy is broken. Certainly, as an intelligent man, he must know this. The left can sense it. America can sense the panic. His aides are under fire, and years after he was treated by the media as if he were some mythical flying horse like Pegasus, creature, a majority of the American people believe that Obama’s Deep State has committed crimes in what we call “RussiaGate.” The worm is turning. ”I totally agree,” Devine said, “and if you go on X they’re talking about Obama in quite negative terms.” Of course they are, it’s angry and hateful, but consider: After Obama and his Democrats and media fed the American people a steady diet of hysteria about the hateful bad Orange Man destroying the American republic, you might understand why. The left has been stirring a boiling cauldron and now it’s foaming up and over, spilling on the wrist of the witches. Obama used the FBI and CIA to destroy the presidency, but some people developed an affection for the presidency. They thought of it not belonging to Obama or Hillary Clinton or the editors of newspapers who despise them. They thought the presidency belonged to them, the people. And when they found out the true attitudes of the Obama-Clinton-Biden Democrats, they became angry. There is no putting the genie back in the bottle. Not even a grand wizard like Obama can do it. Each day the people get angrier. Much more at the link: https://johnkassnews.com/russia-hoax-reveals-obama-as-more-devious-than-nixon/ .

We had a long and substantive conversation with @POTUS We started with one-on-one talks before inviting European leaders to join us. This call lasted for more than an hour and a half, including about an hour of our bilateral conversation with President Trump. Ukraine reaffirms its readiness to work with maximum effort to achieve peace. President Trump informed about his meeting with the Russian leader and the main points of their discussion. It is important that America’s strength has an impact on the development of the situation. We support President Trump’s proposal for a trilateral meeting between Ukraine, the USA, and Russia. Ukraine emphasizes that key issues can be discussed at the level of leaders, and a trilateral format is suitable for this. On Monday, I will meet with President Trump in Washington, D.C., to discuss all of the details regarding ending the killing and the war. I am grateful for the invitation. It is important that Europeans are involved at every stage to ensure reliable security guarantees together with America. We also discussed positive signals from the American side regarding participation in guaranteeing Ukraine’s security. We continue to coordinate our positions with all partners. I thank everyone who is helping.

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Your Sunday Clarice. . . . . . . . . . East to Alaska By Clarice Feldman On Friday, Russian President Vladimir Putin flew to Alaska to meet with President Trump in an effort to resolve the long-running war with Ukraine. (Too many geographically handicapped people believed SNL’s skit deriding Sarah Palin, asserting that she had said she could see Russia from her home, and they were surprised to learn how short an eastward trip from Russia is to the United States.) For a long time, corporate media have largely framed the war as one of an innocent party viciously attacked by a big neighbor, one that is worthy of unending military and financial support. As Trump has signaled, he’s had enough and wants Ukraine’s neighbors, whose interest is greater than ours, to step up, and several Western European leaders have mouthed support. In advance of the summit, Stephen Bryen set out some relevant facts, most of which are not well-publicized elsewhere, one of the most pertinent of which is that support for the war has dropped substantially in Ukraine: “More than three years into the war, Ukrainians’ support for continuing to fight until victory has hit a new low. In Gallup’s most recent poll of Ukraine -- conducted in early July -- 69% say they favor a negotiated end to the war as soon as possible, compared with 24% who support continuing to fight until victory. This marks a nearly complete reversal from public opinion in 2022, when 73% favored Ukraine fighting until victory and 22% preferred that Ukraine seek a negotiated end as soon as possible. Yet, Zelensky continues doing whatever he can to sabotage the Trump-Putin meeting in Alaska and to behave as if Ukraine's army still has some hope of winning a war they are clearly losing.” He adds that Europe is in no realistic position to enforce any ceasefire which might be agreed upon: A European military contingent is, theoretically, supposed to enforce a ceasefire, the other demand made by Zelensky and his European allies. The idea behind this is a sort of plan (one hesitates to call it that, but it is what it is) to get a cheap ceasefire deal, send in troops, and then restart the war against Russia. In fact, Europe has no means to follow through on this -- having neither the troops nor the cash to back up Zelensky’s intransigent position. {SNIP} Hans Mahncke has an idea (which I share) about what took place in Alaska: Here’s what likely happened at the Alaska Summit. The broad outlines of a Ukraine peace agreement were already in place -- otherwise Trump wouldn’t have agreed to a summit at all. Yesterday was about confirming that everyone’s on the same page and committed to moving forward. Trump’s new insistence on going straight to a full peace agreement, not just a cease fire, is another sign of that. On Monday, little Zelensky will be told what the deal is. He might throw another tantrum, in which case he and his European friends will eventually find out the hard way that it won’t end well for them. Or he might come to his senses, accept reality, and take the deal, in which case things will move very quickly. Mahncke views Zelensky’s latest tweet about how well his war is going as akin to a Hitler-in-the-bunker statement. Whether or not you agree, my view is that reality wins in the end, and Trump’s view, unlike Zelensky’s or Britain’s or Germany’s or France’s, is one that accords with it. Much more at the link: https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/08/east_to_alaska.html .

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