The Wall Street Journal published a copy of the birthday note
Trump gave in 2003 to infamous child-sex trafficker and pedophile
Jeffrey Epstein. You can see it by clicking the headline of this email.
(The Democrats on the House Oversight Committee also posted it after
Epstein’s estate complied with a subpoena for it and other documents)
In
brief, it’s a simple line drawing of a young woman’s body, complete
with breasts, in which Trump wrote imaginary dialogue between them. He
wrote that “we have certain things in common, Jeffrey.” He signs off
with “Happy Birthday – and may every day be another wonderful secret.”
Where the woman’s pubic hair would be, he signed “Donald.”
After
reading the Journal’s reporting, which added to what I already know
about Trump’s “friendship” with Epstein, including the fact that Trump’s
name was redacted in recent months from 100,000 Epstein documents
in the Justice Department’s possession, I think it’s time for me to
say, without reservation, that the president is barely a human being.
He’s a hot garbage bag, unequivocal gutter sludge, beyond redemption. If
a billion people pissed on his grave, the deluge wouldn’t be nearly
enough to teach his criminal bones the meaning of shame.
It's
amazing to watch the benefit of the doubt given to convicted felon
Donald Chump. He's a convicted felon. He's a known liar. He's a
documented liar. Every statement he makes should be treated as suspect
by the press. They'd do that for any other convicted felon.
The
survivors of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell's abuse should be
embraced and supported. This nonsense of calling the abuse "a hoax"?
Who does that? How creepy and disgusting do you have to be in order to
do that? You have no soul. Truly, you're soulless. And that is Chump.
So the survivors are being abused all over again when Chump and his minions start attacking.
He
needs to be attacked. Moving his buddy Ghislaine Maxwell to a minimum
security prison at the end of July? She was convicted in a court of
law. She is supposed to serve 20 years. Moving her to Club Fed -- and
clearing her for it (she's a convicted sex offender and she's not
allowed, as a result, into the minimum security prison in Bryan, Texas)
-- wasn't justice. But it was spitting in the faces of the survivors.
Did you ever think we'd have a president this corrupt? Did you ever think he would flaunt just how corrupt he was?
And then there's the little weasel Miss Sassy JD Vance. He's applauding the US attack -- ordered by Chump -- on a Venezuelan ship. It's outrageous. Lisandra Gomez-Tate (2PARAGRAPHS) notes:
Among
Democrats, Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) — who sits on the House Armed
Services Committee and is, like Vance, a Marine Corps veteran —
belittled Vance’s military service as he took aim at the Vice
President’s statement, writing: “I’m glad that we’re consulting a combat
photographer for the best use of the U.S. military, because that’s what
JD Vance did.”
[NOTE: Serving
under the name James D. Hamel, the future VP “spent his service working
in public affairs, writing about Marines and taking photographs of their
work, escorting civilian news reporters and speaking about happenings
on base,” according to Stars & Stripes. Saying he was “lucky to
escape any real fighting,” Vance himself later said he learned in the
Marines that “I could speak clearly and confidently with TV cameras
shoved in my face.”]
Moulton, whose
Marines service includes four tours in Iraq, argued: “It’s absolutely
not the best use of the U.S. military because we have a very clear
national defense strategy, a strategy that was put in place by multiple
administrations including the Trump administration, that designates
China as the principle adversary of the United States.”
Moulton
added in his Vance response: “So when you’re diverting resources from
China including nuclear subs — they have a nuclear sub off of Venezuela —
I’m not exactly sure what they intend to do with a nuclear sub against
drug traffickers, but clearly they’re not following their own national
defense strategy, and that’s just dangerous for the security of the
United States. That’s dangerous for deterrence, that’s dangerous for
preventing wars. It certainly doesn’t make Trump a harbinger of peace as
he tries to proclaim.”
I miss the days when all I had to worry about was the way we were killing our planet.
Wednesday, September 10, 2025. Chump goes out to eat last night nd
gets booed, he issues a denial insisting that the birthday greeting to
Jeffrey Epstein is not his, turns out a deal was made with Ghislaine
Maxwell before she spoke to Deputy AG Todd Blanche, the American people
need to know what that deal was, Chump continues to slaughter the
economy on all fronts -- employments, housing and inflation -- and much
more.
The
U.S. labor market is experiencing a turbulent phase in 2025, with job
losses reaching alarming levels. Reports indicate that over 800,000 jobs
have been cut in the first seven months of the year, marking a 75%
increase compared to the same period in 2024. This surge in job cuts is
the highest since the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, which saw over 1.8
million layoffs.
A report by
Challenger, Gray & Christmas highlights three primary causes for
these job cuts. Among them, the economic conditions and uncertainty
stemming from the tariffs imposed during Trump's administration are
significant contributors. These tariffs have increased the cost of
essential inputs for many U.S. businesses, squeezing profit margins.
Andrew
Challenger, a labor expert, noted that tariff-related concerns have
directly impacted nearly 6,000 jobs this year. The lack of clarity on
whether tariffs will remain, increase, or decrease adds to the economic
uncertainty, making it challenging for businesses to strategize
effectively. However, tariffs are not the sole factor in the current
employment crisis.
President Donald Trump has promised his high tariffs will inspire an American manufacturing renaissance.
Yet so far his controversial experiment has failed to inspire a jobs boom. Not only is hiring weak, but the industries most exposed to tariffs have been shedding workers – exactly the opposite of the intended outcome.
Job
growth in tariff-impacted sectors including manufacturing, construction
and transportation turned negative shortly after Trump started his
trade war this spring, according to a new analysis by Apollo Global
chief economist Torsten Slok.
Slok’s research,
based on a three-month moving average of Bureau of Labor Statistics data
on employment, shows that while tariff-impacted sectors had moments of
job loss in recent years, this is the first time payroll growth is
negative over a period of several months.
Employment in industries not affected by tariffs continues to increase, albeit at a slower pace than before the trade war.
Economist Justin Wolfers is sounding the alarm on the
potential for stagflation, warning that proposed tariffs could inflict a
painful combination of slowing growth and rising prices on the U.S.
economy.
In a recent interview, the University of Michigan
professor cautioned that Americans could soon get "‘two bad tastes at
the same time'—rising unemployment and rising inflation."
Wolfers
explained that the ingredients for this challenging scenario are
already present. He broke down the dual nature of stagflation,
describing it as a mix of economic stagnation and persistent inflation.
Also sounding the alarm is Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan Chase. Hugh Son (CNBC) reports
he sees trouble coming and quotes him stating, "I think the economy is
weakening. Whether it's on the way to recession or just weakening, I
don't know."
Stephanie Ruhle has noted repeatedly on her MSNBC
program THE 11TH HOUR how various business leaders who would normally be
weighing in and expressing concern over the economy have been silent
for months now. Apparently, silence is no longer an option. CBS NEWS'
conversation with former CBO director Douglas Holtz-Eakin makes that
clear.
"Dead
in the water." The economy -- the bad economy -- is producing anxiety
in the housing market but it's not producing jobs. That includes for
Chump's tiny dicked base of boys who wish they were men. Courtney Brown (AXIOS) reports:
Younger adults are facing the worst labor market shock in years, one far more acute than the rest of the population.
Why
it matters: There's no denying the misery for young people who can't
find work. It might stunt their career growth for decades to come.
Threat level: What's
holding back hiring is a mix of fleeting, cyclical factors — economic
uncertainty as a result of Trump's trade policies, for instance, or high
interest rates.
Other factors, like the uptake of AI
eliminating entry-level positions, are likely structural. The result
might be a difficult hiring environment for younger people for the
foreseeable future.
Young but less-educated Americans also feel
the pinch. The sluggish pace of job gains is widespread across the
economy, including in industries that, in normal times, would be the
most likely to hire them.
What they're saying:
"There is a pile-up of young people that are looking for work," says
Guy Berger, the director of economic research at the Burning Glass
Institute.
18 to 29 year old White males -- don't call them men -- voted 63% for Chump. You got what you wanted boys. No jobs.
They're
so worried about their manhood that they can't see straight. They give
themselves names like "Big Balls" but they're not men, they're cowardly
little boys as we all saw when "Big Balls" got jumped in DC by
children. By children. Big Balls? Try no balls.
The Trump administration is obviously attempting to follow the
familiar playbook by which autocracies consolidate their power,
effectively turning America into a one-party state where almost everyone
accepts that resistance to the regime is futile and is afraid to show
any signs of opposition.
And by and large America’s elites have
offered no more resistance to authoritarian consolidation than a wet
Kleenex. But historically, anti-democratic parties that establish
lasting autocracies have done so with considerable initial support from
the broader public. At least at first, they’re actually popular,
especially because they deliver, or seem to deliver, major economic
gains.
That’s not happening for Trump, at all. And the big
question — to which I don’t know the answer — is whether a regime that
inherited a good economy but ruined it and whose non-economic policies
are deeply unpopular can still consolidate autocratic rule.
Epstein
and Maxwell, the economy, his attacks on immigrnts, attacking US
cities as though they're foreign countries? It's all piling up on
Chump. Sara Dorn (FORBES) explains:
Big Number
43%.
That’s Trump’s average approval rating so far during his second term,
slightly higher than his 41% average approval rating throughout the
duration of his first term, according to Gallup.
What Was Biden’s Approval Rating At This Point In His Term?
49%, according to Gallup’s Aug. 2-17, 2021 average.
As Ben notes this morning on MEIDASTOUCH NEWS, Chump went out last night and was greeted with boos.
What was it that Frederick Trump always used to say? Oh,
that's right, "Donald, you candy ass cry baby, you f**k up everything
you touch. You're an embarrassment to the family and I will never take
your mother's word that you are actually my flesh and blood. Stop
crying, you big baby."
I think Frederick Trump was onto something.
Let's
turn to Chump and his longterm relationships with convicted sex
traffickers Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. Lawrence O'Donnell
pointed out last night that it took Chump over 24 hours but last night
Chump himself finally responded to Congress releasing the birthday card
he made for Jeffrey Epstein.
What
a little bitch. We all know it's his signature. It's in Epstein's
book. Chump says he doesn't use those words when, in fact, he does.
It's his signature and his style of drawing. At another time, we might
all be made to put our heads on our desks to see if Chump, the lying
student in the classroom, could return what he's stolen if we all
weren't looking.
He's pathetic.
MSNBC has compiled some of their coverage from yesterday on Chump's ongoing lies and his ongoing scandal.
A
Democratic lawmaker kept insisting Donald Trump may be guilty of
wrongdoing during his friendship with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, and
CNN anchor John Berman kept replying with disclaimers on Tuesday.
Rep.
Dave Min (D-Calif.), a member of the House Oversight Committee, and
Berman were discussing Monday’s release of Epstein records that included
a photo of Epstein and a Mar-a-Lago club member with an oversize check
that had an obviously fake Trump signature on it. The caption joked that
Trump bought a “fully depreciated” woman. The entry was part of the
“birthday book” made for Epstein in 2003 that Epstein’s estate handed
over to the committee.
The committee has been
investigating the Justice Department’s handling of the human
sex-trafficking case against Epstein (which was dropped after he died in
prison in 2019), while Trump has backed off from his promise to release
documents connected to his former friend.
Min
noted how Epstein’s victims, ranging in age from 12 to 22, said in
testimony to the committee that they felt “commodified” and
“disrespected.” He also asserted that Trump was part of Epstein’s inner
circle.
Berman offered one of many statements
to clarify matters and perhaps steer CNN clear of legal exposure.
“Again, I do want to say we have no reason to think that he was in any
way involved with that check itself, ” the journalist said. “Also, no
reason to think he’s conducted any wrongdoing involving Jeffrey
Epstein.”
“I would say we have lots of reasons to think
he was involved in wrongdoing,” Min interrupted. “I mean, at this
point, there’s a lot of smoke. There may be some fire, but I would just
push back and say I think there’s a lot reason to think Donald Trump was
involved.”
The
stunning release of a photograph of convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein
holding a joke novelty check as payment for a woman at Donald Trump’s
Mar-a-Lago estate may be a precursor to even worse revelations about
Trump and his former friend.
Appearing on MSNBC
on Tuesday morning, former U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade claimed the
photo, which has been described as “Epstein and a longtime Mar-a-Lago
member joking about selling a 'fully depreciated' woman to Donald Trump
for $22,500," is far more alarming than the actual birthday letter Trump
allegedly wrote to his pal Epstein, which was also revealed on on
Monday after being hinted at weeks ago.
McQuade was asked on “Morning Joe, “Where do you see this going from a legal perspective?”
“I
found this item even more troubling than the drawing because of what it
suggests,” she began. “Now, of course, it appears that it was created
by some member, It may be a completely fabricated joke, but, you know,
people make jokes based on some grain of truth because that's what makes
it funny.”
“So I think it raises a lot of
questions,” she continued. “I also think the drawing suggests, you know,
the drawing itself is sort of bawdy, but it suggests a close
relationship with Trump — if it's authentic — referring to Jeffrey
Epstein as his pal and that they have secrets together. So I think it
raises a lot of questions as to where it's going.”
Seems
a number of people believe where there's smoke, there's fire. Chump
himself created that viewpoint when, after insisting all the files would
be released, then went with there are no files and then made a deal
with Ghislaine Maxwell to shut her up -- about what we don't know -- in
exchange for sending her to Club Fed in Bryant, Texas. And then he made
it even worse with his lies about a birthday card. There's a lot of
sludge flowing down The Chump Denial.
Did someone say Jizzy Pants Maxwell? The convict and her cushy new home were noted by Rachel Maddow Monday night.
An
attorney for convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell told a CNN
panel that defendants like his client who cooperate with the government
typically do so in order to get something in return.
During
an appearance on CNN NewsNight, attorney Arthur Aidala told host Abby
Phillip that he couldn’t discuss the specifics of Maxwell being moved to
a lower-security prison after she met with Trump’s Deputy Attorney
General Todd Blanche in July.
But asked why
Maxwell was transferred to a “cushier prison” following the two-day
interview, Aidala said he could “talk in generalities.”
“When
anybody who’s represented by a lawyer who knows what they’re doing goes
in and meets with the government, there’s always a quid pro quo,” he
said. “You don’t just take your client in and say, ‘Let me talk to you
about something.’ They wanted information from—hypothetically, anytime
the government wants information from a citizen, the citizen says,
‘Well, I have a right to remain silent. If you want me to give up that
right, I need something in return.’”
So
a deal was made before a word was spoken? And somehow the White House
didn't feel the deal needed to be released to the American public or
even acknowledged? Who works for who? Can someone help me out with
that because I love the United States and was raised to believe that our
government works for us. Not the other way around. So when Chump
makes a deal with a convicted pedophile and sex trafficker and does so
as a public servant, he's not only on the clock, he's working for us and
we have the right to know what Maxwell gave and was required to give in
order for him to move her to a prison that she did not qualify for.
He's put her in a low level prison and she's a convicted sex offender.
People in Bryan have not just complained, they have actively protested
her being at Camp Fed and arguing that her presence is a threat to their
neighborhood.
They're right too. That's why sex offenders like Maxwell are not supposed to be in these prisons.
Donald
made a deal and fat boy works for us, not the other way around. It's
past time to remind him of that and Congress needs to demand that the
Justice Dept release every bit of paperwork they have on Maxwell's deal
that resulted in a prison transfer.
By the way, Propaganda Pig
Karoline Leavett briefly addressed the developments in the Epstein and
Maxwell scandal. Let me quote Ann's coverage of it:
Following Monday’s blockbuster Wall Street Journal story,
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt was certain to face tough
questions about President Donald Trump’s connection to Jeffrey Epstein.
But it was perhaps something of a surprise that the first of those
queries came from a former reporter for Breitbart.
During
Tuesday afternoon’s White House briefing, Charlie Spiering — a former
correspondent for Breitbart who currently works for the Daily Mail —
grilled Leavitt with some pointed questions on Trump and Epstein.
“The
Epstein files are back in the news because a lot of Americans feel that
Jeffrey Epstein’s victims never got justice,” Spiering said. “Does the
President care about these victims? Do you think he can — does he want
to deliver more justice for them, and is he willing to meet with them?”
“The President cares about victims of all crimes,” Leavitt replied. “[Oink~ Oink~ Oink!!!]"
Spiering asked Leavitt a second time about the prospect of Trump meeting with Epstein victims.
“Will the president meet with the victims?” Speiring asked.
But Leavitt ignored the question and called on another reporter.
And then Propaganda Pig Karoline Leavitt trotted back off to her pigsty.
In
the meantime, everyone continues attempting to figure out Speaker of
the Closet Mike Johnon's recent remarks that Chump was a snitch to the
FBI on Epstein. Chris Stirewalt (THE HILL) offers:
Writing
about the Jeffrey Epstein saga has the feeling of using an air horn. It
calls a great deal of attention to oneself, produces unpredictable and
intense results in its audience and really should be saved for moments
when it’s absolutely necessary — scaring off a charging bear, preventing
a maritime disaster, being Pitbull, etc.
Then
you read something like this: “[Speaker Mike Johnson] went on to say,
‘[President Trump] was an FBI informant to try to take this stuff
down.’” And you find yourself pulling open the junk drawer in the
kitchen and rummaging for that air horn you bought as a stocking stuffer
last Christmas.
When the Speaker then
clarified that he was only “reiterating what the victims’ attorney said”
— the part about how Trump had cooperated with investigators during the
first Epstein prosecution but not the part about how the president had
done an “about-face” — then you’ve got to push that little red button.
It
would be one thing if the Speaker had a reputation as a liar, but even
his fiercest enemies would have to acknowledge that Johnson is known to
be a very honest man. Or if Johnson were stupid, it might be reasonable
to think that he didn’t know how police informants work. But Johnson, a
lawyer and law professor, has proven to be a lot smarter than most in
Washington. He keeps passing bill after bill despite having a majority
thinner than the ones that ate his three immediate Republican
predecessors alive.
The most
obvious and unpleasant explanation for why Johnson would say that Donald
Trump was undercover for the FBI trying to bring down an international
ring of pedophiles is that somebody told him it was true. The list of
people who might tell Johnson something like that and whom Johnson would
believe well enough to repeat the claim is very, very short. Maybe even
just one name long, signed with a flourish…
The
obvious part of why it’s not pleasant to write (or read) about the
Epstein case is the luridness of all of it. That, of course, is also the
largest part of why this story, more than any of the other similarly
ripe scandals of the second Trump term, has persisted. The wild
buckraking the president and his family are doing is no less active or
ethically profane than it was when the Qataris gave him a jumbo jet and
his family was holding soirees for foreign cryptocurrency patrons this
spring. But sex sells, and the more taboo and shameful the better.
And
on THE DAILY BEAST podcast, Michael Wolfe offered his take and how it
might have something to do with money laundering that Chump did for
Russia.
Let's note this press release from Senator Elizabeth Warren's office:
Donald Korb spent his career
transitioning between the IRS and law firms, where he defended some of
the biggest corporations being investigated by the IRS
Warren on proposed ethics
commitments for Korb: “By making these commitments, you would increase
Americans’ trust in your ability to serve the public interest—rather
than the special interests of mega-corporations seeking tax breaks.”
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren
(D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, wrote to Donald
Korb, nominee for Chief Counsel for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS),
ahead of Korb’s confirmation hearing, pressing him on his stark
conflicts of interest and urging him to make ethics commitments to
mitigate these conflicts.
“I have been raising the alarm for years about this insidious
revolving door at the Department of the Treasury and the IRS, which
threatens the important work of the agencies,” wrote Senator Warren.
“I am concerned that, if confirmed, you would enter this role with
significant conflicts of interest that could cloud your judgment or
raise questions about the integrity of IRS decisions in which you are
involved.”
Throughout Mr. Korb’s career, he has transitioned between roles at
the IRS—including serving as Chief Counsel under President George W.
Bush—and positions as a lawyer and lobbyist for large, tax-dodging
corporations. Mr. Korb began his career at the IRS, where he worked from
1973 to 1986. Mr. Korb later became a lobbyist, until he was nominated
to be IRS Chief Counsel in 2003 by President Bush. After leaving office,
he joined the firm Sullivan & Cromwell, where he headed the tax
controversy department, defending some of the country’s wealthiest
corporations being investigated by the IRS, as well as continuing to
lobby for wealthy firms.
“As IRS Chief Counsel under President Trump, you would be responsible
for advising the IRS on disputes with these former clients and would
advise the IRS and Treasury on tax regulations that will affect your
former clients, absent appropriate recusal measures,” wrote Senator Warren.
Senator Warren is requesting that Mr. Korb, should he be confirmed:
Recuse himself for four years from all specific-party matters
involving his former clients and employers and all particular matters
that are likely to directly and predictably affect their financial
interests;
Refrain from seeking employment or board membership with, or another
form of compensation from, a company that has been engaged in a dispute
or other interaction with the IRS regarding which he provided legal
advice for at least four years after leaving office; and
Agree not to serve as a lobbyist or informal “shadow lobbyist” for at least four years after leaving office.
Senator Warren noted that the prior IRS Chief Counsel Marjorie
Rollinson made these commitments as part of her confirmation process,
alongside other Biden Administration nominees.
“By making these commitments, you would increase Americans’ trust in
your ability to serve the public interest—rather than the special
interests of mega-corporations seeking tax breaks—during your time at
the IRS,” concluded the senator.
