FUGLY CRACKPOT FREAK BARI WEISS IS SAID TO BE TRYING TO SQUEEZE INTO THE ROLE OF OMBUDSPERSON AT CBS NEWS -- IF SHE CAN LOSE FORTY OR FIFTY POUNDS AND SOMEONE CAN CUT THE POOP OUT OF HER ASS HAIR. THE WALKING DISASTER HAS NEVER PLAYED WELL WITH OTHERS AND IS KNOWN TO BITE ANY CANINE WHO COMES NEAR HER BOWL OF PURINA PRO PLAN SENIOR DOG FOOD.
BUT WHEN THESE REPORTERS MET WITH HER FOR A SCHEDULED Q.&A., WEISS WAS SURPRSINGLY CHIPPER HAVING JUST TAKEN A DUMP ON A NEWSPAPER BESIDE HER DESK.
Q: DONALD CHUMP BASICALLY CREATED THIS JOB FOR YOU -- DOES THAT MEAN YOU'RE ON WELFARE?
BW: I'M A HAPPY CAMPER BECAUSE, DESPITE MY FACE, I MAY GET ON TV. I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO DO TV BUT NEVER HAD ENOUGH MONEY FOR PLASTIC SURGERY. THE RISE OF CHUMP MEANS ALL THE UGLY PEOPLE FINALLY GET A SHOT AT HIGH PROFILE MEDIOCRITY.
Q: AND WHAT WILL YOU BRING TO CBS?
BW: DIVERSITY. DIVERSITY'S REALLY IMPORTANT.
Q: BUT CHUMP GOT CBS TO AGREE TO KILL ALL DIVERSITY INITIATIVES.
BW: NO, NO AND NO. WHAT WE DON'T WANT IS EQUALITY. DIVERSITY -- AS WE DEFINE IT -- MEANS DIVERSITY OF OPINION. FOR TOO LONG, MAINSTREAM MEDIA HAS STRESSED CONFORMITY WITH NO REAL DIVERSITY. THANKS TO ME, CBS WILL NOW BE ABLE TO DEMONSTRATE TRUE DIVERSITY. FOR EXAMPLE, THERE ARE A LOT OF MURDERS IN THIS COUNTRY. MAINSTREAM MEDIA COVERAGE ALWAYS TREATS THIS AS A BAD THING. DIVERSITY OF OPINION MEANS I CAN GO ON TV AND TALK ABOUT THE MANY GOOD PARTS OF MURDER. OR ELDERLY ABUSE! I WON'T BE PART OF THE ECHO CHAMBER CONDEMING IT. I'LL POINT OUT THAT SOME ELDERLY PEOPLE DON'T HAVE MUCH TO DO AND ELDERLY ABUSE ACTUALLY BRINGS SOME EXCITEMENT INTO THEIR LIVES. IT'S ABOUT PRETENDING YOU HAVE A BRAIN AND PRETENDING YOU'RE USING IT. I'VE DONE THAT FOR MANY YEARS NOW. LIKE WHO SAYS RACISM IS WRONG? I NEVER HAVE! DIVERSITY OF OPINION IS SO VERY IMPORTANT TO ME. UNLESS WE'RE TALKING HIRING PEOPLE OF COLOR. THEN YOU CAN FORGET ABOUT DIVERSITY. DIVERSITY IS MY RIGHT TO ARGUE THAT THE EARTH IS FLAT WITHOUT BEING CANCELLED! YES, I KNOW WHAT IT MEANS TO BE CANCELLED! YES, I DO!
Yesterday, some of' the survivors of Julian Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell's abuse took part in a press conference calling for justice and closure. Many spoke to the media throughout the day after the conference. On MSNBC, for example, last night Lawrence O'Donnell spoke with survivor Jena-Lisa Jones.
President Trump probably hoped the long Labor Day weekend would help him outrun his political troubles. Instead, his absence from public view only seemed to sharpen the mounting questions about his health and fitness for office.
Unfortunately for Trump, one trouble never comes alone. The explosion of chatter around Trump’s health might have Americans questioning whether the president is up to the job, but it hasn’t distracted them from demanding the full release of the Jeffrey Epstein files. People want to know how their president was involved with the nation’s most notorious child sex trafficker — and, for once, they aren’t buying into Trump’s cynical distractions.
Where are the Epstein files, Mr. President?
After an August spent trying (and failing) to move on from Trump’s Epstein connection, Republicans have returned to Washington to find Epstein’s victims still waiting by House Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) door. Far from cooling the temperature regarding the Epstein documents, the August recess seems to have given Reps. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) and Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) time to build bipartisan consensus around their release. If Khanna and Massie get their way, Trump may soon have a black eye to match his bruised hands.
Watchdog organizations are pressing for answers, even if most congressional Republicans aren’t. Last week, the nonpartisan Democracy Defenders Fund filed a federal lawsuit against the Trump administration demanding the full release of all files related to the Epstein investigation — not just the same already-public documents the Department of Justice has falsely touted as “new” information. They argue, rightly, that transparency isn’t optional in a democracy, even if that transparency implicates the sitting president in potentially criminal misconduct.
Survivors who were exploited by Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking ring on Wednesday called for full transparency after Congress released thousands of pages of documents to the public.
Epstein was a convicted sex offender accused of victimizing hundreds of young women. At a news conference, Lisa Phillips said survivors are compiling their own list of people who abused Epstein's victims.
No, Justin, after Congress re-released 97% of pages of documents. We don't need to provide cover of lies. Only 3% of what Congress released yesterday was new. 97% was already publicly available.
This statement Justin later types makes clear that he knows that, "Most of the documents released Tuesday contained information that had already been made public through court filings and other records." That sentence belongs in the article first paragraph. Instead Justin buries it in paragraph ten. Back to his article:
"We know the names. Many of us were abused by them," she said. "We will confidentially compile the names we all know are regularly in the Epstein world."
Phillips said many people knew of Epstein's abuse.
"Why was he allowed to sponsor visas for young models using their immigration status as leverage to abuse them and silence them?" Phillips said. "Epstein was not just a serial predator; he was an international human trafficker. And many around him knew this, many participated, and many profited — and yet he was protected."
Phillips was among those calling for transparency.
Also stumbling is a member of Congress. Evan Williams (TAG24) notes, "MAGA Congressman James Comer claimed on Tuesday that Ghislaine Maxwell had 'exonerated' President Donald Trump during an interview with the Department of Justice." Comer's a liar or an idiot -- probably both. Pope Leo might be able to exonerate someone with a statement because the new pope is trusted. Jizzy Pants Maxwell? She's a convicted felon as is her dead partner Epstein. In her two days of chatting with air head Todd Blanche, Jizzy Pants insisted she was innocent and that so was Epstein. A liar like that? They can lie but they can't exonerate.
"What I will say is she got this airtime and platform. Her voice was elevated way before our voices were elevated here today," said Hyelm. "And the same calm, manipulative voice that she had — so polite, there, that day with Todd Blanche, was the same polite, coercive, manipulative voice that I heard as she was grooming me to then send me off to the home of Jeffrey Epstein, where he would assault me."
The same attempt to build a relationship and try to garner trust was what Helm said she experienced. She was convinced she was about to start her "dream job" for which she'd been recruited from college. She was flown from Los Angeles to New York City for an interview.
"So, I thought her voice that day was the same voice that sent me off to a monster," she added.
Helm also noted that she thinks nothing can be believed that comes out of Maxwell, because she's already been caught with perjury.
"I myself could sit there and listen as I did, I sat there and listened, listen to this woman's voice, lie, and there was no pushback from Todd Blanche, because — does he even have the facts to be able to push back on her?" Helm asked. "We could sit there and push back. Why didn't we get to attend that? Why weren't we there that day, or why wasn't even one of us consulted prior to that day in that meeting? And why on Earth has she been moved from Florida to her — it's basically a prison spa. I mean, you know, let's be real."
She explained that none of the survivors were consulted ahead of the meeting or even told that the interview would happen.
Marina Lacerda was part of a vast network of victims who were abused by Epstein as a teenager. Until now, she was identified as an unidentified minor victim in the 2019 federal indictment against the disgraced financier.
Joining lawmakers and a group of survivors in Washington, D.C. Wednesday, Lacerda, 37, shared details of her abuse by Epstein and demanded the complete release of the so-called Epstein Files.
“I never thought that I would find myself here,” she said. “The only reason I’m here is because it feels like the people who matter in this country finally care about what we have to say.”
She first met Epstein in 2002 in New York when she was just 14, according to the 2019 indictment.
The young Brazilian immigrant was a freshman in high school at the time, working three jobs to try to support her mom and her sister. That’s when a friend told her she could make $300 by giving an “older guy” a massage, she said at a Wednesday press conference on Capitol Hill.
“It went from a dream job to the worst nightmare,” Lacerda said.
Let's note some reactions from ten community sites:
Stan: But that was scary and I couldn't believe anyone would harm my aunt because she was so warm, sweet and funny. As the survivors spoke out today, I kept thinking about that and how sick some people are. Maxwell is sick. Epstien was sick. Maxwell is still alive. She needs to be back in a real prison. And the president of the United States needs to be defending the survivors, not attacking them.
Ann: The survivors shined today and as Chump attacked them, they just stuck to the truth and shined even brighter. We need to see some justice on this issue and we need to see some closure. Our government has to stand with the survivors or our government is not of the people, it's against the people.
Marcia: Today, survivors of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell spoke out. The world's a little better as a result. When brave voices tell the truth, it makes a difference. Chump immediately attacked them and called them a "hoax." Doesn't matter. Many people heard them and some for the first time. This helped the nation. I applaud these survivors and want to see justice for them. Release the files. That's a demand we need to make to honor those who were betrayed by the justice system and the Alex Acostas.
Kat: They are not going to go away. They are not going to be dismissed. They were ignored and threatened as girls and young women and they're not having it anymore nor should they. We need to join their call and demand all the records be released. We need to join their call and make it clear that Maxwell belongs in a real prison and not the social club Chump moved her to weeks ago. She is a convicted sex trafficker and pedophile. She has stood trial and been sentenced to 20 years behind bars.
Rebecca: crooks. they're like the supreme court. they're not going to police themselves, so they're not to need outsiders to do it. i think we'll be seeing some much needed reforms after we've watched chump and his family work overtime to make millions via their corruption. but he's a predator and that's what predators do. he's a predator who was friends with jeffrey epstein and ghislaine maxwell and that's why the orange creep is not helping the survivors. he doesn't care about and he never did. truth be told, he was probably pushing himself on underage girls. chump is disgusting. and before this is all over, maga will realize that and will grasp how he played them.
Elaine: Nothing but lies from Chump and his administration. Today, disgusting Donald made a point to attack the survivors of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. Chump is a con artist. He's exposed himself to the American people.
Trina: Chump is a liar. And he is a liar who does not care about the America people. He's part of the swamp he once pretended to want to drain. He's destroying our earth. That is just who he is, a dangerous criminal. And that is why he moved Ghislaine Maxwell to Club Fed and why he is attacking the survivors abused by Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein.
Betty: Important day as survivors publicly spoke out and demanded justice.
They spoke out even as Chump attacked them. As US House Rep Jasmine Crockett noted, clearly the White House was the hostile actors.
They are not a hoax and they will not be silenced.
When the truth is spoken, we're all a little bit stronger as a result. We're inspired to speak more truth. We're encouraged to stand with those in need. Doing the right thing becomes very important.
Thank you to all the survivors who spoke today and who inspired us and who remembered the importance of humanity and that democracy requires a strong public square where the truth can be spoken and embraced.
Mike: Donald Chump is disgusting. He has two daughters. I only have one daughter. But this is something that we all need to call out and that's especially true if you are a father. What was done to these women by Epstein and Maxwell? Those are crimes. And these women were failed. It's time for us, as a country to make this right. To make it clear that grooming and abuse is not acceptable and that destroying people's lives is not acceptable. We need to stand with the survivors to show them the support that they shouldn't have gotten all along and we need to stand with the survivors to embrace our own humanity. Donald Chump is disgusting and so is anyone else protecting the criminals Epstein and Maxwell and standing in the way of the survivors getting justice and getting closure.
Ruth: And that is the reality before we factor in Mr. Chump's efforts to silence those who survived the abuse of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.
Did everyone catch the slap Chump gave Robert Kennedy Junior? Just wondering. He's mocking those wanting the Kennedy assassination records released.
Dementia Donald Chump: It remind me a little of the Kennedy situation. We gave them everything. Over and over again. More. And more. And more. And nobody's ever satisfied.
Somebody better check on Junior and they especially better check on the worm in Junior's brain after Chump landed that bitch slap to Junior's head.
Important day as survivors publicly spoke out and demanded justice.
They spoke out even as Chump attacked them. As US House Rep Jasmine Crockett noted, clearly the White House was the hostile actors.
They are not a hoax and they will not be silenced.
When the truth is spoken, we're all a little bit stronger as a result. We're inspired to speak more truth. We're encouraged to stand with those in need. Doing the right thing becomes very important.
Thank you to all the survivors who spoke today and who inspired us and who remembered the importance of humanity and that democracy requires a strong public square where the truth can be spoken and embraced.
It's too bad we don't have President Kamala. Can't imagine her attacking survivors the way Chump is doing.
We could have had President Kamala. And we in this country and everyone around the world would have been a lot better off.
The
Washington Post has leaked a document circulating in the White House
outlining specifications to turn Gaza into a luxury tourist and
technological resort.
Trump's real plan for Gaza isn't far removed from the video created using AI a few months ago.
According
to the 38-page dossier circulating in the White House offices, the
United States would manage the area for more than a decade, and more
than two million Gazans would be expelled to be relocated to other
areas, with aid of €5,000 per person and a two-year rent.
Can someone read that to Congress woman Rashida Tlaib?
Remember how there was no reason to vote for Kamala per Psychic Rashida?
She
didn't protect the Palestinian people and she certainly didn't protect
that American people. She's pariah and will remain that for all time.
If she'd had a brain, she would have long ago said, "I was wrong. I
can't believe the harm I brought about."
But she thinks she can get away with the havoc and cruelty she brought about.
The
party has other problems to address. In two or four years, we'll have
time for Rashida and we need to then focus on tossing her out of
office. She's garbage trash and every day immigrant lives are destroyed
because of choices that she made.
Wednesday, September 3, 2025. Epstein survivors to hold press
conference this morning, Speaker of the Closet Mike Johnson thinks he
can trick people, Chump can't escape the Epstein topic anymore than he
can stop the decaying of his own flesh, and much more.
At
the end of the 80s, Donald Chump began his friendships with sex
traffickers and pedophiles Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. This friendship lasted until at least 2007.
Chump was very cozy with Epstein and having recently moved Ghislaine
Maxwell to Club Fed in Bryan, Texas, he clearly remains tight with
Maxwell.
If you don't get just how disgusting
the deal he made with Ghislaine was or just how Todd Blanche refused to
ask questions of Maxwell during their two days of 'interviews,' make a
point to stream the video below from THE LAST WORD WITH LAWRENCE
O'DONNELL.
We
should all be appalled at the way Todd Blanche kissed the ass of a
convicted felon serving a 20 year sentence for sex trafficking. A
convicted felon was allowed to lie repeatedly and was never once
challenged. But she was laughed with, Blanche laughed with her and made
her feel comfortable as she lied non-stop.
Last night, Ben did a very important report for MEIDASTOUCH NEWS.
The reason it feels like Congress doesn’t exist anymore is because it functionally doesn’t,
but also because this summer vacation was extended. House Republicans
tucked tail and left early after fearing the possibility of having to
vote for transparency about the biggest underage sex ring in U.S.
history, which gives you a good sense of where we are with that party
right now.
House Speaker Mike Johnson had six weeks to figure out how to manage
the intra-party rebellion over the Jeffrey Epstein scandal. Republican
members were still getting an earful
at home, so ducking a vote wasn’t practical. But Johnson needed to
uphold his prime directive of acting as a human shield for the president
and keeping his name out of any revelations.
So after weeks of rumination, here’s what Johnson came up with: a resolution,
hastily added to the week’s floor voting schedule on Monday, that would
“direct” the House Oversight Committee to continue investigating the
federal cases against Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, which is already in
progress. In other words, Johnson would have the House vote to do
something it is effectively already doing.
The word you may be grasping for is “misdirection.”
This resolution is being floated for a vote to keep people away from a bipartisan bill
from Reps. Ro Khanna (D-CA) and Tom Massie (R-KY), which would directly
compel the relevant government agencies to release all relevant files.
Yesterday, Khanna and Massie launched the discharge petition process
for their bill. If it gets signatures from a majority of House members,
that bill will have to come to the floor, and the co-authors say they
already have that many in hand. They’re holding a press conference this morning with victims of Epstein’s sex ring.
Johnson’s gambit is to claim that he’s already giving supporters of
releasing the files a vote, so they shouldn’t have to sign onto the
discharge petition. That is the hard sell that both the House Republican
leadership and the White House, which is apparently whipping members to not sign onto the discharge petition, are making.
This is as much about Johnson controlling what gets on his House floor (which could trigger other bypass attempts, like on a congressional stock trading ban), but it’s based on a misimpression that the “attaboy Oversight Committee” resolution is the same as the Khanna-Massie bill.
Let's stop for a moment do deal with something of a housekeeping issue.
And
clicking on that takes you to the renamed reports "What’s in the batch
of Epstein files just released by a House committee" at THE NEWSHOUR.
Here's the transcript of the video they released and then a few hour
later killed.
Amna Nawaz:
Welcome to the "News Hour."
Congress is back in
Washington tonight, and the clock is already ticking. Lawmakers have
less than one month to avoid a government shutdown.
Geoff Bennett:
On the table, a fierce fight over billions in spending
cuts, some 30,000 pages worth of Jeffrey Epstein-related files that
Republicans just posted tonight online, and the Senate moving to
fast-track President Trump's nominees.
Our congressional correspondent, Lisa Desjardins, joins us now.
So, Lisa, it's always great to see you.
Let's start with the possible government shutdown at the end of the month. We are weeks away. How likely is it?
Lisa Desjardins:
It is possible.
Let's take people through exactly
how this is going to work, what we know. First of all, the deadline is
September 30 to fund most of government. Now, any deal needs 60 Senate
votes. So, of course, that means likely at least seven Democrats would
have to get on board.
Now, that's led to this situation where, of
course, Democrats know they have leverage here. They don't have leverage
in a lot of cases. House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries today told
reporters, including myself, that he's looking for a bipartisan
solution. But what that really means is, he wants some concessions.
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY):
That spending bill has to be both bipartisan, a product
of negotiation, and it's got to serve the interests of the American
people in terms of their health, safety, national security, and economic
well-being.
Lisa Desjardins:
Health, safety, national security, economic, that covers everything. So, there's a lot on the table for him.
And
this is the man really to watch, Senate Democratic leader Chuck
Schumer. It's his vote that Republicans will need to get a funding bill
through, or it could be his decision to try to go all the way to a
government shutdown. It is very much on the table, a risky decision for
Democrats either way.
The pressure is on them to stand up to
President Trump, try and get some policy changes. But some Democrats say
a shutdown might benefit Trump.
Geoff Bennett:
And why are they feeling the pressure this week, Lisa?
Lisa Desjardins:
Right.
It seems like the 30th is a long way away.
It's not. One reason is because, in the middle of the month, there will
be a recess, a full week. So really it's just about two or three weeks
they have. And, remember, they're only in town three days a week mostly.
Geoff Bennett:
Let's talk about the other big news tonight.
The
House Oversight Committee released tens of thousands of pages of
documents related to the Jeffrey Epstein case. There had been
Republicans calling for more transparency, and this appears to be a step
in that direction?
Lisa Desjardins:
Right.
And a reminder, we're talking about Jeffrey
Epstein. He's the financier accused of sex crimes. His conspirator,
Ghislaine Maxwell, was sent to prison for those crimes. He also was
connected with many high-profile individuals, friends with Donald Trump,
though Trump has disavowed him since.
Here's what we got tonight,
documents like this, 33,000-plus pages of them. But I want to point
out, this document, our producer Matt Loffman quickly figured out, is
public. This is not something that is special to the Department of
Justice. This is something you could find on the Supreme Court's Web
site. This is Ghislaine Maxwell's — part of her appeal case.
So a
lot of this are legal documents. Going through them, we really don't
know how much of it is new. But I am told from House Oversight
Republicans that these are all the documents that DOJ has given them so
far.
Democrats have said, first of all, that these 34,000
documents is just 1 percent of the total. Now, Republicans are worried
about something else going on. That's a bipartisan effort by two — two
Republican — two members of Congress, Democratic Representative Ro
Khanna there on the right and then Thomas Massie of Kentucky. They are
trying to make an end run around House leadership to force release of
all documents, make them all public.
But the question is if the
votes are there. And, today, Speaker Johnson made it clear he doesn't
want that effort. And I think this release tonight is an attempt to try
and take votes away from that end run, so a lot in play. Do we know that
much more about Jeffrey Epstein tonight? Not yet. We will see.
Geoff Bennett:
Yes. Well, more to come on that front.
Again, I don't have time for people's bulls**t or their cowrdice.
I
counted fifty e-mails in the public account. I don't have time for
that, Martha and Shirley don't have time for that. If you make my life
harder, I don't give a damn about you.
I'll get
a call from at least two PBS friends when this goes up and I know
they'll have 101 excuses. But I don't give a damn. You've made my
morning harder and it's just not worth it to me to promote you or your
work if you're going to be a little coward and pull it. Related. It's
Wednesday. Will Ava and I do a piece at THIRD? Probably not. Everyone
else got Labor Day weekend off. But were supposed to now do -- on a
Wednesday -- a media piece? I've got enough on my plate. It's
Wednesday We'll do one this weekend but neither of us is in the mood to
spend three to four hours writing a piece today.
Republican
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) plans to take steps Tuesday to push for a
vote to release the Jeffrey Epstein files — and suggested a shadowy
billionaire in the famous "black book" is out to get him.
Lawmakers
are back from summer recess, and Massie and Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) were
expected to file a discharge petition aimed at compelling the Department
of Justice to fully release all files related to the disgraced
financier's case. The bipartisan effort is underway from the House
Oversight Committee to uncover the files despite pushback from
Republican leaders.
"Jobs, the economy,
those are always the big issues, but you really can't solve any of that
if this place is corrupt," Massie told CNN.
CNN reporter Manu Raju asked, "What do you mean, if this place is corrupt?"
"Well,
I mean, if they're going to cover up for rich and powerful and
politically connected people, which is still what is happening right now
here," Massie said.
Massie, who has faced off
with House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and the Trump administration over
calling for the release of the files, continues to face attacks.
"Look,
I got three billionaires right now running ads against me in Kentucky,
and one of them is in Epstein's black book. So I'm not worried about
it," Massie said. "I've already poked the hornet's nest here, and, you
know, once you're in for a penny, you're in for a pound. We're going to
get these files released."
First, Isn't
Alien Musk financing commercials against Massie, by the way. Musk had a
very tight relationship with Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.
Second, "we're going to get these files released"?
Not if Speaker of the Closet Mike Johnson has anything to say about it. Ailia Zehra noted Johnson does want a discharge effort to succeed:
House
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) pushed back Tuesday against the bipartisan
effort led by Reps. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) and Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) to
force release of the files related to convicted pedophile Jeffrey
Epstein, dismissing the effort as "meaningless."
“I
would describe virtually everything Thomas Massie says related to this
issue as meaningless. That’s my response," he told reporters on Capitol
Hill Tuesday.
House
GOP leaders on Tuesday morning added to this week’s House schedule a
vote on a resolution directing the House Oversight and Government Reform
Committee to continue its investigation into matters surrounding
convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
The
addition comes as leaders contend with an alternative push to force a
vote on a bill that would direct the Trump administration to release
more Epstein material.
What's
going on? The discharge voice would demand all the paperwork. Speaker
of the Closet Johnson won't be able to run interference on behalf of
the White House if the discharge option is implemented. The only way he
can cover for Donald Chump is by ensuring that the House votes to
continue down the same road. That would be the wasted road that
resulted in the Dept of (Mis)Justice releasing to Congress last month . .
. papers already publicly available as the Democrats on the House Oversight Committee noted in a press release yesterday:
Washington, D.C. —
Rep. Robert Garcia, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and
Government Reform, issued the following statement after Chairman James
Comer released to the public the partial batch of Epstein files from the
Department of Justice, consisting largely of already public
information. The original partial release failed to meet the
Department’s legal obligation to provide the full, unredacted documents
to the Committee while protecting victims and censoring child sexual
abuse materials.
“The 33,000 pages of
Epstein documents James Comer has decided to ‘release’ were already
mostly public information. To the American people – don’t let this fool
you.
After careful review, Oversight
Democrats have found that 97% of the documents received from the
Department of Justice were already public. There is no mention of any
client list or anything that improves transparency or justice for
victims.
House Republicans are trying
to make a spectacle of releasing already-public documents. Pam Bondi has
said the client list was on her desk. She could release it right now if
she wanted to.
While Comer tries to
give cover to Trump by re-releasing public documents, House Democrats
are fighting for real transparency. Pam Bondi must comply with our
subpoena immediately, and release all of the documents. The American
people demand it.”
Oversight Committee
Democrats’ initial review revealed that of the 33,295 pages of documents
released to the Committee, only three percent contained any new
information. The remaining 97% of pages included information previously
released by the Department of Justice, the Florida Department of Law
Enforcement or the Palm Beach County State Attorney’s office.
These include:
Video from the Metropolitan Correctional Center from the night of Epstein’s death
Supreme Court filings from Ghislaine Maxwell
Court filings from U.S. v. Maxwell
Court transcript from U.S. v. Maxwell
A Department of Justice Office of Inspector General Report on Epstein’s death
A memo from Attorney General Pamela Bondi to FBI Director Kash Patel on releasing the Epstein files
Communications between the Bureau of Prisons and the Department of Justice regarding the death of Epstein
Police reports and court filings from Epstein’s criminal case in Florida
The only new disclosure:
Less
than 1,000 pages from the Customs and Border Protection’s log of flight
locations of the Epstein plane from 2000-2014 and forms consistent with
reentry back to the U.S.
###
Johnson
thinks he can con people. I don't know about that.
This
morning MEIDASTOUCH NEWS already has a video up about the press
conference later this morning and Ben notes that MTN will be streaming
it live on YOUTUBE. The press conference is supposed to start around
10:30 this morning EST.
Yesterday, NBC NEWS spoke with some Epstein survivors.
On
Tuesday, US President Donald Trump made a first public official
appearance in the Oval Office after a short disappearance this weekend,
with many remarking on his 'rough' look.
About
45 minutes late for his own 2 p.m. Oval Office press conference to
announce that U.S. Space Command will be located in Alabama, reversing a
Biden-era decision to keep it at its temporary headquarters in
Colorado, he kept his speech unusually short. While Trump is often very
late for his scheduled events, this one comes after 'death' rumors
swirled over the weekend, with many questioning the President's health.
One
liberal political commentator pointed out, "He looks rough and more
orange than normal. Wonder if the press will ask the important question
of why he was absent for a week." It comes after a Trump body double conspiracy theory emerged.
[. . .]
More
users began to point out Trump's look as he made the announcement. "His
eyes are still funky. Somethings wrong," one person said. Another
added, "Looks like it took an extra 50 minutes to make him look alert
and camera ready."
Another person pointed out
that Trump's hands has more makeup than usual, as he has been warned
lately about the bruises on his hands being a warning sign of something
worse. "He looks rough. Extra hand makeup applied," they wrote.
Donald Trump sparked more concerns over his health during a Tuesday, September 2, interview with Scott Jennings.
“I’m
always disappointed in him,” a very stuffy Trump said when discussing
Russian President Vladimir Putin. “He and I always had a great
relationship. Very disappointed. Thousands of people are dying.”
[. . .]
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users were quick to pipe in, with one saying it “backs the stroke
hypothesis” as “stroke patients can sound ‘nasally’ due to dysarthria
and muscle weakness impacting the soft palate.”
“They
sound ‘strained,’ ‘hoarse’ and ‘nasal or hyponasal,’” they continued.
“So his voice actually continues to support the mild stroke position.”
“He’s
struggling to breathe,” another person said. “Respiratory issues are
indicative of a stroke. This along with his edema (swelling of the
ankles) and cardiac problems are signs that the end is imminent.”
Another person surmised Trump has COVID, which would he explain why “he sounds congested."
Let's
talk about Jane Fonda. In the 80s, as she built her Workout franchise
-- and made a lot of money for the CED and, later, Campaign for
California, certain Republicans got a British rag to run a lie (the
publication knew it was a lie) that she'd had a heart attack. The day
after that lie hit the press, Jane showed up at one of her studios and
invited the press as she led a Workout class to show that, no, she had
not had a heart attack.
So
where was Chump's workout? No where to be found. If he had a stroke
-- and he may have -- or if he didn't, nothing he did in public on
Tuesday dispels those rumors.
Jane
grasped that certain right-wingers in this country feared her
popularity and the money she was raising for solid causes. So she put
an end to the lie immediately by providing proof that she was healthy
and photos ran in papers around the world while videos of that morning's
workout made all the news programs like GOOD MORNING AMERICA.
That's how she ended a lie.
Somehow,
Chump either didn't care that much about what people were saying about
him (which is a first for him) or he's unable to prove he didn't have a
stroke.
I have no idea. I've never been one of his groupies so I have no reason to lie for him.
Let's wind down with this from Senator Elizabeth Warren's office:
Washington, D.C. — Following a new D.C. District Court ruling in the landmark antitrust case involving Google, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) released the following statement:
“The
court previously ruled that Google’s search business is an illegal
monopoly, but now the judge’s remedies fail to hold Google accountable
for breaking the law. Instead of restoring competition and ending
Google’s dominance, this ruling is a slap on the wrist for unlawful
behavior that warranted the breakup of this tech giant.
“Now it’s up to the Trump Justice Department and state attorneys
general to appeal or risk emboldening even more lawbreaking by Big Tech
monopolies.
“While the Trump Justice Department considers an appeal to break up
Google, YouTube and Google executives are negotiating with Trump’s
lawyers to settle a dubious case for potentially millions of dollars and
raising serious concerns of corruption in plain sight.”