House Shutting Down Until Sept to Block Epstein Votes

Tuesday, July 22, 2025

Speaker Mike Johnson on Tuesday announced he was cutting short the week's legislative business and sending the House home early for the summer on Wednesday to avoid having to hold votes on releasing files related to the accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.

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These people are corrupt, and they are cowards.

A fish rots from the head, and that is Donald Trump.

The only good thing about this is that the behavior of both Trump and the GOP scream guilt; make it obvious.

Donald Trump is a monster that monstrous people are protecting.

That includes you, BELLRINGER.

#1 | Posted by Zed at 2025-07-22 01:54 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Donald Trump Rapes Children.

If you still support Trump and Republicans, you support pedophilia.

#2 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-07-22 02:24 PM | Reply

It will work.

In a few weeks, after they get back from being lazy and unproductive leeches, someone will bring it up, s*^%bag Repubs will say "that again? That's old news" and morons like boaz, bellringer et al will dutifully repeat it and *poof* the issue will just disappear.

#3 | Posted by jpw at 2025-07-22 03:18 PM | Reply

Remember when Republicans used to pretend they were against pedophilia and claimed every single teacher in America was grooming children.

Then they found out Trump's a pedophile, and l decided pedophilia isn't a big deal.

I wouldn't be surprised to see deplorable Trumping MAGAts bringing their daughters to Trump rallies as offerings for Trump.

#4 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-07-22 04:06 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

It will work.

#3 | POSTED BY JPW

Possibly.

But, millions of MAGA are genuinely crazy. And they love them some Epstein I'm not sure that the GOP putting a blanket over their heads will make this particular monster go away.

#5 | Posted by Zed at 2025-07-22 04:06 PM | Reply

I wouldn't be surprised to see deplorable Trumping MAGAts bringing their daughters to Trump rallies as offerings for Trump.

#4 | POSTED BY CLOWNSHACK

Also possible.

And there have been anecdotal stories of Republicans attempting to normalize child molestation in the wake of the Epstein scandal.

It's a fascinating sickness that these people have.

#6 | Posted by Zed at 2025-07-22 04:08 PM | Reply

my concern is that the democrats will let this issue go once they return.

#7 | Posted by eberly at 2025-07-22 04:50 PM | Reply

my concern is that the democrats will let this issue go once they return.

#7 | POSTED BY EBERLY

Everyone smells blood, most especially the Democrats.

#8 | Posted by Zed at 2025-07-22 05:00 PM | Reply

Let's not forget, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson "adopted" an 11 year old son when he was a single 25-year-old man.

#9 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-07-22 05:02 PM | Reply

Everyone smells blood, most especially the Democrats.

Posted by Zed at 2025-07-22 05:00 PM | Reply

I have about as much faith in Democrats as I do about life in general. Which is none.

#10 | Posted by LauraMohr at 2025-07-22 05:03 PM | Reply

My concern is that Trump, the tyrant, feeling trapped will take his tyranny to this next level in order to escape.

And then there is this----Donald Trump is suffering massive narcissistic injuries over this sex stuff. He never forgets and he never forgives. It's a compulsion. There will be acts of animal revenge.

#11 | Posted by Zed at 2025-07-22 05:05 PM | Reply

Let's not forget, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson "adopted" an 11 year old son when he was a single 25-year-old man.
#9 | Posted by ClownShack

Game recognize game.

There will be no vote from Republicans in Congress to release the part of the Epstein Files that name Trump.

And Republican voters don't care.

#12 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-07-22 05:08 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Let's not forget, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson "adopted" an 11 year old son when he was a single 25-year-old man.
#9 | Posted by ClownShack

Game recognize game.

There will be no vote from Republicans in Congress to release the part of the Epstein Files that name Trump.

And Republican voters don't care.

#13 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-07-22 05:08 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Let's not forget, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson "adopted" an 11 year old son when he was a single 25-year-old man.
#9 | Posted by ClownShack

Game recognize game.

There will be no vote from Republicans in Congress to release the part of the Epstein Files that name Trump.

And Republican voters don't care.

#14 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-07-22 05:08 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Jesus

#15 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-07-22 05:08 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

#5 | Posted by Zed

The folks over at r/Conservative on Reddit are not happy. They too are worried this is an attempt to move along and find it shady as hell. How ironic it would be if the Epstein files break apart the cult!

#16 | Posted by rstybeach11 at 2025-07-22 05:12 PM | Reply

Let's never forget:

The woman, who had filed suit earlier this year under the pseudonym Jane Doe, had alleged that Trump and billionaire Jeffrey Epstein had raped her in 1994, when she was a 13-year-old aspiring model.

This week she abruptly canceled a plan to speak publicly about the allegations, and another attorney, Lisa Bloom, cited "numerous threats" against her client.

www.theguardian.com

Domestic Terrorism works.

Don't like someone accusing Trump of raping her? Shut her up by threatening her life.

Bravo MAGAts. You've been protecting this pedophile for a decade.

#17 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-07-22 05:12 PM | Reply

My concern is that Trump, the tyrant, feeling trapped will take his tyranny to this next level in order to escape.
And then there is this----Donald Trump is suffering massive narcissistic injuries over this sex stuff. He never forgets and he never forgives. It's a compulsion. There will be acts of animal revenge.
#11 | Posted by Zed

You mean like accusing B. Hussein Obama of treason? LOL

#18 | Posted by rstybeach11 at 2025-07-22 05:13 PM | Reply

-Speaker of the House Mike Johnson "adopted" an 11 year old son when he was a single 25-year-old man.

link?

#19 | Posted by eberly at 2025-07-22 05:13 PM | Reply

The Johnsons have five children, including an adult son, Michael Tirrell James. Johnson and his wife met James, who is black, at an event for Young Life Ministries.[231] The Johnsons took James in, assuming legal guardianship of him when he was 14 years old.[231][232][233] James, who maintains a private life with his family, has said, "If the Johnsons hadn't taken me in as a teenager, my life would look very different today."[234]

You're calling him a pedo for this?

#20 | Posted by eberly at 2025-07-22 05:14 PM | Reply

It's a fascinating sickness that these people have.
#6 | Posted by Zed

I'm no historian.

But I have a feeling that "not fucking thirteen year old girls" is a relatively modern and not entirely widespread cultural tradition, newer than electricity and refrigeration and air travel.

Certainly newer than The Bible, from whom Christians purport to derive their morality.

What's the age of consent in China?
Better Red than Democrat.

#21 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-07-22 05:16 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

The claim that 'Speaker of the House Mike Johnson "adopted" an 11-year-old son when he was a single 25-year-old man' is inaccurate based on available reports.

- Timeline and Age: Mike Johnson and his wife Kelly took in a teenager named Michael when they were newlyweds, and Michael was 14 years old at that time"not 11. Johnson was not a single man; he was married when they took Michael in[2][3][12][13].
- Nature of Relationship: The Johnsons did **not formally adopt Michael**. According to Johnson and his representatives, they took "custody" of Michael, but due to the "lengthy adoption process," there was never a formal, legal adoption[2][3][12][13]. He has sometimes referred to Michael as his "adopted" son, but this is not a legal designation.
- Michael's Public Profile: As an adult, Michael has chosen to remain out of Johnson's public life, and the Johnsons have respected that preference[2][3][5].

There is no evidence that Johnson informally or formally "adopted" Michael as a single man at age 25, nor that Michael was 11 at the time. Instead, the Johnsons took a 14-year-old Michael"whom they met through church youth ministry"into their home after they married, and Michael remained part of their family without a formal adoption[2][3][9][12][13].

[1] www.newsweek.com
[2] www.aol.com
[3] www.businessinsider.com
[4] jemartisby.substack.com
[5] www.bet.com

#22 | Posted by rstybeach11 at 2025-07-22 05:17 PM | Reply

[6] www.thegatewaypundit.com
[7] nypost.com
[8] ground.news
[9] unprecedented.ghost.io
[10] www.amren.com
[11] www.sportskeeda.com
[12] www.sportskeeda.com
[13] ca.sports.yahoo.com
[14] www.thelist.com

#23 | Posted by rstybeach11 at 2025-07-22 05:17 PM | Reply

-My concern is that Trump, the tyrant, feeling trapped will take his tyranny to this next level in order to escape.

I think you're rooting for it.

#24 | Posted by eberly at 2025-07-22 05:17 PM | Reply

link?
#19 | POSTED BY EBERLY

Do you not know how to use google?

Also. "it's important to clarify that he was never formally adopted due to the "lengthy adoption process," according to a spokesperson for Johnson."

But I do love the beautiful cover story about how the "Johnsons saved his life".

#25 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-07-22 05:21 PM | Reply

You're calling him a pedo for this?
#20 | Posted by eberly

Maybe you're not comfortable calling him a pedo for the porn focused stuff with his son.

But it's creepy in the way far right religious conservates always are, with the voyeurism of their own children's sex lives.

#26 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-07-22 05:21 PM | Reply

-do you not know how to use google?

I think you know I can.

Do you not know how to tell the truth?

#27 | Posted by eberly at 2025-07-22 05:23 PM | Reply

"not fucking thirteen year old girls" is a relatively modern and not entirely widespread cultural tradition,

I bet you not one single Deplorable Trumping MAGAt sees anything wrong with raping a 13 year old.

That's why he's sitting pretty.

Deplorable Trumping MAGAts want a 13 year old of their own to rape.

#28 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-07-22 05:24 PM | Reply

Do you not know how to tell the truth?
#27 | POSTED BY EBERLY

I know the difference between the truth and the official story.

But yea. You're right. I don't have photographs of Johnson grinding on his "adopted son".

We do have photos of Trump grinding on underaged girls and that doesn't see to matter to most MAGAts.

#29 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-07-22 05:30 PM | Reply

-I know the difference between the truth and the official story.

do tell...

or.....just admit you're making it up.

No matter to me. I'm not obligated to defend Johnson for anything including what you're saying.

But I love the unhinged clownie.

#30 | Posted by eberly at 2025-07-22 05:33 PM | Reply

-Speaker of the House Mike Johnson "adopted" an 11 year old son when he was a single 25-year-old man.
link?
#19 | Posted by eberly at 2025-07-22 05:13 PM

HOW did you not know this?! Seriously, Covenant is all over late night television, how do you know diddly squat allsudden about your speaker of the house?

I hope he chokes out on his Flintstones multivitamin in a video call.

#31 | Posted by redlightrobot at 2025-07-22 05:36 PM | Reply

#31 | Posted by redlightrobot

The claim is false. Take a look at #22

#32 | Posted by rstybeach11 at 2025-07-22 05:37 PM | Reply

-HOW did you not know this?

because it's 2 lies in 1 sentence.

He didn't adopt him and he was not single.

#33 | Posted by eberly at 2025-07-22 05:38 PM | Reply

I'm not obligated to defend Johnson for anything including what you're saying.
#30 | POSTED BY EBERLY

And yet, here you are.

#34 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-07-22 05:38 PM | Reply

He didn't adopt him and he was not single.
#33 | Posted by eberly

And the kid was 14, not 11.

#35 | Posted by rstybeach11 at 2025-07-22 05:39 PM | Reply

because it's 2 lies in 1 sentence.

He didn't adopt him and he was not single.

I never said Mike Johnson adopted him.

Don't trip over yourself in your rush to defend Mike Johnson.

#36 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-07-22 05:40 PM | Reply

-And the kid was 14, not 11.

so 3 lies.

wow....good job, shart.

the "adopted" meant that he bought him for sex, right?

Talk about unhinged.....

#37 | Posted by eberly at 2025-07-22 05:43 PM | Reply

-I don't have photographs of Johnson grinding on his "adopted son".

does that matter to you? You've already concluded he's an outright pedophile.

you don't need the photographs.

#38 | Posted by eberly at 2025-07-22 05:45 PM | Reply

The photographs are why we don't need the photographs any more.

Any reasonable person can conclude Trump did nefarious things with countless women. Including E Jean Carroll.

That's a good litmus test for whether you're dealing with a rational person -- Ask them, Did Trump rape E. Jean Carroll?

#39 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-07-22 05:49 PM | Reply

"the "adopted" meant that he bought him for sex, right?"

Well, at least you can draw a straight line between adopting a kid and abusing that kid. Something that is sadly a daily occurrence in this world.

Whereas Republicans will tell you "ordering a pizza" means buying a child for sex.

#40 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-07-22 05:53 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Trump claims to have never raped anyone.

His word should be good enough for you, right Eberly?

#41 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-07-22 05:54 PM | Reply

so 3 lies.
#37 | POSTED BY EBERLY

Name them.

You can't.

You're in full troll mode.

#42 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-07-22 05:56 PM | Reply

Eberly didn't come back?

How sad.

And he was so determined to defend Mike Johnson.

#43 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-07-22 06:12 PM | Reply

The claim is false. Take a look at #22
#32 | POSTED BY RSTYBEACH11

Nothing in #22 actually states the claim is false.

"The claim that 'Speaker of the House Mike Johnson "adopted" an 11-year-old son when he was a single 25-year-old man' is inaccurate based on available reports ... from Mike Johnson

The fact the kid was never formally adopted means you'll never know when he and Mike Johnson started ... hanging out.

But hey.

Good job on filling another thread with your AI generated nonsense.

#44 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-07-22 06:16 PM | Reply

#44 | Posted by ClownShack

You can't prove otherwise, why are you making this such an issue?

#45 | Posted by rstybeach11 at 2025-07-22 06:18 PM | Reply

No fact checker supports the statement that Mike Johnson adopted an 11-year-old boy as a single man.

Credible reporting instead shows Johnson and his wife took in a 14-year-old boy as newlyweds, without conducting a formal legal adoption

[1] www.newsweek.com
[2] www.businessinsider.com
[3] unprecedented.ghost.io
[4] www.bet.com
[5] jemartisby.substack.com
[6] www.instagram.com
[7] nypost.com

#46 | Posted by rstybeach11 at 2025-07-22 06:28 PM | Reply

Credible reporting instead shows Johnson and his wife took in a 14-year-old boy as newlyweds, without conducting a formal legal adoption

So. No formal legal adoption.

Therefore, no way to know.

But sure.

We'll take their word for it.

Thanks for continuing to prove you got nothing but assumptions.

I was gonna just drop the whole thing.

But please.

Keep posting your AI generated content.

#47 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-07-22 06:36 PM | Reply

You can't prove otherwise, why are you making this such an issue?
#45 | POSTED BY RSTYBEACH11

What are you proving?

AI generates a lot of links?

You should have met ScottS, had an AI debate with neither of you having to actually think for yourselves.

#48 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-07-22 06:38 PM | Reply

What are you proving?
AI generates a lot of links?
You should have met ScottS, had an AI debate with neither of you having to actually think for yourselves.

Posted by ClownShack at 2025-07-22 06:38 PM | Reply

You should listen to him. He doesn't lie. Just sayin.

#49 | Posted by LauraMohr at 2025-07-22 06:44 PM | Reply

-His word should be good enough for you, right Eberly?

I'm the only person here who actually thinks Trump is a liar all the time.

The rest of you select his lies as if you can spot them.

#50 | Posted by eberly at 2025-07-22 06:49 PM | Reply

-Nothing in #22 actually states the claim is false.

You lied 3 times in sentence.

Wasn't adopted
Wrong age
Johnson was married.

It's as if you would rather lie than tell the truth.

#51 | Posted by eberly at 2025-07-22 06:50 PM | Reply

-Eberly didn't come back?

Has to run for a while. Sorry

#52 | Posted by eberly at 2025-07-22 06:53 PM | Reply

He doesn't lie. Just sayin.
#49 | POSTED BY LAURAMOHR

Never claimed he was lying.

As for, "He doesn't lie."

You'll have to ask his wife.

#53 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-07-22 06:54 PM | Reply

" AI generated content."

Hey, Google, how was the job situation last month?

We lost 33,000 jobs.

Hey Google, what if you don't count the losses, but only count the gains?

We gained 144,000 jobs.

Garbage in, garbage out.

#54 | Posted by Danforth at 2025-07-22 06:54 PM | Reply

You lied 3 times in sentence.

Wasn't adopted
Wrong age
Johnson was married.

1) He wasn't adopted.

2) There's no way to verify what age they met each other.

3) According to the official story.

#55 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-07-22 06:56 PM | Reply

I'm the only person here who actually thinks Trump is a liar all the time.
#50 | POSTED BY EBERLY

Only person?

You new here?

Matter of fact, you regularly chastise Zed for constantly calling Donnie a liar.

#56 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-07-22 06:58 PM | Reply

-Matter of fact, you regularly chastise Zed for constantly calling Donnie a liar.

Actually I make fun of zed when he says Trump is telling the truth.

#57 | Posted by eberly at 2025-07-22 07:03 PM | Reply

-According to the official story.

Okay ... . So ... ..what's the truth, Tonyroma?

#58 | Posted by eberly at 2025-07-22 07:06 PM | Reply

Actually I make fun of zed when he says Trump is telling the truth.
#57 | Posted by eberly

Trump often says the truth, like when he said he was going to do mass deportations, or like when he said his daughter is someone he would like to date.

Not that facts can penetrate your shields!

#59 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-07-22 07:09 PM | Reply

I'm the only person here who actually thinks Trump is a liar all the time.
#50 | POSTED BY EBERLY

He's a liar "all the time" the way an alcoholic is an alcoholic all the time.
It's a way of living, not a reference to a specific act.

In other words, yes he's a liar, but that doesn't mean he's lying 24x7.
It means he lies without compunction.

Again, not that facts much matter to your deflection methodologies.

#60 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-07-22 07:11 PM | Reply

The rest of you select his lies as if you can spot them.
#50 | Posted by eberly

No.
The art is in picking out the truth hiding in plain sight within the lies.

And it's not hard.
You just don't think it's as much fun as... not thinking about it.

#61 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-07-22 07:14 PM | Reply

what's the truth, Tonyroma?
#58 | POSTED BY EBERLY

Miss that guy.

Hope he's well.

#62 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-07-22 07:24 PM | Reply

With any luck Rupert will goad him into more ridiculousness so that it won't be ignorable when these turds come back.

#63 | Posted by jpw at 2025-07-22 07:45 PM | Reply

#63

Yep... and Murdock will sell more ad space and make more profits no matter what happens in the case.

#64 | Posted by Corky at 2025-07-22 07:47 PM | Reply

" Trump often says the truth"

Yep. When he says "I can fix it", he's using "fix" as in "The fix was in".

#65 | Posted by Danforth at 2025-07-22 07:52 PM | Reply

the "adopted" meant that he bought him for sex, right?"

In a Wayfair dresser?

#66 | Posted by jpw at 2025-07-22 07:54 PM | Reply

Just remember.

Eberly wasn't defending Mike Johnson.

He just wants video proof of 25 year old Mike Johnson raping that 11 year old.

#67 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-07-22 08:22 PM | Reply

Alt Headline:

Pedophile Mike Johnson shut down Congress to protect Pedophile Donald Trump.

Hopes Americans come around on the subject matter.

#68 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-07-22 08:38 PM | Reply

President Pedo needs to swing from a rope.

#69 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-07-22 09:35 PM | Reply

Bondi got way out in front of her skis. She made promises she couldn't keep and now the GOP is trying to run out the clock hoping public attention will drift elsewhere over the rest of the summer.

And yes, Zed, this is corrupt.

#70 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-07-22 09:53 PM | Reply

Bondi got way out in front of her skis.

Yea!

Now the GOP is stuck covering up Trump's pedophilia!

It's so unfair to Trump!

#71 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-07-22 10:03 PM | Reply

It's not unfair at all. Trump has handled this terribly. Now he wants to pretend it never happened. He deserves to be called out. Dems would be wise to stay on this.

#72 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-07-22 10:14 PM | Reply

Dems would be wise to stay on this.
#72 | Posted by BellRinger

You and Clowny got me so excited!! And then ^^this.

God damn it GOD DAMN IT!

#73 | Posted by rstybeach11 at 2025-07-22 11:24 PM | Reply

#73 Not sure what you are driving at.

From my POV Team Trump handled this horribly and I think Democrats need to stay on point with this. To me, it's good politics. You seem like you agree but your response is kind of weird.

#74 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-07-22 11:35 PM | Reply

-HOW did you not know this?
because it's 2 lies in 1 sentence.
He didn't adopt him and he was not single.
#33 | Posted by eberly at 2025-07-22 05:38 PM

Mike Johnson met Michael in 1996, then adopted him in 1999, my mistake. Covenant marriage means no divorce. I wonder if they use confessionals?

Regardless, this kid was 11 and Mike Johnson was single when he encountered him in Baton Rouge the first time.

#75 | Posted by redlightrobot at 2025-07-23 12:40 AM | Reply