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    <title>Drudge Retort: Corky's blog</title>
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      <title>Trump Says Why He Wants His Former Personal Lawyer to Run the DOJ</title>
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      <description>Donald Trump made his case for appointing his former personal attorney as attorney general.</description>
      <wordzilla:extended>&lt;blockquote class=&quot;bluesky-embed&quot; data-bluesky-uri=&quot;at://did:plc:usbulziv4ck5omo2bf32hpc4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqkzqrzmwc2g&quot; data-bluesky-cid=&quot;bafyreiaipkjo33han6p4rsy5soickxlxgn6xmnt7ooeqflgoak2azi6qo4&quot; data-bluesky-embed-color-mode=&quot;system&quot;&gt;&lt;p lang=&quot;en&quot;&gt;Epstein survivors released this video today urging senators to block the confirmation of Todd Blanche for Attorney General. They're trying to get to 20,000 signatures on their petition to send a message to the Senate. ujoin.co/campaigns/45 ... &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:usbulziv4ck5omo2bf32hpc4/post/3mqkzqrzmwc2g?ref_src=embed&quot;&gt;[image or embed]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; -- Jim Acosta (&lt;a href=&quot;https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:usbulziv4ck5omo2bf32hpc4?ref_src=embed&quot;&gt;@jimacosta.bsky.social&lt;/a&gt;) &lt;a href=&quot;https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:usbulziv4ck5omo2bf32hpc4/post/3mqkzqrzmwc2g?ref_src=embed&quot;&gt;9:14 PM &amp;Acirc;&amp;middot; Jul 13, 2026&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;script async src=&quot;https://embed.bsky.app/static/embed.js&quot; charset=&quot;utf-8&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;</wordzilla:extended>
      <pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 14:30:48 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>JD Vance's Secret Service Is Fed Up</title>
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      <description>MS NOW reports that last week, agents complained about a request to fly Vance's son to a golf lesson across town on a helicopter.</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 23:32:04 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Live: Trump Mid-Terms Speech; Lies About 2020 Election</title>
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      <description>Preview now, Speech Later at 9:00</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 18:08:48 -0400</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Corky</dc:creator>
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      <title>"I Checked Into the Hospital. Then the KGB Called"</title>
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      <description>INSIDE RUSSIA&lt;p&gt;The moment I checked into the hospital, I received a call from Russia. The caller addressed me by my name and asked how I was feeling. &lt;p&gt;At the moment when I was preparing for a surgery! &lt;p&gt;He said he represented the Russian Ministry of Defense and offered me to sign a military contract. &lt;p&gt;Now, do you believe it was a coincidence? After everything that has happened around me, the timing is impossible to ignore.&lt;p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 13:51:43 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Military and DOJ Create Task Force to Prosecute 'leakers'</title>
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      <description>Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced on Monday that the Pentagon and the Justice Department (DOJ) have created a joint task force to identify and prosecute leakers as part of the department's effort to clamp down on disclosure of sensitive information.</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 07:30:44 -0400</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Corky</dc:creator>
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      <title>People Around the World Now Prefer China to America</title>
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      <description>China is now viewed more positively than the US in many countries around the world, according to a new study by the Pew Research Center. It is the first time the organisation has recorded such results.&lt;p&gt;The findings from the non-partisan, US-based think tank indicate that favourable views of China have reached record highs in many countries, while perceptions of the United States have worsened.</description>
      <wordzilla:extended>In general, respondents expressed low confidence in both US President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping, though Xi scored higher than Trump.
&lt;p&gt;While the US was still seen to respect personal freedoms more than China, China was seen to interfere in other countries' affairs less than the US.
&lt;p&gt;Pew polled more than 42,000 people in 36 countries between February and May.</wordzilla:extended>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 18:51:45 -0400</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Corky</dc:creator>
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      <title>Senate Dems Block $1.15 Trillion Defense Bill</title>
      <link>https://drudge.com/news/293266/senate-dems-block-115-trillion-defense-bill</link>
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      <description>Senate Democrats on Tuesday defeated a motion to proceed to the $1.15 trillion annual defense authorization bill, legislation that usually enjoys strong bipartisan support but this year has become snarled in a partisan fight over defense spending levels.</description>
      <wordzilla:extended>&lt;blockquote class=&quot;bluesky-embed&quot; data-bluesky-uri=&quot;at://did:plc:uk62jqyggwt4hyhrnzka34wm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqniuztk622d&quot; data-bluesky-cid=&quot;bafyreigewk27mz5zqbsydpnrujm4t3vfjdd2uijfr7brez43j6rc6mf7f4&quot; data-bluesky-embed-color-mode=&quot;system&quot;&gt;&lt;p lang=&quot;en&quot;&gt;Simply throwing more money at an out-of-control military operation is not strategy.

It's a recipe for a forever war.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:uk62jqyggwt4hyhrnzka34wm/post/3mqniuztk622d?ref_src=embed&quot;&gt;[image or embed]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; -- Tammy Duckworth (&lt;a href=&quot;https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:uk62jqyggwt4hyhrnzka34wm?ref_src=embed&quot;&gt;@duckworth.senate.gov&lt;/a&gt;) &lt;a href=&quot;https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:uk62jqyggwt4hyhrnzka34wm/post/3mqniuztk622d?ref_src=embed&quot;&gt;8:50 PM &amp;Acirc;&amp;middot; Jul 14, 2026&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;script async src=&quot;https://embed.bsky.app/static/embed.js&quot; charset=&quot;utf-8&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;</wordzilla:extended>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 14:32:59 -0400</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Corky</dc:creator>
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      <title>Itchy Boots Makes Time100 Creators List 2026</title>
      <link>https://drudge.com/news/293278/itchy-boots-makes-time100-creators-list-2026</link>
      <wordzilla:destination>https://time.com/collection/time100-creators/2026/noraly-schoenmaker/</wordzilla:destination>
      <description>The 38-year-old has since ridden more than 118,000 miles and visited 80 different countries on her bike, documenting it all for 3.3 million fans on YouTube who follow her from dirt roads in South Africa to river crossings in Ecuador.&lt;p&gt; She told her story in her 2025 memoir, Free Ride, and her next book, Beyond Fear, is due in 2027.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 11:01:23 -0400</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Corky</dc:creator>
      <comments>https://drudge.com/news/293278/itchy-boots-makes-time100-creators-list-2026#discuss</comments>
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      <title>DJT : FBI 'Wasting Their Time" Investigating Graham Death</title>
      <link>https://drudge.com/news/293259/djt-fbi-wasting-their-time-investigating</link>
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      <description>President Donald Trump questioned why federal agents are investigating Sen. Lindsey Graham's death on Tuesday, following unfounded rumors of possible foul play that have circulated on social media. &lt;p&gt;&quot;So I don't see a lot of evil there. I know there's all sorts of conspiracy theories going along,&quot; Trump said, speaking with reporters in the Oval Office on Tuesday. &lt;p&gt;&quot;I think the FBI's wasting their time if they're doing that.&quot;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 14:48:34 -0400</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Corky</dc:creator>
      <comments>https://drudge.com/news/293259/djt-fbi-wasting-their-time-investigating#discuss</comments>
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      <title>"Don't Pet the Alligators!" - Viral Video Draws Copycats</title>
      <link>https://drudge.com/news/293258/dont-pet-alligators-viral-video</link>
      <wordzilla:destination>https://www.wcjb.com/2026/07/13/viral-alligator-video-draws-visitors-silver-springs-raises-wildlife-concerns/</wordzilla:destination>
      <description>Viral alligator video draws visitors to Silver Springs, raises wildlife concerns &lt;p&gt;OCALA, Fla. (WCJB) &quot; A viral video of a woman petting a wild alligator at Silver Springs State Park is drawing online attention and prompting visitors to seek out gator sightings of their own, even as wildlife experts warn the trend could prove fatal for the animals.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 14:14:35 -0400</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Corky</dc:creator>
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      <title>Trump DOJ Obstructing Epstein Ranch Investigation</title>
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      <description>New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez is demanding immediate access to files requested by his office several months ago and suggested the Justice Department is now withholding those records despite what he called &quot;verbal assurances&quot; from the federal government.</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 19:33:08 -0400</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Corky</dc:creator>
      <comments>https://drudge.com/news/293198/trump-doj-obstructing-epstein-ranch#discuss</comments>
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      <title>DOJ Subpoenas NYTimes Journalists Per Air Force One Report</title>
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      <description>The Trump administration hit four New York Times journalists with subpoenas on Friday, after the outlet published a story outlining risks involving President Trump's Qatar-gifted Air Force One plane ...</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 18:31:16 -0400</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Corky</dc:creator>
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      <title>Exxon Lawyer to Lead DOJ Energy &#x26;amp; Natural Resources</title>
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      <description>Trump's Department of Justice is appointing Robert Levy, a senior attorney at Exxon Mobil, to lead the DOJ's newly-renamed Energy and Natural Resources Division.</description>
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      <description>BIDDEFORD, Maine &quot; The Biddeford Police Department has confirmed there was an incident involving Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) personnel at the intersection of Pool Street and Hill Street on Monday morning. &lt;p&gt;Just before noon, Gov. Janet Mills confirmed a person was dead as a result of the shooting. &quot;I know that situations like these are alarming and frightening,&quot; she said. &lt;p&gt;&quot;The Maine State Police are at the scene supporting and working cooperatively with the Attorney General's Office, Maine's Office of Chief Medical Examiner, and Federal officials to determine the facts of what occurred this morning.&quot;</description>
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      <description>President Trump on Friday claimed he has left instructions to bomb Iran &quot;at levels that they've never seen before&quot; ...</description>
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