@#2 ... fighting for political survival. ...

Speaking of political survival ...

... But in July 2006, just as Jeffrey Epstein's criminal case became public, Trump called then-Palm Beach police chief Michael Reiter to tell him that Epstein's activities with teenaged girls were well known in both NYC and Palm Beach and he informed Police Chief Reiter that Ghislaine Maxwell "is evil and to focus on her." ...

Oh dear.

That may leave a mark.

Fortunately for Pres Trump, however, it seems that here in the US we do not have a political aversion to sleaze, as England has.

@#13 ... Music is universal magic. ...

@#24 ... For a woman, you sound awfully aggressive. ...

Friggin' wow.

So, in your world, women are not supposed to assert opinions?

@#1 "Fake Christian"

Yeah, that image seems to be quite apropos.

imo, it just looks like more religious ~leaders~ trying to hide their political views behind their imagined imagery of the Bible.

From the sub-summary ...

... MEHMET OZ: I would definitely not have mandates for vaccinations ...

Why?

What is wrong with helping people avoid deadly disease?

Of course, I could phrase that very question differently and ask ...

Why does the Trump administration seem to want to killoff Americans.

More from the article ...

... The plan was first reported by The Day, which cited a memo sent to employees last week by Mark Rayha, president of the Groton-headquartered Electric Boat.

The article indicated that Rayha had not provided details about how the plan would be enacted, but it said that he had disclosed that "3,500 of the new jobs would be at Quonset Point, 2,500 would involve tradespeople in Groton, another 1,000 would be divided between engineering and design, and the final 1,000 split throughout other aspects of the company."

Quonset Point, in Rhode Island, is Electric Boat's second-largest location, after its shipyard and main offices in Groton.

In comparison, Electric Boat aimed to hire about 3,000 people last year, while it made about 4,100 hires in 2024. ...

@#3 ... Idaho has a heavily agrarian economy, dependent upon non-citizen labor, and they voted to send their own labor force to camps. ...

Exactly.

I have frequently stated on this most august site that if you are in the Country illegally, you should leave.

But, and you had to know there was a "but," what would the effect of that be upon the economy of the Country?

The answer is obvious ...

Pres Trump's private militia, a.k.a. ICE, seems to be attacking Blue State cities, but not as much in the Red State farm lands and meat processing plants.

... "obviously, trust has been damaged" by President Trump ...

When a decades-long ally of the United Staes utters such a statement, my first comment would be along the lines of ...

Houston, we have a problem ...

@#28

Like this?

And Inflation ..

@#23 ... With lawmakers preparing to review unredacted files inside a secure DOJ reading room, ...

On the four computers the DoJ has provided.

How many lawmakers? How many computers? How many documents to view?

Why is the DoJ looking to slow-step all this?

What is Pres Trump's DoJ looking like it is trying to cover up?

More from the article ...

... In five speeches on the economy since December, Trump asserted that inflation had been beaten or was way down almost 20 times and said prices were falling almost 30 times, assertions at odds with economic data and voters' daily experiences. Much of the remaining time was spent on grievances and other issues, including immigration, whether Somalia was a country, and attacks on opponents.

Taken together, the speeches portray a president struggling to reconcile his central claim -- that he has fixed the cost-of-living crisis -- with inflation near 3% over the past year and voters' lived experience of paying more for grocery staples. The price of ground beef, for example, is up 18% since Trump took office a year ago, while ground coffee prices are up 29%. ...

@#18

@#16

From the #16 link ...

... The memo includes statements from 24 women who say they were abused by Epstein as minors and 14 who say they were abused as adults, along with additional references to assistants and recruiters. In many cases, investigators confirmed key elements of the women's accounts independently. The document also summarizes allegations made against a number of powerful men, based on tips, interviews, and investigative leads compiled over years. Much of the document is redacted.

The memo shows what investigators knew, what they looked at, and what they ultimately chose not to pursue. It provides a rare window into an investigation that spanned nearly two decades and three presidential administrations. It also stands in sharp contrast to repeated public statements from senior law enforcement officials claiming there was no credible evidence to pursue anyone else.

Read the document. Judge it for yourself. And ask the questions the DOJ still hasn't answered. ...

@#13 ... Well, remember what Congress called for was a complete release of the files and just the redaction of the names of the victims. Now, unfortunately, the names of the victims were not redacted ...

Yet, the names of perpetrators seem to be redacted.

@#14 ...appeared to suggest that Trump never asked Epstein to leave his Mar-a-Lago club like the president has claimed
people.com

"it was during the period of the 2009 investigation and Epstein's lawyers synopsized and quoted Trump as saying that that Jeffrey Epstein was not a member of his club at Mar a Lago, but he was a guest at Mar a Lago and he had never been asked to leave and that was redacted"
From the C-SPAN link. ...

Wait, what?

Pres Trump may have offered a different view in the past than the Epstein files seem to show?

But, that is so unlike Pres trump.

/s

@#10 ... I can't wait for a democrat to get elected and do nothing. ..

You mean like the Democrats in the House impeaching Pres Trump for his call to Ukraine, and the GOP-controlled Senate not convicting him?

Like that?

imo, the GOP is spineless regarding Pres trump.

Their motto seems to be... ~Pres Trump uber the Constitution.~

Found this ...