... "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 ...

@#4 ... The Neck Bleeder Special had half the audience of the Puppy Bowl, and 80% of that was bots. Complete and utter humiliation for MAGA. ...

While I will state that I am still waiting for the actual numbers, instead of estimated numbers, I do agree that Animal Planet's Puppy Bowl event seems to draw an audience rivaling (I'm being kind) that of Turning Point's half-time show.

@#9 ... Moving from Windows Office to LibreOffice? ...

... and, fwiw, I made that move from Windows Office to LibreOffice, oh, a couple decdes ago.

I have not looked back.

Everything works, spreadsheets, documents, etc., just as I would want it to work.

Maybe there's a reason why there seems to be a movement away from the Microsoft Office lock-in towards LibreOffice?

@#7 ... And then our government can learn to use enterprise Linux (I think Redhat is the biggest) and get them off the Window's tit. ...

Not likely to happen anytime in our lifetimes.

Moving from Windows Office to LibreOffice?

Yeah, not likely to occur. I mean, just look at how they spell that product name ...

Foreigners.

imo, of course.

@#50,51

So lame.

Do try harder.

@#12 ... It's true. The minority class is the machinery that literally keeps DeeCee humming... he just doesn't want to see them. ...

I cannot disagree.

@#5 ... Good job Donald! ...

Yeah, that's the way it is looking of late.

Pres Trump actively pushing away our decades-long allies, all the while cozy-ing up to Pres Putin.

What's up with that?

... The Epstein Files Congress sees but you don't. ...

Yeah, that is a good observation.

Why doesn't the Trump administration want the general public to see the files?

My understanding is that the DoJ provided four computers to allow the members of Congress to view the Epstein files.

Rep Raskin spent 9am to about 2pm examining the files in the DoJ provided facility. He reviewed less than 50 pages of the 3 million released.

Why is the Trump DoJ making this so difficult?

@#29 ... Bad Bunny had more viewers on YOUTUBE than the Transparent Garbage Fest had in total, and that includes their 4 million bots. Tell us all again what real Americans want... ...

Is it now apparent why Pres Trump didn't attend the SuperBowl?

He was afraid of being booed?

There's this ...

@#8 ... Gotta hand it to the guy, he's got some brass balls. ...

I do not disagree.

That aside, Congress passed a law with only one dissenting vote about this.

Yet the Trump administration still seems to be avoiding following that law.

imo, this is looking more and more like a cover-up by the Trump administration.

Which begs the question ... what might the Trump administration be so focused upon covering up?

Both are still unofficial tallies of viewership.

So, stay tuned ...