The FBI lab at Quantico, VA can do miraculous things. Even make names disappear from files.

FBI redacts names in Epstein file.

BOAZ is just blowing smoke to cover up his denial of Trump's (what shall we call it?) Oh, yeah . . ."affliction."

So far, Trump has shown every indication that, if not an affiliate, at least joined in on Epstein's secret fun . . . as Epstein called it.

I'm beginning to wonder just how high up the ladder some of those VIP names go in the Epstein files. And if there's another a good reason why Trump has been finding such favor with certain justices on the U.S. Supreme Court.

Jus' sayin'. Nothing would surprise me these days.

All of the above is vital, historical information were we in a courtroom or a student of history and it's good to keep history alive and foremost in our memories.

However, what we have before us now is the President of the United States, Donald Trump, a White Nationalist, is green with envy that the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to a black man.

Yes, a black man. Untenable in the eyes of a White Nationalist.

And that's the crux of Trump's plan to correct history . . . . if only he knew how.

LEGALLY

Unlikely. He just likes to sputter nonsense.

Maybe he'll rage one of his retribution wars on the award committee . . . death threats, ect.

Trump's poll numbers haven't bottomed out yet. Wait until after the midterms and the effect of Trump's cuts to Medicare start to kick in. I suspect his remaining supporters will look at themselves in the mirror and quietly ask, "How could I have been so blind."

Right now you can bet on the fact that Trump's staff is working on ways to control the voting in swing states. Monkey see/monkey do gerrymandering, for example, is already under way in a few red states.

By hook or by crook Trump will not let any rock go unturned.

SCOTTS

I wouldn't count on Trump's poll numbers going up. Desperation is a terrible driver and he's sweating bullets over the Epstein files. He's going to make a lot of dumb mistakes.

Whether it's because he is guilty or because the file contains Epstein's client list of who and when they engaged in dalliances with underage girls it almost doesn't matter at this point.

Either way, all of GOP will erupt like Mt. Vesuvius and likely implode before our very eyes. It's also very likely that every Trump appointment or executive order or donation he received or decision he made will be called into question as having been made by the deranged minds of cohorts of Epstein's sex trafficking operation.

I can understand why Trump and his associates want this to go away. If it ever gets out, it's going to be a mess of assumptions, suspicions, doubts and capitalizing.

DOC

Trump's not going to "get over it."

He thinks he's the greatest thing since sliced bread. His ego tells himself that every day.

Everybody is wrong but him. The clinical terms for that escapes me at this early hour of the a.m. but I'm sure there are some . . . probably a couple truckloads.

Mr. Putin is not a happy camper these days. Trump stabbed him in the back so if there's any retaliation going on, my guess is that Mr. Putin has a few things in his own mind that will resolve all of Trump's problems ... like permanently.

RIGHT/TRITE

Bill and Hillary are just retreads.

There aren't many people left whom Trump hasn't tried to scapegoat for his problems. He's tried to have Biden arrested and now he wants to have Obama tried for treason.

Daylight's aburnin'.

Pam Bondi better get on the ball before he starts to fantasize that his own DOJ is trying to sabotage his meteoric assertion to King of the World.

To get a Nobel Peace Prize a president has to be more like President Obama.

Making a phone call between rounds of golf just screams 'I don't really give a F.'

Trump seems to be unaware that he is the brunt of private jokes among leaders of other countries.

And that his insincere (read self-serving) approach to "negotiating" has destroyed anything that was left of America's former powerful influence to quell outbreaks or conflicts elsewhere in the world.

Trump's America is no longer a trusted intermediary.

SCOTTS @ #23

Read the fine print.

There's not a sincere bone in Trump's body.

Scotts not know that?

REDIAL

You've got a point there.

Trump tried to pull the wool over the old man's eyes with one of his stupid, "made-for-the-evening-news" quickie theater performances and it fell flat.

Powell was ready for him.

LAMP

(serious answer)

The Weave is meant to do two things . .

1) Duck, dodge, confuse and obfuscate;

2) Cover up the fact that Trump doesn't have a clue what he's talking about.

There's an old saying, "If you can't bedazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with --------." Trump does it all the time. And yes, it's one the methods he uses to hide his ignorance or sometimes just plain laziness.

REDIAL @ #9

"I love the picture. Lewzer brought a prop document to his "visit" to embarrass Powell with and had it shoved up his ass by reality. Powell's "WTF are you talking about?" expression is priceless."

At the end of the clip I thought Powell actually said, "You don't know what you're talking about." A comment I thought was long overdue.

It's always hard to hear news like this. Bye, bye Bruce

WARDOG

The original story was that Trump met Menania at a Meet & Great party in New York.

The Meet & Great is shorthand for beautiful young models to hook up with rich bachelor sugar daddies . . . AND for rich men, not necessarily bachelors, to hook up with arm candy.

As the story goes, their eyes mat across a crowded room . . . and the rest of the story wrote itself.

He called her later, they dated and each signed a contract . . which is rumored to include a One and Done clause regarding children.

One can imagine how Melania must have suffered until Barron was conceived. However, it was part of her job, her contractual obligation.

How can anybody even be sure that Gabbard new what she was doing. Maybe she didn't think. Orders are orders.

One . . .must . . . obey!

Like good little trained zombies.

Gabbard unexpectedly tossed a live grenade in Pam Bondi's lap without any warning which has now put them at loggerheads with each other.

Probably at the suggestion from Trump himself . . . who is known to pit cabinet members against each for the sake of creating chaos.

In Trump's case however, the suggestion was probably triggered by Trump's deep hatred of Obama and never misses a chance to scapegoat Obama as the root cause for his own troubles.

gypsy

I think she's a "Dead Woman Walking" even if she accepts the pardon deal.

Trump's not one to take chances. . . especially if it's his head on the chopping block.

DOC

He's writing the script for the Democrats if the media can keep the Epstein story hot for the midterms.

Ideally, the GOP Senate will unify and give Trump his Barry Goldwater moment.

That is if anybody remembers what forced Nixon to resign.

Maxwell has a long history of everything of which she was convicted. Leopards don't change their spots.

Unfortunately, we have a president who doesn't care who gets hurt as long as it isn't him.

AU

"Smells of a dangled pardon if she plays ball and denies any Trump involvement "

Maxwell's meeting yesterday with Trump's AG (and former attorney) has the same smell.

IMO, when all three principals ~ Maxwell, her attorney and Trump's AG ~ all want the same thing (a conditional pardon in exchange for getting Trump off the hook) the outcome is predictable, whatever cover story they cook up to hide their tracks.