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It's likely, given the minute or so of video removed from the jail recording used to demonstrate he killed himself.

Which is why Bondi just directed 1000 FBI agents to comb through them and remove any mention of Trump's name. Per off the record interviews, his name has been found (and deleted) at least once so far. https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/18/trump-epstein-fbi-durbin.html

Paraphrased list of events in the Epstein list saga, with dates so I can keep track of what happened when: Mar 14 Pam Bondi: the Epstein client list is "sitting on my desk right now." USA: So release the client list. May 15 Pam Bondi tells Trump he is in the Epstein files she has. Trump keeps this secret. Jun 5 Musk: the "@realDonaldTrump is in the Epstein files. That is the real reason they have not been made public." USA: Release the client list. Jul 7 Justice Department releases a video "proving" Epstein killed himself in his cell. Trump: Talk about THAT instead! USA: The video was edited and parts removed. Release the client list. Jul 8 Trump says that asking questions about the client list or the edited video is a "desecration." USA: So release the list and we won't have to ask any more. Jul 12 Trump: Bondi is doing "A FANTASTIC JOB" USA: Release the list Jul 13 Trump: Rosie O'Donnell is a "Threat to Humanity" and I will be "taking away her Citizenship!" Talk about that! Not Epstein! USA: Release the client list Jul 17 WSJ releases a card Trump sent to Epstein for his birthday. Trump: Not mine! I never do drawings! USA: Here's a dozen drawings you did for auctions. Release the list. Trump supporters: He doesn't know the word "enigma" that was in that letter USA: He used it twice in political speeches. Here they are. Release the list. Jul 18 Trump: The Epstein files were written by "Obama, Crooked Hillary, Comey, Brennan" so even if I am in them it's a lie USA: release the list Trump: If I was on the list democrats would have released by now so I'm not on it USA: release the list Trump: There is no list USA: Release the list Trump: All you supporters of mine who want the list are "weaklings and stupid people." USA: Release the list Trump: Look! Obama is a traitor! Arrest him! USA: You tried that already. Release the list. Trump: "We caught Hillary Clinton! This is treason!" USA: Nope. Release the list. Trump: Hunter's laptop USA: Tried that too. Release the list. Trump: Stolen election? Russia Russia Russia hoax? USA: RELEASE THE LIST. Jul 22 Trump: OK. Here are the files. USA: Nice try. Those are the MLK files. Release the EPSTEIN list.

And far more efficient data centers. Right now performance per dollar is the metric; it should be performance per joule.

It would be sad to have a trans child and know up front that you are ordered to hate them.

Would be fun to see his reaction if Trump had been shanked after his arrest. After all, convicts get shanked.

For the sake of his family (and other families like his) I hope he survives, escapes Russia and becomes very vocal on why you should not trust Russia OR random right wing talk show hosts.

I saw the Superman movie with the kids the other day. I had heard going into it that the right wing was against it because it was "Superwoke" - so I assumed that Jimmy Olson was portrayed as gay or something. When I saw it I first thought "oh OK, Perry White is black, so that's what they must be on about." It would be a strange thing to be offended by, because White has been black in other portayals of Superman (and was originally intended to be black) - but logic has never been at the reigns of right wing cancel culture. Then halfway through the movie I realized what they were REALLY upset about - the portrayal of the secret private prison in another country (another universe actually) where people who dare complain about Lex Luthor are "disappeared," imprisoned and tortured. When I got home I looked up what they were offended by. And the first hit I got was that it was anti-Israel. In the movie, the (mostly white) country of Boravia, heavily armed by the USA, intends to invade and destroy Jarhanpur, a poor neighboring country of brown people, and who are most often portrayed in the movie as largely children. They beg Superman to come and save them from the heavily armed and corrupt Boravians, and it is made clear if they are not saved then a lot of kids will die. But then I did a little more research, and the #1 thing Trumpies were offended by was that Superman was an illegal immigrant whose family was hiding him from authorities. Which he has been since the very first comic in 1938. That origin story makes perfect sense; his creators were the sons of immigrants and immigrants themselves, aghast over what was happening to their fellow Jews in Germany. And at that point in history the USA was refusing to step in. The creation of an unstoppable hero outside the government (indeed, whose identity was unknown to the government) that would right all the wrongs being done to the weak and oppressed was a no brainer for Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. So the #1 thing they were offended by was that he was an immigrant, reinforced by James Gunn saying that this movie was about an immigrant exhibiting "basic human kindness." Which of course the story has been for almost 100 years now. The #2 thing was the Israel connection, and the #3 thing was the secret prison. It is very odd that the big thing that offends everyone is the basic story of Superman, which hasn't changed since 1938. What did they THINK it would be about?

Derek Huffman had had enough of the "woke" and "LGBT culture" in his home state of Texas. He decided to move to Russia with his family to join a society with more conservative values. Russia has been offering something called the “Shared Values” visa program, which offers residency to foreigners who feel more alignment with the Kremlin’s moral and spiritual values, which they tout as superior to the West's LGBT/woke/liberal society. This program was developed by Tim Kirby, an American conservative radio talk show host living in Russia, and has been heavily touted on his radio show. Derek applied for the visa and asked if there were jobs for welders. They said they could offer him a job as a welder in their military, and that they would pay well, so he got the visa and moved his family - wife and three young girls - there. Once he reported to his job he was put into an infantry unit and sent to the front lines of the war in Ukraine. His wife Deanna says Derek “feels like he is being thrown to the wolves right now, and he is kind of having to lean on faith.” His pay did not materialize; his wife has yet to receive a single paycheck. In addition, Russia requires them to "donate" 10,000 rubles a month to pay for Derek's gear and supplies, which will very quickly burn through their savings. Deanna is now asking for thoughts and prayers for her husband.

Wow. When a neo-Nazi and white supremacist thinks you are too amoral to be president. . . .

So the DOJ just fired the prosecutor who put Epstein and Maxwell behind bars. Trump's revenge continues against people who hurt his friends.

He's finally tackling the root of the problem:

Today 12% of the US is under a "high heat danger" warning. Another 20% of the US is under a flood warning, and 8% of that is under a "high risk" flood warning. And this is just the beginning.

During the Ghislaine Maxwell trials it was revealed that several of Maxwell's sex slaves came from Mar-A-Lago. So closing that down would be a huge win in the fight against child traffickers, eh? Oh, and remember Ted Suhl? He ran The Lord's Ranch, a camp in Arkansas. It was a cover for a child sex ring, with “innumerable incidents of fondling of genitals and oral rape. The . . . men and women who owned, operated, and staffed the facility preyed on and abused the children housed on the remote facility in Warm Springs, AR. routinely and systematically.” Then those mean cops arrested him for running that. But don't worry. Trump pardoned ol' Ted. Birds of a feather and all that. Trump made that deal with the Taliban because the Taliban promised Trump they'd use the equipment to fight terrorism. The Art of the Deal! As always, sorry about the facts.

Ghislaine Maxwell is now petitioning for her own release, basing her petition on the fact that Trump claimed there was no client list and therefore no basis for her imprisonment. And it might work - especially if Trump has to keep that list undercover at all costs.