July 17, 2025

Sunrise — 5:34.

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69 comments:

Unknown said...

WSJ has the goods on Trump and Epstein. “May every day be another secret” will be the epitaph of MAGA.

gadfly said...

What ? No WSJ reporting on the Trump - Epstein bombshell!

Lem Vibe Bandit said...

I love this one.

DINKY DAU 45 said...

Obliterated Bull crap out of the old knucklehead in the WH. Only MAGAS believed the tall tale. That fella will say anything, Kazinsky ,the guy was 11 years dead on his story to the press, I knew he had a disease and then aint telling you the whole truth, possible mid stage syphilis or worse from his own private Viet Nam with the dead perp guy/(is he really dead? Magas cheer and go aint hat sumptin! My Lord Madge what has happened here.

Peachy said...

why was Epstein let go - after being jailed for child/minor sex trafficking / in 2008?

JZ said...

That’s a nice picture even though it’s not colorful.

Inga said...

Trump just can’t get a break. First this birthday letter from him to his buddy Epstein and then his new diagnosis.

FormerLawClerk said...

The funniest story of the week so far is the murder of the American Idol producer and her husband ... killed because they vote Democrat and their streets are littered with junkies looking for their next high.

Oh my ... the consequences of our actions!

LOL.

gadfly said...

Peachy: Attorney Alan Derchiwitz and other friends of Epstein convinced the Florida prosecutor that the underaged witnesses were no truthful. So essentially she didn't do her job when she attacked her own witnesses.

Peachy said...

shades of Rather's throbbing memo?

DINKY DAU 45 said...

What knucklehead novice law serf let alone a person in Bondis position leave a confidential file on her desk wide open for anyone to see,Cmon man thats 101 confidentiality ,wtf THIS LADY IN WAY OVER HER HEAD..tRUMP HIRES LAWYERS WHO GET THEIR LICENSES SUSPENDED,(CHESBORE,ELLIS,GUILLIANI AND MORE) AND INCOMPETENT yes people AND THIS IS WHAT YOU GET..my Lord Madge only the best people...

Jimmy said...

the usual idiots are parroting the latest , 'this time we got him' garbage. as usual, they are wrong, and have been for over 10 years. but then these are people who support socialism, which failed everywhere, and 'only' killed a hundred million.
Keep trying kids, it fun to watch you fail, again, and again, and again.

Peachy said...

If everything in the WSJ is true - is there a crime there?
Do explain - desperate Soviets...

Kakistocracy said...

Donald Trump set to open US retirement market to crypto investments ~ FT

'President preparing executive order to allow 401k plans to tap broad pool of alternative assets'

Why stop at 401(k)s? Why not Social Security? To infinity and beyond!

Peachy said...

The writing does not sound like Trump at all.

If that was there - why didn't Biden and or Kamala use it?

Kakistocracy said...
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Peachy said...

LOL - It's "type-written"

but of course. we all use type-face to send personal notes to friends.

Kakistocracy said...

Jeffrey Epstein’s Friends Sent Him Bawdy Letters for a 50th Birthday Album. One Was From Donald Trump. ~ WSJ

'The leather-bound book was compiled by Ghislaine Maxwell. The president says the letter ‘is a fake'

“Happy Birthday — and may every day be another wonderful secret.” ~ Donald Trump

Now we know why the Epstein list is not being made public.

I honestly did not think that being a Trump supporter could get more embarrassing, and yet here we are.

To the WSJ, "Thank you for your attention to this matter!"

Peachy said...

Kak-a-phony

You left out this:

"It contains several lines of typewritten text framed by the outline of a naked woman, which appears to be hand-drawn with a heavy marker."

Peachy said...

If I had to bet - this shit is fake. Considering all the other lies and corruption that flow from the Adam Schitt left...

Aggie said...

50 Shades of Gray and the Walls are Closing In ! How apropos.

Lem Vibe Bandit said...

YouTube: ICE is getting colder 🧊

Humperdink said...
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Humperdink said...

Trump canned nepo-baby Maureen Comey from the US Attorney’s office in New York. Not to worry though, her hubby still works in the same office.

Christy said...

I was listening to the Amazon Music Acoustic Blues channel the other night and loving it. I've mentioned here before that, hard as I try I never hear the words to songs. It's always fa de la la la to me. In my defense, I did grow up with "Do Whah Diddy Diddy ... " and “Mairzy doats and dozy doats and liddle lamzy divey”

gadfly said...

Peachy: As long as Trump blocks investigation, refuses to appoint a Special Counsel, and MAGA Republicans will not permit Ghislaine Maxwell to testify about Epstein and allow her to name names, the American people and the rule of law suffers. Every investigation of our grifter shows that he is a gangster but Republicans refuse to convict nor impeach him.

Christy said...

Continuing ... Anyhow, since hanging out at Althouse for years and years with people very tuned into lyrics, I've been trying hard to actually pay attention. Helps when the lyrics are streamed with the music. Found out just how misogynist my beloved early blues are. Sorry, gang. I'm going back to not listening to lyrics.

Peachy said...

was that Adam Shitt or botfly? hard to tell.

Drago said...

After a full 10+ years of transparently stupid and moronic and easily debunked New Soviet Democratical hoaxes, I did not think it was possible for these Usual Suspect Althouse lefty buffoons to come up with a hoax so lame it made all the others look ironclad....but here we are with this supposed Trump "TYPEWRITTEN" letter written years ago!

LOL

Just let the New Soviet Democratical's stupidity wash over you like a tropical waterfall.

It will probably take about 3 months before P-Inga, the Mueller Mueller Mueller brain damaged whackjob, to pull her typical schtick of not only denying she ever pushed this latest hilariously poorly constructed hoax, but also denying she even heard of it!

Good times ahead.

Should help my recovery.

Original Mike said...

Good to hear from you Drago.

FormerLawClerk said...

Good news on the Epstein Hoax front. Donald Trump has directed Attorney General Pam "Qatar" Bondi to release “pertinent” grand jury testimony in the case of notorious pedophile Jeffrey Epstein — so long as a court allows it.

So we're sure to get all those Epstein files that the DOJ has in their possession that didn't exist yesterday, but now suddenly exist, and we're sure to read their contents.

Except Grand Jury testimony is secret and cannot be released by the DOJ. And Trump knows that. And so does Bondi. But most people don't know that, so they'll be fooled by this bullshit.

I think we need, I dunno, maybe a law professor, to weigh in on the sanctity of Grand Jury testimony.

Anybody know one?

Aggie said...

Second that, hope your recovery is going well, Drago.

Inga said...

Drago, don’t work yourself up, rest and recover.

Kakistocracy said...

I don't understand the focus on the grand jury transcripts. They are only a small part of what people mean by "the Epstein files." What Epstein conspiracy theorists have been demanding is the release of the materials seized from him.

Wow I can't believe Epstein killed himself before he realized it was a hoax. ~ Elon Musk

Elon got out ahead of the story 🤣

Inga said...

Remember, when Trump calls an event a “hoax”, or documents “fake” they’re probably true event and accurate documents. Trump has established a pattern with these words, only cultists will still believe him.

RCOCEAN II said...

Trump:

I beg your pardon, I never promised you a rose garden.
Along with the sunshine, you got to be a little rain sometime.

Come along and share the good times while we can!

Drago said...

Thanks for the good wishes! I shall indeed continue to rest.

FormerLawClerk said...

We'll know that the Democrats are serious about getting rid of their dead weight in the media when Dana Bash and The View are cancelled.

Kakistocracy said...

What about videos, photographs, and other recordings? What about FBI 302s (witness interviews)? What about texts and emails? That's where the evidence regarding Trump and others will be. Grand jury testimony will likely only pertain to Epstein and Maxwell.

Trump will sue the WSJ, directs Bondi to unseal Epstein material ~ Politico

Announcing you’ll be suing is not suing. Maybe someone will advise Trump about what discovery is.

FormerLawClerk said...

"Remember, when Trump calls an event a “hoax”, or documents “fake” they’re probably true event and accurate documents."

They are.

Now what, Inga?

What are you or the Democrats going to do about it? What do you even think you CAN do about it?

My assumption is that Trump is buddies with Epstein and the DOJ has tapes of him having sex with underage girls on the plane and on the island.

And that he's won. Since he now possesses all that evidence.

Maybe Kamala could have raised this as an issue in the election. But for some reason, she didn't. Why do you think that was?

Big Mike said...

Good to hear from you, Drago.

walter said...

Well..Dougie banged the babysitter and Pedo Pete..well..

Jim at said...

Pretty easy to get through the comments when scrolling by half of them.

Except one: Continued recovery, Drago.

Peachy said...

Drago - Nice to see you.

Peachy said...

Again - why didn't Kamala or Biden use this? Bueller?

Big Mike said...
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Big Mike said...

I’m kind of pissed at CBS News correspondent Scott MacFarlane. He’s the nitwit who claimed to have been diagnosed with PTSD after witnessing the assassination attempt on Donald Trump at Butler, and imagining that the crowd would attack him and other mainstream journalists had the perp actually succeeded in .murdering Trump.

First of all, what a crock. We aren’t Antifa; we don’t attack defenseless people — not even the sort of despicable scum that work for the likes of CBS. *

Second, someone who lives — lived — up the street from me had a genuine case of PTSD. I was speaking with his wife. Her husband, the (genuine) PTSD sufferer, had a loud and heated argument with his wife. Then he stormed down into the basement and came back up with a handgun which she didn’t know he had. He pointed it at her and said something about ending things, but then he pointed it into his mouth and shot himself in the head. Days later the wife was still shaken.

BTW, it’s harder to kill yourself using a handgun on your head than on might imagine. The guy is technically still alive, if a persistent vegetative state is one’s idea of “alive.”

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* OTOH, CBS did some remarkably honest and even-handed reporting on the floods in Texas. Is the incoming new management causing a behavioral change in the staff even before the new guys have taken over?

Prof. M. Drout said...

Good to see you back, Drago. The blog has missed your cockroach-stomping prowess. Hope your recovery is speedy and complete.

Eva Marie said...

“I’m kind of pissed at CBS News correspondent Scott MacFarlane. He’s the nitwit who claimed to have been diagnosed with PTSD”
So Trump survived, Comperatore lost his life, 2 other men were severely injured, and Scott MacFarlane was the victim worth noting on a national telecast.
Setting that aside, Trump is extraordinary in that he still goes in front of such large crowds. He’s amazing.

DINKY DAU 45 said...

trump supporter Nick Fuentes MAGA movement and trump are the biggest scams in American Presidential history. Says trump is FAT ,STUPID and a scam artist, and liberals were right. Try not to hold it in Nick, This is not new news to at least half the nation, probably more by now. RELEASE THE KRAKEN! Vance says to Murdoch RELEASE THE LETTER1 tHE LAST THING TRUMP WANTED.. What's Vance got on his mind ..#2 to #1.? Righties have always eaten their own.. A fat diseased criminal whose losing his shit in public, don't know who is who ,made up stories, and the ultimate in LIES! AND PRESIDENT musk RUBBING IN THE SALT.AND ALL THIS IN ONLY 6 MONTHS BEAUTIFUL. God shed His grace on thee.....

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Rt41Rebel said...

XRP went on a bender today. As has been pointed out, no one makes (or loses) until they sell. When I first started in crypto, I didn’t understand it at all. Now I understand it very basically as a 21st century currency, and its value fluctuation is as simple as global currency exchange rate. USD vs Yen, Krone vs Ruble, Euro vs Peso, etc.

gadfly said...

Trump ordered Bondi to release Epstein grand jury records but no federal judge will approve as long as Ghislaine Maxwell's appeal is active. With all the investigations into Epstein, the Grand Jury records are nothing but summaries of thousands upon thousands of documents.

heyboom said...

Drago! Very good to hear your trademark commentary again! Nobody does it like you, my friend!

wendybar said...

Drago, Happy to hear from you. We need you back..as you can see, the crazies try to take over the whole thread every day in every subject. Luckily we can scroll right by their ramblings, and wish you were here with your great comebacks!! Take care!!

planetgeo said...

Drago's not the sick one here. I see the plucky little leftists here are still huddled around their Epstein can of Sterno trying to start warm. Desperately trying to keep their hopes alive.

This is Take 26 of "We finally got him!" These people are really insane. Even if this was true, who the heck cares? The borders are closed. The illegal aliens are being deported. District judges are finally being shut down. No more trans dudes in girls' dressing rooms or in their sports. Iran got their nuke program blown up. Etc., etc.

And...he's got almost 4 more years to give us more of this awesome winning. Shut up already.

mezzrow said...

And so it goes. Hearing from Drago is the best news of this morning. Take it easy, friend.

Humperdink said...

Music to my eyes seeing Drago back in the saddle. My favorite commenter!

rehajm said...

Yay Drago…

Saint Croix said...

Ditto Lem at 8:01

Sometimes I think God, or angels, or somebody, is painting in the sky.

Captain BillieBob said...

Nice photo

Captain BillieBob said...

Very monochrome

Captain BillieBob said...

The second photo by Meade from yesterday is a keeper.

Leland said...

Good to see you back Drago.

Leland said...

What ? No WSJ reporting on the Trump - Epstein bombshell!

Like this?

Maybe this should go into the Colbert thread...

Marcus Bressler said...

Welcome back, Drago.

Iman said...

👍Drago! Great to read your words!

Rusty said...

Good to have you back,Drago.

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