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June 3, 2026

"So, did your son and Jeffrey Epstein talk about pole dancing as he begged him for money using your limited credibility?"

34 comments:

Peachy said...: how can you not hate all dems in power? they are lying money grubbing asshole lying asshole lying asshole asshole scumbags. assholes, all.; 6/3/26, 6:50 PM
Original Mike said...: I hope Scott Bessent has presidential aspirations.; 6/3/26, 6:51 PM
Ambrose said...: Now that's a good kick-off tp pride month.; 6/3/26, 6:54 PM
Political Junkie said...: Would Bessent have gotten in any troubles if he had said, "Senator, go fuck yourself!"?; 6/3/26, 6:59 PM
Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ said...: “We understand that these are challenging times for the American people, that we will get over this and that at present, the average household has paid about $200 more in gasoline,” Bessent said. “We think about this every day.”

No you don’t, your boss told everyone: "I don't think about Americans' financial situation. I don't think about anybody." when referring to the Iran War.

Iran may have Trump over an oil barrel.; 6/3/26, 7:07 PM
Just an old country lawyer said...: Bessent and Rubio not only take no shit from the clownish democrats, they shovel it right back on them. If I were a dem politician, given what I've watched just today of those two, I would handle them very gingerly. Or maybe ask them intelligent questions in a respectful manner, and then give them an opportunity to answer. I'm sure that's asking too much.; 6/3/26, 7:09 PM
PrimoStL said...: "Senator Wyden, you ignorant slut"; 6/3/26, 7:10 PM
Oso Negro said...: Damn, that is some smack talk of the first water. Remind me not to play the dozens with Scott Bessent.; 6/3/26, 7:10 PM
Leland said...: Now that is exercising free speech.; 6/3/26, 7:14 PM
Aggie said...: Rubio is better at putting them on the spot though. They're just highlighting that these CongressCritters are showboating for the folks back home, getting ready for the campaign trail, loading up on the short take clips they can use for campaigning. Rubio called out one of them that asked her questions and then left before he could answer. Cameras on him, he said 'Where are you going? I'm about to answer your question....' Very funny.; 6/3/26, 7:16 PM
Known Unknown said...: Bessent's major drawback is that he does not look like a real human being.; 6/3/26, 7:22 PM
rehajm said...: …I wish all the congressional sound bite meetings went like that. After a few more beat downs like that Congress would probably stop having them.; 6/3/26, 7:35 PM
Michael Fitzgerald said...: "Bessent's major drawback is that he does not look like a real human being"
Compared to what, that crypt-keeper that was interrogating him? JFC, Wyden looks like the cadaver from the Synodus Horrenda.; 6/3/26, 7:37 PM
Dave Begley said...: Bessent is a star. Glad to see him slap around Wyden.; 6/3/26, 7:47 PM
Known Unknown said...: Why do I have to compare him to other people? There is something uncanny valley about his appearance.; 6/3/26, 7:47 PM
Known Unknown said...: There's a problem with people who can never be objective about their own team. Their team only exists in contrast to the other, horrible team that has zero redeeming qualities. This is a both sides thing. It's borderline cultish.; 6/3/26, 7:51 PM
Jamie said...: I haven't watched the clip yet, but I anticipate that Bessant runs, because I've heard him in other venues.

Hey Althouse lefties: where's the Democrat who, faced with an actual hostile questions, can calmly and effectively answer? Is there one? Just playing the odds, there should be at least one - but is that person somehow wrong on an identity basis? All the people they put forward seem to be inarticulate doofuses who are darn lucky never to face an adversarial interviewer - and, to boot, a lot of them appear to be rich white men, who have to overcome their wealth, color, and genitals by claiming a "disability" or a sad backstory.

I'm wondering about Josh Shapiro. I don't know a lot about him, except that he's definitely too far left for me, but when I've heard him speak he appears intelligent and articulate. Gee, too bad he's Jewish.; 6/3/26, 7:53 PM
Known Unknown said...: "here's the Democrat who, faced with an actual hostile questions, can calmly and effectively answer?"

Fetterman, but he's now functionally as much of a Democrat as I am.; 6/3/26, 7:56 PM
Greg The Class Traitor said...: "The most corrupt Administration"?

That would be one of the Democrat Admins, possibly MN, enabling and abetting Somalia and Haitian fraud; 6/3/26, 8:00 PM
Greg The Class Traitor said...: Known Unknown said...
There's a problem with people who can never be objective about their own team. Their team only exists in contrast to the other, horrible team that has zero redeeming qualities.

So you're saying your'e an idiot, got it

Is Bessent more or less "creepy", in your estimation, than Wyden?

If you refuse to answer the question, it's because you know the answer is "less", but don't care, because your'e just here to attack Bessent.

Speaking of being "borderline cultish"; 6/3/26, 8:03 PM
narciso said...: He has the receipts in triplicate; 6/3/26, 8:08 PM
Vance said...: Never forget, Democrats tried to kill Bessent shortly after he was nominated. They sent in someone into Congress to try to murder Bessent on the chamber floor, and the capitol police caught the guy.... all yards away from some leftist politician screeching about how dangerous Trupm was for threatening Congress while their toady was literally trying to murder Scott Bassent.

Not a single leftist has ever mentioned if that was unacceptable... just like they never, ever condemn the assassin wannabes on the Supreme Court (you can bet Kagan, Sotomeyer, and Brown sleep soundly without fear of being murdered in their sleep, unlike Thomas and Alito). Just today, I think it was, some Code Pink wacko attacked a Republican congresswoman in the "Sacred Halls of Congress" and nary a word from any leftist or leftist adjacent like Chuck condemning it. I guess "that's not who we are" is not applicable for leftist violence, is it.; 6/3/26, 8:09 PM
Alu Toloa said...: Knew Wyden in the '70s, when, after flunking the bar for the 3rd time, he worked as a "gofer" in the Lane county (Eugene) DA's office. He hasn't notably improved his skill set.; 6/3/26, 8:17 PM
Jamie said...: Fetterman, but he's now functionally as much of a Democrat as I am.

Well, yes, I was excluding him on that basis! I shouldn't have - he's still firmly in the caucus even though he talks like a centrist now.; 6/3/26, 8:22 PM
Original Mike said...: Wyden has gotten old.
Leave.; 6/3/26, 8:22 PM
narciso said...: As they actually have a member of alqueda dr hamawy running for congress; 6/3/26, 8:25 PM
Iman said...: Wyden has what looks like a face that practically begs to get punched. He’s a POS senator representing a state that hasn’t enacted a policy or done a thing benefiting residents in at least a couple of decades.; 6/3/26, 8:25 PM
Iman said...: Bessent had a two-fer… he struck a nerve and shined a light on the gravy train that serves congresscritters and their spawn.; 6/3/26, 8:31 PM
D.D. Driver said...: how can you not hate all dems in power? they are lying money grubbing asshole lying asshole lying asshole asshole scumbags. assholes, all.

You've accurately described democrats and republicans. Right now...the democrats aren't "in power" (to use your words). We are once again at war and experiencing run away inflation and it has nothing to do with the dems. We can blame them for a lot, but not this shit.

Love seeing Wyden get embarrassed but it seems pretty phony seeing someone from the Trump administration trying to use the "Epstein hoax" to smear someone. Trump said it was a hoax, right?; 6/3/26, 9:12 PM
Peachy said...: No DD - Just demofucks.; 6/3/26, 9:17 PM
Peachy said...: Vance - because dem cultists, dem media assholes and corrupt dem leaders are all ASSHOLES.; 6/3/26, 9:22 PM
Peachy said...: High inflation occurred under Crook Joe. Dems printing money, and wasting it. Inflation has eased in some areas - -- but it all began under Crook Joe.

media(D-assholes) didn't even attempt to point out what we were all experiencing.; 6/3/26, 9:24 PM
Peachy said...: Fetterman votes with D's - he might seem reasonable, but if you still vote with corrupt D's - your a D.; 6/3/26, 9:26 PM
Eva Marie said...: I don’t see anything wrong with his looks but I really like his voice. Different . Very listentoable.; 6/3/26, 9:56 PM